1 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:02,766 Do you think < Cold Kiln Fu > is persuading people to accept their fate? 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:03,733 It's talking about origins. 3 00:00:04,533 --> 00:00:07,200 You must have heard the saying - "Shiya 4 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:07,966 Life 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:08,266 Yunya 6 00:00:08,733 --> 00:00:09,900 "Others have failed. 7 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,233 Comfort him - time is also fate 8 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:14,100 I failed. 9 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:16,000 Self-mockery - time is also fate 10 00:00:16,866 --> 00:00:18,033 These short six words 11 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:20,800 It's almost become the standard Chinese response to frustration. 12 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:22,666 The origin of this sentence 13 00:00:22,666 --> 00:00:24,500 It's a short essay called "Cold Kiln Fu" 14 00:00:25,166 --> 00:00:26,100 For a thousand years 15 00:00:26,133 --> 00:00:27,633 It is hung in Lu Mengzheng's name 16 00:00:28,533 --> 00:00:30,433 The man who served as prime minister three times in the Northern Song Dynasty 17 00:00:31,166 --> 00:00:33,066 But I want to break a trivia today. 18 00:00:33,966 --> 00:00:34,900 Academic research 19 00:00:34,933 --> 00:00:37,566 In fact, it is very likely that the < Cold Kiln Fu > was not written by Lu Mengzheng 20 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:40,466 The earliest extant engraving is from the late Qing Dynasty 21 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:43,066 There are even some flaws in the article 22 00:00:43,766 --> 00:00:46,033 For example, it says, "Zhang Liangyuan is a commoner." 23 00:00:46,766 --> 00:00:49,200 The ancestors of the Zhang Liang family were connected to five generations of prime ministers 24 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,833 How could it be a commoner? 25 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,266 Lu Mengzheng, who read thousands of volumes in the Northern Song Dynasty 26 00:00:53,266 --> 00:00:54,433 Impossible to make such a mistake 27 00:00:56,233 --> 00:00:57,766 So the truth is probably 28 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:00,500 This is a rap artist between the Ming and Qing Dynasties 29 00:01:00,533 --> 00:01:04,133 Through the dramatic life of Lu Mengzheng's "From Cold Kiln to Prime Minister's Mansion" 30 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:06,333 An exhortation written in his name 31 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:08,633 But - here's where it gets interesting 32 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:11,133 Why fake Lv Mengzheng? 33 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,033 Because of Lu Mengzheng's life itself 34 00:01:13,066 --> 00:01:16,333 It is the most living evidence of the kind of pattern that this article is trying to describe 35 00:01:17,233 --> 00:01:19,233 And a false exhortation 36 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:21,200 Why can it be passed down for hundreds of years? 37 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Can make countless people cry after reading it 38 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:26,333 Because although it is not written by Lu Mengzheng 39 00:01:26,366 --> 00:01:27,966 But it caught the real thing. 40 00:01:28,666 --> 00:01:29,766 This is real stuff. 41 00:01:29,766 --> 00:01:31,733 It's not Lu Mengzheng's personal perception 42 00:01:31,733 --> 00:01:34,433 It's a bigger, deeper, lower structure. 43 00:01:35,366 --> 00:01:36,733 In Buddhist language 44 00:01:36,733 --> 00:01:37,266 It's called Dependent Origin. 45 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:39,433 I'm going to dismantle it today 46 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:40,333 That's it. 47 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,166 Hello 48 00:01:41,166 --> 00:01:42,033 Hello. 49 00:01:42,033 --> 00:01:42,733 I am Wang Lijie 50 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,566 I want to answer a question - when < Cold Kiln Fu > was written down " 51 00:01:48,100 --> 00:01:50,766 When the words "fate and luck" are used 52 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,300 What is it saying? 53 00:01:52,433 --> 00:01:54,233 Are you trying to persuade you to lie down and accept your fate? 54 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,166 Or say 55 00:01:55,166 --> 00:01:56,600 What it sees 56 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,100 In fact, it is the set of "karma harmony" talked about in Buddhism 57 00:01:59,733 --> 00:02:03,466 That sophisticated modern science is still catching up with today 58 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:06,000 Put the conclusion first - < Cold Kiln Fu > 59 00:02:06,266 --> 00:02:08,200 It's not a book that makes you throw in the towel. 60 00:02:08,233 --> 00:02:10,933 It's a manual that lets you see the conditional structure. 