The "Warning Motto" says: "You cannot use all your power, enjoy all your blessings, take advantage of all your advantages, and use all your wisdom." ?

There is no perfect thing in the world. What is abundant in this will be lacking in that.

The same goes for being a human being.

The best state of life is to know half of the wisdom.

You need to know that even if there is a lack of success, don’t seek to be too full in life, “half” is perfection.

Half is exposed, half is hidden

Shakespeare once said: "A fool thinks he is smart, but a wise man knows himself." ?

Really smart people know how to hide their wisdom.

Sima Yi and Yang Xiu are typical examples.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, countless heroes showed their talents in troubled times.

In the Cao Wei camp, the most eye-catching young people are Yang Xiu and Sima Yi.

Their origins are very similar: Yang Xiu was born in a famous family and was the son of Yang Biao, a Taiwei of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mention the country and evaluate the strange people from all over the world.

After Sima Yi was also an important minister, his father Sima Fang was the Jing Zhaoyin at that time. He himself was also a representative figure with rare eccentricities, intelligence, strategy, and erudition.

Both of them were valued by Cao Cao because of their origins and talents, and they were able to assist Cao Cao's two most important sons, Cao Zhi and Cao Pi.

The difference is that Sima Yi is tolerant and knows how to keep a low profile, while Yang Xiu likes to rely on his talents and is good at showing off his intelligence.

Yang Xiu was appreciated by Cao Cao for his intelligence, but his future was ruined because he was too clever.

During the battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei for Hanzhong, Yang Xiu and Sima Yi followed Cao Cao on the expedition and broke Cao Cao's "chicken ribs" saying "tasteless".

Then the words "return without fighting" were immediately spread among the army, which exposed Cao Cao's embarrassing situation of "not wanting to fight anymore" and disturbed the morale of the army. Cao Cao killed him in anger.

Sima Yi was low-key, kept his edge, and was good at hiding. He was able to protect himself from Cao Cao's suspicion, and the Sima family later became a famous "king's family" in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

As the saying goes, “Every tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.” People who show themselves off everywhere may seem smart, but are actually stupid.

Everything is too much and too little is too much, just the right amount of brilliance.

Only wisdom without showing off, wisdom without showing off, is the great wisdom in dealing with people.

Therefore, a truly mature person will not show off everywhere and be eager to show off to others. The more capable a person is, the more he knows how to protect himself with a half-revealing and half-hiding way of life.

Half is straight, half is curved

The ancients said: When something is extremely strong, it is easy to break, and when something is extremely strong, it will be reversed. ?

Many times, upright people are in trouble, and being appropriately diplomatic can save themselves.

In historical records, there is such a story:

Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng once had a general named Wang Jian.

Wang Jian not only used his troops like a god, he was also very upright.

Once, King Qin was preparing to conquer Chu and asked his generals how many troops they would need?

Although Wang Jian was a "constantly victorious general" on the battlefield, he was also very cautious and repeatedly stated the figure of "600,000".

At this time, the young generals all said that Wang Jian's budget was too high. If the king used them, then only 200,000 soldiers and horses would be needed to win this expedition.

So, King Qin instead sent young generals Li Xin and Meng Tian to lead 200,000 troops to the expedition.

Unexpectedly, in this battle, Li Xin and Meng Tian not only failed to capture Chu State, but were defeated steadily.

The King of Qin, who received news of defeat one after another, had no choice but to run to Wang Jian again and ask him to lead his troops to the expedition, but Wang Jian still insisted on 600,000 troops before accepting the order.

Seeing that the crisis on the front line was getting bigger and bigger, the King of Qin had no choice but to grit his teeth and integrate the entire Qin State's military strength, gathering 600,000 troops for him.

Ordinarily, it’s time for Wang Jian to go on an expedition, right?

But every time he walked a certain distance, he would send people back to the capital to ask the King of Qin to give him a reward. He was simply a "money-greedy villain".

Seeing that the general was so greedy for money, Wang Jian’s advisers couldn’t help but ask him: General, you have spent your whole life serving the country and the people. Why do you ask for rewards from the king again and again during this expedition? ? ?

Wang Jian smiled and said: "The king is suspicious by nature. This time I took away almost all the soldiers and horses of the entire kingdom."

If I am still as upright as before, then he will definitely be suspicious of me. Once the war situation changes, I will probably face catastrophe.

Sure enough, after seeing Wang Jian's actions, King Qin not only was not angry, but also trusted him more. His original suspicions were also eliminated, allowing him to win the war with peace of mind.

