greatest wisdom book

Chapter 2 Walking on the Elegant Scale 1
The First Book of Wisdom

Baltasar Gracian, a Jesuit priest full of zeal for joining the world, hated all kinds of unwise actions of human beings, so he contributed his crystallization of thought to the world - "Book of Wisdom".In the book, it is possible for the extreme speaker to achieve perfection, as long as he is accompanied by skills, prudence and wisdom.He reminds people to be vigilant, self-control, hardworking, self-knowledge and other prudent ways, so the book is full of maxims and strategies for knowing people, judging, and acting.Aside from the theological concepts in the book, in these aphorisms, we can get practical ways to live in the world and deal with the world. If we can learn from the words, we will surely settle down and achieve something.

There is no finer and more complex work in Europe than this on the subtleties of spirituality and morality.

-Nietzsche

A book that is clearly not enough to read once, it is a book that can be used at any time, in short, a lifelong companion... Absolutely unique.

——Schopenhauer
This book must be shared with friends and colleagues. The maxims and aphorisms in it are written to help us not be kept in the dark by our enemies and opponents.　
—Christopher Moller
"Book of Wisdom" has both the frankness of "On Kings" and the high grade of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to a certain extent. .
——Professor Gu Zhengkun of Peking University

Chapter 1 Walking on the Elegant Balance 1
Get rid of the character cage that restricts talent, use charm and politeness to win the favor of the world, and exchange sincerity for eternal reputation, then you will exude an extremely elegant temperament and possess charming charm.We should see that those big men who are generally popular in the world are smart people who firmly combine natural endowment with good cultivation.

beware of character traps

Those who want to make their talents develop naturally must rely on their character and intelligence.If you only rely on one of them, you can only get half the success.You can't achieve great things by being smart alone, you have to have a smart personality that suits you.The reason why fools fail is that they act regardless of their specific conditions, status, birth and friendship.

There are many smart people in the world, but few who are not stupid.No matter how smart and talented everyone is, there will be some small black spots in his personality. Some people can cover up the stains with reason and willpower and control their own destiny, while some people are led away by their own personality. , disregarding everything around, eventually lost the autonomy and control of behavior, and was slaughtered by fate.The life of the former kind of person and the latter kind of person will be very different from then on.

The tragic change in life is ultimately a tragedy of character. No matter how many great achievements he has made, when he dies unexpectedly, his personality flaws are instantly exposed.Whether it is Cyrus, Caesar, Napoleon, Cromwell, or Chinese emperors and ministers, they may be heroic and invincible, and they may govern the country well, but they often fail because of self-willedness or too much conceit.

In the Second World War, many outstanding figures emerged, and MacArthur was an outstanding general worthy of being remembered by people.Former U.S. President Nixon once commented on MacArthur: "MacArthur is a giant in the United States, a legendary figure who embodies all the contradictions and contrasts of legendary figures. He is an intellectual who is good at thinking, and a soldier who is majestic and conceited; he A despot and a democrat; a natural eloquent, contagious oratory, Churchillian eloquence capable of inspiring millions - and overwhelming most liberals."

MacArthur was born as a general, and his father once served as the commander of the US military that invaded the Philippines.He graduated from the famous West Point Military Academy in the United States.

In World War I, MacArthur served as chief of staff of the 42nd Division of the US Army and was promoted to the rank of colonel.His division fought in the European battlefield for about 4 months, and became a well-known unit due to its outstanding military exploits.

In 1925, MacArthur was promoted to major general, he is the youngest general in the US Army. In 1930, at the age of 50, MacArthur became the chief of staff of the U.S. Army, becoming the youngest chief of staff in U.S. history.His military brilliance was reflected in his outstanding performance in World War II.

In the Pacific campaign, he proposed a unique "leapfrog tactic", that is, to launch a leap-forward attack on several important target countries, concentrate forces, and open a road to Tokyo, Japan.At that time, Ernest King, the chief of naval operations of the United States, and Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Theater, did not agree with his plan.MacArthur did not take into account his own situation and the relationship between superiors and subordinates, insisted on his "leapfrog tactics", and achieved great success.After World War II, MacArthur carried out drastic reforms to Japan's politics and economy, and also made achievements.