61 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:12,233 resign 62 00:02:12,233 --> 00:02:13,966 I closed the book halfway through 63 00:02:14,633 --> 00:02:15,900 See the origin 64 00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:17,766 This is the true key to this article 65 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:20,933 Let me first talk about the real life of Lu Mengzheng 66 00:02:20,933 --> 00:02:24,166 Then you can understand why this fake article 67 00:02:24,166 --> 00:02:25,266 Will be left behind by time 68 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,366 Lv Mengzheng's life experience 69 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,666 It is clearly recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty" 70 00:02:29,466 --> 00:02:31,500 After his father Lu Guitu married a concubine 71 00:02:31,500 --> 00:02:32,866 Fall out with the original 72 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,266 Kick the original Liu family out of the house with their son 73 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:37,700 The mother and son lived in extreme poverty 74 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:40,733 In later operas, it is said that he "lived in a cold kiln 75 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:44,233 "Beg for food and eat" - specific details have artistic processing 76 00:02:44,233 --> 00:02:47,200 But "Song Shi" used eight words to characterize his boyhood 77 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,300 "Mengzheng has gone through a difficult time" 78 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:51,800 Lu Mengzheng at that time 79 00:02:51,833 --> 00:02:54,066 And anyone who is abandoned by their family today 80 00:02:54,233 --> 00:02:56,400 There is no essential difference between young people struggling to survive 81 00:02:57,133 --> 00:02:59,300 Hungry, cold, humiliated, unable to see the future 82 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:01,100 But what is he waiting for? 83 00:03:01,233 --> 00:03:02,066 He doesn't know it himself. 84 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:03,766 What he can do 85 00:03:03,766 --> 00:03:04,400 Just reading. 86 00:03:05,133 --> 00:03:05,600 Read every day 87 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:08,066 Read without any reward 88 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:10,366 At the age of thirty-three 89 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:10,966 He won the champion 90 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,366 Two years of peace and rejuvenation 91 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,533 Emperor Taizong of Song personally presided over the imperial examination 92 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:17,400 A few more years passed 93 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,000 He enters the center 94 00:03:18,833 --> 00:03:19,766 Thirty-nine years old 95 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,533 First visit 96 00:03:21,466 --> 00:03:23,266 Three times in a lifetime 97 00:03:23,266 --> 00:03:24,966 He has been prime minister for nearly ten years in total 98 00:03:25,833 --> 00:03:29,033 From the young man who was kicked out of his house and lived in poverty 99 00:03:29,033 --> 00:03:31,933 To the important minister who paid homage to the third degree - this gap 100 00:03:31,966 --> 00:03:35,300 It is the true base color of the article < Cold Kiln Fu > that has been circulated for thousands of years 101 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:37,000 Now. 102 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,533 Let's look at the skeleton of this article 103 00:03:39,366 --> 00:03:40,166 Its author 104 00:03:40,166 --> 00:03:41,300 No matter who 105 00:03:41,333 --> 00:03:44,900 Did one thing - enumerated dozens of historical figures 106 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:46,933 They're all examples of flipped luck. 107 00:03:47,866 --> 00:03:50,066 It said, "The dragon has never met. 108 00:03:50,066 --> 00:03:52,166 Dive among fish and shrimp 109 00:03:52,166 --> 00:03:53,400 Gentleman lost time 110 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:54,666 Hand over to the villain " 111 00:03:55,466 --> 00:03:56,966 It says Confucius 112 00:03:56,966 --> 00:04:01,600 Confucius was attracted to Chen Bang - a generation of saints was trapped between Chen and Cai 113 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:02,433 Seven days without food 114 00:04:03,366 --> 00:04:04,900 It said Jiang Taigong 115 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:09,433 Fishing in Weishui - an unknown old man before the age of 80 116 00:04:09,433 --> 00:04:10,866 Fishing and starving to death 117 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:11,833 I just met King Wen of Zhou 118 00:04:12,733 --> 00:04:13,933 It says Han Xin 119 00:04:13,966 --> 00:04:16,733 Humiliated under the crotch - dignified soldier fairy 120 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:19,633 As a young man, he once slipped under a butcher's crotch 121 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,166 It says Feng Tang Yi Lao 122 00:04:22,166 --> 00:04:22,900 Li Guangnanfeng 123 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,900 It says that Zhuge Liang didn't meet Liu Bei before 124 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:27,166 Just a farmer