Introduction:
"The Lychee of Chang'an".It's a book written by Mr. Ma Boyong that makes people want to stop! It is set in Chang'an City and tells a story about the preservation and transfer of lychees, which makes people laugh. This book is not only interesting, but also full of depth and thought.
The core character of *, Lee Sun-deok, is a rather modern image of a "petty official in the market". At the beginning of the story, Li Shande had the desire to borrow a loan to buy a house in Chang'an, but he didn't expect that he was "pushed" by his boss and colleagues to run a fat "lychee envoy". But I didn't think about it"Lychee fried" and "lychee fresh".One word difference, he fell from heaven to hell. It's like the migrant workers who are now being deceived by the Northern Myanmar Telecom Fraud Group with the dream of making a fortune with high salaries.
However, fortunately, in the midst of the difficult situation, his wife and daughter gave him a warm harbor for a family. Other friends Han Cheng and Du Fu never gave up their advice and righteousness. The process of transporting lychees is full of all kinds of embarrassments, and the same right prime minister Yang Guozhong, Lingnan Economic Strategy Envoy He Luguang, secretary Zhao Xinning, and Gong City Deputy Envoy Yu Chaoen and others constitute a bizarre "officialdom appearance". Ordinary people such as peasant farmers and Lin Yinu who are really willing to help him sincerely show the true temperament of the people in the market, and the somewhat cunning but very righteous Hu merchant Persian Su Forgiveness, thus depicting a picture of the world, so that readers can empathize with it and have a strong sense of substitution.
After receiving this hardship, although Li Shande was uneasy, he also fought hard with the encouragement of his friends. In order to transport Lingnan lychees to Chang'an, Li Shande, with his excellent arithmetic ability and creativity, successfully extended the freshness period of lychees from three days to 11 days through means such as wax sealing in urns, water and ice, cutting branches and preserving, and fast horses, etc., and finally delivered them to Yang Guifei.
* The values conveyed are also worthy of our attention, including justice, perseverance and protection of the people and things we cherish. Li Shande was finally able to successfully complete the lychee transfer, which was inseparable from the sentence that Du Fu told him: "Even if I fail, I want to know how far I am from the finish line." This sentence deeply touched Li Shande's originally kind heart and became the core motivation to inspire his continuous efforts.
However, the protagonist Lee Sun-deok also has a lot of minor shortcomings. In the operation of lychee transshipment, he once betrayed the trust of Su Liang and Ah Yan, and also used the name of lychee transshipment to drive the local government to promote transshipment at any cost. I also wanted to use this errand to make a lot of money to leave to my wife and children. But these actions put him in a moral dilemma, and they also left him deeply guilty and painful.
Despite this, the reason why this imperfect little official was able to be recognized and forgiven by readers was because of his final awakening and a battle with Uncle Yang Guo. He still always hopes that Datang can achieve the goal of making the people rich and the officials honest. Although he was the lowest wage earner in the Tang Dynasty, hehas always been bitterly ashamed of violating the behavior of oppressing the people, and has never given up his bottom line. This humanistic value is in line with the universal values and the logic of human nature that the majority of people recognize.
Through this story, we can see the author's emphasis on justice, perseverance, and kindness. Whether it's Lee Sun-deok or other city people, they are all striving to pursue these values in their own fields. They may not be perfect, but their hard work and perseverance give us hope in society.
Therefore, we should draw strength from this story, stand up for our beliefs, and protect the people and things we cherish. No matter how great the difficulties and setbacks we encounter, we should be like Li Shande, bravely face them and work hard to achieve our goals. Only in this way can we truly become a valuable and meaningful person.
After reading the whole story, there are a few points that stand out to me.
a) There is no pie in the sky.
There will be no pie in the sky", when a good thing suddenly befalls you, what do you ask first? Why me, why are there benefits, what value can I provide. Don't take on tasks that you don't know about, don't sign unconfirmed documents, and don't make decisions when you're not awake.
The task was to make "the royal family bypass the relevant departments and provide privileges to the fat poor." However, the task of "Lychee Messenger" was kicked around by many departments and kicked to Li Shande's department of the Shanghai Forestry Department, because one day he asked for leave to buy a house and was not there, so the leaders and colleagues unanimously kicked him, and the food and wine in the wine bureau were delicious, and a few words of flattery were in his ears, Li Shande took over the task, and as a result, he caused a monstrous disaster to himself.
He himself still lacks vigilance before he gets the benefits, so he should be like [Spring and Autumn]."The Book of Poetry, Xiaoya, Xiaomin" "trembling, like facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice." ”As I said, we can always maintain a sense of reverence for things in order to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
2) Dust with light.
In the book, after Li Shande researched the transportation method of lychee preservation in Lingnan, he was almost killed by Lingnan **, the reason is that no one has completed this task before, and once Li Shande completes it, others will be accused of "incompetence". If you can give some credit, "thanks to the cooperation of xx", the situation can be changed immediately.
