Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Application of "Chong"

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Du Shenyan, who was the grandfather of the great poet Du Fu according to his seniority. One year, the imperial court opened the Enke examination. The examiner's name was Su Weiwei, and Du Shenyan was an examinee.After answering the test papers in the examination room, Du Shenyan was full of worry and remained silent. When asked why, he shook his head sadly and said, "Su Weiwei is going to die. I really can't bear to watch him die." Everyone was shocked: "How do you know he will die?" Du Shen said: "Is there any doubt? He read my test paper, so why not die of shame on the spot?"

For his literary talent, Du Shenyan held an infinitely positive attitude.He commented: "Thesis talent, if I were the emperor, then Qu Yuan and Song Yu, at best, are servants in the yamen. In terms of calligraphy alone, Wang Xizhi can't compare with me." His evaluation was too high, which angered Sima Zhou Jizhong, so he fabricated a crime, arrested Du Shenyan and killed him in prison.Du Shenyan's son, Du Bing, was just thirteen years old. When he heard of his father's death, he hid a sharp blade in his arms and went to find Zhou Jizhong.It happened that Zhou Jizhong was drunk and was killed by Du Bing with a knife. Afterwards, Du Bing was also killed by Zhou Jizhong's followers.

Look at this Du Shenyan, he just said a few big words, maybe even he didn't say big words, he didn't brag, he just evaluated himself realistically, but in the end he caused his death.Doesn't this mean that there is a great risk in bragging in the officialdom? This is indeed the case. In the officialdom, interests are intertwined, political enemies hide in hiding, gangsters haunt, and if you don't pay attention to a word, people will catch their pigtails, and it will be difficult to step down at that time.Therefore, people in the officialdom are cautious about their words, and the biggest danger is what they say.

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Xue Neng who also liked to brag, or he, like Du Shenyan, had a slightly higher opinion of himself.How high is it?Xue Neng wrote a poem: "Whoever approves the formation map, I will ridicule the appearance of the temple." It means that Zhuge Liang is nothing special, and he is far behind me; You can rule me." It means: After all, Zhuge Liang is considered lucky, because I was not born in his time, otherwise, how could he be confused; and wrote a poem: "If I was born on the Kaiyuan day, I would fight for it." Renamed Li Hanlin." It means that Li Bai was lucky that he didn't meet me, and he couldn't eat it when he met me; he continued to write poems: "Li Bai will never get anything, and Tao Qiangu will not publish it." Meaning That is to say, Li Bai and Tao Qian, these two people together, can't compare with me, really can't compare with me.While writing a poem, suddenly the rebels swarmed in, and without any explanation, they chopped this great man into a meat paste.

Du Shenyan and Xue Neng both died, which made us suddenly wake up.There is also something particular about bragging. Some bragging is not allowed, while others must be bragging. Which ones are not to be bragged about, and which ones must be bragged about? As far as bullshit related to literary matters is concerned, it is absolutely impossible to brag about it, because bullshit has three characteristics, one is too private, the other is too professional, and the third is too popular.With these three characteristics, this bull becomes a high-risk bull, and the risk of bragging is great, and the consequences are dire.

Being too private means that what you brag about is too self-indulgent.Take poetry as an example, your poems are well written, but no matter how good your poems are, what does it matter to others?Could it be that if you write a good poem, other people's salary can be doubled?You must not brag about this kind of purely personal privacy, because this kind of bragging will not resonate with others. Since others cannot resonate with you, of course they will be annoyed when they see you. What is over-specialization?It refers to the content of your bragging, which is too cumbersome and delicate.Still using poetry as an example, everyone can recognize square Chinese characters, but if you arrange these square Chinese characters in a stable and soul-stirring manner, this kind of thing is definitely a science.Many people can't fiddle with it even if they want to. If they see you bragging about this kind of bullshit, is there any reason not to get angry?

What is too popular?It refers to your bragging content, and the threshold for appreciation is too low.Continuing with the analogy of poetry, you light a lamp and boil oil, painstakingly write words, as long as you can read, you can understand what you are talking about.Now that everyone recognizes these words, they will no longer think that your achievements are anything special.At this time, you still don't know how to restrain yourself, and brag wildly, isn't it just a joke? Whether it's Du Shenyan or Xue Neng, these two people are right to brag, Madam's life is short, if you don't brag about being boring, why should you spend a long life?But the bragging of the two of them happened to violate the big taboo of bullying. Since it belongs to their own private affairs and has nothing to do with others, and because the skills are too cumbersome to master, there is another one that can be understood by humans popular features.This kind of bragging is in vain to anger the masses and cause trouble for the upper body. If the two of them don't get stabbed, is there any justice in this world?