in Nanyang 125 00:04:27,866 --> 00:04:30,500 It says that Xiang Yuli is the best in the world 126 00:04:30,533 --> 00:04:31,933 Finally, Wujiang killed himself 127 00:04:32,566 --> 00:04:35,566 It said that Liu Bang was originally a small Surabaya pavilion chief 128 00:04:35,566 --> 00:04:37,400 The last four hundred years of the Han Dynasty 129 00:04:38,366 --> 00:04:40,400 Dozens of characters in one breath 130 00:04:40,433 --> 00:04:41,566 High tide ups and downs 131 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,366 There's a huge gap. 132 00:04:43,066 --> 00:04:46,166 And then it came to the conclusion -- "This is the time also 133 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:47,033 Life 134 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:47,333 Yunya 135 00:04:47,966 --> 00:04:49,933 "Most people stop at this point. 136 00:04:50,633 --> 00:04:51,533 Stop at these six words 137 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:55,633 And then came to a very sad conclusion - you see 138 00:04:55,633 --> 00:04:57,400 Life does not depend on hard work 139 00:04:57,433 --> 00:04:57,966 It's all about fate 140 00:04:58,633 --> 00:05:00,100 This is the most serious misreading 141 00:05:00,866 --> 00:05:02,300 Because if you continue reading 142 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:04,433 The article is written at the end - "Sigh 143 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,700 Life is alive 144 00:05:05,700 --> 00:05:06,900 Wealth is untouchable 145 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:07,633 Poverty is not to be bullied 146 00:05:08,233 --> 00:05:09,733 This is the cycle of heaven and earth 147 00:05:09,733 --> 00:05:10,566 Eventually the repeater 148 00:05:11,066 --> 00:05:13,433 "Translated into Vernacular - Life is Alive 149 00:05:13,433 --> 00:05:15,966 Don't get carried away when you are rich and powerful 150 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,033 Don't give up on yourself when you are poor and lowly 151 00:05:18,766 --> 00:05:20,400 The underlying laws of this world 152 00:05:20,433 --> 00:05:23,766 It's the cycle -- the high now won't be high forever. 153 00:05:23,766 --> 00:05:25,533 The current low will not be low forever 154 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:27,533 Is this still "resignation"? 155 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,200 This is fate. 156 00:05:28,933 --> 00:05:29,833 Recognize and accept fate 157 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:30,666 It's two things. 158 00:05:31,233 --> 00:05:33,600 Accept fate - I see the pattern 159 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:34,366 So I give up. 160 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:37,500 Life is - I see the pattern 161 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,000 So I know what to do. 162 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:40,833 Lu Mengzheng himself 163 00:05:40,866 --> 00:05:41,833 The best evidence to the contrary 164 00:05:42,633 --> 00:05:43,866 If he really accepts his fate 165 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:45,400 Should have died in that cold kiln 166 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:46,400 But he didn't. 167 00:05:47,333 --> 00:05:48,666 What is he doing in the cold kiln? 168 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:49,100 read 169 00:05:49,833 --> 00:05:50,900 Read late at night 170 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:52,033 Illuminate the book with snow 171 00:05:52,666 --> 00:05:53,466 What is he waiting for? 172 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:54,100 He doesn't know. 173 00:05:54,700 --> 00:05:56,333 He's just doing what he's supposed to do. 174 00:05:56,966 --> 00:05:57,966 This article 175 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,933 Whether he wrote it himself or not 176 00:05:59,933 --> 00:06:01,366 It borrows his name 177 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,133 What I want to say is never resignation 178 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:07,833 What it's saying is - the structure of time is regular 179 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:08,966 Recognize this pattern 180 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,200 So you don't ruin yourself during the slump 181 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:12,233 OK 182 00:06:12,233 --> 00:06:14,433 Let's now switch to a Buddhist perspective 183 00:06:14,466 --> 00:06:16,500 Let's take a look at what exactly this article encounters 184 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:19,400 There is a very central concept in Buddhism 185 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:19,866 It's called Dependent Origin. 186 00:06:20,633 --> 00:06:23,633 The simplest explanation is four words - karma and harmony 187 00:06:24,433 --> 00:06:25,866 Anything happens 188 00:06:25,866 --> 00:06:28,000 It's not a single cause 189 00:06:28,033 --> 00:06:30,400 It is the result of a set of conditions maturing together 190 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:32,600 Seeds are just causes. 191 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,433 It's going to sprout. 