The carp and the snake represent different classes of people, and the dragon means success, while the snake and the carp, due to different species, naturally take different paths, and their final achievements are naturally different.
When the ancients fabricated these myths and stories, they did not just make up stories for everyone's entertainment, but mainly told the world a certain philosophy of life in the form of stories, so as to play a role in educating the world.
The principle of carp becoming a talent is quite simple and crude compared to snakes, they only need to jump over the dragon gate. According to the result-oriented point of view, the dragon gate is the only obstacle in front of them, although the difficulty coefficient is high, but all carp basically have the same power, no matter what their origin, as long as they jump over, life will be different.
Therefore, in ancient times, the imperial examination was often regarded as a dragon gate, and thousands of students were the carp in the pond.
For the snake, its path to success is more difficult and full of ups and downs. There is a popular folk saying that the road to success of the snake basically needs to follow the process of the snake growing up to become a python, the python grows up to become a dragon, and the dragon eventually becomes a dragon. Ying Long can be called the ancestor of the dragon clan, and generally dragons are not qualified to advance to Ying Long, but only snakes can reach this level step by step.
The advancement of snakes is similar to the advancement of military generals, and their road to "turning into a dragon" is even more bumpy. Only military merit can make them promoted, but where does military merit come from? Military merit is earned by fighting with one's life. From a small soldier to a junior general, from a minor general to a partial general, and then to a general who leads the troops. No matter what level of generals, they will face the danger of their lives, and a defeat in a battle will cost countless soldiers their lives, and they will stop forever. Therefore, the road to the promotion of military generals is more difficult, but its upper limit is higher.
No Wenchen can change the dynasty, but the military generals can do it, so Ying Long represents the supreme ruler. In Chinese history, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were frequent changes of dynasties, and the phenomenon of military generals seeking to usurp the throne abounded, and high risks also meant high returns.
The snake's path to advancement is much more difficult than that of a carp. Snakes have to cultivate for 500 years before they have the opportunity to become dragons, which shows that not every snake can have a chance, they need to go through five hundred years in the process of growing up to become pythons and then to pythons, not to mention, and every advance has to go through natural disasters, once it is not handled properly, what awaits them is not to start all over again, but to never see them again.
After the snake becomes a dragon, it will need to cultivate for 1,000 years before it has a chance to become a dragon. After becoming a dragon, you will have to cultivate for another 500 years before you have a chance to become a horned dragon. That is, like the Dragon King of the Four Seas in "Journey to the West", a dragon with horns on his head. The horned dragon will cultivate for another 1,000 years before it will have a chance to become a Ying dragon.
And the higher the promotion, the greater the risk you need to take. Survive the catastrophe and dodge the thunder and lightning to have a chance to advance to the next rank. Born as snakes, they have no choice, and if they want to become a dragon, they must go through these hardships. The carp will probably snicker when it hears it, and the little snake will cry when it hears it, lamenting why the heavens are so unfair.
Heaven is always fair, and the status of carp and snake dragon is not the same. I can tell you very bluntly that the dragon turned into a snake is much more advanced than the dragon turned into a carp.
To give a simple example, in "Journey to the West", the status of the dragon is relatively low, and the Jade Emperor entertains the gods of heaven and eats "dragon liver and phoenix gall". The golden-winged roc bird eats hundreds of dragons in one meal. It should also be noted that the Jade Emperor eats dragons, and the Dragon King of the Four Seas has never expressed a different opinion. It's not that they don't dare to say it, but the dragon eaten by the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King of the Four Seas do not belong to the same category of dragons.
The Jade Emperor should eat the dragon that was selected through the Dragon Gate, and it is said that the emperor has any problems with making a "braised carp" for dinner? There is no problem at all. It can be seen from this that the status achieved by the carp jumping over the dragon gate is indeed not on the same level as the dragon transformed into a snake.
It can be seen that different backgrounds have different growth processes, and the final achievements will not be the same. But the carp obviously knows that the upper limit of the snake is higher, why don't they learn from the snake? This is about the origin, the origin of the carp, it is destined that its success can only be achieved by jumping the dragon gate, there is no other way, this is the rule set by the gods and goddesses.
It's so similar to ourselves, many of us, from birth, the ceiling has been placed there. There is only one way we can change our destiny. Others, after suffering countless hardships, step by step towards success, and finally reach the apex of life, are also scarred.
From the perspective of the path of carp and snake to success, the suffering suffered is directly proportional to the final achievement, and we have come to the conclusion that whether it is a snake or a carp, they must strive to move forward on their own path, life is not easy, and do and cherish.