The Dust Settles Your pursuit determines your way of living

The joy of life is not in the abundance of material and power, but in the abundance of spirit.

In 1994, the unknown Tibetan writer A Lai created ** "The Dust Settles", which was rejected by more than a dozen publishing houses. It wasn't until 4 years later that he was recognized by the People's Literature Publishing House. In 2000, with this book, the 41-year-old Ah Lai became the youngest winner in the history of the Mao Dun Literature Award. **From the perspective of a fool's second young master, he witnessed the rise and fall of the Kham Tibetan Tusi system. The book has created many vivid characters, showing the complex and changeable entanglements of human nature, as well as the wonderful way of life. Kazuo Inamori wrote in "The Living Law":

The things that are depicted in a person's heart or the desires in their hearts will manifest in their lives as they wish.

After the eldest lady died of illness, the merchant bought a Han woman and gave it to him and became the second wife.

He also instructed people to murder the head of his loyal subordinates, and then seized his wife and married him as the third wife.

With the help of the Han army, he leveled the powerful neighbor Tusi and obtained the monopoly of poppy seeds.

As poppy seeds blossomed and bore fruit all over the mountains, Mai Qi Toast became the richest man and became the target of public criticism.

He is crazy about accumulating money, self-respecting, and domineering to suppress the weak.

He asked his two sons, the smart and clever eldest young master and the stupid second young master, to manage the northern and southern borders respectively.

Seeing that the eldest son was brave and good at fighting, and the younger son was wise and foolish, he was like a fish in his throat, worried that the back waves of the Yangtze River would push the front waves, and the front waves would be slapped to death on the beach.

He was like a dying old man who was barely breathing, and he reluctantly proposed to be inferior to his eldest son, but the eldest son was killed by the enemy.

He was not sad but happy, he came back from the dead, and became 20 years younger overnight.

In the decades that followed, even if the stupid son had no intention of seizing power, he was careful to guard against it; Even if he is old, he refuses to let go.

Until finally, the Han captured Tusi Guanzhai and he was blown up alive.

Before he died, he still remembered: "I am the last Mackie toast!" ”

Mai Qi Tusi is supreme in power and treacherous, and even his own son is regarded as a heart disease. However, the power that he had so hard to gain was finally wiped out in the rumbling artillery fire.

In reality, how many people are like Mackey Toast, non-stop pursuit of power and fame and fortune.

They covet endless glory and wealth, are poor and extravagant, and do whatever they want;

They enjoy the superiority of the stars holding the moon, standing high and hugging each other.

Driven by the lust for power, they are never satisfied, never endless.

Some people are eager to climb high step by step, and they do not hesitate to take risks, and end up in prison.

There are also people who lose the aura of power only to find that people are depressed and depressed.

Desperately pursuing power, dreaming of becoming the king of power, only to become a slave to power.

Power is like a glittering golden key, dazzling and charming.

Only by knowing how to brake in time can we ensure that we can get out of the way.

Um Bo Yisi was a lama from the holy city of Lhasa who obtained the highest degree of a monk, equivalent to a doctorate.

He rode a mule for more than a year before he came to the territory of Mackie's toast.

Even if the wind and dust are blowing, they can't hide that young, excited, and enthusiastic face.

He was determined to establish a new sect to replace the old sect. To this end, he went around preaching doctrine with great enthusiasm, but all that awaited him was merciless indifference and ridicule.

Living in a simple cave, with wind and snow flying, and donkeys, he seems to have become an outcast of the whole world, but he does not change his original intention.

He had a heated debate with the Living Buddha, believing that the barbaric Tusi would eventually die.

Therefore, he angered Mache Toast and was imprisoned in a dungeon and cut off half of his tongue.

After the wound healed, he offered to be a clerk and record the history of the Mache family.

Later, the second young master of the fool made vigorous achievements in the north and was deeply loved by the people.

However, Mai Qi Toast announced that he would abdicate the throne to the eldest young master, and the clerk stepped forward and accused Mai Qi Tusi of stupidity.

As a result, he lost the remaining half of his tongue.

Even so, he still insisted on recording the truth, recording the open and secret battles of the Mai Qi family, and also recording the great achievements of the foolish young master.

