China's predecessors seem to have a soft spot for suffering. For people in daydreaming, a couplet says, "There is a way to learn from the mountains, but there is no end to learning from the sea", persuading everyone to "hang the beam and stab the stocks" and "dig the foundation for the light" and get an academician master or something. For those who want to achieve great things, there is a saying that "the sky will drop to a great position, so they must first suffer their minds, their bones and muscles, their bodies and their actions, so they must be patient and have benefited from what they can't do." Just say that his blood is boiling, as if success is grass hanging on the donkey's head, easily available. For those who want to get ahead, there is a famous saying: "Only by suffering can you become a master."

I don't know who said this sentence first, and I don't know how many people accepted it as a creed, but it can be said with certainty that this sentence is superficial and sinister, and the conclusion is fragile.

Since ancient times, few people have changed from "taking pleasure in suffering" to "being a man". Tang Priest and his disciples went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures, and spent eighty-one difficulties. As a result, Tang Sanzang was made a Buddha, Sun was made a defeated Buddha, Pig Bajie only got a net altar messenger, Friar Sand only mixed a golden arhat and a small white dragon, and he was still a ghost, making eight dragons and horses and continuing to let others control the play.

Logically speaking, "suffering" is not a sufficient condition to be a human being, nor is it a necessary condition to be a human being, let alone a sufficient and necessary condition to be a human being.

For some people, they are also great men without suffering. Not long ago, the new You Ren made that crazy country crazy. The idea of amending the law of succession to the throne so that women can inherit the throne ends here, that is to say, if there is no accident, this infant Youren will become the future emperor of Japan.

You Ren's status as a "person" is innate. So far, it is his mother who suffers from his caesarean section. He is now in the spotlight, with a special nursery, security guards and three nurses taking turns to take care of him.

Under the privileged system and hereditary system, there are many innate "people" like You Ren. They are basically out of touch with suffering, but rely on unfair system protection to live magnanimously, infinitely and condescendingly.

For some people, it is hard to be a master after suffering. Speaking of this, I think of Xianglinsao in Lu Xun's works, the masses she represents, whether they are farmers who work at sunrise and rest at sunset with their backs to the loess, or citizens who are trying to manage their own lives; Whether it's migrant workers who go to the city to try to change their fate, or scavengers, entertainers and vagrants; Whether they are lifelong dedicated teachers or junior civil servants who silently obey their work, their hardships and hardships are a fait accompli, but their future and hopes are mostly beautiful fantasies. Suffering seems to be the cause, and people seem to be the fruit, but the suffering of a grassroots class and the recognition of its harvest by society are often two different things. Remember Ye Shengtao's "Overcharging Three or Five Gates"? For those hard-working and busy people, when they harvest indifference, ridicule and desolation, others "people here" may be laughing at themselves.

Modern people sum up several elements of success: correct thinking, unremitting action, great personality, skillful skills, God-given opportunities and precious health. It can be seen that if you want to succeed, you must not only endure hardships, but also have the support of relevant conditions. Those who only know bitterness, those who eat bitterness that is not worth eating, and those who regard bitterness as a magic weapon to solve all problems, I am afraid that they can only continue to wander in the strange circle of "suffering in bitterness".

In The Journey to the West, Tathagata argued with Monkey Sun about God's position in the king of world. He was a great saint, a kind man and a jade emperor. I only heard the Tathagata say, "He (the Jade Emperor) has been robbed for 1,750 years since he was a child, every time he robbed for 129,600 years. You calculate, how many years will it take him to enjoy this endless road? " This sentence is very useful to "people here" Yes, don't look at the splendor of my life and enjoy the bliss on earth, you know? I am a blessing from a previous life.

From this point of view, for some people, eating "bitterness in bitterness" is also innate. If you don't eat, you have to eat, for free.