If you don't pursue fame and fortune and live a simple life, you can show interest; If you don't pursue excitement and have a peaceful mind, you can achieve great goals.
In modern words, if you don't look down on the immediate fame and fortune, you won't have a clear ambition, and if you can't study calmly, you won't be able to achieve lofty goals.
"If you are not indifferent, you will have no ambition. If you are not quiet, you will be far away." From the Book of Commandments written by Zhuge Liang to his 8-year-old son Zhuge Zhan at the age of 54. This is written by Zhuge Liang. This couplet reflects Zhuge Liang's philosophical thinking on life. He believes that a person must be indifferent to desire to have a clear ambition, and must be lonely and quiet to reach a far-reaching realm. The language is simple and profound, full of Taoist philosophy.
Obviously, "indifference" and "tranquility" are the necessary conditions for "ambition" and "distant aspiration", while "distant aspiration" and "distant aspiration" are the ultimate goals of "indifference" and "tranquility". Zhuge Liang emphasized in his book: "Learning must be quiet before learning; If you don't learn, you can't be versatile. If you don't want to learn, you can't learn. " In other words, studying and studying quietly is the means and process to make up your mind; Cultivating knowledge and increasing talents is the purpose. So what is the purpose of increasing talents? Friends who know China's historical bargaining know that the restoration advocated by China intellectuals, as an internal moral practice, is different from the cultivation emphasized by religious scholars born in China in its strong spirit of joining the WTO. Zhuge Liang is no exception. The knowledge of cultivating the mind and nourishing the nature mentioned in the Ten Commandments has a clear ultimate direction, that is, "connecting with the world"-serving the world and being useful to the world! It is beneficial to the country and society. This is all that Zhuge Liang's "tranquility" and "Zhiyuan" want to tell us!
Zhuge Liang's "single-minded Nanyang, life in troubled times, not seeking Wen Da as a vassal" can be described as "indifferent" and "quiet". However, he is concerned about the country and the people, and has the ambition to clarify the world. He has made unremitting efforts for a long time to make Liu Bei a talent like a duck to water. Help Liu Beilian Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao and achieve imperial career; Assist Liu Chan, die, and die. From this, we can easily see Zhuge Liang's persistence in "Zhiyuan" all his life.