It means to get rid of the troubles of the world before enjoying the fun of the world.
Source: The Story of Yueyang Tower by Fan Zhongyan, a Northern Song Dynasty writer.
Significance of the times: Everything in the world is like a mulberry field, like the ups and downs of the earth. The world has different attitudes towards the prosperity and poverty of a country and the prosperity and backwardness of a nation. It is human nature to worry about poverty and backwardness, and to be happy about wealth. However, Fan Zhongyan's "Worry about the world first, then enjoy the world" in Song Dynasty is far-sighted, which means "Worry about the world first, then enjoy the world".
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The Story of Yueyang Tower is an essay written by Fan Zhongyan, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, on September 15th, six years (1046 65438+ 10/7) at the request of Teng Zijing, a good friend of Baling County, to rebuild Yueyang Tower.
After enumerating the two situations of sadness and joy, the author's style of writing suddenly stirred up, revealing a higher ideal beyond these two situations, that is, "don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself"! Being touched by things is human nature, but it is not the highest state of being a man. In ancient times, benevolent people were determined and did not waver because of changes in external conditions.
Whether it is "living in the temple" or "traveling in the rivers and lakes", the heart of worrying about the country and the people will not change. "I am also worried about entering, and I am also worried about retreating." This seems counterintuitive and somewhat incredible. In this regard, the author drew up a question and answer, and issued an oath of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" under the guise of the words of ancient saints. The end of the song is elegant and points out the main idea of the whole article.
"alas! "Wes, who are we going home with? "Sad and generous, let a person feel sorry. Note the writing time at the end of the article and coordinate with the beginning of the article.
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