Mencius listed the experiences of six historical figures in his article Born in Worry and Died in Happiness, emphasizing that adversity can make people successful. Now some people think that prosperity can also make him successful. What's your opinion? I think "adversity can make success" is right. Mencius said: "We are trapped in balance and cooperate." In other words, people have to go through hardships and pains before they can rise up and make a difference. Therefore, people in adversity, such as Su Shi, have ideals, perseverance and the spirit of struggle, in order to survive and develop in adversity. "Prosperity can also achieve success." As long as we treat "happiness" correctly, regard prosperity as a vast runway to take off, have ideals, perseverance, fighting spirit and keep making progress, then even if we are in prosperity, we can still survive and develop, such as "Bill Gates". I think the success of adversity and prosperity depends on people's actions or inaction. "Inaction", whether in adversity or prosperity, is bound to die. Therefore, "adversity" and "prosperity" are only external conditions. The key is to see if you have ideals, perseverance and spirit of struggle. As long as a person has subjective ideals, perseverance and enterprising spirit, he can survive and develop in adversity or prosperity. For example, Comrade Deng Xiaoping.