It means: If a gentleman wants to achieve long-term goals, he must wait for the opportunity; if he wants to achieve great achievements, he must be able to endure. From "Jia Yi Lun".

The full text of "On Jia Yi" closely follows Jia Yi's frustration and ends. It conducts an in-depth analysis of Jia Yi's personality traits, and at the same time analyzes the historical background at that time, combining virtual and real, comparing positive and negative, and advancing step by step. and a firm tone to highlight Jia Yi's personality;

It is believed that the reason for Jia Yi's tragedy is that he cannot "use his talents", "is not good at being poor", "has big ambitions but small capacity", and emphasizes that "there is room for improvement" ”, the life cultivation of “tolerance”. The last paragraph summarizes the purpose of the article: to persuade people to use them boldly when they meet talents like Jia Yi and not to miss the opportunity; to persuade people like Jia Sheng to love themselves and be good at using their talents. The argument is well-founded and well-structured.

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Literary Appreciation

Jia Yi is a famous "talented but unrecognized person" in Chinese history, and he died in depression. Most of the predecessors cherished Jia Sheng's talent, but criticized Emperor Wen for his mediocre talents. However, Su Shi went against the affirmation of many historians and scholars since "Historical Records" on Jia Yi's lack of talent, and analyzed the inevitability of his tragedy from Jia Yi's own perspective;

Criticized Jia Yi's tragedy because he could not "use his talents for himself" , "Poorness leads to poverty" and "big ambition but small capacity", blaming Jia Yi for not knowing how to make friends with ministers in order to win the trust of the court. This expresses Su Shi's attitude of sympathy, regret and criticism towards Jia Yi's life and experiences. Cutting in from an unexpected angle, drawing unexpected conclusions, making novel arguments, profound insights, and inspiring.