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Li Jing was born in a Guanlong noble family in 571 AD.

Li Jing has shown his uniqueness since he was a child. He is young and mature, both civil and military. He is not only proficient in books and history, but also has a deep knowledge of the art of war.

His uncle Han Qinhu, one of the four famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, praised him and said: "Now this is the only person who can discuss with me Sun Tzu and Wu Qi's art of war."

Li Jing, who showed his talent early in the art of war, started his official career as a civil servant.

In the society at that time, there was a bureaucratic system with the nobles as the main body. After the children of the nobles grew up, they could rely on the merits, official positions, and titles of their fathers and grandparents to enter official careers. This system was called "door shade" in the Sui Dynasty.

Li Jing, who was only 16 years old, took the position of meritorious officer in Chang'an County early because of his family's "shade".Chang'an was the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and Li Jing was the personnel leader of the first district of the capital, from a ninth-rank official.

There are many complicated things to be dealt with in this kind of work, there are a lot of practical affairs to be dealt with, and it has nothing to do with the art of war, but a genius is a genius after all. Appreciation from court officials.

Niu Hong, the Minister of Officials who was in charge of the personnel affairs of the entire Sui Empire, praised him greatly. Even Zuo Pushe Yang Su, the head of the four famous generals of the Sui Dynasty and a powerful minister in the court, patted the bed and said to Li Jing: "Sooner or later, my position will be your."

Li Jing's official career was indeed smooth sailing at the beginning, starting from Chang'an County Meritorious Cao of the ninth rank, he successively served as the chief of the palace of the seventh rank, and his official position has been steadily rising.

If this continues, Li Jing should have been steadily rising as a Beijing official, and finally entered the highest level of the imperial court, fulfilling Yang Su's prophecy.

It's a pity that the reality made a big joke with Li Jing, making Li Jing's future suddenly full of thorns.

Just when Li Jing was proud of his official career, his elder brother Li Yaoshi suffered a disastrous defeat in the battle against the Turks. At this point, Li Jing was implicated and was demoted from the capital, and sent to Ji County as a small county magistrate. He served successively as magistrates of Anyang and Sanyuan counties.

Although the performance appraisal is the best every year, the hope of returning to the center is getting slimmer and slimmer.

Although for ordinary people, being a parent official in a big county is already very good, but for Li Jing, an elite among the elite, who has a certain family background, this experience can be said to be extremely miserable.

When he turned to leave the temple gate, he suddenly heard someone behind him yelling: "Li Pushe, go slowly."

When Li Jing looked back, no one spoke.Although this rumor is largely fabricated, it can explain Li Jing's depressed mood when he fell from the peak of his life to the trough.

The so-called "Heaven will send great tasks to people, they must first suffer from their hearts and minds, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and mess up their actions. Therefore, the heart and tolerance have been benefited."

Li Jing is such a prominent example.Li Jing was already a 46-year-old middle-aged man when he became Mayi Juncheng.

At this time, the Sui Empire has become precarious because of Yang Guang's perverse actions. The northern Turks are unprecedentedly powerful, claiming to control 60 people, and they look down on the Central Plains. However, the Sui Dynasty failed to conquer Koryo four times, resulting in a great loss of national power. The border troops are stretched. , and at this time Mayi was at the forefront of the confrontation with the Turks.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the county magistrate had great power. As the magistrate, Zhang Xutuo was awarded the title of ambassador for arrest in Henan, leading troops to fight against "thieves" from all walks of life.

Li Jing's role is equivalent to changing from a civil servant to a former enemy commander. After half a lifetime of administrative and internal affairs work, can Li Jing still be as swaying as he was when he was young and discussing military affairs with Han Qinhu?

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the emphasis was on the unity of civil and martial arts, and the combination of civil and martial arts, rather than emphasizing civil and martial arts as in later generations. Therefore, Li Jing did not give up studying the art of war even when he was in despair, and he finally reached great success at this time.

He worked smoothly in Mayi, and gave full play to his abilities. He claimed to be "connected with virtue, and the Great Wall is relaxed; he was lucky to predict the enemy, and the environment was clean." In the years of harassment, it was not easy for Li Jing to do so well.

Li Jing's super ability quickly attracted Li Yuan's attention. Of course, it was not so much Li Yuan's attention as Li Shimin's attention. The most important one is Li Shimin. In terms of knowing heroes with eyesight, Li Shimin is really much better than his father. Li Jing was one of Li Shimin's key targets at that time.

But at this time Li Jing was not completely disappointed with the Sui Dynasty, and still had a heart of loyalty to the court.The boss has different aspirations, and sooner or later this place will become a place of right and wrong. Li Jing knew that Ma Yi couldn't stay any longer, so he found a chance to leave without saying goodbye, and returned to Chang'an's home.

