The truth is that in the face of interests, we must weigh the trade-offs; When planning things, you must plan things with a few independent people, not with everyone else.
"Profit can be * * but not alone, and the plan can be less and not more; This sentence comes from Zeng Guofan's Collection of Quotations on Zeng Guofan's Fighting, while the Collection of Quotations on Zeng Guofan's Fighting comes from the Classic of Chinese Studies: Zeng Guofan's Collection, which tells the story of Zeng Guofan's diligent pen and ink all his life. After his death, he left a lot of poems, diaries, letters, family letters, family instructions and essays.
The sentence "Benefits can be * * but not exclusive, policies can be few but not public" comes from Lin Bu's Annoyance Record in Song Dynasty, which means that benefits can be shared but not exclusive, and suggestions can be few and not public.
Extended data:
Zeng Guofan's Six Commandments in Life
1, the first commandment: don't do things for a long time, don't go to places where there is competition.
Don't do things that have always been profitable, and don't go where everyone wants to go. Cheng Wei is out! What everyone yearns for may be harmful.
The first half of the sentence says: don't be greedy! At noon, the full moon is lost, and things are prosperous and declining. There is nothing once and for all in the world, and there can be no long-term profit. If there is such a thing that can always make a profit, it can only be said to be a superficial phenomenon or a scam. Be sure to keep a clear head at this time.
The second half is about safety. Don't go to places where people quarrel and fight, which is easy to cause trouble or disaster.
2. The second precept: Don't abandon great beauty with small evils, and don't forget great kindness with small grievances.
Don't ignore the advantages of others because of their small shortcomings, and don't ignore the great kindness of others because of their small grievances.
People make mistakes as long as they do things. These two sentences tell us that we should not completely deny and forget the kindness of others because of a little mistake, a little moral flaw and a little resentment.
3. The third commandment: Say that people's shortcomings are to protect themselves, and praise their own advantages is to avoid the advantages of others.
People who often talk about other people's shortcomings and praise their own advantages can be said to be "careless and narrow-minded." As the saying goes, "hit people without hitting their faces." Often talking about other people's shortcomings and boasting about their own advantages is not only a manifestation of low emotional intelligence, but also inevitably brings resentment to themselves and sows the seeds of disaster.
4. The first kind under the temptation: the benefits can be * * * but you can't be immune to it, and the plan can be less or more.
Benefits are often what everyone craves. If anyone monopolizes the interests and doesn't share them with everyone, it will definitely arouse resentment and even become the target of public criticism. Liu bang attacked Xianyang and did not dare to occupy its land; Cao Cao can "hold the emperor to make the princes", but he does not dare to usurp Han's independence all his life. They are all afraid of being the target of public criticism. Therefore, in the face of interests, we must weigh the choices. When planning things, you must plan things with a few independent people, not with everyone else.
5, the fifth precept: mediocrity in ancient and modern times is defeated by a lazy word, and talents in ancient and modern times are defeated by a proud word.
Ordinary people are ordinary people, ordinary people. For the average person, no talent, only hard work can achieve career, so the word "lazy" is the most taboo. Zeng Guofan is a good example of hard work. He is not smart, but he can achieve great things in college with "diligence", which can be said to be an example for ordinary people.
And those talented people, although they can take shortcuts with their talents and succeed more easily, are also easy to be complacent, unwilling to learn from others and easy to fail.
6, the sixth precept: where to do great things, with knowledge as the main, supplemented by talent; If you achieve great things, people will live half a life, and God will live half a life.
Anyone who does great things needs to have profound experience and knowledge first, and also needs the assistance of talents; Anyone who wants to achieve great things, half depends on people's planning, and the other half depends on God's will, and opportunities will not come. Man proposes, God disposes.
Zeng Guofan clearly told us that to do great things, "knowledge" is the main thing, and talent and ability are only auxiliary. Therefore, it is often difficult for arrogant people to achieve great things. Of course, "knowledge" here not only refers to knowledge, but also includes experience and knowledge.
And "Man seeks half, and God wills half." In other words, no matter what we do, we should take the attitude of "doing our best, resigned to fate", don't stop trying because of factors beyond our control, and don't complain because we tried hard and failed in the end.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Profits can be * * but not monopoly, and plans can be less but not public.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Classic of Chinese Studies: The Essence of Zeng Guofan's Collected Works