In China's Leader Outlines a Social Agenda, John Pomfret writes of the new Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, saying that although China's problems are daunting, "one prospers in worries and hardships and perishes in ease and comfort."

The phrase �����ǻ������ڰ��� is from the philosopher Mencius, who D. C. Lau translates,

Heaven, when it is about to place a great burden on a man, always first tests his resolution, exhausts his frame and makes him suffer starvation and hardship, frustrates his efforts so as to shake him from his mental lassitude, toughen his nature and make good his deficiencies. As a rule, a man can mend his ways only after he has made mistakes. It is only when a man is frustrated in mind and in his deliberations that he is able to innovate. It is only when his intentions become visible on his countenance and audible in his tone of voice that others can understand him. As a rule, a state without law-abiding families and reliable Gentlemen on the one hand, and, on the other, without the threat of foreign invasion, will perish. Only then do we learn the lesson that we survive in adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

Wen Jiabao followed the reference to Mencius by one to the Zuo Zhuan, another Confucian classic, saying �Ӱ�˼Σ���б��޻�: one should "be vigilant in peace time...if one is prepared, there will be no calamity."

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In 562 B.C., the ruler of the state of Jin defeated another state after having arranged a clever series of alliances on the advice of his counselor, and the defeated state offered him tribute, including a few music teachers and some musical bells and musical stones as well as sixteen singing girls. When the ruler offered to share some of this with his advisor, the latter refused, saying "I hope that you will enjoy your present pleasure and think about the future. (poetic reference)�Now using music to repose in virtue, using righteousness in order to deal with things, using propriety in order to act upon matters, using good faith in order to protect oneself, and using benevolence in order to influence others, you can then keep the state in order, collect your recompense, attract strangers from afar: this is what is called music. The history classic says, "dwell in comfort and think of danger": when you think you will be prepared, and when you are prepared there will be no calamity.

For this translation I used the Zuozhuan Digital Indices and consulted James Legge's translation.

The gibberish is Chinese characters (GB, for those in the know).