2021-06-01

We often say that we should cooperate with those who have both ability and political integrity. What exactly is "talent" and what is "morality"?

"Talent" is easy to understand and refers to the advantages a person has. So what exactly is "virtue"?

Recently, I saw an explanation that "virtue" refers to a person who can harness his own talents and not use his advantages to do things that harm others.

A sudden enlightenment. First, a person can harness his or her own talents, which means knowing when to use what advantage, which brings certainty when working together.

Second, you don’t use your own advantages to do things that harm others, which brings security when working together.

In this definition, "virtue" does not actually refer to the unattainable realm of a saint. As long as you don't abuse your advantages, you are already a "virtuous" person in cooperation.

In cooperation, everyone has some talent, and the benefits that collaborators can benefit from are limited. But once "virtue" is lacking, it is an abuse of advantages, and the losses to the collaborators are immeasurable. Therefore, when we are looking for collaborators, "morality" is more important than "talent".

2. I often tell my friends that Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" is so powerful that he can travel thousands of miles with one somersault. Wouldn't it be easy for him to go and learn the scriptures? Why did Tang Sanzang learn scriptures?

Because Sun Wukong has no motive, but Tang Sanzang has motive, although he has no ability to learn scriptures.

Motivation is more important than ability; without motivation, there is no starting point at all, not even a starting point.

As long as there is motivation, it’s great.

Except for a few geniuses, almost no one is born with the talent for reading. It can definitely be trained and improved.

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Recently, various writing classes have suddenly sprouted up everywhere. Many friends around me, regardless of what they did before, suddenly became keen on writing. I often receive emails from people asking me how I learned to write.

With self-media in full swing, the advantage of being able to write is now apparent. People who write well will have obvious dividends. The lowest dividend is that they can gain the understanding and attention of others and get relief from loneliness; the higher dividends can even become famous, make money, receive advertising, become an IP, and have a successful career. Reach the pinnacle of life.

So, I wanted to learn writing all the time. People who are so depressed want to relieve their desire to talk through writing, or those who are more pursuing, hope to find a position for their lives and a breakthrough for their future through writing.

However, I want to say that although you really want to learn writing well and wish you could take a writing class and be able to write brilliantly immediately, writing is really different from other things. Although there are some techniques, writing can't be done just by understanding some techniques or simply repeating the work.

Because everyone has no time, they all pursue quick results, and want to take shortcuts, so they only focus on writing skills. But in fact, everyone ignores a more important issue, which is reading. In my opinion, the talent of reading is far more important than the talent of writing, and the talent of writing must go hand in hand with the talent of reading.

Many good writers first have extremely high reading talents.

For example, Milan Kundera, his own novels are excellent, but in the book "The Art of Novel", what is fully revealed is his superb reading talent as a reader; another example is Cao Xueqin, in "A Dream of Red Mansions", used the words of Jia Mu and Daiyu to comment on the poems of his predecessors, which were sharp and unique, and impressive; for example, Mo Yan, his idol is Faulkner, he wrote a The article "Talking about Old Man Faulkner" is very interesting; another example is Mr. Lu Xun, in "A Brief History of Chinese Novel", there are endless wonderful insights... Almost all good authors have stood in the perspective of readers, He has written wonderful literary reviews, and many authors' reading talents are far better than their writing talents.

The truth is actually very simple, reading is a pool, and writing is a bucket.

If you want to have plenty of ideas to put into your own works, strong reading talent is essential. Reading talent is actually the ability to understand. The word ability is consistent and comprehensive. Whether it is reading, writing, analyzing text, or analyzing the world, it is powerful and useful everywhere.

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I have been reading the Bible since I was about ten years old. However, for a long time, I actually disliked the Bible and would not take the initiative to read it at all. Of course, I dare not say that I hate it. If I say so, it will only appear that I am ignorant, because the Bible is too famous, so I just follow the crowd and say, well, it is well written. But what's good about it, I have no idea.

