I have a tutor who has been reading Caigen Tan repeatedly for many years. A few years ago, he resigned from the Education Bureau and asked the leaders to send him to teach in a rural primary school. Now almost forty, living like a child, in good condition. Later, under his influence and recommendation, I also bought a copy, ready to study it well.
Caigen Tan, written by Hong Yingming in Ming Dynasty. Just reading the title of the book is very interesting, which means "always bite the root of the vegetable, that is, do your best" and "affirm the fragrance of the root of the vegetable, the discarded thing, the fragrance is not necessarily, but you just don't know", but no matter what kind of statement, it implies that you can gain true knowledge from the plainness of the root of the vegetable and work hard to achieve great things.
"Caigen Tan" is actually a kind of chicken soup reading material from the perspective of modern people, which is similar to "The Analects of Confucius", but personally, I think the words in "The Analects of Confucius" are too big, too moralistic, too heavy for politicians and not in line with my reading habits. Compared with The Analects of Confucius, The Bowl of Chicken Soup by Caigen Tan is more grounded, simple, readable and literary. I like it very much. It's like a bowl of wonton. Although the taste of sitting in a tall shop is the same as that of sitting in a stall, the atmosphere and metaphor are quite different.
Caigen Tan is divided into two volumes, covering five parts: self-cultivation, entertainment, comment, leisure and introduction. Almost all the problems that can be encountered in life are involved. 360 articles, each of which is seven or eight words short and two or three crosses long. Although the sentence is short, it is very general, meaningful, literary, rhythmic, easy to understand and time-consuming.
Share some with you:
Years are long, but busy people are selling themselves; The heavens and the earth are wide, and the light ones pass; Wind, flowers, snow and moon are idle, and it is unnecessary to disturb them;
Fish die in water, but face water; Birds fly with the wind without knowing it.
Be chivalrous in making friends, and be simple in life. A favorite sentence, very practical. Be thorough in being a man, doing things and making friends.
Do not insult, look at the flowers before the court; I have no intention of staying or staying, rolling around with the clouds outside the sky; There is a bad saying used by countless calligraphers and young artists, which is rhythmic, aesthetic and artistic. )
The world is cold and I am happy; The world has a shadow, but I don't hate it. There is reality and emptiness, full of meditation and worth tasting. )
After reading human feelings, you are crazy; Only when you have tasted the world will you know that indifference is true. (Calm, indifferent to fame and fortune, written just right)
Look at people coldly, listen coldly, take coldness seriously, and look on coldly. Outsiders can see clearly, but everything is objective.
Non-silk, non-bamboo and self-pleasure, non-smoke, non-tea and self-fragrance. (the true state of the heart is not in form)
Where the road is narrow, leave a step with pedestrians; When the taste is strong, subtract three points to make people taste; This is a very comfortable way to integrate into the world. Be kind to others, benefit others, benefit yourself, and be happy.
Argument is indisputable, and contention is contention. A simple sentence covers the theory of relativity, attitude, dilemma, mentality is the most important, and indifference and purity are better.
If you want to be pure gold and beautiful jade, you must forge from fire; You have to walk on thin ice to expose yourself. Everything has a cause and effect, and there is a natural reward for giving. There is no such thing as pie falling from the sky. It is also important to wait and endure loneliness. )
If the heart has no material desires, it is autumn sky; Sitting with a piano book, you will become a stone house Dan Qiu. Personally, I like the two realms of no-phase and no-phase, and the Buddhist view is very strong. Autumn sky Ji sea, stone room Dan Qiu, how beautiful it is to read)
Only heroes can be true colors, and those who love themselves are real celebrities. (true, incisive, uncovered)
Yesterday, you must stay, and if you stay, you will be resurrected. The dust will eventually be tired; Today, it is impossible to hold, hold, dross will not turn, and interests will become the root of desire. It is important to be open-minded and let go. If you put it down, you won't stick to it, but this realm is hard to achieve.
Those who don't understand a word but are poetic will get the poet's real interest; Without participation, there is a Zen machine to experience the mystery of Zen. (Many poems that can be written by heart are not necessarily the most beautiful; What can be said is not necessarily a Zen machine, the key lies in the heart, but in the process of enlightenment)
Put down the reed flowers, lie in the snow and clouds, and save a nest of night wind; In the bamboo cup, sing the wind and play the moon and stay away from the world of mortals. What modern people need most is an attitude towards life, which is both casual and emotional.
The article is extreme, full of wonders, just right; Personality is the best, there is no difference, just nature. (calm, not deliberate, casual, not forced, like)
Lonely clouds come out of the hole, leaving nothing behind; Lang Jing has been suspended. Silence is irrelevant. (In a word: Do not disgrace the mission, stay or not, do not insist, do not persist)
People who believe in people are not necessarily sincere, but they must be sincere; People who doubt others may not all cheat, but they all cheat first. Honesty is very important when dealing with people. No matter what others do, you should grasp this rule yourself.
Bright body and mind, dark room with blue sky; Thought is dark, and there are ghosts during the day. If you do nothing wrong, you will be selfless and generous. )
The world's honor and disgrace are tied to interests, saying that the world is bitter. I don't know if Yunshan is green, the rivers and mountains stand upright, the flowers greet the birds and the valleys smile at the firewood. The world is not dusty, and the sea is not bitter. He is suffering from his own dust. Calm down, don't complain, be positive and optimistic, and life is beautiful.
It is not difficult to be polite and decent to treat the rich; It is not difficult to be friendly to the poor but polite. (This is very practical. When meeting with leaders, it is very important for elders to be polite and decent, neither supercilious nor supercilious; It's important to be considerate and not arrogant. )
A thousand dollars can't make you happy for a while, but a meal can make you feel for a lifetime. (icing on the cake or timely help, timing is very important. Although things are good, the wrong timing is not necessarily a good thing. )
Know the true taste in the light, and always know Ingrid in the light. Open your eyes and thoughts in a plain life, and great people or things may be among them.
Static is not really static, but static when moving, which is sexual innocence; Happiness is not true happiness, but taking pleasure in suffering is the real opportunity of body and mind. (Zen is worth remembering)
Family members have had it, so it is not appropriate to exaggerate and give up easily. It's hard to say, there are other things to suggest; Don't talk today, be quiet tomorrow. Such as the thawing of spring breeze and the harmony of melting ice, is a model of family. Very practical, it is a good medicine to deal with family conflicts: wash your dirty linen in public, calm down when you want to get angry, communicate slowly, and get twice the result with half the effort.
Not pro-China clean, pro-dirty especially clean; Clever, those who don't know are tall, and those who know and don't use them are especially tall. (Put yourself in the complicated world now)
Bragging about achievements and showing off articles are all about living by external things. I don't know how smart my mind and body are, but I haven't lost anything. I have nothing to say about it. I also have my own place to be a man. To be a real person, inner enrichment is more decent than any external display.
All the articles in Caigen Tan are the essence of being a man, doing things, living and socializing. Don't underestimate these short and easy-to-understand words. There are too many contents, so I won't share them with you one by one. Interested friends can read this book. Of course, it would be better if you could watch it again and again. I believe you will gain something.