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修养知足知止的人生智慧

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修养知足知止的人生智慧 ■周长龙 《道德经》中有句名言:“祸莫大于不知足,咎莫大于欲得。”这句话的意思是,祸患没有比不知足更为严重的,灾难没有比贪得无厌更为深重的了。春秋时期,诸侯争霸,战争连年不断,给社会生产和百姓生活带来了严重灾难。老子认为当时战争的起因是统治者贪得无厌、不知满足。为此,他提出“知足常足”的观点,既是对统治者贪得无厌的严正警告,也是对立身处世智慧的深刻总结。 在中华民族传统文化中,知足知止作为一种处世哲学和人生智慧,历来为先贤所推崇。《训俭示康》中说:“君子寡欲,则不役于物,可以直道而行。”《省心录》里讲:“知足者贫贱亦乐,不知足者富贵亦忧。”这些传世名言均揭示了知足知止的重要意义。知足知止并非畏缩不前、不思进取,而是当行则行、当止则止,有所为有所不为。正如《韩非子》中所说,“人无毛羽,不衣则不犯寒;上不属天而下不著地,以肠胃为根本,不食则不能活;是以不免于欲利之心”。韩非子认为,人有欲望不可怕,关键在于这种“欲利之心”是否有度。所以他引用《道德经》中的“祸莫大于不知足”,强调人应当把一己私利限制在一定范围内,通过正当途径、合法手段来满足自己合理的欲望。 反过来讲,“欲而不知足,失其所以欲;有而不知止,失其所以有”。唐代柳宗元在《蝜蝂传》中讲了一则寓言故事,一种名为蝜蝂的小虫,爬行时总是把遇到的东西抓取过来、背在身上,而它“又好上高”,结果越爬越高、越背越重,最终支撑不住、坠地而死。“遇货不避,以厚其室,不知为己累也,唯恐其不积”,“蝜蝂之累”的教训,就在于放纵欲望,一味贪求而不知足、不知止,最终为欲望所累,乃至坠入深渊。 习主席谆谆告诫党员干部:“党的领导干部更要对组织和人民常怀感恩敬畏之心,对功名利禄要知足,对物质享受和个人待遇要知止。”在我们党的历史上,许多优秀共产党员都能够保持知足知止,做到清正廉洁。开国少将甘祖昌不恋官位、不图享受,自请解甲归田,一生安于清贫、生活俭朴,将大部分收入投入家乡建设;“导弹司令”杨业功在用权上严守边界、严格自律,从不接受任何形式的礼品馈赠,衣食住行都极尽节俭,一心扑在国防事业上;战斗英雄张富清将赫赫战功深埋心底,主动放弃优越条件,扎根偏远山区数十年,一生公私分明、生活俭朴……他们看淡物质享受、保持朴素作风、严守法纪底线,用实际行动诠释了共产党人克己奉公、淡泊名利的初心本色。 不能知足知止,则害莫大焉,现实中那些落马的腐败分子就是反面教材。他们有的对生活待遇不知足,喜欢讲排场、比阔绰,物欲膨胀、贪得无厌,把手伸向了不该伸的地方,结果锒铛入狱;有的对功名利禄不知足,总想站上更高的位置,手握更大的权力,不惜一切代价追名逐利,最终却落得个身败名裂、满盘皆输……这些教训给人以警示:欲多则心散,心散则志衰,志衰必然导致党性弱化,信念动摇,言行举止失范,道德修养滑坡。所以,一定要守好欲望的闸门,做到知足知止,才能防止自己被失控的欲望所吞噬。 “知足常足,终身不辱;知止常止,终身不耻。”党员干部特别是领导干部应当自觉提升思想境界、道德境界,在物质待遇上要知足,不贪非分之利;在生活待遇上要知足,不慕奢靡享乐;在名誉地位上要知足,不逐虚名浮绩。同时,还应做到在党性修养上“知不足”,经常自警自省、防微杜渐,守牢底线、不踩红线;在干事创业上“不知足”,苦干实干、追求卓越,做到一心为公、一身正气、一尘不染。

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "修养知足知止的人生智慧." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-28. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16470190.html.

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