Mencius said, "no one is good at cultivating the mind with few desires. He is also a man with few desires. Although there are those who do not exist, they are few; and he is also a man with many desires, although there are those who do not exist, they are few." It means that there is no better way to cultivate your heart than to reduce your desire. If a person has few desires, even if there is a lost part in his heart, it is very few; And if there are many desires, even if there is a part of the heart that is preserved, it must be very few. "People are born with desire". Desire is the normal demand of people's heart, but the desire of endless seeking and insatiable greed is quite different. "People are not satisfied with suffering, and their greed is boundless.". The endless greed in the shape of a "black hole" must not be controlled or swallowed up by it. "A greedy man is the root of all evil; a greedy man is the root of all good." The ancients said that there were thousands of rooms in a home, but it was only a six foot bed; Even if there is ten thousand liang of gold, it is only three meals a day. Xiaohe, a hero of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, was granted a Shiyi town of more than 10000 households. With his power, he could build large-scale buildings and buy land, but he only bought a few thatched cottages in Zhongnan mountain. Someone asked him why he didn't buy a mansion in the capital? He replied, I live in a cottage. If my son, sunxianliang, can pass on my frugal family style; If the children and grandchildren are not virtuous, no matter how good the house is, it will also be robbed by powerful people. As the Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Kang also took a very indifferent view of material wealth. It is said that his residence is very narrow, and there is only enough for a horse to turn its head in front of the main hall. Some people think that his residence is not called the position of prime minister, and suggest that he build a big house. However, he said, "there is only one branch in the Chaolin forest. It's enough to talk about self-sufficiency. It's a good place to live." Xiao He and Li Hang refused to buy a mansion because they did not admire luxury, honesty and few desires. Those who have no desires are saints, those who have few desires are virtuous, those who have many desires are all, and those who have desires for favoritism are crazy. Yin Yun, a writer of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, recorded in the novel "Wu Shu people", that "there are guests who follow each other's wishes. They may wish to be the governor of Yangzhou, or they may wish to have more money, or they may wish to ride a crane to rise. One person's Day:" wrap a hundred thousand dollars around the waist, ride a crane to Yangzhou ", and they want to have both." I want to be an official, get rich and become an immortal. I am greedy. Ji Yun in the Qing Dynasty told such a story in his notes on Yuewei thatched cottage that a woodcutter encountered a tiger in the mountain and was desperate to hide in a cave. "The tiger also came with him.". The deeper the cave, the narrower it became, and the "tiger was no longer allowed". But as soon as the tiger thought to eat the woodcutter, "try to be strong.". Unexpectedly, the woodcutter snaked in and climbed out of the cave. Immediately, the tiger was killed by "counting stones and suffocating the tiger's retreat" and burning both ends with firewood. At the end of the article, it is written that "this matter is also enough to stop.". In fact, people are more greedy than tigers. In the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song and his son were "greedy for power and bribes". When they were raided, the register of stolen goods was 140 pages thick. In the Qing Dynasty, he Li "bribed the government to succeed". After being arrested, he found all kinds of treasures from his home, which was equivalent to the total revenue of the national treasury for several years. It's true that people who know how much they have lost will fall back, while those who don't know how much they have hidden will fall back. If you are obsessed with greed, indulge in excessive lust, and pursue things that do not belong to you, you are often prone to disaster and slide into the abyss. "The government officials who have accumulated jade and accumulated gold have worshiped it again. Disaster has suddenly turned into nothing. Five years of glory and honor are no different from Nanke's dream." A little poem, few words, but thought-provoking. "If a gentleman has few desires, he will not be subject to things. He can go straight." Lack of desire, focus on cultivating the mind. Set up a moral code from the bottom of your heart. Even if the outside world is rampant, your heart is calm. He always cultivates the virtue of government, always thinks about the harm of greed, always has the heart of self-discipline, and often abandons non partisan thoughts, so as to cultivate noble righteousness. Few desires need to be restrained. "It's rare to lose something by appointment". A person who is good at restraining himself seldom makes mistakes. Act in accordance with the code of ethics, "morality is superior, desire is inferior", uphold justice, eliminate distractions, remove selfishness, do something, stop something, and discipline, keep your mind still in the face of temptation, and know how to stop in the face of desire. (outlook new era)