"Caigen Tan" wrote: "It is better to be strong than long, and it is better to show early than late." By extension, it is called "ordinary is true" and "late bloomer". Perhaps, it really makes sense.
Something rich doesn't last as long as something light, just as a light bulb that doesn't light up lasts longer. The same goes for those who show early, who will quickly run out of talent and don't seem to last. A person who shows early is a kind of genius, or a genius is an early show. But people who show early will not be able to maintain their early show for the rest of their lives, but will show off early at an unsuitable age. That is, they will show that they are more talented than their peers, and they will even surprise many people. In fact, it is just precocious wisdom, not a celestial person in people's mouths.
Zhongyong was able to write poetry at the age of five, but he showed a talent higher than his peers. But his father didn't let him study, but led him on a tour all day long, which made his talent gradually decline, and even "disappeared from everyone." Wang Bo, who wrote "The Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", left the world at a young age, and the poet Haizi, who wrote "Facing the Sea, Spring Blossoms", became a teacher at the University of Political Science and Law in his twenties, but committed suicide when he was unmarried. Byron, the poet who wrote "Ode to the West Wind", also died young, and the ** poet Pushkin, who duel with others and finally died. So, is it true that geniuses are mostly short-lived?Of course not, it's just that the short-lived genius was discovered, publicized, and let people know. In fact, many geniuses do not live short, but live a long life.
Li Bai is considered a genius who writes poetry, and he lived to the age of 61 in that era, which is considered a long life. Qian Zhongshu never forgot that he lived to be 98 years old, the foreign Galileo lived to be 77 years old, and Einstein, the "father of modern physics", lived to be 76 years old, which is not too young. Their achievements seem to be greater than those of the geniuses who died young, and they are more influential in the present generation. In response to the saying, "An early show is better than a late bloomer." "Late bloomers are the most precious, because the talent of geniuses needs to be accumulated, and releasing them too early is like steaming steamed buns running out of gas and steaming a pot of steamed buns. It's the same with people, you have to accumulate some knowledge in order to accumulate it. If it is only for some fame and fortune, becoming famous too soon is like a tree that is surprisingly tall, and it cannot withstand the storm. As the old saying goes: "If the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it." ”
Perhaps, the environment in which geniuses grow up is not good. As Lu Xun said, it is difficult to produce genius soil. If there is no soil for producing geniuses, or if there is no soil for cultivating geniuses, there will be many cases of early death of geniuses. It's just that the genius who shines in the history of mankind doesn't seem to have made much contribution, and if you want to say that you have made a great contribution, it is still a genius who has worked hard for a long time and focused on a certain field for a long time. Many people are concentrating on research to highlight geniuses, and they are gradually becoming bigger and stronger. It's not that you're born a genius, and it's not that you can do all kinds of complex research as a child. Most people will go to work, only a small number of people will become so-called geniuses, and only a small number of people can become experts in certain fields of study, and most of them have learned all the way from primary school to university, and they do not show the characteristics of geniuses in primary or secondary school, and when they reach certain fields of study, they show great progress, surpassing many of their peers, and they will become scholars or experts in certain fields, or become geniuses in people's mouths.
From a pragmatic point of view, long-lasting research can bring good results, and it can also produce many new results, which is beneficial to human development. It's just a short-lived genius performance, although it is very beautiful and amazing, but most of them will not make much contribution to human development, and even just some writers who write poems and songs and write ** prose are geniuses, and they can't make any scientific research results. It has a great impact on people's spirit, but it has little impact on the overall development of society. And many researchers continue to work hard in certain fields and research a lot of scientific research results, even if they have made great contributions, they can be regarded as geniuses. It's just that the genius of the early show seems to be more regrettable, and it makes people like it. As the evaluation in "Wenxin Carving Dragon": "Emperor Wen reduces his talents with his position, and Siwang benefits from embarrassment." "Cao Pi is the emperor, he is in a high position, people don't sympathize with him, they think his poetry is not good, and Cao Zhi is excluded and hit, the situation is embarrassing, which makes people sympathize, but makes people feel that his poetry is better than Cao Pi's. It seems that people still like to sympathize with the weak and not sympathize with the strong. Compared with the geniuses of the early show, the long-lived geniuses are considered to be strong. People don't like long-lived geniuses, but like short-lived geniuses, mainly to produce an empathic effect, sympathize with short-lived geniuses, and then empathize with their personalities, poems, articles, research results, etc., which can be regarded as a kind of commemoration for them, but also a kind of regret and lamentation.
Although Zhang Ailing said: "Be famous as soon as possible." "But it is not very beautiful to be famous too early, it is easy for people to be proud, and it is easy for geniuses to run out prematurely, if they study and study hard, they will damage their bodies, and even because of insufficient social experience, they are not firm in their political positions, and they will sway from side to side, and eventually become victims of political struggles. From this point of view, in addition to creating a soil for the production of geniuses, it is necessary for geniuses to learn more, accumulate social experience, and then accumulate thick and thin, so that they can be used for a long time and produce a trend of "sustainable development".