Song Guiwu’s opinion 91: It’s difficult to be poor without complaining, and easy to be rich without being arrogant. Why?


 宋圭武观点91:贫而无怨难,富而无骄易,为什么?

 

《论语》说:“贫而无怨难,富而无骄易。”为什么,其实这也是个体为了实现收益最大化的一种均衡。贫困群体发怨气,一方面是给社会释放需要救助的信号,另一方面,也是对社会发出威胁的信号。对贫困群体而言,若不发怨气,虽然能得到一些精神收益,但由于贫困无人救助,可能损失更大。所以,贫困群体发怨气,是边际收益大于边际成本。但对富人而言,则没有必要发怨气。而且有钱人,多一份谦虚,必然多一些好的社会评价,这相当于多一份精神收益。所以,对富人而言,在无骄的情况下,边际收益大于边际成本。这种情况反映在做官方面,就是越大的官可能会越谦虚;越小的官,可能会越爱摆官架子。另外,越是贫困地区出身的官,也可能越爱摆官架子。还有,对当官比较渴望的,一旦当上官,也容易摆官架子。官员爱摆官架子,其实是一种虚假的狂妄,其后果本质是损人不利己。因为摆官架子,既让别人感觉不好,也有损自己的形象。大智慧的官员,总是谦虚的。另外,面对“贫而无怨难,富而无骄易”情况,也需要我们高度关注社会的怨气,若一个社会怨气多,必然多与贫困有关。而社会贫困问题多,必然是社会大问题。治国必先富民。如何解决社会贫困问题,应是国家发展始终需要考虑的重点问题之一。好,谢谢,谢谢。

 

Song Guiwu's opinion 91: It's difficult to be poor without complaining, and easy to be rich without being arrogant. Why?

 

In fact, this is also a kind of equilibrium for individuals to maximize their benefits. The poor group's complaint, on the one hand, is to release the signal for society to need assistance, and on the other hand, is also a threat signal to society. For the poor group, if they do not complain, although they can get some spiritual benefits, they may lose more because of the lack of help. Therefore, the poor group's complaint is that the marginal revenue is greater than the marginal cost. But for the rich, there is no need to complain. And the rich, more modest, must have more good social evaluation, which is equivalent to more spiritual benefits. Therefore, for the rich, in the case of no arrogance, the marginal revenue is greater than the marginal cost. This situation is reflected in the official side, that is, the higher the official is, the more modest he may be; the smaller the official is, the more likely he is to put on airs. In addition, the more the official from the poor area is, the more likely he is to put on airs. And the more eager he is to be an official, once he is an official, he is also easy to put on airs. The official's love of putting on airs is actually a kind of false arrogant, and its consequences are inherently detrimental to others and detrimental to themselves. Because put on the official scaffolding, both let others feel bad, also damage their own image. Great wisdom of the officials, always modest. In addition, in the face of "poor and no resentment is difficult, rich and no pride easy" situation, we also need to pay close attention to the social complaints, if a social complaints, inevitably more related to poverty. And social poverty problems, is bound to be a big social problem. The governance of the country must first enrich the people. How to solve the problem of social poverty, should be one of the key issues that need to be considered in the development of the country. OK, thank you, thank you.