Chapter 27 joy and eternity

Happiness is perfume, if you sprinkle it on others, you will inevitably splash a few drops on yourself.emerson In this article, I would like to talk to young friends about what is the real happiness in life.The real meaning of the word refers to eternity, and only eternal happiness is the true happiness of life.This kind of happiness is not only your personal feeling, but also makes all the people who know you and do not know you feel happy in the same way.Therefore, the source of this happiness in helping others must be unselfish. There are many sources of this kind of happiness, and they are always in your life, it just depends on whether you have the heart to discover them.The easiest life behavior to practice is to do your best to help others anytime and anywhere. The more purely you help others, the more you can get eternal happiness; .It is not necessary to have a lot of money to help others like this. When the other party is in need of help from others, even if it is just a plant or a tree or a little effort, it may make the other party unforgettable for a lifetime.

The motto that everyone will blurt out: Helping others is the foundation of happiness, but you must be able to practice this motto hard to realize its true meaning. There are many examples of happiness gained from helping others, some after decades; the helper has long forgotten, but the person being helped will always remember it in his heart, and once he is able to repay, He will try his best to get his wish, and he doesn't want people to know that it is him who repays. In the "Biography of Ding Wenjiang" written by Mr. Hu Shizhi (Ding Wenjiang, whose name is Zaijun, was born in Jiangsu, is a great geologist in my country, and has made great contributions to the country's geological survey and the cultivation of geological talents throughout his life).A touching story was mentioned, which deserves a brief introduction here:

In May 1927, when Hu Shi returned to Shanghai from abroad, Zhiding Zaijun had already retired in the countryside of Dalian.Mr. Ding's savings over the years are very meager. During that period of great turmoil, he had to raise funds to help his big family, those who took refuge in refuge, and those who went to school, so his life in Dalian was quite difficult. In this difficult period, he suddenly received unexpected relief. This is a very legendary story of rewarding virtue. Weng Yongni (Wen Hao) once remembered this incident and said: After Mr. Jun resigned from the General Office of Songhu Commercial Port in the 16th year of the Republic of China, his livelihood was extremely difficult. Fortunately, Mr. Yang Shucheng donated 5,000 yuan to survive. (At that time it was Yinyang 5,000 yuan)

Ding Wenjiang's eldest brother, Mr. Wen Tao, wrote down this matter in more detail: Yang Jin tried to learn mining skills from the Americans, and when the beauty returned to China, Yang was in a state of desperation and could not make a living. Place.Knowing its strengths through drilling and mining techniques, it was introduced to a certain mine.In a few years, there was a lot of spare money. Yang Nai came to Beijing and offered his younger brother two thousand gold, but his younger brother refused. In the next few years, Yang has become rich, so he stopped engaging in drilling and mining, and changed his operation to a flour mill in Xuzhou.When Ding Zaijun was in Dalian, he suddenly received a letter one day, signed by Yang Shucheng, and when it was unsealed, a draft of 5,000 yuan was attached, and a letter was attached saying: To me, it is like living and dead people with bones and bones.Now that I am rich, I have been in debt since I heard that the Duke abandoned his official position.If the public sees it but rejects it, it will be considered unrighteous of me!

It was not until after the death of Mr. Jun that this beautiful story was revealed in the commemorative texts of Weng Yongni and Ding Wentao.Later, Mr. Hu Zhenxing from Bengbu wrote an article <Who gave Mr. Ding Wenjiang five thousand yuan? > In this text, there are a few points that can be added to this story: First, Hu Zhenxing said that out of the five thousand yuan, two thousand yuan was donated by Mr. Zhao Jianheng, a former student of the Geological Survey Institute.Zhao Jun knew about Yang Shucheng's plan, and he firmly asked Yang Jun to allow him to donate 2,000 yuan. In name, he still pushed Yang Jun to donate it alone, because Zhao Jun was afraid that Mr. Zai Jun would not accept the gift from his students.Mr. Hu Zhenxing works in a bank in Bengbu, so he knows the inside story of this matter.Dante Zaijun never knew about Zhao Jianheng's righteous deed.Second, Hu Jun said: Mr. Yang Shucheng was illiterate at first, and he could only write one character Yang with great difficulty in his life, so he asked Liu Xiuliang, another student of Mr. Zaijun, to write to him.Explain Yang Jun's sincerity, and persuade him to use it temporarily and return it to him when the economy is abundant in the future.At the same time, Liu Jun wrote a very euphemistic letter to Mr. Zai Jun on behalf of Yang Jun, asking him not to reject his sincerity.

