"Cheating": Who doesn't feel pressure doesn't get annoyed

Author: Wolf
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Who "fooled" you? Different answers, different results. Pressure is both a "treasure" and a "bastard." When I can handle it, I say, "Okay, come on!" When I can't, I say, "Sorry, I don't have time to play with you." I've always believed in this saying: "As long as I'm here, there's hope." The head is on your own shoulders—don't let others fool you or fool yourself too much. If you do, pressure will naturally lessen. So, the solution to dealing with pressure is simple: don't let others fool you, and don't fool yourself either. —Wolf
Starting with Selling a Crutch, he starred in the "CCTV Spring Festival Gala" for three consecutive years as part of Zhao Benshan's series of skits, which were hailed as the "Trilogy of Fooling." The term "fooling" (), a dialectal expression from Tieling, Liaoning, was brought into the ears of millions through Zhao Benshan's "pouty mouth." Thus, just like the word "suspected" in the past, "fooling" became a very familiar term. It's so vivid and lively, like the spring blossoms of late March in Beijing.
The Modern Chinese Dictionary defines "fooling" as "to shake" or "to sway." Now, it has been given a new meaning: "to deceive" or "to manipulate." This is the "evolution" of language. I don't know how etymologists would explain it, but I naturally assume that "fooling" means to shake or sway someone until they're dizzy, thereby trying to influence their thoughts or decisions. This might be the meaning people use today.
Fan Wei was "fooled" by Zhao Benshan into buying a crutch; farmers were "fooled" by unscrupulous merchants into buying seeds that wouldn't sprout; city dwellers were "fooled" by real estate agents into buying houses with missing parts. Migrant workers were "fooled" by bosses into receiving only IOUs instead of money. There's also the case of a newlywed couple fighting, with the woman saying, "You fooled me when we were dating."
In fact, we are often "fooled" by others and also "fooled" ourselves. "I can't," "I have no way," "I was born poor," "Why am I always unlucky?" Or, "I'm the best in the world," "No one in the office is as good as me." When people "fool" themselves, it's no less bizarre than the tricks of unscrupulous merchants and politicians. In this tangled mess of big and small, you-me, up-down "fooling," we feel immense pressure. Thus, frustration, regret, and disappointment set in; our quality of life suffers greatly. So, to put it crudely: much of this pressure is caused by "fooling."
Of course, not all "fooling" is bad. If you really want to "fool" someone, at least do it with good intentions. The head is on your own shoulders—don't let others fool you or fool yourself too much. If you do, pressure will naturally lessen. So, the solution to relieving much of this pressure is not complicated: don't let others fool you, and don't fool yourself either.