人的精力是有限的,一个人要想有所作为,就必须节制自己的欲望、控制自己的行为,把精力和智慧集中在莱一项或几项事业上,并且坚持不懈地做下去,才能取得成功。如果能够这样做,人们常常会称赞这个人有志气,而要是放纵自己的欲望,想干什么就干什么,难免要被看作庸人。在中国古代,判断一个人有无大志往往看他对金钱美女的态度,对金钱美女的欲望被认为是最需要节制的。比如,范增对攻破咸阳后的刘邦这样评述:“财物无所取,妇女无所幸,此其志不在小也。”有些功高盖主的权臣,为了向皇帝显示自己胸无大志,常常故意买地置 People’s energy is limited. If one wants to make a difference, one must exercise restraint in one’s own desires, control one’s own behavior, concentrate one’s energy and wisdom on one or more of these undertakings, and persevere in their dedication Success. If you can do this, people often praise this person ambitious, and if indulge their own desires, what they want to do, will inevitably be seen as mediocre. In ancient China, to judge a person with ambition often look at his attitude toward money and beauty, the desire for money and beauty is considered the most in need of restraint. For example, Fan Zeng commented on Liu Bang after the break of Xianyang: “Property has nothing to do, women have no luck, and this is not a mere gesture.” Some power and high officials are vying to show their emperor their ambition to buy Location