Failure is the mother of success

Interpretation: Failure is often the forerunner of success. Learn from failure and finally win. The meaning of "mother" is not the mother but the foundation.

It comes from the explanation that "failure is the mother of success" in A Dictionary of Chinese Idioms: mother is the forerunner. Refers to being good at drawing lessons from failure in order to succeed. According to textual research, it originated from the myth of Yu's water control. It was written by Edison.

The ancient myth of China, Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing, said that Gun stole the rest soil (soil that can grow) from the Emperor of Heaven to stop the flood, but it failed. The Emperor of Heaven ordered Zhu Rong to kill Gun, but he was still alive. "Gui Zang Kai Qi" says: "When you die at the age of three, you won't rot. If you cut it with Wu Dao, you will get out of Yu." These words mean that "Yu was born in the belly of a gun. Three years after his father's death, his body did not rot, and finally gave birth to his son Yu. " This just shows that this failed hero's ambition is not paid, and his spirit is immortal. He passed on his indomitable spirit of struggle to the next generation-Yu. On the basis of summing up the experience and lessons of the previous generation, Yu overcame the flood with the method of dredging and achieved success.

Gun failed. Gun gave birth to Yu, and Yu succeeded. Later generations created the idiom "failure gives birth to success" according to the myth of water control in Gun Yu: failure is the mother of success.

usage: as object, attribute and clause; Used to advise people.