Soft rules, hard rules

Author: Wang Wei
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: One must know the limits in dealing with people and the appropriate measures in doing things. Once you understand the art of soft and hard, everything becomes clear. There are two types of principles in the world: soft principles and hard principles. Survival, development, and wealth are hard principles; freedom, fairness, and patience are soft principles. There are two types of principles in the world: soft principles and hard principles. Survival, development, and wealth are hard principles; freedom, fairness, and endurance are soft principles. Hard principles are non-negotiable and unavoidable. Soft principles cannot defeat hard principles, and hard principles govern soft principles. The dissatisfaction of humanity and the millennia of struggle also have their justifications; they must not be easily abandoned. Modern people say, "An egg cannot crack a stone," but the ancients said, "Water, the most yielding, can penetrate stone." Both soft and hard principles are the right principles in the world. One must know the limits in dealing with people and the appropriate measures in doing things. Once you understand the art of soft and hard, everything becomes clear.