Li Jing was born in a noble family and had many acquaintances in Chang'an, so when they saw him suddenly come back, they naturally asked why.Li Jing didn't hide anything, so he said, "I'm afraid Li Yuan is going to rebel, how can I continue to stay there?"

So the news that Li Yuan was going to rebel spread like wildfire.

Li Jing really didn't expect how much trouble this statement would cause him.After Li Yuan successfully captured Chang'an, someone came forward to inform him, and Li Jing was caught at home.

Li Jing's crime is very serious. The news he leaked made Li Yuan's plan known in advance by the government. As a result, Li Yuan's fifth son Li Zhiyun was killed, and Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, Li Shentong, Chai Shao and other members of the Li family were almost kidnapped. Of course, the leak of the news was not necessarily all because of Li Jing, but Li Jing was the only one who could be caught at that time, and Li Yuan hated him so much that he wanted to behead Li Jing immediately.

Of course Li Jing was not willing to sit still, so he yelled: "Gongxing volunteer soldiers, wanting to quell riots, are killing strong men with personal grievances!
Perhaps the heavens were not willing to let such a once-in-a-century genius die like this. Li Shimin happened to hear this sound. Li Shimin, who knew Li Jing's ability, desperately pleaded for Li Jing, hoping that Li Yuan would keep such a rare talent. It saved Li Jing's life.

Of course, Li Yuan didn't kill Li Jing at this time just to save face for his beloved son Li Shimin, and it didn't mean that he really didn't hold grudges against Li Jing.

Later, Li Jing followed Li Shimin to crusade against Wang Shichong, during which time he did not show off his deeds. It is estimated that there are too many excellent generals around Li Shimin. It's his job, but this just brought disaster on himself.

Seeing that Li Jing was useless, Li Yuan transferred him away from Li Shimin's side, and immediately gave Li Jing a few people to attack Xiao Mian.And because Li Jing didn't make enough credit for Li Shimin, he couldn't protect him.

And Wang Shouren, a philosopher of the Ming Dynasty, named Bo'an, is known as Mr. Yangming in the world.

Wang Shouren was quite legendary throughout his life. He dabbled in literature, martial arts, Buddhism, and Taoism. He began to specialize in Confucianism at the age of 35.He became famous at a young age and was proud of his official career. He was an official to the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was granted the title of Uncle Xinjian.

He claimed to have done two things in his life: "breaking the bandits in the mountains", that is, suppressing the uprising of peasants and ethnic minorities;

"Break the thief in the heart", that is, create the theory of "mind study".

Wang Shouren said: "Pursuing ambition is like heartache. If you focus on pain, how can you have time to gossip and meddle in your own business?"

Many people are confused by Confucius' life choice: in order to promote his own way, he worked tirelessly and traveled around.Say he wants to be an official and make a fortune, but he regards fame and wealth as dust; say he wants to be famous and have a family, but he is content with being humiliated and neglected by others.

Zhuangzi once summed up the situation of Confucius traveling around the world and said: "Chase me again, cut down my tracks in Wei, cut down trees in Song Dynasty, impoverished Shang and Zhou, surrounded Chen Cai, whoever kills the master is innocent, and whoever borrows the master is not forbidden."

He wholeheartedly wanted to benefit the world, but no one understood him, and some even said: killing him is innocent, and humiliating him is not wrong.But he was humiliated and humiliated, and he did not change his mind, "doing it knowing that it can't be done."This inevitably raises questions: what are they planning?
Confucius' behavior is relatively easy for people to understand, because after all, he passed by many times with fame and wealth, but he didn't want to.Folk writers like Cao Xueqin and Pu Songling are even more puzzling.

They lived in poverty all their lives, and they still had the mood to write "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Under the circumstances at that time, no matter how good their works were, no one would pay them. They wanted to publish their works. I have to pay for the printing of the book myself.What are they planning?
Wang Yangming's words are the answer: "Pursuing ambition is like heartache. If you focus on pain, how can you have time to gossip and meddle in business?" A person who has set a goal is like suffering from heartache. , I only have this matter in my heart, other things are irrelevant, I don't even have the mood to cry poor or suffer.

Once the goal is achieved, there is a sense of relief from a serious illness.This is the reason why Confucius was able to endure the suffering of displacement, and why Cao Xueqin and Pu Songling were able to endure the suffering of poverty.

Generally speaking, if a person wants to create a career, he must set a goal.

It is impossible to succeed without a goal, just as a man cannot survive without air.A person without a clear goal, or a person with a non-specific goal, no matter how hard he works, it will be futile, just like a ship without a rudder, always adrift, and will only reach the beach of disappointment, failure and frustration.

Regarding the relationship between goals and success in life, someone told an interesting philosophical story:

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, there was a white horse and a donkey in a mill in Chang'an City.

