Zeng Guofan said: "Do not use people outside to do things, and employ people must prophet people." ”
As the old saying goes: "The rich and the poor look at the hands and feet, and the good and evil look at the face", which is not just a mantra, but contains a wealth of life wisdom and profound life observations.
In our daily lives, we often hear the advice of the older generation on how to distinguish between good and evil in others and rich and poor.
In fact, behind these seemingly simple words, there is a wealth of life experience and profound social insights.
Good and evil depend on the face
The face is like a crown of jade", "the lips are red and the teeth are white", these are all words we use to describe the beauty of people's faces.
And the word "mouth" is directly related to a person's character and character.
A person's face can reflect the good and evil in his heart to a large extent.
Kind people tend to have more amiable faces, and their eyes reveal sincerity and kindness.
Even when they are in trouble, they often have a smile on their faces, because their hearts are full of love for life and kindness to people.
And those with malicious intentions, their faces often appear gloomy and cunning, and their eyes reveal scheming and dissatisfaction.
No matter how kind they pretend to be on the surface, it is difficult to completely hide the malice in their hearts.
In ancient poetry, we can often see delicate descriptions of the faces of characters.
For example, in "Dream of Red Mansions", Jia Baoyu's description of Lin Daiyu is full of praise for the kindness of his heart: "The eyebrows are like distant mountains, the eyes are like autumn water, the face is like peach blossoms, and the lips are like dotted Zhu".
And for those with bad intentions, their faces are often portrayed as extremely hideous and ugly.
The rich and the poor look at the hands and feet
In ancient times, in an agrarian society, most of the common people rested at sunrise and sunset, ploughing in the fields all day long, full of wind and frost, and their hands and feet were naturally not soft and white.
On the other hand, those rich and noble families don't have to run around for their livelihoods, they have clothes to reach out for food to open their mouths, and even have a chariot to ride, the wind can't blow, the rain can't get wet, so a pampered life, hands and feet will naturally not be rough.
So in the long run, there is a saying that "rich and poor look at their hands and feet".
Of course, the ancients also said that "hard work to get rich", whether a person will be rich in the future can also be judged by current actions.
If you are diligent with your hands and feet, even if you will not be rich, you can still have no worries about food and clothing. Because diligence can make up for clumsiness, relying on down-to-earth efforts, you can have the joy of harvest.
On the contrary, if a person is lazy and lazy, idle all day long, and does not want to make progress, then he will only be greeted with infinite setbacks and failures.
Life is bleak, the will is depressed and decadent, and such a person will eventually disappear in the tribulation of the world.
By observing a person's hands, feet, and face, we can judge their economic status and moral character to a large extent.
Of course, this is not absolute, and it is also necessary to make an accurate judgment in combination with other observations.
But it is undeniable that these ancient counsels do contain a wealth of life wisdom and profound social insights, which are worth applying and experiencing in our daily lives.
In this rapidly changing society, the interaction between people is becoming more and more complex.
We often need to make accurate judgments about a person in a short period of time, and these pieces of advice from our ancestors undoubtedly provide us with an extremely valuable reference.