192 00:06:33,433 --> 00:06:36,166 You need sunlight, you need moisture, you need soil. 193 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:38,566 Temperature, season -- it's called "edge." 194 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:40,266 Inga edge 195 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:41,033 Not one less 196 00:06:42,033 --> 00:06:43,833 That sounds like common sense. 197 00:06:43,833 --> 00:06:45,266 But Buddhism takes it to the extreme. 198 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,233 Nothing exists on its own. 199 00:06:48,233 --> 00:06:50,000 It's embedded in a network of conditions. 200 00:06:50,633 --> 00:06:53,466 None of the critical conditions in that web are in place yet 201 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:54,633 The result will not appear 202 00:06:55,333 --> 00:06:56,666 Jiang Taigong fishing 203 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:57,466 Eighty years 204 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,700 It's been there. It's been there. 205 00:07:00,533 --> 00:07:02,533 But King Wen of Zhou was not born and did not go out 206 00:07:02,666 --> 00:07:05,400 Before passing by Weishui - that web was not finished 207 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:07,266 Failure to reconcile 208 00:07:08,033 --> 00:07:09,633 Zhuge Liang Farming in Nanyang 209 00:07:09,633 --> 00:07:11,700 His talent has always been there 210 00:07:11,733 --> 00:07:12,166 Because of 211 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,500 But Liu Bei has never experienced failure and is not cornered 212 00:07:16,233 --> 00:07:19,833 Not humble enough to think twice about the hut - that web is not finished 213 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:22,566 Lu Meng is studying in a cold kiln 214 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,466 His talent has always been 215 00:07:24,466 --> 00:07:24,866 Because of 216 00:07:25,666 --> 00:07:26,900 But that imperial examination has not yet arrived 217 00:07:27,633 --> 00:07:30,066 They weren't ready for that. 218 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:33,033 He himself has not yet completed some kind of internal transformation 219 00:07:33,833 --> 00:07:35,133 The web wasn't finished yet. 220 00:07:36,366 --> 00:07:37,900 Once that web is finished 221 00:07:37,933 --> 00:07:39,133 It just happened. 222 00:07:39,933 --> 00:07:41,233 Not gradual 223 00:07:41,266 --> 00:07:41,866 It emerges. 224 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,633 This is the true meaning of the word "Shiya" 225 00:07:45,433 --> 00:07:46,866 Not the fate of ignorance 226 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:47,800 It's the season 227 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:49,700 Now is the time. 228 00:07:49,733 --> 00:07:50,300 seed germination 229 00:07:51,066 --> 00:07:52,133 The time has not come 230 00:07:52,133 --> 00:07:53,466 The seed stays in the soil 231 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:55,133 It looks like nothing happened. 232 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:56,366 But it never went away. 233 00:07:57,333 --> 00:07:59,166 And the source of most people's suffering 234 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,666 Not without seeds 235 00:08:00,666 --> 00:08:02,600 But when the seeds are not germinated 236 00:08:02,633 --> 00:08:04,533 Began to suspect the existence of this seed 237 00:08:05,166 --> 00:08:06,766 This is a crucial distinction 238 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,600 Have you ever felt that way - you read a lot 239 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:11,766 You work hard 240 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,166 You know you're not bad 241 00:08:13,166 --> 00:08:14,166 But it didn't pay off. 242 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:16,200 Time goes by day by day 243 00:08:16,233 --> 00:08:18,900 You start to wonder - am I mistaken? 244 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:21,100 Am I not talented at all? 245 00:08:21,266 --> 00:08:23,233 Is this road completely blocked? 246 00:08:23,366 --> 00:08:24,666 The suspicion itself 247 00:08:24,666 --> 00:08:27,033 It's the most common accident before the seeds have sprouted 248 00:08:27,833 --> 00:08:29,466 Lu Meng is in the cold kiln 249 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:31,400 Must have experienced such doubts countless times 250 00:08:32,633 --> 00:08:34,866 This < Cold Kiln Fu > written in his name 251 00:08:34,866 --> 00:08:36,166 It moves people. 252 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,166 It's not because it says something big. 253 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:42,100 Because it says, "The torture of waiting." 254 00:08:42,133 --> 00:08:43,466 Not my ability 255 00:08:43,466 --> 00:08:45,666 This is time, luck, and fate 256 00:08:46,233 --> 00:08:46,966 "It says 257 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,266 Then I became a high official 258 00:08:48,300 --> 00:08:49,400 People say I'm capable 259 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:51,466 It's not that I have the ability 260 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:52,700 The time has finally come 261 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:54,233 That's not modesty. 