To be a man, shrewdness is not as good as kindness, honesty is better than honesty, strength is not as good as kindness.
Life is like a huge topographic map. If shrewdness is a rolling hills, kindness is a stretch of mountains; if care is a trickling stream, honesty is a surging sea; if strength is a barren desert, goodness is a fertile plain. To be a man, shrewdness is not as good as kindness, honesty is better than honesty, strength is not as good as kindness.
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Shrewdness is not as good as kindness
"Laozi" said: great wisdom if foolish, big if clumsy. Shrewdness is not as good as kindness to others.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, Baoyu saw a song describing Wang Xifeng in the illusion of fantasy. He was so clever that he missed Qing Qing's life.
People who do not have to be too shrewd and too calculating tend to lose a lot of things.
People can not always want to take advantage of small, always want to maximize their own interests, when you return to kindness, you will get more than shrewdness.
Zuo Zongtang was probably the least shrewd among the important officials in the late Qing Dynasty.
In the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), he said in his letter to his family that since he joined the army, he had not used seaweed for banquets and robes in poor winter.
In the second year of Tongzhi (1863), in reply to a letter from a friend, he said that last year's pension was incorporated into the military, but it was not cost-effective.
As the old saying goes: small victory depends on wisdom, great victory depends on virtue.
Always have a generous heart, treat others kindly, do not worry about temporary gains and losses, know how to give benefits to others, in order to harvest a better future.
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It is better to be honest than to care.
Honesty is better than all resourcefulness. It is the wisest strategy.
The gentleman is magnanimous, the villain is sad.
Magnanimity is a kind of self-cultivation, being magnanimous, doing things honestly, frankness can reap friendship better than hypocrisy.
Be open-minded and relaxed, and don't treat others and see the world from a narrow and one-sided point of view. Sit still and often think about your mistakes and gossip about others. Don't talk about others behind your back or gossip.
Zuo Zongtang is notoriously outspoken. He always does things impatiently and pursues to speak bluntly.
I do not agree with your point of view, I put my own point of view to argue with you, instead of pretending to agree, slandering you behind your back and calculating in my heart.
There are so many things in life, there is no need to take them to heart.
If the heart is wide, the road will be wide.
To haggle over everything is just wasting your energy and time to block yourself.
If you want interpersonal harmony, you have to be honest with each other. Face-to-face and back-to-back people will never experience the beauty of feelings.
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It is better to be strong than kind.
In the Spring and Autumn period, Guan Zhong had a famous saying that people who are good are also good.
Kindness is the greatest weapon, no matter how difficult to deal with people, how difficult to solve the situation, kindness can always release magic.
We often say that a drop of water wears away a stone, strong as stone, and kindness is water. Hard contact will lead to mutual loss, but softness can achieve the desired effect effortlessly.
It's the same truth to be a human being.
When you get to know others, don't be too self-centered, too strong, and be kind to others.
In his later years, Zuo Zongtang treated his subordinates with a pleasant face, treated his colleagues politely, even the mistakes of his family servants were particularly tolerant, and his temper became softer and softer.
Life is not a game, there is no need to win or lose everything. Be a kind person with peace of mind and know how to concede and show weakness.
Everyone has their own thoughts and lives, do not try to change other people's lives, know how to accept other people's different views, respect other people's choices.
A shrewd man can make a profit for a while, but he can enjoy it for a lifetime if he is kind.
Care but strive for a small profit, but honesty can win the heart with the heart.
Strength is only a temporary cure, kindness can solve the root of human and human problems.
To be a man, shrewdness is not as good as kindness, honesty is better than honesty, strength is not as good as kindness.
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