Laozi is the founder of China Taoist School. In his masterpiece Tao Te Ching, he once said, "If you want to take it away, you must give it." It means that what you finally want, you need to pay some first. Giving is giving up, taking away is getting, giving first and then taking away. Laozi's Tao Te Ching embodies great wisdom and contains profound philosophy, which has to be thought-provoking.
Without giving up, there is no gain; If you want it, you have to give it up first. If you don't want to give, but just take, you will end up with nothing.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, after the death of Wu, the State of Yue dominated the Central Plains, while the State of Jin had already declined. Jin was originally controlled by Fan, BOC, Zhi, Han, Zhao and Wei.
Over time, Chile joined Korea, Zhao and Wei, and annexed the power of Fan and China Bank. By the time Zhishi was controlled by Zhi Bo, their power expanded rapidly.
That is to say, Zhi Bo became the overlord of the State of Jin, holding power and dominating the country. He can rest and wait for a good chance of reunification. However, the lack of human heart is like a snake swallowing an elephant. In order to achieve the ambition of weakening the three big noble and dominating the family, Zhi Bo openly claimed land from the other three big noble. Han was the first to bear the brunt, and Han Kangzi gave it helplessly. Followed by Wei, Wei actually didn't want to hand over the land at first. While hesitating, the counselor gave him a plan: "Zhi Bo just got Wei's land, and now he wants ours for no reason. Neighboring countries will be scared when they learn the news. He just wants to claim land blindly, insatiable and unrestrained. Why not push the boat with the current, give up the land and do something arrogant? Zhi Bo will be arrogant and look down on us when he gets the land. In this way, if we join hands with Han Wei to deal with him, he will definitely not live long. " So Wei agreed to provide the land.
Sure enough, Zhi Bo get carried away, continue to zhao. Zhao Xiangzi is not a soft persimmon. He is unwilling to obey him. Zhi Bo flew into a rage and laid siege to Yangcheng and Zhao Jin. Play it by ear, attack Zhi Bo from the outside, while Zhao meets from the inside. In the end, Zhibo died under the attack of their insider.
Therefore, Zhibo doesn't know how to give up, but just accepts it blindly. He had a good hand, but he was beaten to pieces, and it was embarrassing to die of greed.
Don't give up, but you can't. Small house is small, big house is big. People's life is actually wandering between giving up and getting. In a colorful and complicated world, do you want to give up material comforts or get spiritual improvement?
You can't have your cake and eat it, but you can still make a choice that suits you.
Yes, giving up is an option. Facing your true inner world, give up what you should give up and fight for what you should fight for.
As Mencius said: "I want fish and bear's paw;" You can't have your cake and eat it. You can't have your cake and eat it. Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want; You can't have both, and you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. "After weighing the pros and cons, I believe everyone will have their own answers.
Giving up is a great wisdom. Mr. Lao She, a great modern writer in China, was originally named Shu Qingchun, and his pen name was She Yu and Lao She. Obviously, the word "Shu" is divided into "she" and "Yu". I always thought Lao She's pen name was meaningful.
Lao She Lao She always gives up. He abandoned elegant and exquisite language and adopted popular and plain words. Many works appeal to both refined and popular tastes, which truly reproduced the social life at that time and eventually became a generation of language masters.
This coincides with the request of Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, that "every poem should be understood by the old woman". Come to think of it, the pen name of this great writer is really extraordinary. Know how to "give up" first, and "get" will come naturally. ?
Give up jealousy and get sincere praise;
Give up fame and gain inner peace;
? Abandoning glitz, what you get is the promotion of the realm;
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Being willing is a kind of verve. Li Bai's "Spin a thousand pieces of silver, come back!" Is to give up money and take good wine to drown your sorrows. Abandoning financial troubles is in exchange for spiritual comfort. ?
? "I am also kind. Although I died nine times, I still have no regrets. " Life is a process of giving up and getting, and it is a great practice to constantly understand the relationship between giving up and getting. Give up your desire, stick to your heart and pursue your dreams without hesitation!