There was a painter who wanted to draw Jesus, but he couldn't find an innocent person to be a model. Later, a young monk in the monastery gave the painter what he wanted. After the completion of the icon, the painter became famous in one fell swoop, and the financial resources were rolling in, and the model monk was also paid handsomely.
Later, the painter felt that when he painted the saint Jesus, he should paint the devil Satan again. How can there be only saints and no demons in the world? So the painter decided to draw the devil Satan. Soon, he found a model of Satan in prison.
Who knows that the prisoner who is about to be painted as the devil cries in front of the painter: "I used to be a saint you painted, but now you come to me after painting the devil!" " " .
The painter was shocked and said, "How is that possible?"
The man cried bitterly and said, "After I got your reward, I was no longer interested in monasticism, just having fun." When we ran out of money, our desire could not be contained, so we had to cheat, steal and rob ... Finally, we were arrested and imprisoned. "
The painter threw the pen away and sighed.
There is a popular quip in the comments that "men get bad when they have money, and women get rich when they get bad". Although it is a witticism, it also contains some philosophies. The old saying goes well: "Although wine is chaotic, water can carry a boat and overturn it." Money is lovely and hateful. After a person has a lot of money, if he neglects ideological transformation and character cultivation, the money in his hand will indulge your desires, and the indulged desires will drive your hands to get more money. Over time, it will make a pure monk with the image and quality of a saint degenerate into a criminal with the evil form of the devil. Greedy love is an ocean of pain, and lust is a pit of fire.
2. White paper and black spots
There is a boarding school in Kumasi, Ghana, Africa. One morning, a teacher came into the classroom, held up a piece of white paper with a black spot on it and asked the students, "What do you see, classmates?" The students replied in unison, "A black spot."
The teacher said, "No! Look again, don't any of you see that this is a blank sheet of paper? " Then, the teacher said earnestly, "in the future life, you should not look at people and things like this!" " "
The teacher's teaching about this "white paper" has been engraved in the mind of a student who was only 17 years old at that time. The student of that year was Kofi, the current Secretary-General of the United Nations? Annan.
Comments In this world of smoke, crisis, terrorists everywhere and unexpected disasters all the time, Mr. Annan, as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, always appreciates the teacher's inculcation on "black and white" and still values the beauty and loveliness of this "white paper", which has many "black spots". In fact, we often encounter this kind of "white paper" stained with "black spots". For example, comrades who have made mistakes, such as colleagues who have many problems ... Therefore, we should carefully taste the story of African teachers' "black spots and blank sheets of paper" and learn from it: people should first "look at a blank sheet of paper", that is, look at people's mainstream and big festivals, be tolerant and tolerant of others' "black spots", seek common ground while reserving differences, and don't just pay attention to others' "black spots" deliberately.
3. Soul Garden
In the United States, for a time, Hammer, the oil magnate who has been leading in oil sales, reduced oil production to Eastern European countries, while his competitors increased oil production slightly. People don't understand this phenomenon. When Jacek, a reporter from a tabloid, asked this most sensitive topic, Hammer kindly replied, "Taking care of others is taking care of yourself. Those who want to lead others in the competition should understand that caring for others is the best and fastest way. "
At that time, Jessica didn't understand Hammer's words, thinking that he was just being mysterious and perfunctory. It was not until 10 years later that he read a short story about a hammer that he suddenly realized.
One winter, young Hammer and a group of companions went into exile in Walson, a small town in Southern California. It rained in those winter days, and the path beside the garden in front of Mayor Jackson became muddy, so pedestrians had to cross the garden, making the garden a mess. Hammer lamented for the mayor, so he stopped pedestrians from walking through the garden despite the cold and rain. At this time, I saw the mayor smiling and coming back with a load of dregs, laying them leisurely in the mud in front of Hammer. The road is clear, and no one goes through the garden anymore. The mayor said meaningfully to Hammer, "You see, taking care of others means taking care of yourself. What's wrong? "
The words and deeds of the kind mayor gave Hammer a great shock.
If it weren't for the snowy sky and the muddy road ahead, who would have the heart to trample on the beautiful flower beds? Although it's not the fault of the garden that it rains, and the difficulty in walking the path has nothing to do with the owner of the garden, if you want to protect your garden from being trampled, you might as well pick the slag to pave the way instead of guarding it in the rain. A person's mind is like a beautiful garden. The journey of life is like a path in front of the garden. Life is like a rainy sky. To keep your mind from being trampled, rain is inevitable. The best way is to try to help those who may want to pass through your garden because of the muddy road. Few people in this world are born to do bad things, and most people do bad things because life forces them.
