During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei married Sun Quan and borrowed Jingzhou to get a beauty, which made Sun Quan lose his soldiers. It's not a good thing that this person has to collect money! Jingzhou, which was originally obtained without damaging one soldier and one general, became a catalyst for Liu Bei to withdraw from the tripartite confrontation. Guan Yu defeated Maicheng there, was captured by Sun Quan and beheaded. Liu Bei was eager to avenge his brother and was burned by Lu Xun for 800 miles. Once hundreds of thousands of troops are destroyed, is Jingzhou a good thing? Qin Shiwang unified the whole country and ended the war. The people cheered that they would never be separated by the war again. For ordinary people, this is undoubtedly a great good news. However, cruel torture, in order to repair the Great Wall and Epang Palace, a large number of workers were requisitioned. Is it still a good thing to make people miserable and full of sorrow? Therefore, not every good thing is a good thing, and not every bad thing is a bad thing. They all have two sides, and the only thing that determines them is how we use them. If used properly, bad things will also bring us benefits. If used improperly, good things will turn into bad things, not to mention what bad things will become! 2. Life is worse than death. Chu and Han contended. Xiang Yu was defeated and killed himself in Wujiang River, and staged a tragic heroic epic. For hundreds of years, Xiang Yu's heroic image of breaking jade instead of being full of tiles has been praised by people. Li Qingzhao eulogized him with the poem "Life is a hero and death is a hero". Is this really necessary? Imagine that if Xiang Yu crossed the Wujiang River and regained his glory, he would make a comeback one day, and the history of China might be rewritten! Unfortunately, Xiang Yu felt ashamed to see his elders in Jiangdong and committed suicide. So Liu Bang sat on the mountain. "Better be rubble than stones" can only fulfill Xiang Yu's heroic image, and "Better be rubble than stones" can return him great rivers and mountains! The authorities are fascinated, and even the ferrymen say that Jiangdong is small, but it is enough to be king. Unfortunately, Xiang Yu was defeated after all. Is it really worth it to achieve a heroic reputation with a dynasty at your fingertips? We have always been bound by "life is worse than death", but sometimes "death" is also an effective detour. If necessary, it is better to die than to die! There is a proverb in China, "If you stay in the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood". When you have to, it is not impossible to save your strength and make a comeback. Why insist on "life is worse than death"? This is not a tragedy, but a joke. I would rather die than surrender. Sometimes the whole tile is worth more than broken jade. It has a long history, and there are countless examples of a house full of broken jade. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu annexed the State of Yue, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, died without impulse, but obediently became a pawn of Fu Cha. However, ten years later, Gou Jian restored the country and Wu became a city of Yue. If it weren't for the idea that "life is worse than death", I'm afraid Gou Jian would really become the king of national subjugation. Of course, "for safety" here refers to sticking to your own goals, or putting up with humiliation or putting up with humiliation. King Wen was arrested and acted in Zhouyi, while Sun Bin wrote The Art of War and Qu Yuan wrote Li Sao. When they choose to be Waquan, life is not only to survive in the world, but also to be endowed with richer connotations. I didn't choose Waquan because I was afraid of death. Choose Waquan, then his life does not belong to himself, but to a certain spirit, a certain pursuit, a certain belief. Sima Qian was brutally imprisoned, according to common sense. In memory of this scholar, he should commit suicide. But he didn't, forbearing, and dedicated the rest of his life to Historical Records. Historical Records, known as "the swan song of historians", is the painstaking efforts and continuation of Sima Qian's life, and shines brilliantly in the history of China literature. Sima Qian left behind not only a historical record, but also his wisdom and courage to be the first. I would rather die than surrender. Maybe it can't make you a hero, but it can help you become the biggest winner!