Li Shutong’s three most famous sayings: If you lack knowledge, you will worry too much; if you don’t have authority, you will get angry; if you don’t have faith, you will talk too much.
“If you don’t know enough, you will worry too much.” If you don’t have enough knowledge and are unable to make decisions, you will overthink, worry, doubt, and feel insecure. So sometimes, the overthinking and fearful life is not given to us by the outside world, but caused by our own shallow knowledge.
If you want to change this situation, you must enrich yourself and broaden your horizons. "Reading scriptures will increase your knowledge, and reading history will increase your insights." - Read more excellent books of the predecessors, learn from the wisdom and experience of the predecessors, and naturally be happy and understand things when you encounter them, and know how to deal with them.
"If your power is not enough, you will be angry." If your power and virtue are not enough to convince people, you will get angry easily. Some people use anger to establish prestige, but it will actually backfire because anger exposes the shortcomings of morality. Prestige comes from virtue, and the power of morality can conquer all the public. A truly knowledgeable and moral person must be humble, respectful and approachable. How can he use anger to attract resentment from everyone?
“If you don’t have enough trust, you will talk too much.” People who don’t have enough trust will usually waste their words to say more if others don’t believe what they say. "The Book of Changes" also says: Auspicious people have few words, while impetuous people have many words. Talking too much sometimes shows a person's lack of credibility from the side, so keeping one's word is very important. Detailed introduction of Li Shutong:
Li Shutong (October 23, 1880 - October 13, 1942), also known as Li Xishuang, Li An, Li Liang, his musical name Wen Tao, his childhood name Cheng Qi, his scientific name Guang Hou, the courtesy name is Xishuang, and his nickname is Xishuang.
Li Shutong is a famous musician, art educator, calligrapher, drama activist, and one of the pioneers of Chinese drama. After returning from studying in Japan, he worked as a teacher and editor. Later he was ordained as a monk. His Buddhist name was Yanyin, and his nickname was Hongyi. Later, he was also known as Wanqing Laoren. He was later revered as Master Hongyi.
In 1913, he was employed as a music and painting teacher at Zhejiang Normal School (later changed to Zhejiang Provincial First Normal School). From 1915, he served concurrently as a music and painting teacher at Nanjing Normal University, and composed the first school song in the history of Nanjing University. On October 13, 1942, Master Hongyi passed away in the Wanqing Room of Wenling Nursing Home of Fujian Temple in Quanzhou.