【正确答案】"A gentleman enjoys life but cannot bring himself to the topic of death." This observation of Confucius' reflects the general mentality toward death. People have long since tended to avoid talking about death, but as a matter of fact life and death constitute one's whole experience in this world and death is an inevitable natural law beyond any power. Therefore life study and education is not sufficient without the complement of death education.
Death education, as it suggests, is a learning process, which encourages people to explore the relationship between life and death, to get hold of the ideas and views in this connection so as to form a proper attitude toward death. Indeed, only through poring over death and actively obtaining the relevant knowledge can we build up our mental adaptability when confronting death, take the right perspective and reduce our fear of death. It should be made a point of that only when we make frequent contemplation of death, perceiving the approaching of death can we all the more enjoy life and cherish our lives, and turn this thought into the motivation for making continuous advancement. Furthermore, to examine one's life at the end of one's life in advance helps people to appreciate the meaning of life, free from the fetters of worldly fame and wealth and live an elevated life by pursuing truth, benevolence and beauty.