Zheng Banqiao's famous saying: "It's hard to be confused". What does this mean?

In recent years, the word "muddleheaded" written by Zheng Banqiao has been made into various gifts or rubbings or sold as badges like leaflets, which has also made people more interested in this cynical Mr. Zheng Banqiao; The explanation of "rare confusion" comes from one's own psychological needs, so it is postponed to the mindset and value orientation of the word "rare confusion". But because the author didn't know his intention at that time, he will have a different understanding now. [Edit this paragraph] Zheng Banqiao, a painter and writer in Qing Dynasty, wrote several famous plaques, among which the most popular ones are "inseparable" and "through thick and thin".

It is said that the word "rarely confused" was written in Yunfeng Mountain, Laizhou, Shandong Province. One year, Zheng Banqiao made a special trip here to see the Zheng Wengong Monument, but he couldn't leave. It was dark and he had to spend the night in a cabin on the mountain. The shopkeeper is a refined old man, pretending to be a "confused old man" and speaking well. In his room, a table-sized inkstone was displayed, which was exquisite in stone and carved, leaving a deep impression on Zheng Banqiao. The old man asked Zheng Banqiao to engrave an inscription on the back of the inkstone. Banqiao thought that the old man must have a history, so he inscribed the word "muddleheaded" and used the seal of "Kangxi Scholar Yongzheng Juren Gan Long Jinshi".

Because there are still many gaps in the inkstone, Banqiao said that the old man should write a postscript. The old man wrote: "beautiful stones are hard to get, especially hard stones, and it is even harder to change from beautiful stones to hard stones." Beauty is in the middle, but stubbornness is outside, hiding the home of savages, not entering the treasure door. " He used a square seal, which said, "College entrance examination first, rural entrance examination second, and palace examination third." Banqiao was surprised to know that the old man was a retired official. Feeling the name of the confused old man, I saw that there was still a gap on the back of the inkstone, so I added a paragraph: "It is difficult to be smart, especially confused, and it is even more difficult to change from smart to confused. Let go, take a step back, feel at ease now, and report later. " [Edit this paragraph] Meaning 1: Self-mockery. Zheng Banqiao was in Wei County in A.D. 175 1 year. "There is nothing in Yazhai, the walls are empty, and there is silence all around, as if I were outside the party, and I am disappointed." He thought: "Life is dull, half a life is bleak, isn't that what life is like?" What will happen in the end? It seems better to be confused. Everything is confused, without loss or gain, the mentality will be peaceful. "So, he wrote" it's hard to be confused ". Therefore, it is called "really the helpless words confided by extremely smart people, and the angry words that come out when facing the noisy life and the cold world." ("Guangling Wizards-Biography of Zheng Banqiao")

Two: the voice of protest said. In the autumn of A.D. 1754, Zheng Banqiao was transferred from Fanxian County, Shandong Province to the magistrate of Weixian County. On the day he took office, he was suffering from a once-in-a-century drought. But the imperial envoy Yao Yaozong turned a blind eye and asked him for calligraphy and painting instead. Zheng Banqiao satirized ghost paintings, and Yao Yaozong, an imperial envoy, tore them up in a rage. When Zheng Banqiao saw the sufferings of the people, he was exhausted and very depressed. His wife advised: since the emperor doesn't ask, and the imperial envoy ignores you, just pretend to be confused! Zheng Banqiao said angrily, I can't pretend to be confused. You know, it's hard to be smart, it's hard to be confused, it's harder to change from smart to confused, and it's hard to be confused. Inspired by this, I encouraged myself by "saving all people at all costs" and opened an official disaster relief warehouse. What he said later became the self-report of "It's hard to be confused": "It's hard to be smart, it's hard to be confused, and it's even harder to change from smart to confused. Let go, to say the least, I feel at ease now, not to be rewarded later. " Xu Lanzhou, Taiwan Province Province, said: "The literal meaning of this sentence seems to imply that people should not take everything too seriously and muddle along. This is another annotation of the so-called' not stupid or deaf, not being an old man'. In other words, wise men have common wisdom, which depends on human innate inheritance and acquired environmental education to cultivate a perfect character. It is not easy to compare with people's desires. " Su Dongpo said in his poem: "Everyone adopts a son and looks smart, but I was delayed by cleverness all my life." Therefore, it is difficult for smart people to do it. What is confusion? Confusion is not cleverness. There are two kinds of confusion: one is really confused, as if it were born, and you can't pretend or ask; One is playing dumb, knowing right and wrong clearly, but pretending to be bad, which changes from' smart to confused'. According to Zheng Banqiao's personality and psychological structure, it is obviously a kind of pain and torture to ask him to go against his own ideas and moral behavior. If a wise man does something based on conscience and morality, it is really hard to pretend to be confused and do nothing. Therefore, Xu Lanzhou thinks: "Zheng Banqiao's essay, in which he feels' hard to be confused', contains a very emotional mental journey and is also a protest against intellectuals' failure to show their ambitions in a corrupt autocratic regime. It has the meaning of failing to do what should be done and the courage to do what cannot be done. Therefore, this kind of' psychological adjustment' is an attempt to balance one's psychological contrast in order to obtain a short-term peace. " ("Rare chaos is the voice of protest in Zheng Banqiao")

