What do you mean, life and death, wealth in the sky? Is there a basis?

The source "The Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan": "Business has a smell, life and death have a life, and wealth is in the sky."

In the old society, it means that all sufferings such as life and death are determined by fate. Often used to indicate that the situation is irreversible.

Worry is because the worrier worries about some unrealistic fantasies every day. Ancient scholars didn't always think so. The ancient imperial power was maintained by theocracy, so everyone was superstitious. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to social unrest and the introduction of Buddhism, most people at that time looked down on life and death. Have you ever studied an article "Preface to Lanting Collection", which contains this idea? You can also look at Cao Zhi's poems, most of which are face-to-face. Life is fragile in the face of natural disasters, but human life is also strong. I just watched the earthquake in Haiti. A little girl was buried 15 days. Isn't she still alive? Therefore, life is also strong and fragile. Taoism is passive, that is, it cannot conquer nature, while Confucianism emphasizes active employment and people's subjective initiative. If this sentence is understood according to the word list, it is to conform to the destiny, but this is not what he obviously emphasizes. "Sima Niu still said:" Everyone has brothers, and I will die alone! "Xia Zi said," business heard that life and death have a destiny, wealth in the day. A gentleman treats others with courtesy, and all men are brothers within the four seas.

After reading this, you should understand that Xia Zi is enlightening Sima Niu, so life and death are life and death, and wealth is in the sky. But the focus is on the second half. Modern people like to take it out of context. One sentence is focused, and the first half is purely for enlightenment. It's like a friend of yours who lost his wallet and was sad. You just said, don't be sad. It's all destiny takes a hand. If you don't go to a new one, you won't come. It is not that life and death are determined by heaven, and manpower cannot be changed.