Care and hard work can rejuvenate a country, while leisure can lead to death.

Career is accomplished by hard work, wasteful by play, accomplished by thinking, destroyed by following. (Han Yu)

The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.

Therefore, when Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, he must first prepare his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Therefore, tempting his heart and forbearance has benefited him. Can't. (Mencius) After all the luxury and success, peace of mind and peace of mind are mixed with disasters - Wang Anshi

Be safe without forgetting danger, survive without forgetting death, govern without forgetting chaos - "Book of Changes"

If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Worry and labor can rejuvenate the country, while leisure and hesitation can destroy the body - Ouyang Xiu

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and be frugal - Wei Zheng's "Ten Thoughts on Remonstrance to Taizong"

Don’t forget danger when you are safe, and worry about decline when you are prosperous. ——("The Book of Han")

There is no beginning, and there is an end. ("The Book of Songs")

Hardships and hardships make you successful--Northern Song Dynasty writer Zhang Zai

Born in sorrow, died in happiness

There is such an interesting and thought-provoking experiment. If a frog is accidentally thrown into a boiling oil pan, the frog can unexpectedly Jump out and escape the trap. Then the same frog was placed in a pot of gradually heated water. This time it felt so comfortable that when it realized the danger was coming, it was too eager to jump and eventually died at the bottom of the pot. From this experiment, we can see that frogs are sensitive to immediate dangers and slow to respond to dangers that have not yet arrived. From this, I thought of people. In fact, people are also like this in this regard, as Mencius said: "Born in sorrow, died in happiness."

In the journey of life, adversity reminds people to be alert and inspires people to forge ahead. , but the comfortable and superior environment wears away people's will, making people indulge in peace and enjoyment, and often achieve nothing. Some people even indulge in drunkenness and self-destruction in their comfortable moments. This is very similar to a frog leaping up when facing danger and lying down waiting to die in warm water.

"Born from sorrow" is an eternal saying. The story of Gou Jian, the king of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, who lay down on firewood and tasted gall is the best example of it. At that time, Gou Jian surrendered and sued for peace. He humbled himself to serve Wu and endured hardships. After "ten years of gathering together and ten years of training", he finally turned from weak to strong, raised an army to destroy the state of Wu, and became the overlord of his generation. How could Gou Jian recover? This was the result of the sorrow and disgrace of national subjugation making him angry and urging him to rise up. This shows that when there are many difficulties and there is no way out, people can often show extraordinary perseverance, unleash their unexpected potential, fight their way out of the siege, and carve out a way out.

However, when there is a way of life and comfort, people often fail to grasp it well and "die of comfort". The best example of this is Chuang Wang. In the spring of 1644, King Chuang invaded Beijing, thinking that the world was settled and he was done. The new bureaucrats who were born from peasants have lost all their all-powerful spirit in conquering the world during the uprising. They only want to enjoy peace and happiness in Beijing and "celebrate the New Year every day." Li Zicheng wants to become emperor as soon as possible, Niu Jinxing wants to be the prime minister of peace, and the generals want to create Mansion. When the Qing troops entered the pass and the Ming Dynasty armed forces came back, the rebel army was completely defeated. This reminds me of Ouyang Xiu's old saying, "Sorrow and labor can rejuvenate a country, and leisure and leisure can destroy one's life." When dangers abound, people can open their eyes and fight hard, thus turning dangers into disasters; but in the midst of ease and enjoyment, their will fades and their energy is gone, resulting in a complete defeat.