What does it mean that cleverness is not exposed and stupidity is exposed?

A wise man shows his stupidity without revealing his heart.

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A wise man is stupid because he doesn't want to expose his thoughts.

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Wisdom and wisdom are the most needed in life, but they are often expressed in a chaotic form. Zheng Banqiao said, "There are different kinds of cleverness. The so-called cleverness and stupidity are true stupidity and false wisdom, while cleverness and stupidity are false stupidity and true wisdom. The so-called life is not easy to be confused, and it is great wisdom hidden in rare confusion. "

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When American President Wilson was a child, he looked rather dull compared with his peers. Many people in the town like to play jokes on him or tease him.

Once, one of his playmates, with a dollar in one hand and a nickel in the other, asked little Wilson which one he would choose.

"I want five cents." Wilson answered simply.

Friends couldn't help laughing: "He keeps a dollar, but he wants five cents." Jokes about Wilson began to spread everywhere.

Hearing this joke, many people don't believe that little Wilson would be so stupid. Every day, people test him in the same way

Sure enough, every time, little Wilson asked for five cents and was not interested in a dollar. Causing people to leave in laughter.

However, his math teacher didn't believe that little Wilson would be so stupid. One day, the teacher found him and asked him face to face, "Little Wilson, can't you even tell the size of a dollar from a nickel?"

Little Wilson then told the truth: "Of course I can see it, but if I want a dollar, no one will do it again." I won't even get five cents in the future. "

Choosing a dollar is smart. Giving up this kind of intelligence seems stupid, but it is a kind of wisdom that is difficult for smart people with high IQ to achieve. This is why most smart people accomplish nothing, and those who succeed are not extremely smart.

Zhang wenwu is both good at it. At a celebrity gathering attended by literati, several Japanese ronins invited Zhang to give an impromptu gift. Zhang knew that the Japanese wanted to find another job, but in the face of so many people, he was embarrassed to refuse directly, so he had to let people write a "tiger" on the table with pen and ink, and then sign "Zhang's hand is black".

These Japanese ronin looked at the signature, wondering the mystery, and could not help but look at each other. Nevertheless, the secretary quietly told Zhang that there was a flaw: "Marshal, the word" ink "you wrote is missing an" earth ",and the word" hand ink "is written as" hand black ".

Zhang raised his voice and deliberately shouted at his secretary, "Why didn't I know there was a soil under the word' ink'?" Because this is what the Japanese demand, you can't bring soil. This is called not letting the land! " Zhang's patriotic enthusiasm immediately aroused people's applause. Only the Japanese ronin felt humiliated and had to leave.

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Being smart is not a bad thing, but if it is not used well, it will mess things up and make people lose a lot of precious things. If we stop wisdom with wisdom, turn this wisdom into wisdom through practice and guide our actions with wisdom, we will avoid the tragedy of being mistaken for wisdom.