Playing with things makes one lose one’s morale, which comes from "Shu·Lv Mastiff". The whole sentence is that playing with people makes one lose one’s moral character, playing with things makes one lose one’s morale. It is a satire on the monarch playing with dogs and not paying attention to government affairs.
Looking at playthings alone, noun Refers to people or objects for playing with and admiring. The verb means to indulge in something you like.
Mourning means to lose.
Zhi refers to intention, ambition, and can be extended. For enterprising spirit.
Therefore, our point of view should be that indulging in the things you like will not lose your enterprising spirit.
Example
Mr. Lao She once had The novel "Love" tells the story of a Mr. Zhuang Yiya in Jinan who likes to collect famous calligraphy and paintings. Gradually his hobby becomes a little paranoid and a little perverted. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese invaded Jinan and invited him to serve as the director of education. He was not very interested at first. He was willing, but when the lobbyist talked about confiscating his calligraphy and paintings if he didn't agree, and giving him a lot of fun things if he agreed, he hesitated for a moment and finally agreed. Mr. Lao She wrote: "You will die for whatever you love. ."
Why do "playing things" "lose one's ambition" in a sense? Because these people play with things too much and are completely controlled by things. When things conflict with ambition, things completely overwhelm ambition. , so we lose our minds by playing with things.
However, there are many scientific inventions and cultural progress in the world, which originated from the interest of scientists, cultural figures, masters, and craftsmen in "playing" with something. Just like Milu's Happy Football has helped the improvement of Chinese football and its entry into the World Cup to a certain extent. The initial driving force for scientific discovery and cultural creation is by no means hard work, but the interest in play.
Edison’s invention was made by “playing” , Newton's experiments were also "played", and the works of many literary giants were "played" driven by their creative hobbies. Even if they do not rise to the level of scientific and cultural creation, many tastes and characters in life are also "played". "People who come out, planting flowers and grass, playing music and singing, can cultivate their temperament and make people indifferent and clear their ambitions. As for experts and technicians in a certain field, they should have a bit of "playing" spirit. "Playing" with people can become a success. A master of noodle making, one who "plays" with root carvings may create many root carving works. In short, a little interest in "playing" can improve one's taste and ambition, which is much more ambitious than being immersed in wine and sex.
Outings, mountain climbing, and playing on the beach are all play. Watching spring rain and autumn leaves, summer lotuses, and winter snow are also play. Watching DVDs, watching movies, playing chess, and playing cards are also play. Reciting poems, painting, practicing calligraphy, and raising goldfish are also play. Playthings can enrich people. It is not monotonous or boring; it makes people open-minded and happy to forget their worries.
To achieve ambition by playing with things, we must grasp the balance between things and ambitions; people are the masters of things, and we cannot make things the masters of people. , control people; the state of Wanwu Shangzhi should be able to pick it up, put it down, get in, and get out.
Only with some simple philosophical feelings and a transcendent spiritual realm can Wanwu Shangzhi. All things After all, things are things outside the body, while ambition is something inside a person, always standing and always new. A real man is not worried about having nothing, but he is worried about having no ambition. Only when you play with things and keep your ambitions, you can become an expert and expert; when you play leisurely, indifferently, and detachedly, you can become an expert. Only then can one become a wise man.