Are ancient people satisfied with their meals? Are they less worried and stressed than modern people?

The same point of this problem belongs to the pressure of life. The ancients thought about survival, that is, how to survive. The stress of modern people is more complicated, mainly mental, because it is no longer a problem at present. The pressure mainly comes from daily life, work and social interaction. The pressure of the ancients is relatively simple, but it also refers to the middle and lower classes and the upper ruling class.

China has always been a country with agriculture as its mainstay. With the help of various scientific and technological means, it has realized the diversification and high yield of grain. But in ancient times, it was God who harvested food.

According to historical records, China's per mu yield was more than 230 kilograms in the Warring States Period and only reached 400 kilograms in the late Qing Dynasty, which is the output of various crops without natural and man-made disasters. In this case, the per capita grain possession of the whole society is extremely low.

This is just an average. In fact, most people can't meet this standard. Self-employed people are better, because they have their own land and have no other expenses except paying "imperial grain", but this is a minority after all. In ancient times, owning land was a symbol of wealth, which led to land annexation, which led to a large number of landless poor people who had to rent land for planting. This is the so-called tenant farmers.

Tenants not only have to pay the "imperial grain", but also pay the land to the landlord, so there is not much grain left in their hands. In a good year, they can survive the next year with careful planning, and burn incense if they don't starve to death in a disaster year.

In such a living environment, it was the happiest thing for the ancients to have enough to eat. However, for us modern people, having enough to eat is no longer a problem. We are much luckier than the ancients. For other pressures, we are basically spiritual, so we should face them calmly. As long as you are not depressed or negative, try to do everything well and greet the sun tomorrow with a smile? Your sense of stress will also decrease.

In fact, the sense of pressure mainly comes from oneself. Don't get depressed because something is not done well. In that case, the pressure will be even greater. Calm smile and say to the sky, continue tomorrow!

Wake up, it is more difficult for the ancients to have a full meal than to sleep well now.

As for the troubles of the ancients? There are not many worries, but one worry is enough for you to hang yourself by pulling a rope.

Let's start with a rumor: don't think that the life of the ancients is like that in history books and film and television dramas, and there is an occasional pot of wine in the chest. If you are tired, you can go to the brothel to find a woman to keep you company. Such people did exist in ancient times, but these people were either rich or expensive, and the proportion of these people was even as small as one in a million.

Regardless of ancient and modern times, the first thing facing mankind is to eat. The problem of eating in our modern society has been basically solved, but no dynasty in ancient times dared to say that its people did not worry about eating.

In ancient society, all food came from the land. If the harvest is good this year, we can have a good year. But do people have the final say in farming? Modern society often suffers from droughts and floods. Without dams, irrigation and other technologies, the stability of food fluctuates greatly every year. And the above is still an ideal situation.

Different from today, every dynasty in ancient times had to levy grain taxes on the people. No matter what your harvest is this year, this is a part of the food that must be turned over. What if I can't afford it? Find your own way, sell children and girls, and beg in the streets.

Moreover, ancient people had no contraceptive measures. Give birth to a baby in a good harvest year, barely able to feed. What if the harvest is not good and the grown-up children can't afford it? Young people who are not sensible throw them directly into the street, and those who are sensible will do manual labor and sell them to landlords, or go begging together. Some people may ask, why not all go to work? It should be understood that most of the ancient people were mainly farmers, and every household had so much land. In most cases, population growth is just a burden.

Based on the above, you can use your imagination: after eating the last meal, there will be no next meal. After this year, there will be no next year. From time to time, I have to worry about begging for food from above. If you are not careful, many children will worry about whether to give them away or kill them themselves. I think this kind of trouble is much more painful than you can't afford a house and a daughter-in-law.

In addition to eating, the most basic clothes are enough for modern people. Do you think that the ancients all wore brocade? The fact is that most people haven't even thought about cotton-padded clothes.

