Leisure man is most like a man when he is at leisure. In the 18th century, English Defoe, famous for the book Robinson Crusoe, actually he began to write novels at the age of nearly 60. In the previous decades, he wrote almost all the prose as a news reporter. One of the earliest books, An Essay upon Projects, published in 1697, is a curious and interesting book, the contents of which I will not introduce now, except to quote from it: "Man is the worst creature God has ever created for living; No other animal has ever starved to death; Outside nature provided them with food and clothing; The natural nature of the heart has given them an instinct that will always guide them in their quest for food and clothing; But man must work, or starve, slavery, or die; It is true that he was guided by reason, to which few men succumb; But a man makes a mistake in his youth, so that he goes on in hard times, without money, without friends, without health, and he dies in a gully, or in a worse place -- a hospital." This passage is not to be taken at face value, for it should be noted that Defou was a master of irony, and used to say irony. Man of all things, who does not know? In fact, in nature a large number of people starve to death are animals, not people. People should be suitable for rational life, to improve the state of life, so to work. Defou himself was a very industrious man. He kept busy all his life with publications, articles, business, military and official service. Even in this book, "Design Miscellany," he laid out a number of far-sighted plans that, like predictions, came true. Why do people work so hard and so hard? Night and day, corpus callosum feet, if pure for food and clothing like ants and bees, then why be a man? Remember the words of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius: At dawn, if you are too lazy to get up, always think: "I will get up and do the work of a man." I was born to do that work, I was put on earth to do that work, so what's the harm in doing that work now? If I was born for this job, should I curl up under the covers to keep warm? "It's more comfortable in bed." So you were born to have fun? In short, I ask thee, are you passive or active? Imagine every little plant, every bird, ant, spider, bee, how diligently they operate, how they do their duty to form an orderly universe. So can you refuse to do one's job? Don't you hasten to do what nature commands you to do? "But some rest is necessary." I don't deny that. But according to nature, there must be a limit, just like diet. You're over the limit. You're over the limit. But when it comes to work, you don't. You won't do any more. The words in this paragraph encouraging oneself to work hard are thought-provoking enough. Among them, the phrase "to form an orderly universe" is so interesting that we cannot but remember that the civilized order of ancient Rome was based on slavery. There are the toiling masses working hard to solve the problems of everyone's livelihood, and then a few upper class people have leisure to do "man's work." Most people are ants, bees, a few people are people. To do "man's work" requires leisure. The so-called "leisure" is not a matter of eating all day and doing nothing. It is a matter of being free from ants and bees. It is not as good as ants, bees, but also a person! It's not a person's job to get an official position or to share some of the leftovers by being his accomplice or his accomplice. Aurelias praises the necessity of work, which is true, but there is a limit to how hard you work. You cannot work like an ant or a bee. Labor is necessary, but labor should not be the ultimate goal. And labor should not be borne by some at the expense of others. The highest ideal of human beings should be that everyone can have leisure, in addition to the necessary work can also have leisure to be a person, have leisure to be a person's work, to enjoy human life. We should hope that everyone belongs to the leisure class. If the leisure class could be generalized to the whole human race, it would no longer be a sin. A man is most like a man when he has leisure. Hands and feet are quite idle, the mind can be quite busy. We do not aspire to be immortals like the Six Dynasties, but we do hope that everyone can have time to develop his wisdom and ability.

Leisure man is most like a man when he is at leisure. In the 18th century, English Defoe, famous for the book Robinson Crusoe, actually he began to write novels at the age of nearly 60. In the previous decades, he wrote almost all the prose as a news reporter. One of the earliest books, An Essay upon Projects, published in 1697, is a curious and interesting book, the contents of which I will not introduce now, except to quote from it: "Man is the worst creature God has ever created for living; No other animal has ever starved to death; Outside nature provided them with food and clothing; The natural nature of the heart has given them an instinct that will always guide them in their quest for food and clothing; But man must work, or starve, slavery, or die; It is true that he was guided by reason, to which few men succumb; But a man makes a mistake in his youth, so that he goes on in hard times, without money, without friends, without health, and he dies in a gully, or in a worse place -- a hospital." This passage is not to be taken at face value, for it should be noted that Defou was a master of irony, and used to say irony. Man of all things, who does not know? In fact, in nature a large number of people starve to death are animals, not people. People should be suitable for rational life, to improve the state of life, so to work. Defou himself was a very industrious man. He kept busy all his life with publications, articles, business, military and official service. Even in this book, "Design Miscellany," he laid out a number of far-sighted plans that, like predictions, came true. Why do people work so hard and so hard? Night and day, corpus callosum feet, if pure for food and clothing like ants and bees, then why be a man? Remember the words of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius: At dawn, if you are too lazy to get up, always think: "I will get up and do the work of a man." I was born to do that work, I was put on earth to do that work, so what's the harm in doing that work now? If I was born for this job, should I curl up under the covers to keep warm? "It's more comfortable in bed." So you were born to have fun? In short, I ask thee, are you passive or active? Imagine every little plant, every bird, ant, spider, bee, how diligently they operate, how they do their duty to form an orderly universe. So can you refuse to do one's job? Don't you hasten to do what nature commands you to do? "But some rest is necessary." I don't deny that. But according to nature, there must be a limit, just like diet. You're over the limit. You're over the limit. But when it comes to work, you don't. You won't do any more. The words in this paragraph encouraging oneself to work hard are thought-provoking enough. Among them, the phrase "to form an orderly universe" is so interesting that we cannot but remember that the civilized order of ancient Rome was based on slavery. There are the toiling masses working hard to solve the problems of everyone's livelihood, and then a few upper class people have leisure to do "man's work." Most people are ants, bees, a few people are people. To do "man's work" requires leisure. The so-called "leisure" is not a matter of eating all day and doing nothing. It is a matter of being free from ants and bees. It is not as good as ants, bees, but also a person! It's not a person's job to get an official position or to share some of the leftovers by being his accomplice or his accomplice. Aurelias praises the necessity of work, which is true, but there is a limit to how hard you work. You cannot work like an ant or a bee. Labor is necessary, but labor should not be the ultimate goal. And labor should not be borne by some at the expense of others. The highest ideal of human beings should be that everyone can have leisure, in addition to the necessary work can also have leisure to be a person, have leisure to be a person's work, to enjoy human life. We should hope that everyone belongs to the leisure class. If the leisure class could be generalized to the whole human race, it would no longer be a sin. A man is most like a man when he has leisure. Hands and feet are quite idle, the mind can be quite busy. We do not aspire to be immortals like the Six Dynasties, but we do hope that everyone can have time to develop his wisdom and ability.