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Outside the door

The life inside the door is worth chasing, but the scenery outside is worth pursuing

By Parton BTangPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

"You can't have a fish and a bear's paw." Old Master Meng's words are good enough and wonderful enough! Through the ages, how many scholars in the fish and bear's paw scratching head hesitate to decide; How many writers and poets in the WTO and out of the world wandering for a long time, stagnant! Old Master Meng can be regarded as a wise man who can explain the principles of heaven in one sentence. With this sentence, he can earn the title of a wise man.

For thousands of generations, rivers and mountains are easy to change, emperors are easy to change, politics and law are easy to change, the only immutable is that the emperors set a threshold. You cross, splendor and wealth is not enough, singing praises and virtues, day in daughter constantly; But it is not impossible that people should be held to order by slaughtering skulls. So what is the charm of men so great? It can draw the heroes of the ages and the mediocre people to the waist!

The door to fame and fortune? No. Baiqi pit Zhao died four hundred thousand, straight down to Changping, the three armies, with his fame was awarded to die in the valley? The scholarist Wenzhong Fu Goujian slept on brushwood and tasted gall, and the whale swallowed Gusu. With his power, why did he cut his sword into his belly and whine in prison? When it comes to literature, go and see his friend Fan Li, who is also auxiliary to the destruction of Wu, is not the same as the attitude towards fame and wealth. The culture should share ups and downs with Goujian. Sharing hardships is ok, but sharing happiness will only lead to death. Feng Li is smart, bitter with the king, happy in the world, as a whirling Tao Zhu Gong, which floats on the dust around the world, enjoying his old age.

This door is not a static door. You open, will fame and wealth; If you give up, you will be happy to be poor. This door, is the heart of the door, is our attitude towards fame and fortune, advance and retreat have evidence, relaxation degree, can be wise and secure, the whole body and retreat.

Gibran once said, "We often go so far that we forget why we set out." Indeed, we often enter the door of fame and wealth, and then go away never to return. Because the door of our hearts has been locked, and when we find ourselves cornered, we have no strength or courage to reflect, and the only thing we can do is to be trapped in a fight or to wait for death. Zhang Xianzhong began to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, it was he who had no food, he wanted to let all the farmer brothers like him have food and clothing. So he set out, and along the way he changed from farmer to demon king. He never stopped killing, he never stopped looting, he never looked back at his conscience and his intentions, he no longer cared about farmers and grain; Instead, there is a house of gold tiles and silver, and a warbler singing and dancing. Finally, he died without action. Hitler dreamed of becoming a painter. He traveled to Austria, Germany, and Italy, but his dream failed due to his shady character and humble background. As a result, out of balance, he picked up the gun with both hands that should have been holding the paintbrush. The gun in his hand made the whole Europe riddled with holes: the devastated London, the changed Paris, the ruined Warsaw and the ruined Madrid. He repainted a "grand picture" of Europe as hell on earth.

They all went through the door and forgot to turn back often. If you think you can do nothing, you will only poison yourself and kill others.

I once saw such a scene in the winding alley of Nanxun: two or three old people sitting against the door, smiling and smiling. The benevolent Leshan, the wise happy water, and a trickle of water, gurgling spring company, which is not the great wisdom of the world? ! The joy of peace of mind, the joy of idle clouds and wild cranes, the ease of the clouds and the breeze, they open the door of the heart, but also let me feel relaxed and cool. The setting sun casts its light on the sparkling stream, and at the same time, it penetrates into the old and meaningful houses, penetrating into the faces of the vicissitudes of life and contentment. At that moment, the calm old people in Qingshi Street made me, a stranger, feel shocked and strangely excited.

The life inside the door is worth chasing, but the scenery outside is worth pursuing.

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