For example, in the third chapter of the Book of Daniel, it is written that King Nebuchadnezzar cast a golden statue and wanted to consecrate it. The Bible says this Description:

“Then the messenger shouted with a loud voice: ‘Everyone from all nations, nations, and tribes has a command for you: as soon as you hear the horn, flute, lute, lyre, harp, and sheng and the sound of every musical instrument, and they shall fall down and worship the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. Anyone who does not fall down and worship him shall immediately be thrown into the fiery furnace. 'Therefore every nation, nation, and tribe. When the people heard the sound of the trumpets, flutes, lutes, lyres, lyres, and all kinds of musical instruments, they fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.”

Before, I saw. This paragraph feels too wordy. If I were to write, would it be necessary for “all parties, nations, and peoples” to appear so many times? Just cross it out and change it to "them" and that's it. The same goes for "the sounds of horns, flutes, lutes, harps, zithers, shengs, and other musical instruments." Is it necessary to repeat this?

Until one day later, when I saw this passage again, I suddenly understood why it was written like this - because it was to create a sense of oppression. Through such display and repetition, Come to create a lively momentum for the king's grand ceremony. Through the constant repetition of "all parties, nations, and tribes", we can see people as dense as ants, constantly bowing before the king's golden statue; Through the repetition of "the sounds of horns, flutes, pipas, harps, zithers, shengs and various musical instruments", we can see the inviolability of royal authority. Only by repeating this constantly to strengthen this psychological deterrent and fully pave the way for the atmosphere of the scene can the following plot be better brought out: everyone surrenders to this authority and kneels before the golden statue. But Daniel was the only one who refused to worship. Only in this way can readers truly understand how much courage Daniel had in braving the world's disapproval. Only the core spirit of this story can stand up. Therefore, such repetition is not verbosity, nor is it useless idle writing.

Similar to this kind of understanding happened again and again in the process of reading the Bible. It was like finding small puzzle pieces, allowing me to see what was hidden under the Bible. Another Bible. Only then did I really feel the joy of reading the Bible.

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To give another example, in Bi Feiyu's "Novel Class", there is an interpretation of "Water Margin", which talks about Lin Chong killing people, and Shi Naian is like this It was written: "(Lin Chong) inserted a sharp knife, made a knot in the hair of the three people, brought them into the temple, placed them on the altar table in front of the mountain god, then put on a white cloth shirt, tied his arms, and took a felt hat with him. Go up, finish the cold wine in the gourd, throw away the quilt and the gourd, pick up the gun, and go out to the east end of the temple."

After reading this, let's stop for a moment. I would like to ask everyone, what do you read in this paragraph?

I believe that when many people read this for the first time, they just passed by it. What's so surprising about this? Compared with the colorful paragraphs like "Lu Tiha punched Guanxi", this paragraph is simply ordinary, nothing more than doing some fragmentary things, not even a little adjective to exaggerate. However, it is such a simple and almost blank paragraph that cannot be looked at carefully. At first glance, it is simply "terrible". It is not an exaggeration to say that it makes people feel chilly behind their backs.

Where is the horror?

It’s scary in this kind of plainness, this kind of calmness. This was Lin Chong who had just killed three people. Lin Chong was forced to a desperate end and was still in a state of extreme rage.

This was not a premeditated killing, but a killing of passion. But looking at Lin Chong's reaction, he was as calm as if he was doing housework. He handled the scene step by step: first he used the enemy's head as a sacrifice, then changed into his bloody clothes, threw away the wine gourd, and even didn't forget to drink the wine. A little leftover wine. That was perverted enough, and then he picked up his gun and walked east.

Why did he go east? This sentence is easily ignored. It's very simple, because the city is in the west, and going west means entering the city and throwing yourself into a trap, so he went east. This is Lin Chong. A sentence as simple as "go east" describes Lin Chong's character - his calmness, his fearfulness, and his determination. However, if the author writes it, can the readers see it? At this time, it’s time to put your reading talent into practice. If you can see it, you will feel creepy; if you can’t see it, you will feel that it is ordinary and pass by.

