Ancient examples of the pursuit of happiness, ancient examples of the pursuit of happiness

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

The legend of the White Lady.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Dong Yong's Seven Fairies and Heavenly Immortals.

Ashima. Peacocks fly southeast.

The red-whisked woman runs at night.

The Legend of the West Chamber. The story of Su San.

Peach Blossom Fan.

Zhuo Wenjun asked Sima Xiangru to elope, and the red whisk girl asked Li Jing to elope.

What is the happiness I want, whether it is to have endless wealth, whether it is to live without food and clothing, or to be noticed by others, if these are not, then what is happiness? Throughout the ages, countless people have persistently pursued happiness in their own minds, and Chang'e cherished the dream of happiness, swallowed the elixir of immortality, flew to the nine heavens, and became a fairy in the moon. But guarding the cold Guanghan Palace alone, will she feel the happiness of being an immortal?

And Mathilde, who longs to enter high society, wears a necklace and dreams of happiness, but does not expect that this happiness is so short-lived, and she pays a heavy price for her happiness. For the money-hungry Grande, having a mountain of gold coins is probably his greatest happiness. But how sad it was when he stared at his chamber in a wheelchair in old age and weakness, and even in the last moments of his life he was obsessed with his gold.

Many times people tend to lose sight of their own happiness and feel that the happiness of others is dazzling. I can't think that the happiness of others may not be suitable for me, and I can't imagine that the happiness of others may be my own grave. When China's feudal students took "the night of candles in the cave room, and the nomination of the gold list" as the greatest happiness in their lives, and fought for it for life, Wu Jingzi used his pen to paint us a scene of Fan Jin being overjoyed and crazy after the lift, is happiness like this?

I doubted it. What is true happiness? Du Fu has poems:

There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy. This is what Du Fu thinks of as happiness. "An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to deal with the powerful, which made me unhappy.

Free and easy happiness is a portrayal of Li Bai's life. Sima Qian used "people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than the feathers" to interpret his understanding of happiness, and Fan Zhongyan, who climbed the Yueyang Tower, faced the rolling river and chanted "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", which is happiness. Sighing at the deep understanding of happiness by the ancients, I gradually came to the conclusion of what kind of happiness I wanted.

It is not the wealth of a daughter, it is not the position of being noticed by others, but the dedication of being a person and thinking about others, it is a dedication, and this is the happiness I want. Happiness is something that everybody wants to pursue, and some people don't have a normal fiery heart to embrace happiness at hand, and they still complain to themselves