Chapter 18 Sorrow and reason

Its entry and exit are measured, and the outside and inside make people know and fear.It is also clear about sorrow and reason.Without a teacher to protect you, it is like visiting your parents.At the beginning, he led his speeches and made his prescriptions, which are both typical and common.Gou is not a person, and the way is not in vain. ——"Book of Changes: Xici II" (excerpt) On April 7, 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Cambodia for an official visit. In the evening, Premier Wen met with the staff of the Chinese embassy in Cambodia, representatives of Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese and overseas students at the hotel where he stayed.Introduce them to the development of the motherland, the hope of national rejuvenation and the issues that should be paid attention to in the future development.During the conversation, Premier Wen did not evade the food, financial and energy security issues that China may face in order to continue its development.In response to these problems, Premier Wen once again mentioned that "thinking about danger leads to safety, thinking about chaos leads to order, thinking about death leads to survival."He said that we should not only have a sense of urgency, but also think about "the urgency and the reason".

"Worry and reason" comes from "Book of Changes: The Second Xici".The quotation at the beginning of the chapter mainly emphasizes the importance of "sorrow" and can be divided into three parts to elaborate.The first part is "Its entry and exit are measured, and the outside and inside make people aware of fear. It is also clear about worries and reasons."Degree means balance and moderation; therefore, it refers to the past situation.Taken together, these few sentences mean: Masculinity, masculinity, and yin and softness change each other, and cannot be regarded as an unchanging law. Consciousness, understand the actual situation of things, and deal with them appropriately, so as not to be attacked and hurt.In the following sentence "Without a teacher, it is like being with your parents", the teacher refers to the teacher who was responsible for educating and tutoring the children of the nobles in ancient times.These two sentences mean that those who can apply the principles of "Yi" have no teachers to protect and teach them, but they are always vigilant in their actions as if they are facing the instructions of their parents, and they will not make mistakes.In the last part of "Chu led his words and made his prescriptions, there are classics. Gou is not a person, and the way is not in vain." In the beginning, it means the beginning; words refer to hexagrams and lines; Refers to the law of change that is often feasible; Tao does not act in vain, which means that Yi Tao will not come out of thin air.These few sentences show that following the principles of hexagrams and lines can grasp the changing laws of things. Although there is no teacher or guardian to teach, it is like being by your parents, and you will not make mistakes.In the beginning, if one followed the hexagrams and lines to explain morality and righteousness, then there are also classics to be found in Yi. If the sages had not clarified this way, Yidao would not have been practiced in the world in vain.

What has the greatest influence on future generations in this text is the thought of "sorrow and reason", which is what we often call the sense of crisis.As mentioned before, in the previous chapter of "Xi Ci Xia", it is mentioned that "the prosperity of "Yi" was in the Middle Ages? Did the author of "Yi" have any worries?" In the fifth chapter, there is also "danger" Those who are safe are also those who are in their positions. Those who are dead are those who preserve their existence. Those who are in chaos have their own governance. Therefore, a gentleman is safe without forgetting danger, living without forgetting death, and governing without forgetting chaos. And the country can be guaranteed.”

Awareness of urgency is an important content of Chinese traditional culture, and it is also a kind of spiritual character that outstanding Chinese intellectuals have always possessed for thousands of years: Confucius traveled around the world to promote his ideas; Various countries also put forward the most reasonable saying "born in sorrow, but died in peace".In modern times, facing a weak China, countless people with lofty ideals resolutely traveled across the oceans to find a way to save the country and the people.It is under the unremitting efforts of these intellectuals with a sense of urgency that the Chinese nation has stepped out of the dire straits and stood proudly among the nations of the world.With the practice and efforts of generations of sages and warriors, this precious awareness has become increasingly prominent and strengthened, and has become one of the spirits with the most sense of the times and mission in the spirit of the Chinese nation.

When talking with embassy staff, Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese, and overseas students in Cambodia, Premier Wen mentioned the sense of urgency, and further extended it, thinking that we should not only have a sense of urgency, but also think about "the urgency and the cause" , is to consider the cause of the problem.This makes further thinking on the basis of the original meaning of this question, thus enriching the connotation of the sense of urgency.