Therefore, his good friend Han Cheng came up with an idea with him: "If you attach a thank you sheet when you submit the transfer method, explaining that this matter is strongly promoted by the Lingnan Economic Strategy Envoy, strongly supported by Duzhi colleagues, and helped a lot by Taifu Division, Sinong Temple, and Shangshi Bureau, do you guess whether Yu Chaoen dares to rob you of your credit." Brother Liangyuan,The way to be an official is actually three sentences: with the light and dust, the benefits are evenly stained, and the sedan chair is carried by everyone. If a person eats alone, he will not eat for long. This also gives us a way to save our lives in the real world.
Originally, the phrase "with light and dust" came from the Tao Te Ching"Those who know do not speak. The speaker does not know. Frustrate its sharpness, resolve its disputes, and its light, with its dust, is said to be the same. Therefore, it is not possible to get a kiss. Don't get it and don't let it go. Don't get what you get. Don't get it and hurt it. It's not expensive to get. You can't see it. Therefore, it is expensive in the world. " meansThe truly wise do not speak, and those who chatter are not the truly wise. Restraining one's spirit, resting one's boundless luxury, harmonizing one's own light, and making oneself subordinate to the lowest and most despicable things in the world, are like dust that cannot attract people's attention. This way you can avoid some troubles.
It is also said in the Analects"The gentleman is harmonious but different, the villain is the same but not harmonious", "the gentleman is Zhou but not compared, and the villain is compared but not Zhou".Translated into modern Chinese, it is: a gentleman treats others harmoniously and friendly, but does not seek to agree with the other party; The villain either has the same desires or caters to the other party, but there is no harmony and friendliness in his heart. Villains are like this, putting individuals first everywhere, whether it is making friends or doing things, they also take personal interests as the starting point, and often do what they do is to betray their friends, stab them in the back or sow discord, and do their best to do despicable things, maybe many people will feel that this approach will get a lot of benefits in the short term, but from the perspective of long-term development, such behavior will always be rejected by people. Of course, we first have to judge whether the other party is a "real villain" or a "false gentleman", and then use the corresponding attitude to deal with it. There is no need to blindly cater to them, and do not oppose them all because you are not used to them.
3) Learn to take advantage of the situation.
To learn to "take advantage of the situation", the book mentions that "Li Shande took the sign and asked for a handwritten letter to facilitate the document to the relevant government office." Yang Guozhong was stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "You take my brand, and you have to follow the rules, won't it ruin the reputation of your true appearance?" One by oneProcess is a rule that only the weak should follow。"Rules bind the weak. Li Shande acted according to the rules, but he ran into walls everywhere, but relying on the silver medal of Yang Guozhong, the Duke of Weiguo, it was unimpeded. The strong make the rules, the wise use the rules, and the weak follow the rules.
Don't just promise。Hu Shang Su Liang provided a lot of financial help in Li Shande's many experiments, and Li Shande agreed to let Su's caravan take over the errand of transporting lychees, but he did not admit that this was not up to Li Shande himself, so he could only break his promise to Su Liang, lose his friends and lose his trust.
Sometimes the little guys are just pawns in the big guys' game. Li Shande originally thought that it was the emperor who wanted Lingnan's lychee to please Yang Guifei, and he, the "lychee envoy, was the core figure of whether the task was completed or not, until the end he found out that the whole incident was just a bureau set up by Gao Lishi in order to suppress Yu Chaoen.
Don't underestimate the complexity and darkness behind politics. To experience the darkness of politics, you can watch the TV series "House of Cards". Li Shande naively thought that the imperial court would bear the huge expenses brought by these catties of lychees, but he didn't expect that in the end, the manpower and material resources would still be the first to increase taxes and levy labor for the people, and even the difference in price went into Yang Guozhong's pocket.
And in order to keep the lychee fresh, it is necessary to cut down the lychee trunk for transportation, and abandon a lychee tree, the initial ten catties of lychee only need to cut a few trees, but in order to ensure that there are no mistakes in the transportation at all levels, no one is responsible, and dozens of trees must be cut down in the end. There is also the loss of embarrassment.
Putting aside the corruption of officialdom, Li Shande had no background, but he easily promised the businessman Su Liang and the farmer's aunt all kinds of benefits, and his ideal was defeated by reality. In the end, there is still no realistic assessment of one's own ability. This drawing on the past to learn from the present also has good practical significance.
This ** is based on the experience of a little person Li Shande in transporting fresh lychees, and shows the helplessness and despair of life through the ups and downs of the protagonist's various experiences. However, in the end, it still gives hope to the public and lets the protagonist live"Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence leisurely see Nanshan".of paradise life. Tell us not to give up hope and courage in life at any time, no matter how difficult things are, as long as it is worth doing, we will make up our minds to give it a go, and not let our lives leave regrets. Don't choose to sell your soul to the devil "Mephistopheles" for the sake of enjoyment, like the protagonist in Goethe's "Faust", then you will really become a walking corpse.