Simple and straightforward "Nineteen years, if the blade is new", this is a sentence in "Zhuangzi Health Master", which tells the story of a master of cattle.

My master is a master in the Tao. A knife has been used for 19 years, just like a new one, which illustrates the truth of being a man from another side. When everyone first enters the society, they are full of hope and ambition. However, some people have suffered many setbacks. After experiencing hardships and hardships, a simple heart has changed: straightforward people become hesitant, their hearts are distorted, their ambitions are lost, and their principles of being a man are lost. Finally, they became timid.

In real life, if you have independent cultivation, are not affected by the external environment, and always keep an open, honest and simple heart, then you can also reach the highest level of being a man.

Shen Congwen, a famous writer, is a learned scholar with no education. He came to Beijing with a dream, worked as an auditor at Peking University, read a lot of books, made many masters, and kept growing.

Later, he broke into Shanghai with a rustic flavor. It was not long before he shocked the literary world with his elegant prose.

1928, 26-year-old Shen Congwen was hired as a lecturer by Hu Shi, then president of China College.

Prior to this, Shen Congwen described the true feelings in a flowing style, which won a large number of readers and enjoyed a high reputation in the literary world, but it was the first time to give lectures to college students. In order to have a good first class, he carefully prepared and carefully prepared his speech. Nevertheless, on his first day on the podium, he saw that the audience was full of students, and his heart was still weak.

In front of all the students sitting in the audience, Shen Congwen stayed for 10 minutes and couldn't say a word. Later, he began to give lectures. Because of nervousness, he just looked down at the lecture notes and forgot all the contents of the middle design. Results The original lesson was finished in 10 minutes. How to spend the next few minutes? He was flustered and cold sweat ran down his back. He has never experienced such an embarrassing scene before.

Instead of supporting "face" with nonsense, Shen Congwen honestly picked up chalk and wrote on the blackboard: "Today is my first class, and there are many people. I am afraid! " This honest and lovely confession of "fear" caused a burst of well-meaning laughter in the whole hall ... Hu Shi knew Shen Congwen's knowledge, potential and personality. After hearing about the lecture, he not only didn't criticize, but said humorously, "Shen Congwen's first class was successful!" " Later, a student who had listened to this course at that time wrote in an article that Mr. Shen's frankness and sincerity were admirable, which was the most meaningful lesson he had ever heard.

Since then, Shen Congwen has taught in Teachers College of National Southwest Associated University and Peking University successively. It is precisely because he is not a "well-trained person" that he did not stick to the rules, but replaced it with a unique literary education and finally succeeded. And his first lesson of "success" has also been circulated among students, which has become a true portrayal of his frank life.

As the saying goes, honesty is the most touching. The phrase "I'm scared" tells the simple heart of a generation of literary masters. Those who are not perfunctory, pretentious or evasive in the face of failure and can honestly and lovingly reveal their hearts will certainly be forgiven by others.

Simplicity is the true color of this world, without any utilitarian color, just like the blooming of flowers, the swaying of branches and the singing of crickets. They listen to their inner call, which is their in our nature, for no particular reason. In fact, society and environment are not enough to really determine a person's life. Everyone should have independent cultivation and not be affected by the external environment. Even if you encounter setbacks, you should always keep an aboveboard, pure and simple heart. This is the highest accomplishment of being a man.

The writer's life is simple and meaningful. His life is a simple life, without too much unnecessary interference, without too much oppression of desire, and only a simple and pure life.

Of course, there will inevitably be many desires and pursuits in people's life, the pursuit of truth, the pursuit of ideal life, the pursuit of unforgettable love, the pursuit of money, the pursuit of fame and status ... There will be gains if we pursue, and we will have a lot unconsciously, some of which are necessary and some are completely unnecessary. Those unnecessary things will not only satisfy our vanity, but also make our hearts restless. It's like traveling with a backpack. The more things you pack, the heavier your steps will be. Therefore, instead of letting yourself move forward in fatigue and pain, it is better to let go of all kinds of burdens and be the simplest self. Everything comes from the heart, so that life will become more relaxed and wonderful, at least for yourself.

Living in troubled times, intrigue makes us more hypocritical, intrigue makes us more cunning, and indifference makes us more indifferent. The reason why you are old is that you are influenced by all the external environment and your own emotional changes. Keeping a simple heart can make your life healthy forever, make your life young forever, and let yourself return to nature and the true colors of simple life.