from "Caigen Tan"
Original text: Gan Kun is undecided, you and I are both dark horses, so don't decide the world by temporary gains and losses.
Interpretation: You and I are both likely to win before the outcome is known. In this life, never underestimate anyone easily, because you never know what brilliant action this person will take at the next corner of life. Don't feel that you are the best because of temporary pride, and don't feel that you are weak because of temporary frustration.
gan Kun generally represents heaven and earth, the world, the situation and the overall situation. A dark horse is a metaphor for a blockbuster winner in a major event. Now it is often used in politics, sports and other occasions. The literal meaning can be interpreted. Before the overall situation is decided, anyone may be the winner.
Caigen Tan is a book written by Hong Yingming in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. It was named "Caigen Tan" because the author compared the taste of vegetables to the taste of the world, and only thick-cultivated vegetable roots will have a taste; Others say, "If you bite Reagan, you can do everything.".
Caigen Tan combines the golden mean of Confucianism, the inaction of Taoism and the birth of Buddhism, and forms a set of life rules, expressing China people's unique views on life, interpersonal relationship and human nature. It is really an essential medicine for home travel, self-cultivation and promotion and salary increase.
Hong Yingming, whose name is sincere, is still a novice. His residence, date of birth and death, and average life are unknown. He was a thinker and scholar in the Ming Dynasty, living around Ming Shenzong Wanli. In addition to the famous Caigen Tan, he also compiled four volumes of Fairy Tales.
The Summary of Sikuquanshu says that this book contains many stories about Buddha's second child's family. In the preface to The Wonders of the Fairy Buddha, it is introduced that he "yearned for flowers when he was young, but lived in meditation when he was late", which shows that he was keen on official career and fame in his early years, and retired to the mountains in his later years to seek immortality. Before and after thirty years of Wanli (162), he once lived in Qinhuai River in Nanjing and devoted himself to writing.
Hong Yingming, the author of Caigen Tan, was born in the Wanli period of Ming Shenzong. A native of Xindu (now Xindu County), Sichuan Province, went to Nanjing to seek an official position and lived in Nanjing.