Humility is a virtue in human nature, and it is also the greatest key to tame and control people.

"The Book of Rites" says: "Pride cannot be long, desire cannot be indulged, ambition cannot be satisfied, and happiness cannot be extreme." ”

Nie Danian said: "If you can't protect it, you will always be short; If you can't hold on to it, you won't grow if you hold it. ”

If there is a mistake, it cannot be concealed, and the mistake will become bigger and bigger; If the wrong cannot be decorated, the decoration will increase, and the dignity must not be proud, and the pride will promote the noble; The merit should not be full, and the fullness will incur loss.

Zhu Fuzi said: "You must be humble in everything, and you must not be domineering and bring shame on yourself." ”

Although the leader is in a high position, if he can sympathize with his subordinates and be a corporal, he will be able to get talents and people's hearts. If you have great merit and can be humble to the corporal, you can win the scholar. According to the dignity of the world, you can't humble yourself and respect others, if you want to subdue the world's talented people and people for their own use, how can you get it?

Zeng Guofan said: "The greatest excellence of a gentleman is just humility. "Humility and self-discipline will inevitably win the hearts of the people; If you are humble and down, you will inevitably be respected.

When Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, saw Li Shiqi for the first time, he asked two women to wash his feet, and Li Shiqi reproached him for meeting people with the attitude of an elder, and Liu Bang immediately stopped and stood up to apologize. So, he changed his arrogant attitude and treated people with courtesy. Therefore, he eats it for him to serve the power of dogs and horses.

Lao Tzu said: "The lofty virtue is like a canyon, the vast virtue is like insufficient, the strong virtue is like laziness, and the simplicity and innocence are like turbidity." The whitest things contain dirt. The Book of Changes says: "Humility, a gentleman has an end." ”

"Yi" said: "Qianheng, the way of heaven is benevolent and bright, and the way of heaven is humble and upward." The way of heaven is profitable and humble, and the way of the earth is profitable and humble. Ghosts and gods are harmful and blessed, and humanity is evil and humble. Humility and light, humility and indescribable, the end of a gentleman. The elephant said, "A humble gentleman, humble himself is also reaped." "Ming Qian Zhenji, the center is also."

"Lao Qian gentleman, all the people are served."

What is said here is that humility is the principle of heaven and earth, and man should look after himself so that he can make the world obey.

Therefore, in the Book of Shang, it is said: "If you are humble, you will benefit, and if you are complacent, you will suffer." ”

The words of the Duke of Zhou are recorded in the "Shuo Yuan": "Those who are virtuous and humble are glorious, those who are rich in land and keep the industrious and thrifty are safe, those who are noble and grand and can keep the humble are noble, those who are strong and prudent are victorious, those who are wise and wise and keep the foolish benefit, and those who are well-informed and knowledgeable are broad." ”

Xunzi quoted Confucius as saying, "A wise and wise man must guard his ignorance; Those who have achieved great success in the world must keep humility; Those who are brave enough to conquer the world must guard their cowardice; Those who are rich in the world must be humble. ”

In the "Liezi", it is recorded that Sun Shuao said: "My title is rising day by day, and my ambition is declining day by day." The greater my ruler, the smaller my heart becomes; The more abundant my wealth is, the greater my almsgiving. Therefore, "if you are humble and respectful, many will come to me." Pride is slow, and those who depart run fast", "Those who are in positions of high are proud, and the day of destruction is near." ”

Not using one's own wisdom to deal with the stupidity of others, not looking down on the clumsiness of others with one's own merit, and not restraining people's shortcomings with one's own strengths, these are all methods and principles that carry blessings.

To cure pride is to use modesty, to cure fullness is to use emptiness, and to cure arrogance is to use propriety and righteousness. If a person has a little humility, he will increase a point of humility; If you keep a little politeness, you will be less crazy.

Lu Kun said: "If you are angry, you are afraid of being full, and you are afraid of being full, and you are afraid of dew." "Domineering will be domineering, if the heart is full, it will not seek progress, and it will be superficial. All three of these are the great enemies of the people. Therefore, as long as they are sages and philosophers, they all try their best to be humble and humble. This is especially true for people of higher status.

Some people also say: "Literature and art are self-sufficient, that is, a superficial heart; To be rich and arrogant is to be despicable. Both kinds of people are pitiful, and the male, rich, and noble are even more contemptible. ”

Lao Tzu said: "The most complete thing is as if it were broken, but its function will never be exhausted; The fullest thing seems to be empty, but its usefulness is inexhaustible. The most righteous thing is like a bend; The most dexterous things seem to be the most clumsy; The most brilliant eloquence is as if he were not good at words; The wisest people seem to be the stupidest. He added: "If you want to lead the people, you must humble the people with words." "Only by bearing the humiliation of the whole country can one become the monarch of the country; Only by bearing the calamities of the whole country can he become the king of the world. ”

Having said all this, it is nothing more than to make you understand that modesty is a traditional Chinese virtue, and we deeply realize that only when we know that we are not good can we really get better. Humility is your best teacher, the profound connotation contained in the truth of life, and the great wisdom of heaven and earth.