difficulty is the nurse of greatness

difficulty is the nurse of greatness

Yu Ru Yu Cheng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù R ǔ y ú ch é ng, which means to love you like jade, help you and make you successful. It's mostly used in difficult conditions. It comes from the book of songs, Da Ya, min Lao.

Idiom explanation

You. Jade: polished like jade. Yu Ru means that suffering and setbacks will train you until you succeed. It's mostly used in difficult conditions.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Daya · min Lao": Wang Yu Nu, is to use big admonition.

Idioms and allusions

Zhang Zai (1020-1077 A.D.) was born in Hengqu county (today's Shaanxi Province) in Northern Song Dynasty. He was the cousin of Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao and founded Guan school. When he was young, Zhang Zai liked to study the art of war. Fan Zhongyan appreciated his talent and learning, and advised him: "scholars have their own career to do. Why do they have to talk about war?" Zhang Zai devoted himself to learning. Later, Zhang Zaizhong became a Jinshi and served as several local officials. Because he dared to speak up and violated the ruling minister, he resigned at the age of 49 and went home to study at home. Hengqu is a remote place. Although Zhang Zai has some fields, his income is only enough to make a living and he has to live frugally. However, he is happy and does not care at all. Every day when he got up, he went into his study, closed the door, studied hard all day, often thought about problems and forgot to eat and rest. Late at night, his wife and children had already fallen asleep, and he was still thinking in bed. If you get anything, you will get out of bed and pick up the pen happily. Many young people have come to study as teachers. Some students have poor families and have no tuition. Instead, he subsidizes them and shares weal and woe with them. In Xi Ming, Zhang Zai wrote that "wealth and prosperity will enrich my life; poverty and poverty will make you successful.". If you save, I'll do it; if you don't, I'd rather.

Idiom usage

We should not be proud of those who love us, but be happy with those who are successful. ——Liu Kezhuang's "shunning jingshe Ji" in Song Dynasty can be seen in the whole Song Dynasty, volume 330, page 316. He who is poor and sorrowful is mediocre. ——The ancients said in the Western inscription written by Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty: it is with this belief that the Red Army has completed the arduous Long March of 25000 Li.