The wheels of history rolled forward, Tusi Guanzhai turned into dust, and the faith he pursued all his life also ushered in the dawn.

Umpo Yisi went from being a Protestant lama to a scribe of history. In order to hold on to his faith and pursue the truth, he would rather have his tongue cut out twice.

The body can be subjected, the mind is never bound, and he always steps on the pace of history.

Rabindranath Tagore once said:

"Faith is a bird, which senses the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. ”

Throughout the ages, how many people with lofty ideals have shed their heads and shed their blood for the sake of revolutionary beliefs.

In an era of peace, the attitude of life that does not forget the original intention and goes to love is also a kind of persistence in faith.

Life in the world will not always be smooth sailing, but consistent love makes those bleak days shine brightly.

As long as we are full of passion for life, our hearts will not be barren in depression and frustration.

With unwavering faith, a day as plain as water can also bloom full of trees and flowers.

The second young master was born stupid, so he dodged many open guns and arrows, and won everyone's love. However, the second young master, who looks stupid, never drops the chain at critical moments. The poppy seeds made the McKee family so rich that the other toasts were hungry. The Mai Qi family unanimously opposed giving seeds to their neighbors, and only the second young master agreed to give them. He said, "Seeds are not silver, they can be hidden and tucked, and if you don't give them, they will flutter in the wind." Sure enough, even though the Mai Qi family was strictly guarded, poppy seeds were still scattered all over the territory of the toast. Poppy crops are growing in a swarm, leading to food shortages. In the spring of the following year, the eldest young master advocated continuing to grow poppies, and the second young master proposed to grow all grains. As a result, only the Maiqi toast was planted with all the grain, and the other toasts were planted with opium poppies. In the autumn, the famine of other toasts was severe, and the harvest of wheat toast was abundant. At this time, the second young master made another suggestion: exempt the people from paying tribute for one year. He said that toast is toast, and toast cannot become a king. Later, the eldest young master continued to wage wars in the south and expand his territory; The second young master established a free ** market in the north, and the rich side was on the first side. Because the second young master was stupid, the enemy disdained to attack, and instead killed the sharp-edged young master. As the son-in-law of Ronggong Toast and the son of Mai Qi Toast, the second young master is expected to become the two major toasts in the future. However, he had no ambitions, and instead believed that the Tusi system would die. Therefore, he calmly faced the arrival of the Han people and calmly welcomed the end of history. The stupid second young master, using the wisdom of a "fool", escaped major disasters and small disasters, and achieved survival and development. Is he a smart man or a fool?

Zeng Guofan once said: "The most clumsy in the world can win the most ingenious in the world." ”Smart people often know how to hide their clumsiness, and they don't show their edge, so they look stupid. Just like the well-known Jack Ma, when he gave a speech in Hong Kong, he met an audience of bombastic talk. This listener said that he is the top handbag designer in Hong Kong, the top handbag manufacturer in China, and the top retail store in Hong Kong. He asked Jack Ma which of the two of them had better English? And Ma Yun's answer is intriguing: "I know I'm the top, but I will always say I'm the second." "There is no shortage of smart people in this world, but there is no shortage of smart and low-key people. Smart and flamboyant, easy to get into trouble; Smart and low-key, he is wise and self-protective. Knowing how to be wise and foolish, and clever if clumsy, is a rare wisdom of life. **The 3 characters in the school, due to different pursuits, choose different ways of living. Mai Qi Toast has been obsessed with power all his life, and he lives a martial arts life on the surface, but he trembles inwardly, walking on thin ice; In order to stick to his faith, he did not hesitate to suffer physical torture twice, and finally saw the light of faith; The foolish young master looked stupid, but because of this, he avoided ** and calculation, and his life was thriving. In this life, what you pursue, you get. The pursuit of fame and fortune may have been bustling and prosperous, but in the end it was all in vain. The pursuit of spiritual abundance may only be coarse tea and light rice, but it has reaped the joy of life. The joy of life is not in the abundance of material and power, but in the abundance of spirit. ClickThumbs upMay you have a rich heart and a fulfilling life.