If a good book is like an iceberg, and only 1/10 of what is exposed above the water is revealed, then a good reader, a person with reading talent, can reveal 9/10 of what is below the water. Salvage it. If you also study, you will gain much more than others. It's like getting a martial arts secret book. Some people regard it as a sacred book and can't understand a word of it, throwing it aside and letting it eat dust; some people can understand half of it and can practice self-defense skills; some people can understand the most important part of it. With the subtle key points, he has developed a set of unique skills that are unique in the martial arts world.

So, how do you learn to write? Want to learn a formula for writing? Are you going to memorize a few sample essays? These are all ways of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

In the final analysis, learning to write is not a matter of treating a headache or a sore foot. If you want to write well, you must first learn to read. Once you understand it, you will be able to write naturally. . The higher your talent in reading, the stronger your ability in writing. I can even say that the talent in reading is the talent in writing.

The importance of reading is, on the one hand, to help you train your intuition and understanding; on the other hand, it is to help you establish a good writing standard, what is the texture of good writing, and how to achieve good structure? Arranged.

I found that people with reading talents usually have a kind of divine enlightenment, which can connect some unrelated things, but it makes you feel that it is a match made in heaven, and you have a sudden enlightenment feeling. In addition to having a good memory and a large reserve of knowledge, the physiological basis of this is probably that there are a lot of synapses in the brain, so the density of exchange of various information is much more frequent than others.

But when you see this, don’t be discouraged or give up if you think you have no talent. It doesn't have to be this way, because except for a few geniuses, almost no one is born with the talent for reading. This can definitely be trained and improved. As for the ways to improve, my personal experience has the following three points -

First of all, you have to learn to find problems for yourself, to look for clues in the text, to figure out many seemingly insignificant details, and ask more questions. One question, why did he write this? If it were me, what would I write? Then try to answer these questions from different angles. Maybe you will discover a big iceberg. Learn to ask questions first. This is the first step to finding answers.

When it comes to reading, greed and vanity are the most taboo. Like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, he gulps down a bunch while snoring, then throws the book away. I finish reading, and then show off to others. You watch me read. I have read so many books. Is it useful? Have you digested it? Some people even excitedly made a list of books, but found that they couldn't read any of them, and then they lost their temper and couldn't understand. Impetuousness and eagerness for quick success are not a good attitude for reading.

Second, you must learn to write book reviews and reading notes. After reading a book, write down whatever you gained, what you figured out, and what came to mind. Even if you can't write anything at first, being able to mark something in the book, draw a key point, and write a question is better than nothing at all. Consciously train yourself to think and express. Over time, your reading ability will gradually improve.

Third, learn to read other people’s reading notes. Whether you understand it or not, go and see what others say, maybe it will give you some ideas.

Slowly, you will be able to find the feeling. Solve one acupuncture point today and another acupoint tomorrow. Slowly, you will find that your Ren and Du meridians have been opened. When you read books that you could not understand before, you will also be able to understand them. It's very interesting to be able to see my own thoughts. This feeling is truly priceless and extremely happy.

This is an accumulation process and a basic skill. There is no shortcut, but if you keep going steadily and seek knowledge when you are stuck, no matter how talented you are, you will gradually see your progress.

In my opinion, this is the right way to learn to read, that is, to learn to write.

How does it feel to marry someone who is not romantic? pain.

However, as long as you persist and marry an unromantic person for 50 years, you will have new experiences. That is, it hurts beyond belief.

My grandfather is an extremely unromantic person named Lao Wu. The person who despises him the most in the world is my grandmother, Sister Cui.

Old Wu is not a romantic. He will grow vegetables in the flower beds of the community. Occasionally, he will trick little boys into peeing in front of the flower beds to fertilize the vegetables.

Sister Cui disliked him and pretended not to recognize him when they met him, and walked by silently.

Lao Wu is not romantic. When eating, he will pick up leftovers from his grandchildren. Sister Cui disliked him and said: If you eat leftovers again, I will fight with Lao Sun next door.

Old Wu said yes, but still couldn't change it.