Three: peace of mind. When Zheng Banqiao was appointed magistrate of Wei County, his cousin sued his neighbor for a section of the foundation of his ancestral home, asking him to inform Xinghua County to trust each other in order to win the lawsuit. After reading the letter, Zheng Banqiao immediately wrote a poem back to the book: "A thousand miles of books are walls, why not let him be a few feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang. "Later, he wrote down the words" it is rare to be confused "and" it is a blessing to suffer ". And under "it's hard to be confused", add "it's hard to be smart, it's hard to be confused, and it's even harder to change from smart to confused." Let go, to say the least, feel at ease now, not to be rewarded later. "Under the heading of" loss is bliss ",it is noted that" people who are full will lose opportunities, those who lose will gradually gain, and those who lose themselves will gain more than others, and everyone will get half of their feelings, so that they can have peace of mind and happiness. ".The poem quoted here was actually written by Zhang Ying, a contemporary college student. Here," rare confusion "is compared to cleverness; It is rare to be confused once, feel at ease and get a balance of mind. Because "losing is a blessing" is not only the most appropriate interpretation of "difficult to be confused".

Four: self-mockery. Zheng Banqiao has never been confused. The reason why he lamented "rare confusion" is because he has his own difficulties. Zhu Tiezhi thinks that "Zheng Banqiao is a very sober person. Only when you are sober, honest and upright, and can't do anything about slanderers, will you have a sigh of "rare confusion". What is the difficulty of being "hard to get confused"? The difficult thing is that he is sober and self-evident after all, and his heart is like a mirror. He can't turn a deaf ear to evil forces and turn a blind eye. The difficulty is that he always cares about the situation and can't be indifferent to the sufferings of the people. He can only pretend to be confused, but he can't ignore the reality, so his heart is painful and indifferent to the outside world, lamenting that' it is difficult to be confused'. " (Reading Reference)

Zheng Banqiao is famous for being "rarely confused". His so-called "rare confusion" has different explanations, and it is estimated that it is literal; Have something to explain; There are also discussions on its profound connotation, and opinions vary. So what kind of explanation should it make? It seems that "I don't know the world of the ancients, and I can't talk about their words." Knowing the world, not knowing the life experience of the ancients, can't sell yourself short. (Shi Wen Yi Tong Wende) It is difficult for future generations to understand the complex cultural environment of their predecessors' mentality and life. If they have the right explanation, it is sometimes difficult to justify themselves. [Edit this paragraph] Psychoanalysis Zheng Banqiao wrote "It is difficult to be confused", and there is a postscript on his title: "It is difficult to be smart, but it is difficult to be confused, and it is even more difficult to change from smart to confused. Let go, take a step back, feel at ease now, and it will pay off later. " This postscript should be regarded as Zheng Banqiao's explanation of "rare confusion", that is, an explanation of his philosophy of life.

Judging from the date indicated on the copybook, the copybook was written in the 16th year of Qianlong, when Zheng Banqiao was the magistrate of wei county. Zheng Banqiao, who has always been honest and upright, was very upset in the dark officialdom at that time, and was often ridiculed and made things difficult by the evil forces. On the one hand, he fought by laughing and cursing, on the other hand, he hesitated and was pessimistic, resulting in detached thoughts. At this time, his emotions are mixed with depression, depression, loneliness, self-mockery, hesitation, pessimism and pain. It was in this mood that he wrote down the word "rarely confused" and soon resigned and retired.

In this way, you will understand the meaning of the postscript: "it is difficult to be smart"-it is of course difficult to make progress, "everyone is drunk and I wake up alone". "It's hard to be confused"-it's not difficult to muddle along, but a person who is bent on diligent law enforcement and doing things for the people is unwilling to do so, so it's also difficult. "It is more difficult to change from smart to confused"-it is more difficult to fight against the dark forces of officialdom without being confused by conscience. The last sentence of the postscript is "Let go, take a step back, feel at ease in the present, and expect nothing but reward"-in the face of all kinds of "difficulties" in front of us, we can only be cautious, know how to advance and retreat, not be rash, not make trouble, just seek peace of mind and not seek the happiness of future generations.

Zheng Banqiao's psychology and philosophy of life have both positive aspects, that is, he shows the position and backbone of collusion between different evil forces; There is also a negative side, that is, he who sees through the world of mortals is pessimistic and detached. What is shown in "In a fog" is more negative and detached.

Now many people love to buy Zheng Banqiao's book "In a daze", mainly because they appreciate Zheng Banqiao's philosophy of life. However, as far as I can see, many people have abolished extreme attitudes. Although "In a fog" has a positive side, it tends to be negative after all, which is incompatible with the spirit of our times and is insufficient after all. [Edit this paragraph] Interpretation and spelling of the idiom nán dé hú tú

Interpretation means that people are rarely confused when they should be.

