一日,三个学生登门拜访南怀瑾先生,请教一个问题:人们都说读书是件快乐的事,可是我们读了这么多年的书,却并没有感觉到快乐,这是为什么呢?南怀瑾放下正在读的一本书,慈祥地看着他们说:“想快乐并不难,但要先弄明白人为什么要活着?”三个学生你看看我,我看看你,都没料到南先生会向他们提出这样的问题。过了一会儿,一位学生说:“因为死亡太可怕了,所以人人都愿意活着。”另一位学生说:“我现在活着,是为了将来能够过人上人的生活。” One day, three students went to visit Mr. Nan Huaijin. Ask a question: People say that reading a book is a happy thing. But when we read books for so many years, we did not feel happiness. Why? A book kindly looked at them: “It is not difficult to think of happiness, but first understand why the white people to live?” “You look at me three students, I look at you, did not expect to South Mr. will ask them such questions. After a while, one student said: ”Because death is too horrible, so everyone is willing to live.“ ”Another student said:“ I am alive now, in order to have an extraordinary life in the future. ” "