Ang Lee was definitely a charming person. No matter from which point of view, he was very charming. Needless to say, his character was good, his appearance was first-class, and his temperament was incomparable to ordinary people.
For some superficial people, the appearance was the most charming place. They only liked beautiful people, but they completely ignored the flaws behind this beautiful appearance.
For example, the plastic surgery craze in the later generations was because almost everyone attached great importance to appearance. People with good looks would have a better future, and people with bad looks would be rejected by everyone. Appearance even became a shortcut to success, especially for women. A beautiful woman would always be more likely to succeed than a woman with average looks, and it was easier for her to get good luck.
In fact, this kind of practice of judging a person only by their appearance was very undesirable and very superficial, but most people in the world were superficial. This was also an indisputable fact.
Of course, after all, most people relied on their eyes to judge things, and what the eyes could see was only the appearance of a person. The eyes couldn't see a person's heart.
Some people would say that a good-looking person might have a dark heart. Then, a person with a bad appearance, must his heart be sunny? I'm afraid not.
Since a person's heart couldn't be judged, then at least he should like a beautiful person! After all, character and heart could be disguised. If an ugly person pretended to be noble, then wouldn't it be a big loss to the person who liked him?
People who liked appearance were undoubtedly the most, followed by people who liked money and power. Some people especially liked to make friends with rich and powerful people in order to live a rich life.
Many young girls of seventeen or eighteen years old would choose to marry old men in their fifties or sixties. Of course, these old men were not ordinary old men, but rich and powerful golden bachelors. They were very rich, and some were people with great power. They could make a young girl struggle less for decades with a casual word. So, these young girls were certainly unwilling to suffer with the young men. How happy it would be to be with these rich and powerful old men.
This also caused many young men in the later generations to be unable to find a wife. The reason was simple: they did not have money, nor did they have the power to make themselves rich. They were poor all their lives. It was already not easy for them to survive. How could they give a woman the quality of life that she wanted? It was simply a fantasy.
Looks would give a person extra points. Money and power would also give a person extra points. Perhaps if a person was old and ugly, but especially rich, some people would feel disgusted. However, for the sake of power and money, they would choose to swallow this disgust.
A slightly smarter person would choose to look at a person's character to judge a person from a person's character.
In that case, what exactly was character? Character referred to a person's moral character. For example, this person was very kind, very noble, and conveyed positive energy to society. This could mean that this person's character was very good. Otherwise, it would mean that this person's character was bad.
Ang Lee's character was, of course, very good. At least, when it came to his family and friends, Ang Lee's character was absolutely first-class. No one could compare to him.
The ancients said that as long as a person had good virtue, there was nothing that he could not bear. On the contrary, a person without great virtue would not be able to achieve great things. This was to warn the future generations to be willing to suffer losses and think more for others in order to achieve great things. At the same time, being virtuous was a blessing. Being a kind person would gain the respect of others.
Kindness, of course, was also a very important character of a person. Kindness was the key element of a good character. A person must always have a heart of gratitude in order to be respected by others. There was a famous saying in ancient times, 'The so-called good person is respected by all, blessed by the heavens, and blessed by good fortune. Evil will stay away from him, and the gods will guard him. The heart arises from kindness. Although good has not been done, the gods will follow. The heart arises from evil. Although evil has not been done, the gods will follow.'
Therefore, one must have a good heart and do good deeds. Only in this way could one be calm and at ease, reaching the realm where one would not do anything wrong and not be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night.
There was another aspect of character that was very important, and that was trustworthiness. The ancients said that if a person did not keep his or her word, it was unknown. If a person did not keep his or her word, he or she would not be able to do anything well. The key to communication between people was to keep one's word. The ancients regarded keeping one's word as a very important character. They paid attention to keeping one's word and keeping one's word. Wei Sheng broke his soul for love. Zeng Zi killed a pig for his son because of a word. These were all eternal stories of keeping one's word. If a person did not keep his or her word in society, no one would be willing to associate with him or her, let alone win the trust of others.
Tolerance was also an important aspect of evaluating a person's character. As the saying went, "Tolerance is great." A person must have a tolerant heart and be able to tolerate things that the world could not tolerate. We must learn to be tolerant of people who have different views from us, especially those who have conflicts with us.
Being tolerant of others was actually loosening the bindings on one's own heart. Otherwise, it would only put pressure on one's own heart, and the one who would be implicated would be oneself. One must acknowledge the differences between people, look at the strengths and strengths of others, be tolerant of the shortcomings of others, and look at others differently. In everything, both sides would lose if they fought, and both sides would benefit if they gave way.
As the saying went, "Take a step back and the sea and sky will be wide open." When Zhang Ying, the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty, received a letter from his family telling him about the dispute with his neighbor over the border wall, he replied with the following letter: "Writing books for a thousand miles is only for the wall. What's the harm in giving him a few feet? The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles still exists today, and I don't see Qin Shi Huang from back then." What kind of tolerant realm was this? In life, it was rare to be confused.
Honesty and modesty were an indispensable part of one's character. However, sometimes one could not be too dogmatic. If a person was very ugly and you directly said that he was ugly, that would be very bad. You should tell a white lie.
Since ancient times, honesty had been the foundation of one's life. Honesty was also a virtue. A person without sincerity could not be friends. "If you want to take on great responsibility, you must be sincere." As a person, only by being sincere and honest could one win the respect of others and gain a firm foothold in society. We treat our work the same. Whether it is reporting work or reflecting problems, we must be realistic. We must not falsify and break our promises to the people.
