Chen Taiqiu made an appointment with a friend to go out, but the friend was late and scolded his father in front of Chen Yuanfang. Xiao Yuan worked hard to find out his friend's mistakes. People are warned to act with integrity and be upright. At the same time, he praised Chen Yuanfang's sense of responsibility and fearless spirit in safeguarding his father's dignity.
This chapter "Chen Taiqiu and Youqi" comes from "Shishuoxinyu" written by Liu Yiqing.
"Shishuo Xinyu" is a book published in the Southern Dynasties. It was compiled by a group of literati organized by Liu Yiqing, King of Linchuan in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is also known as "Shishuo". Its content mainly records the words, deeds and anecdotes of some celebrities from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Jin and Song Dynasties. "Shishuoxinyu" is a representative work of "note novels" during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, and is my country's earliest collection of novels written in classical Chinese. It originally had eight volumes, but only three were lost.
The book "Shishuo Xinyu" includes virtue, speech, political affairs, literature, uprightness, magnanimity, appreciation, appreciation, appreciation, admonishment, quick enlightenment, early wisdom, boldness, and tolerance. , renewal, envy, sorrow for death, comfort, virtuous wealth, technical explanation, skillful skills, favors and gifts, nobility, simplicity, pride, disgrace, slander, hypocrisy, dismissal, frugality, elimination of extravagance, anger Thirty-six chapters include slander, slander, regret, mistakes, confusion, and enmity.
Except for virtues, language, literature, and political affairs, which partially inherit the content of Confucian ethics, the rest of the chapters are mostly filled with a free and romantic life style, showing independent and conscious literary connotations.
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This is a very educational story. Chen Taiqiu acted according to the appointment. When his friend broke the appointment, he gave it up without any mercy. Seven-year-old Yuan Fang also understands the importance of trust in making friends. What this father and son embody is the concept advocated by the ancients that a person should be based on integrity.
Guan Zhong, a statesman in the Spring and Autumn Period, said: "Honesty is the key to the world." Confucius also said: "If you are a person but don't talk about honesty, you don't know how you can do that. It's like a big cart without a plow to put crossbars on it. , How can a small car drive without a crossbar? "It is precisely because integrity is the foundation of a person's conduct and the key to success or failure in a career.
Therefore, in ancient times, there were many good sayings about "a promise is worth more than a thousand pieces of gold", and there were many stories of people fulfilling their promises with their lives, but they despised the conduct of not being trustworthy. Like this friend of Chen Taiqiu, he broke his word and did not reflect on himself when he broke an appointment. Instead, he blamed others. He was abandoned by his friends and despised by children. It was really his own fault.
In a sense, reputation is also a kind of capital. In a highly competitive capitalist society, there is such an entrepreneur: when he is in a difficult period, in order to maintain the credibility of his product, he would rather close the factory than pass it off as a shoddy product, so that when he makes a comeback, And we can use old brands to create new situations.
For a country to be prosperous and strong, and for a nation to be self-reliant, it must also rely on credibility. As we carry out the four modernizations, while accumulating material wealth, we should undoubtedly also pay attention to carrying forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation advocating integrity, and clean up the remaining various forms of dishonesty in many areas of social life. to eliminate germs that erode the healthy body of the nation in order to improve national self-confidence.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - "Chen Taiqiu and Youqi"