It is said that the four words "It is hard to get confused" were written on Yunfeng Mountain in Laizhou, Shandong Province. One year Zheng Banqiao traveled here to see Zheng Wengong monument, forgetting to return, it was dark, had to stay in the mountain hut. The owner of the house for a Confucian old man, self-appointed "confused old man", the language is not vulgar. His room displayed a square table-sized ink stone, delicate stone, well carved, Zheng Banqiao very appreciated. The old man asked Zheng Banqiao inscription in order to be engraved on the back of the ink stone. Banqiao think the old man must come from, it is inscribed with "hard to get confused" four words, with a "Kangxi Xiu Cai Yongzheng Jin Ren Qianlong scholar" of the square seal.
Because of the inkstone, there are still many blanks, Banqiao said the old man should write a paragraph of the trek. The old man then wrote "get beautiful stone is difficult, get stubborn stone is particularly difficult, from the beautiful stone and turn into stubborn stone is even more difficult. Beauty in the, stubborn in the outside, hide the hut of the savage, not into the door of the precious." He used a square seal, the words on the seal is "the first courtyard examination, the second township examination, the third temple examination." Banqiao look shocked, know the old man is a retired official. Sense of the name of the old man confused, see the back of the ink stone there is still a gap, then also fill in a paragraph: "Smart is difficult, confused is especially difficult, from smart and turn into confused is even more difficult. Let go of one thing, take a step back, and be at ease at the present moment, not trying to be rewarded later." [edit paragraph] Meaning I: self-deprecating saying. In 1751 AD, Zheng Banqiao in Weixian County, "Nga Zhai nothing, four walls are empty, the surrounding silence, as if outside the square, the heart does not feel frustrated." He thought, "a life of struggle, half a life of depression, is life like this? Struggle for fame and fortune, fight for victory, in the end how? It seems that it is better to be confused, everything is a confused view, no matter what is lost, no matter what is gained, the mind will be at peace." So he wrote down "It is hard to be confused". Therefore, it is called "the inexorable words of a supremely intelligent man, the indignant words of a man who faces the clamor of life and the coolness of the world." ("Guangling wizards - Zheng Banqiao biography")
Two: the voice of protest said. In the fall of 1754 A.D., Zheng Banqiao from Fan County, Shandong Province, Weixian County, the day of his appointment was a hundred years of drought. But Yao Yao Zong, the imperial envoy, did not care about it, but asked him for calligraphy and paintings instead. Zheng Banqiao to ghost paintings satirical, the Qinzhi Yao Yao Zong anger and tear paintings, Zheng Banqiao see the people's tragic image, the heart is not enough, very melancholy. His wife advised: since the emperor does not ask, the imperial police ignore, you pretend to be confused! Zheng Banqiao said angrily: pretend to be confused, I can not pretend. You know, it is difficult to be smart, it is difficult to be confused, it is even more difficult to become confused from smart, it is difficult to be confused. Inspired by this, to "save the people, at all costs" to inspire themselves, and open the official warehouse disaster relief. The words he said later became the self-notes of "It is hard to be confused": "It is hard to be smart, it is hard to be confused, and it is even harder to turn from smart to confused, so let go of one thing, take a step back, and have peace of mind at the present moment, rather than trying to get blessings later on." Taiwan's Xu Lanzhou said: "This sentence text, seems to be a metaphor for people do not take everything too seriously, get over it, the so-called 'not stupid, not deaf, not to be a homeowner' of another note. To add sentence reading, the smart people have vulgar wisdom, depends on people's innate genetic and acquired environmental education, in order to cultivate into a perfect character, is that people want to be smart is not easy." Su Dongpo's poem, "All people raise their children to expect cleverness, but I have been mistaken by cleverness for my whole life." Therefore, it is difficult to be smart. What is confusion? To be confused is not to be shrewd. There are two kinds of confusion: one is really confused, ignorant of the world, seems to be inherent, can't pretend, can't seek; one is pretending to be false confusion, obviously