If you can choose, would you like to be born in a previous era?

From a historical perspective, is the happiness of human society a constant value?

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The landlord's problem was also considered by Edison before.

The answer he gave is that the happiness of human society depends on the synchronous development of science (material) and art (spirit). When they reach a harmonious balance, happiness will be high. On the contrary, you will feel unhappy.

The problems existing in our society now are: unprecedented development of science and technology, endless inventions and creations. The material life of mankind has been greatly improved. But compared with the artistic level, the humanistic spirit is far behind. So the situation is that the living standard of human society has generally improved, but the spiritual world is confused and painful.

Edison made an analogy, just like a person, science and art are his two legs. Now the legs of science are very long, while the legs of art are very short. Sooner or later, this man will fall when he walks.

He had hoped that human society would pay attention to this problem, but many years after his death, the problem he was worried about was not solved, but intensified.

I am worried that if human society continues to develop in this way, there will be big problems, and I am even more afraid that when this crisis breaks out, it will affect the lives of many people.

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Are we happier than people in the Tang Dynasty or the Warring States Period? At that time, people may not have the material we have now, but they will not feel anything because of it. Tomorrow's people may regard going back and forth to Mars as their greatest pleasure. Today, we don't feel lost.

Birds today are as happy as their ancestors.

Why can't human beings live a simple and happy life? During the Warring States period, people probably didn't plan to study for nine years. . . . Politics, foreign languages, and then find a job at 8-5 o'clock until I am old. Or lose your job.

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The landlord probably doesn't know much about the previous era.

Many people think that our material life is much better than that of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, our present life is rough and vulgar.

The life of our ancestors is very interesting, and everything is exquisite and beautiful. The clothes in the Tang Dynasty are more beautiful and comfortable than the clothes now, and the food in the Tang Dynasty is exquisite and delicious, and there are many kinds, at least much better than now. The buildings in the Tang Dynasty were also better than the high-rise buildings now. At that time, people could hear birds singing, fallen leaves and flying flowers every day, and pavilions were beautiful and open. Now everyone lives in a birdcage with fences on the doors and windows, which is similar to living in a prison. I don't see any advantage in living in it. There are cars and planes now, and horses and canopies in ancient times. Riding is comfortable and unique, without noise and toxic gas pollution.

The landlord probably enjoys going back and forth to Mars, but what's good about flying to extremely hot Mars? There was not so much pollution before, and everyone looked up with boundless moonlight and starlight. I prefer a leisurely trip to a busy flight. Don't be tired, don't look at the flowers and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way.

Alas, the happy life of our ancestors is far from it, not to mention the birds and flowers everywhere, as well as clear streams and springs. Pollution and toxic gases are everywhere now. Does the landlord like it?

I talked a lot about the beauty of the previous era, and then I should talk about the hardships of the past.

In the past, people didn't have eight years of study time. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has been a bitter decade. Those who can go to school can become officials, but those who can't continue to study. Like Pu Songling, they have studied all their lives and haven't finished yet. I still can't pass the exam. I will always be a teenager, and I can't count it.

Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, especially during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was no imperial examination system at that time. Therefore, people who study have been studying all their lives. Like Yan Hui, he was a student of Confucius and never graduated. When Confucius was in his fifties, he began to learn new knowledge "Yi".

I used to learn much more than I do now. You have to learn horse riding, archery, mathematics, astronomy, biology and foreign languages. You have to learn more than one English. Please think about it. There are seven chivalrous men in the Warring States Period and a hundred countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. That foreign language is not one or two. There were also foreign languages in the Tang Dynasty, such as Hindi, Japanese and northern barbarians, which were also foreign languages. In ancient times, there were diplomats and many translators, and foreign languages could not escape.

After school, the work is not eight hours, five days a week, and the average person has to work ten hours. Officials have to wait ten days before they can rest. At that time, there was no weekly system, but it was ten days, and ten days was ten days. Ordinary people who are not officials will be free, and they will have food if they work, and no food if they don't work. Stop working.

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If you can choose, would you like to be born in a previous era?

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If I can choose, I would like to be born in this era.

Because people's lives were really miserable in the past.

Many of the pleasures of life mentioned above refer to nobles. Being an official and rich can lead such a good life.

Apart from people, let's talk about Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, he is also an official. His child died of illness and starved to death, and finally he starved to death. A good friend invited him to dinner. When he got excited, he ate too much and died.

"Zhumen wine stinks the road and freezes the bones" is the Tang Dynasty.

Bai Juyi once said that ordinary people had no clothes to wear at that time, and the carpets of nobles and rich people were thick and soft.

In the Taiping period, the lives of ordinary people were miserable, and there was no way to go when they started fighting. An Shi Rebellion in Tang Dynasty and Warlord War in Warring States Period.

The landlord went to look through the history books. There were wars almost every day in ancient China, and there were almost no days when there was no war. There is only the difference between a big battle and a small battle.

Not to mention being careless, we should kill all Han Chinese. When the Yuan Dynasty entered the Central Plains, China people were not even allowed to use kitchen knives, and the Mongols were allowed to kill the Han people casually, so the Han people could not resist. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang's gang really couldn't live any longer, and they rebelled with sticks or something. There are also the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou 10th, Jiading Santufu. There are Qing soldiers everywhere, and there are rivers of blood. Do you know what happened in the early Qing Dynasty when "Huguang filled Sichuan"? Because the Qing soldiers killed almost all Sichuanese, they had to move people from other places.

Cao Cao once sighed, naked for thousands of miles, desolate and uninhabited, only bones.

In fact, the history of China was not just as miserable as that of Cao Cao at that time. In so many dynasties in China, almost every change of dynasty only killed bones, but no one was seen.

Before the Tang and Warring States Dynasties, the advantages were that people lived freely and smartly, loved life and hated death, lived truly and happily, and had a great personality. Unlike China people now, they are so dirty and look like slaves.

However, as long as you have backbone and persistence, even China can become an upright and strong person.

In previous times, no matter how strong people were, they couldn't beat the massacre.

If the landlord unfortunately made a time machine and went back to the past and encountered a military disaster, he should miss the quiet and boring life now.

Actually, peace is good. When you are bored, you care about yourself. No matter how the times change, you can stick to your principles and be an upright person.