Confucius, surnamed Kong, named Qiu, was a famous thinker, educator and politician in the Spring and Autumn Period in China, and also the founder of Confucianism in China. The reason why he became a saint with 3,000 disciples and became famous in the world is inseparable from his efforts as a child. Some people say that "genius comes from hard work".
Confucius was a very modest man. He often said to people, "I was not born knowing." I am not born with knowledge. The reason why I demand high skills in college is that stupid birds fly first, hard work can make up for it, and it is easy to learn.
According to historical records, when Confucius was three years old, his mother taught him to read and write. By the time he was four years old, he could read more than 100 words.
One day, his mother said, "Can you recite the words I taught you yesterday?"
Confucius said, "I remember everything."
Mother said, "well, I'll test you tomorrow morning."
Confucius slept with his brother. That night, after he went to bed, he said to his younger brother, "Brother, have you remembered everything your mother taught you?"
My brother said, "I remember everything. What about you? "
Confucius said: "I have practiced many times, and I may have recited it, but I didn't shake my hand." My mother will test me tomorrow morning. If she doesn't, she will be very sad. " No, I have to get up and practice more. "
The younger brother was moved by his spirit of studying hard and being filial to his mother. He said with distress, "It's cold. If you don't get up to practice, just write it on your stomach." I can feel right and wrong, so I can check what you wrote! "
So little Confucius wrote on his brother's stomach. Whenever you write a word, read it out loud. But the voice grew louder and louder, and when he finished writing the last word, the voice could not be heard. After checking the last sentence, my brother listened to his even breathing and watched him smile sweetly and lovingly.
The next morning, when his mother took the exam, he passed again. The mother was surprised and said, "This child is really amazing. He taught him so many words the day before yesterday, and only one day later, he knew everything. He will surely do great things in the future! "
Confucius looked at his mother's happy face and smiled happily. However, in this smile, there are two lines of tears.
Wang Yangming was a famous philosopher, strategist, writer and educator in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He was born in a feudal aristocratic family. His father is an official of the Ministry of War. However, Wang Yangming seems to have not inherited his father's cleverness at all.
He couldn't speak when he was five years old. At that time, everyone thought he was dumb, and some people thought he was an idiot. But his father doesn't think so. He thinks Wang Yangming is just sick. He looked for famous doctors everywhere. As long as you hear of a famous doctor, send someone to invite him. By the time Wang Yangming was 6 years old, he was finally cured.
After Wang Yangming recovered from his illness, his intelligence was very average. Because he couldn't speak and didn't read a book when he was a child, he was more clumsy than other children. Someone said to his ear, "It's stupid of him to start learning to speak so late! Don't expect him to make any great achievements in the future! "
Wang Yangming already felt that he was more stupid than others, and now it is even worse to hear others laugh at him like this. He ran to his father's arms and cried, "Father, others say I am stupid. Am I really stupid? "
Father listened to his words: "Son, you are not stupid." I will teach you well as a father, and you will succeed. Don't care about others' ridicule, try your best and show them a sigh of relief, okay? "
With the encouragement of his father, Wang Yangming gained confidence again. He always remembers the story that his father once told him that "stupid birds fly first" and always reminds himself to study hard. Usually read, others read it once, and he reads it twice, three times or even ten times. He seized the time and spent all the time played by others on his studies. During the day, he listened carefully to Mr. Wang's class. After school, he ran into his father's study alone and studied hard until his family urged him to eat and sleep. Every year, never stop.
My father was very happy to see Yang Ming so disappointing. He also patiently helps Wang Yangming with his homework, and sometimes asks some great scholars for help. When guests come home to talk about world affairs, they also allow Wang Yangming to stand aside and learn from others. Mother is also very happy to see him and takes care of him more carefully. She not only tidied up a study for him, but also forbade others to disturb his study.
In this way, with the encouragement and support of his parents and his own efforts, Wang Yangming's academic performance improved rapidly, and he also answered Mr. Wang's questions with great determination, and finally became his proud disciple.
In this way, Wang Yangming became a famous philosopher, strategist, writer and educator in the history of our country with the spirit of stupid birds flying first and hard struggle.
Zeng Guofan was a politician, strategist, philosopher and writer in modern China, and the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army. He and Hu Linyi were called "Zeng Hu", and Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong were called "four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty". Official to the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, the university student of Wuyingdian, the first-class Yi, posthumous title "Zheng Wen", later called "Ceng Wenzheng".
