“People must not be arrogant, but they must not be arrogant.” This sentence by the art master Xu Beihong expresses a profound philosophy of life.
Indeed, one cannot be arrogant. People with arrogance tend to be pretentious, thinking that they are capable and superior to others, and thus become arrogant. This is a harbinger of his future failure. When a person with arrogance succeeds, he will be overwhelmed by words of praise and flattery, unable to listen to criticism and advice, unable to distinguish between true and false and right from wrong, and will ultimately fail. For such people, success is like "poison."
But if you do it without "arrogance", you should still have "proudness". What is pride? That is, you should have ambition, self-confidence, and a tenacious and unyielding character. The road of life is bumpy and bumpy. Failures and setbacks will come at any time, and cold looks and sarcasm will follow. To deal with these problems, do you sigh and attribute the reason to "your own lack of talent", and then fail to recover? Or do you not be afraid of ridicule, look for the reasons, and face the difficulties? This depends on whether you have "proudness". Self-confidence is the first step to success. People who are proud and confident are not discouraged after failure. On the contrary, they will continue to explore on new foundations.
Arrogance means being arrogant on the surface and outstanding in momentum;
Arrogance means giving people the feeling from the inside out and being very principled.
Chinese tradition highly values ????keeping a low profile and biding time, which requires no arrogance.
But the prerequisite is to have arrogance - a person's connotation, strength, and principles can have the so-called " Tao "light" and "raise" darkness.
Related examples:
1. People cannot be arrogant, but they cannot be arrogant
2. The modest bamboo has lower-headed leaves, and the proud plum has no upward-facing flowers
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3. Pain can breed the strength of the soul and spirit. Disaster is the nurse of pride, and misfortune is the milk of outstanding people
4. Don’t be discouraged when you lose but don’t be coquettish when you win. Knife
As a giant in Chinese literary circles, Wang Zengqi was aloof and aloof by nature, especially in his later years. This is probably related to the fact that he has gained a thorough understanding of life and worldly affairs after going through hardships and ups and downs.
According to the recollection of a young writer in Zhejiang, Mr. Wang once went to Wenzhou. A local leader heard that his calligraphy was excellent and asked him to write the four characters "Qing Zheng Jie". When Mr. Wang heard this, he immediately darkened his face and said, "I don't know whether you are honest or not, honest or not. I won't write!"
There was also an official who asked him for words. But he gave him a sentence from Tao Hongjing, a hermit of the Southern Dynasties: "What is there in the mountains? There are white clouds on the mountains. You can only enjoy it for yourself, and you can't give it to you." Thanks to the official's mind, the words are just arty. , if you really meet someone who understands, you are destined to be in trouble.