Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Blackness is not an end, but a means

A thick skin is just an attitude in life, and a dark heart is just a means to achieve the goal of life. If someone loses himself and simply wants to be thick and black, then what we get will be a series of failure cases. In this world, when many people encounter successive failures in life, they will grit their teeth and stomp their feet, simply go all out, and simply get dark... So in this world, there are so many stupid thick blacks, meaningless thick blacks. For example, Lu Bu, he was thick and black for the first time, and killed his first adoptive father, Ding Yuan, because of jewelry and a red rabbit horse.Although this matter is of little significance, at any rate, he can be regarded as getting a red rabbit horse. Although the gain is not worth the loss, it is still much better than nothing.

The second time, for the sake of the peerless beauty Diao Chan, he was thick and black again, and killed his second adoptive father Dong Zhuo.This matter is still a wise move. First of all, Dong Zhuo's reputation is extremely bad, and he competes with Lu Bu for the beautiful woman Diao Chan. If he is not killed, will the heroes of the world laugh at him? Although compared with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the meaning of Lu Bu's thick blackness is not too great, and his style is not too high, but there is always a need for thick blackness, and it is upright to say it.Therefore, although Lu Bu died, he was still a hero.

However, some people's thick black has no reputation at all. It is purely for the sake of thick black, then it loses the value and significance of removing thick black, and becomes a laughing stock of people. For example, in the period of the Three Kingdoms, after Yuan Shao died in the Battle of Guandu, his two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, were at odds because of their vying for power, so Yuan Tan decided to attack Yuan Shang. His counselor Wang Xiu advised him: "Brothers If you fight, you will lose yourself." Yuan Tan was very upset when he heard this, and asked: "What do you think?" Wang Xiu replied: "Brothers are like left and right hands. If you are going to fight with others Shi Duan cut off his right hand, but said "I will definitely win", is this possible? If you give up your brother and don't get close, who in the world would dare to get close to you? Now there must be a traitor by your side, causing your brothers to fight and die To make a profit from it, I hope you will not listen to them and give up the idea of ​​brotherly rivalry. If you kill the traitor, brothers will live in harmony from now on, and you will be able to run rampant in the world." Yuan Tan refused to listen to Wang Xiu's advice, so he aggressively attacked Yuan Shang. He also asked Cao Cao for help. Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he led his troops to join forces with Yuan Tan to defeat Yuan Shang, and then returned to attack Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan was defeated and died, and the Yuan family was defeated.

Let's take a look at Yuan Tan's stupid behavior. He did not hesitate to turn against his own brother and raise troops to attack.Moreover, in order to get rid of his own brother, Yuan Tan actually joined forces to kill his father and enemies. His heart is so dark that even Cao Cao can only be far behind. But Yuan Tan was so thick-skinned and so dark-hearted, but he was defeated and killed. What is the reason for this? Yuan Tan's thick and dark failure life is exactly the same as Lu Bu's, and the faults all lie in the goal of life.On the surface, both Yuan Tan and Lu Bu made the mistake of eager for quick success.Lu Bu only saw famous horses and beauties, and he couldn't wait to get dark; but Yuan Tan was obsessed with killing his brother, so he turned black desperately.Their common mistake is that their vision is too short-sighted, and the reason why they cannot set their sights farther is simply because their life goals are too short-sighted.

When Lu Bu was captured by Cao Cao, he once shouted: "The public is the general, and Bu is the deputy... From this, it can be seen that Lu Bu's greatest ideal in life is to find a boss and work for others. Such a simple life goal is not for him. Saying that is tantamount to having no purpose in life.That's why when he sees famous horses and beautiful women, he eagerly turns black, because his ideals in life are these, and he really can't open his eyes any longer. As for Yuan Tan, his goal in life is not even as good as that of Lu Bu. Lu Bu is ungrateful for profit.But Yuan Tan, he made it clear that harming others is not beneficial to himself. A person who has no goals in life often regards harming others as his greatest wish. This kind of person is thick and thick, and black is black. The value can only be to expose the evil in their hearts and make history filthy.

There are many people in history who do not regard thick black as a means to realize their own ideals and goals in life, but to harm others with this. For example, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao's opponent, is such a person. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: After Dong Zhuo led the army into Luoyang, he indulged the soldiers to rape women and plunder property, which was called "searching the prison".It made people panic and precarious.After Empress He was buried, the tomb of Emperor Ling was opened, and Dong Zhuo looted all the treasures in it for himself.He also raped the princess and imposed punishments indiscriminately. If he was dissatisfied, he would be put to death, and the officials inside and outside could not protect themselves.Dong Zhuo also led his soldiers to Yangcheng. At that time, people were holding a ceremony to worship the gods. He ordered all the men to be killed, drove their carriages, loaded women, tied the men's heads on the shafts of the chariots, and returned with songs.

Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an and built a Wubao in Mei County, which was seven feet high and called it "Long Live Wu".The stored grain can be used for 30 years. He himself said: If the business is successful, you can dominate the world;Once, Dong Zhuo was going to Wubao, and the ministers saw him off outside Hengmen.He held a banquet in the big tent and killed hundreds of rebels lured from here.First cut off their tongues, then cut off their hands and feet, then dig out their eyes, and finally put them in a pot to cook.People who were not yet dead rolled on the ground between the wine tables, those who attended the banquet were trembling with fright, spoons and chopsticks fell from their hands, but Dong Zhuo was eating and drinking freely...

Look at Dong Zhuo's actions, how can Cao Cao and Liu Bei be able to match his brutality and tyranny?But Dong Zhuo's greatest ideal is just to hide in Wubao for the elderly. This person has never had any pursuits, and he has no goals in life. His thickness and blackness have become the ultimate goals he pursues. This made him the cruelest person in the world, and he was finally killed by his adopted son Lu Bu, which was his own fault. It can be seen that no matter whether it is thick or black, once it transforms from a means to an end, people lose their most basic beliefs and principles, and become alienated into man-eating beasts. In the end, they can no longer do anything, and can only become heroes to sacrifice flags. prey.