The original text of Ji Xianlin’s meaning and value of life is as follows:

When I was a young college student, there was a breeze of discussion on the meaning and value of life in newspapers and periodicals. The article read Some discussions were also made. I've read some articles but haven't participated in them myself. The reason is that some articles are incomprehensible and I can’t understand them. More importantly, I think this kind of discussion itself is meaningless and worthless, and it is not as good as actually doing a few things.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, I was already in my ninth year, and I had lived far beyond my budget. Some people think that longevity is a blessing, but I don’t think so. People have lived for too long, and they have a thorough understanding of the various aspects of life and the various aspects of all living beings. On the contrary, they often feel less inspired and more often sigh. It is far better to leave this world of right and wrong as early as possible and be clean.

So, there are no benefits to living a long life? Neither. This will be of some benefit to understanding the meaning and value of life.

According to my personal observation, for the vast majority of people in the world, life is both meaningless and worthless. They never consider such philosophical questions. When I'm lucky, my hands are full of money, I go to the food court twice during the day, I go to Karaoke in the evening, I play a little power, I show a little cleverness, I even become arrogant, domineering, groggy, and confused, until I get into the urn, I don’t understand why I have survived my whole life.

The unlucky ones are in poverty, running around for food and clothing all day long, with sad faces and long sighs. Even if the life is still passable, with no worries about food and clothing, and enough food and clothing, you are still busy all day long, trapped in the reins of fame, and tied to the ropes of convenience. He was also groggy and confused, not knowing why he had survived his whole life.

For all living beings like this, where can we start talking about the meaning and value of life?

I myself belong to the list of all living beings, and I am inevitably confused. I am no better than anyone else. If you want to forcefully find a difference, there is: I, and of course there are some other people, have some ideas about life, have used their brains a little, and think that these ideas are somewhat reasonable.

What do I think? Let’s go a little further. Today's world is raging with wars and desires. "The yellow bells are destroyed and the cauldrons are thundering." It is a very unstable era. However, I have always been an optimist regarding the future of mankind. I believe that no matter how many hardships and twists we have to go through, no matter how much time we have to go through, mankind will always get better and better, and the realm of human unity will never be just an empty ideal. However, to achieve this goal, it must go through the joint efforts of countless generations. Like a relay race, each generation has its own distance to run. Another example is a chain, which is composed of many links. Each link is nothing but an insignificant thing in itself; but without this little thing, the chain cannot be formed. In the long history of the development of human society, each generation of us has its own tasks, and they are by no means dispensable. If life has meaning and value, its meaning and value lies here.

However, this truth can only be understood by a few knowledgeable people in human society. Mr. Lu Xun refers to this kind of people as "the backbone of China". For those whose stomachs are full of KFC, McDonald's, and pizza, and who end up just being confused in the end, there is no way to talk about these truths, just like summer insects are not enough to compete with Yu Bing. They cannot understand their own responsibility for human development.

Having said that, I would like to briefly summarize what I said above: If life is truly meaningful and valuable, its meaning and value lies in the sense of responsibility for the development of mankind and the connection between the past and the future.