Sorrow and suffering are enough to make people survive, and comfort and enjoyment are enough to make people perish.

1. Original text: From the last paragraph of "Mencius Gaozi Xia" by Mencius and his disciples in the pre-Qin Dynasty

People always make mistakes, and then they can change; they are trapped in the heart, balanced by worries, and then To make; to signify by color, to express by sound, and then to metaphor. If you enter, you will be unable to control the people at home, if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will be permanently destroyed. Then I know that I was born in sorrow and died in happiness.

2. Translation: People often make mistakes before they can correct them; they are worried and blocked in their hearts before they can rise up; their emotions are revealed on their faces and expressed in their voices before they can be understood by others. If a country does not have ministers who adhere to the law and wise men who can assist the king at home, and there are no neighboring countries to rival it or disasters from foreign countries, it will always be in danger of collapse. In this way, we will know that sorrow and suffering are enough to make people survive, and comfort and enjoyment are enough to make people perish.

Extended information

1. Creation background

This article is selected from "Mencius Gaozi Xia". During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were wars and disputes. If a country wanted to be invincible, it had to work hard and not be content with the status quo and not make progress. This article is written against this background.

2. Appreciation

This short article not only has lofty arguments and outstanding insights, which ordinary people cannot explain, but also has clear arguments, rigorous logic, and undeniable persuasiveness. This article makes good use of parallelism and carries out in-depth arguments layer by layer, forming an overwhelming and compelling momentum, which is also worthy of praise in art.