Years old, then know the pines and cypresses

In the book "The Analects of Confucius", there is such a classic sentence: Zi Yan, old age, and then after the knowledge of pine and cypress. This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius", which means: Only when the weather is cold, we understand that the pines and cypresses are finally withered!

In fact, through the words of Confucius, we can understand the truth of the world. Here, we can regard this sentence as a borrower. When you have money and power, he will care for you, but once you have nothing, hehe, sorry, he will say goodbye to you! Since then, the two have become strangers, so there is an old saying in China called: the wind and the grass! The more the wind passes, the more you know which kind of grass will last.

I once saw such a story on the Internet: There was a rich man in the past, he had many friends, and the rich man treated them well. The age is like water, the rich man is getting old, sick, and passed away. Before leaving, the rich man called his only relative, his son, to the bed and told him: I have many friends, and I have been good to them before, and you have to find them if you have any difficulties.

If it is true, the rich man’s son has encountered difficulties – when he kills someone and he has nowhere to go, he does what his father said when he was alive. I found the best friend of my father's life and knocked on the door. He gave the friend a sigh and said, "Uncle, I am murdering, what should I do?" "Child, this... this... I can't help you either." Ah! Go to someone else's house and see it." The door slammed shut, and he suddenly felt helpless. Going to two more, this is still the result...

He was dejected and knocked on the door of the fourth family. The master and father were not particularly good friends. The door opened and he was seen, and the master pulled him into the house. "What's wrong, boy, can I help you?" "Uncle, I am killing, now I don't know how to do it, please help me, okay?" The man hurriedly called his son. Tell him to change his son's clothes, and then say to his son, "Children, put on your brother's clothes."

He understood it instantly and thanked God for giving him this death. At least he got the chance to recognize his friends.

In the English book, there is such a proverb: "Afriendinneedisafriendindeed" means "difficult to see the truth". When you are at the moment of life and death, the person who can be with you, even the one who can sacrifice your own interests to protect you must It is a friend worthy of your lifelong relationship.

This is the case with friends, and they are always around you. But once you really blow up a blast, you can see who is the "grass" around you.

The reason why "The Analects of Confucius" needs us to revisit every day is because it will "know the new and know the new". The truth that it tells is closely related to our life, although simple, but the sentence is reasonable.

Second day: Song Yuqing