Mr. Lao She called Mr. Zhang Henshui "the person who cherishes feathers the most", obviously praising Mr. Henshui's integrity and personality. "Sweat your own sweat, eat your own food", "Sell your writings and make a living, don't make money by doing evil in the world", these must be Mr. Henshui's life mottos.
How many mottos do you have in your life? It seems that not everyone has a motto. People who have mottos need to have some cultural accomplishment.
But now that more and more people are reading, I believe that more and more people will live for certain sentences. Some of my friends are what people call literati, and there are many people with elegant temperaments. In their halls, you can often see calligraphers' calligraphy, a few sentences or a few words. Hanging in the study of the writer Mr. He is a banner written by Deng Shiru's descendants, which reads: "I just keep my head down and pull the cart." I thought it was necessary to write out the last sentence. Mr. He laughed and said, no, no need! This is somewhat consistent with Mr. He's literary style. Mr. He has written quite a lot, but his personality is reserved and modest, making him a good friend. When Mr. He visited my small room, he saw that the walls were completely blank. He made a joke at the time, saying that this was more ethereal than traditional Chinese painting, leaving it up to other people's imagination. I said that I was really living in a daze, feeling like I was living one day at a time. Mr. He said at that time: It’s rare to be confused! I said that if I had to choose, I would rather choose Mr. Henshui's "sweat one's own sweat, eat one's own food" and live a down-to-earth life. Wouldn't it be good?
That’s when I discovered that I was living without a motto. I thought I was really living my life without knowing anything.
Some people have many mottos in their lives. I have a classmate whose goal in his early years was to be an educator, and the educator's quotations have naturally become his creed in life. The great educator Mr. Tao Xingzhi’s motto “come with a heart in hand and leave without a straw” became his motto. A few years later, Mr. Tao's motto disappeared. His classmates said that he was so naive back then and imagined that he could be an educator. This was impossible for him. He said that he no longer needs any mottos. These things are all used for To fool primary and secondary school students. He was more interested in wine than anything else. I actually found the most appropriate sentence for him: "The shape of life is like singing to wine." Soon, I found that I still didn't understand him well enough. His interest was far more than just wine. , he prefers women, especially young and beautiful women, for whom he can do everything. He took advantage of his power to have improper relationships with multiple women. The backyard finally caught fire, and he himself was burned. However, he really had an indomitable spirit in this regard, "I would rather die under a flower than be a ghost."
I like the phrase "sweat your own sweat and eat your own food" more and more. Come to think of it, since I have no position or power, no one would be willing to sweat for me. I sweat for others, which requires ability. I am lucky to have the ability to take care of myself. Eating is probably closely related to power and money. If you don’t have power or money, who will give you food? Having said that, if I am soft-spoken and soft-handed, why should I, a five-foot tall man, live on the charity of others? In this case, if Mr. Henshui doesn't object, I will find a calligrapher to write down his sentence about sweating and eating, and hang it in front of the hall to create a bit of elegance.