Great men through the ages, if we can sum up everyone's characteristics in one word, then Zeng Guofan can only use this word: stupid.
How stupid?
Zeng Guofan had a hard time learning because he was stupid as a child. One night, he was studying at home. He read an article many times, but he just couldn't recite it. He just reads and recites over and over again. The night is already deep, and he still has no back. That's a terrible worry for a person. It turned out that a thief came to his house, lurking under the eaves of his study, and wanted to wait until he finished reading and went to bed before entering the house to steal things. But the thief was waiting outside, but Zeng Guofan didn't sleep. The thief couldn't wait any longer. He jumped into the room angrily and said to Zeng Guofan, "What are you reading, you are so stupid?" I memorized it after listening to it several times! "So the thief recited the article from beginning to end and walked away. ...
China ancient imperial examination, the lowest is to test scholar. About equivalent to today's undergraduate course. Zeng Guofan tested this scholar seven times. If someone retakes the college entrance examination six times today, do you want to doubt his IQ? So Zeng Guofan was the stupidest of the great men of his time. Liang Qichao said: "Wen is not an unparalleled genius, and it is said that he is the most stupid of all sages in the same period." Translated, Zeng Guofan and Zeng Zeng did not have any extraordinary genius. He was the dumbest of the famous figures at that time.
Since ancient times, there have been many celebrities like Zeng Guofan in the first step of the imperial examination. For example, Zuo, who is one year younger than him, took the senior high school entrance examination in Xiangyin County at the age of fourteen, ranking first. Hu Linyi didn't take the imperial examination until he was 22, because his family wouldn't let him take the examination too early. As a result, he won the top prize that year, and then both Juren and Jinshi succeeded in the exam. Li Hongzhang is also a scholar at the age of seventeen. Liang Qichao, who was a little later than Zeng, Zuo and Li, was more talented. Eleven-year-old Jinshi, sixteen-year-old Juren.
Zeng Guofan himself often said, "My life is shorter than talent" and "I am stupid and soft." What he means is that when studying and doing things, his reaction speed is very slow: "I am slow, others are busy with two or three lines, and I can't finish a line if I study hard." Those who are set by others in an instant can't be done after thinking about it. "Reading, others read a few lines, I haven't understood. Work, others quickly dealt with, I thought for a long time without thinking clearly.
This is not entirely polite, but it is also true to some extent. Therefore, his old friend Zuo has always looked down on Zeng Guofan, and has been running on him all his life, always criticizing him mercilessly for "lack of talent", "lack of talent", "too lack of talent" and "being slow to meet difficulties". His student Li Hongzhang later said to his face that he was too "slow to learn Confucianism". It means the reaction is too slow.
So really, Zeng Guofan is China's Forrest Gump.
However, among these contemporary people, Zeng Guofan achieved the greatest success. He made meritorious deeds and claimed that he would be immortal. Only Zuo and Li Hongzhang were left behind, and Liang Qichao was not even as good as him.
Why is this?
It is precisely because Zeng Guofan is "stupid" than others. Zeng Guofan benefited from "stupidity", realized truth and summed up experience.
What are the benefits?
First, stupidity is superior to adversity. AdversityQuotient, also called frustration quotient (AQ), is adversity quotient in English. Refers to the way people cope with adversity, that is, the ability to face setbacks, get rid of difficulties and surmount difficulties. IQ, EQ and AQ are also called 3Q, and some experts even assert that IQ is not as effective as EQ and AQ.
Many people with high IQ and good conditions have low business. Since I was a child, I have enjoyed priority, indulged in praise and refused to listen to objections. So I am indifferent, not good at flattery, and usually passive in interpersonal communication. Once in adversity, it is difficult to make a comeback.
Clumsy people have received a lot of frustration education since childhood, and they always fail and stumble, so their ability to resist blows is particularly strong. The same blow, people with high AQ have low frustration, while people with low AQ have strong frustration.
At the same time, stupid people are more open-minded, more sincere and more willing to pay for things because they have no intellectual capital. Zeng Guofan is like this. Although he always failed in the exam, he persisted. As long as there is an exam, he must be the first to enter and the last to appear. He knows that he is stupid, and that there is only one way to solve the gap between his ambition and his mind, and that is Superman's efforts, that is, stupid birds fly first.
This is the first benefit.
