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Tolerance as the topic of 7 examples

Tolerance as the topic of the seven examples are as follows:

1, benevolence and righteousness of the hutong

Ming Dynasty years, Shandong Jiyang Dong Duxing in the capital as an official. One day, he received a letter from his family, saying that the family built a house for the foundation and quarrel with the neighbors, hoping that he can borrow the power and prestige to intervene to solve this matter. After reading the letter, Dong Duxing immediately wrote a letter, saying, "I can't help but laugh my heart out; you are kind to me and I am righteous to my neighbors, so what's the harm in giving up two feet." After reading it, the family felt that Dong Duxing had a point, so they took the initiative to give up a few feet when building their house. And the neighbors, seeing Dong's family do so, also have some understanding, the same follow suit. As a result, the two families*** gave up eight feet of space, and after the house was built, there was a hutong, known as the "Hutong of Benevolence and Righteousness".

2, Lou Shide taught his brother

Lou Shide, Tang Dynasty, educated his brother to treat people as officials to be tolerant. His brother said: "Someone spit in my face, I wipe it off myself." Lou Shide said: "This is not enough. You wipe it away, or against the will of the angry person to insult you. I think it is better to let the spittle finish off naturally."

3, the prime minister's belly can support the boat

The State of Shu in the Three Kingdoms period, appointed Jiang Wan to preside over the dynasty after the death of Zhuge Liang. He had a subordinate named Yang theater, withdrawn character, speechless. When Jiang Wan spoke to him, he only answered. Some people were not happy with him and muttered in front of Jiang Wan, "Yang opera is so slow to treat you, it's not fair!" Jiang Wan smiled frankly and said, "All people have their own temperament. If I let Yang Opera praise me to my face, that's not his nature; if I let him say I'm wrong in front of all the people, he'll think I can't stand up. So, he had to keep quiet. In fact, this is exactly what makes him a valuable person." Later, someone praised Jiang Wan as "a prime minister who can hold a boat in his belly".

4. The Legend of the General and the Legend

? 279 A.D. in the old Chinese era, the State of Zhao Lin Xiangru guarded the wall of Zhao, made a great achievement, worshiped as the Secretary of State, in the General Lian Po above. Lian Po was so proud of his achievements that he threatened to humiliate him. When Lin Xiangru heard Lian Po's words, he often claimed to be sick and refused to go to court to compete with Lian Po. Sometimes when Lin Xiangru went out in his car, he would avoid Lian Po when he saw him. The guests thought that he was timid and afraid of trouble. But Lin Xiangru said, "I am not afraid of the king of Qin, but I am not afraid of Lian Po. I consider that the reason why the mighty Qin did not invade Zhao was only because of the two of us. Now that the two tigers are fighting, one of them is bound to be injured, which will inevitably weaken the power to defend against foreign enemies. The reason I am avoiding General Lian is that I am putting the urgency of the male family before my personal vendetta!" These words reached Lian Po's ears, Lian Po was very ashamed, so he bared his clothes and bare his body, and took the thorns to the door to ask for forgiveness. He said, "I am a lowly man with a shallow and narrow mind, and I have offended Xiangguo, but Xiangguo can be so forgiving, and my death is not enough to atone for my sin." So the ministers were reunited and became friends in life and death.

5. Tolerance creates miracles

? Britain's famous medical doctor McLeod in elementary school, one day a whim, to see with their own eyes how the dog's entrails. So, he and his classmates secretly set a dog, slaughtered the viscera one by one anatomical observation. Unexpectedly, the dog was the principal's favorite dog. The principal was very annoyed to know, but after some thinking, he decided to tolerate the little McCloud; at the same time, in order to let him realize his own mistakes, the principal punished McCloud to draw a picture of the human body skeleton and a picture of the blood circulation, McCloud was happy to accept. McCloud later became a famous anatomist and participated in the development of insulin for the treatment of diabetes, winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1923.

6, the marriage safe

An old mother in her 50th golden wedding anniversary day, to tell the guests the secret of marital happiness. She said, "From the day I got married, I was ready to list my husband's 10 shortcomings, and for the sake of our marital happiness, I promised myself that I would be willing to forgive him whenever he made any of these 10 mistakes." Someone asked, what exactly are those 10 faults? She replied, "To tell you the truth, for 50 years I have never made a specific list of those 10 faults. Whenever my husband did something wrong that made me so angry I immediately reminded myself, count him lucky he made one of those 10 mistakes I could forgive."

7, a fire of forgiveness

The end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Lang, attacked Handan, checking the official documents of the previous dynasty, found a large number of flattering Wang Lang, insulted Liu Xiu and even planning to kill Liu Xiu's letters. But Liu Xiu turned a blind eye to this, he defied the opposition of the ministers, all of them burned. He said: "If pursued, will make many people panic, and even become our mortal enemy. And regardless of the former suspicion, can be turned into a friend, but can strengthen their own power." Liu Xiu's tolerance made himself a man of great popularity and eventually achieved the imperial career.