# ridicule By [blueberry](https://paragraph.com/@blueberry-2) ยท 2022-07-19 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ccb7b2a7b9b80910cb3a0d5a4fc991d18822bdac2a12ab6ed345c948a984b274.png) Life is sometimes quite lonely, or encounters a crisis situation, but the human mind can make a wonderful use, laugh it off, and then relax again. This is good, and can also see the measure of man. Celebrities in ancient times often had such a measure, so they became great. Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, married Xantippe, a famous shrew who often made a lion's roar in the east of the river. Legend has it that the Su family had heard the name of the shrew before she married, but the Su family still married her. He has a way to ridicule, saying that marrying a wife is like royal horses, and there is nothing to learn from horse training, but marrying a shrew will greatly aid in the cultivation of self-cultivation. One day there was a lot of noise at home, and Su Shi couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to go out. Just as he was at the door, his wife poured a basin of water from the roof, and it was pouring it on his head. Su said, "I knew long ago that there would be rain after Lei." It was really thanks to the philosopher's gracious attitude. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c5aeced4f34d5e2b4c2d1f07e58a93f522fa4211b91fe6ed998baf7a4771c422.png) Lincoln's wife is also famous, very pungent, like to swear. One day, a child who delivered the newspaper, twelve or thirteen years old, didn't know that the newspaper was too late or that he had made some mistakes. The child went to cry to the owner of the newspaper office, saying that she should not swear too much, and he would not deliver the newspaper to that house in the future. It was a small town, so the boss brought this little thing to Lincoln. Lincoln said, "Forget it! I can put up with her for more than ten years. What is this kid who gets scolded once or twice by chance?" This was Lincoln's mockery. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d68a009da219531276a4a671f245e5e68c432afe2813cc3ce1e283af3f7b7571.png) There is an old saying in China, "If you lose your horse, how can you know it is not a blessing". Lincoln later became president, according to a biography written by his small-town lawyer colleague Herndon, who owed it to the wife. According to Herndon's book, Lincoln is miserable. Every Saturday night, when everyone wants to go home from the bar, Lincoln alone is reluctant to go home. So Lincoln's outstanding, succinct and alert, and eloquent eloquence were all learned in the bar. Also, Socrates was not allowed to read books quietly at home, so it became a habit to go to the market every day and stand on the street talking nonsense. Thus began the ethos of the "peripatetic school". They give lectures, not in the academy, but on the streets when people ask questions. The cultivation of this group of philosophers should also be attributed to his wife. There are many stories about this kind of thing, especially about the elegant jokes of several famous people on their deathbed. This kind of cultivation kung fu cannot be learned by ordinary people. The death of Socrates, written by Plato, is the most moving story. The city government said that he was defaming the public by arguing and bewildering the young children, and gave him poison to commit suicide. He took poison generously that night, and his disciples reluctantly accompanied him, but Su Shi calmly expounded the truth. In the end, his famous words were: "Remember, I owe someone a rooster that I haven't paid back." Ask him to send it away, and don't forget it. These were his last words before he died. Jin Shengtan was sentenced to death, and the letter sent from the prison was also of this faction. "Peanuts and dried tofu are chewed together, and they taste like ham" (approximately). There are so many people in history who took their righteous lives calmly, it is unnecessary to list them. There is a legend in Spain that a well-mannered count was about to die, and a friend came to see him. The count was out of breath, but the visitor went on and on. The Count had to endure and listen. At the last moment, the Count impatiently said to the visitor: "I'm sorry, please forgive me, let me die at this moment." He turned to face the wall and died peacefully. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7c0bd5e2f93fc08495ceeae0ef2b7efe976ae9f68ddd064fc6fe5df3d98d7eff.png) I read Jesus' long speech to his disciples on the last night, and found it to be more moving than Su's dying words, and Jesus' dying words on the cross: "God, forgive them for what they have done. , out of ignorance." This is the greatness of Jesus, which is beyond the reach of human affection. This is the same as his usual style: "Blessed are those who give than those who receive." It is a pity that we ordinary people know what we can't do, and often we can't do it. --- *Originally published on [blueberry](https://paragraph.com/@blueberry-2/ridicule)*