“ZiHou’s growth is out of my expectation, on that day, I felt that you are a diamond in the rough, a talent that can be created, but now it seems that a diamond is not enough to describe you.”Sun old master stroked his beard, looked at Zhu Pingan and nodded with satisfaction, then continued, “Zi Hou has inscribed this painting, a matter of the old man’s heart, the old man also has no gift to give you, so I will give you one last lesson.”
Last lesson?
Zhu Pingan was surprised when he heard this, why did old master Sun say that it was the last lesson, could it be that he had done something wrong, and the master wanted to expel himself from the door? However, his own sentence of 100,000 dragon grandchildren around the wind pool made old master Sun feel that he was too unrealistic.
“The last lesson? One day is a teacher, all beings are fathers, students should **** come to listen to the teachings of the teacher.”Zhu Pingan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed with his hands.
Seeing Zhu Pingan’s anxious appearance, Old Master Sun could not help but stroke his whiskers and shake his head and smile, “Zi Hou your growth is out of Old Master’s expectations, there is nothing more that Old Master can teach you; moreover, the so-called Master Leads the Door Cultivation is in the Individual, in the future, the road, but also Zi Hou you walk on your own.”
“Benefactor is erudite and versatile, whether as a person or as a scholar, he is far superior to the student ……”Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but rush to explain at his words.
However, before the words were finished, they were interrupted by Old Master Sun gently shaking his hand before looking at Zhu Pingan and continuing:
“Zi Hou you are gifted, diligent and studious, and have high aspirations, like a sharp sword, your future achievements are bound to be unlimited. However, the career path is dangerous, the official road is bumpy, ZiHou you need to remember what I said today.”
Sun said this old man paused for a moment, picked up the cup of tea and put it down, looking at the serious listening to Zhu Pingan continued, “as a person like a sword, light use of its awns, moving that is hurt, is a vicious weapon; deep hidden if awkward, the opportunity to take the decision, is a sharp weapon.”
The meaning of Sun’s words is that being a man is like a sword, you can’t use its sharpness easily, if you use it casually, it will cause harm, so the sword becomes a vicious weapon; you have to learn to hide your clumsiness, and decide whether to use it or not according to the matter, so the sword becomes a sharp weapon.
Zhu Pingan listened to the words of the old master Sun, understood the good intentions of the old master Sun, the old master Sun is trying to tell himself, to do things for people, especially in the treacherous career path, we must learn to restrain their own sharpness, to be low-profile, can not rely on their own a few talents do not know the east and west and north and south, and casually open show their talent, bullying, which will be easy to cause other people’s grudges, jealousy, which will attract disaster for themselves. This will easily cause resentment and jealousy among others, which will in turn bring disaster to oneself. A person’s talent, on the contrary, has become a weapon.
As the saying goes: a gentleman hides his weapon in his body, waiting for the time to move. Only learn to hide, bide their time, in order to take the decision in the big event, the key time to show the sharpness and talent, just like Sun Tzu’s art of war said: quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit. Not to strike then, a shot to be a hit. Usually, we should be good at hiding the clumsy, keep the energy, the time comes to be decisive, quick and easy.
Usually converge sharpness, know how to hide clumsiness, the key time and then decisive shot, a shot will be able to set the stage.
“Thank you for your teacher’s teachings, the student remembered.”Zhu Pingan stood solemnly, very formally bowed to Old Master Sun, and said thanks in a deep voice.
Hmm.
Old Master Sun nodded, then added, “Be a man before being an official, being an official you have to learn to be a man first, of course, ZiHou your person, I am assured. But outside the temptation is too much, frustration is also more, peace you have to remember, no matter in what kind of situation should adhere to the good, ‘for the good is in advance, for the evil is to go’, especially into the career is more so, good and evil a thought, but this you a thought is related to the destiny of thousands of people, can not not be detected, can not be held. ”
“I am honoured to follow my teacher’s orders, the student will remember what my benefactor has said, no matter out of what kind of situation, the student will definitely hold on to what is good.”Zhu Pingan nodded his head vigorously, Old Master Sun was afraid that he would lose his own self-centredness in his career path, just as Liu Bei taught Ah Dou back then, educating to make performing good deeds as the standard of doing good for others.
“If Zi Hou has this heart, I am relieved.”Old Master Sun gently nodded, then continued, “To do good to happiness, not seeking to be known, asking for a clear conscience; to do evil to suffering, fearing that people will know, terrified. By doing good and eliminating evil, the heart will be invincible.”
To be good is to be happy, and this is the title of Zhuangzi?The Outer Part?To Joy,” and Sun Laozi expanded on it to explain it. Doing good things is the happiest, because do not want others to know, no shame; do bad things is the most painful, because of the fear of others to know, terrified, but the net of heaven is not leakage, and ultimately it is difficult to escape the day of the window of the incident.
Sun Laozi said very reasonable, you do good things not to do bad things, will not leave a handle to the political enemy, the heart of conscience naturally invincible.
“Many thanks for the teachings of the benefactor.”Zhu Pingan once again bowed his hand and thanked Old Master Sun.
Old Master Sun stroked his beard and gently shook his hand, then went over to the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, dipped the ink and then wrote a couplet on the rice paper, and gave it to Zhu Pingan after the ink dried a little.
The first couplet was: to have a high family, you must be good.
The next couplet reads: To have good children and grandchildren, one must study.
The couplet is simple, concise and memorable. It is also a kind of family motto given to Zhu Pingan by Sun’s old master, and it is also Sun’s expectation of Zhu Pingan. Throughout the ages, there have been some top scholars from humble backgrounds, but they can seldom bring up a family, it is easy for a person to succeed, but it is difficult for a family to succeed, and as the saying goes, the rich are not as rich as the three is an example of such a case.
Objectively speaking, the nobility of the gentry or the scholarly family, their splendour is much longer than that of the cold and agricultural families of the mob.
In fact, in addition to the relationship between the social system, the family culture is also a big factor, culture is the tree of life of a family, but also the soft power of the family, but also the soul of the family.
The stormy family compared to the scholarly family lack of heritage, in the final analysis, said the culture.
Zhu Pingan passed the examination, but after all, it is a cold family origin, the family heritage is not strong, Sun old master will give this couplet to Zhu Pingan, is for this purpose.
To be high in the family must be good, high and low in the family is in people’s hearts, no goodness, flying, even if it is soaring, but also can not be called the family, on the scholars. To do great, improve the family, we must pay attention to the good. Throughout history, when there is famine and other natural disasters **, those who can open the warehouse to help the people’s family, in people’s hearts is the big family. And so after the disaster, people are grateful, business or favours or, the family will slowly grow bigger and stronger, and over time, not a mansion will become a mansion.
“En Shi this couplet is easy to understand, but far-reaching reminiscence, students feel a lot, thank you for giving words. The student will pass it down as the Zhu family’s family motto, not forgetting Entei’s teachings.”
Zhu Pingan received the couplet and put it away very cherishingly.
This line of visiting his benefactor, Zhu Pingan had gained a lot, and had learnt a lot more from Elder Sun, all of which would be valuable possessions on the road of life in the future.
