Are you a smart person?

Author: Pei Jingwen
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: True intelligence lies in self-awareness, not in arrogance; in humility, not in showing off; in action, not just in knowing. To be a true intelligent person is to act with integrity, work diligently, and handle matters with both flexibility and principle. True intelligence means knowing what one is suited for and not suited for, understanding one's strengths and weaknesses, and being clear about the path one should take. This is also known as finding one's social role in today's popular phrase. "Intelligence" can be divided into true intelligence and false intelligence. True intelligence involves accurate understanding of things and correct methods of doing things, while false intelligence is based on partial knowledge, mistaking ignorance for courage, and using trifles as weapons, often leading to the saying, "pride comes before a fall." Intelligence can also be categorized as big intelligence and small intelligence. Those who appear smart are often small-minded, while big intelligence is the wisdom of being wise yet simple. Slyness is small intelligence. Kindness is big intelligence. Sly people may achieve small success but fail in big matters, while kind people may fail in small matters initially but ultimately succeed in big ones. The difference in intelligence also lies in verbal intelligence and hands-on intelligence. Verbal intelligence involves talking excessively, having the appearance of intelligence but lacking substance, carrying the name of "intelligence" throughout life but achieving nothing. In contrast, hands-on intelligence means being skillful and diligent, appearing simple on the surface but being a true intelligent person in reality.