It's hard to be confused when you're alive.

Antonym confused life

Use law as predicate and attribute; Used of people.

Therefore, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the painter Zheng Banqiao won the Jinshi and became the county magistrate of Shandong Fanxian County. Widow Zhu Yuejiao complained that Wei bullied her, and Wei said that she borrowed money to breach the contract. Zheng Banqiao immediately understood why, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb, sentenced Wei to victory, and forced him to compensate her for twenty taels of silver. Since then, Zheng Banqiao has been called a "rare confused official". [Edit this paragraph] extended "life is wise and good, and it is rare to be confused." How many years has Zheng Banqiao said "it's hard to be confused"? However, it is difficult to be smart and confused, and it is even more difficult to change from smart to confused. Let go, take a step back, feel at ease now, and don't be blessed in the future.

Isn't it? In this world, it is difficult to be "smart" intellectually, so many people live in a daze. What if you have to make a living without a clever mind? I have to sell my physical strength, and I can use "health" as capital. Ten fingers spread out, not to mention people. Therefore, in this life, I'd better stay away from those high-ranking and generous people, whether they are crowing or bohemian or "confused"! So as not to make people laugh, eat less, act fully, think about the pigs in the circle occasionally, and smile. That's good.

But I don't deny the value of "intelligence", and I won't object to being smart and confused. There are many people in the world who try to be smart. Although not smart, there are many people who think they are smart, and there are very few so-called fools who really admit that they are not smart and are honest. It can be seen that it is difficult for smart people to do it, and it is also difficult for stupid people to do it.

However, when people reach the level of cleverness, it is more difficult to change from cleverness to stupidity. If a person has a thorough understanding of life, he will see many shortcomings and weaknesses of human nature. People who are too picky will be very picky in life and hard to tolerate. For a dishonest person, he may use the weakness of human nature to seek personal gain and undermine social discipline and law.

Therefore, it is even more difficult to change from being too observant and demanding to being "confused" with people. "Let go, take a step back, and feel at ease now, not to get a return later." Perhaps this is the real purpose of Mr. Banqiao's "rare confusion".

"Bear calm for a while and take a step back." When things happen, we must proceed from the public interest, let others go and take a step back. However, in this era full of selfish desires, how many people do not seek the blessings of others or God afterwards, but live the present with peace of mind? How many people do things with a clear conscience?

There is also a popular saying in today's officialdom that "it's hard to be confused." But "inseparable" has become "indiscriminate and irresponsible." Turn a blind eye to people and things, drift with the tide of secular society, and do things without principles. A few people can understand Mr. Banqiao's "confusion", which is a sober contempt, a protest against the reality of corruption, and an open mind boasting of the breeze.

It can be seen that "confused is difficult"!

"Difficult to be confused", difficult to be confused! In Chinese, the word "muddleheaded" seems derogatory, but it actually has many meanings. In addition to being stupid and not very clever, it can also be extended to hide one's strength, convergence and tolerance. There are all kinds of emotions in it. If it is used with fun and self-interest, it can be called a fruitful master. Prime Minister Liu's "rare confusion" is worthy of great wisdom among big fools.

There is a master in Jin Yong's novels, that is, Xie Xun, the king of the golden retriever. Among them, emotional entanglements are one after another, which shows that he is sad and angry, from confusion to madness. On the island of ice and fire, he was blinded and confused, so he became sworn to the Zhang couple with dazzling hatred. The somebody else gave birth to a doll, in order to prevent his intentional injury, respect him as a adoptive father, he also confused, Xie Xun is really confused, or playing dumb, Jin Yong didn't say.

The "rare confusion" here is the maturity and calmness of people after vicissitudes. This kind of stupidity is the opposite of unreasonable real stupidity. It is the expression of peace of mind after life is fully realized, and it is a high spiritual realm. Talking and laughing are indifferent to fame and fortune, burying bitterness, difficulty, pain and injury in your heart, and smiling at the sky at the seaside far away from the crowd in the dead of night. ...

In fact, "inseparable" is an experience for me, and only the weather-beaten and bumpy people can understand the true meaning; At the same time, "not easy to be confused" is also a realm. People with big goals in mind naturally disdain details, only pay attention to the general direction, take charge of the overall situation, and can be a mainstay. This is also a kind of qualification and wisdom. A person who is indifferent to fame and fortune, quiet and far-reaching, rich in connotation and profound in foundation, treats life with a normal heart and a normal heart, and is calm and serene. In the ever-changing world, you can see through things and see through human nature, and you can know the changes in the world, prioritize and ease the weight.

"Difficult to confuse" needs to be extraordinary, open-minded, magnificent, free and easy. There are very few such people, and you don't have to consider those complicated problems when you are a pig.

Some people say that "being confused" is a blessing. We might as well discredit it once in a while. However, if there is an afterlife, I would rather be a simple-minded pig.