262 00:08:54,766 --> 00:08:56,500 This is the sobriety after seeing the law 263 00:08:57,366 --> 00:08:58,066 OK 264 00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,033 So much for that. 265 00:08:59,033 --> 00:09:00,666 I'm going to make a cross-cultural comparison. 266 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,266 We have talked about < Four Lessons of Fan > before. 267 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:07,566 That issue was about - lives can be actively modified 268 00:09:08,366 --> 00:09:10,666 Yuan Liofan has used decades of merits and demerits 269 00:09:10,866 --> 00:09:14,700 Disperse your own probability cloud from a sharp needle into a cloud 270 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:15,400 reshaping 271 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,200 But < Four Lessons of Xiaofan > has a premise 272 00:09:18,233 --> 00:09:19,866 It didn't unfold - time 273 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:22,666 You planted a good seed today 274 00:09:22,666 --> 00:09:24,666 It's not going to give you a good result tomorrow. 275 00:09:25,366 --> 00:09:28,500 It may take ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime 276 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:32,066 You inject new parameters into Alaya's knowledge 277 00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:34,800 The inferential output of the system doesn't change immediately either. 278 00:09:35,766 --> 00:09:38,433 It has to wait for enough new seeds to accumulate 279 00:09:38,433 --> 00:09:40,600 Wait for the potential energy of the old seed to be diluted 280 00:09:40,866 --> 00:09:42,600 Wait for a trigger to appear 281 00:09:43,133 --> 00:09:45,666 "The Four Lessons of All Things" talks about "what causes what you sow, what you get" 282 00:09:46,333 --> 00:09:49,866 But < Cold Kiln Fu > is about - how long will the "fruit" come? 283 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,533 Read these two articles together 284 00:09:51,533 --> 00:09:52,866 It's a complete map. 285 00:09:53,633 --> 00:09:54,900 I will teach you to rewrite the parameters 286 00:09:55,633 --> 00:09:59,700 Han kiln teaches you to rewrite the parameters before the results appear 287 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:00,466 How not to go crazy 288 00:10:01,133 --> 00:10:04,466 Together you understand - practice is not just about "seeds" 289 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:05,200 We have to wait. 290 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:07,200 Switch another perspective 291 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:08,700 We're looking at Taleb's "Anti-Fragility." 292 00:10:09,333 --> 00:10:10,733 Taleb had a central observation. 293 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,066 The rewards in this world are non-linear. 294 00:10:13,666 --> 00:10:15,500 You spend most of your time doing "useless work" 295 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:18,300 Accumulation, preparation, precipitation 296 00:10:18,333 --> 00:10:19,433 Seems to be making no progress 297 00:10:19,966 --> 00:10:20,866 But one day 298 00:10:20,866 --> 00:10:23,333 A small trigger event occurs 299 00:10:23,366 --> 00:10:26,566 All your previous accumulation suddenly activates at the same time 300 00:10:26,566 --> 00:10:28,333 Produce jumps of an order of magnitude 301 00:10:28,433 --> 00:10:30,333 Taleb called this convexity. 302 00:10:31,033 --> 00:10:33,566 Your payoff most of the time is next to nothing 303 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,833 But once triggered 304 00:10:34,833 --> 00:10:36,300 Returns explode in orders of magnitude. 305 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:38,366 This is the same as "good luck in time" 306 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,600 Almost the same observation 307 00:10:40,733 --> 00:10:42,733 Lu Meng is studying in the cold kiln 308 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:43,633 Nothing in return. 309 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:45,500 The people around him laughed at him 310 00:10:46,233 --> 00:10:48,333 It's classic accumulation with no payoff. 311 00:10:49,233 --> 00:10:51,266 But the real effect of this accumulation period 312 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:53,266 Instead of generating immediate rewards 313 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,233 It's planting seeds in the cloud of future probabilities. 314 00:10:56,433 --> 00:10:58,633 When the time came - that imperial examination 315 00:10:59,133 --> 00:11:01,366 All planted seeds activate simultaneously 316 00:11:01,366 --> 00:11:02,033 A jump 317 00:11:02,733 --> 00:11:04,733 Taleb explained this with probability theory 318 00:11:05,533 --> 00:11:08,466 < Cold Kiln Fu > uses "Shi Yeming" to explain this matter 319 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:11,733 Buddhism uses karma and karma to explain this. 320 00:11:12,466 --> 00:11:13,966 Three people said the same thing 321 00:11:14,633 --> 00:11:16,166 Let's look at the perspective of consciousness-only 322 00:11:16,833 --> 00:11:18,666 Consciousness-Only has a core model 323 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:20,600 It's called "Seed-Current-Inoculation." 