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The six idioms are full of the survival wisdom of the ancients and will certainly inspire you.

Idioms are an important part of China's traditional culture, which has always maintained a strong vitality in thousands of years of history and culture. The root cause is the inspiration of ancient wisdom contained in idioms to contemporary people. Let's look at the wisdom in idioms!

Taking time off from work: Is laziness wisdom?

Huang Tingjian was a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty.

His official career was not smooth, and he was vilified and exiled to remote Guizhou and Yizhou. The future is worrying, but Huang Tingjian doesn't care; The residence is shabby, and I still accept it calmly.

He experienced ups and downs in the political storm and always faced the gains and losses of honor and disgrace with a free and easy attitude.

Huang Tingjian once wrote a poem, "Life is not idle, but there are several times when you are busy." This idiom comes from this.

The word "leisure" can express the wisdom of the ancients and vividly reflect a kind of feelings and elegant taste of literati. Although they are ambitious and ambitious, they still need to take time out from work to relax.

The word "stealing" has a bad meaning, but it is very vivid when used in this idiom.

Entering the house: it is the wisdom of learning!

Zhong You, a disciple of Confucius, is good at playing the harp. Once Zhong You played the harpsichord in Confucius' house. After listening to this, Confucius thought that Zhong You's performance was full of the sound of war, which did not conform to the gentle pursuit of rites and music by Confucianism. So he said, "Zhong You likes to play the harpsichord, and his skills have already entered the hall, but he has not yet entered the inner room. Why does he play in my house? "

It means to praise Zhong You's achievements, but he hasn't reached the highest level of subtlety.

Later, the word "entering the classroom" was used to describe the knowledge or skills from shallow to deep, reaching a profound level; It is also a metaphor for learning skills and getting the teacher's biography.

This idiom contains the wisdom of the ancients in understanding different learning stages. It is inappropriate to understand "entering the room" as entering the inner room or people from the hall.

Shortcut to the south: great wisdom in dealing with people.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Taoist named Sima Chengzhen, who was profound in Taoism and knowledgeable.

Tang Ruizong wanted to be an official, but Sima Cheng insisted on going back to Tiantai Mountain to live in seclusion. Prime Minister Lu Zangyong pointed to the nearby Zhong Nanshan and said to Sima Chengzhen, "There is endless fun here. Why do you have to go back to Tiantai Mountain? "

Sima Chengzhen replied sarcastically: "You are right, being an official is indeed a shortcut!"

It turned out that after Lu Zangyong was admitted to the Jinshi, the court did not immediately give him an official position. Lu Zangyong found that many recluse literati not only didn't lose their reputation, but their value doubled.

Therefore, Lu Zang pretended to be a hermit in Zhongnanshan to attract the attention of the court and soon became a big official.

This is where the idiom "South Shortcut" comes from. It refers to the nearest way to get an official position or fame, and it also refers to the convenient way to achieve your goal.

Lu Zangyong believes that it is a kind of "wisdom" to take the "shortcut to the south" to achieve the goal of being an official, but the hermit who really adheres to moral integrity is the great wisdom to treat people.