A striking example of pride and failure.

A striking example of pride and failure.

An example of pride leading to failure: Napoleon's fiasco at Waterloo.

1815 in June18, the French army with Napoleon as commander in chief and the European allied forces with the Duke of Wellington as commander in chief launched a thrilling decisive battle in the town of Waterloo, about 20 kilometers south of Brussels, Belgium. This decisive battle lasted about 12 hours and ended in the defeat of the powerful French emperor Napoleon. Since then, Napoleon has never recovered, and Waterloo has become synonymous with failure.

1865438+On the night of February 26th, 2005, Napoleon fled the island of Elba and returned to Paris. Britain, Prussia, Austria and other countries assembled 700,000 soldiers and attacked France separately. /kloc-in June of 0/7, Napoleon defeated Pu Jun led by General blucher, assigned his subordinate Marshal grouchy to destroy Pu Jun who escaped, and himself rushed to Waterloo village in the south of Brussels to confront the British army led by Duke Wellington. However, grouchy did not destroy the escaped Pu Jun as ordered, but let Pu Jun get rid of his own tracking. After getting rid of the French army, blucher spent a whole morning reorganizing the army and went to Waterloo non-stop. /kloc-in June of 0/8, Napoleon led the army to fight with the British army. In the afternoon, when both armies were exhausted, Pu Jun finally arrived under the guidance of blucher and stormed the French right wing. At 9 o'clock in the evening, the French army led by Napoleon lost. After the Battle of Waterloo, the Allies quickly captured Paris, and Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.

Example 2 of failure due to pride:

The rabbit boasted about his speed to the animals. "I have never failed," he said. "When I run, no one is faster than me."

The tortoise said quietly, "I want to compete with you." "This is a joke. I can race with you while playing. " Said the rabbit.

The race started, and the rabbit was gone in a blink of an eye, but he felt that he was running very fast, so he took the race lightly and fell asleep on the side of the road.

The tortoise walks slowly, but keeps walking. When the rabbit woke up, he saw that the tortoise was near the finish line. The rabbit lost the game.

Moral: Pride goes before a fall; Only by perseverance can we achieve our goal.

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Example 3: Li Zicheng finally failed because of pride?

Li Zicheng, a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province, formerly known as Hongji, was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. When he proclaimed himself emperor, he regarded Li as Mao.

Li Zicheng was born in poverty and herded sheep for the landlord in his childhood. In the second year of Chongzhen (1629), he rebelled and fought bravely under Gao Yingxiang. At the Xingyang Congress in the eighth year of Chongzhen, he put forward the operational plan of dividing troops and attacking in four ways, which was approved by the leaders of various ministries and gained increasing prestige. The following year, after Gao Yingxiang's death, he continued to be called Chuangwang. Eleven years in Tongguan defeat, only rate Liu Zongmin and more than ten people, hidden in Shangluo (at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi) mountainous area. The next year, the mountain rose again. Thirteen years later, he was trapped in Yudu Mountain, Brazil, and broke through with fifty riders and entered Henan. At that time, the famine in the Central Plains was serious and the class contradictions were extremely acute. Yan Li put forward slogans such as "no tax on farmland". Li Zicheng made his mark in Xingyang. In the arduous war years when he overthrew the dynasty, he never gave in to any enemy, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and put forward the slogan of "free food for all". At that time, the ballad said, "Eat his mother, love his mother, and you will never win the king. If you are not good, you won't get a meal. " At that time, it spread far and near and won the hearts of the people. The army has grown to millions and become the main force of the peasant war. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen (1643), Li Zicheng was called Xinshun King in Xiangyang. In the same year, in Ruzhou (now Linru), Henan Province, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, was completely annihilated and successfully occupied xi 'an. In the first month of the following year, the Dashun regime, named Yongchang, was established.

