The historical story of American civilization and etiquette, and the story of foreign civilization a

Ford's story.

There is a "Ford Company" in the United States, and Ford is a person who, after graduating from college, went to apply for a job at an automobile company. The three or four people who applied with him were all more educated than him, and after the interviews with the first few people, he felt that he had little hope. But once it comes, it is safe.

He knocked on the door and walked into the chairman's office, and as soon as he entered the office, he found a piece of paper on the ground at the door, bent down to pick it up, and found that it was a piece of stained paper, so he threw it into the wastebasket. Then he went to the chairman's desk and said, "I'm here to apply for Ford."

The chief said, "Good, good! Mr. Ford, you've been hired by us.

Ford said in surprise: "Chairman, I think the first few are better than me, how did you hire me?" The chairman said:

Mr. Ford, the first three are indeed more educated than you and have good looks, but their eyes can only "see" the big things, not the small things. Your eyes can see small things, and I think that people who can see small things will naturally see big things in the future, and a person who can only "see" big things will ignore many small things. He won't succeed.

That's why I hired you. Ford changed the company to "Ford," which correspondingly changed the state of the entire U.S. national economy and made the U.S. automobile industry the world's leading position, and this is Ford, the founder of today's "American Ford Company." Everyone said, is this piece of waste paper important?

It is a very important lesson that those who see small things can see big things, but those who can only "see" big things may not be able to see small things.

The story of civilized etiquette - sending goose feathers thousands of miles.

The story of "Sending Goose Feathers for a Thousand Miles" takes place in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the leader of an ethnic minority in Yunnan sent a special envoy to contribute swans to Taizong in order to show his support for the Tang Dynasty.

While passing by the Weiyang River, the kind-hearted Myanmar Bogao released the swan from its cage and wanted to give it a bath. Unexpectedly, the swan spread its wings and flew high into the sky. He hurriedly reached out to catch it, but only pulled a few goose feathers.

He was so anxious that he beat his chest and cried. The attendants persuaded him: "I have flown away, and it is useless to cry, so let's think of a remedy."

When he thought about it, he could only do so.

When he arrived in Chang'an, he met with Tang Taizong and presented gifts. When Tang Taizong saw that it was a delicate satin bag, he opened it and saw a few goose feathers and a small poem. The poem says:

The swan tribute to the Tang Dynasty, the mountain is high and the road is far away. The Weiyang River lost its treasure and fell to the ground crying. The restoration of the Holy Son of Heaven can spare Burma.

The gift is light and affectionate, and goose feathers are sent thousands of miles. Tang Taizong was inexplicable, and Mian Bogao immediately told the truth of the matter. Tang Taizong said repeatedly:

Valuable! Valuable! Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, the gift is light and affectionate!

This story exemplifies the valuable virtue of honesty in the giver of gifts. Today, people use the metaphor of "sending goose feathers for a thousand miles" to give a thin gift, but the affection is unusually strong. The allusion of Chengmen Lixue.

Cheng Men Lixue" is a story about the Song Dynasty scholars Yang Shi and You Xing who sought advice from Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi.

Ercheng is a native of Yichuan in Luoyang, and he is also a famous Confucian scholar in the Song Dynasty. The second Cheng doctrine was later inherited and developed by Zhu Xi, and was known as the "Cheng Zhu School". Yang Shi and You Xing, seeking to learn from Ercheng, are very respectful.

Yang You and the others, originally took Cheng Hao as their teacher, after Cheng Hao's death, they were both forty years old, and they had been admitted to the Jinshi, but they still had to go to Cheng Yi to continue their studies. The story happened on the day they first came to Songyang Academy and came to meet Cheng Yi.

According to legend, one day Yang Shi and You Xing came to Songyang Academy to meet Cheng Yi, and met this old gentleman who closed his eyes and recuperated and sat and pretended to sleep. Cheng Yi knew that two guests were coming, but he wanted to say nothing and ignored them. Yang and You were afraid of disturbing Mr. Rest, so they had to stand respectfully and solemnly, waiting for him to open his eyes without saying a word.

After waiting like this for a long time, Cheng Yi woke up like Luo, saw Yang and You, pretended to be surprised, and said, "Ah! Yes!

The sages have been calling here for a long time! "That means you two are still here. It was a very cold day in winter, and at some point, it started to snow.

There was snow outside the door, more than a foot deep.

This story is called "Chengmen Lixue". It was widely circulated among scholars in the Song Dynasty, and later described as respecting teachers and sincerely seeking advice, people often quoted this allusion and this idiom I think you just want an idiom? 1 Kong Rong let the pear 2 Huangxiang hotbed 3 City Gate Lixue 4 Sima Guang smashed the cylinder 5 Honesty and etiquette - Yan Zhao Wang Qiu Xian these 5 thank you

Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to the heart "Historical Records of Lu Zhou Gong's Family": "Zhou Gong precepted the bird and said: 'I am the son of King Wen, the brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng, and I am not cheap in the sky.

However, I bathe and catch hair, eat and spit and feed, and wait for the soldiers, for fear of losing the sages of the world. Zizhilu is cautious and proud of the country. Later, it was used as a classic for the incumbent Lixian corporal.

Chengmen Lixue used to refer to students being respectful and taught. Now it is a metaphor for respecting the teacher. It is a metaphor for the eagerness to learn and respect for the learned elderly.

The idiom comes from "History of the Song Dynasty: The Biography of Yang Shi": "As a result, Yang Shi saw Cheng Yi in Luo, and he was forty years old." One day, when I see Yi, I sit with my eyes and sit down, and I can't go to stand with You Xing (pronounced zuò).

When you feel the snow, the snow outside the door is a foot deep. ”

Kong Rong let pear Kong Rong, the word Wenju, the Eastern Han Dynasty Qufu people also. The twentieth grandson of Confucius, the second son of Kong Zhou, the commander of Taishan. When Rong was seven years old, on a certain day in a certain month, on the occasion of his grandfather's 60th birthday, there were many guests.

A plate of crisp pears is placed on the Shoutai, and the mother order is melted. Rong Sui is divided according to the order of the eldest and youngest, and each gets his own place, but he gets very little. Father Qizhi asked:

Others have pears and giants, but they are only small, why? Rong calmly said: The tree has a height and a low level, people have the old and the young, respect the old and respect the elders, and the way of being a man!

Father rejoices.