Source: "Mencius told the son" "Born in sorrow, died in happiness"
Original: Shun happened in wood, was born in banlou, glue was born in fish and salt, Guan Yi was born in Xiucai, Sun Shuaiao was born in the sea, and Priscilla was born in the city.
Therefore, if the sky is going to fall on the Sri Lankan people, they must first suffer from ideological suffering, physical suffering, physical hunger, physical emptiness and chaos in action. Therefore, their persistence has benefited them a lot.
People are unchangeable, and then they can change; Trapped in the heart, balanced in consideration, and then made; Color label, sound hair, and then metaphor. A country, if there are no ministers and wise men who can assist the king, will often be in danger of the collapse of its neighboring countries and the misfortunes from abroad.
In this way, you will know that sorrow is enough to make people live and pleasure is enough to make people die.
Extended data
At the beginning of the article "Born in Worry and Died in Happiness", the author lists six examples of the rise of ancient sages in hardship and worry, in order to prove the famous conclusion that "if Sri Lanka is going to be a big country, it must first suffer from its mind, practice its bones and muscles, starve its skin, empty its body and act indiscriminately, so it should be patient and benefit from its incompetence".
This reasoning process logically belongs to inductive reasoning, that is, a conclusion with general significance is summarized from the previous six special cases; Through the following conclusions, the reasons for the success of the first six characters are explained: the hard environment, on the one hand, gives people hardship, hunger, poverty, fatigue and anxiety, which is often unsatisfactory, but on the other hand, it is these difficulties that strengthen and motivate people's will and make them grow their intelligence in the process of constantly overcoming difficulties and seeking survival.
Mencius pointed out: "People are unchangeable before they can change; Trapped in the heart, balanced in consideration, and then made; Color label, sound hair, and then metaphor. "Difficulties in the objective environment and mistakes in his own judgment make people make mistakes in the process of transforming the objective, and he has accumulated experience and lessons in the process of constantly overcoming difficulties, thus reaching the realm of' being able to change'-this' ability' not only reflects people's wishes and determination, but also reflects people's ability semantically.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Born in sorrow, died in happiness.