Friend, have you heard the story of the frog at the bottom of the well?
The frog at the bottom of the well has been living at the bottom of the well, and what it sees is the very small world at the bottom of the well, so in its world, the bottom of the well is the whole world, so it can tell everyone very conclusively that it knows the world, it understands the world, and no one is more familiar with it than it. So, when the bird tells it that there is a bigger world out there, it refuses to accept it easily. I think it's the only one who thinks right.
Just like grasshoppers, they can't survive winter, and they die after autumn, and they are called grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't jump for a few days. If you ask a grasshopper how many seasons there are in a year, the grasshopper will tell you that there are three seasons in a year, and it doesn't even know about winter, and it doesn't even have the concept of winter, let alone the knowledge and understanding of winter.
A visitor once asked a student of Confucius, how many quarters are there in a year? Confucius's students replied that there were three seasons in a year. But the passer-by thought he was right, because he happened to be a grasshopper born in spring, so he had only seen spring, summer and autumn, and had never experienced winter. So, he insisted that there were three seasons a year.
The two argued, so they made a bet to settle it. Confucius's students took this passer-by to meet Confucius, hoping to prove their point through Confucius's answers. However, Confucius told them that there were only three seasons in a year. After the passer-by left, Confucius's students were puzzled and asked the teacher why he had said that there were only three seasons. Confucius replied in a deep voice, "Didn't you see that the passer-by was all green?" He is a grasshopper, and grasshoppers are born only in the spring and die in the fall. He had never seen winter, so he thought there were only three seasons in a year. There is no solution to this dispute. ”
If you argue with it, it's useless, so just tell it that it's right. Because it hasn't been experienced, it's hard to accept.
Actually, I used to be the same, I felt that I was very good, I had a strong learning ability, I knew a lot, and I knew a little bit about everything. So, all the time, I like to argue and always want to prove that I am right. When speaking, I often use the ...... of affirmation, absolute, and so onWords like this mean, I see it accurately, I can't be wrong.
But, in reality? Do I really understand? Not really. As I experienced more and learned more, I found more and more that, in fact, my knowledge was too limited, I didn't know too much, and what I knew was pitifully small compared to what I didn't know! My former self was so ridiculous.
That's why a lot of really powerful people seem to be very low-key and humble, because they know their own shortcomings, they know that they lack a lot, and they know that there are many people who are better than them.
Ignorance is not a sin, not learning, not knowing yourself is a sin!