Writing on the topic of "Good as Water"

"Good as water" comes from the eighth chapter of Laozi's Tao Te Ching: Good as water. Water is good for all things, but does not dispute; Living in everyone's evil is a minority in the Tao. Living in a good place, kind-hearted, kind-hearted, good at words, good at politics, good at doing things, good at dealing with people. Husband is just indisputable, so there is nothing special.

Lao Tzu also said: "goodness is like water, and water is the goodness of all things." This is the virtue of modesty. " Therefore, Jiang Hai can be the king of all the valleys. If he is good at it, he can be the king of all the valleys. The water in the world is not weak, and the strong can't win. This is a gentle virtue; Therefore, softness wins, and weakness wins. Because it has nothing, it can enter nothing, which shows that the teaching without words is also beneficial to inaction. "

In Lao Tzu's words, water represents the noblest virtue in the world and the representative of "saints", because it is beneficial to people and nourishes everything with the most humble attitude, and has no fame. Be gentle, but firm, and be "silent" and "inaction". Wang Fuzhi explained: "Water is the smallest of the five elements. Those who are good at living in the Tao are small and not doing it; After the crowd, and Changde is the first. " It is the most remarkable feature of water to strive for, but not to strive for, selflessness and selfishness. Water nourishes everything without taking it from everything, and is willing to stay in the lowest and wettest place.

I think many people will be disappointed, if that's what "kindness like water" means. Because in reality, too many people are unwilling to wait for such a long time and are unwilling to benefit everything. Many people can't wait "sooner or later" to run their lives with the idea of doing business and pay attention to maximizing benefits.

However, this is really what Laozi said and what he wanted to express. I always say that Laozi's method is suitable for two kinds of people: one is to stand at the highest level and call it a strategic plan, which is like mercury pouring down the ground and really doing nothing; The other is that at the bottom, although you accept all the rivers and don't think they are evil, you nourish everything and surrender without a fight. You are willing to stay in the darkest place at the bottom. In fact, the latter is really reassuring. Unfortunately, such people are often in such a situation unconsciously or beyond their control. People say, "peaches and plums will find their way if they don't talk." It is precisely because peaches and plums are "speechless" and have no desire or desire that they can laugh at the situation, fend for themselves and be at ease.

The first time I came into contact with "being as good as water" was in the Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man starring Hugh, and the brother of Nine Sword Immortals told me. For a long time, I didn't know what the next sentence of this sentence was, so I had to take it out of context, which was also influenced by TV series. This is taken out of context, which basically means "building from a strategic height" and "pouring silver into the ground". It can also be Ling Huchong's "Nine Swords of Dugu". Note that Mr. Jin Yong also told us through the mouth of the wind that only by achieving the essence of martial arts in the world can we return to nature and forget all the tricks, and then we can make further progress and achieve success without tricks.

The word "good" needs no explanation, and "good" is "the most". Kindness is the best, the best and the most perfect. "If" is "like". The core of the whole sentence is "water". Knowing the characteristics of water can basically explain this sentence well.

Water, I have described many of its characteristics, but I am more concerned about it. Water is ignorant, it flows freely, it conforms to its own nature, but it absorbs all rivers, accommodates all good and evil, and finally becomes its biggest.

Taking care of the reality of life, I think goodness means paying attention to the present, living the present well, paying attention to the process, and finally coming naturally. The most painful thing for people is to think too much and do too little, and what they get is often not what they want. Therefore, the ignorance of water is valued, but it has become big. I remember there is a saying that "people don't live to be a hundred years old, but they always worry about being a thousand years old", which probably means this. People's desires are endless. If they have desires, they will want something. If they have desires, they will control themselves, and they will ask themselves to change. Change will bring discomfort and pain. Therefore, water has nothing to ask for, so it doesn't have to deliberately collide, so it stops here and goes with the flow, but eventually it splits mountains and rivers and gathers into the sea. All we want is the sea. In the real society, we have experienced too many hardships, abandoned too many things, bumped our heads in the direction of the sea, but stayed away from the "sea", and everyone looked at the ocean and sighed. On the contrary, it is not as good as "water" and ignorance. Without the direction of the sea, every minute is happy, but eventually it is integrated into the sea itself.

Another characteristic of people is their likes and dislikes. People are slaves to fear. Few people can stay happy for a long time, but they often keep their pain in mind. Therefore, it is customary to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but deliberately. Water is a member of the "sea" because it has no knowledge, no feelings, no good or evil, and no foul smell. Accept it and enjoy the dribs and drabs in the process.

In this life, there are only two ways to achieve the realm of good water. One is to defeat the enemy without fighting, doing nothing, being calm and bittersweet. In this impetuous world, it is basically impossible, and even normal people have never been able to do it. This is why there are only a handful of Tao Yuanming-style figures in China for thousands of years, and they are all advertised as spiritual peach blossoms; Second, just like Brother Nine Sword Immortals, he deliberately practiced, first experienced great grief and pain, reached a strategic height, then returned to nature, and finally achieved perfection. Unfortunately, this is not perfect at all.

There is a saying that what you can't get is the best, and the same applies to what is good if it is water. Really like water, it is the most perfect and ideal realm, which is impossible to achieve. What my generation can do is to be less utilitarian and less purposeful in the impetuous real society, learn to enjoy the process, fully feel and tolerate the beauty and pain in the process, and occasionally have some Ah Q spirit. Maybe one day we will inadvertently get our own "sea".