The second advantage is that stupid people are practical, don't know how to take shortcuts, and only know how to take advantage of problems, so they don't leave dead ends.
Zeng Guofan was able to break through the imperial examination later, all by "stupidity." His father's teaching method is very simple, that is, he is required to resolutely not read the next sentence unless he understands the last sentence. If you don't finish reading this book, you will never touch the next one. You can't go to bed until you finish a day's study task.
Zeng Guofan recalled: "Guo Fan is stupid. Since he was eight years old, he has been a servant at home, giving lectures in the morning and evening, pointing to painting his ears, and then summoning him if he can't reach it, and so on for three times; Or those who take all the roads are called pillows, and then knock on their confusion, it will be clear. " That is to say, since I was eight years old, my father taught me personally. He teaches from morning till night. I can't remember, so he taught it over and over again. If he doesn't understand, he will say it over and over again. Walking on the road, he is also talking, and lying in bed at night, he is also talking. There is no end to learning.
It is this "clumsy" way of learning that has cultivated Zeng Guofan's extraordinary spirit of diligence, hardship and sureness and laid a very solid knowledge foundation. He took seven scholar exams, but later both Juren and Jinshi did well because he laid a solid foundation.
Once you get the hang of it, you can proceed smoothly. On the contrary, smart people don't want to make stupid efforts. When they encounter difficulties, they walk around, laying a loose foundation and not going far as a result. So "clumsiness" seems to be slow, but in fact, the later the faster, just like building a house. Because the foundation is laid firmly, the house will be built higher than others.
Therefore, Zeng Guofan's philosophy of life is "still clumsy". Since he was dull by nature, Zeng Guofan gave full play to his advantage of dullness. He never takes detours or shortcuts in life, but always does it in the most clumsy and practical way.
We regard Zeng Guofan as an official. When he was an academician in Beijing, he rose faster than others and moved seven times in ten years. Why? Because he is more serious and responsible than others. People who enter the Hanlin Academy are all gifted scholars, brilliant and extremely popular, but they are arrogant and despise common affairs. Although Hanlin doesn't have much to do, he occasionally has tasks to send down. Everyone else is pretending, not serious. But if you give Zeng Guofan something, he will go all out and be careful.
Zeng Guofan is stupid.
Zeng Guofan's first characteristic in treating his subordinates is that he doesn't play with his mind. He said, "It is the most expensive to promote honesty and not politics." Be honest with your colleagues and subordinates.
Why not pay attention to politics? The reason is that he is not good at politics.
In the eighth year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan wrote a letter to his younger brother Ceng Guoquan in his hometown, saying, "I am confident and upright, just to experience the world, enrich myself, join some machine forces, and neglect my studies. In fact, the role is not as good as people. It only makes people laugh and feel sorry. Why is it beneficial? " That is to say, I am an honest man, and I don't have much scheming. But before, I learned some politics because I was in the officialdom. As a result, one of us learned bad minds, the other learned silly minds, and didn't use these politics as well as others, which often made people see that it was just a joke, which was harmful and useless.
Zeng Guofan also said: "Even if people come by clever deception, I will still respond with ambiguity, and I will respond with honesty and stupidity. Over time, people's intentions will disappear. If you are intrigued and meet each other late, you have no time for revenge. " Even if others are playing tricks on you, you should persist in pretending not to know, and always respond to him with clumsiness and sincerity. After a long time, he will be embarrassed to play tricks on you. If you also intrigue with him, the two will enter a vicious circle, and things will only get worse. It's not good for anyone
So in Xiang, although everyone else is smarter than Zeng Guofan, and Zuo, Li Hongzhang and Hu Linyi are prodigies, everyone can't help it. Why? Because Zeng Guofan is what he seems, he keeps his word and never plays with his mind. Under the leadership of Zeng Guofan, no one in the Xiang army used politics or machine brains, forming an atmosphere of telling the truth and doing practical things, and no one played with it. In this way, the Xiang army will be United and efficient.
Zeng Guofan fought by stupidity.
Stupid Zeng Guofan's tactical method is six words, called "hard camp, stay in battle", or "fight to the death". Zeng Guofan later concluded by himself: "For more than ten years, I have never used a clever plan to defeat the enemy beyond my intention."
This style of play can be summed up in one word, which is "stupid".
