It has brought hope to those who have been bullied and persecuted for hundreds of years, and no setbacks can be lost.
The Count of Monte Cristo is a story of French Bourbon's revenge. In the preface, translator Li Yumin briefly sums up the idea of this book as? I love those who love me, and I hate those who hate me? It couldn't be more accurate.
In Dumas' works, revenge and gratitude are not only hearty, but also a game between human nature and choice.
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Greed is evil.
Tao Te Ching says: Sin is greater than desire, disaster is greater than dissatisfaction, and blame is greater than desire. ?
Indeed, if a person is too greedy, it will lead to tragedy sooner or later.
Like Caderousse in the book, he died because of his endless greed.
Caderousse is a neighbor of Tang Dynasty. He has a good conscience. After Tang Dynasty went to prison, he took good care of his father.
When Tang Dynasty came back for revenge as the Count of Monte Cristo, he gave him a diamond the size of a hazelnut and worth 50,000 francs, which was enough to make poor Caderousse's family live a happy life.
The greedy Caderousse didn't think so. He first sold diamonds to jewelers and then killed them in an attempt to double his wealth.
Endless greed leads to destruction.
He was killed on the way to escape, leaving him with both money and money.
The human heart is insufficient, and the snake devours the elephant. The more greedy you are, the more you often lose. People who want everything often get nothing.
I heard such a story when I was a child.
A hungry little monkey went down the mountain in search of food.
It walked a long way and finally saw a peach tree forest. When it was ready to pick peaches to eat, it found a golden cornfield next to it.
So he ran to the cornfield excitedly and was preparing to break the corn to satisfy his hunger. As a result, it saw a big watermelon planted in front.
The little monkey wanted to taste everything, so he found a bag, regardless of hunger, rummaged around and put peaches, corn and watermelons into the bag.
However, it forgot that it was still hungry, and even if it found food, it starved to death on the way to pick up fruit.
In life, many people, like this sad monkey, have fallen into the swamp of desire.
In this world, what I am most afraid of is that my needs can't be filled, and I still want to have them, and I still want to have them.
Such people will only get more and more tired and get nothing.
As the old saying goes, people who are not satisfied often encounter disasters and troubles.
The more greedy, the more regretful; The more embarrassed, the more tired.
A true wise man knows how to control his desires, stop being greedy and be content.
Life is limited and desires are infinite.
It took me half my life to understand that greed is evil and excessive desire is bitter. Only when you know how to be content can you have the happiness you deserve.
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Only by crossing the river
Mr. Lu Xun wrote in "Just the Right Collection":? The joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected. I just think they are noisy. ?
I deeply believe that many times, your sufferings are as light as a feather in the eyes of others, and your complaints just annoy others.
Donders became a priest and returned to his hometown to visit his father, Donders Sr. Caderousse, a neighbor, told him something about old Donders before he died.
Seeing the arrest of Tang Daize, the old Tang Daize was heartbroken and shut himself in his room without eating or drinking.
He refused Mercedes-Benz's request to take him home to take care of him, crying and saying:
? I can't leave here. My poor child loves me very much and will come to see me as soon as he gets out of prison. What would he do if I wasn't here? ?
At first, Caderousse tried to comfort him many times, but old Donders always refused to listen, crying about his son's pain and his own pain in front of everyone.
Old Dondes complained more and more, and gradually people got tired of his chatter and stopped visiting him, and Caderousse, a neighbor, didn't want to go upstairs to see him again.
Finally, the old Dondes starved to death.
In Caderousse's words, a person who makes people feel sad when they see him, even if you are in a good mood, will not always visit him. ?
Yes, no one wants to be with a sad person, and not many people can really understand the pain of others.
Complaining blindly, not only can't get understanding and care, but let yourself fall into deeper negative energy.
I read such a story in a book.
A little fox was accidentally scratched by a branch. In order to win attention, she opened her wound for everyone to see.
People don't think so, but they think she is melodramatic: what's the big deal about this minor injury? ?
In the end, the fox not only didn't get much sincere concern, but died of wound infection.
I heard a particularly worrying sentence:
? Don't complain to anyone, because 80% people don't care, and the remaining 20% people are happy to hear it. ?
Everything is bitter, only to cross the river.
It is better to bear it silently than to blame others, embellish it and make irresponsible remarks.
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Forgive and let go.
? Now I forgive you, because I also need to be forgiven. ?
This is the last sentence that Tang Dyce, who has been revenging for many years, said to Donagrar who framed him.
