Excerpt from the original text: Shun happened in the wood, raised in the building, glued in the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu raised in the scholar, Sun Shuai 'ao raised in the sea, and Bailixi raised 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.
Shun was used for farming in the fields, building walls, selling fish and salt with glue, Guan Yiwu was rescued from prison officials and appointed, Sun Shuai was used in a secluded place by the sea, and Prissy was redeemed from the slave market.
Therefore, if God wants to put the heavy responsibility on a person, he must first make his mind fidgety, his bones and muscles tired, his body hungry, his body empty and weak, and his every move is unsatisfactory. Only in this way can he inspire his mind, make his temperament patient and increase his abilities that he does not have.
This is a well-argued, eloquent reasoning article. Firstly, the author lists six examples of people who were tempered by poverty and setbacks and finally took on great responsibilities, which proves that hardship can motivate people to work hard and achieve new achievements. Then, the author further demonstrates the truth that sorrow is greater than heart death from two different angles: the development of a person and the rise and fall of a country.
Finally, let nature take its course and come to the conclusion that "born in sorrow, died in happiness". The full text adopts the way of enumerating historical cases and reasoning, and deduces them layer by layer, making the article compact and meticulous. In addition, the article uses parallelism and antithesis, even if the tone is patchy, it also creates an unstoppable momentum and effectively enhances the persuasiveness of the argument.
Creative background: Mencius, as the most important representative of Confucian school after Confucius, developed Confucius' theory of benevolence into the theory of "benevolent government", put forward the idea that "the people should be wise to the monarch" and advocated that the monarch should practice "benevolent government" and "have fun with the people" Mencius' ideological theory is the book Mencius.
Mencius recorded Mencius' words and deeds and was a dialogue work. Its remarkable characteristics are: first, it is magnificent, eloquent and colorful; Second, he is good at explaining things with typical examples, metaphors and fables.
This article is selected from Mencius Gao Zi Xia. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were wars and disputes. If a country wants to be in an invincible position, it must work hard and not be complacent. This article is written under this background.
About the author: Mencius, Mingke, a native of Zouguo (now Zoucheng, Shandong Province) in the middle of the Warring States Period, is the most important Confucian thinker after Confucius. Mencius once traveled around the world to preach his thoughts of "benevolent government" and "kingly way", but because the vassal States were busy with war and annexation at that time, his views were regarded as "pedantic" and almost no one adopted them.
In his later years, Mencius returned to Zou, wrote a book with his disciples, and made seven chapters of Mencius, with 269 chapters. The language of Mencius is clear and fluent, full of emotion, magnificent and inspiring.