I remember that in the Three Kingdoms, the satrap of Wu State and the satrap of Wu County, He Shao, were modest and obedient. When he first took office, he didn't go out very often. The powerful family in Wuzhong looked down on him and thought he was weak and deceivable. Even crazy enough to openly provoke the satrap, he wrote an inscription on the gate of the yamen: "If you want to collect chickens, you can't bark." Laugh at him.
It turns out that He Shao is a Hui Ji person, so people say that this Hui Ji chicken can't crow. But they forget that the satrap holds the power. As Han Feizi said in the article Difficult Classics: "The dragon is a kind of thing. It looks tame, but it has scales under its throat. If it touches it, it will kill people." . Although the satrap is gentle and gentle, he looks like a bully, but don't forget that he also has a lamella and can't touch it. Yes, he has great power. Hearing someone taunting him, he Shao Hui gave them some color to see see. So I went out specially, arrived at the gate, asked for pen and ink, and then wrote on the door:
"Don't cry, kill Wu Er."
Then, I went to the manor of various aristocratic families to investigate the situation of serving officers and soldiers and concealing the fugitive population, and made a detailed report to the emperor Sun Hao, and soon convicted them. So they killed each other and were honest with each other.
This is a lesson, that is, a person should not be too weak like a tamed camel. Otherwise people will think you are weak.
On the other hand, the tiger is fierce, which will be another situation.
The tiger is so fierce that no one dares to go near it. So Wei Mingdi pulled out the tiger's claws and teeth, put it in a cage and put it in Xuanwu Square for people to watch. The tiger seized the gap and climbed up the fence to roar, and the viewer retreated in fear. You see, even if it doesn't bite people are still afraid of it. However, your teeth were knocked out, your claws were pulled out, and you were locked in a cage. What can you do?
As a person, if you are too strong-willed, something will go wrong. As the saying goes, if you are too rigid, you lose. That's what you mean. There was a queen in the Northern Wei Dynasty who was such a person.
In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the emperor married Feng's two daughters, both of whom were beautifully dressed and strong-willed. One is Tang Huo's legally born' Feng Yuan'; The other is Feng Miaolian from the wing. Feng Yuan is two years younger and is a younger sister. Because she entered the palace first, she has long been named queen. Feng Miaolian is two years older and a concubine, but more beautiful. So these two half-sisters, one is a queen and the other is a beautiful woman, both of whom have their own strong points and strong points, and neither of them will obey the other, so they launched a fierce life-and-death struggle in the palace. In the struggle between these two sisters, it is not difficult to imagine that Emperor Xiaowen mostly sided with the beautiful Feng Miaolian. Angered the queen Feng Yuan and spoke ill of the emperor. In a rage, Emperor Xiaowen deposed Queen Feng Yuan and made Feng Miaolian the queen. Feng Miaolian jumped from a concubine to a queen and climbed to the peak of harem power. Feng Yuan, the former queen, was defeated and cut her hair for Nepal. The emperor spoiled her, so the new queen, Feng Miaolian, began to bosse around the palace like a tigress, and people were afraid of her.
In 497, Wei and Qi fought in Nanyang, Henan Province, and Emperor Xiaowen led the troops abroad for two years. The highest power in the palace was Queen Feng Miaolian, so she began to do whatever she wanted. Before Feng Miaolian became a monk, her style was not correct. She had colluded with a strong man named Gao Bodhisattva. Now that the emperor has led troops to war, she is in power in the palace, drunk and lustful, unable to bear loneliness, and they relive the dream of Blue Bridge and continue their love for Wushan. Moreover, she has no scruples and never cheated, so the scandal is almost known to everyone in the palace. Just because she is in power, others are silent and no one dares to say anything.
Emperor Xiaowen has a younger sister named Princess Pengcheng, who is widowed at home. The younger brother of the Queen wants to marry her. Queen Feng Miaolian asked the princess to marry her brother. However, the princess knew the queen's ugly behavior, looked down on her family and said nothing. The queen then showed arrogance and forced her sister-in-law to get married. Desperate, the princess went to Nanyang to see her younger brother Emperor Xiaowen and explained why she didn't want to marry the younger brother of the Queen. Therefore, all the ugly acts of the queen were exposed. As a result, the adulterer was killed and the queen was executed. This is what happens when arrogant and strong-willed people do evil.
Someone went to buddhist nun to tell Feng Yuan that Queen Feng Miaolian had been executed. In front of the Green Lantern of the ancient Buddha, Feng Yuan knocked on the wooden fish with his eyes closed, without looking up or opening his eyes. It shows neither pride nor the slightest jealousy. This down-and-out former Phoenix has probably seen through the world of mortals, right? Yes, life is like morning dew, and it is fleeting. Everything is empty, what are you fighting for?
However, if people are alive, they have to go seriously. Being a man is not easy, just like an animal. If you are too obedient, people will bully you. People who are too strong-willed will be jealous and stumble. The tame camel was ridden, and the tiger with its claws was pulled out for people to see. This is the lesson.