Peking University Zhang Yiwu: How can young people go to the future of not being "trapped"

"Why did I work so hard

Or there is no happiness of life? "

"So tired, want to lie flat."

"My Buddha ..."

Have you ever had such an emo moment?

Professor Zhang Yiwu, Professor of Chinese Department of Peking University

Combined with your own experience and reading insights

Many problems faced by the younger generation

Form observation and thinking

His prose collection "Young Time"

Will experience more than 50 years of life experience

Turn into a sincere concern

Explore the confusion and confusion in growth with young people

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Why can't I feel happiness?

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I am busy every day, but as if I did nothing.

My life plan seems to be particularly fulfilling, but I can't feel happiness?

I don't know where the effort is.

Professor Zhang Yiwu said ...

The strong expectations of their own rise, and the contrast between the situation of "insufficient completion" in reality, was magnified in the new media environment, causing the problem that the younger generation of "happiness" and the general sluggishness of society.

With the arrival of the 1920s, the post -00 generations began to usher in their 20 years old. This is the third generation that grew up after China's reform and opening up. Even if they have not yet entered the society, they have been considered to be the richest generation of the overall wealthy generation since the founding of New China. The main force.

Although this is a group of people with relatively superior life, their anxiety may inevitably. The situation they must face is that the return premium of higher education has disappeared, the income of physical workers has increased, and a number of wealth of wealth (such as actors and Internet celebrities) with special skills, which brings them to their lives Great impact.

On the one hand, they dare to live a different life because of their relative wealth, such as more "willful" career choices, but on the other hand, they have to face the continuous stimulus of the outside world. In fact, the inheritance of property is relatively meager, which makes the real life and the expectations of self -expectations, especially the generalization of higher education, making such problems more common. After the life of the middle class was basically satisfied, the difficulty of improving the upward improvement began to increase whether it was spiritual or material level.

The gap between the strong expectations of housing and the gap between house prices, the gap between the consumption thirst of the high -end consumer goods and the real income, the contrast between the desire for true feelings and the distress of emotions, and the high expectations and reality of society and the reality of society The contrast between the satisfaction of them. At the same time, the contrast between their strong expectations and the "complete completion" situation of their rise and reality also make their troubles a certain universality. The growth of the new media has made them have unprecedented influence in the new public opinion space, which has enlarged many of their confusion and problems. These all constitute a "problem group", which largely brings the problem of lack of sense of realization and happiness in this generation.

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I don't want to "roll", but is there a way?

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When I see others being working hard, I will be particularly anxious.

I was like a boat that lost power and was swept around in the torrent.

There are thousands of roads in the future, but they are full of people.

Professor Zhang Yiwu said ...

Contemporary young people often complain that their current work is very "volume", competition is quite fierce, more troublesome, and more problems. Many people have specialized some of the troubles and problems encountered by contemporary young people, describing it as a specific problem that plagues the generation. At the same time, the life of the previous generation is romantic. It seems that although the parents are scarce, they are full of various opportunities and possibilities, and although this generation of young people has more than enough food and clothing, the relatively scarceness of life is serious and there is also a lack of opportunities.

This is a very simple description, which is actually similar to the self -imagination of some young people in the early 1980s. In 1980, the "China Youth" magazine published two young people's voting books to the editorial department under the name "Pan Xiao". See the similarity of its "trapped" statement. It should be said that once the younger generation enters the workplace, it will feel the pressure of fierce competition, which is very troubled.

Today, with the popularity of higher education and the increase in the income of ordinary physical workers, the original income premium in the scarcity of higher education has gradually disappeared. After young people go to college, they have not shown their competitiveness in the workplace. The sense of work of junior white -collar workers is often not high, and the space for rising in the future is difficult to see. In addition, universal education is often not cultivated by young people, making it difficult for young people The middle of the middle stood out, but in the ordinary white -collar workers who lived in such a common life that lacked colors. After a long time, it would bother to trouble, and at the same time, it would also feel the huge pressure of the inner roll.

On the other hand, the rise of traditional society often requires hard training, and hard work from about fifteen years from a youth can be achieved -so -called rich people in the traditional industry era have experienced such legendary stories Essence But today, IT elites with intellectual property rights or special skills, new ideas for entrepreneurship, performing arts stars, etc. Most of the successful people in these fields have a life trajectory similar to primary white -collar workers and college students. Essence This increases young people's anxiety about workplace competition. From the vertical perspective, the improvement of the general form of young people in China is beyond doubt, and the platforms and possibilities they own are unprecedented. From the horizontal perspective, the development opportunities and possibilities of young people in China are also rare in the world: China's high -speed development and global changes have given young Chinese people more platforms, more opportunities and more possibilities. It is also giving young people beyond their possibility of trouble and anxiety. Society should create conditions to surpass the "inner volume" with the most enthusiasm and goodwill to care for young people. At the same time, young people also need to use their courage and strength to cross the "inside roll" situation with their own spirit, and move towards the broad future that is not "trapped".