4. Cao Cao burned the coffin
When Cao Cao crusaded against Yuan Shao, Chen Lin scolded his ancestors with a piece of paper. But he cherishes Chen Lin's talent. Instead of killing him, he entrusted him with an important task. When he defeated Yuan Shao, Cao Cao found a bunch of secret correspondence letters between Cao Cao's subordinates and Yuan Shao from books. Someone advised Cao Cao to kill all these people. Cao Cao said, "If you are strong, you can't be alone. What about others? " It means: when Yuan Shao was powerful, even I didn't know what my result would be, let alone others. Therefore, these letters were ordered to be burned and the parties concerned were not investigated.
Comments No matter what Cao's operation is said in history, his pity for talents and tolerance for his subordinates all show that he is a handsome soldier and a king of a country. Many times, if we can put ourselves in others' shoes, then many mistakes of others may be excusable. Forgiveness produces tolerance, but tolerance is more shocking than punishment. The so-called small amount is not a gentleman, no "degree" is not a husband, and those who achieve great things are often broad-minded. For a leader, tolerance is an important part of leadership quality. If you can tolerate the mistakes of your subordinates, you can get their sincere support.
Step 5 divide the sheep
The emperor wanted to reward each of his courtiers with a sheep. But those sheep are different in size and fat and thin. How can we make a reasonable division so that everyone has no opinion? Some people advocate dividing the size of the sheep according to the size of the official position. Some people advocate drawing lots by luck. Some people advocate killing all the sheep and dividing the meat equally ... When the emperor disagreed, the prime minister went to find the sheep and took the smallest and thinnest sheep away. The prime minister took the initiative to suffer, who has the nerve to refute it? As a result, the sheep were successfully divided in mutual humility.
In ancient times, sheep were the most beautiful food. Rewarding courtiers with sheep shows the emperor's concern for courtiers. This was originally a good thing, but if it is not done well, contradictions and opinions will be separated, and good things will become bad things. Because "those sheep are different in size and fat and thin", no matter which distribution scheme is adopted, it can't be divided reasonably and properly. It's hard to please everyone! The only good way is to make those who are rewarded modest and willing to bear some losses themselves. The prime minister in the story realized this and decided to choose the "smallest and thinnest" one for himself first. Among hundreds of officials, the highest-ranking and most powerful prime minister does not use his power to divide the biggest and fattest, but to choose the smallest and thinnest. Other officials are embarrassed to choose the biggest and fattest even if some people don't want to suffer. In this way, not only will the division be smooth, but the last official will also be the biggest and fattest. As the head of a hundred officials, the prime minister set an example and took the lead in humility, which not only allowed the sheep to be separated smoothly, but also brought out the good atmosphere of Manchu. Contradictions at present, if all parties can show humility, any problem can be solved satisfactorily; At present, if leaders can take the lead in losing money, why shouldn't the social atmosphere get better?
6. Liu Mi Cave
From Chongqing along the Yangtze River, after Zhongxian County, there is a lonely peak standing on the north bank, and the scenery is wonderful. There is a tower on the peak, and there is a hole in the tower, which is called "Liumi Cave". There is a story circulating here: rice automatically flows out of the cave every day in the "Liumi Cave" for monks and nuns here to enjoy. Later, a monk suspected that the hole was too small and there was only enough rice to eat, so he secretly chiseled the hole big, hoping to get more rice for money. To my surprise, there is not a grain of rice in that hole.
Comments are enough, and it is possible to maintain the benefits we have enjoyed in good times. Once greed germinates, being popular may not only make you lose more, but also make what you already have disappear. In life, I don't know how many people have "gouged out" the hole of flowing rice because of greed, so that the once "you" have been abandoned! It is easy for us to understand that we can't have all the benefits in the world. We should cherish the existing "rice hole" and let it flow. In fact, many things in life do not need to occupy too much, such as material money, honor and reputation. It is enough for us to get what we deserve. If we rob too much, it will only attract more envious and scheming eyes and increase our physical and mental burden for no reason.
7. The world's number one chess player
Zuo, a famous minister in Qing dynasty, likes playing chess, and his chess skills are superb, and he rarely meets his opponents. On the eve of being ordered to lead the troops to counter the rebellion in Xinjiang, he made a patrol incognito and saw a sign in the street with the words "the first chess player in the world". Zuo thinks the old man is too arrogant to call himself "the first chess player in the world". He wanted to teach him a lesson and challenge him. I didn't expect the old man to be vulnerable and lose again and again. Proud Zuo ordered the old man to smash the signboard and leave quickly so as not to make a fool of himself here again.
