Iron people have many words, but good people have few words. Let’s analyze what it means.

There are many discussions about speech in the classics.

There is a saying in the "Book of Changes": "An impatient person talks a lot." Let's observe that if a person talks endlessly, he is usually an impetuous person.

In addition, the ancient Chinese said that "talking too much hurts the spirit", which is a conclusion drawn after long-term experience accumulation. Chinese people pay special attention to health preservation. Taoism says that the human body has three elements: "jing, qi, and shen." One of the most important aspects of health preservation is to focus on restraint, restrain your energy and spirit, and maintain a calm mind. This will not hurt your physical health, so don't talk too much.

The Book of Changes also says: "Auspicious people have few words." Auspicious people often talk less.

Most people talk just to express their feelings or to talk about people and things. Whenever words involve human affairs, they are related to people's interests and the success or failure of things. So don’t speak casually. Think before you speak. Will your words benefit or harm others? A cultured person will know it as soon as he thinks about it. If a person who is not well-educated does not pay attention for a moment and blurts out his words, he may inadvertently hurt others. Of course, the "word" here is not just talking, but also writing articles and making various remarks. Although you have unintentionally damaged other people's reputation and rights and caused losses to others, you often have to bear the responsibility and consequences.

Blessed are you if you are careful with what you say. How does happiness come? For example, if you see others are worried, go and enlighten them; if you see others are worried, comfort them; if you see others being wronged and slandered, say something fair and speak out to help others. This is what is called "oral ethics". Words used well can not only help others, but also benefit oneself and gain people's hearts. Poor use of words can not only hurt others but also hinder yourself.

We must understand the principle that "words are the door to disaster and blessing", so that we will be careful in our words and deeds, so that there will not be too many shortcomings in our words. The "Book of Changes" also specifically talks about "kuobao". What is a bracket? "Bang" is a cloth bag. Tie the mouth of the bag with a rope to represent a person's mouth and remind people not to talk nonsense. Don't talk nonsense. Too many words will lead to mistakes.

The "Analects of Confucius·Zizhang" also has relevant records. Zigong said: "When a gentleman speaks, he thinks he knows, and when he speaks, he thinks he does not know. He should not be careless in what he says." When a gentleman says something well, others think it is wise. If one sentence is not spoken well, people will think that he is unintelligent. So words are very important.

The scope of caution is very broad, what else does it include? For example, don’t be rude and curse people, don’t find faults, complain, criticize, blame others, gossip, etc. If we criticize, criticize, and speak angrily every day, we will not only hurt others, but we will be hurt the most. Therefore, we must be careful not only to be responsible for others, but more importantly, to be responsible for ourselves.