Thousand Characters

Chapter 10

[Original text]

Aiyu Lishou, minister Furong Qiang.The far and near are one, and the guests return to the king.

【Note】

Love: caress, sympathy.Li: There are many numbers.First: the head.Together, Lishou refers to a large number of ordinary people.Rong and Qiang: Both were ethnic minorities in ancient times.Ya: far.You: near.Rate: All.Bin: Obey.Return: return, longing.Wang: Wang Dao, that is, the way the kings of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties ruled the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality.These four sentences describe to people the situation where the world will be unified and the people of all ethnic groups will be like one family after the implementation of the "kingly way".During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in China, the kings governed the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality. The world was peaceful and the people lived in peace.But in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the kings no longer relied on benevolence, righteousness and morality to govern the country, but relied on force, and used their fists to speak for everything.

【Interpretation】

These kings caressed and sympathized with their own people, so that the ethnic minorities in all directions bowed their heads and bowed their heads to themselves convincingly.Whether it is the ethnic minorities in the distance or the Li people nearby, all the people are of one mind and united as a whole; in this way, all the Li people in the world will support and submit to the country governed by benevolence, righteousness and morality. ruled.

【allusion】

Han Xin is willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch. In life, it is inevitable that we will encounter unsatisfactory things. This requires us to be more tolerant and forbearing. But tolerance and forbearance are easy to say, but not so easy to do. It requires a strong The support of the quality of will.Han Xin in the Han Dynasty was such a forbearing and successful person.When Han Xin was young, because his family was poor, he often didn't have enough to eat.He was born with a strong back and waist, tall and burly, and when he had nothing to do, he liked to wear a sword and dangle around the city.There is a group of rascals in the city who eat and do nothing all day long, and take pleasure in bullying passers-by. Seeing that Han Xin is so poor, they pretend to hang a long sword on their waist and pretend to be extraordinary, so they are angry. He laughed at him all the time, and made a fuss at him, but Han Xin never fought back with all his kung fu, and remained silent all the time.One day, a scoundrel gathered a group of people to block Han Xin's way. He laughed wantonly and taunted Han Xin, saying: "Although you are tall and big, and you still wear a long sword at your waist, you are just a useless person." You’re just a coward.” Everyone took advantage of the situation and insulted Han Xin with one word and one word. For a while, there were people watching the excitement all around, but Han Xin was indifferent to it.Seeing that Han Xin was ignoring him and choosing a way to go, the rascals stepped forward and grabbed Han Xin, and said aggressively, "Don't you have a sword? If you are not afraid of death, stab me with a sword! If you are afraid of death, you can stab me from my crotch." Get under (under the crotch)." After that, he spread his legs apart and waited for Han Xin to slide down.When the onlookers saw Han Xin being humiliated like this, some of them laughed and booed, while others shook their heads and sighed. The scene was chaotic.Han Xin was so insulted in public that he wished he could draw out his sword and stab the rascal to death.But after thinking about it carefully, he gritted his teeth and bent over to crawl under the rascal's crotch.People let out an inconceivable exclamation, and the group of rascals were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.Is Han Xin really a coward?History has eloquently proved: no.If Han Xin fought with the opponent and stabbed him to death with a sword in order to show off his courage for a while, he would have been beheaded according to the law. How could there be an ever-victorious general in the future.It is this kind of huge endurance and endurance that made Han Xin not lose the big because of small things, thus creating great achievements.

(End of this chapter)