Learning some yin-yang dialectical thinking can help people maintain inner peace. There is light and darkness, right and wrong, progress and backwardness, peaks and valleys, prosperity and adversity, happiness and pain, strength and weakness, gain and loss, work and rest, speed and slowness, closeness and distance, beauty and ugliness, love and hatred, glory and shame. Everything in the world follows this principle; differences lie only in degree.
Where there is will, there is a way; burning one’s boats, the forces of Qin were eventually defeated by Chu; heaven never fails a determined heart, and through hardship and perseverance, three thousand Yue soldiers could conquer Wu.
If you foresee opportunities three days ahead, you can enjoy ten years of prosperity.
Without sweat and effort, there will be no tears of success.
Remember, overnight success usually requires long-term training and accumulation.
Human emotions are complex and subtle. Although Confucianism classifies them through ethical norms, feelings such as children’s respect for parents, parents’ love for children, sibling affection, romantic love, and mutual support between spouses all stem from nature and human instinct; otherwise, the concept of “true feelings” would not exist.
Helping others is not as simple as it sounds; it is often a test and a choice. Some people are willing to help when they are well-off but prioritize personal interests when in difficulty, while others, even if not wealthy, still give generously to those in real need.
Note that if you enjoy mocking others, the one who will ultimately be mocked may be yourself.