In the face of the man who was framed, betrayed and put in prison, Tang Dyce did not put him to death, but chose to let him live after teaching him a lesson and making him repent.
It seems that Dondeiss forgave Tanglar, but in fact he forgave himself.
In the whole process of revenge, Tang Dynasty also dragged himself into the abyss of pain, forcing himself into a poor lane and suffering.
The prosecutor who framed him was crazy, and his opponent Fernand shot himself.
Revenge has been rewarded, but he has no happiness, but his heart is getting more and more painful.
So he chose to forgive his last enemy and let go of his hatred, which not only lightened his inner burden, but also gained his love.
Holding on to other people's mistakes will only make you hurt more.
Think about what Niu Aiguo and Pang Lina did in the movie "One sentence is worth ten thousand sentences".
At first, the cow who knew his wife was cheating was angry and annoyed.
In order to get back at his wife, he refused to divorce or let her go home to visit the children.
In this way, he tortured his wife and forced her to flee everywhere;
At the same time, he tortured himself because he didn't feel the slightest happiness.
At the same time, the child was sandwiched between two people and was in great pain.
Later, when the child got sick and saw that his wife was homeless, he had to leave his hometown with Jiang Jiu. Niu Aiguo relented and agreed to divorce, so as to fulfill this former lover and let each other go completely.
After all, blindly staying will only make you more miserable.
What seems to be revenge on others is actually punishing yourself.
The writer Oscar Wilde once said: I must forgive you for myself. Because a person can't hide a poisonous snake in his chest forever; You can't get up every night and plant thorns in the garden of your soul. ?
Letting go of others' mistakes is not to admit defeat, but to choose to untie yourself.
Life is a sea, and we will inevitably encounter injustice. May you know how to love others with addition and blame others with subtraction; Use multiplication to be grateful, use division to forgive others, and spend this life safely and happily.
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Waiting and hope
In the book The Count of Monte Cristo, we see many ugly and dark human nature, and we also see that kindness and wisdom will never die out under the siege of cruel society.
It tells us never to overestimate human nature and never to underestimate ourselves.
Dumas borrowed Don Daisy's mouth to express his profound understanding of life;
? All human wisdom is contained in these two words: wait and hope. ?
There is still hope and patience in difficult situations, no matter how difficult the situation will be.
On the day when Tang Dyce was engaged to his lover, he was unjustly imprisoned for 14 years because of being framed by villains such as Fernand and Tanger, and was deprived of beautiful love and bright future.
When he was almost desperate, he met the noble priest Faria in his life.
After the analysis of the old priest, the Tang Dynasty realized that what happened to him was just a long-planned conspiracy.
Love and hate are intertwined in his heart, and he is preparing to escape from prison while learning from the old priest.
He finally managed to escape from prison, found a batch of treasures on the island of Monte Cristo, became the Count of Monte Cristo, and began to take revenge.
In fact, the success of Tang Dyce not only benefited from the help of the old priest, but also benefited from his eternal hope and persistence in the past ten years.
In life, we are always in the darkest moment of our lives and can't see the future.
Despair will only make us depressed. As long as there is hope, wait quietly and accumulate strength silently, there is always a chance to turn over.
Not long ago, Meng Wanzhou returned to China safely, and I can't help admiring her cool head in the face of adversity.
During the detention of 1028 days, she was devastated every day, wearing an electronic anklet, being watched when she went out for a walk, and even receiving death threats many times.
Such humiliation and pain are enough to destroy a person's dignity and inner defense.
However, Meng Wanzhou was not troubled by this dilemma at all. Every time she appears, she dresses up beautifully, smiles and takes her time.
All this stems from her inner strength.
Being framed, she did not plead guilty, but chose to wait patiently; At the bottom of the valley, she never gave up on herself, only saw hope.
Feng Zikai once said: As long as human affairs are still alive, even if they are temporarily suppressed by natural and man-made disasters, they will eventually rise. ?
Where there is hope, there is endless motivation; With patience, you have the ability to play with your destiny.
The so-called waiting and hope is nothing more than our wisdom to keep moving forward on the thorny road of life.
The hope and waiting of Sima Qian, the Taishi Duke, created the immortal work Historical Records.
The hope and waiting of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, made him avenge his past mistakes and achieved hegemony.
For ordinary us, the same is true.
Along the way, no one can be happy. I hope you can find hope in waiting and face all kinds of hardships in life calmly. The other shore you yearn for will come at last.
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