External Things (8)

1 The men of perfect practice must be the most popular group in their environment. Under any condition they get well along with people around them as if fish stays with water.

2 On the contrary, if a man often conflicts with other and gets bad along with others, he must have problem in any environment.

3 In our society we often see some maniac who either is crazy for collecting or enjoying material life or holds firmly some ideas to go desperately his way to do something.

4 In a company, you now are my boss. I work for you from nine am to five pm and go all out to accomplish your plan because you are my boss.

5 However, someday you retire or I leave the company. Then, I will not go all out to work for you anymore. The reason is simple: time and environment change so the affiliation relation is gone and it is unnecessary to obey your order. That’s all.

6 The saying goes like: perfect man can wander freely. It means that the wise man’s change is subject to the time and environment. He never holds firmly the past code of conduct— wonder everywhere by one feat.

7 The common fault of learner is to admire the ancient and to despise the recent. However, if the ancient people, such as Xiwei Shi, live in nowadays society, wouldn’t they have to hold the life style and idea that are as same as ours?

8 Most people follow the bad current, because they take on the color of their company. Only the men of prefect practice are out of exception. They don’t follow the bad current while they live with worldly people.

9 Though they live with worldly people, they still conserve personal central belief.

10 The right attitude for our living is that though I perhaps disagree on other’s idea, I can stay together harmoniously with them.