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How to face ideals and reality far?

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I have had a lot of plans, but I always have a thunderous rain.

On the way to pursue the goal, I often feel powerless.

I ideal, but I couldn't touch my tiptoe.

Professor Zhang Yiwu said ...

Gao Yuan's ideal is good, you must encourage it, but you must see if there are any realization or steps. If not, it is necessary to specify it, and even refine the specific steps into the daily plan.

Young will often have great ambitions, but there is no feasible way, no perseverance, and no drop of effort. The ancient saying said, "The ambition is not constant, there is no success for life." It is actually easier to determine, and it is easier to establish a great ambition. Just think about the big goal. But there is no way to achieve, and without persistence, it will not be achieved in the end.

When I was young, I was most likely to be determined. I often felt excited when I thought of the hope of the future, but in fact, this requires the first path. To get close to the goal, there must be a feasible way. For example, to be a pianist, you must start practicing the piano very early, and you need to practice every day. Without such efforts, determination is virtual. You have to start to find the path and work hard every day. Action is the most important.

There is an old saying that it is worth pondering: "The speed is not firm, and it is urgent to go." Successful things are often exposed; if you walk too fast, you often fall. This is very common in life. When you are young, the most important thing is to do one by one. He can do one piece, serious and solid. Learn more true skills and do more.

Without the success of nothing, there will be no good things for nothing. When you are young, you are easy to pursue speed in doing things, but you are unable to grasp and control it. Without the foundation of the foundation, you will go quickly. When you come to the good thing, you often "can't hold it." One is that it is too smooth to do things at will, and it is easy to occur. Don't worry, do yourself, seize the opportunity, and use your ability to use it.

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Do youth Buddhism also have a spiritual spirit?

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I ca n’t finish learning, I lay flat.

If I do nothing, I can keep everything relatively not bad. So why can't you always do this?

I gave up -I gave up!

Professor Zhang Yiwu said ...

Recently, the word "lying flat" has become a popular word in the Internet. Some young people use this word to describe their situation and mentality. This word is actually quite vivid. In the response to specific things, it is an expression of a sense of weakness, which is a sense of indifferent feeling on the impact on the outside world. Looking through, there is no consequences with the world.

"Lying flat" is a kind of comfort in a state of low desire, indicating that people already have a "comfort circle" that can make them feel calm, but at the same time, there is a helpless feeling for fierce competition in life. Standing up and working hard seems to be unbearable. It has both self -deprecation and some slight satisfaction.

This is actually a mentality of some young people who start to become the mainstream of society. These ordinary young people are often the "blind spots" that our society pays attention to. They are not stars in the workplace elites or high -income industries, nor do they have technical personnel who can emerge with "one trick", or people who earn higher salary in financial industries, let alone huge property The inherited "rich second generation" is just a common young man. They are often white -collar workers who have just entered the workplace, or they feel that they are not easy to compete in life, or they feel the uncertainty of the workplace life. If you want to "lying down", you want to have some kind of "stability of the world", and some kind of avoidance of struggle and competition.

Pay less, calm mentality, and can get some kind of comfort in daily life, which is actually the key to "lying flat". For them, choosing "lying flat" is to find a big goal to achieve greater goals, so they will not work hard, but hope to avoid decline and live a peaceful and comfortable life. Of course, this is not completely "comfortable". In fact, "lying" is actually a contradictory attitude. On the one hand, I feel that I can be calm and look light, but there is still some subtle and unspeakable or unspeakable or unspeakable. Unwilling. In fact, this is also a way to avoid social pressure and life challenges. Such an idea has its understanding of a very competitive society. Not all young people are willing to bear the hardships of hard work. Some people in the society have such ideas, and they cannot be said to violate the basic norms of society. But for self, such an attitude of life is relatively negative, not a positive view of life. It also eliminates the fighting spirit of people, damaged the spirit of people, and makes people often turn their ordinary peace into a mixed mediocrity, and of course it is difficult to achieve more self -realization. In fact, this will eventually make life gray.

The platforms and opportunities provided by Chinese society at the moment are actually incomparable to previous generations. The harvest after hard work may not be as expected, but even if it is a bit of hard work, it will actually turn into positive accumulation. If you lie flat, you give up any opportunities and possibilities of choice, but it is actually responsible for your own letters and responsibilities. It is usually not mediocre, and ordinary is not dark. Although there is better social security in the current society, it is necessary to work hard and work hard to make yourself better. "Lying flat" is often uneven, but a certain "decline".

Beyond "lying down" and the enthusiasm of glowing, will eventually get a beautiful life.

Zhang Yiwu

Professor of Chinese Department of Peking University, doctoral supervisor.

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