324 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,133 Your every thought, every action in the past 325 00:11:24,133 --> 00:11:26,033 All planted a seed in Alaya consciousness 326 00:11:26,866 --> 00:11:28,933 This seed doesn't just disappear into thin air. 327 00:11:28,933 --> 00:11:30,333 It's waiting quietly in the warehouse. 328 00:11:30,866 --> 00:11:31,766 What are you waiting for? 329 00:11:31,933 --> 00:11:33,366 Wait for the current conditions to mature 330 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:36,366 The key is - the same seed 331 00:11:36,366 --> 00:11:38,200 Under different causal conditions 332 00:11:38,233 --> 00:11:42,133 Germination can be delayed by years, decades, or even lifetimes 333 00:11:42,966 --> 00:11:45,000 And < Cold Kiln Fu > sees exactly this 334 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,333 Some people's seeds germinate quickly 335 00:11:48,366 --> 00:11:50,200 Some people's seeds have to wait a long time 336 00:11:51,333 --> 00:11:52,866 It's not about the seeds. 337 00:11:52,866 --> 00:11:53,700 It's a matter of karma. 338 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,500 It doesn't write an article to tell you to accept your fate 339 00:11:56,533 --> 00:11:58,433 Is to tell you - is there any seed? 340 00:11:58,500 --> 00:11:59,400 I know it. 341 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:01,200 Is it time? 342 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,166 It's out of your control. 343 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:03,933 You can control it. 344 00:12:03,966 --> 00:12:06,300 It's how you deal with yourself in between. 345 00:12:07,033 --> 00:12:08,033 This "self." 346 00:12:08,033 --> 00:12:09,733 This is the true theme of < Cold Kiln Fu > 347 00:12:10,466 --> 00:12:10,900 OK 348 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:12,233 Now for the more practical part 349 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,466 If you understand the origin structure of this article 350 00:12:15,466 --> 00:12:17,600 What should you do during the downturn? 351 00:12:17,733 --> 00:12:18,666 And I will do three things. 352 00:12:19,366 --> 00:12:20,033 The first thing I do 353 00:12:20,333 --> 00:12:21,066 Guardian Seed 354 00:12:21,966 --> 00:12:22,800 During the waiting period 355 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:24,300 The easiest thing to happen 356 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:25,800 You are the one who destroyed your seeds 357 00:12:26,533 --> 00:12:27,433 How to destroy 358 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:31,233 Doubt yourself, give up effort, hit yourself, turn to anesthesia 359 00:12:31,833 --> 00:12:33,966 Once you start to feel like a loser 360 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,300 Once you start anesthetizing yourself with alcohol, swipe short videos, ineffective social interaction 361 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:40,533 You're actually eating your own seed. 362 00:12:41,666 --> 00:12:44,166 What is Lu Meng doing in the cold kiln? 363 00:12:44,333 --> 00:12:44,566 read 364 00:12:45,533 --> 00:12:46,033 Read every day 365 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:47,633 Reading under the snow 366 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:50,033 Nothing in return. 367 00:12:50,066 --> 00:12:50,500 He also reads 368 00:12:51,066 --> 00:12:52,600 He's not waiting for a miracle. 369 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,233 He's guarding the seed - keeping it from spoiling 370 00:12:56,033 --> 00:12:58,533 Seeds don't disappear just because you have no results 371 00:12:58,533 --> 00:13:00,900 But it will be weakened by your self-doubt 372 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:05,233 That's a very precise observation of consciousness-only -- the potential energy of a seed. 373 00:13:05,233 --> 00:13:06,566 It's about your state of consciousness. 374 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:08,300 The more certain you are 375 00:13:08,333 --> 00:13:08,966 The more stable it is 376 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:10,666 The more you shake 377 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:11,500 The more diluted it is 378 00:13:12,033 --> 00:13:13,166 The second thing 379 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:13,900 Identify causes 380 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:15,966 Waiting is not stupid 381 00:13:16,366 --> 00:13:17,200 Waiting is "viewing fate" 382 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:20,133 When the web of karma is slowly woven 383 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:21,166 It has a signal. 384 00:13:22,266 --> 00:13:25,100 A new person emerges, a new opportunity emerges 385 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:30,266 A new trend has started -- signals that most people don't see. 386 00:13:30,266 --> 00:13:33,200 It's because their consciousness is filled with anxiety 387 00:13:33,233 --> 00:13:34,833 No bandwidth to scan the scene 388 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:36,800 Buddhism talks about "perspective" 389 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:38,733 I don't close my eyes and look inside. 