If you plan ahead, you will prosper. If you plan ahead, you will die. It means that if you plan ahead, you will prosper. Plan after action, and you will perish. The language comes from Liu Xiang's Shuo Yuan Shuo Cong in Han Dynasty. The success of planning first and then doing things, the failure of planning first and then doing things. It is easy to succeed if you plan, prepare and plan ahead; If you don't plan ahead, you will do things blindly, and you will easily fail if you are suddenly overwhelmed by difficulties.

The truth in "Seek first, you will prosper; seek first, you will die"

All human activities must have a clear and specific goal. And this goal has become a preview of future results. From this point of view, it can't help but show that planning is of extraordinary significance, and it can also show that people with complex ways of thinking are greater than other animals.

first, specify the directional function of the planning scope. Planning without a clear goal is like a boat that has lost its course swinging in the boundless ocean. Planning without a goal means no planning, and it loses the meaning of planning itself.

second, focus on planning the cohesion of inspiration. Planning needs inspiration, which is a synthesis of knowledge and information. Then the information loaded by the "target" becomes the core of selecting and combining other information. Like a magnetic field, it plays a cohesive role in the corresponding inspiration. That is to say, we have condensed and concentrated some inspiration around the goal, so as to form a correct and clear goal.

The classic famous saying in Shuo Yuan

1. You can't be strong if you don't investigate, and you can't be strong if you don't succeed

It comes from Shuo Yuan Tan Cong written by Han Liuxiang. If the time is not ripe, you can't just look for opportunities; Things are not clear, and you can't do it reluctantly.

2. If it is difficult to prepare, it will be difficult.

It's from "Shuo Yuan Guide" by Han Liuxiang. Without preparing for difficulties in advance, difficulties will surely come.

3. Trees and plants die in autumn, and pines and cypresses are alone

It comes from Shuo Yuan Shuo Cong written by Han Liuxiang. Plants die in autumn, but pines and cypresses can stand tall and straight. This sentence is a metaphor for showing who is a real hero in difficulties.

4. Learning less is like the sunrise; Strong and eager to learn, such as the light of Japan and China; Being old and eager to learn, as bright as a candle

comes from Shuo Yuan Jian Ben written by Han Liuxiang. Teenagers are eager to learn, as bright as the rising sun; In the prime of life, I am eager to learn, as hot as the noon sun; Learning to learn in old age is like lighting a candle in the dark. This means that life should be a life of learning, and we should study hard and keep pace with the times at all stages of life.

5. If you get what you want, you must worry about what you suffer; If you are happy with what you have achieved, you must pay attention to what you have lost.

It's from "Saying Yuan Jing Shen" by Han Liuxiang. When you get the benefit of something, you must take into account the harm it will bring; You will be happy when things succeed, but you should also think about the possible failures. This sentence points out that everything has the duality of benefit and harm, success and failure, so everything must be considered comprehensively.

Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang (about 77-6 BC) is also known as Liu Gengsheng, whose name is Zi Zheng. Confucian classics scholar, bibliographer and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Pei county (now Jiangsu) people. The grandson of Liu Jiao IV, King of Chu Yuan. When Emperor Xuandi was proclaimed in Han Dynasty, he advised doctors. Zong Zheng was appointed as Emperor of the Han and Yuan Dynasties. Against the eunuch Hong Gong, Shi Xian imprisoned, spin to release.

Later, he was imprisoned for opposing courtesy and showing off, so he was exempted from being Shu Ren. After Emperor Han Chengdi ascended the throne, he was appointed as Dr. Guanglu, renamed "Xiang", and the official went to Zhonglei School to comfort him. I was ordered to lead the school secretary and wrote Bielu, the earliest public catalogue of books in China. Cure the biography of Liang in the Spring and Autumn Period. He wrote 33 pieces of ci and fu such as Nine Sighs, most of which were lost.

There are books such as New Preface, Shuoyuan, Biography of Women, etc. The Five Classics Tongyi has a compilation of Ma Guohan of Qing Dynasty. The original collection, which was lost, was compiled by the Ming people as Liu Zhonglei Collection. For the life story, see Hanshu Volume 36.