right and wrong, black and white, but pretending to be good and bad can't be distinguished, both by the 'smart into the confusion'. According to this kind of character and psychological structure of Zheng Banqiao, out of the mud without staining the elegant character, to ask him to go against his own ideas and moral behavior, is obviously a kind of pain and suffering. It is indeed difficult for an intelligent person to act based on conscience and morality, and for him to pretend to be confused and do nothing. That is why Xu Lanzhou thinks: "Zheng Banqiao's inscription of the book which laments that 'it is hard to be confused' has a very emotional journey in it, and it is also a voice of protest of the intellectuals who are in politics and are unable to show their grand ambitions in the corrupt regime of the authoritarian system. It has the connotation of failure to do what one should do, and the audacity to do what one cannot do. Thus, this 'psychological adjustment' is 'an attempt to balance out one's psychological contrasts for a brief moment of peace of square inches.'" ("Hard to get confused is Zheng Banqiao's voice of protest")
Three: the heart is at peace with what is said. Zheng Banqiao served as Weixian county magistrate, his cousin for a section of the wall foundation of the ancestral house, and the neighbors litigation, he was asked to letter to the Xinghua County Sangtuo, in order to win the lawsuit. Zheng Banqiao read the letter, immediately wrote a poem back: "thousands of miles to send a letter for a wall, let him a few feet and no harm? The Great Wall of China still exists today, but I don't see the Qin Shi Huang of that year." Later, he also wrote down the words "It is hard to be confused" and "It is a blessing to suffer losses". And in the "hard to get confused" under the note 'smart is difficult, confused is difficult, from smart and into the confusion is even more difficult to put a move, take a step back, when the heart is at ease, not to try to later blessings also.' In the "eat loss is blessed" under the note 'full of loss of opportunity, loss of surplus of gradual, loss in their own surplus in their own, each get half of the mood, and get peace of mind both flat, and peace of mind that is in the blessing is carry on'. The poem quoted here is actually for the same period of the university scholar Zhang Ying made, and here will be "rare confusion" is a metaphor for smart; rare to do a confusion, peace of mind, but also to achieve a balanced state of mind. Because "to suffer is bliss" is the most appropriate interpretation of "rare confusion".
Four: self-deprecating. Zheng Banqiao never confused, the reason why he sighs "hard to get confused", has its own bitter feelings. Zhu Tiezhi that "Zheng Banqiao is a very sober person. Only its sobriety, decency, uprightness, and on the slanders can not help, there will be 'hard to get confused' sigh, 'hard to get confused' difficult there? Difficult in his sobriety after all, the heart like a mirror, can not turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to the forces of evil; difficult in his branch of a leaf is always concerned about the feelings of the people's plight can not be indifferent. He could only pretend to be confused, but he could not ignore the reality, so he suffered inwardly and outwardly, and sighed, 'It is hard to be confused.'" ("Reading Reference")
Zheng Banqiao was famous for his saying, "It's hard to be confused". What he called "hard to get confused", but there are different interpretations, there is the meaning of the word; there are words to explain; there are also on its profound connotation of the discussion, all said differently. So what kind of explanation is more appropriate? It seems, "I do not know the world of the ancients, not to discuss the words of the ancients; know their world, do not know the life of the ancients, but also can not fallacy of its text." (Wen Shi Tongyi. Wende") The latter is difficult to know the former mentality and the complex cultural environment of the world, to have the correct interpretation, sometimes it is difficult to justify it. [edit paragraph] Psychological analysis Zheng Banqiao wrote "hard to get confused" under the banner, there is a line of his inscription: "Smart is difficult, difficult to get confused, from smart and turn into confusion is more difficult. Let go of one thing, take a step back, when the heart is at peace, not to try to later blessing also". This line of trekking, when Zheng Banqiao "hard to get confused" explanation, that is, an explanation of their philosophy of life.
