Chapter 30 After the chapter: Practical Viewpoint

Lao Tzu’s idea is that Taoism does nothing but does everything. If you want to be weak, you must first expand, if you want to be weak, you must first be strong, if you want to be saved, you must first give, and if you want to seize, you must first give; The most essential part of it. It is true that later military strategists, strategists, Jixia School, and Legalists, which focus on strategies and strategies, were more or less influenced by Lao Tzu's teachings. It is impossible to emphasize the utilitarian strategy." In fact, what Lao Tzu talks about is just a natural phenomenon, not "should be" but "should be"; only by giving up the psychological "should be" can we adapt to the objective "should be" To do it and gain insight into the truth of "reality" is the greatest capital for surviving in the face of difficulties in the world.

"Although failure is the mother of success is a very inspiring inspirational quote, if you don't understand that "success can also be the mother of failure", it is difficult to understand the real relationship between success and failure." The principles of change in the human world are indeed very similar to natural phenomena, so yin and yang, cold and heat are cycled together, and misfortune and fortune are also repeated. However, the so-called negative poles come back, and stripping poles must be restored. It does not mean any encouragement, but just to illustrate a fact an inevitable phenomenon.

"The biggest characteristic of Liu Bang's life is that he is always so natural. In fact, he is not really inaction, but he "doesn't seem to have much effect when he is active. On the contrary, when he is at a loss and is pushed and dragged away by others, the progress of his career is smoother." Of course, this is not to say that Liu Bang's fate is more successful when he does not need to work hard, but when his fate is out of control, that is when he needs to work hard the most.On the face of it, these were the lowest ebbs of his life.From the time when he failed to be escorted to hard labor and fled to the mountains, to the time of the Hongmen Sword Banquet, he was a swordsman.When I was a fish, I was finally forced to lead a large group of people across the mountains and deep into Hanzhong. As long as I got a little success, bad luck seemed to follow immediately, and Liu Bang had to endure hardships and hardships.

There are blessings in misfortunes, and misfortunes in blessings. The experience of failure can certainly be used as a reference in the journey of pursuing success, but the excitement of success often hides the curse of failure. this law of nature. On the other hand, in Xiang Yu's fate, the human factor is much stronger.As far as his own ability and conditions are concerned, Xiang Yu is indeed the best choice, but he is also a general who is willing to give and take risks, and belongs to the great hero of the creation era. The world seems to be quite good to him, giving him whatever he wants, so that he can always easily fulfill his wishes and goals. Because of this, Xiang Yu seems to be less thoughtful in doing things, lacks a sense of crisis, and doesn't see anything that will be unfavorable to him.

After the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang had completely succumbed, and Xiang Yu's momentum was thus in full swing. However, he moved his capital to Pengcheng, divided the sphere of influence in the world based on his own likes and dislikes, and replaced "really" with "should be", which made his rare chance of great success also face serious difficulties. threat.