Since the Song Dynasty, cotton was gradually introduced into China. Before that, it was either diaosi or Sang Ma. If your monthly income has not reached the top 5% of your city, forget diaosi. As for sang? At least in the top 20%. Most people only wear linen. I don't know what flax is. You know hemp rope, right? Hemp clothes are clothes made of hemp rope. I don't wear this kind of clothes for several years, and I exercise for a long time, and I am covered in blood all day.

In addition to food and clothing, the winter of the ancients was much longer and the temperature was much lower than that of modern people. Without the blessing of stoves, heating and air conditioning, ordinary people can only rely on braziers for winter. The last family can only die on a cold winter night.

To sum up, the pressure of the ancients was greater than that of the modern people's congress, and any one of them was a major event that killed people. I don't think anyone in modern times will worry about survival, right?

First of all, one thing is certain. In ancient times, it was definitely the biggest difficulty faced by ordinary people.

China is a traditional agricultural country, but it has only been 50 years since the problem of food and clothing was completely solved!

Thanks to the emergence of industrialization in the 1970s and the extensive use of science and technology such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the rapid development of grain output really solved the problem of full meals.

The hunger line announced by the United Nations is 250 kilograms, which means that a person must eat at least 500 kilograms of food a year to stay hungry. And China's past dynasties exceeded this standard, which is called prosperous times.

Per capita grain possession in past dynasties (Jin):

Han dynasty: 705.

Tang dynasty: 1256.

Northern Song Dynasty: 1333.

Late Ming Dynasty: 2002.

Early Qing dynasty: 1085.

Late Qing Dynasty: 700.

It is not difficult to see from the per capita grain possession in the past dynasties that with the improvement of planting technology of double-cropping rice since the Song Dynasty, the per capita grain possession soared from the Song Dynasty to the peak at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the rice yield per mu could reach 300 Jin. This is also a ceiling of traditional agriculture.

The increase in grain production also ushered in the population explosion in China's history. The population of Song Dynasty broke through 1 100 million for the first time and reached 400 million at the end of Qing Dynasty. The population is increasing, and the grain yield per mu is not long. Natural per capita grain possession is less. Coupled with land annexation and corruption in the later period of the empire, in the event of natural disasters, food plummeted and victims with insufficient food could be seen everywhere.

As A Dream of Red Mansions said, "Today's people, the poor, are tired of food and clothing every day; The rich have a lack of heart. " Therefore, the ancient people were very happy and satisfied when they had enough to eat!

This view should be correct. In ancient times, material life was very scarce. Of course, without more richness as the basis, spiritual life is also lacking. No matter what we eat and wear now, the world is harmonious. In high-speed commerce and transportation, we can eat whatever we want and wear whatever we want. Things in the south are equally delicious in the north. Do you remember such a poem? "The world of mortals rides a princess and laughs, but who knows it is litchi." In ancient times, it was never easy to eat southern food in the north, which was necessary for the royal family. But it also has limitations.

When it comes to food diversification, tomatoes and sweet potatoes, for example, were introduced to China only in the Ming Dynasty. Ancient dishes were stewed, so there were no fried dishes and various cuisines today. Just have a full stomach. Farmers rebelled in every dynasty, mostly because they didn't have enough to eat. There is a poem, "There is no idle field in the four seas, and all farmers starve to death", but it is important to eat enough. There is a saying that food and clothing is lust. It's all about food.

In a word, nothing is more important than eating in ancient times. Other psychological pressures, mental burdens and interpersonal relationships will not be as complicated and heavy as modern society.

Wrong, people of all ages are under such great pressure!

For example, many people now say that children born after 1980s and 1990s are under more pressure than those born in their parents' era, because they want to buy a house, but this is just our unilateral idea. Do you think that people in their parents' era didn't need to buy a house or much bride price, and there was no pressure in life, and they were like fools every day? Actually, it's not like this.

When I was a child, I heard from my grandmother that at that time, because they had no food to eat, they had to eat roots, and often there was a meal without a meal. I don't think many people have experienced this feeling now, because the living standard is high now, and people don't worry about not having food. I just feel that what I eat today and what I eat tomorrow will not be like this at all. But in the era of grandparents, many people may starve to death because of lack of food. At least, today's young people don't think that this era still exists.

