An explanation of the phrase born in sorrow and dying in peace

Born in sorrow and died in peace and happiness (pre-Qin Mencius).

CCTV International, 17 June 2003 16:54

Shun is in the acre, Fu Shuo is lifted in the plate building, the rubber is lifted in the fish salt, Guan Yiwu is raised in the Shi, Sun Shu Ao is raised in the sea, and Baili Xi is held in the city.

Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

People are permanent, and then they can change; Trapped in the heart, balanced in the worry, and then done; Signified in color, issued in sound, and then metaphor. If you enter, you will not be able to go home, and if you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will die.

Then he was born in sorrow and died in peace.

Born in sorrow, died in peace.

There was an interesting and thought-provoking experiment in which a frog was thrown into a hot pan of oil and the frog was able to unexpectedly leap out of the trap. Then he put the same frog in a pot of water that was gradually heated, and this time it felt so comfortable that when it realized that danger was coming, it became so weak that it finally died at the bottom of the pot. From this experiment, we can see that frogs are sensitive to immediate danger and slow to respond to dangers that are yet to come.

From this I think of man, and in fact the same is true of man, as Mencius said: "Born in sorrow, die in peace." ”

In the journey of life, adversity prompts people to be vigilant and motivates people to forge ahead, while a comfortable and superior environment wears down people's will, makes people indulge in happiness and enjoy comfort, and often achieves nothing. Some people even indulge in alcohol and self-destruction when they are at ease. How similar is this to a frog's leap in distress and lying in warm water.

Born in sorrow" is an eternal saying, and the story of the Yue King Goujian lying down and tasting courage in the Spring and Autumn Period is its best registration. At that time, Gou Jian succumbed to peace, humbled himself to Wu, tried his courage on a salary, and after "ten years of life and gathering, ten years of training", he finally turned weak into strong, raised troops to destroy Wu State, and became a generation of overlords, how could Gou Jian be able to restore the country? This is the result of the sorrow of the humiliation of the country that made him angry and urged him to rise up.

This shows that when there are many difficulties and there is no way out, people can often show extraordinary perseverance, give full play to unexpected potential, fight desperately to break out of the encirclement, and open up a way of life.

However, with a way of life and comfort, people often cannot grasp it well, and "die in peace". There is no better example of this than King Chuang. In the spring of 1644, King Chuang invaded Beijing, thinking that the world was determined and it was done.

Those new bureaucrats who came from peasants lost all the courage to conquer the world during the uprising, and only wanted to enjoy peace and happiness in the city of Beijing, "celebrating the New Year every day"; Li Zicheng wanted to be the emperor as soon as possible, Niu Jinxing wanted to be the prime minister of the peace, and the generals wanted to build a mansion. When the Qing troops entered the customs and the Ming Dynasty forces made a comeback, the rebel army was defeated and out of control. This reminds me of Ouyang Xiu's old sentence "Sorrow can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can die".

When danger arises, people can open their eyes and fight, so they can save the day;In the midst of comfort and pleasure, the will faded, and the spirit was completely lost, and the result was a complete failure.

"Born in sorrow, die in peace" means: to live because of sorrow, and to die because of depression because of peace.

Be cautious at all times, only those who worry about the country can survive, and those who only covet pleasure will eventually perish!

It means that sorrow makes life and happiness makes death.

It means that a situation of sorrow and tribulation can make a person strive to survive, and a comfortable and happy life can lead to slackness and destruction.

It can also be translated as "being in the midst of sorrow and calamity can make a person or a nation survive, and being in comfort and pleasure can make a person or a nation die." There are quite similarities with the principle of "boiling frogs in warm water". Some people also think that it means worrying about the country and the people.

Born in sorrow, die in peace" is an idiom from Mencius's Confucian classic "Mencius: The Second Confession" in a short essay "Born in Sorrow, Die in Peace". Sorrow: Sorrow and evil. Comfort: Comfort and pleasure.

This is the words of Mencius, and "yu" can be translated here as "in". Literally, it means to live in sorrow and perish in peace. Now it is more used in derivative meaning, a comfortable life makes people slack, and there is danger to make people alert.

This tells us that we must always have the meaning of sorrow, not be happy to enjoy it, stop moving, and finally end up like boiling a frog in warm water.

Survival is made possible by sorrow, but destruction is sufficient by ease and pleasure.

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