Later, the unromantic old Wu was diagnosed with an unromantic disease: coronary heart disease. He will need heart bypass surgery in two weeks. Because he is older, Lao Wu’s surgical risks are higher than those of ordinary people. After coming out of the hospital, Lao Wu didn't say a word. As soon as he entered the house, he locked himself in the room. Sister Cui should eat and sleep, but nothing seemed to happen.

Two days later, Lao Wu looked solemn, took out a set of shrouds, and said: When I die, wear this for me. Sister Cui looked at the shroud and was very moved and said: Where did you get the money to buy the shroud? Hand over all your private money!

Sister Cui is so disgusted with Lao Wu, I have never doubted the love between them, but there is no love. I asked Sister Cui: If you dislike grandpa so much, why did you end up with him back then?

Sister Cui hesitated to speak. After a long time, she slowly told me their story back then.

When Sister Cui was young, she was a famous village beauty for miles around. She likes peach blossoms the most and often goes to the peach blossom forest in the back mountain to pick flowers. Once it was getting late, Sister Cui hurried home with a basket of peach blossoms. A snake suddenly appeared on the road, which made Sister Cui jump suddenly and happened to knock over a passing person on a bicycle. The basket filled with peach blossoms flew up, the peach blossoms scattered in the air, and passers-by fell into the mud.

Sister Cui thought that the other party would get angry, but she didn't expect that the other party just raised his head from the mud, looked at Sister Cui and said, "Comrade, your face is stained." This person's name was Xiaoqiu. Then he took out a handkerchief and helped Sister Cui wipe the mud off her face.

It is easy for people to fall in love with someone just for a moment. Just like this, Sister Cui fell in love with Xiaoqiu. Xiaoqiu is very romantic, the type that Sister Cui likes.

Afterwards, when Sister Cui went to pick peach blossoms again, Xiaoqiu would appear together. He picked up the brush with a smile and painted peach blossoms for her and her all afternoon.

At that time, Sister Cui decided not to marry anyone other than Xiaoqiu. Suddenly one day, Xiaoqiu told Sister Cui that he was going to work in Gansu with his family. There is a Peach Blossom Mountain in Gansu. It is said that there is a blue peach blossom on the mountain. As long as you find the flower, the lover will be happy forever.

On the day he left, Xiaoqiu swore to Sister Cui that after waiting for him for two years, he would return to her with the blue peach blossom.

Xiaoqiu is gone. Sister Cui has been waiting for him.

Two years, three years, four years...

Finally, the news came. Xiaoqiu got married in Gansu and gave birth to a fat boy. Sister Cui didn't believe it and wanted to verify it herself. Her family refused to let her go and locked her up at home. Sister Cui cried for a long time.

A year later, Sister Cui was tired of crying. She listened to her family and married the honest and unromantic old Wu.

After listening to the story, I discovered that the marriage between Lao Wu and Sister Cui was just a helpless one.

It turns out that the cruelest thing in love is that you obviously like someone but want to spend your life with another person.

Not long after, when there was only one day left before Lao Wu went to have the operation, we suddenly heard the news: Xiaoqiu was back. It was said that he did not plan to go back this time and wanted to retire here alone. Because Xiaoqiu's wife passed away the year before last.

Then, that afternoon, Sister Cui suddenly received a courier. The packaging was removed layer by layer, and what finally appeared in her hand was a blue peach blossom. The peach blossom is made of blue crystal and is very delicate. Each petal is shining with gentle brilliance.

Sister Cui held the peach blossom and stared at it blankly for a long time. Old Wu was still crying and unromantic. He kept eating leftovers and planting vegetables in the flower bed.

Sister Cui was too lazy to pay attention to him. She just went out with a dark face, but came back with a smiling face.

I think she should have met her first love. I think the romantic Xiao Qiu may be more popular with Sister Cui than the disappointing Lao Wu.

Soon, it was the day when Lao Wu went to the hospital for surgery. Lao Wu went to the hospital early alone.

Sister Cui took me and was about to go out from home, when suddenly the doorbell rang. Opening the door, there was a well-dressed old gentleman standing outside. The old gentleman wears glasses and a Chinese tunic suit. There is a handkerchief in the pocket of the suit, which is a small hill.

