016｜A short story in "Zengguang Xianwen" ---Integrity in the Self-cultivation Chapter

On November 25 and 28, we talked about the integrity in the "Zengguang Xianwen" Chapter of Self-cultivation , Do good deeds, let’s review them again.

The first article on integrity is described in Zeng Wenxian's article like this: "Promise someone a thing, and a thousand pieces of gold will never move."

It means that what you promise to others, The third person will not sell it no matter how much money he offers.

We talked about the story of Jizha hanging his sword. Jizha promised to give the sword to King Xu. Even though the king had left, he still went to the king's tomb in person and hung the sword on a tree in front of the tomb as a tribute to the departed king.

The second article on doing good deeds is described in Zeng Wenxian's article like this:

"If you are a bit evil, you should advise people not to do it; if you are a bit good, it is convenient for others." ”

It means that if you do any bad thing, you should advise people not to do it; if you do any good thing, you will help others.

We told the story of a tall gentleman who took off his leather shoes to help a little girl buy ice cream.

Today we are going to talk about the third part of self-cultivation, integrity.

There is this sentence in Zengguangxian's article describing integrity:

"It is better to take the straight path than to seek it from the twists and turns."

It means: It is better to fight for it legitimately than to seek it unfairly.

In the following story, in order for children to understand, the big bad wolf is used to replace Qin, and the small Chu sheep and the small Qi sheep are used to replace Chu and Qi.

The Story of Six Hundred Miles and Six Miles

During the Warring States Period, the Qin State was very large, about 3.55 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ??our country. half of.

Qin was a big country at that time, and there were some small countries nearby, such as Chu and Qi. They were very small. Compared with Qin, they were like little lambs. Qin is that strong big bad wolf.

Gradually, the big bad wolf of Qin State grew bigger and bigger. When the two little lambs lived next to it, the Chu and Qi States were frightened. Xiao Chu and Xiao Qi were ready to join forces and become a big sheep to defeat the wolf of Qin.

But the wolf of Qin is not a vegetarian. Of course, he also heard that the lambs of Chu and Qi wanted to unite against him.

The king of Qin at that time was called King Qin Hui. There was a person beside him named Zhang Yi who helped him make suggestions.

Zhang Yi said: "Your Majesty, I have a way. I will help you find a way to eat those two little lambs."

Then Zhang Yi ran to find the two lambs. He first arrived at the little sheep's house in Chu State. When he arrived at Xiao Chu's house, Zhang Yi definitely couldn't let Xiao Chu know that he wanted to eat Xiao Chu, so he thought of a way.

Zhang Yi said to Xiao Chu: "Xiao Chu, I know a wish of yours, and you have always wanted to realize it." Hearing this, Xiao Chu pricked up his ears and said: "Well, you said Let’s see.

Zhang Yi continued: “Have you always wanted to gain weight and become the boss of sheep? "

When Xiao Chuyang heard this, he thought, yes, I want to be the boss of the sheep. How could this guy guess my thoughts?

Xiao Chuyang's story Tsukuru said calmly, "So what if this is my wish? Can you help me realize it?" "

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "You are right, I am here to help you realize this wish. Now the King of Qin wants to make friends with you, and he will also give you six hundred miles of land. You will never be able to eat all of the six hundred miles of grass in your lifetime. But the premise is that you have to break off the relationship with Xiao Qi, because King Qin doesn't like Xiao Qi. ”

Little Chuyang was moved when he heard this. Now he has the opportunity to be friends with the big wolf King Qin, and he can also get six hundred miles of land. Thinking of the fresh green grass in the six hundred miles of land, the little Chu Yang's mouth was almost watering.

Let me tell you by the way, in ancient times, six hundred miles was equivalent to the size of 300 Beijing cities today.

Such a temptation was quite big, so of course Xiao Chuyang agreed. The next day he wrote to his good friend Xiao Qiyang, saying that he would cut off all contact with him, that is, he would never contact him again. I don’t want to be friends with Xiao Qi anymore.

As soon as he broke up with Xiao Qiyang, Xiao Chu quickly contacted Zhang Yi and wanted to ask him about the six hundred miles of land.

As a result, Zhang Yi kept avoiding Xiao Chu at this time and would not come out to see him, saying that he had something urgent to do. But Xiao Chu chased Zhang Yi every day to get the six hundred miles of land. Zhang Yi said: I promised to give you the land, so be it, I have six miles of land, give it all to you!

Liuli Di is as big as a small county. It was originally supposed to be six hundred miles away, but now it's six miles away. That is to say, it has changed from the size of 30 Beijing cities to the size of a small county.

Xiao Chu finally understood that he had been deceived by Zhang Yi. Now he was six hundred miles away, but he still fell out with his good friend. Xiao Chu was very angry and planned to send his own soldiers and generals to attack Qin and take care of Zhang Yi.

But as soon as Xiao Chu led his troops out, he saw two large troops approaching, led by King Qin, the big bad wolf, and Xiao Qi, the little lamb.

It turned out that Zhang Yigang persuaded Xiao Chu to break off friendship with Xiao Qi, and immediately after returning home, he persuaded King Qin to make friends with Xiao Qi.

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Now it was too late for Xiao Chuyang to regret it. His former good friend Xiao Qi and the big bad wolf King Qin came to beat him, and within two blows he was beaten to a pulp. , and finally had to give a piece of his precious land to the King of Qin, and then saved a lamb's life.

Well, the third Zengguang Xianwen story - Integrity, will be shared here. Please look forward to the next story---Tolerance and Tolerance.