【正确答案】The most we write about is the moon, and we also enjoy mountains and rivers. Confucius once said, "The virtuous find pleasure in hills; the wise in waters. " Here the "waters" again refer to rivers and lakes. If he had added, " the brave find pleasure in sea," our national spirit would have been richer and more abundant, and everything would have been quite different from today. Chaung Tzu defined the sea as something " never-ending with infinite quantity that changes constantly and never comes to an end," connecting the sea with infinity from a calculus prospective. It can be concluded that Chaung Tzu had a laudable bearing, distinguishing him from the ordinary folks.
There are quite a number of people abroad writing a-bout the sea. For example, Robinson Crusoe describes not only the waves of the sea, but the spirits of adventure as well as striving efforts. In addition, there are also The Old Man and the Sea, The Lord of the Sea, Moby Dick and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, etc. Instead there are only few writers in China writing about the sea.
The sea always implies adventures and challenges. As "the universe is blind to our pain and deaf to our sorrow ," the sea itself can't identify virtue and morality. It may break our hearts to learn that even with such a long history, there is a serious lack of understanding and exploration of the sea in China. However, we may find a silver lining in Chinese culture that we never advocate competition and survival of the fittest unconditionally.
Nowadays, in China, many have been aware of the spirit of the sea, which includes tolerance, pioneering exploration and even courage for adventure. While strengthening ourselves, we should also adhere to the spirits for peaceful and win-win development.