Volume 1 The Year of the Hair Bundle Chapter 81 National Character
Chen Jie's problem is not difficult, he really needs to know. But what you need to know doesn't mean you can get it, it depends on Chen Guogang's knowledge and patience.
If Chen Guogang's patience is a little poor, or his knowledge reserve is exhausted, for the sake of face, he is likely to throw a sentence of "let you see it, what so much nonsense"!
If Chen Guogang is an old-fashioned man who is dead in tradition and is only blindly superstitious about the ancients, he may also shake his head and reply to the sentence "Read the book a hundred times, and its meaning will be seen by itself".
It is true that he has read the book a hundred times, and his meaning is self-evident, but there is a premise that Chen Jie's trust in tradition has not yet been established, and he does not have the determination and willingness to read the book a hundred times.
It is difficult to cultivate forests, and it is even more difficult to educate people, and in today's impetuous era, it is even more difficult to educate the next generation.
Early family education, teenagers' school career, and young people's college life made Chen Guogang understand tradition and the times, and he knew what Chen Jie needed.
His ancient state of mind, in addition to looking at the stock market with a cold eye, can also gain insight into people's hearts.
How did Chen Guogang's state of mind come about? There is a saying in "University": After knowing and stopping, you can be determined, you can be quiet after you are quiet, you can be quiet after you can be safe, you can be safe after you can worry, and you can get after thinking about it.
A hundred years ago, these old sayings were formalism on paper, but now they are used by Chen Guogang to guide life.
The things of the ancestors are meaningless to memorize, and they have to be able to use them. It is precisely because Chen Guogang has tasted the sweetness that he has always asked Chen Jie to unite knowledge and action.
Chen Jie was lucky that Chen Guogang did not prevaricate him.
Hearing the question thrown by his son, Chen Guogang was not impatient, he blinked and said:
"It's a question of national character."
"The biggest feature of our nation is pragmatism, but pragmatism is a neutral character with two sides, and if it develops for the better, it will become seeking truth from facts, and if it develops badly, it will become a reality and utilitarian."
"Our nation, strong is strong in pragmatism, unlucky and unlucky in pragmatism, there is a saying? Yes, success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He! ”
In the dialogue, this holistic view of one body and two sides is the source of the Book of Changes, but at that time, Chen Jie was still young, and Chen Guogang thought that the time was not right, so he did not break this layer of window paper.
Chen Guogang went on to say:
"But people are this thing, it's not easy to learn well, and it's bad to learn."
"Pragmatism, reality, the two are only separated by a layer of window paper, you have to live a pragmatic life, after a long time, it will slip into reality. Just like the cheating candidates and bribed examiners in the example just now, they are all materialistic realists, otherwise they would not have been able to do this kind of thing. ”
"The ancestors wanted to bring out the good side of the Chinese pragmatic spirit, so they had to guide people in the direction of gentlemen."
"And Confucianism is precisely the problem with the reality of the people who govern the country."
"Money is not omnipotent, there are too many things in the world that money can't buy, so there is a saying that killing oneself and sacrificing one's life for righteousness."
"However, in today's era, it is absolutely impossible to have no money, but if you want to ask for it as it is reasonable, and exchange your own principles for money, you will one day be counterattacked!"
"Therefore, this set of theories of the ancestors, so to speak, is tailor-made for the Chinese people, I can't care if I don't learn abroad, and I can't care if others learn or not, you must learn!"
This was said very carefully, and Chen Jie's heart was really moved, and he asked: "Dad, can you make a fortune after learning this?" ”
As a result of utilitarian education, everything looks at money, and Chen Jie's influence is not exempt from vulgarity.
Chen Guogang shook his head decisively, and his answer was also very simple, three words: "No guarantee." ”
Chen Jie took a step back and asked, "Then will you keep safe after learning?" ”
"Look at creation, not necessarily." Chen Guogang told the truth, Zilu, as a proud disciple of Confucius, was not he hacked to death in the end?
Chen Jie's face was frustrated, and he asked again: "Does that help with learning?" ”
Chen Guogang smacked his lips and replied, "For others, son, your grades are already very good." ”
The implication is that there is no room for improvement in your academic performance.
Three questions, none of the answers were uplifted, Chen Jie immediately replied: "Then why do you want to learn from him!" Don't learn, don't learn. ”
As soon as he heard that Chen Jie didn't learn, Chen Guogang was anxious and hurriedly said: "Young master, you don't play cards according to the routine!" At this time, you should ask me a question, not a question. ”
Chen Jie, who was only in the third grade, and his Chinese grammar was not ready, and asked: "Dad, what is a question sentence, what is a question sentence?" ”
"You change the exclamation mark of the original sentence to a question mark, and then take back the words 'don't learn, don't learn', and say it again."
"Then why do you want to learn from him?" Chen Jie was not sure, and asked again, "Ask like this?" ”
Chen Guogang smiled and affirmed: "That's right, that's it." This time, bring feelings and ask officially. ”
The child is just so coaxing, Chen Jie really cooperated, and immediately showed his true feelings, and said in a low voice: "Then why do you want to learn from him?!" ”
Chen Guogang was serious and said: "You just asked Dad three questions, asking for wealth, seeking peace, and seeking wisdom, what is the fundamental purpose of your three things?" ”
"Hmm......" After thinking for a moment, Chen Jie replied, "If you have money, you can buy whatever you want, ask for peace and freedom from sin, and ask for wisdom and study without effort." ”
"Son, but you also have to know that many of the scenery of rich people is just a superficial phenomenon, and you don't see the bitterness behind others. As for peace, natural and man-made disasters, birth, old age, sickness and death, it is always unavoidable, and no one can escape. As for being smart, you have to have a degree, the so-called wisdom will hurt, and it's not a good thing for people to be too smart. ”
"Then why should I learn from him?" When I asked just now, Chen Jie was cooperating with his father in acting, and he was serious about this question.
