Why traditional culture can avoid good fortune and reduce disasters

Many traditional cultures are experiences summarized by previous generations.

Take an example: the culture of mediocrity, doing things in the middle, not too aggressive, not too cowardly. People who practise a middle-of-the-road culture will generally be steady in their efforts to win. Not radical, will not be hot-headed to do the wrong thing, reduce the risk of making mistakes. If you are not weak, you will continue on your life path and naturally accumulate over time. In the interpersonal aspect, the middle ground is also useful. For example, don't get too close to people you don't know well, and don't be too cold. So that others will not pinch your handle. Everything is about a degree, and the middle ground is for you to try to balance around 5, not too much and not too little.

Traditional Chinese culture also requires people to be humble, the more powerful people have to be humble. As the saying goes, if the wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If you are very good and very rich and still show off everywhere, will be a lot of people jealous, jealous of your people will try to find ways to destroy you. So if you are pleased with yourself must not show it, this is called the muffled, but also the old ancestors studied the way of dealing with things.

As for doing more good deeds, learning more and being more filial, it is also to balance the relationship between oneself and the outside world. A person who is kind and progressive and filial is more likeable, and if he is likeable, he is more likely to gain benefits. This is the rationale for avoiding good fortune and reducing disaster.