Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, 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.

Vernacular interpretation:

If God wants to place a heavy responsibility on someone, he must first make his mind distressed, his muscles and bones tired, make him hungry, and put him in a difficult situation. Poverty makes every action he takes unsatisfactory, thus stimulating his will, making his temperament persevering, and increasing the abilities he lacks.

Creative background:

As the most important representative of the Confucian school after Confucius, Mencius developed Confucius's "benevolence" into the theory of "benevolent government" and proposed that "the people are valued and the monarch is valued." The thought advocates that the monarch implements "benevolent government" and "shares happiness" with the people. Mencius' thought and doctrine is the work "Mencius".

"Mencius" records Mencius' words and deeds and is a dialogue-style work. Its distinctive features are: first, it is full of momentum, eloquent and vivid; second, it is good at explaining things with typical examples, metaphors and fables. 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.