After MacArthur got involved in the political arena, his conceited personality made his relationship with his superiors and the relationship with each president not harmonious.

Although President Truman had a bad impression of MacArthur, he still reused him, and he became the absolute ruler of Japan.MacArthur cut the U.S. troops stationed in Japan in half without even Washington's approval. Truman was very annoyed by this, and the relationship between the two was extremely tense.After World War II, Truman invited him to return home to participate in the celebration twice, but was rejected.

In the autumn of 1950, the United Nations Army was blocked in Busan in the southeastern corner of the Korean Peninsula.If MacArthur launched an attack on Pusan, the US military would suffer heavy casualties.He took the tactic of attacking them by surprise, landing suddenly from Incheon, a port on the west coast of the Korean peninsula, and achieved success.The nature of the Korean War needs to be discussed separately. Here we only look at MacArthur's tactics, and it has something to do with his conceited character.

After landing in Incheon, MacArthur continued to expand the flames of war, and burned the flames of war to the Yalu River. The Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea to join the war and severely damaged the US military.Due to the military defeat, Truman had already considered an armistice, but MacArthur believed that Truman was "appeasement" and "surrender", and publicly accused him.

In April 1951, Truman ordered MacArthur to be dismissed from all positions.

As an outstanding five-star general in American history, MacArthur deserves to be an outstanding figure.During World War II, he served as the commander of the Far East Allied Forces. With his extraordinary courage and tenacious will, he achieved remarkable achievements and honors that attracted worldwide attention.During the war, MacArthur had the all-powerful and strategizing strategy, and the war experience of being fearless in the face of danger, going to the battlefield in person, and going through life and death.In actual work, he also has an arrogant and self-important side.His arrogance and arrogance made it difficult for him to handle the relationship between superiors and subordinates, which eventually ruined his own future.When he ran for president of the United States with Eisenhower, it should be said that he should win based on his experience, record and image status in the hearts of Americans, but in the end people chose Eisenhower.From this point of view, people would prefer their president to be a steady figure, and they gave up MacArthur, who was constantly controversial because of his ego.

In addition to reality, in the writer's writing, there are also people with tragic personalities. Poliushkin’s family wealth was rotten and moldy, but his greedy and miserly character prompted him to go to the streets to pick up junk every day and live like a beggar.

Because of character flaws, many people ignore various unfavorable conditions, which eventually lead to a tragic end, which shows that character has a great relationship with people's fate.Our nation has grown from a humble beginning to a surging trend, and its foundation lies in the cultural character of the nation.Similarly, the trajectory of a person's life is also determined by his personality.If he has mastered his own character, then he has mastered his own destiny.

Everyone's life is limited. We can regard people's situation as changing every seven years, and their taste should also be sublimated accordingly.After the first 7 years of life, we reach the age of reason, and every 7 years thereafter brings new improvements.Many people don't know it at first, and they don't wake up until they realize that the change is so great. At 7 you are like a peacock, at 20 you are like a lion, at 30 you are like a camel, at 40 you are like a snake, at 50 you are like a dog, at 60 you are like a monkey, at 70 When you are old, you are nothing.

Time will change a person's personality, and a person's stage personality determines where he will go, this is the trajectory that character determines destiny.Underneath every seemingly impermanent game of fate lie hidden rules of human character.Just as sunlight can be seen through a small hole, every small step of a person is refracted.Man is a tragicomedy of character, and all the successes, failures, joys and sorrows, accidental necessity in fate can be explained by the logic of character.If you ignore the surrounding conditions for success because of your self-styled and self-willedness, you will easily become a victim of your character and fall into the tragedy of your own director step by step.Don't forget that life cannot be guarded by others. Only by protecting yourself can you walk freely in the ups and downs of fate.

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