Chapter 7 To all my brothers, I advise you not to rely on your talents and be arrogant

【original】 The four brothers: As a human being, we must be modest.I have seen friends who have good talents, they are often proud of their talents, and they say that they are not as good as they are. scold the academy.In all fairness, the poems and essays I have written have nothing to win others;Just because he refuses to turn his back on himself, he sees that others are wrong. He scolds the examiner and the fellow examiner who gets first.The arrogance is long, but you will not make any progress in the end, so you will be poor all your life without making any progress. Yu Pingsheng's family name was very smooth, but it was only sold after the seventh quiz.However, every time I didn't enter, I didn't dare to complain, but I was deeply ashamed that the poems and essays in the examination room were too ugly.Thinking about it so far is like a light on my back.At that time, I didn't dare to complain, and my younger brothers would ask their father, uncle and Zhu Yaojie to know.Among the Gaichang houses, there are only Wenwu who are lucky, and there are absolutely no Wenjia who are buried. This is a certain reason.

The three-bedroom and fourteenth-uncles are not infrequent in reading, but because they are too arrogant and self-satisfied, they can't achieve anything.In the capital city, there are many self-satisfied people. Those who know it just sneer when they see it.There are also those who are famous scholars, who are called excrement, or they are good at writing poems and ancient prose, or they are good at talking about textual research, or they are good at talking about Neo Confucianism, and they arrogantly think that they are overwhelming.Those who know themselves look at it, and what they have created is not much, and it is enough to make a sneer.Therefore, we work hard to get rid of arrogance and complacency, so as not to be ridiculed by others, but there is progress.All the younger brothers usually give in and give in, and do not sell them after years of small tests. They are afraid that they will be arrogant and lazy due to anger for a long time, so I wrote a special book to warn them.Please think carefully about my words and think deeply, fortunately, fortunately!Guofan Hand Grass. (October 21, 24th year of Daoguang)

【Note】 ① hustle and bustle: noisy, noisy.Metaphors are buzzing here. ② Not for sale: no application. 【Translation】 The four brothers: When we study knowledge, we must be most open-minded.I often see good talents among my friends, they often rely on their own talents to look down on everything, and always say that others are not as good as themselves.When you meet Xiangmo, you say that you can't understand Xiangmo, and when you meet Huimo, you say that you can't understand ink.He scolded both the housing officer and the examiner, and scolded the college if no one learned.To be honest, there is really nothing superhuman in his own poems or essays, not only not superior to others, but also shady.Just because I refuse to use other standards to measure myself, I feel that others are not good.Not only scolding the examiner, but also scolding the same examiner who took it.Since arrogance is great, of course it cannot make progress, so Liao spends his life without making an inch of progress.

In my life, I have been very successful in terms of subject names, but I only succeeded in the quiz seven times.But every time I failed, I didn't say a single complaint, but I was deeply ashamed, because my poems and essays in the exam were too ugly.Thinking about it today, it feels like a thorn in my back.The reason why they didn't dare to complain at that time, the younger brothers would ask their father, uncle and Zhu Yaojie to know.Because in the examination room, there are only those who get lucky with ugly articles, but never those who are buried because of good articles. This is a certain truth.

The third uncle and the fourteenth uncle, it's not that they don't study hard, but because they are too arrogant and self-satisfied, they can't achieve anything.In the capital, there are also quite a few complacent people, those who know them just sneer.There are also celebrities who regard the names of subjects as dung, or like to write some ancient poems, or do some textual research, or like to talk about Neo-Confucianism, thinking that they overwhelm everything else.Those who saw it thought that their achievements were not much, so they had no choice but to sneer.So we work hard, get rid of arrogance, refrain from complacency, and not be ridiculed by others, so that we can make progress. Brothers usually ask questions and retreat, but they have failed in the quiz for many years. I am afraid that it is because of long-standing anger that they have developed a habit of arrogance, so Special letter to warn, please think about what I said, fortunately very fortunately!Guofan Hand Grass. (October 21st in the 24th year of Daoguang)