"Zihou's growth came to my expectations. On that day, I thought you were a piece of uncensored jade, which was a talent, but now it seems that uncensored jade is not enough to describe you. (?net" Mr. Sun touched his beard, looked at Zhu Ping'an and nodded with satisfaction, and then continued, "Zihou wrote a word for this, and made my thoughts clear. I don't have any gifts for you, so I will give you the last class."

The last lesson?

Zhu Ping'an was very surprised when he heard this. Why did Master Sun say it was the last class? Could it be that he did something wrong? The Master wanted to hand it over to him and expel him from the wall? But his words "One Thousand Dragons" around the Fengchi made Master Sun feel that he was too unrealistic.

"The last lesson? One day, all living beings are fathers, and students should come and listen to the teacher's teachings." Zhu Ping'an hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

Seeing Zhu Ping'an's anxious look, Master Sun couldn't help but stroke his beard and shook his head and smiled, "Zihou, your growth has come my expectations. I have nothing to teach you anymore; and, as the saying goes, the master leads the door to practice, and you have to walk on your own in the future."

"My mentor is knowledgeable and talented, and no matter whether it is a person or a scholar, he is far superior to his students." Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but explain in a hurry when he heard this.

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Master Sun's gentle shaking his hand, and then looked at Zhu Ping'an and continued:

"Zihou, you are talented, diligent and studious, and have lofty ambitions. You are like a sharp sword. Your future achievements will inevitably be limitless. However, your career is dangerous and your career is bumpy. Zihou, you need to remember what I said today."

Master Sun paused, picked up the teacup and put it down. He looked at Zhu Ping'an who listened carefully and continued, "Being like a sword, using his light lightly, you will get hurt when you move, which is a weapon; hiding deep and clumsy, and depending on the opportunity, it is a weapon."

What Master Sun said is that being a human is like a sword. You cannot easily use its sharpness. If you use it casually, it will cause damage. In this way, the sword will become a weapon. You must learn to hide your weaknesses and decide whether to use it based on the matter. In this way, the sword will become a weapon.

After listening to Master Sun's words, Zhu Ping'an understood Master Sun's good intentions. Master Sun wanted to tell himself that when doing things in people, especially in a dangerous career, he should learn to restrain his sharpness and be low-key. He should not rely on his talent to ignore the east, west, south and north, and show off his talents casually and be arrogant. This will easily arouse resentment and jealousy from others, and then cause disaster for himself. A talent will become a weapon.

The so-called: A gentleman hides his weapon in his body and waits for the time to move. Only by learning to hide his weaknesses and keeping his low profile can he make a decision in a major event and show his sharpness and talent at critical moments, just as Sun Tzu said: be as quiet as a virgin, move as if he is moving as a rabbit. If he doesn't take action, he will hit the mark with one move. In normal times, he should be good at hiding his weaknesses and raising his energy. When the time comes, he should take action decisively and cut the mess with a quick knife.

Usually, you should restrain your sharpness and hide your weaknesses when you understand. At critical moments, you can decide the world by taking action.

"Thank you for your teacher's teachings, students remember it." Zhu Ping'an stood solemnly, bowed to Master Sun and thanked him in a deep voice.

Um.

Master Sun nodded, and then said, "Be a person first and then an official. You must first learn to be a person. Of course, I am relieved to be a person if you are a good person. However, there are too many temptations and many setbacks outside. Remember to be safe. No matter what situation you are in, you must insist on doing good. 'When doing good, you will make a prediction, and if you do evil, you will go', especially when entering the official career, it is even more so. Good and evil thoughts, but your thoughts are related to the fate of thousands of people. You must observe and hold on to them."

"Abide by the teacher's orders, and students should remember what their teachers say. No matter what situation they are in, students should insist on doing good." Zhu Ping'an nodded vigorously. Master Sun was afraid that he would lose his true self in his career. Just like Liu Bei taught A Dou back then, education should take doing good as the standard for his actions.

"I feel relieved if Zihou has this heart." Mr. Sun nodded slightly, and then continued, "If you do good, you will be happy, and you will not ask others to know you, and you will have a clear conscience; if you do evil, you will be afraid that others will know you will be in a panic all day long. If you do good and stop evil, your heart will be invincible."

It is the most joyful thing to do good. This is a sentence in "Zhuangzi? External Chapter? Supreme Joy", and Master Sun extended it to explain. Doing good deeds is the happiest thing because you don't ask others to know and have a clear conscience; doing bad deeds is the most painful because you are afraid that others will know and are in a panic all day long, but the net of heaven is vast and unobstructed, and you will never escape the day of things going on in the end.

What Master Sun said makes sense. If you do good things and don’t do bad things, you will not leave any handle for your political enemies. If you have a clear conscience in your heart, you will naturally be invincible.

"Thank you for your teachings." Zhu Ping'an bowed again and thanked Master Sun.

Master Sun stroked his beard and shook his hand gently, then went to the pen, ink, paper and ink, dipped it in ink, wrote a couplet on rice paper, and gave it to Zhu Ping'an after the ink dries a little.

The first couplet is: If you want to have a higher family, you must do good.

The second couplet is: A must-read for children and grandchildren.

The couplet is concise and worth recalling. This is also the family motto given to Zhu Ping'an by Master Sun, and it is also Master Sun's expectation for Zhu Ping'an. Throughout history, there are also top scholars from poor families, but they rarely lead a family. It is easy for a person to succeed, but it is difficult for a family to succeed. As the saying goes, wealth is no more than three. This is an example.

Objectively speaking, wealthy and nobles or gentry have much more glory than the poor families and farmers.

In fact, in addition to the relationship between social systems, family culture is also a big factor. Culture is the life tree of a family, the soft power of a family, and the soul of a family.

Compared with the gentry, the treacherous families lack the foundation, and ultimately speaking, culture.

Zhu Ping'an passed the top scorer after all, but after all, he was from a poor family and his family was not well-off. Master Sun gave this couplet to Zhu Ping'an for this purpose.

If you want to be a high family, you must do good. The family level is in people's hearts. You have no kindness and domineeringness. Even if you become successful, you cannot be called a family or aristocratic. To become bigger and improve your family, you must pay attention to doing good. Throughout history, when famine and other natural disasters have occurred, those families that can open up their own warehouses to help the people are big families in people's hearts. After the famine is over, people will be grateful, whether it is a business or a favor, the family will gradually become bigger and stronger. Over time, if they are not a wealthy family, they will become rich.

"This connection between teachers is easy to understand, but it is profound and profound. Students have a lot of experience. I thank the teacher for giving it. Students should use it as the family motto of the Zhu family and pass it on, and never forget the teacher's teachings."

Zhu Ping'an took the couplet and put it away with great care.
Chapter completed!