When you have a clear wind, don't get wealth
2022-04-25
The attitude towards money can give insight into a person's character, cultivation and wisdom. "The book of rites · Quli Shang" says: "don't be scrupulous about money and property", which is intended to warn people not to obtain money and property by improper means. Later generations often use "scrupulous about money" to describe the noble character of a gentleman's honesty and self love. An honest man never pursues what he should not get, and will not lose his reputation because of his greed for money. "Those who are honest have a sense of distinction, and they don't get it when they are in the face of money". In the genealogy of Tang family in Wenchang · family instructions, Tang Xianzu called it cheap because he did not obtain property by improper means. Corruption and incorruption, honor and disgrace. Don't get money and don't take profits. If a person has integrity, he can withstand all kinds of temptations and remain invincible. "Don't waste money" requires moral cultivation. "Morality is the body, so don't confuse with things". Virtue is not only the basis of settling down and living, but also the first of self-cultivation. Only by improving moral cultivation and spiritual realm can we standardize our words and deeds from the inner world and consciously resist the erosion of various negative and corrupt ideas. Since ancient times, honest officials who are responsible for the state and have feelings for the people have attached great importance to their integrity and moral cultivation, and have strict requirements for themselves with the high standard of "taking one money is the same as thousands of gold". According to the records of Zizhi Tongjian · Han Ji, guzang is a very rich place. Every county official will become rich in a few months. While Kong Fen has served here for four years, he "can't moisten himself in the ointment" and "his property has not increased". On the day of leaving office, the local people gathered together cattle and horses as gifts, which were rejected by him. The ancients said: "one virtue is established and all good things follow it", moisten the body with money and benefit the eyes; Moistening the body with virtue will benefit the whole life. Kong Fen's behavior shows the way of politics and conveys his political achievements and voice. "Don't waste money" needs to cultivate the state of mind. "The master of the body is the heart". "Nourishing the heart" and "clearing the heart" have always been the continuous tradition of Chinese scholars. There is such a philosophical story: from time to time, the wind blows and the flags move. One monk says the wind moves, and another monk says the flags move. He talks endlessly. Huineng said: not the wind, not the flags, but the heart. This shows that our hearts often determine our own direction. Sages will always cultivate their mind and consciously resist all kinds of temptations. Wang Anshi wrote in the biography of Hong fan that "cultivating one's mind and governing one's body can then govern the world". It can be seen that cultivating one's mind and governing one's body is the premise of governing the world. "You can't win an inch of heart, but you can win the sky". Politicians can eliminate the idea of corruption from the source of thought and the depths of the soul and form the action consciousness of resisting corruption and preventing degeneration and "fighting with the heart" only by first cultivating their heart and forging their character, internalizing and externalizing the self-cultivation of integrity into the heart and behavior. "Don't waste money" needs to improve the style. To cultivate the style of work, we should establish the correct pursuit of value, cultivate noble and healthy interest in life, consciously stay away from low-grade taste, improve the ability of anti-corrosion and refusing to change, adhere to the "gold is difficult to change the heart of corrupt Confucianism", and strive to be self-restraint and self-discipline. Otherwise, officials will be severely punished by discipline and law if they think about their own desires and take clever money. In his family motto, Zhu Xi admonished his children and ordered future generations with "don't be careless about wealth and don't fight for profit"; Yan Fu, a former president of Peking University, also repeatedly mentioned in his book with his niece, "don't start from the current desire and cause the disease of the future". He warned his niece to keep a clean style in front of her financial desire and not lead to future disasters because of her current greed. The clean and honest style requires leading cadres to consciously resist the temptation of money and material desires, not seek false fame, be down-to-earth and strive for practical results. "Commission profits to produce evils" to obtain wealth through improper means is like stepping on thin ice and falling into an ice hole sooner or later. You must not take chances. In the new era, facing the complex social environment, Party members and leading cadres should always remain determined and firm as a rock in the face of all kinds of temptations and tests, keep in mind the original intention of serving the people, cultivate the ordinary mind of indifferent to fame and wealth, quiet and far-reaching, cultivate the enterprising spirit of self-improvement, always maintain the enthusiasm and tenacity of work, and achieve "not everything I own, but nothing". (Shi Shunjiang) (outlook new era)
Edit：Luo yu Responsible editor：Jia jia
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