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Jul 10 2017

Do Not Be The First

In one occasion, a street woman cleaner said something even she could not understand the real meaning of itself. She said that; “Life should be happy if you do not be the first.”
This sentence has deep philosophy behind. Why we have so many troubles because we are the first among other people. People will be jealous of us if we are the first. You can live a peaceful life if you are not the first.
For an example in Qing dynasty, there was a very famous Chinese prime minister, called Zhang Tingyu who served a senior position to Kangxi King and later served to Yongzheng King.
When the throne passed down to Qianlong King, Zhang was respected by the Qianlong too. But, when the years went by he lost confidence from Qianlong who took away all his power in the Government and forced him to stay at home without work.
Actually, Zhang did nothing wrong. The only thing which Qianlong feared was that Zhang was the most powerful person in the Government and this power can hurt the throne of Qianlong.
For this reason, Zhang was removed from the Government and stayed at home as an ordinary person Zhang was a victim in political struggle. He stayed at home from age of seventy five and never appeared in the public for ten years up to his death of eighty five. This was a sad story because of he reached the top in the Government.