Don't forget danger and death, where does peace come from?

The meaning of this sentence is: a gentleman does not forget possible dangers when he is stable, but he does not forget possible extinction when he is alive, and he does not forget possible disasters when he is in politics.

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The original sentence is: a gentleman is safe without forgetting danger, not forgetting death, not forgetting chaos, so he can protect his country.

Translation:

A gentleman who is stable does not forget possible dangers, who lives does not forget possible deaths, and who governs does not forget possible disasters. Therefore, I can make my body peaceful and the country can be preserved.

There are three main theories about its formation time:

(1) It was said before the Warring States Period. It is believed that the beginning of the article is "the land of heavenly glory", which was once seen in Confucius disciple Gongsun Nizi's Yue Ji, which can be proved as the early and middle period of the Warring States Period.

(2) In the late Warring States period, it was believed that this biography was written one after another, and the interpretation of divination was based on Xun and Xiang, so it came after Xun and Xiang.

③ There are other sayings, such as Zuo Shi in Qin Dynasty and Zuo Shi in Han Dynasty.