Disciples

Chapter 20

Original
Wealth is light, how can we complain?
Speech tolerance, anger self-destruction.

Self-obliteration: slowly eliminate.

Translation
In dealing with people, don't be greedy for property, and you won't form enmity; tolerate each other with words, and envy will slowly disappear.

allusion
During the Western Jin Dynasty.There is a man named Wang Shu, who lost his father since he was a child, practiced filial piety, served his mother, and lived in peace and happiness.

Wang Shu has a shortcoming that he has a very bad temper.Once when he ate an egg, he tried to pick it up with chopsticks but failed to catch it. He lost his temper and grabbed the egg and threw it to the ground.Unexpectedly, the egg was not smashed, and he was even more annoyed. He stood up and stepped on it with his feet, but it didn't step on it again.So he picked up the egg directly with his hands, stuffed it in his mouth, bit it into pieces, and then spit him out on the ground.However, after he became an official, his personality changed a lot. He was calm and calm, and rarely lost his temper.

The courtier Xie Yi has a rough and irritable personality, and he doesn't show affection at all.Because of his discord, Xie Yi had always hated Wang Shu, and had long wanted to find an opportunity to humiliate him.Once, when they just met, Xie Yi cursed at him, saying that Wang Shu was wrong.In order to avoid conflict with him, Wang Shu did not confront him.He faced the wall without saying a word.He didn't return to his seat until Xie Yi was tired of cursing and left knowing that he was bored and justified.

Later, Xie Yi suddenly came to his senses, knowing his own shortcomings, and felt very uneasy in his heart.Therefore, he took the initiative to apologize to Wang Shu and admit his mistake, and the estrangement and hatred between the two were eliminated from then on, and they became a pair of good friends.

(End of this chapter)