390 00:13:38,733 --> 00:13:39,900 It's looking at the outside world with open eyes 391 00:13:40,666 --> 00:13:42,166 You watch carefully enough 392 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,366 You can be at the moment when the karma is about to become 393 00:13:45,366 --> 00:13:47,166 Make the smallest move 394 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:48,400 Make that web tighter 395 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,500 Jiang Taigong is not foolishly sitting by Weishui fishing 396 00:13:52,233 --> 00:13:53,633 He uses a straight hook 397 00:13:53,633 --> 00:13:54,766 Straight hook can't catch fish 398 00:13:55,533 --> 00:13:56,966 He didn't catch a fish 399 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:57,533 It's King Wen 400 00:13:58,566 --> 00:14:01,466 He's signaling - there's a different person here 401 00:14:02,366 --> 00:14:03,700 King Wen heard 402 00:14:03,733 --> 00:14:03,900 Here it comes. 403 00:14:05,033 --> 00:14:07,500 If Jiang Taigong was just fishing 404 00:14:07,533 --> 00:14:09,533 King Wen may not necessarily pass by 405 00:14:09,533 --> 00:14:11,033 Passing by doesn't necessarily stop 406 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:12,766 Jiang Taigong's waiting 407 00:14:12,766 --> 00:14:13,966 It's with discernment, etc. 408 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:15,866 And a third thing. 409 00:14:15,866 --> 00:14:16,400 non-narrative 410 00:14:16,866 --> 00:14:17,533 This is the hardest. 411 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:19,500 People are at a low point 412 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:20,833 The easiest thing to do 413 00:14:20,966 --> 00:14:22,900 Just make up a story about your situation 414 00:14:22,933 --> 00:14:25,100 "I am a buried genius." 415 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:28,766 "The world has been unfair to me." "That's all I've ever done." 416 00:14:29,700 --> 00:14:30,600 This kind of story 417 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,066 It's the biggest seed consumer. 418 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:34,600 Because once you make up a story 419 00:14:34,633 --> 00:14:36,633 You are no longer the seed 420 00:14:36,633 --> 00:14:37,833 You become that story 421 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:40,200 Stories are self-reinforcing. 422 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:41,933 It locks you into a local optimum. 423 00:14:42,933 --> 00:14:44,766 There is an amazing thing in < Cold Kiln Fu > 424 00:14:45,433 --> 00:14:47,300 After the author wrote about those encounters 425 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:48,766 No self-pity 426 00:14:48,766 --> 00:14:49,766 There were no charges. 427 00:14:50,533 --> 00:14:51,300 It's just a statement. 428 00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:53,200 "Shiya 429 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,000 Life 430 00:14:54,033 --> 00:14:55,733 "Yunye" these six words 431 00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:57,766 It was a very serene observation. 432 00:14:57,766 --> 00:14:58,366 No emotion 433 00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:00,833 This non-narrative ability. 434 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:02,533 It's called "seeing the truth" in Buddhism. 435 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:04,266 No narrative. 436 00:15:04,266 --> 00:15:05,500 No evaluation 437 00:15:05,533 --> 00:15:07,033 No self-packaging. 438 00:15:07,066 --> 00:15:08,666 Just seeing what's happening 439 00:15:09,433 --> 00:15:10,400 You can observe yourself. 440 00:15:11,033 --> 00:15:14,900 That's when you start to describe yourself in terms of who I am. 441 00:15:14,933 --> 00:15:16,100 You're already talking 442 00:15:17,266 --> 00:15:21,166 When you start telling people over and over again "what is my life like" 443 00:15:21,233 --> 00:15:23,033 You are diluting the seeds with narrative 444 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:24,933 True practice 445 00:15:24,966 --> 00:15:28,900 It's to turn off the narrator -- not you. 446 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:31,700 It's to turn off the voice-over that keeps telling you "who are you" 447 00:15:32,633 --> 00:15:33,666 Narrator level 448 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:36,766 You are seeing yourself for the first time as a seed 449 00:15:36,766 --> 00:15:37,500 It's not a story. 450 00:15:38,266 --> 00:15:39,500 truthful person 451 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,833 Seeds are the most stable 452 00:15:41,633 --> 00:15:42,266 OK 453 00:15:42,266 --> 00:15:43,766 I know you might want to ask a question 454 00:15:44,633 --> 00:15:47,333 Did Lu Mengzheng not take the initiative to do anything at all? 455 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:48,566 Is he just waiting? 