Provide an exemplary defense:
Our view is that people who achieve great things are informal. What is "informal"? This is a very general concept. In order to make the discussion more targeted, we naturally need to give it a reasonable definition. The word "informal" comes from the biography of Yu Yanchuan in the later Han Dynasty. The explanation of the Commercial Press is to describe people who are not constrained by trivial matters and are not bound by trivial matters. It means that they don't pay attention to the trivial things in life. Here are two words that need the other party's special attention: "detention" and "festival" to describe being tied up. Obviously, not sticking to the rules does not mean not paying attention to or observing. Don't stick to details, let's broaden our horizons and be more flexible. Secondly, "details" refer to trivial matters that have nothing to do with the overall situation. Its extension is very wide, as small as trivial matters of life: clothes, daily life; Self-interest: life and death. Einstein, a great scientist, is sloppy all day, which can be described as informal; Li Bai, a great writer, is bold and unconstrained, which is called informal; The great Comrade Lei Feng, serving the people wholeheartedly, does not care about his own interests, and is even more irregular! In addition, "festival" is not equal to "detail", and detail is an indispensable element of things. Section is a secondary contradiction in the development of things, and it depends on the direction and mainstream to grasp the development of things.
First, judging from the main characteristics of "great achievers", great achievers are by no means ordinary talents. They must have made outstanding achievements in a certain field and had a great and lasting positive impact on society. Looking at the great achievers in ancient and modern times, we can find that they all have one common feature: (1) they have a long-term vision and keen insight and foresight on the development of things; (2) They are good at grasping the main contradiction of things, can clearly understand the position and function of "festival", and will not stick to unprincipled trivial matters; (3) People who achieve great things often have unique personalities and are informal. In Comrade Xiaoping's talent thought, it is mentioned that people should be appointed on merit, and they should not be eclectic ... including some eccentric people (Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, Volume II), which objectively affirmed the relationship between talents and eclecticism.
Second, from the reality, people's energy is limited. If they want to achieve great things, they must have an insight into the direction and grasp the overall situation. As the saying goes, once you climb to the top of the mountain, you will see that other mountains are short under the sky. Only when they have no distractions can they concentrate. If they are confined to trivial matters and spend too much energy and time on unprincipled trivial matters, there will inevitably be obstacles to achieving great things.
Thirdly, from a theoretical perspective, the contradictions of things can be divided into major contradictions and minor contradictions. "Direction" and "overall situation" are the major contradictions of things, which play a leading role in the development of things. "Festival" is a small contradiction. We should not ignore the root cause and pursue the result. You know, while solving major contradictions, minor contradictions are also easy to solve.
To sum up the above three points, we all agree that those who achieve great things are informal!