They are good friends, the white horse pulls things outside, and the donkey grinds the mill inside.Later, the white horse was selected by Master Xuanzang and set off to India to learn Buddhist scriptures.

Seventeen years later, the white horse returned to Chang'an carrying Buddhist scriptures.

He returns to the mill to meet his donkey friend.Baima talked about the experience of this trip: the vast desert, the towering mountains, the vast forest, the magical country...

Those mythical realms surprised the donkey.The donkey exclaimed, "You have such a wealth of knowledge! I can't even think about such a long road."

"Actually," Baima said, "the distance we have covered is roughly the same. When I marched towards the Western Regions, you did not stop at one step. The difference is that Master Xuanzang and I have a distant goal. According to the consistent Going in the same direction, so we opened up a vast world. But you are blindfolded and revolve around the millstone all your life, so you will never be able to get out of this narrow world.”

We all know that in archery there is a target, and we know whether we have hit it; in a race, we know whether we have broken the record or not.In the same way, if you have a goal in life, you will know whether you are successful.Living with goals is the most efficient life.

Why do goals have such a big impact on life?The reason is actually very simple: life is like walking, you know where you are going in advance, and if you go early, you will arrive sooner or later.If you don't know where you want to go and look for so-called happiness aimlessly, then you can only try your luck.

Maybe by accident, I can walk into the ideal "Peach Blossom Spring", but in all likelihood, I'm still walking in circles on my own one-acre three-point land.

In the past, my impression of Wang Shouren was limited to the criticism of his idealist philosophy in books, but after reading the introduction of Wang Shouren's various deeds in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", I found that I really underestimated him before.

"Smart idealism is closer to smart materialism than stupid materialism".In fact, I think Wang Shouren's theory is a level higher than "smart idealism".this
Wang Shouren, like other scholars at that time, studied Zhu Xi's theory in his early years.Zhu Xi's core thought is "preserve the principles of nature and get rid of human desires".Heavenly principle refers to the unified law of all things in the world, and human desire refers to perceptual thinking such as human desires and emotions.

In modern terms, Zhu Xi believed that human desire is the source of social chaos, crime and other undesirable phenomena, and should be restrained.

The law of heaven conforms to the law of the development of things, and doing things according to the law can promote social progress.Therefore, we must work hard to understand and master the principles of heaven, and use them to restrain the tendency of human desires to develop in an unhealthy direction.

When Wang Shouren was studying Zhu Xi's theory, he felt that this theory did not fit well with the reality, but he couldn't find out what was wrong, so he embarked on a long road of exploration, and finally formed his own set of philosophy, named Learn for the heart.

It has influenced almost all the history of the Ming Dynasty and brought countless inspirations to modern people.

Wang Shouren traveled everywhere in the days when he had no clue.

Once again, I visited a well-known eminent monk—the abbot of a certain temple.The two chatted for a long time, exchanging philosophical knowledge, but they couldn't talk together,

Finally fell into a long silence.Then Wang Shouren asked: Is there anyone else at home?The abbot replied: Yes, the old mother is still alive.Wang: Do you miss it?The abbot was silent for a long time, and sighed: How can you not think about it?Then he felt ashamed because he was conflicted and painful, because he thought it meant that he didn't practice enough.

Wang loudly reprimanded him: It is human nature to miss your parents. It is only natural for you to miss your mother. Why should you completely restrain yourself and feel ashamed?As a result, the abbot packed up his bed and went back to his hometown to visit his mother, so he was no longer a monk.Then Wang Shouren was of course disgusted by the temple: he actually said that the abbot is not vulgar, which is not bad!And then kicked out.

Wang Shouren believes that human feelings and desires are very basic and deeply rooted.To completely resist and eliminate human desires is not in line with objective laws.

So what is the law of heaven?
Why can't the law of heaven completely resolve human desires?Wang Shouren didn't know, because Zhu Xi's explanation of the principles of heaven was also "Tao can be said, very Tao", which is vague and understandable.Wang Shouren, after a long period of exploration and continuous thinking combined with his own life experience, finally shined in his eyes at the stage of his life when he was very unhappy. He laughed and gave his own explanation: the law of heaven is human desire, human desire It is the law of heaven, the two are the same thing.

This is how psychology was born.

Generally speaking, the theory of the unified law of all things is always expressed in a seemingly non-existent way, and people's understanding is also very different.For example, the understanding of the Analects has always had many branches.It's really scary "Tao can be said, very Tao".

"Tianli is human desire" means that "Tianli" is recognized by human beings, so it is integrated into human thinking and becomes a part of "human desire".

In other words, we all have reason and emotions.Reason is man's understanding of the "principle of heaven".But reason and emotion are both human ways of thinking, and both are essentially human thoughts, so they should be interlinked on a certain level.