One person is Wang Rong, a famous scholar in the Western Jin Dynasty.
It is said that Wang Rong’s family has several plum trees of excellent variety. The plums they produce are large and sweet, and sell very well. Many people also want to have a plum tree like Wang Rong's family, so after buying plums, they will plant the leftover plum cores into the ground. But what is puzzling is that the seeds never germinate. Later, careful people discovered that there was a small hole in the core of the plum that was almost negligible. Observing the others, there were actually similar small holes that penetrated the entire core. It turned out that Wang Rong was afraid that if his plums were bought by others, they would obtain the core seeds and lose his monopoly advantage, so he used a fine nail to punch holes in the fruit to penetrate the core, destroying the growth vitality of the core. Understanding the reason, everyone shook their heads and had to raise their thumbs for Wang Rong's "good intentions."
Later, the imperial court issued an edict to recruit wise men, and someone recommended Wang Rong. However, just when Wang Rong was about to step into the court, someone revealed that he had drilled the hole. The emperor heard about it and thought: "If such a narrow-minded person is allowed to be an official, it will be a tragedy for the country and a misfortune for the people!" So Wang Rong's path to success was cut off.
Another person was an outstanding painter in the Qing Dynasty, named Jin Dongxin.
He is well-known in the painting world, with excellent painting skills, profound attainments in calligraphy and poetry, and is praised for his elegance. It is said that there was a scholar named Wang Zheng who was a contemporary of Jin Dongxin, but he always disliked Jin Dongxin. He would slander any of Jin Dongxin's paintings. Once, when Jin Dongxin was selling paintings in the market, Wang Zheng met her. He squeezed through the crowd and pointed at the paintings, almost criticizing Jin Dongxin's works as worthless. When Jin Dongxin saw this, he neither took it seriously nor was he annoyed. He collected the scroll and turned around to go home. It is said that Wang Zheng had targeted Jin Dongxin many times, but Jin Dongxin was always indifferent and did not care about it.
Later one day, everyone was invited by a friend to his home to appreciate articles, paint, drink, and compose poems, and the two kings of gold were among them. When the wine was half drunk, someone suggested reciting a poem about catkins. Wang Zheng wanted to be the first, and while everyone was still thinking, he opened his mouth and chanted "The catkins are flying here, and they are red." After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in astonishment. Just because all catkins in the world are white is common sense. However, Wang Zheng said such a sentence without common sense. How can people not be shocked? Wang Zheng also suddenly woke up and stood speechless. Just as he was feeling ashamed, Jin Dongxin clapped his hands and applauded, and saw him pick up his pen and add a sentence in front of Wang Zheng's poem: "The sunset returns to the Peach Blossom Crossing". On the Peach Blossom Ferry in March, under the setting sun, the catkins floating on the water naturally turned red. A wonderful pairing, an instant turn of events, which relieved Wang Zheng's momentary embarrassment, but also made him even more embarrassed and embarrassed by Jin Dongxin's generosity and kindness.
Wang Rong and Jin Dongxin are two people with two minds: the former is narrow-minded and has an abacus in his heart, which is rattling in secret, and he has to calculate the pros and cons and calculate the gains and losses in everything; the latter It is broad, its belly can hold a big boat, it is tolerant of people, and it gives up three points and leaves room for everything. Wang Rong and Jin Dongxin are two people with two fates: the former is just a joke and is despised by others; the latter achieves good stories and is admired by others.
A broad mind leads to a broad road
In fact, a narrow-minded person thinks too much about himself, cares too much, and plans too much. Gradually, his circle will become smaller and he will have fewer friends. The reputation has been ruined, the image has collapsed, and the life has become narrower and narrower invisibly. On the contrary, an open-minded person thinks more about others, does not care about calculations, does not play tricks on others, and does not compete for the first place. Slowly, his circle becomes larger, he has more friends, his reputation becomes famous, and his image becomes glorious. Naturally, life The scene is also broadened.
It can be seen that the breadth of a person's mind also determines the breadth of his life path. As a human being, you should take Wang Rong as a warning and Jin Dongxin as a model. Only by broadening the spiritual world first can the road of life be broad.