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?Failure is the mother of success? It comes from the ancient Chinese mythology "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Story summary:
Gun stole the emperor's soil (soil that can grow) to block the flood, but failed. The Emperor of Heaven ordered Zhu Rong to kill Gun, but he was still alive despite his death. "Gui Zang Qi Zhen" says: "Gun died at the age of three and was not rotten. He cut it open with a Wu sword and came out of Yu." ?These sentences mean that ?Yu was born from Gun's belly. His father's body did not decay for three years after his death, and he finally gave birth to his son Yu. ?This just shows that this failed hero has unfulfilled ambitions and his spirit is immortal. He passed on his unyielding fighting spirit to the next generation? Yu. On the basis of summarizing the experience and lessons of the previous generation, Yu used diversion methods to control the flood through arduous and unyielding struggle, and achieved success.
Gun failed, Gun gave birth to Yu, and Yu succeeded. Based on the myth of Gun and Yu's flood control, people in later generations created the following idea: Failure is the mother of success. 02
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient Chinese pre-Qin book. It is generally believed that it mainly describes ancient mythology, geography, animals, plants, minerals, witchcraft, religion, history, medicine, folk customs, ethnicity, etc. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" originally had pictures, and was called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", but it was lost after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" records many strange monsters and bizarre mythological stories. The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has eighteen volumes, including five volumes of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", eight volumes of "The Classic of Seas", four volumes of "The Classic of Great Wilderness", and "The Classic of Seas". ?One volume, about 31,000 words. It records information on more than 100 countries, 550 mountains, 300 waterways, as well as the geography, customs and products of each country's landscapes. Among them, most of what is contained in the "Shan Jing" is the survey records of wizards, alchemists and ancestral officials of the past dynasties. After long-term writing and compilation, they will be somewhat exaggerated, but they still have high reference value. 03
An example of failure being the mother of success:
In 496 BC, King Helu of Wu sent troops to attack the country of Yue, but was defeated by the country of Yue, and Helu was seriously injured. Death. Two years later, Helu's son Fucha led an army to defeat the State of Yue. King Gou Jian of Yue was escorted to the State of Wu as a slave. After Gou Jian endured humiliation and served the King of Wu for three years, Fu Chai finally removed his wariness and sent him back to the State of Yue.
In fact, Gou Jian did not give up his desire for revenge. On the surface, he obeyed the King of Wu, but secretly trained elite soldiers, strengthened his political power, and waited for the opportunity to counterattack the Wu State. Difficulty can strengthen the will, but ease can weaken the will. Gou Jian was afraid that he would covet the immediate comfort and wear away his will to seek revenge, so he arranged a difficult living environment for himself. He slept without a mattress at night, only laying some firewood (called firewood in ancient times) and hanging a piece of gall in the room. He would taste the taste of gall from time to time in order not to forget the shame of the past.
In order to encourage the people, Gou Jian participated in labor with the queen and the people. With the concerted efforts of the Yue people, the Yue country became stronger and finally found the opportunity to destroy the Wu country. 04
Stallone: ??An example of failure being the mother of success:
In the United States, there was a poor young man, even when all the money he had combined was not enough to buy a Even though he was wearing a decent suit, he still wholeheartedly adhered to his dream. He wanted to be an actor, make movies, and become a star.
At that time, there were 500 film companies in Hollywood, and he knew it all too well. According to the route he carefully drew and the order of the list, he went to visit with a script tailor-made for himself. But after the first pass, none of the 500 film companies were willing to hire him. Faced with 100% rejection, the young man did not lose heart. After leaving the last rejected film company, he started from the first one and continued his second round of visits and self-recommendations. In the second round of visits, 500 companies still rejected him.
The results of the third round of visits were still the same as those of the second round. The young man gritted his teeth and started his fourth round of visits. After visiting the 349th film company, the boss of the 350th film company for the first time agreed to let him leave the script for a first look.
A few days later, the young man was notified and invited to discuss in detail. During this discussion, the company decided to invest in the filming of the film and asked the young man to be the leading actor in the script he wrote. The movie is called "Rocky."
Now looking at the history of movies, this movie called "Rocky" and this superstar who will become famous all over the world are both on the list, and this young man's name is Stallone. Stallone did not give in when he hit the wall a total of 1,849 times, but continued to persevere and finally succeeded for the 1,850th time.