Unexpectedly, when Zuo returned from the counter-insurgency in Xinjiang, the signboard of "the first chess player in the world" was still standing there. He was very unhappy and decided to teach the little man another lesson. Strange to say, this time Zuo was actually "killed" by the old man and lost three wars in a row. Zuo refused to accept it, and he fought again the next day. This time, he lost even worse. He felt incredible, so he asked the old man why his chess skills had improved so fast in such a short time. The old man smiled and said, "Although you were traveling incognito last time, I know that you are Lord Zuo and you are going to Xinjiang soon. I don't want to blow the spirit of a military commander, so I deliberately let you win, so that as a winner who defeated the' No.1 chess player in the world', I can counter the rebellion with confidence. Now that you have won, I have no scruples about being humble. " Zuo felt ashamed after hearing this. He thought, such a folk old man is so deeply aware of the righteousness, and he feels that as a senior official in the DPRK and a vassal all the way, he has lost a few more games in front of the old man!
Comment on the old chess player pretending to lose in front of the public in the busy street, and not setting up the signboard of "the first chess player in the world", it will not only be misunderstood by the opponent who won the chess, but also be laughed at by many unsuspecting audiences. But for the sake of righteousness, he is willing to bear this grievance. This kind of behavior of great morality is not something that ordinary people can do. Because it is not just a general spirit of forgiveness, but selfless dedication, noble pay, kindness to the country and others. It needs a kind of initiative more than forgiveness, and it can also reflect the value of a person's mind. In this sense, the old chess player is more skilled.
8, 3823
One day, Yan Hui saw a cloth buyer and a cloth seller quarreling in the street. The man who bought the cloth said, "Why do you want me twenty-four dollars?" The cloth seller said, "March 8 was originally twenty-four, and it was right for me to charge you twenty-four dollars." Yan Hui couldn't help but come forward to stop the fight. He said to the man who bought the cloth, "Sir, 38 is 24. You have miscalculated." Unexpectedly, the man pointed to Yan Hui's nose and said, "Who are you? Do you dare to say that my calculation is wrong? I will listen to Confucius. Let's go and comment on Confucius. "
Yan Hui came to see Confucius with a cloth buyer. On the way, the cloth buyer asked, "What if you are wrong?" "I was wrong, so I gave you this new hat on my head." Yan Hui asked, "What would you do if you were wrong?" The cloth buyer replied, "If I am wrong, I will cut off my head and give it to you."
Confucius listened to the situation clearly and said to Yan Hui seriously, "March 8th was originally twenty-three. Yan Hui, you lost. Give the hat to someone else! "
Yan Hui never imagined that his god-like teacher was so confused, but in order to respect the teacher, he took off his hat and handed it to the cloth buyer.
After the cloth buyer left happily with Yan Hui's hat, Confucius smiled and said to Yan Hui who looked at the dark clouds: "I said you lost, you just lost a hat;" If I say he lost, it's a life! Don't you see the seriousness of the cloth buyer? Do you think hat is more important or life is more important? Yan Hui suddenly realized that he knelt in front of the teacher and said, "Teacher, this is a great virtue, regardless of whether it is small or right, and students are extremely ashamed!"
Comment on smart people have their own smart opinions, and extraordinary people have their own extraordinary actions. The sage Confucius pretended to be confused in this dispute between right and wrong, and it was his "confusion" that showed the wisdom of the sage. Think about it, Confucius has such a high prestige in people's hearts that his words and deeds may have an impact on others. If he insists on the "truth" at this time, to be honest, this uneducated but serious cloth buyer who only remembers "March 8" as "March 23" will lose his life because of fulfilling his promise. Confucius told Yan Hui that it is important to be a man, to talk about big things, and not to take others seriously in small things. At this point, Zheng Banqiao, a famous painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, is completely enlightened, and his motto is "It's hard to be confused".
9. Bao Gong gave up the inkstone.
In the second year of Li Qing, Song Renzong, Bao Zheng was ordered to move to Renzhi County, Ruichuan, Guangdong. At that time, bribery was prevalent, and some local tyrants and evil gentry scrambled to use the precious Guangdong ink stone as a bribe in order to curry favor with the powerful. Although Bao Zheng likes calligraphy and Guangdong ink stone, he insists that one party will not accept it.
