Chapter 379 What is the purpose of being rich

As a Taoist! Preaching is a must!

You alone understand Taoist doctrine and thought, and you alone understand that life is not of much use. Because! You live in real life, and others don't understand that others will influence you and violate you.

The Taoist outlook on life is: it does not affect the lives of others, but it is also not affected by the lives of others.

If you don't affect others, be a saint and do what Confucius asked, and the world will be peaceful? No! Because! Just because you don't affect others doesn't mean that others don't affect you.

So! Whether it is Confucius's Confucianism or Taoism, we must educate others. If you don't educate others, how can others become saints and gentlemen? Isn't it?

Relying on you alone to cultivate your self-cultivation, the world cannot be changed. Opposite! You're just going to be someone else's meat. I responded to the sentence: Man is a sword, I am a fish. A single person can never stand up to someone else's team, so! You also have to form your own team.

Secluded in the mountains and forests, isolated from the world, that is not done by Taoists. Opposite! It is a misunderstanding or deliberate misinterpretation of Taoism by some people.

Seclusion in the mountains and forests, isolated from the world, that is not called seclusion, that is called escape.

Taoism has three hidden: the big hidden in the court, the middle hidden in the city, and the small hidden in the wild.

To be truly authentic is to participate in social activities. Like Confucianism, it is necessary to live an active life. If you don't live an active life, how can you live? How do you take care of your family?

Only those who are alone and have nothing to worry about, they choose to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, living that kind of isolated life. In fact! Nor absolutely. Because! They also need food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and if they have needs, they must come into contact with people, where can they be isolated from the world?

Since he was destined for Zhenyi and was about to marry Zhenyi's twin sisters, Peng Zhou had to spend some time preaching to Zhenyi's brother-in-law.

"I am a student of Zhuangzi, maybe I have a more thorough understanding of Zhuangzi and Taoism! Brother! You have to trust me! But! I haven't preached formally to others, so I probably won't. Other words! I have no experience with preaching, and it may be difficult for you to understand it. But as long as I have time, I'll explain it clearly! Peng Zhou explained.

"What nonsense? Say it directly! Commander Hong was trembling when he saw Peng Zhou, he was very impatient.

"Hehehe!" Zhenyi looked at Commander Hong and smiled: "You listen to him!" He is humble! ”

"Humph!" Commander Hong snorted in response.

"I mean: don't show your wealth, don't show your wealth, but it's not that you don't chase it. Because! Do I have what it takes to make money? Isn't it? Can we make more money? Isn't it? But! What are we doing when we make money? Peng Zhou said.

"What for?" Zhenyi asked.

"What is the purpose of earning money, getting rich, and working hard?" Peng Zhou asked rhetorically.

"What is it?" Zhenyi answered.

"Not yet? All to live? Peng Zhou said, spreading his hands towards the town.

"This?" Zhenyi looked at Peng Zhou stupidly.

"Cut! Cut! Cut! Commander Hong teased on the side: "I'm alive again!" Alive! Who doesn't know? Isn't it all about living? Who isn't here to live? ”

Peng Zhou was not angry at all, and said, "That's it! Since it's to live, isn't it easy to do? Isn't it? ”

"How can it be done? You said? To be specific? Zhenyi asked.

"For example! You Hongyi? Isn't it? You're so rich here, aren't you? Not yet? How well do you manage this town? Taxes are light. Outcome! And they became rich. ”

Zhenyi saw Peng Zhou praising him, and nodded smugly.

"Since you are for the good of the people, then! Why don't you invest some money in education and educate the people? Peng Zhou guided.

"How to educate?"

"Just ask someone to train the people? Teach them what to do? What if life?

"How to educate? How? Zhenyi asked.

"Running basic education? Starting a school? And then! Start a university? It's a university that teaches others how to live. For example! Do you invite someone else to teach you the 'Tao of Confucius and Mencius'? You can also ask someone to teach Lao Zhuang how to survive? Isn't it? Anyway! You're free. Is it strange that the people of Hongyi don't come to school? Isn't it? ”

"This?" Zhenyi thought about it, but still didn't understand and asked, "What does this have to do with our Hongyi's wealth?" Hongyi is rich, robbers, robbers, and bad guys will want to rob it! Isn't it? What you're talking about doesn't seem to be of much use to us, huh? ”

"Yes! These big truths you said are not of much use to us in Hongyi? Commander Hong was also on the side to help.

Peng Zhou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm not giving you an idea?" In fact! You Hongyi! No! We Hongyi! The only way to stop being robbed by robbers, robbers, and bad guys is! ……”

"What's it?"

"It is to learn the survival science of Taoism, the survival science of Zhuangzi."

"It's going to be pulled back and forth to the Taoist!" Commander Hong muttered.

"Since it's to live, to live better, so! We don't need to be so exposed, we don't need to show our wealth, we don't need to hoard so much property. You've amassed so much property, aren't you waiting for someone else to grab it? ”

"So what's the point of earning money and working hard?" Zhenyi asked.

"You have the ability to earn money, you can earn a lot of money, why don't you earn it? Why not do it if it's not a hassle? Isn't it? What are you not trying to do? Is life still interesting if you don't do what you are interested in? ”

"That?" Zhenyi still asked puzzledly: "Earn money again, and your wealth is not exposed, then!" What do you do with it? What do you do with your earnings? Where do you put the money you earn? What's the use? Isn't it? ”

"Can you help someone?"

"Helping others?" Zhenyi answered.

"What about helping others and others not working?" Commander Hong answered.

"Help people in need! Not to help those who don't get it for nothing! It's not about helping lazy people. people! It's inevitable that there will be times when there are difficulties, right? What's more, in this troubled world, there are too many people who need help, right? ”

"This?"

"So! If we Hongyi people can think about it, no longer show off that we are rich and rich, but use the money we earn to help our relatives, friends or people in the surrounding towns, then! Is Hongyi still rich? ”

"Wait!" Zhenyi said puzzledly: "That? Will we Hongyi people still work so hard and hard to cultivate the land? ”

Peng Zhou asked rhetorically: "If you work hard and hard to cultivate the land and get rich, but you are robbed by robbers, robbers, and bad people, then brother, what do you say?" Which do you choose? ”。

"This?" Zhenyi can't answer!

Isn't that obvious? If the fruits of hard work and hard work are robbed by robbers, robbers, and bad guys, it is better not to be industrious and hard! Isn't it? Or! It's better to take out the fruits of labor and do good deeds! Isn't it?