Speaking of my parents' generation, most of them were born in the 1960s. At that time, although they had food, they couldn't eat well and dress well. When they grow up, they will consider the survival and life of marriage. Although the dowry at that time was not as high as it is now, there will be pressure in every era. For example, people who were looking for red brick houses at that time were reluctant to find wooden houses. It's still hard to find a partner. Girls of every age have certain requirements.

So don't feel that buying a house now is different from their pressure. If there is no pressure to buy a house in this era, then we will probably be the happiest generation in history. Now a person can be really happy without the pressure of mortgage.

The inheritance of civilization, today, is a bit muddy!

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

How many people in the world dare to say that they have been satisfied since ancient times? People are hungry, warm and lustful. Those who are not full want to be full. When they are full, they think about their wives and beautiful families. When you have them, you will think of wealth and power. When you have them, you want to live forever and be seldom satisfied. Most people expressed satisfaction. I ha ha. The so-called contentment is only forced by reality. Being content with one day is too much, so you can only force yourself to be satisfied.

Obviously not.

How do you think the poems of those literati poets came from?

Let's take Du Fu as an example. This is not an ordinary person. Look at him:

Du Fu said that the cloth was as cold as iron for many years, and Joule lay cracked. There is no dry place in the bedside table, and the feet are numb with rain. What's the point of getting wet all night? This is not the textbook saying that a scholar is poor in the world. This TM is lamenting that he is poor! The hut has been blown up by the wind, and the bed is cold and warm, which makes the children feel even more distressed and insomnia every night. Do you think he has troubles and pressures?

Du Fu said that the news is in this distant West Station! The north has been recovered! At first, I couldn't stop crying on my coat. Why are you in such a hurry to go home? Because my family is in Luoyang, my hometown in the war, and my family lives in poverty in Sichuan, so I can't live any longer! There is no way to get rich and become powerless. Do you think he has troubles and pressures?

Look at the lives of ordinary people:

Mei Shi: Tao has done everything in front of the door, and there is no tile in the house. A rich man lives in a tile-roofed building without touching mud. Just dare to spend a lot of money, it's not cold at home. Chrysanthemum morifolium is old and unattractive, and porridge and wine are often charged by the whole family. On this day, his house is surrounded by walls, and his monthly expenses depend entirely on borrowing. Do you think he has troubles and pressures?

Liu Zongyuan's article said that the snake catcher's cry turned to migration, and he was hungry and thirsty. Touch the wind and rain, make the cold hot, shout hiss, often the dead, borrow each other. This is not wild fishing, nor is it outdoors. It is risking your life to catch poisonous snakes for a living. Screaming and moving, hungry and thirsty. Touch the wind and rain, make the cold hot, shout hiss, often the dead, borrow each other. Do you think he is unhappy? Is he stressed?

Forget about hunger in history books.

The life of ordinary people in ancient times is similar in China and abroad today.

In any society, there are always smart people, hardworking people, lazy people, people who like to borrow money, people who like to brag, people who like to fight and so on.

An era has a lifestyle of an era, but human brain thinking has not evolved much in the past 5000 years.

Send 10-year-old Confucius and Li Bai of Tang Dynasty to 2 1 century, and he will adapt quickly.

If Zhou Yu and Xiang Yu are sent to 2 1 century, there is a high probability that they will not be able to adapt. Personality is very important!

After all, the living people have only 0- 100 years of social experience, and most of our knowledge is learned from parents, schools, televisions, mobile phones and computers, and is obtained through brain calculation!

The younger the age, the stronger the plasticity, and the ability to draw inferences is very important! With the growth of age, people will become more and more stubborn and stick to the rules! It is also because the brain is not active!

So always be childlike! Learn new things with an open mind, increase fun and exercise your brain!

Not mechanical life!

Every day at 3: 0 1, everyone will be bored!

Wrong? The pressure of ancient people was much greater than that of modern people. There were no modern high-tech products in ancient times, and it all depended on hands and feet. In order to facilitate the life of future generations, ancient people were under great pressure to break through this bottleneck.