The six-character family motto alone allowed a family to prosper for more than three hundred years. During this period, the family produced 92 prime ministers, 36 queens and 36 princes-in-law. This family is the Langya Wang family of Shandong. The secret of their family's prosperity lies in the six-character family motto, which is "be slow in speech and kind in heart."
It is said that Wang Ji Xianyu, the ancestor of the Langya Wang family, turned around and had a prosperous official career, from a fifth-rank petty official to a third official and nine ministers. The secret lies in these six words: speak slowly and be kind in your heart. Wang Ji also took this six-character family motto as his family motto, and the Wang family's descendants also passed on this six-character family motto. With these six-character family motto, the Langya Wang family prospered for more than 300 years, and produced 92 prime ministers and more than 600 ministers. He is a high-ranking official, which can be said to be quite remarkable.
Speech should be slow, which means that you should speak carefully and carefully, and you should not speak without restraint. It should be done as Confucius said: A gentleman should be slow in speech and quick in action. Whether in the officialdom or in the workplace, your words must be carefully considered. Too many words will lead to mistakes, which not only exposes people's ignorance and shortcomings, but also makes it easier to offend others. Offending people in the workplace is a taboo in the workplace. To speak slowly means to tell people to speak slowly, think twice before acting, and to handle things with caution.
To be kind-hearted is to help others with a grateful heart, to be kind people and to do kind things, and to believe that good people will be rewarded. Mencius said: Compassion is the essence of benevolence. That is to say, doing good deeds to help others with compassion is the beginning of benevolence and righteousness. Kindness and virtue will also bring good rewards to people. Deal with everything with a grateful heart, and your luck will not be bad!
To be slow in speech is to advance and retreat in a measured manner, and to be kind in mind is to follow goodness smoothly. Although these six words are concise and concise, they contain rich philosophy of life.