Hu Zhenxing also gave a brief history of Yang Shucheng in his article. He said: Mr. Yang Shucheng is a bit special. Before the public, he said that when he was young, his parents died. Fortunately, it was raised by an American missionary and brought to the United States to learn the craft.He is indeed experienced in mining drilling and machine technology.Drilling in a certain mine, he once borrowed Mr. Ding.He earned 20,000 yuan from drilling, ran a small-scale flour mill in Zhongzhou, and worked hard to get started.In the past two years, he used his own experience and intelligence to build nine mills for flour mills in the factory, and even built the machine room and purchased parts, costing hundreds of thousands of yuan.On the day the plant was started up, the manager of his flour mill broke into sweat and said to others: Don't worry now, it's so dangerous!Only our third master would be so reckless to the end! (Yang Jun Xingsan is the one named Yang Jin mentioned by Ding Wentao earlier.)

Ding Wentao used ancient prose to narrate Yang Jun’s affairs, and some facts can be revised based on Hu Zhenxing’s article. The letter he quoted from Yang Jun to Mr. Zai Jun was of course an ancient prose drafted by him, not by Liu Xiuliang, who studied geology.About that day in Bengbu, Xuzhou, there were some good people who admired Mr. Zai Jun as a man. They knew his life was difficult and decided to try to help him. Mr. Yang Shucheng, who once begged for food, became famous alone, and presented Mr. Ding Wenjiang with 5,000 yuan, which made it inconvenient for him to refuse.This is also just as Mr. Hu Zhenxing said in the article: There is not necessarily anything to praise for just sending money, but the five thousand yuan shows a few people's admirable noble spirit.Especially Mr. Zhao Jianheng, who is not very rich, donated a huge sum of money and even concealed his name. Even Mr. Ding Wenjiang never knew about such a thing, which can be said to be strange and strange.

The above is the whole story of this touching story.The reason why I want to introduce it here is to let everyone know the joy of helping others, and this kind of helping others should have no purpose, only out of pure sympathy, can obtain eternal meaning and value. One is a stranger who has been promoted by Mr. Ding Wenjiang; the other is a student who has been taught and cultivated by Mr. Ding Wenjiang in terms of knowledge and ability. No matter what method, Ding Wenjiang has helped them purely.Mr. Ding regards helping and teaching others as his personal virtue and aspiration, without any other conditions attached; Receive the kindness and help of the person being helped.

And these two people who have been cultivated by others and have achieved success in their careers in the future will also take comfort in being able to help others. We can infer that Yang Jun, who once begged, was honored by Mr. Ding. Ze, not only to repay Mr. Ding, but also to be a person who is willing to help other people in distress.And that Mr. Ding's student showed such respect, love and care for his teacher back then, and his noble and honest character is enough to be a role model for modern youth. He donated money to support his teacher, lest the teacher would know that he gave it , afraid of not being accepted, so I don't want to be named.

These two people who were helped and taught by others in the past have the strength to help others, and they must feel very happy.As for other people, no matter whether they know it or not, after they know this kind of helping story, they will be happy to recite it.Therefore, when one person helps another person, it can make many people feel happy. Is it not just the personal happiness of the helper? Speaking of this, it should be possible to explain the meaning and eternal value of true happiness mentioned at the beginning of this article.The source of the happiness of helping others must not be selfish, nor is it expected.

If all social groups like to sprinkle the perfume of happiness on others, please think about it, what a beautiful scene this world is! Today, when utilitarianism is rampant, the world is full of ugliness and sympathy is getting weaker. This is really a terrible phenomenon.We are not happy living in such an environment every day.I hope that everyone will work hard to carry forward the inherent honesty and virtue of us Chinese. (Written in May 1950)