1644, Li Zicheng's insurgents occupied Peking and overthrew the Zhu Ming dynasty which had ruled for 276 years. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, his military discipline was strict, and he basically maintained the true colors of the peasant army. However, in the process of victory, he became proud. Not only did he not have a clear understanding of the complicated and changeable situation in the northeast border, but he also did not think of how to deal with the Qing army. He didn't take necessary precautions to deal with the increasing corruption of his subordinates and soldiers. Military commanders are busy "chasing soldiers to help pay salaries", civil servants are busy climbing poles in exams, and soldiers are addicted to victory, thinking that the battle is over and they can rest easy.

As a result, the insurgents lost their fighting spirit. Due to the support of the Qing army to Wu Sangui, the Li Zicheng Rebel Army was forced to retreat to Beijing, and the Qing army pushed the capital. Li Zicheng's failure in the Shanhaiguan campaign changed the situation greatly, and Ming officials who surrendered to the rebels came out to resist. Niu Jinxing, for example, was originally a juren of the Ming Dynasty. In order to avoid disasters, he joined the Rebel Army in Li Zicheng, which made great contributions to the early growth of the Rebel Army. Therefore, he was awarded the title of Master of Shenfu Hall. But he claimed to be the hero of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and privately told people that a peasant regime like Li Zicheng would surely fail. Under the unfavorable situation of the Rebel Army, he began to design and kill the Yan Li brothers, the generals of the Rebel Army. When Liu Zongmin got the news, he thundered against Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing soon left Li Zicheng and went to Henan, which split the Dashun regime. Finally, under the pursuit of the Qing army, Li Zicheng was forced to leave Beijing and retreat to Xi 'an. In December of the first year of Shunzhi (1644), the Qing army attacked Tongguan, and Dashun army lined up to meet. Because the main force and artillery haven't arrived yet, the Qing army insists on not fighting. In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), the red artillery of the Qing army attacked Tongguan, and Li Zicheng was defeated, so it retreated to the south and entered Hubei via Xiangyang, trying to unite with Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty in Wuchang. Zuo Liangyu went east to Nanking, went to the "Jun Qing side" of Nanming court, and was on his way to conquer Ma Shiying and die. Li Zicheng entered Wuchang in April, but was defeated by the Qing army. Finally died in Jiugong Mountain, Tongshan County, Hubei Province.

Li Zicheng himself is "not greedy for money, lustful and aboveboard", but he "makes the mistake of being proud when he wins", which is worth learning from history.

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Example 4: Pride leads to failure: Guan Gong lost Maicheng.

After the tripartite confrontation, Wei, Shu and Wu each occupied their own territory, but each wanted to annex the other.

Northern expedition to the Central Plains and revival of the Han Dynasty are the established strategies of Shu Han, and Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have been worried about it. Guan Yu was ordered to stay in Jingzhou and wait for an opportunity to advance northward.

Guan Yu marched northward, captured General Wei alive, and besieged General Coss of Wei Zhengnan in Fancheng, which won worldwide attention.

General Wu, who was guarding Lukou at that time, was. Back in Jianye, he said that he was ill and wanted to recuperate. In fact, he was planning to deal with Guan Yu. Lu Xun went to visit his ministry, and they naturally talked about military affairs.

Lu Xun said: "Guan Yu usually bullies others." Now that we have won one victory after another and made great achievements, we will be more complacent. I also heard that you are ill, so our preventive measures may have to be relaxed. He just wants to crusade against Wei, and if he is surprised at this time, he will be caught off guard. "

Lu Meng was impressed by Lu Xun's knowledge, so he recommended Lu Xun to Sun Quan to guard Lukou instead of himself.

As soon as Lu Xun arrived at Lukou, he immediately wrote to Guan Yu: "You defeated Wei Jun and made great contributions. How amazing! Even before Jin Wengong's feats in the battle of Chengpu, Han Xin's tactics of destroying Zhao Zhong can't compare with you. I just came here to work, and I don't have much knowledge and experience. I have always admired your good reputation, so I beg your advice. "

When Guan Yu received Lu Xun's letter, he was naturally flattered by the praise in the letter, so he took it for granted that Lu Xun was just a nobody, so he was not afraid and relieved the future trouble of Wu.

After stabilizing Guan Yu, Lu Xun secretly accelerated the military deployment. When the conditions are met, he will command the army and conquer Nanjun, an important town in central Sichuan. Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and was finally killed.

