Chapter 93 Chapter 93 The Cultural Philosophy of "Deafness"

"Deaf" is composed of a dragon and an ear. Does this word mean that the deaf is the dragon's ears? If you want to find out what this word really means, you have to start with the original meaning of the dragon, a mythical creature.The dragons in ancient times were not the miraculous species that soared between the clouds and mist, traveled thousands of miles, and came and went without a trace. They could be large or small, covered with scales and armor. The dragon doesn't seem to care about flying far away.Some archaeologists even swear that the dragons in ancient times were actually large African lizards.

But obviously, although the African tuatara is more in line with the scientific spirit, it has nothing to do with our ancient cultural spirit. In fact, the ancient word for deaf is a pair of a snake and an ear.Because snakes have no auditory organs, it is said that people's ears are like snakes, which means that people's ears can't hear movement, which is the word deaf.However, when the ancients painstakingly transcribed snake into dragon characters, the situation became serious. The ancient dragon, written as "dragon", has a lot of strokes and is extraordinarily cumbersome. The ancient cumbersomeness means solemnity, which means that this matter is not trivial.You know, ancient humans wrote characters first on stones, then on bamboo slips, and even in the time of Confucius, books were all carved on bamboo slips.It is conceivable that no matter whether it is on bamboo slips or on stones, it would take such a lot of hard work and effort to carve such a "dragon" character. It takes a lot of trouble?

In fact, the word "dragon", just from the shape of its characters, is a terrifying sound coming from the wind and rain. What comes is often floods, and the world is full of Zexiang.This sound is like the raging tide of the sea, and like thunder from the sky. Once it hits, it will take away people's sensory perception in an instant, and make people fall into a miserable situation like a doomsday prison. This is a terrifying precursor before the imminent catastrophe, and it usually destroys the inherent sense of touch of human beings with its indestructible and mysterious rhythm.In other words, this terrible sound has the powerful power to take away people's audio-visual functions. It is actually the synthesis of the thunder in the sky and the flood tide sweeping on the ground, and it originated from the scars of the painful memory of the great flood era.

Therefore, there is a hexagram Zhen in it, saying, Zhen is thunder and dragon.So the word "dragon" describes a vibration that cannot be resisted by manpower. All in all, "Dragon" means a terrible message, which marks the arrival of extreme danger. When this dangerous signal is too strong, it will instantly drown out people's hearing. When the dragon appears, the human ear will lose the function of hearing, so the dragon acts on the ear, forming an exquisite "deaf" character. The word deaf originated from natural disasters, but in modern society, the probability of natural disasters threatening human life has been reduced to a very small one.In contrast, regardless of any era, man-made disasters are always the greatest threat to human life.

Where did the man-made disaster come from?The place where man-made disasters most frequently haunt is the officialdom.Gein, a mysterious place, is full of competition for interests and unexplainable hatred and resentment.Some people are desperate for power, some are devoid of conscience for profit, some are purely out of revenge and dehumanizing, and some people are purely stupid and put themselves or others in danger .But all of these have precursors before they are about to happen, and this precursor of danger is the most vigilant word in the officialdom. In detail, the dangers are as follows:

One is that the factions in the officialdom are fighting each other. In this situation, it is difficult to avoid getting involved. It is easy to be regarded as an enemy by the two factions at the same time, and the clinging party will become the target of the other faction.It is advancing, worrying and retreating, not only being deaf, it is not enough to preserve life and wealth. The second situation is dangerous work, high-level accountability.It is unreasonable in the officialdom. Some peculiar jobs have the characteristics of heavy responsibilities and low rewards or even no rewards. When encountering such jobs, everyone will play football and find a scapegoat. Once you are honored to win the bid, it will be completely finished. .So when a person is in the officialdom, if he should be deaf, he should be deaf, if he should be dumb, he should be dumb, if he should hide, he should hide, if he should escape, he should run away, what else can he do?

The third kind of situation is that something happened, maybe it is your responsibility, maybe it is not, but whether it is or not, there will always be something happening in the officialdom every now and then.Once this happens, in order to give an explanation to the common people, it is always inevitable to vigorously pursue those responsible.At this time, you must not only pretend to be deaf in the face of responsibility, but also eliminate all traces you left on the outcome of the matter, otherwise you will be finished. The fourth situation is the request of subordinates. All the requests of subordinates must be difficult or reasonable, but no matter how high your official position is, the resources under your control must be limited, and even the emperor cannot satisfy every request. A person's request.What do you do when you are faced with a reasonable request that you cannot meet?Except that you happen to be "deaf" and it would be weird to figure out the second way.

The fifth situation is the long-standing case. No matter where you are, you will find that what your predecessor left you is a mess.It's great if you tackle these things quickly and aggressively, but it means you have to have resources at your disposal that go beyond your position, at least your ex didn't, and he would have put the problem down if he had. It's settled, why bother waiting for you?If you don't have any background at all, then don't touch the long-standing case, the entangled potential conflicts, no matter how many black hats you have, you won't be enough to pick them off.

The sixth situation is that the boss gives orders. Once the boss thinks that a certain job belongs to you, then you are finished.You have done a good job, but it proves that the boss is good at knowing and employing people, and it has nothing to do with you.If you don't do well, it means that you have failed your boss's trust, your career will be stained, and you will become a laughing stock among your colleagues. How will you survive in the future? The seventh situation is the rumors in the officialdom. Rumors are the most beautiful scenery in the officialdom. Although the content is a little dirty and obscene, but because it stimulates the most instinctive desire in human nature, whenever you hear it, People will be extremely excited.However, this kind of rumor is also the most terrible trap in the officialdom. Once you hear it, you will be dragged out sooner or later to be verified. In order to avoid this unpleasant ending, I advise you to stay away from such rumors it is good.

The eighth situation is the official evaluation of you.Evaluating this thing is an absolutely subjective existence that is absolutely deviated from the facts. That is to say, no matter how confident you are, other people's private comments must be a blow to you.Don't try to make up for it. In fact, no one cares about this, and don't hope that this situation will change. Zhou Gong feared the day of rumors, and when Wang Mang was humble, even if you are a virtuous gentleman, you have to go through the baptism of the public spit star. The ninth situation is suggestions and requests. If your official position is large enough, you will receive countless rationalized suggestions every day. Even an illiterate person has an urgent urge to give advice.Once you read these suggestions, once you listen to these voices, you will have strong expectations in the heart of the other party, and this expectation will be 100% in vain. At that time, your reputation will be stinking thousands of miles away. What the hell are you saying?

The tenth situation is that private friends seek each other. Most of the officials who fell down in the officialdom are planted here, because you cannot refuse the old friendship for many years, and sometimes even relatives deliberately push you into the fire pit. If you don't agree to let them push you into the fire pit, then everyone will betray you, and you will be insulted everywhere. How do you think you can survive?Hurry up and pretend to be deaf and dumb, please, this world is like this, you have to adapt to it. In fact, in the officialdom, the dangers that people face are far more than these, but in these traps, there are already a lot of officials who fall into it.Just like the artistic conception expressed by the word deaf, there is a precursor to anything that happens. Instead of waiting for things to happen and making up for them, it is better to sit with hands down, eyes closed, and take yourself as a clay bodhisattva.Even if you pray thousands of times, I am as immovable as a mountain. One more thing is worse than one less thing, and one less thing is worse than closing your eyes for peace of mind.Pretend to be deaf and dumb, make a fortune with a muffled voice, and do everything, but this is the biggest.