From a young age, we are familiar with the thoughts of Confucius, and the "shameless question" in childhood teaches us to be humble and studious, and when we grow up, we carry the dream of "death without regret", and when we have looked down on the cold of the world, we understand that "life and death have a destiny, and wealth is in heaven". The ideas of the Spring and Autumn Period spanned thousands of years and continued to grow in Chinese civilization, influencing generations of people.
But many of the Confucian classic sentences that we are familiar with, in fact, we only know a little about it, when you understand the whole text, you will find that it is not the meaning of the world at all, such as "life and death have a destiny, riches are in heaven", his next sentence is actually more incisive, and it is a completely different meaning when connected.
Your destiny is up to you, not providence
Many people use the famous saying "life and death have a destiny, and wealth is in heaven" to comfort themselves in adversity, believing that all this has nothing to do with their own efforts, but only rely on "Providence". But we all know that this is nothing more than a word of comfort.
If it is really Providence, then all the people in history who have achieved something through their own struggles, then they don't have to fight in the first place? Did The Tang Emperor Li Shimin do nothing to put on a coup d'état and become emperor and achieve the rule of Zhenguan? The answer is no, it is precisely because of every step I have worked hard to take that I have achieved my final self.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", no matter where the goal is, it is always necessary to act to be closer to the ideal. Even if the road is long and very difficult, as long as you work hard, you will definitely succeed.
As a Chinese romantic poet, Qu Yuan's literary achievements were not innate. At that time, when the war was raging and the people were not happy, Qu Yuan, in order to read, ignored the objections of his parents, hid in a cave alone to read, whether it was windy, rainy, or cold, he came with books every day, and he read a copy of the "Book of Poetry" more than three hundred times and memorized it in his heart. After being nourished by the literature of his youth, Qu Yuan slowly had his own misunderstanding of poetry, and finally founded the "Chu Ci" and wrote the "Departure from sorrow" that flowed through the ages.
Not only Qu Yuan, Che Yin of "Sac Fluorescent Snow", sun Jing of "head overhanging beam, cone thorn strand", in that era, they never gave up and used their own will and efforts to achieve something. In modern life, under the conditions of material abundance, we are more likely to approach success than ever, but the road to success must not only be luck at play, but also the word "effort" stained with sweat.
Actively join the WTO and achieve life
Confucius, as a generation of Confucian scholars, advocated that people actively enter the world to achieve their own lives. The "Analects" said that "life and death have a destiny, and wealth is in heaven" is actually just a foreshadowing of the following text, and what is really full of meaning and can warn the world is actually the second half of the sentence said by Xia Xia, a student of Confucius: "A gentleman is respectful and undisguised, and he is respectful and courteous with others, and within the four seas, he is also a brother." Why should a gentleman suffer from having no brothers? ”。
According to legend, Sima Niu, a student of Confucius, saw that others had the love and care of their parents when they studied with the same door, and felt lonely and fell into negative thoughts and could not extricate themselves. Xia, Confucius's most proud student, comforted him by saying, "If you just blindly passivate, then your life will not be controlled by yourself, but will be handed over to heaven." But if you do things seriously and do not make mistakes, respectful and respectful to others, then you will succeed, and after success, the whole world will be your brothers, why should a gentleman worry about not having brothers? ”
It is not a passive passive acceptance, but an initiative to change the disadvantage through their own words and deeds, do things seriously, treat others with courtesy, and make more friends through their own success. This is the original meaning of this famous saying. However, in the circulation of later generations, due to the catchy first sentence, many people only remember the pessimistic attitude that Confucianism does not advocate, and forget the second half of the truly amazing and energetic sentence.
brief summary
Everyone has preconceptions in their hearts, and you only believe what you are willing to believe. People who want to achieve great things naturally do not believe in what is called fate, they only believe in their own abilities and efforts, and these will always accompany them. And those who avoid joining the WTO and face a competitive world and do not have confidence will admit the excuse of "fate."
"The deceased is like a sifu, who does not give up day and night", Confucius's ideas that have been circulating for more than a thousand years have admonished people to work hard. Perhaps on the same starting line, some people will have less wind and rain on the way, while some people will always experience wild storms, but as long as they face setbacks with tenacious will and upward spirit, as long as they have experienced wind and rain, they will see the rainbow in the sky. At that time, you will usher in a new transformation and harvest your own wonderful life.