In this way, Guan Yu paid a heavy life price for his conceit and underestimation.

Example 5 of failure due to pride:

In 496 BC, King Yue died of illness and his son Gou Jian succeeded to the throne. Wu began to attack Vietnam. Wuyue two armies at war in? Ding Li (now south of Jiaxing, Zhejiang). Wu's army is neat and serious. When the death squads sent by Gou Jian, the King of Yue, failed to charge, they used sinners to commit suicide in front of the battle line to attract Wu Jun's attention, and then attacked Wu Jun, where the more they drifted, the more they fought, stabbing the king He Lv, Wu Jun retreated, He Lv died on the way, and his son Fu Cha succeeded to the throne.

In order to avenge his father, Fu Cha sent someone to stand outside the palace gate. Whenever Fu Cha came in and out, he asked, "Fu Cha, have you forgotten the king of Yue's revenge for killing his father?" Focha replied: "I dare not forget!" Finally, in 497 BC, Wu defeated the Vietnamese army in Fujiao (now Taihu Lake, southwest of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province), forcing the state of Yue to submit and letting Gou Jian, the king of Yue, go to Wu Weinu for three years.

Three years later, Fu Cha didn't listen to Wu Zixu's advice, didn't kill Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and let him go home.

In 485 years before the park, Fu Cha joined the vassal in Huangchi (now southwest of Fengqiu, Henan Province) and defeated Jin to become the overlord.

In 478 years before the park, the State of Yue attacked the State of Wu, and the armies of the two countries fought a water war (water domain name, in the south of Suzhou today, from Taihu Lake to the sea, and parallel to Wusong River in the south). That night, the squadrons around Yue beat drums and shouted, pretending to attack the two wings of Wu Jun, Wu Jun divided his forces to defend, and the main forces of the three armies of Yue secretly waded through the water, storming Zhong Jun of Wu, and Wu was defeated.

In 473 BC, the Vietnamese army attacked Wu on a large scale for the third time and surrounded Fucha on Gusu Mountain. Fu Cha sent Gongsun Xiong and naked resignation, but failed to make peace with Gou Jian, the king of Yue. Fu Cha said with shame, "I have no face to see my son." Like masked suicide.

Example 6: Pride leads to failure.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a famous archer named Yang in Chu State. This man was brave when he was young, and he also learned a good archery. At that time, there was a soldier named Tiger Pan, who was also good at archery. One day, two people were playing archery on the field, and many people gathered around to watch. The target is set fifty paces away, where there is a board with red hearts. Pan Hu pulled a strong bow, and three arrows hit the heart in a row, winning the cheers of onlookers. I also proudly arched Yang, asking him to give directions. Yang looked around and said, "Shoot the red heart fifty paces away. The target is too close and too big. Let's shoot the willow leaves outside 100 step! " After that, he pointed to a willow tree a hundred paces away and asked people to choose a leaf on the tree and paint it red as a target. Then he drew his bow and shot it with a whoosh. As a result, the arrow chain passed right through the center of this willow leaf. Everyone present was stunned. Knowing that he was not so clever, he didn't believe that Yang's arrow could penetrate the willow leaves, so he went under the willow tree. Choose three willow leaves and number them in color. Please ask Yang to shoot them again in the numbered order. Yang walked a few steps ago, saw the number clearly, then retreated a hundred paces away, drew his bow, and shot three numbered willow leaves with three arrows, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Gal, cheers, Tiger Pan also take orally. Amid cheers, a man next to Yang said coldly, "Hey, you have to be able to pierce Yang with a hundred paces before you can teach him to shoot arrows!" " Hearing this man's tone, Yang turned angrily and asked, "How are you going to teach me archery?" The man said quietly, "I'm not here to teach you how to bow and shoot arrows, but to remind you how to keep the reputation of archers." Have you ever thought that once your physical strength is exhausted, your reputation will be affected as long as you miss an arrow. A person who is really good at archery should pay attention to maintaining his reputation! "Yang listened to, feel very reasonable, thank you.

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