"Song of Insufficiency"
Zhu Zaiyu of the Ming Dynasty
Running around all day long just to be hungry, and just as soon as he is full, he thinks about clothes; he has enough food and clothing, but he also thinks about coquettishness E'e has a beautiful wife; I married a beautiful wife and gave birth to a son, but I hate having no land and little foundation; I have so much fertile land, but I hate having so few horses to ride when I go out; The trough head detains the mules and horses, fearing that I will not have an official position and will be bullied; the seventh-grade county magistrate returns If you are too young, you want to hang a purple dress in the middle of the court; if you are a prime minister, you also want to seize the throne of the mountains and rivers; if you are contented to be the emperor, you want to live forever; once you get the elixir of immortality, you will argue with God. Not enough and not satisfied, what is life like? If the world's hearts are to be satisfied, nothing can be done except in a dream. Extended information
This song expresses the greed of human nature! It’s true that “people’s hearts are not enough and snakes swallow elephants”!
The pursuit of status, wealth, and a happy life are the needs and instinctive reactions of human beings for survival and development. However, people's pursuit is not arbitrary and unlimited, without boundaries. It is subject to subjective and objective conditions: First, personal ability. The second is the living environment, family background, and interpersonal relationships. The third is personal status, working conditions, and scope of activities. The fourth is moral and legal constraints. These conditions determine the share a person can obtain in society, and also determine the limits of a person's material and spiritual life. If it is divorced from personal subjective and objective conditions and breaks through the moral and legal framework, the pursuit will essentially turn into "greed", which is "unreasonable thinking". Not being satisfied or stopping will bring people not happiness, but humiliation, danger and disaster. "Laozi" said: "Therefore, knowing one's contentment is not humiliating, knowing one's contentment is not perishable, and it can last for a long time." He also said: "There is no disaster greater than not being satisfied, and no blame is greater than wanting to gain. Therefore, knowing the content is always enough."
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