The ultimate way for a person to survive: do things soberly and be a fool.

Zheng Banqiao, a famous painter and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, known as one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", once said: "It is more difficult to be smart than to be confused."

In modern society, there are more and more smart people, but few people change from smart to confused.

This road of life, smart people, live far less comfortable than confused people.

Many years ago, in a small town in America, there was a little boy. He was quiet, shy and very shy.

For this reason, people in the town often like to play tricks on him.

People often throw nickels and dimes in front of him and let him choose either one.

But the little boy always picks up nickels, so everyone laughs at him for being "stupid".

One day, a kind old woman took pity on him and asked, "Son, don't you know that a dime is more important than a five?"

"Of course I know!" The little boy smiled and said, "However, if I pick up that corner, I'm afraid they won't be interested in throwing me money anymore."

Later, the little boy became the ninth president of the United States, and he was william henry harrison.

When everyone was laughing at his stupidity, he got the lining silently.

Some people, seemingly smart, actually get nothing; Some people, seemingly stupid, get real benefits.

In this world, there are many smart people, but there are very few extremely smart people.

Since cleverness is hard to reach the peak, it is not bad to live a foolish life.

Read such a short story:

Two people who fell into the water struggled on the river exhausted.

At this time, a man with good eyesight saw a boat coming, just like catching a straw, and he began to swim desperately.

But when the boat became clearly visible, he was surprised to find that it was not a boat, but a dead tree.

At this point, he lost the motivation to move on and stopped.

Another person with poor eyesight also saw the shadow of the ship from a distance, so he lowered his head and began to swim in the direction of the ship.

It was not until I got closer that I found that it was not a boat, but a dead tree.

Fortunately, he was not far from the shore at this time.

Finally, people with good eyesight were buried in the river, but those with poor eyesight were saved.

Life is like this big river. When we are in prison, the only thing that can save us is ourselves.

Not all roads have shortcuts, and not all success requires wisdom.

Sometimes, if you persist foolishly and don't give up or abandon, you can redeem yourself and reach the other side of your dream.

Life is a marathon, which requires us to have stronger endurance and higher toughness.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and went against it. Coupled with years of famine, people are in dire straits and the world is in chaos.

In 22 AD, Liu Xiu set out from Nanyang, and the team gradually grew.

In 24 years, Liu Xiu attacked Handan, the capital of Wang Lang, and organized his subordinates to check the documents of the previous dynasties.

Therefore, many correspondence between officials and Wang Lang was found in the official documents of the former dynasty, including belittling Liu Xiu's memorial.

Therefore, his people told Liu Xiu truthfully and said angrily, "These people secretly contacted Wang Lang and even insulted you blatantly, so they must be severely punished."

But Liu Xiu didn't get angry and didn't pursue it. Instead, they burned these letters with torches in front of officials at all levels.

And said to them, "I have never seen these memorials, and I will never open them." Don't worry. "

It seems that Liu Xiu suffered a loss and even missed a good opportunity to eliminate dissidents.

But in the end, he won the world by relying on a solid rear.

Liu Xiu is definitely not stupid. He knows exactly how to choose.

In troubled times, many people can't help themselves, on the one hand, they are also showing their tolerant and generous minds to the world.

If the time axis is lengthened, many things that seem to suffer losses can often bring rich returns to themselves.

No one can remain unbeaten forever, and the smarter he is, the more prescient he is.

With visible sacrifice, in exchange for invisible wealth.

In the second year of Jiajing, Xu Jie High School explored flowers and was awarded the post of editor of Hanlin Academy.

The fledgling Xu Jie is an out-and-out "cynic".

It happened that Zhang Fujing, a cabinet scholar, was in power, and suggested to Jiajing Emperor that Confucius' title of Wenxuan King should be removed and the standard of offering sacrifices to Confucius should be lowered.

The civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty kept their mouths shut, and only Xu Jie publicly opposed it.

Seeing this, Zhang Fujing growled angrily, "Do you want to betray me?"

Xu Jie replied, "Betrayal is born of attachment. I don't depend on you, how can I betray you? "

We have offended Zhang Fujing in power. Xu Jie naturally has no good fruit to eat.

Soon, he was exiled from the prosperous capital to the desolate southern Xinjiang.

But Xu Jie didn't feel depressed.

During his demotion, he still tried his best to rehabilitate the unjust case in his post.

Emperor Jiajing was very happy when he heard about Xu Jie's achievements, so he recalled him and was promoted to an official position.

At that time, Yan Song, a treacherous court official, tried to woo Xu Jie back to the court, but he was turned away.

As a result, Yan Song repeatedly gave Xu Jie a little shoes in front of Emperor Jiajing, and Xu Jie's situation began to become precarious.

After the ups and downs of his official career, Jeff has changed.

He knows that his own voice is weak, and he can't throw eggs at stones. If he wants to defeat Yan Song, he must protect himself first.

From then on, as long as he was within the bottom line, he began to humble himself to Yan Song, followed Yan Song everywhere and never had an argument with him.

Yan Song's son, Yan Shifan, has been overbearing to Xu Jie for many times, and he also submitted to humiliation.

Even in order to gain Yan Song's trust, he married his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson.

At the same time, Xu Jie moved closer to Emperor Jiajing and chose his favorite words to please him and gain the trust of the emperor.

Soon, Xu Jie joined the cabinet, participated in the maintenance, and soon became the surname of the prince, and his status continued to improve, second only to Yan Song.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xu Jie waited for an opportunity.

One day, he accidentally learned that Yan Song had a secret message to present to Emperor Jiajing, so he used Emperor Jiajing's belief in divination to communicate with his fortune-teller Landaoxing, who recommended it to Emperor Jiajing.

After divination, Landaoxing said to Emperor Jiajing, "There are treacherous court officials playing things today."

In a short time, Emperor Jiajing received a secret letter from Yan Song and began to doubt Yan Song.

Later, while the iron was hot, Xu Jie secretly let the platform Zou Ying impeach the throne of Yan Song and his son.

Emperor Jiajing flew into a rage and ordered severe punishment. The Yan family collapsed and never recovered.

The road of life is not always straight, but sometimes we need to make a detour and quietly accumulate strength.

When you are not strong enough, try to plump your wings, and when the east wind comes, you can soar into the sky and make a blockbuster.

You have to believe that everyone is constantly experiencing and growing.

Everything you have experienced is what others have experienced or are experiencing, and everything you have learned is what others are learning or mastering.

No one is really dumber than you, and you are not much smarter than others.

You don't have to feel superior or sell yourself short.

On your own track, climb steadily and move forward silently.

It is an ability to do things with a pure heart; Being a confused person is the realm.

As the saying goes, "Half deaf, half dumb and half confused, half drunk and half awake."

I wish you the rest of your life, with a gap in your heart, no wind and frost, and a free and easy life.

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