Danish famous medical scientist and Nobel Prize winner Finsen said: "Don't look down on others from the moral high ground, and never test human nature."
Here are four short stories, all of which are related to this. related.
Story 1
In the early years of Zhenguan, Feng Deyi wrote to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, asking him to eliminate the traitors. Taizong was puzzled and asked:
"I am surrounded by virtuous ministers. Who do you mean by sycophants?"
Feng Deyi said:
"This is easy to handle. Please pretend to be angry and test the ministers. If someone is not afraid, Your thunderous anger and straightforward remonstrance are a gentleman. If you follow your emotions and cater to your will, you are a sycophant."
Tang Taizong rejected Feng Deyi's suggestion before he could finish his words:
"I think. I establish my trust in the world and do not want to use deceit to guide folk customs. Although your words are well-intentioned, I can't do it. "
Story 2
A woman relies on her white skin and beauty, and she has enough control and attraction to her husband.
One day, she suddenly wanted to test her husband's loyalty. He invited his best friend to have a meal and asked her to seduce her husband. Of course
’s best friend disagrees and thinks this request is ridiculous. But he couldn't stand her insistence and earnest words, so he reluctantly agreed.
According to the mutual agreement, women cannot interfere with the relationship between the two, nor can they stalk them. A month later, the best friend reported the results to the woman again.
As a result, the best friend and her husband quickly fell in love and couldn't extricate themselves. In the end, the husband filed for divorce from the woman, and the best friend also completely broke off the relationship with the woman.
Story Three
In the early morning, the little nanny got up to cook and found 1 yuan at the door of the room. She thought the hostess must have dropped it, so she casually put the money on the coffee table in the living room.
She didn't realize the special meaning of this at all: there was a conspiracy hidden in this money.
The next morning, the nanny saw another banknote at the door of the room, which was 5 yuan. She was very surprised, why did the hostess lose money for two days in a row? She is a meticulous housewife, how could she neglect everything? Hey, could it be that you are testing and doubting my honesty?
When the little nanny thought of this, she raised her mouth and became very angry: Why do you look down on people like this? How can you insult people like this? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she was ready to argue with the hostess.
However, after thinking about it carefully, she rejected her conjecture. So she frowned slightly, and immediately threw the money under the coffee table with her foot.
Before going to bed at night, the little nanny lay in front of the bedroom window and peered into the hall. She wanted to see if the hostess came to withdraw money. As expected, the hostess quietly came to the hall, lay down in front of the coffee table, and reached her hand under the coffee table. The little nanny was stunned. The hostess's respected position in the little nanny's mind collapsed. She bit her lip hard, as if secretly making up her mind, and then went to bed peacefully.
Early the next morning, the nanny saw another banknote at the door of the room, which was 10 yuan. A sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth. She picked up the money and put it in her pocket.
That night, the hostess who had just retired from the position of section chief talked to the nanny. She was serious and tactful like she talked to individual section members in the past:
"Your work performance during the probation period is good, and this should be fully affirmed. But, alas! There is a long way to go in life, and honesty is the most important thing! If you can remember this and change your past, I still want to keep you! "
" Are you saying that I picked up 10? Yuan? "
" Yes! Don't you think you are wrong? "
" No, I have already returned the 10 yuan to you! "Hey, when and where did you pay me back?"
"Seven o'clock in the morning, public stairs!"
The hostess didn't react for a moment, and wanted to retort, but the word "stairs" made her tremble like an electric shock. She was blushing and speechless for a moment, very embarrassed, and secretly complained in her heart: How did
let her see it?
It turns out that the hostess goes downstairs to exercise at 7 o'clock every morning, and the nanny puts the 10 yuan she picked up on the stairs.When the hostess came downstairs, her eyes lit up when she saw 10 yuan. Seeing that no one was there, she hurriedly picked up the banknote and put it into her arms. She didn't expect that anyone was secretly testing her.
Story 4
There was a famous scientist who wanted to train a successor in his later years. Among many candidates, he chose a young man named Liu Yu. But veteran scientists are still worried that Liu Yu will not be able to stick to his mission in this particularly boring research field. So his assistant came up with a trick: let a friend of the old scientist pretend to hire Liu Yu with a high salary to see if he would be tempted. However, Finson rejected the assistant's "faint move". He explained:
"Never stand on the moral high ground and look down on others, and never test people's virtues. Liu Yu comes from a small county, and his family was poor since he was a child. He naturally has a great desire for fame and fortune. If we must We have to set up such a difficult problem to test him. On the one hand, we give him an easy and high-paying job, and on the other hand, we hope that he can refuse the temptation. Let alone him, I find it difficult to remain unmoved. Even we Kong Shengren didn't do it at the time..."
In the end, Liu Yu successfully took over the mantle of the old scientist. A few years later, Liu Yu made a major scientific achievement. When he heard that his mentor refused to test his virtue, he burst into tears and said: "If my mentor really found a bait to test my virtue, I would definitely do it." Accept that temptation. Because my father happened to be hospitalized and needed treatment, and my younger siblings were waiting for me to support them in school. If that were the case, I think my academic career would have been terminated, let alone Today’s achievements...”
