A small victory depends on wisdom, and a big victory depends on virtue. A person's virtue hides the ups and downs of his life.
If a person is not worthy of the name, he will only crush himself.
Virtue is thin and wealth is thick, and wealth will move to its place.
The ancients said: "There must be a strange disaster if you take wealth and profit without virtue and inaction;" If you do good deeds, you will be rewarded with many blessings. "
The wealth a person gets does not match his moral character, and it will only crush him.
Because people without morality will lose their minds in the face of too much or easy-to-get wealth and let their desires devour them.
Getting rich overnight is the dream of many people. Xiao He realized this dream because of a lottery ticket, but because of his shallow virtue, this sudden wealth did not bring him happiness.
With money, he lost his temper and went out lavishly, which soon attracted a group of friends and some greedy women.
Listening to the compliments of people around him, he was particularly tired of his wife's nagging, and finally lost himself in ecstasy and insisted on divorcing his wife.
Even, I was dragged by so-called friends to make various investments. Xiao He, who didn't understand these things, finally fell into the trap of others, not only being cheated out of all his money, but also carrying huge debts.
A short time is like a dream.
Many people who lack virtue will be like Xiao He. When wealth comes, they will get lost in it, forget what is right and wrong, and forget who is the most important person to them.
And those who don't get wealth from the right path will also pay the price for this "shortcut to life".
Small Shenyang is a typical example. He is a famous corrupt official and wants to win the trust of Emperor Qianlong. He looks like a perfect winner in life.
Although Xiao Shenyang was diligent before his success, he couldn't resist the temptation of money after his success.
He will use his position to embezzle tribute; He sold officials with money and set off a wave of bribery in North Korea.
He also took advantage of people's danger to buy land at a low price when others were in trouble, and made a profit from it.
But little Shenyang knows that behind his limelight, a deadly bayonet has been hung.
After the death of Emperor Qianlong, who protected small Shenyang, Emperor Jiaqing made a move on small Shenyang.
The wealth that little Shenyang has managed for so long has gone into the pocket of Emperor Jiaqing. According to records, the property of Little Shenyang is equivalent to the total income of the Qing government 15 years.
Although small Shenyang had a temporary scenery, it ended up as "small Shenyang fell, Jiaqing was full" because Germany didn't deserve money.
How much virtue a person has, how much wealth he carries, otherwise, wealth will be transferred.
As the four commandments of leaving Fan said: "There must be a hundred gold in the wealth of a hundred gold, and there must be a thousand gold in the wealth of a thousand gold."
Indeed, the poor are not rich in foreign wealth, and only with the support of virtue can they really have wealth.
Virtue is thin, and disaster is coming.
As the saying goes: "if virtue is not called, its disaster will be cold;" If you can't say it, it will be big. "
If a person's morality is not directly proportional to his position, then disaster is bound to come.
Li Si in the Qin Dynasty is an example.
Reese is a politician without ethics. In order to get a high position, he hurt many people, especially his classmate Han Feizi.
Han Feizi is not good at expressing himself, so he is not valued by the Korean king. However, his books such as Lonely Anger, Five Mistakes, and On Internal and External Storage were praised by the King of Qin, and he lamented that "it would be great to communicate with this author if I could meet him"!
The feeling of the king of Qin made Reese very jealous, so he said a lot of bad things about Han Feizi behind his back, tried to frame Han Feizi, and finally forced Han Feizi to take medicine and commit suicide in prison.
After the death of Qin Shihuang, under the threat and temptation of Zhao Gao, Reese colluded with others to tamper with Qin Shihuang's testamentary edict and made Hu Hai emperor.
From then on, the Qin regime was in jeopardy, and Reese, who succeeded in framing others, was also harmed by Zhao Gao, who was more scheming than himself, and was finally "five punishments" and beheaded.
When a person does not value his own virtue and only pursues his own interests, disaster is not far away.
There is a story in King Zhuangzi of Qi, which tells that there was a butcher named Tu Yang in the State of Chu who helped Zhao Haoqi solve many problems when he fled.
Later, King Zhao Chu returned to China, and he was very grateful to Tu Yang. Asked what he wanted, he said he only wanted his own mutton stall.
King Zhao and Chu insisted on giving him a high official. Tell me about slaughtering sheep:
"I know this position is more noble than the work of slaughtering sheep; The salary of Wanling is much more than the income of slaughtering sheep, but how can I covet the salary and make the king have the reputation of improper reward? I just want to restore my mutton stall. "
Few people can be so sober in front of high positions, but only by understanding that positions need virtue can they stay away from disaster.
People who cherish blessings in Xiu De will be able to take things with goodwill.
Then how to coordinate morality with morality, and how to match wealth with morality?
I ching said: the terrain is vast, and a gentleman carries things with virtue.
The so-called virtue is actually very simple to do, that is, to work, live and be a man according to the laws of nature.
For example, filial piety, honesty and trustworthiness, when we do something good, we are doing Xiu De for ourselves.
In this way, you can carry "everything" such as money, power and reputation. In other words, the better your moral character, the higher your wealth and status.
In ancient times, there was a saying of "three immortals", namely, virtue, merit and standing.
Lide ranks first among them, and we can trace back to history. Immortals are virtuous people.
A generation of famous Zeng Guofan also warned his younger brother like this: "Being unworthy of virtue is the most dangerous! Those who deify themselves by flattering and fooling ordinary people will surely end up miserable! "
Therefore, Zeng Guofan attached great importance to his own virtue. Every time he goes to work, he sends a gift, including the concierge, and the gift is also carefully selected.
But when others give gifts, he always refuses. If he can't refuse, he will accept the least and give the other party a gift in return.
He will not take advantage of his position to retaliate against others, nor will he use his power to make his family rich.
Over time, civil and military officials paid more and more respect to Zeng Guofan, and their subordinates willingly obeyed Zeng Guofan's command.
This is what Zeng Guofan said, "You can only study in Germany."
A person should study Xiu De first, his career first, and his wealth first, and it will come naturally.
Because a person's character is also his feng shui.