From the days marked on the banner, the banner was written in the sixteenth year of the Qianlong period, when Zheng Banqiao is in Weixian County, Shandong Province, when the governor. Zheng Banqiao has always been upright, honest, clean and incorruptible Zheng Banqiao in the dark officialdom at that time is very difficult to eat, often by the evil forces of ridicule, difficult. On the one hand, he fights with laughter and anger, and on the other hand, he is uncertain and pessimistic, and produces the thought of getting out of the world. At this time, his emotions were oppression, bitterness, loneliness, self-deprecation, uncertainty, pessimism, and pain intertwined. It is in this mood, he wrote the "hard to get confused" banner, and soon resigned from the government to go into seclusion.
This makes the meaning of the paragraph clear: "It is difficult to be smart" --- to be aggressive, to "keep me awake when everyone is drunk," of course. The first thing I'd like to say is that it's hard to be smart. "Confused difficult" - to get by was not difficult, but a person who wants to diligently enforce the law and do things for the people in his heart is not willing to do so, so it is also difficult. "From the smart and turn into a muddle more difficult" --- resistance to the dark forces of the officialdom, but also do not want to go against their conscience "muddle", this kind of It is even more difficult to be "confused" after being "smart". The last sentence of the paragraph trek "to put a move, take a step back, when the heart is at ease, not to try to later blessing also" --- in front of all kinds of "difficult", only In front of all the "difficulties" in front of us, we can only be careful, know how to advance and retreat, do not take any risks, do not cause any trouble, and only seek peace in our hearts, and do not seek blessings in our future lives.
This kind of psychology and philosophy of Zheng Banqiao has a positive side, that is, it shows the position and backbone of different evil forces; there is also a negative side, that is, the pessimism of the pessimistic thought of the world. What is expressed in "Hard to be Confused" is more of the negative thought of getting away from the world.
Nowadays, many people love to buy Zheng Banqiao's "Rarely Confused" calligraphy, mainly because they appreciate Zheng Banqiao's philosophy of life. However, as far as I can see, many people have a negative attitude. Although there is a positive side in "Rarely get confused", but after all tends to be negative, and the spirit of our times out of step with the end is not enough.
Example: It is difficult to be confused in life.
Antonyms Confused for a lifetime
Usage As predicate, determiner; used for people
Story During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the painter Zheng Banqiao won a bachelor's degree and became the magistrate of Fanxian County in Shandong Province. The widow Zhu Yuejiao complained that she was bullied by Wei Shanren, who said she borrowed silver and wanted to renege on the debt. Zheng Banqiao immediately understand the reasons for this, and pretending to be confused to judge Wei Shanren win, forcing him to compensate her twenty silver, from Zheng Banqiao will have "hard to get confused official" reputation. [Edit Paragraph] Derivation "Life is good to be smart, it is hard to get confused for real." How many years has Zheng Banqiao said, "It's hard to be confused"? However, it is difficult to be smart, it is difficult to be confused, and it is even more difficult to turn from smart to confused. I would like to put one thing, take a step back, and be at peace with myself at the moment, rather than trying to get ahead of myself later.
It's true. It's hard to be intellectually "smart" in life, so there are a lot of people in the world who live in confusion and muddle through the world. The only way to make a living is to sell one's physical labor, and that's what you do. They have to sell their physical strength, and they have to use their "health" as a capital. Even the ten fingers are not generally even, let alone a human being. Therefore, this life out to be honest, down-to-earth life, for those who are highly paid people I still respect and stay away from the good, no matter they sing and dance, or prostitution, or "confused" point good ah! Lest they commit "red-eye", make fun of people, we eat less after, full of action, occasionally think of the pig in the pen, smile, very good.
But I do not deny the value of "smart", and will not be smart and confused against each other. There are a lot of people who try to make themselves smart, and there are even more people who think they are smart even though they are not, and there are very few people who admit that they are not smart in the true sense of the word, and who are honest about what they are doing. We can see that it is difficult to be a smart person, and it is also difficult to be a confused person.
