"A Journey to Baochan Mountain" is a travel essay written by Wang Anshi (1021-1086), a statesman and writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. thought. Wang Anshi and others went deep into the cave, and the more they went inside, the more and more strange things they could see. Some people were worried that the torch would be extinguished if they went deeper, so they persuaded them to return many times, and the group walked out of the cave with unfinished emotions.
After returning home, Wang Anshi reflected: "Those are flat and convenient places, there are many tourists; difficult and remote places, there are fewer people. However, the majestic, strange, and magnificent scenery in the world are often found in difficult and remote places. , those who do not have a strong will cannot reach. If the physical strength is sufficient to reach but not actually reached, it will be ridiculed in the eyes of others, and regretted in myself. If I myself have tried my best and still cannot reach, Then there will be no regrets." [The closer to the barbarians, the more wanderers; the farther from the danger, the fewer. The wonders and wonders of the world, and the extraordinary views, often lie in the dangers and distances, which are rarely seen by people, so those who do not have ambitions cannot reach them. If you have aspirations, you can’t stop there, but those who lack strength will not be able to reach it. If you have ambition and strength, but do not slack off, you will not be able to get there if you are dark and confused and have nothing to match. However, if the strength is sufficient, it can be ridiculed by others, but it is regretted by oneself; if you do your best but cannot reach it, you can have no regrets. Who can be ridiculed? The rest of the income is also. "]
Wang Anshi has always felt regret for stopping his exploration at the beginning, but he didn't know that after more than 900 years, a group of girls fulfilled his wish. The movie "Darkness Invasion" tells such a story.
"Dark Invasion" is a British film released in 2005, the film tells the story of six girls who go deep into the cave together. The sudden collapse blocked the way back. In order to find the exit, they had to bite the bullet and continue to go down. Unconsciously, they approached the monster's lair, and were attacked by the monsters and annihilated.
Impression 1: Adventure is based on the premise of ensuring safety.
While watching this movie, I kept recalling the article "You Baochan Mountain", the girls who went to the caves seemed to be encouraged by Wang Anshi, and kept going deeper, lower, and deeper until they met. to danger. Why do girls suffer like this? Is there anything wrong with Wang Anshi's statement?
There is a bug in Wang Anshi's statement, that is, a one-sided view of the problem. He places too much emphasis on the sensory stimulation brought by deep cave exploration, while ignoring the potential dangers of deep and unfamiliar environments. You must know that in anything, the benefits and risks are positively correlated. The greater the benefits, the greater the risks. There is nothing wrong with Wang Anshi encouraging people to keep their curiosity and thirst for knowledge about new things, but such expeditions must be carried out on the premise of ensuring their own safety.
If Wang Anshi's team and the girls' expedition team were not so reckless, prepared sufficient materials and personnel in advance, and formulated an expedition plan and rescue plan in advance, then they would not be hesitant to continue. In the event of a dangerous situation, they will not be at a loss and sit still, but wait patiently for rescue.
Reflection 2: Conservatism and Activism.
Wang Anshi was a statesman. Facing all kinds of ills in the society in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, he wanted to change all of this through reform. The reformists headed by Wang Anshi and the conservatives headed by Sima Guang launched a big debate on whether or not to reform the country. It can be said that Wang Anshi wrote "You Bao Chan Shan Ji" to discuss the necessity of reform and express his determination through the trivial matter of cave exploration.
Spelunking, continue or stop? Conservative or radical, left or right, which is good and which is bad? There is no standard answer to this. The only thing we can do is: take all the influencing factors into account, weigh the pros and cons, be impartial, and make a final judgment.
Thought 3: People always have beautiful illusions about the road they didn't take before.
Wang Anshi and his party went to the half-deep of the cave. For various reasons, they did not explore further, so Wang Anshi had been imagining that if he had persevered at the beginning, "the world is wonderful, strange, and extraordinary". Eyes?
The six girls went deep into the cave infinitely far, and the way back was blocked, so they kept fantasizing that it would be better if they hadn't gone that far, or if they hadn't come here to explore.
There are countless junctures in life, and we need to make a choice before the juncture, whether to take the fork in the east or the fork in the west. Under the pressure of time, we can only choose one of the paths. But over time, when we encounter setbacks on the path we have chosen, we inevitably think: If only we had chosen another path. However, is the road not chosen really that beautiful? Probably not. Every road has difficult sections, we just don't know it.
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