"When you grow up, you will understand that people live for a lifetime, just to have fun, peace of mind, is the greatest happiness. In this life, no one can avoid stumbling, and only when you have peace of mind can you not panic, and many times, you can turn the danger into a disaster. You have to enter the door to appreciate the magic here. ”
"Even if creation makes people, there is really a day when you kill yourself and sacrifice your life for righteousness, it will be a generous death and stand up to the sky." Chen Guogang hesitated at first, paused for a moment, and decided to tell Chen Jie the worst.
Killing himself and sacrificing his life for righteousness, Chen Jie didn't understand it at the time, but when he heard the four words "stand up to the sky", he really called out his manly feelings, and his head immediately buzzed, and the Chinese heroic soul that had been sleeping in his genes for thousands of years woke up!
There is no Huaxia after Yashan? Says who!
Chen Guogang didn't expect that if he thought it would be counterproductive, it would stimulate Chen Jie's determination.
"Learn!" Chen Jie is categorical.
Think that's the end of it? Nope!
Chen Guogang understood that the road to the tradition was full of thorns and many forks in the road, and he was also worried that Chen Jie would go astray and eventually become a nerd like Kong Yiji and Fan Jin.
So when it came, Chen Guogang added a reminder again:
"Since you want to learn, you have to promise Dad, you can't know halfway, don't give up halfway, it's a little bitter when you first get started, as long as you know and act together, your sweetness is behind."
"Also, in today's China, scammers are mainly concentrated in two fields, one is finance, and the other is traditional culture.
"Besides, villains can't be too used to it, resist when it's time to resist, and the methods of resistance are all in the book, don't be wasteful! If you can't even clean up a villain, then you're really reading yourself as a nerd. ”
As soon as Chen Jie's interest was ignited, he was crushed by Chen Guogang's three disciplines, Chen Jie was confused, and asked, "If I can't go out to learn from a teacher, then who should I learn from?" ”
"Read a book a hundred times, and you will see its meaning." Now, it is a good time to say these eight words, Chen Guogang smiled, and said, "Simple explanations are everywhere, if you want to understand deeply, you have to approach life and understand it yourself." ”
Otherwise, if you don't say that your parents are not good now, just one problem, you have to use Chen Guogang's large amount of knowledge reserves, if Chen Jie continues to ask about 100,000 whys, Chen Guogang will be unable to resist.
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When he came back to his senses, Chen Guogang looked at his son, he was still childish when he was in elementary school, and in a blink of an eye, he was already so old.
Time, it's really unforgiving!
With Chen Guogang's preventive injection, Chen Jie's growth has been smooth despite its ups and downs. In the process of docking with tradition, Chen Jie was decent, and finally made no mistakes, and learned to be a nerd.
With the blessing of Chen Guogang's state of mind, Chen Jie's concept of life has gradually become nuanced, and his concept has become more and more mature.
Nerd, Chen Jie doesn't do it, he is angry, he is not appropriate, even a rotten good person like Chen Guogang who believes in the way of loyalty and forgiveness, Chen Jie is not interested, this subtle difference in concept, Chen Guogang feels.
The master led the way into the door, and the practice was in the individual. Chen Jie's conclusion also comes from life, which is his answer, and this is Chen Guogang's original intention, the gentleman is harmonious but different, Chen Guogang hopes that Chen Jie will be himself.
Times are changing, life is changing, and Chen Jie's conclusions are also changing, especially in the commercial society, the proliferation of bad and good people is not conducive to the healthy development of society, nor is it the original intention of Confucius to educate people.
If Confucius is a bad and good person, he will not execute Shao Zhengmao just because of the evil words, and the Shao Zhengmao will be executed, Confucius is not loyal and forgiving, but the straightness of a gentleman! In today's fashionable parlance, this is called a negative feedback mechanism, and it is this that is lacking in China today.
Just like the outer packaging of foreign cigarette packs, there are always a lot of horror pictures printed on them, the purpose is to achieve the purpose of tobacco control through a negative feedback mechanism, and it is said that the effect is not bad.
Chinese people always say that the West is advanced and that it is excellent, and it is true that the West is leading in science and technology.
The light of tradition is gradually blooming on the road of Chen Jie's life, and this time, it is the turn of the Book of Changes.
If it weren't for Chen Jie's insistence on choosing, Chen Guogang wouldn't have wanted him to come into contact with the Book of Changes so early. If you want to understand some ancient books, you really need to experience them. Chen Jie's childhood has been basically smooth, and it is difficult to guarantee how profound his experience is when he learns this book.
But Chen Guogang didn't want Chen Jie to take a detour, so he could only have conditions, and if there were no conditions, he would have to create conditions. Speaking of which, this matter also belongs to the fact that the plan cannot keep up with the change.
Fortunately, Chen Jie's confusion was very similar to before, Chen Guogang didn't have any effort, he drew the gourd the same way, and did it again. After a simple communication, soon, Chen Jie's inner resistance was swept away.
"Dad, when will I be able to ask you again?" Chen Jie smiled, with a cute face.
"I wish this day would come soon, I'm really sorry, I'm just retiring, I'm too tired to answer your questions!"
"Dad, are you tired? Why don't I give you a squeeze on the shoulder? ”
Looking at the "Old Tang Book" on the table, Chen Guogang wished that he should leave quickly, and shook off the sentence: "Don't shoot the sycophants, you!" ”
Chen Jie stuck out his tongue and said stupidly: "The hot face sticks a cold ass......"
After removing the burden of thoughts, Chen Jie was relaxed and returned to the room, just as he was about to gather his mind and prepare to do a big job, the phone rang......