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The famous pianist and composer Padelewski is preparing to perform in a major concert hall in the United States. It was a music feast that music fans had been waiting for for a long time. All the audience present were ceremoniously dressed in black tuxedos or evening gowns. Among the audience that night was a mother who brought a lively 9-year-old boy to the meeting. His mother hoped that he would become more interested in learning the piano after hearing the master's performance. The performance hadn't started yet, but the child seemed a little impatient and kept squirming in his seat. When the mother turned to talk to her friend, the child could no longer hold back and quietly slipped away from the mother. He was attracted by the beautiful grand piano on the stage. When the audience wasn't paying attention, he put his little fingers on the keys and started playing a piece he had recently learned: "Chopsticks." When the audience heard the sound of the piano, they suddenly fell silent. Hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at the child. Some people began to complain:

"Who brought him?"

"His mother Where?"

"Stop him! Don't let him break the piano!"

In the background, the piano master also heard the music in front of the stage. He quickly ran to the stage and stood behind the child. The master stretched out his hands, improvised some harmonies that matched "Chopsticks", and whispered in the child's ear to encourage him: "Keep playing, don't stop..." After the song was finished, the audience burst into applause. The child's mother even burst into tears. This is a better opportunity for enlightenment than listening to a concert, and the instructor is a master! Classic examples of tolerance 12

On the day of their engagement, his girlfriend He held the hand of another young man and said to him: "I'm sorry, I don't think we will be happy together." He was immersed in happiness and was stunned. He really wanted to find a place to hide in the surprised eyes of relatives and friends. Get in there. The whole town knew about him, and the young man decided to escape from the town where he felt he was living in humiliation. He vowed to return to his hometown in glory in the future and regain his lost dignity. Sure enough, 30 years later, he has become a great writer and thinker. His works "Confessions", "Social Contract" and "Emile" aroused great repercussions in Europe. His name - Rousseau, is well-known in Europe. On the second day after returning to his hometown, an old friend asked him: "Do you remember Ariel?" Rousseau smiled and said: "Of course you do, she almost became my bride." She has given you great humiliation, and she has not had a good ending. She has been living in poverty for many years, relying on the help of relatives. God has punished her for betraying you. "My friend said to Rousseau. The friend thought that Rousseau would be happy to hear that the person who betrayed him met a tragic end, but Rousseau said to him: "I am very sad, God should not punish her. I have some money here, please give it to her, Don't tell her that I gave it to her, lest she think I'm humiliating her and reject it. "Do you really have no resentment towards Ariel? She embarrassed you in the beginning," the friend said in a questioning tone. ask. "If there is resentment, it was 30 years ago. If I have been resentful towards her all these years, then I have been living in resentment for 30 years. What good does that do to me? As I mentioned If I go to see you with a bag of dead mice, wouldn’t it be me who smells the stench along the way?” Classic Examples of Tolerance 13

A respected elder discovered a tree beside the high wall of the temple. He knew that someone would use this seat to cross the wall to the outside of the temple. The elder moved the chair and waited here based on his feeling. At midnight, the young monk who was out climbed up the wall and jumped on the "chair". He felt that the "chair" was not as hard as before, but soft and even a little elastic. After landing, the little monk took a closer look and realized that the chair had turned into an elder. It turned out that he was jumping on the elder's body, and the latter used his spine to support him. The young monk left in panic. For some time after that, he waited in fear for the elder's fate. But the elder did not do this, and did not mention this matter of "God knows that the earth knows that you know that I know" at all. The young monk gained inspiration from the elder's tolerance. He calmed down and never left. Through hard practice, he became a leader in the monastery. A few years later, he became an elder here. Coincidentally, a teacher noticed that a student often lowered his head and drew something during class. One day, he walked over and picked up the student's drawing and found that the character in the drawing was exactly himself with grinning teeth. The teacher didn't get angry, he just smiled naively and asked the students to refinish the painting after class to make it more similar. From then on, the student stopped drawing in class and did well in all subjects. Later, he became an accomplished cartoonist. Classic examples of tolerance 14

Lu Mengzheng was a minister of the Song Dynasty and did not like to argue with others. When he first became prime minister, an official pointed at him from behind the curtain and said to others: "Is this unknown boy worthy of being prime minister?" Lu Mengzheng pretended not to hear and strode over. The other political participants were indignant for him and were about to find out who dared to be so bold, so they hurriedly stopped them. After the disbandment of the dynasty, those who participated in politics were still dissatisfied and regretted not finding that person just now. Lu Mengzheng said to them: "If you know his name once, you will never forget it for the rest of your life.

How bad it is to hold grudges against someone like this! Therefore, do not ask him what his last name is. In fact, not knowing who he is is not a loss to me. "People at that time admired his magnanimity. Classic Examples of Tolerance 15

Once, King Zhuang of Chu held a banquet to entertain ministers and warriors to drink. During the banquet, he ordered his favorite beauty to persuade him to drink. After drinking until evening, Everyone was already drunk. Suddenly, a strong wind blew out the candles, and the hall was dark. Someone in the darkness grabbed the beauty's sleeve with his hand. The beauty suddenly got wise and broke the connection. The beauty took the opportunity to escape and came to King Chuzhuang, crying to him about being teased, and said that the man's hatband had been broken by her, and she only needed to light a candle. , you can find out who this person is. King Zhuang of Chu comforted her and said: "It is inevitable to be drunk and disrespectful. Besides, how can I insult my subordinates and warriors for the sake of a woman!" Then he shouted in the darkness: "Everyone has a good time drinking today. If anyone's crown tassels are not in full, he has not drunk enough wine, and he will be punished with three bowls of wine!" In order to please the King of Chu, the ministers and generals all tore off their crowns and got drunk. When the candles were lit again, everyone's crowns were broken. It was the beauty who wanted to find out the person who molested her. , there was no way to start. Three years later, there was a war between Jin and Chu. On the battlefield, there was a warrior who was brave and brave. He was the first to charge in five battles and took the lead to defeat the enemy. The Chu State won a great victory. King Zhuang of Chu was very surprised and asked him why he was so desperate. The warrior replied: "I will die because I was drunk and disrespectful at that banquet. Not only did the king not punish me, but he also covered up my mistakes." , I always want to find an opportunity to repay you. The last general is the man whose crown was torn off by the beauty that night three years ago.

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