Chapter 36 Harmony and Difference
After helping Lan County successfully fight floods and rescue people, Li Xuan continued to embark on his journey of understanding the nature of water.
As for how much merit he has gained in this flood fight, Li Xuan doesn't care very much anymore. This is the realm of goodness like water, perfection and beauty, boundless love, doing whatever it takes and not asking for anything in return.
Next, Li Xuan gradually accelerated his pace of progress, because he had a deep understanding of this Songjiang, the beauty of water, the gentleness of water, the fickleness of water, the passion of water, and the madness of water...... He even felt the tenacity of some lives and the strength of the unity of weak lives.
Li Xuan continued to move forward along the Songjiang River, the river surface gradually opened, the river water became deeper and deeper, the river channel was relatively straight, the maximum width of the river reached about 1,000 meters, and the water depth in the center of the river also reached about 10 meters, which can really be called a big river.
Li Xuan walked through this section of the Songjiang River, both sides of the alluvial plain, the terrain is relatively flat, there are many scattered islands in the river, many birds inhabit and breed on it, a lively scene.
The riverside beach is relatively open, the riverbank is overgrown with weeds, and the waterway divergent is vertical and horizontal. Here, Li Xuan can clearly see the traces of the raging flood, and the riverbank has also been washed away.
On this section of the river, the water transport business is very busy, and many ships pass here, mainly transporting timber, grain, building materials, coal, steel and its products, daily necessities, and so on.
Li Xuan walked alone on the riverside, and the people on the boat often looked at Li Xuan, feeling that this person was very maverick. There were even people on the boat who shouted at Li Xuan and asked him what he was doing?
This made Li Xuan repeatedly disturbed, and he could no longer calm down and comprehend the water nature. When he saw a large ship approaching in the distance, loaded with a lot of cargo, he sneaked out of the water and climbed onto the ship without noticing. I simply found a corner where no one was around, and set up a hitchhiker.
The cargo ship was a lot faster than a man could walk. That night, the cargo ship docked at a wharf near Jiashi in the lower reaches of the Songjiang River. Li Xuan took advantage of the night to sneak down from the cargo ship and continued to walk along the river.
Due to the large number of boats on the river during the day, it was no longer too convenient for Li Xuan to walk by the river. So, Li Xuan quickened the pace of travel, only to see that there was a distance of about five meters for each step he took, and the speed of his steps was also a lot faster, and overnight, he actually walked to the intersection of Songjiang and Heijiang.
When the light of day was shining, Li Xuan saw the wonder of the confluence of the two rivers. The Heijiang River flows from west to east, the water is dark green, gentle and open, the Songjiang sediment is more yellow, the width of the water surface reaches about 1,200 meters after the confluence of the yellow Songjiang River and the black Heijiang River, the water potential increases suddenly, and the river water is surging.
The two rivers go side by side here, the water of the two rivers, the north is black and the south is yellow, Jing Wei is distinct, and the east flows for dozens of miles without blending, which is breathtaking.
Looking into the distance, the small islands in the river appear and disappear in the vast water waves, making people feel like they are in a fairyland, and there is a sense of etherealism.
Through perception, Li Xuan found that the fish in the river are also very strange, the fish swimming from the Songjiang River basically swim close to the south bank, while the fish swimming from the Heijiang River basically swim close to the north bank, each going its own way and not interacting with each other. And there are some fierce fish in the two rivers, if they encounter them in the center of the river, there will be some fights, as if they are grabbing territory.
Li Xuan felt the nature of water, and only felt that these two rivers seemed to have spirituality. Each of them has its own life, as well as its own character and dignity. It's like a kind of philosophical disagreement, which makes them clear and go their own way.
After the two rivers ran parallel for a period of time, they gradually recognized each other, and the inclusiveness of water finally played a role. Eventually, the two rivers gradually merged completely, and the colors gradually converged, running together towards the embrace of the sea.
Li Xuan realized human nature from water. This is the same as getting along with each other, "gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious".