However, if a person reaches the realm of cleverness, it is even more difficult for him to turn from cleverness to confusion. If a person has a thorough understanding of the facts of life, he or she will see many flaws and weaknesses in human nature. A person who is too clear-eyed will be too critical in his dealings with others and will find it difficult to tolerate others. And for the person who is not upright, he may thus take advantage of the weaknesses of human nature for his own personal gain, corrupting the social discipline and law.
Thus, it is even more difficult to move from the smartness of being too observant and demanding to the "confusion" of being lenient. "Let go of one thing, take a step back, and be at peace in the present moment, not to try to be blessed later." This is probably the real purpose of Mr. Banqiao's "rare confusion".
"Put up with it for a while, and take a step back." When it comes to matters of public interest, it is necessary to let go of one thing, and take a step back to take action. However, this era full of selfishness, how many people are not for their own afterward to seek other people or heaven's blessings, but in order to deal with the world's present peace of mind? And how many people do things without shame?
Today's officialdom is also popular with the phrase "hard to get confused". But "hard to get confused" has become "do not distinguish between right and wrong, irresponsible." Turning a blind eye to people and things, being complicit with the secular society, and doing things without principles. How many people can understand Mr. Banqiao's "confused", is a sober contempt, is a protest against the reality of corruption, is the breeze from the open mind.
It is hard to be confused!
"Hard to get confused", hard to get confused! In Chinese, the word "muddled" seems to be a needle, but there are many deep meanings, in addition to the whole stupid, not very smart, but also can be extended to bao hui, convergence, tolerance, this love all kinds of things, if the use of the wonderful fun from the heart, through which a lot of benefits to the high people, will be called as a great wisdom if the fool. Chancellor Liu Luoban's "hard to get confused", worthy of the great fool in the great wisdom.
Jin Yong novels such as the high man has a, is the Golden Hair Duke Xie Xun. The reason for this is that it is so entangled that it can be seen as he is confused because of his grief and anger, and he is crazy because of his confusion. On the island of ice and fire, his eyes were traumatized, but also confused, all the sex and the Zhang's couple with the revenge of the eyes of the righteousness. People gave birth to a doll, in order to prevent him from harming, honor him as a father, he is also confused to recognize, Xie Xie is really confused, or pretend to be confused, Jin Yong did not say.
The "rare confusion" here is the maturity and composure of people who have experienced the vicissitudes of the world. This kind of confusion with the real confusion of the unknown is diametrically opposed, it is the performance of life after the great realization of the quiet state of mind, is a very high spiritual realm, laughing and smiling, indifferent to fame and fortune and grudges, the pain, difficulty, pain, injury buried in the heart, in the depths of the night away from the crowd of people on the beach to the sky and laugh ......
Actually, in my opinion, "it is hard to be confused". "Rarely confused" is a kind of experience, only the weathered, life is rough people can get the true meaning; at the same time, "Rarely confused" is also a realm, there is a big goal in the heart of the people, naturally, on the branches of the miscellaneous debris do not care, only focusing on the general direction for the overall responsibility, can do the mainstay. Can do the mainstay. It is also a qualification and wisdom. Fame and fortune is indifferent, serenity and far-reaching characters, they are rich in connotation, deep, with a normal heart, calm heart to life, calm and serene. In the complicated and changing world, can see through things, see through the human nature, can know the human wind and clouds change, deal with matters of importance and urgency, lift the weight as if it were light, the four two to dial a thousand pounds.
"It is hard to get confused" needs to be extraordinary, open-minded, imposing, unrestrained, tolerant of all kinds of temperament. Such people are few and far between, and being a pig means you don't have to think about those complications.
Some people say that "confusion" is a blessing, and we might as well be a little confused once in a while. However, if there is a second life, I would like to be a simple-minded pig.