Later, he was transferred, and local officials and gentry all came to the river to see him off. Unexpectedly, when the ship untied the cable, suddenly, the sky was overcast, stormy and rough. Bao Zheng was frightened to disgrace, thinking that he had unconsciously done something ungrateful, and immediately closed his eyes and reflected. However, he searched his heart and couldn't figure out what was wrong with being an official here. At this time, he ordered his entourage Bao Xing to search the cabin to see if anyone secretly sent gifts to the ship. Bao Xing searched everywhere where he could hide things and found nothing. Finally, Baoxing couldn't bear to see his master in a hurry and confessed that someone gave him a gift behind his back when he got on the boat. He thought it was a gift that the people appreciated the master when he left office, and it didn't hurt to accept it, so he took out a beautiful Guangdong inkstone wrapped in yellow cloth from his baggage. Without further ado, Bao Zheng took the Guangdong inkstone from Bao Xing, and threw it into the rushing river with a whisking. Strange to say, the storm and the waves immediately subsided.
The ancients commented: "inaction is the pillar of heaven and earth;" A little unbearable thought is the foundation of people's education. "A drop of water shows the brilliance of the sun. This story is really insignificant for an all-powerful Bao Zheng, but it just reflects Bao Zheng's indomitable spirit and integrity as an official. According to common sense, what Bao Xing thinks and does is beyond reproach. People appreciate their parents' achievements to show their gratitude when they leave their jobs, which is different from giving gifts when they are in office. But in Bao Zheng's view, it is the duty of officials to do good for the people, and there is no reason to accept their thanks, let alone their property. As the saying goes, "enjoy no more than extra, and practice no less than extra." "Although one side has a small inkstone", calligraphy and painting are elegant things. Once insatiable, they become businessmen. "The mountains are resorts, and a camp will become a city." In any case, accepting the property of ordinary people is a stain on the style and personality of officials, which will make an official robe stink.
Ji zi Sangyuan 10
Deng You of the Jin Dynasty fled with his sister-in-law, son and nephew in order to escape the war. On the way, my brother and daughter-in-law were scattered by the disorderly army. Deng You, who was old and frail, could not take care of two young children, so he had to reluctantly tie his son to a mulberry tree and carry his nephew on his back to escape. Fortunately, before long, the brother-in-law who came from behind found You Deng's son. After escaping from Tongguan, my aunt and nephew met You Deng, and the family was reunited.
Commenting on a person's life, I don't know how many choices to face: big and small, more and less, beauty and ugliness, weight and lightness, easy and difficult, advantages and disadvantages, proximity and sparseness ... no matter which choice, it is probably difficult to surpass human nature. There is nothing wrong with choosing what is good for you, because human nature makes it; It is not too difficult to choose what is beneficial to people. There are many people in ancient and modern China and abroad. On the way to escape, Deng You chose his nephew and gave up his son in the choice that two children could only take one away, which would not be easier than choosing death in the face of life and death. The choice at this moment is thrilling enough and lamentable enough to make all people feel ashamed of their own interests.
1 1, two birds
There is a bird with two heads. When one head sleeps, the other head undertakes the guard task.
The head on the left loves to doze off, but the head on the right often has to rest as a guard.
The heart is important? "
One day, when the head on the right was on guard, a gust of wind blew and a sweet fruit fell from the tree. The head on the right wanted to ask the head on the left to try it together, but seeing that he was sleeping soundly and couldn't bear to wake him up, he thought, "Anyway, he and I are one body. If I eat it, he will also benefit. " So he ate the fruit.
When the left brain woke up, it heard the right brain burping and smelled a fragrance, so it understood that the right brain enjoyed the food alone and held a grudge from then on.
One day, it was Zuo Tou's turn to be a guard, and he wanted to enjoy the sweet fruit alone. Just then, a gust of wind blew and a poisonous fruit fell from the tree next door. While hating his bad luck, the left brain thought, "If it enjoys the sweet fruit alone, I will enjoy the poisonous fruit alone. Anyway, it and I are the same body. If you die, die together! " So I ate poisonous fruit.
In fact, in the face of many things that make you angry, as long as you endure, you will soon find that things are not as bad as you think, maybe you are not in pain at all, and others are not as bad as you think. In dealing with people, we should be kind to others. Being kind to others is actually being kind to yourself. However, there are indeed some people in this world who would rather die and lose each other than letting others go once, or even dying with others, rather than letting others live. What is even more frightening is that this courage to "share the honor and disgrace with the best" is often due to trivial matters or even a momentary misunderstanding. The ancients advised: "put out the fire in your heart and pick up the Buddha lamp." Don't force life and death because of bad feelings.
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