Guan Ning Cuts the Mat, Why Did Guan Ning Cut the Mat 5

The story of "Guan Ning cutting the seat" recorded in "Shishuo Xinyu" is a very clear explanation of "the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other". Guan Ning and Hua Xin have been good friends since childhood, and they are classmates studying together. Once, while hoeing vegetables in the garden, the two found a piece of gold on the ground.

Guan Ning turned a blind eye and continued to swing his hoe, treating his own wealth as no different from rubble. Hua Xin picked up the gold and inspected it, and after thinking about it carefully, he discarded it. Hua Xin's move was regarded by Guan Ning as a move for profit, not a gentleman's doing.

Another time, the two of them were reading at the same table, and there were ** gorgeous sedan cars and horses passing by, and it was very lively to hug each other, Guan Ning was still reading with peace of mind as usual, but Hua Xin couldn't help but throw the books aside and ran out to see the excitement. This move was regarded by Guan Ning as admiring the official gentry, not a gentleman. So, Guan Ning resolutely cut the mat on which the two were sitting together, sat separately from them, broke off their friendship, and said:

You're not my friend. ”

The matter is very small, and it is indeed a subtle detail that people tend to ignore, but it is precisely because of its small size that it shows that the scholars at that time evaluated others and restrained themselves and the strictness of making friends.

When there is a huge difference between the things that friends are pursuing, they may part ways on the road in the future. Therefore, friends may not be able to pass all the way. Some friends can study together and start a business together, but as life experiences change, there will be disagreements on a key issue, which will break down the friendship.

Guan Ning saw from Hua Xin's subtle behavior that the two of them had different ambitions, and they didn't conspire with each other, so Guan Ning cut off the table to show that they had broken off their friendship.

Because Guan Ning doesn't need friends who are greedy for profit.

Guan Ning used this to express his determination to break off relations with Hua Xin.

Don't be too arbitrary, be more observant, don't jump to conclusions, you can do better.

Don't be fooled by money and fame and lose yourself, otherwise it will be difficult to make good friends.

Original

Guan Ning. and Hua Xin are hoeing grass in the garden. Seeing a piece of gold on the ground, Guan Ning was still waving his hoe.

There was no difference as if he saw a tile stone, Hua Xin happily picked up the gold flake in the cavity, but after seeing Guan Ning's expression, he threw it again. Once, the two sat on the same mat to read, and a person in a dress happened to pass by in front of the door in a covered car, Guan Ning was still reading as before, but Hua Xin put down the book and went out**.

Guan Ning cut off the mat and sat separately from Hua Xin, and said, "You don't sing the loss of potatoes is my friend." This article shows the high morality of the two through the different performances of Guan Ning and Hua Xin when they saw the gold and the Xuanye were crowned through the door. It originally belonged to the eleventh article of "Virtue".

Don't be too greedy for money, be deceived by money and fame, and lose yourself.

The other protagonist of Guan Ning's cutting table is called Hua Xin. They used to be a pair of good friends, and later Hua Xin gradually revealed his greed for money, impetuous and inattentive virtue, and Guan Ning is a person with noble virtue, self-cultivation and self-control, making friends with virtue, facing the glitz of the outside world, unmoved, therefore"Different ways should not be intersected", resolutely cut off the seat.