Therefore, if a person wants to brag, brag about his achievements, and brag about his brilliant life and career, he must do the opposite, bragging about the public, not private.Bragging about nature, not specialization.A bull who blows the threshold high cannot blow a bull who lowers the threshold. What is bragging about the public?That is to say, the content involved in your bragging must be highly concerned by the public, and it is the most likely to stimulate the sensitive nerves of the public. Once the bragging is blown, the public will be red-eyed, excited, and so excited that they want to cry .This kind of bull is called a bragging bull.

What is bragging about nature?That is to say, what you want to brag must be simple in content, and people with the lowest IQ can understand it at once. It belongs to the category that stays in the most primitive instinct state of human beings. If it is higher than this category, you will immediately lose the popularity of the public. Support, this bullshit is wrong, and it is in vain. What is a bull who blows the threshold high?That is to say, what you want to brag about is at a height that the public avoids and fears, and no one can do it. The warm cheers will send you straight to the top of success in life.

So, which cow can meet these three characteristics? The name of this cow is something we are no longer familiar with. Its name is: Wushi. What is martial arts?It's something that has nothing to do with war.Because things like war are regular social activities that the public can participate in, and they all have a strong interest in it.You must know that before human beings appeared, there were already wars on the earth, and even before there was life on the earth, there were already wars.According to scientists, in the ancient times, the earth's oceans were full of primordial soup, and a large number of organic molecules scurried around in the soup, chasing each other. This is a relatively primitive form of warfare.So as long as war is mentioned, people's eyes will light up and their mood will be involuntarily excited.

Moreover, war is the instinct of human beings, no matter your IQ is high or low, male or female, old or young, you can understand and understand it.In addition, there is another biggest characteristic of war, that is, the public hopes that someone will come out, shed blood and work for them without complaint or regret, and conquer cities and lands.In the history of heroes throughout the ages, there are far more people who have become famous in history only by killing people and setting fires than in any other industry.Therefore, although war is admired by the public, the cowardly mentality shared by the public makes them full of admiration for war heroes. Therefore, if a person wants to brag, he must step on the brink of war.In Chinese history, there are two most exciting bragging words. One is said by literati: "It is better to be a centurion than a scholar." .” It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar.This sentence comes from Yang Jiong, the Four Great Masters of the early Tang Dynasty.The so-called Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty refer to Yang Jiong, Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin and King Luo Bin, all of whom are famous for their articles.At that time, Li Jingxuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, admired these four people very much, so he actively recommended them to the court and strongly demanded that these four people be officials.The emperor and ministers in the court discussed: "These four people wrote good articles, but the literati are frivolous. Look at the poems written by the four of them, except for Yang Jiong's sentence "It is better to be a centurion than a scholar". Besides, the writings of the other three people are a bit unreliable. If you want them to be officials, that is, Yang Jiong can still be a county magistrate, and the other three people just forget it." Look, this is the benefit of this poem.There was no other reason why the courtiers appreciated this line of poetry, and it was because this line of poetry stimulated the most sensitive central nervous system of human beings. When they heard that he was willing to lead troops to fight, everyone immediately became excited. As for the saying "Those who offend a strong Han will be punished even if they are far away", it was said by Chen Tang during the Western Han Dynasty.Chen Tang is a hero most admired by the folks. He led a group of desperadoes to go deep into the desert, and then forged the imperial decree, mobilized the troops of all countries in the Western Regions, defeated the Xiongnu, and captured the Xiongnu king Zhizhi Shanyu , was famous all over the world for a while.After returning from the war, because Chen Tang's subordinates were originally lawless robbers, their bad habits did not change after entering the country, and they still committed burning, killing and looting, which made the local officials furious and arrested them all.So Chen Tang said aggrievedly: "Whoever commits a strong man will be punished even if he is far away. I punished a strong man, but the magistrate wants to punish me. Isn't that a bit wrong?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed and immediately Order the release of Chen Tang and others. The reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty released Chen Tang was not only because he had made military exploits for the country, but the main reason was that Chen Tang’s words were too inspiring to the fighting spirit of the people, too inspiring people’s spirits, and too stimulating people’s sensitivity Nervous.Even after two thousand years, when we hear this sentence again, our blood is surging and our index fingers are twitching.The reason is that this sentence fits our instinctive consciousness. This is the technique of applying the law of bragging in the officialdom.In peaceful times, there are not so many wars, but if you brag on the line of inciting provocations with your competitors, you can still achieve results. What needs to be explained is that most of the bragging that touches the category of human conflicts cannot be accomplished by one person, and most of them are social activities that require group cooperation.Still using the analogy of war, if you yell: "My lord, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, give me 30,000 horses, and I will bring you that guy..." No matter who your lord is After hearing this, he would be overjoyed because his sensitive nerves were stimulated.As for fulfilling your words, it will be difficult for your lord. He has 30,000 troops to dispatch at any time, so there is no need for you to say such big words? That's the most important takeaway we've concluded in this section: If you must brag, it's best to brag about something that isn't easy to prove.If your bragging is too easy to prove, and people ask you to demonstrate it on the spot, then the cowhide will be exposed and there will be no mantras to recite.