I saw that the situation was not right, so I quickly found an excuse to run away and went to the hospital alone. In the hospital, Lao Wu was lying on the bed, waiting to be pushed into the operating room.

I walked over and Lao Wu suddenly said to me: Actually, I have always known that your grandma doesn’t like me, she likes Xiaoqiu. I was a little sad to hear this.

The cruelest thing in love is that after spending a lifetime with one person, that person actually has another person in his heart.

Sister Cui is with Xiaoqiu. I think maybe Lao Wu will not see her for the last time. After a while, the nurse came over and pushed Old Wu towards the operating room.

At the last moment when Lao Wu entered the operating room, someone suddenly shouted, "Old man!" An old man ran over, panting, holding his waist. It's Sister Cui.

Sister Cui walked up to Old Wu and cursed: I will take away your shroud from you. You are not allowed to die, and you must live well!

Old Wu did not reply and was pushed into the operating room. I turned to look at Sister Cui, only to see her sitting down on the ground, suddenly breaking down and crying.

She cried and said: This old man is really annoying! How could he die? If he died, who could quarrel with me? Who could grind his teeth and snore next to me when I was sleeping! If he died, how could I live alone...

I was stunned.

Only then did I realize that in the two weeks while waiting for Lao Wu to have surgery, Sister Cui had not had a good sleep or a good meal. In order to make Lao Wu relax, she had been She pretended not to care in front of him, but sneaked out secretly. She wiped her tears countless times. After crying, she went home with a smile on her face.

It turns out that she had never looked for Xiaoqiu in private. Xiaoqiu just came to visit, and Sister Cui just returned the blue peach blossom to him and said: Thank you, I don't need it anymore, I am living a good life.

Sister Cui is indeed living a good life because she has Lao Wu by her side.

Fifty years ago.

It was a less affluent era, and many people did not have enough to eat. But Sister Cui has never been hungry for a day.

Lao Wu got up early every morning and walked twenty miles to the city to work until late at night.

Lao Wu gave all the food stamps he earned and the food he exchanged to Sister Cui.

Later one day, when Lao Wu was carrying cement, he fell heavily and his back was covered with blood. When he stood in front of Sister Cui, he was trembling and could no longer stand due to pain.

But the first thing he said was: Are you hungry? I'll cook for you.

At this moment, Sister Cui suddenly felt that it didn't seem to matter whether Xiaoqiu came back or not.

Sister Cui returned the peach blossom to Xiaoqiu. Xiaoqiu was confused and asked: What is this? Only then did Sister Cui realize that the person who gave her the blue peach blossom was not Xiaoqiu at all, but Lao Wu.

It turns out that Lao Wu always remembered Sister Cui’s wish, and he always remembered that Sister Cui was waiting for the blue peach blossom.

Before people die, they think about whether they can survive; before Lao Wu dies, he thinks about whether Sister Cui will be happy or not. He was afraid that after he died, no one would help her realize her wish. So he walked a long way and found many stores to make this blue peach blossom.

Old Wu knew that Sister Cui loved Xiaoqiu. Lao Wu knew that he was not romantic at all, and all he could do was accompany her.

He is willing to accompany her throughout his life. He is willing to accompany her and wait for the person she loves. Among all the romantic rhetoric, Lao Wu's thoughtfulness seemed extremely real.

Later, Lao Wu’s operation was successful.

Old Wu still grows vegetables in the flower bed in an unromantic way, and picks up leftovers from his children and grandchildren to eat in an unromantic way. But Sister Cui still disliked him and scolded him as always.

But I found that occasionally, Sister Cui would secretly catch one or two boys and force them to pee in the vegetable patch of the flower bed. Occasionally, Sister Cui would scold her children and grandchildren not to leave leftovers and they must finish them.

I discovered that Sister Cui was in love with the unromantic Lao Wu.

Poetic encounters, sweet love words, dates under peach blossoms... these are indeed romance, but they may not withstand the passage of time.

In a long time, only daily necessities and life are the real romance.