Look at the biography of Qin Shihuang-the smarter you are, the more you will deceive yourself.

In December of the 31st year, it was renamed "Jiaping". Give Guizhou the first six stone meters and two sheep. The first emperor was a little traveler in Xianyang. He was with four warriors. He went out at night and met a thief in Lanchi. When he was embarrassed, the warrior killed the thief and stayed in Guanzhong for 20 days. Mi Shi 1600.

This passage is taken from Historical Records of Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang visited Xianyang incognito, at the foot of Guanzhong, where he ruled. Seven years before his death, large-scale thieves dared to run amok in Xianyang. According to the article, there is more than one thief, because it says "see embarrassment". However, in the twenty-eighth year of the Qin Dynasty, it was also recorded in the historical records that Qin Shihuang ascended Mount Tai to worship Zen and said, "The rule of governance runs, the production is appropriate, and there are laws. The righteousness is clear and clear, hanging over future generations. The emperor bowed to the saints, leveled the world and made unremitting efforts to govern. " Why is this happening? Because "there are 600 meters of stones", because the people are poor and the people do not have enough to eat, Qin Shihuang still dares to worship Zen. This is really a big joke.

Everyone will inevitably encounter setbacks in doing things. Frustration is a trivial matter, but after you try to do a lot of things, you finally find that things are completely different from what you imagined. Other people's evaluation of you is completely different from your own imagination, and sometimes it is a far cry from each other or even the opposite. Sometimes you think the other person likes you very much, but suddenly you find that the other person hates you to the extreme. You think you have done a very successful thing, and you are smart. What you don't know is a joke in others' eyes. People will encounter such things more or less. The difference between people is often not the difference in the problems you encounter, but what is your attitude when you encounter problems. Qin Shihuang was no exception. When you face a problem, there are usually two attitudes that determine the success or failure of your life. One is that when you find that the reality is completely different from your imagination, you will face the reality and solve the problem, and you are willing to change yourself to solve the problem. Another way is to cover your ears and pretend that all your comments about me are biased against me. You have a purpose for me, you don't like me, you deliberately slander me and distort what I do for various purposes. I didn't succeed in doing it, but you don't want to praise me. In fact, what I did was very successful, and you deliberately adjusted my weakness. I will sue myself with all kinds of excuses. Actually, I'm fine. Others are wrong. There are two ways to go, one is to change yourself, and the other is not to change yourself and continue to live in your dreams. Maybe you will ask, isn't that the first way that everyone will choose? But according to history, most people still choose the first way. Because the first way is very painful. It's painful to face who you really are. That kind of pain is like you have a wound, you have to tear it open and look at the bloody wound. Few people want to face their true selves, because living in their own fantasies and dreams is always happier.

This was the case with Qin Shihuang. What he saw was completely different from what he imagined, that is, "the road is running, it is properly made and French", but what would Qin Shihuang do? "Historical Records-The Biography of Qin Shihuang" "Thirty-two years, the stone of the first emperor, ... men enjoy their own fields, women study their own careers, and everything is in good order. You have benefited from production and have been in the field for a long time. " Qin Shihuang was a wise man. He succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen. At the age of 22, he got rid of his ministers and was able to lead the government. Finally, he unified the six countries. He is definitely a clever man. But often the smarter people are, the more they will deceive themselves. Because the more he can't stand it, the less clever he is. When people come to this road, they are not far from sadness and failure.

When studying history, the object of study is people. We don't have to look at people too high or too low. We must faithfully treat people as what kind of animals and what is the nature of people in order to understand what is the nature of history.