456 00:15:48,633 --> 00:15:49,166 No, definitely not. 457 00:15:49,900 --> 00:15:51,966 He did three things - read books 458 00:15:52,133 --> 00:15:55,166 Protect your inner state and be filial to your mother 459 00:15:55,966 --> 00:15:58,100 None of these three things directly make him prime minister 460 00:15:58,833 --> 00:15:59,933 But these three things 461 00:15:59,933 --> 00:16:00,766 He can control it. 462 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,233 The deepest layer of < Cold Kiln Fu > 463 00:16:03,266 --> 00:16:06,500 There's a limit to what one can do. 464 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:08,833 What can really change destiny 465 00:16:08,833 --> 00:16:10,833 It's always variables that you can't control. 466 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,533 But the variables you can control 467 00:16:13,533 --> 00:16:16,233 Determines when uncontrollable variables arrive 468 00:16:16,233 --> 00:16:17,500 You are ready 469 00:16:17,533 --> 00:16:18,233 Still collapsed 470 00:16:19,366 --> 00:16:21,800 This is what the Stoics called the control dichotomy. 471 00:16:22,566 --> 00:16:25,000 This is what Taoists call "doing nothing without doing anything." 472 00:16:25,733 --> 00:16:29,133 This is the true essence of Buddhism's teaching of "doing your best and listening to your destiny." 473 00:16:29,966 --> 00:16:31,100 Not for you to accept your fate 474 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:34,400 It allows you to clearly distinguish between "you can do" and "you can't do" 475 00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:36,466 Do what you can 476 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:37,600 Can't do it without being torn 477 00:16:38,266 --> 00:16:39,266 A thousand years ago 478 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:40,833 An unknown author 479 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:43,833 By the name of a prime minister who crawled out of a cold kiln 480 00:16:43,833 --> 00:16:45,633 Write a short essay of less than 800 words 481 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:47,833 It doesn't use a single Buddhist term. 482 00:16:48,333 --> 00:16:49,800 But every word it writes 483 00:16:49,833 --> 00:16:51,100 It's all the vernacular version of fate 484 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,433 What it sees is - the world is not a definite machine 485 00:16:55,433 --> 00:16:57,600 It's a web of karma that continues to weave 486 00:16:58,366 --> 00:16:59,600 You are a node on the Internet. 487 00:17:00,266 --> 00:17:02,766 You can decide the state of your node. 488 00:17:02,766 --> 00:17:05,133 But you don't decide when it's done. 489 00:17:06,100 --> 00:17:06,933 What you can do 490 00:17:06,966 --> 00:17:08,600 Is to make yourself this node 491 00:17:08,633 --> 00:17:10,366 The moment the entire web is completed 492 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,033 We're at our best. 493 00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:15,233 So it lists those historical figures 494 00:17:15,233 --> 00:17:18,766 It's not, "Look at how miserable and dramatic these people are." 495 00:17:18,766 --> 00:17:21,066 It's saying - this is the structure of time 496 00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:22,700 This is the structure of karma 497 00:17:23,233 --> 00:17:25,966 This is what everyone with a seed goes through 498 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:27,466 Long lurking 499 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:28,833 And it pops up. 500 00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:30,766 Understand the structure 501 00:17:30,766 --> 00:17:32,133 You read < Cold Kiln Fu > again. 502 00:17:32,133 --> 00:17:33,500 You will find it memorable 503 00:17:33,533 --> 00:17:35,200 Instead, it's quiet and powerful 504 00:17:35,866 --> 00:17:36,533 And finally. 505 00:17:36,566 --> 00:17:37,633 I'd like to leave you with one question. 506 00:17:38,333 --> 00:17:41,966 Is there a seed waiting for you right now? 507 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:45,233 It may have been buried for five years, ten years, or even longer 508 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,233 Occasionally you wonder if it's rotten long ago 509 00:17:49,366 --> 00:17:50,833 The answer to < Cold Kiln Fu > for you is 510 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:55,033 You only need to answer one question - your current node 511 00:17:55,033 --> 00:17:56,333 Are you ready? 512 00:17:56,433 --> 00:17:57,933 If ready 513 00:17:57,933 --> 00:17:59,333 When will the net be finished? 514 00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:00,166 It's about the internet 515 00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:01,133 It's not your business. 516 00:18:01,766 --> 00:18:03,200 If you are not ready 517 00:18:03,233 --> 00:18:04,766 Even if the net is finished today 518 00:18:04,766 --> 00:18:05,400 You can't catch it either 519 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:08,066 Welcome to let me know in the comment area. 520 00:18:08,066 --> 00:18:10,466 What is that waiting seed in you? 521 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:14,433 You are also welcome to tell me what you think of "Time and Life" 522 00:18:14,633 --> 00:18:17,866 The six words "luck also" - do you think it is resigned to fate? 523 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:19,200 Still knowing my fate 524 00:18:19,233 --> 00:18:20,200 I am Wang Lijie 525 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:21,066 See you next time.