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Born in sorrow and died in peace" (Mencius, Confession II). From this dialectical cautionary tale, we can gain profound enlightenment. The ancient philosophers had a lot to say about the consciousness of distress.
As early as in "Zhou Yi", there is a saying that "peace without forgetting danger, survival without forgetting death, governance without forgetting chaos". Successive dynasties have risen and fallen, and the security of the country has changed from time to time, and survival and death have even been between one thing and one policy. As a result, many politicians and thinkers have warned in a loud voice:
Be prepared for danger in peace, and worry about safety in danger. (Warring States Policy, Chu Ce IV) "Chang must decline, and prosperity must be abolished" (Han Wang Chong's "On Balance and Governance") Since ancient times, the lords who have lost their country have forgotten their dangers and forgotten their chaos, so they cannot last long. (Tang Wu Jing, "Zhenguan Political Leaders and Political System") The sense of distress formed by the Chinese nation over thousands of years is based on a deep understanding of the law of contradiction between things and an important reflection on the internal law of the rise and fall of the country.
Applying this sense of distress to the governance of the country, those far-sighted thinkers and politicians realized that the prosperity and stability of a dynasty and a regime are not absolute. Rise and fall are a common occurrence. When he first came to power, he was ambitious, made great efforts to make the country prosperous, reformed the old and made the new, honest and diligent, and social development took on a new look.
However, after a long time, vested interests tied their hands and feet, greedy for comfort, complacent, unwilling to forge ahead, and often slack, under the surface of the peaceful scene, all kinds of contradictions were hidden and accumulated. If the contradiction is not resolved in time, it becomes more and more acute, and when it encounters some kind of fuse, it will suddenly erupt and tear the clothes of the peaceful and prosperous era to pieces. There are four distinctive characteristics of the sense of distress in the tradition of Chinese civilization:
The first is to attach great importance to the sense of distress from the perspective of settling down and establishing one's life, taking "worrying about the road and not worrying about poverty" as the criterion of being a person and an official, emphasizing that "being born in adversity and dying in peace"; The second is to link adversity with the understanding of the laws of history, and from the dialectic of "where misfortune and blessing are relied upon, and where blessings and misfortunes lie", it is required to take precautions and prevent disasters before they occur; The third is to advocate worrying about the country and the people, "those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried about their worries", "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", take the world as their own responsibility, work hard and complain; Fourth, it is necessary to link adversity with diligence and thrift, diligence in government, "be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and frugality," and sum up the valuable lessons of "worrying about labor can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can lead to death." The preciousness of the Chinese nation's sense of distress lies in its ability to see the subtleties and foresee crises from the midst of peace. Follow-up:
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We have to have a sense of crisis in our careers, and sometimes we face many challenges, which may not be a bad thing, we can hone ourselves through the process of solving these problems, and make ourselves more mature and better. If life is too easy, we will lose the awareness and ability to protect ourselves until we are completely defeated by our opponents.
Born in sorrow, died in peace. —Mencius.
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I think there is a need: people with lofty ideals who are worried about the country and the people, and people who are willing to sacrifice for the country (I am afraid it is wrong).