Chapter 61 good luck and bad luck

Good luck and bad luck, on the surface, seem to be two absolutely opposite concepts.Everyone in the world wants to be lucky, but never to be unlucky. In fact, these two things are closely related, interdependent, and mutually causal.To say it is extreme, it is simply one and two two and one.This is not my invention.Lao Tzu more than 2,000 years ago has already discovered it.He said: "Misfortune is where good fortune rests, and good fortune is where misfortune lies. Who knows its extreme? There is nothing right." Lao Tzu's "blessing" is good luck, and his "disaster" is bad luck.

There are big and small differences in luck and bad luck, but the two are often interlinked.The greater the luck, the worse the misfortune, and there is a direct ratio between the two.There is a saying in China: "The higher you climb, the harder you fall." The image vividly illustrates this relationship. We are small people, living an ordinary life, busy eating, drinking, sleeping, sleeping, and handling firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea every day.Sometimes it is unavoidable to have a little luck, some are obtained actively, and some are luck that falls from the sky.When I was happy, I just drank Erguotou and felt blissful for a while.But sometimes it is unavoidable to be unlucky, "sitting behind closed doors at home, misfortune comes from the sky", no one fights for the unlucky ones, after the unlucky ones, they are only depressed for a few days, lose their temper with their wives and children, and pass away in a flash .

However, those big figures and wealthy people in history and in front of us are all concerned with the safety of the world, or the safety of a region or a line of business.When they are proud, such as winning a big battle, reselling real estate, or speculating in stocks, they made a fortune. "The hero of a solid life", how can two two Erguotou be so good!However, if he fails, he will either kill himself in Wujiang, or jump off a skyscraper, "I'm safe now!" From history to the present, Chinese intellectuals have a "characteristic" that cannot be found in Western countries.Chinese poets and writers of all dynasties were either unlucky or unlucky.Sima Qian said in "The Preface to Taishigong": "Xibo Juli in the past played "Book of Changes"; Confucius and Chen Cai wrote "Spring and Autumn"; Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote "Li Sao"; Bin foot, talk about the art of war; Bu Wei moved to Shu, handed down "Lu Lan" from generation to generation; "The general ledger calculated by Sima Qian has not changed since then.After the Han Dynasty, all the literary masters wrote masterpieces that have shocked the past and the present after they were unlucky.A group of people like Han Yu, Su Shi, Li Qingzhao, Li Houzhu, etc., are all the same.There has never been a champion prime minister who has become a great writer.

After understanding this truth, what's the point?In my opinion, the significance is significant.It can make us clear-headed and understand the dialectical relationship between misfortune and fortune; when we are lucky, we should think of unlucky, and don't get too complacent;The state of mind is always balanced, and the emotions are always stable, which is also the way to live a long life. November 2, 1998