"Cai Gen Tan" says: "The dirty land has many living things, and the clear water often has no fish." ?

More plants can grow in dirty land, but there are often no fish in clear water.

The same is true for all things in heaven and earth, and the same is true for human beings.

It’s easy to break if you are too strong. If you don’t know how to give in appropriately and be tactful, you will hit the wall everywhere and find it difficult to protect yourself.

Therefore, the highest state of being a person and doing things is to "keep the straight and take the curve". While retaining the integrity of your heart, you also allow yourself to be in harmony with the light, so that you can protect yourself and realize your dreams in this complicated world. Ideal and achieve great things.

Half are smart, and half are stupid.

People say: To make friends, you need to be chivalrous and to be honest. ?

As a person, you can be shrewd, but in addition to shrewdness, you must also retain half of your kind-hearted "silliness".

Because the highest state of shrewdness is kindness.

I once read such a story:

There was a real estate businessman who was known for his "shrewdness" when he was young. Not only does he have business acumen, he can always spot the right opportunities and grasp changes in the industry, but he is also very mature and capable in his work.

However, as shrewd as he was, he did not allow his career to improve in the end. Instead, he went bankrupt after years of hard work.

He didn’t understand which aspect of his career had failed, until one day, he accidentally saw an interview in the newspaper.

During the interview, the reporter asked Li Ka-shing’s son Li Zekai what secrets his father taught him to make money.

Some people think it is network resources, and some people think it is wealth accumulation.

But thinking about it, Li Zekai said: My father never taught me how to make money, but he told me that when cooperating with others, if it is reasonable to take seven points of profit, eight points is also okay. Then, just get six points. ?

Can score eight points but only need six points? All the bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit? How can anyone think that they earn less? Li Ka-shing's profit-sharing seems to be silly no matter how you look at it.

After thinking for a long time, the real estate businessman had an enlightenment:

It is precisely because of this "stupid" that he has attracted countless partners, made the business bigger and bigger, and finally created a huge business empire.

Although he himself has always been shrewd in dealing with the world, this shrewdness in calculating everything has allowed him to gain short-term benefits while also losing many high-quality long-term partners and better development opportunities.

For this reason, he will become more and more difficult, and eventually go bankrupt.

Since then, he has kept Li Ka-shing’s words in mind: “Seven points is reasonable, eight points is fine, but only six points”.

This person was the future leader in the real estate industry? Lin Zhengjia, chairman of Taipei Quansheng Real Estate.

This is what the saying goes: "Small victory depends on wisdom, big victory relies on virtue". There are countless benefits in the world, but only "thousand virtues" can carry things.

It is precisely because Lin Zhengjia learned the stupidity of "only taking six points" that he became a leading figure in the industry.

As it is said in "A Dream of Red Mansions": The agency was too clever in its calculations, and it cost you your life. ?

If a person is too shrewd, he will fall into a situation where he is careless and loses his support.

So, the highest state of life is to be half smart and half stupid.

Life cannot be too full, half is complete

"Cai Gen Tan" says: "Looking at half-open flowers and slightly drunk with wine is a lot of fun." If it reaches the point of romance, it will become a bad situation. ?

In life, you cannot pray for an overly perfect state. Just as flowers are most worth watching when they are in bud; people feel the most beautiful when they drink and are slightly tipsy.

If it is too full, it will be like a flower that blooms brilliantly and is about to wither. If you drink too much wine and you are close to being drunk, it will ruin the scenery. The flowers are half-opened and the wine is slightly drunk? This is also the state of life that Zeng Guofan pursues.

Zeng Guofan personally led the Hunan army to capture Jiangning and destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had been causing trouble for many years.

The Qing government granted him additional titles until he reached the rank of first-class Yiyong Marquis and was given the title of "Prince Taibao". He became the first Han Chinese since the Qing Dynasty to become a general, become a prime minister, and be granted the title of marquis. .

But when his reputation and power reached its peak, he instead laid off part of his army, studied behind closed doors, and named his study "Qiu Que Zhai". Qiuque means "seeking for lack". He used this name to remind himself that life should not be too full.

As the Qing Dynasty scholar Li Mi'an said in "Ban Ban Song": "Half a little is interesting, but half a lot is boring." A hundred years of bitterness and joy are half the same, and only half of them will be advantageous. When the water is full, it overflows; when the moon is full, it loses. You don’t want to be too full. Half of the appropriate amount is perfect.