100 Historical Stories That Unlock Teenage Wisdom

Chapter 12 1 Zhou Li Wang was forbidden to speak and was exiled

Chapter 2 Proverbs of Growth
Turning over the history of our spiritual growth, every page is full of stories.We can no longer change the previous stories, whether they were successes or failures, but we can learn from them and use them for life.And how to write the stories in the future, and what kind of patterns to draw on the pages in the future, also depends on how we manipulate our pens.

The ancients said: "You can know the weapon by practicing the sword, and you can know the sound by watching the song." Therefore, now let us also listen to other people's stories, gain courage and wisdom from them, and help us describe a future, a bright future. future! Chapter 21 Zhou Li Wang was banned and exiled

——Staying on one's feet, and finally mistakenly standing on one's feet, watching the sky from a well, thinking that you are the king in that small world, and one day you will bring disaster to Xiaoqiang, and it will be too late!

People generally like to be praised, but not to hear different opinions.In fact, everyone has shortcomings. I am often obsessed with authority and cannot see my own mistakes. Therefore, only by listening to different suggestions from others can we truly understand our own shortcomings, correct them, and improve ourselves.

After King Li of Zhou, the tenth king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, came to the throne, the oppression of the people became more severe.King Li of Zhou favored a minister named Duke Rongyi and implemented "patents". They occupied all lakes and rivers and forbade the people to use these natural resources to make a living.

At that time, farmers living in the wild were called "savages", and civilians living in the capital were called "countrymen".The people of Haojing, the capital of Zhou, were dissatisfied with King Li's tyrannical measures, and complained a lot.

Minister Zhao Gong heard more and more criticisms of the government from the people of the country, so he went to the palace and told King Li, "The people can't stand it anymore. If your majesty doesn't change his ways as soon as possible, it will be difficult to deal with the troubles."

Li Wang said nonchalantly: "You don't have to worry, I have my own way to deal with it."

Therefore, he issued an order to forbid the people of the country to criticize the government. He also recruited a wizard from Weiguo and asked him to spy on those who criticized the government.

In order to please King Li, Wei Wu sent a group of people to investigate everywhere.

After listening to Wei Wu's report, King Li punished many people severely.Under such pressure, Chinese people really dare not discuss it in public.When people met acquaintances on the road, they didn't dare to talk and greet them. They only exchanged a wink and hurried away.

King Li was very satisfied when he saw Wei Wu's report that the number of people criticizing the government gradually decreased.Once, Zhao Gong went to see King Li again, and King Li said triumphantly, "Look, isn't there no one talking about it now?"

Zhao Gong sighed and said, "Oh, how can this be done? It is more dangerous to stop people from speaking than to block up the river! To control the water, we must dredge the river and let the water flow to the sea; the same is true for the country. , You must guide the people to speak. If you forcefully block the river, you will burst your mouth; if you forcefully block people's mouths, you will cause great disaster!"

Li Wang curled his lips and ignored him, Zhao Gong had no choice but to withdraw.

The tyranny of King Li and Lord Rongyi became more and more serious. After three years, that is, in 841 BC, the people of the country couldn't bear it, and finally held a large-scale riot.The rioting Chinese besieged the palace and wanted to kill King Li.When King Li heard the news, he hurriedly led a group of people to flee for their lives. They escaped across the Yellow River and stopped at the place where Zhu (now northeast of Huo County, Shanxi Province) was, and finally died there.

Wisdom Interpretation:

"Occlusion" can only lead to backwardness, "stick to the old" can only be exchanged for perdition, "self-righteousness" will never bring victory, and "self-righteousness" will eventually delay us, so we must not be confined to our own narrowness We must break through the barriers of ourselves, have the courage to correct our own narrowness and shortness, and accept the opinions of others with an open mind.It is true that "loyal words are harsh to the ear", and someone made an opinion, and I must have been unhappy at the time, but it is very helpful for me to calm down and think about it.Therefore, although a wise person is unhappy after hearing other people's opinions, he still calms himself down and thinks carefully about the value of other people's opinions.What is the highest state of this wisdom?That is: if there is something, change it, if there is nothing, then encourage it.And blindly acting on one's will, or even forcing others to shut their mouths, can only become more and more lonely and lead to failure.

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