How stupid? Let's take a look at this "hard village" first. The schedule of Xiang's March is to March for four hours and walk three miles every day. But I won't go. What should I do? Spend another four hours digging ditches and repairing walls. After camping every day, no matter how tired the troops are, we must first dig two deep and wide trenches around the camp, and then build two high and thick walls along this trench to protect ourselves. This is really stupid, because it is extremely laborious to repair walls and dig trenches. In this way, the Xiang army changed from an army to a "team built by migrant workers", marching like a snail, with a daily trip of only 30 miles.
Why did Xiang Jun do this? Because the army attaches importance to "self-consolidation", that is, it must save itself first, and then it can talk about winning. "The Art of War" said: "Those who were good at fighting in the past were invincible first and waited for the enemy to win." In other words, you must be invincible first, and then wait for the enemy to give you a chance.
The Taiping Army's fighting style is just the opposite of Zeng Guofan's. Accustomed to cross-provincial large-scale high-speed maneuvering to mobilize troops, good at using strategies. He often engages in the art of encircling Wei to save Zhao, which looks very imposing. But what about the result? Zeng Guofan used this stupid method to win more with less. The number of Xiang troops was far less than that of Taiping rebels, but in the end, he ate hundreds of thousands of Taiping rebels bit by bit. Because no matter how clever you are, you will always make mistakes if you are not careful. Zeng Guofan will firmly grasp this article. I will wait for you to make a mistake in the safest way. If you make a mistake, I will eat you. In this way, your total number is decreasing, but I can increase it.
Therefore, if our philosophy of life is "clever", then Zeng Guofan's philosophy of life is "clumsy". His most famous sentence is, "The world is the most clumsy and can surpass the world's cleverness."
Guo Songtao's words are the most appropriate to explain Zeng Guofan's success.
Guo Songtao said in his diary that a friend asked him why there were so many talents in Hunan. He replied: "Chu people are only a little stupid, which is what Confucius said."
Why did Hunan people finally pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Because Hunan people have become "stupid" under the leadership of Zeng Guofan, stupid. Hearing this, my friend agreed very much and said, "Most people who have become famous since ancient times are stupid, so they are obsessed with words, paintings and poems, which are superficial and ultimately useless."
So I hope everyone can be a little more "stupid" in doing things!
Stupid birds often pay more attention to efforts beyond eight hours when they fly first. We don't advocate uncontrolled work that affects health. The scientific working method is to combine work and rest and relax moderately. However, we should also realize that compared with the lazy life, working hard and making inventions and contributions because of it are the fun and value of life. Scientific discovery loves those who are obsessed with scientific discovery. As Mark Twain, a famous American writer, said, "People's thinking is amazing. As long as they focus on a certain cause, they will definitely make achievements that surprise them. " I hope those comrades who are interested in success, especially young comrades, like Hou Xianglin, spend part of their time outside of eight hours on business research. If you insist on spending more time and energy than others every day, you will reap "surprising achievements" in a few years, ten years and decades. Most people understand this truth, but only a few people have tried and worked hard, so there are many dull people and few successful people.
Many people complain that this society is unfair and they have too few opportunities, but has he ever wondered what your opponent is doing when you watch TV while playing on weekends? What are those successful people doing when you are playing mahjong? I think their hard work and efforts must be beyond your imagination. Maybe when you are enjoying family fun with your family after work, they are still visiting customers, studying, charging and planning the future.
Remember: how much you work hard, how much you get. Everyone works at the same time. You can't do more than others. Your time is the same. If you want to make extraordinary achievements, you should make good use of your eight hours. You have to pay more than others because you want different results from others.
Hard work pays off, and hard work pays off. Don't complain about how unfortunate you are. If you want to do better than others, please remember: success takes eight hours!
"Stupid birds fly first, lame turtles travel thousands of miles", and now more people describe someone as being low-key or forbearing in order to accumulate wealth and make little money! Don't fly, don't sing, is to accumulate strength, for the future "soaring, blockbuster" to lay the foundation. Just like the ninth day of the Book of Changes, "Don't use hidden dragons" can lay the foundation for the future "flying dragons in the sky". This also coincides with the "big storage divination".
I always think that stupid birds are not stupid, and stupid birds who know how to fly first are even more unusual birds! A stupid bird is not necessarily a smart bird, but it must be a smart bird. The bird flew into the sky without flying; If you don't sing, it will be a blockbuster!
As a person, success is not the most important, determination is the minimum!
Part of this article is taken from the network.