A gentleman is able to maintain a harmonious and friendly relationship with others in interpersonal interactions, but he does not agree with the other party in his views on specific issues. The villain is accustomed to pandering to other people's psychology and echoing other people's remarks in his views on problems, but deep down he does not have a harmonious and friendly attitude.
In our daily life, people tend to have different views and opinions on a certain issue, which is an extremely normal phenomenon.
True friends should seek consensus by exchanging opinions and exchanging ideas, and even if they cannot unify their thoughts for the time being, they will not hurt their harmony because of this, and they can use time to test and prove whose opinion is more correct.
A true gentleman's friendship is not to seek to be consistent everywhere at all times, but to tolerate each other's independent opinions, and not to hide their different views, and to truly be honest and honest with each other. As the saying goes, the true meaning of "friend" lies in this.
Each person deserves his or her own personality and dignity. Don't deliberately hide your own thoughts, or you don't have your own thoughts at all, you can't follow the clouds, see the wind and steer the rudder, let alone the party and divide the line with people. When a person does not even dare to express his true thoughts, and cannot even express his own opinions, what is the point of his life?
To be a man is to be square, to abide by the deeds, to be the basis of words, in accordance with the established rules, to abide by a certain scale and proportion. We must cherish our own personality, regard it as the life of man, the foundation of wood, and the source of water, and "be rich without heavy coins, and not light on crowns and expensive".
A person should have some awe in his heart, and there are always some things in his own mind that belong to the root and bottom line of being a human being, which cannot be desecrated, and are even more important than his own life. When people are faced with the trade-off, they are not afraid of failure and punishment, but they must never lose their basic dignity and personality.
"Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. "Heaven and earth do not care about benevolence, nor do they care about unkindness. Heaven and earth gave birth to all things, and they did not want to get anything back. Heaven and earth are loveless, hateless, desireless, and desireless, and it is not because heaven and earth love them that they are prosperous, nor because they hate them. Li Xuan also had a trace of understanding of the way of heaven and earth.
"Everyone is on a blind date, everyone is equal, and the world is public, which is the great harmony. "All men are created equal. Equality is innate, a gift from God to everyone for humanity.
Every human being is born equal to others, regardless of status, dignity, or race, even if there is any difference. It is equality that allows people to be treated fairly, and it is equality that gives people the right to pursue happiness.
Life is short, a hundred years in an instant. The encounter and compatibility between rivers is a kind of destiny destined by God, and the encounter between people is a beautiful fate.
In the world, thousands of people, how many people can get acquainted, how many people can meet, and how many people can know each other for a lifetime. Each of us will meet different things, and we will meet different people.
The edge is deep and shallow, because it is an unforgettable and beautiful scenery in life, as long as you have it, it is a great happiness.
In the vast red dust, everyone will have different troubles, and everyone will have different ups and downs.
Human interaction is actually very simple. When there are differences in ideas, there is a need for tolerance, and when there is a conflict of words, there is a need for tolerance. Everyone has self-esteem, everyone has hardships, and their ideas, practices, and ways of living will be different. We don't have to change others, we just need to do it ourselves!
We must learn to be kind to others, understand others, help others, and let ourselves be more generous, tolerant, understanding, and kind. Mutual understanding and respect for each other will result in infinite true love, eternal friendship, strong family affection and sincere love.
Li Xuan believes in fate. Because the appearance of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda of Heaven and Earth is a kind of fate, since the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda of Heaven and Earth chose him, he will cherish this fate and do his best to make this fate become no regrets and go to perfection!
He stood by the river, listened to the chirping of water birds, and saw a red sun rising from the east, the morning glow dyed half of the sky, and with the billions of rays radiated by the sun, the river surface was full of colorful colors. The original black and yellow river surface has become colorful, and the beauty is dazzling.
At this time, Li Xuan saw that there were already early risers in the distance who began to walk towards the river, maybe to enjoy the scenery, maybe to take a walk. Li Xuan didn't want people to see his barefoot and hair-draped appearance, so he hurriedly walked downstream.