Chapter 22 "Miscellaneous Copy of Literature and History" - (191-199)

(191) All diseases can be cured, but vulgarity cannot be cured; everything can be tolerated, but vulgarity cannot be tolerated. (192) People must first measure their own strengths and know their own shortcomings.In terms of strengths, one cannot be self-reliant and self-willed, and in weaknesses, one cannot deceive oneself or others.Then calm down to observe people's feelings, and get things done based on feelings. (193) In everything, if it is good, it will be a blessing, and if it is not good, it will be a disaster.Han Yu: It is difficult not to know, but it is really difficult to deal with those who know.

Playing mysteries deliberately, using unexperienced wood to obtain extraordinary merits; using deceitful and magical theories to encourage cowardice and fear. (194) In the affairs of the world, if you have the truth but don’t show your form, you can’t achieve it without doing anything; if you don’t have the truth but show your form first, you can’t do nothing without defeat.If the plan is not established, the brothers and feet will be revealed first, and its potential will be enough to quickly cause disasters and lead to the crown. If there are things in the world that are fixed and unchangeable, the reason lies;

The customs of the world, when they are decadent, they are revitalized. The rule of the world cannot be accomplished by one person, but is always maintained by one person.One person holds it, and many people make it. In the affairs of the world, there are those who seem to be light but are actually heavy, and who seem to be slow but are really urgent. (195) In dealing with the world, one gains the truth by losing one's name, or gains one's name by abandoning one's truth.This method of contingency is also a technique of deceiving others.However, those who succeed are here, those who lose both name and reality are stupid, and those who hope to gain both name and reality are also unwise.

(196) "Gou Zi", so a gentleman is virtuous and able to tolerate, knowledgeable but capable of foolishness, broad but capable of tolerance, pure but capable of tolerance, this is called both skills.The case of Wumenglou: Those who are both yin and yang are both rigid and soft. "Gouzi", if you hear it but don't see it, even if you read it well, you will be wrong;Case: Gouzi is a practical wise man in the world, is this so-called big mellow but small flaw? (197) In "Han Fei", it is better to rely on others than to rely on oneself; (198) People go through tribulations, the dead come back to life, and see the mutation of the world. It is a pity that people's hearts are unpredictable. It is easy to have no feelings for people, to despair of human beings morally, and to believe in the saying that human nature is evil.

(199) In "Yi Da Guo", the gentleman is independent and fearless, and he is not bored in the world.The world is not afraid of what is wrong, the whole world does not know what is not regrettable, everyone agrees but goes against the public, the belief is deep and firm; no one knows and hides from the world, neither complains nor favored, then there is no fear and no boredom.It is human nature to be afraid of loneliness and helplessness, boredom of ignorance, a gentleman with outstanding knowledge, outdated, changing interests, conflicting right and wrong, independent and fearless, steadfast and unwavering. Not moving, but it is a good opportunity to hone your life's academic ability.

postscript From the autumn of Bingshen year to the hot summer of Guimao, I picked it up as I read it, and remembered it as I thought about it.And with the excerpts, those who are deleted. In addition to "Miscellaneous Copy of Literature and History", there are several other kinds such as "Suisilu" and "Zaolu Collection", with a total of about 300,000 words.Complicated and chaotic, it is inevitable to be shallow and dark, and it is not enough to see the mystery of the truth.However, I still have a feeling of cherishing my old broom, cherishing the soil and loving the mountains, so it is inevitable that I will not let go of it, so I will keep it without destroying it, and leave it for future viewing.Guimao wrote in Wumenglou on June 1st.

Note: Bingshen was in 1956, and Guimao was in 1963. ——Finisher's note