Modesty was an important part of a good character. The ancestor of the later generation once said, "Modesty makes people improve, pride makes people fall behind." No matter when one looked down on oneself, it was always a good thing. On one hand, it was beneficial for one's own improvement, and on the other hand, it was beneficial for getting along with others. The ancients said, "No matter what kind of person you are, you must not be snobbish. No matter what kind of occupation you practice, you must not be careless." No matter what you do, you must not always think that you are virtuous and capable. This is not good, and it is easy to make people hate you. A humble person was loved by everyone.
The last point of a person's character was integrity. A person might not be able to become a great person, but he could definitely become an upright person. An upright person must first do things according to his conscience. Plaits said to Wang Yongbin, "Ask for a conscience to control me and leave me some leeway." This was the principle. If one could do things according to his conscience, then he was definitely a noble person and an upright person. A person must have a correct concept of right and wrong. When encountering a problem, one must have one's own opinion. It must not be good for you, good for me, and good for everyone. One must adhere to the truth. One must not say that wrong is right because of a good relationship, and one must not say that right is wrong because of a bad relationship.
In terms of character, Ang Lee never thought that his character was bad. However, compared to these requirements, Ang Lee found that he did not meet many requirements. After all, there were too many requirements regarding character. Moreover, some of the requirements were too dogmatic. If it was done mechanically, it would be easy to do bad things with good intentions. Moreover, if it was too dogmatic, one would almost become a robot, and it would be boring.
Ang Lee did not dare to pursue a particularly noble character. However, the thing that could best reflect a person's charm was their temperament. In other words, the better a person's temperament, the more they would be welcomed by others.
Then, what was temperament? Temperament referred to a person's relatively stable personality characteristics, style, and bearing. Passionate, cheerful, and generous people tended to show a bold temperament. Quiet, cultured, and refined people tended to show a noble temperament. Straightforward, bold, and bold people tended to show a rough temperament. Gentle, beautiful, and dignified people tended to show a quiet temperament.
No matter if it was intelligent, noble, rough, or quiet, they could all give people a sense of beauty. On the contrary, a crafty, mean, arrogant, and despicable temperament could only make people feel disgusted.
In real life, many people only paid attention to their dressing and did not pay attention to their temperament. Indeed, a beautiful appearance, fashionable clothes, and meticulous dressing could give people a sense of beauty. However, this kind of beauty was always short-lived and superficial, like a meteor in the sky, fleeting. If you were a conscientious person, you would find that the sense of beauty given by temperament was not limited by age, clothing, or dressing.
A person's true charm mainly lay in their unique temperament. This temperament was attractive to both the same sex and the opposite sex. This was a kind of inherent personality charm.
Temperament beauty was first expressed in the rich inner world. Having ideals was an important aspect of the rich inner world. Ideals were the motivation and goal of life. Without the pursuit of ideals, the inner world would be empty and impoverished. It was impossible to talk about temperament beauty. Character was another important aspect of temperament beauty.
Sincerity and kindness were indispensable. The level of education also affected a person's temperament to a certain extent. In addition, it was necessary to be open-minded and magnanimous.
Temperament beauty seemed invisible, but it was tangible. It was expressed through a person's attitude towards life, personality characteristics, words and deeds, and so on.
Everyone pursued beauty without misunderstanding or profaning it. This required everyone to comprehend the true meaning of beauty from life. Combining a beautiful appearance, a beautiful temperament, a beautiful conduct, and a beautiful language, it showed a temperament beauty from the inside out.
Of course, having a good temperament also required a certain economic foundation. If one lived in poverty and worked hard to fill their stomachs every day, then it would be very difficult for this person to maintain a good temperament. How could a person who walked impatiently have a good temperament? However, how could a person who was financially poor not walk faster? If he walked slowly, how could he work and earn money to support himself?
Ang Lee's temperament was, of course, first-class because Ang Lee was rich enough and smart enough. No matter what he did, he did not need to be too impatient and could maintain a good image very well.
It was not easy for people with low status to do this. Low-status soldiers could not wear gorgeous clothes and did not have the time to dress themselves up. They also did not have the opportunity to improve themselves. They could only maintain that appearance. However, Ang Lee could live a very leisurely life, which was not something they could compare to.
Therefore, a person's temperament was related to his identity. Different identities would inevitably have different temperaments. An official would have the temperament of an official, a worker would have the temperament of a worker, an actor would have the temperament of an actor, and a soldier would have the temperament of a soldier. Many times, a person's identity could be judged from the temperament that a person exuded.
Of course, this was the case in ancient times, but it was not so accurate in the future because people in the future were very good at pretending. They were obviously poor to the point of not being able to eat, but they had to pretend to be rich. They were obviously a village woman, but they had to dress up like a princess. They were obviously unemployed, but they had to make themselves look like a rich boss. In other words, it was completely impossible to tell a person's identity from their appearance, let alone whether they were rich or poor. This was very magical and was also a phenomenon unique to the later civilized society.
Ang Lee remembered that in the Great Ming Dynasty, the imperial court had a rule that people of different identities had to wear clothes of different identities. The dragon robe could only be worn by the emperor, and the officials of the same rank would wear the same clothes. Businessmen had the lowest status, so they could not wear gorgeous clothes. Otherwise, it would be against the law and they would be punished.
In the later civilized society, there was no such problem. Everyone could wear clothes according to their own preferences. Even if you wore a dragon robe every day and dressed exactly like the country's number one leader, there would be no problem. No one would come to investigate you, let alone punish you. The benefits of this were obvious. Society was more equal, at least in terms of clothes.
This also caused the problem of not being able to tell a person's identity from their clothes because everyone's clothes could be worn casually, except for the uniforms of some special industries.
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