Omniscient and Almighty

   Chapter 166 Above the Peak

   zong, root, root system, source.

   Xu Guangling understood this.

   For example, the authentic Laotan pickled cabbage noodles, plus an authentic, means that this is from the "Zong" "zheng", that is to say, this is not some outside coquettish cheap, this is a direct line of inheritance from the source.

   As for this word, Zhang always said this:

"Back then, after surpassing the brothers, teachers, and many ancient masters, there was a period of confusion and confusion. I didn't know where to go next, and I didn't know whether the teacher had already stood there. At a higher peak stage, and going further up, there may not be much room for improvement.”

"It's really confusing to be a teacher." The old man said lightly, "This is the case in any industry. The more you are in the lower position, the more room for improvement and the less difficult it is to improve. In short, you can always pay for your work. Equating with gain, even a small effort can lead to a huge gain. But the higher you go, the more you pay and the gain, the more the two poles of the scale will switch places little by little, until they are completely reversed.”

   "When you go to the back, to the point of being a teacher, many times, you only see the effort, but don't see the slightest gain."

   Xu Guangling nodded.

   He did not have the experience of standing at the top of an industry like Zhang Lao, but at the school stage, he still had similar feelings, from himself and others. ——It is easy to raise from 60 points to 70 points, but it is a little difficult to raise 70 points to 80 points.

   It is not easy to improve from 80 points to 90 points. From 90 points to 95 points... It can be said that it is not something that can be achieved simply by hard work.

  There is a term in psychology called "diminishing marginal effect".

  When you are very hungry, you will feel the greatest satisfaction and happiness when you eat the first steamed bun, and then the more you eat, the lower the good feeling will become, until it reaches zero or even a negative value at the end.

This is also the reason why Huaxia pays attention to eating 80% full, drinking 80% full, etc. People who don't know may think this is "pedantic", and people who know a little bit will think that this is room for doing things, but only if they know the After all, we will understand that what is involved here is actually the diminishing marginal effect.

The term    was proposed by the West, and it was not long ago, but in ancient China, a long, long time ago, there was a word called "things must be reversed".

  The opposite of extremes includes the diminishing marginal effect, and also includes the other side that is not revealed by the diminishing marginal effect, that is, after breaking through a certain margin, the effect will not only decay to zero, but will continue to go down from zero.

  It is okay to eat 80% full, 90% full, very full, 11% full, 12% full?

Can.

   But it's really not worth it.

On the one hand, this kind of over-saturation does not actually bring more joy in experience. It's definitely not good for the body.

   This is true of eating, the same is true of sleeping, and the same is true of many other aspects!

   Temperance is not for the sake of pure heart and few desires, on the contrary, moderation is for enjoying more and enjoying better! This is the cheapest and cheapest method.

If you are tired of life, feel the same thing, feel a lack of expectations, feel like a stagnant water, etc., just take a little restraint, start with the most basic diet and sleep, eat 80% full, sleep 80% good, and then You will find that everything else will follow.

In Xu Guangling's casual thoughts, Zhang Lao's elaboration continued: "These are the two paths that appeared in front of the teacher at that time, one path is to continue to concentrate on the research of medical skills, but do not know where to improve. As a teacher, I don’t care too much about this issue, the problem is that the gain must be very little, or even nothing at all, but this is conceivable.”

   "The other way is to be a dog in the world."

Zhang Lao said, with a faint smile on his face, neither proud nor ashamed, but a very neutral look, "Humble words, I am not afraid of boasting as a teacher in front of you, Although the medical skills of the teacher at that time were far worse compared to later, but compared with his peers, compared with Jiuzhou, and even in the world, he was already the second teacher, and no one dared to recognize it as the first.”

  When any industry reaches its peak, the circle will be very small.

   And in that very small circle, claiming to be the second, no one dares to recognize the first...

  Thinking about the scene from afar, Xu Guangling also yearned for it, so he praised the teacher at the right time. He gave a thumbs up and said, "Teacher, you are a bull!"

Both Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chen laughed, and the smile on Mr. Zhang's face deepened, and then said: "Medical skills are still very useful, and a cook can do his best, at most a royal cook, his medical skills are at their peak, but More than just being a doctor."

   Xu Guangling didn't understand the specifics, but he knew it in general.

In ancient China, since the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, alchemists, Taoists, and warlocks have always played a special role in the upper classes of society. Through history, ordinary people may think that they are "clowns", or similar to the role of clowns, but if If you understand a little bit more, as long as you know that these people were active not only in the era of "Dark Lord", but also in the era of "Ming Lord", you will know that there are many subtleties and subtleties in them, and it is difficult for the world to know.

   has entered the modern age, and the "light of science" has come in. Does this phenomenon cease to exist?

   Xu Guangling did not believe it.

  In ancient times, in the long period of thousands of years, in that generation after generation of the social superstructure, it is unreasonable and extremely unreasonable to say that so many rulers and ministers are fools! It can only be said that there are many things that ordinary people can't touch and have no chance to see.

   Xia Jiu Liu, Jianghu tricks, etc., have always existed, but in addition to Xia Jiu Liu, there must be Shang Jiu Liu!

   And what do those alchemists, Taoists, and sorcerers rely on?

   Among them, seven or eight points are connected with medicine.

   So Xu Guangling nodded again, his medical skills were at their peak, and indeed he could not only be an imperial doctor.

"When I was a teacher, it was a real talk and laugh with Hongru, and there was no white person in communication." Zhang Lao smiled lightly, of course, the Hongru Baiding in his words at this time is definitely not the original meaning of this sentence, "Later, you Master Chen The top of the hole opened, and then this shameless old guy played a trick in front of the teacher, or in the words of your young people, showed off his skills."

Being said to be Master Chen, being said to be shameless, being said to be an old guy, and throwing three words in a row, Mr. Chen was surprisingly good-natured at this time, with a smile on his face, and he even smiled very proudly. .

   "He was in his teacher's study, of course, not in this study. He read hundreds of books a day, and he read and recited them."

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