Do adversities in life help or harm people? This issue should be viewed dialectically, that is to say, it is both helpful and harmful.

Why is it helpful? Let us read a few famous quotes about how adversity can make people progress:

People must learn to walk and also learn to wrestle, and only through wrestling can they learn to walk. ——Marx

Marx

How can you enjoy the fragrance of plum blossoms without being chilled to the bone? ——Pei Xiu

Adversity is the first road to truth. ——Byron

In the ups and downs of fate, it is easiest to see a person's integrity. 11 Shakespeare

The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, and the roads are divergent. Where are you now? There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, and the clouds and sails are hung directly to help the sea. ——Li Bai

Adversity can make people smart, although it cannot make people rich. ——Toffler

Not every disaster is a disaster, early adversity is often a blessing.

—— Sharp

From the above famous quotes and aphorisms, we can know that adversity is helpful to human growth.

Chen Duxiu was the advocate, initiator and main standard-bearer of the New Culture Movement, the "Commander-in-Chief of the May 4th Movement", one of the main founders of the Communist Party of China and the main early leader of the party. He was wanted by the reactionary warlord government for participating in anti-Qing activities and the Revolution of 1911. From 1901 to 1915, he traveled east to Japan five times to study or seek refuge. This can be considered to be an adversity, but he overcame the setbacks with courage! While studying or taking refuge in Japan, he accepted bourgeois ideas. After returning to China, he founded the magazine "New Youth" and educated a large number of young people. He also accepted Marxism and became one of the important founders of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. ***Early Key Leaders.

Chen Duxiu

Chen Duxiu not only strengthened himself in adversity, but also pushed his two sons, the eldest son Chen Yannian and the second son Chen Qiaonian, into adversity. He deliberately did not He gave his sons living expenses and forced them to work as porters at the Shanghai dock to make a living, doing work-study studies to sharpen their will. Facing his wife Gao Junman’s doubts, Chen Duxiu used Mencius’ words to explain: “When Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a man, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and make his behavior chaotic. What he did was because of his perseverance and patience." Brothers Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian also grew up to be one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China, making great contributions to the cause of the Chinese revolution and making heroic sacrifices.

Chen Yannian and Chen Qiaonian took a group photo while studying in France

Starting from February 1st, the CCTV comprehensive channel began to insert the TV series "Awakening Age", which praised the deeds of Chen Duxiu and his son. , those who are interested can read it to understand how Chen Duxiu and his son grew up from adversity.

Of course, adversity is harmful to those who are lazy, weak-willed, and those who are afraid of hardship and fatigue. Faced with the blow of adversity, they will collapse and sink. For example, Xiang Yu was so devastated by the defeat that he committed suicide in Wujiang River. Xiang Yu actually had the opportunity to escape and regain his strength, but he didn't want to. He said to himself that he had no face to face Jiangdong's elders. It can be seen that Xiang Yu did not dare to face failure and could only stage the tragedy of Farewell My Concubine.

Do adversities in life help or harm people?

There is something different about going up against the odds.

It seems easy to go with the flow.

After going through vicissitudes of life, never forget the trauma.

No one is hesitant on the road of life.

After experiencing wind and rain, steel is forged a hundred times.

Only by enduring hardship can one become a master.

How can we make progress if everything is smooth sailing?

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people.

In a person's life, there will be many unsatisfactory things, and he will often experience adversity, and even suffer hardship and misfortune.

People who love life will regard adversity as a kind of tempering. In the struggle against suffering, the brilliance of human nature will be more vivid. When experiencing adversity, we may have fallen down, but we stood up bravely in the face of difficulties. In the process of overcoming difficulties, we gain knowledge, sublimate our character, and become stronger. It can also be said that the adversity and suffering you are in are your greatest wealth.

Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, those who have achieved great things have all emerged from adversity and suffering. Facts have proved that adversity in life not only does not make people retreat, but also prompts people to become more energetic, persevering and moving forward courageously.