Confucius and Mencius thought that life was precious, death both had inevitability and chance. death was a lamentable thing and also a happy thing.

• 在孔孟看来，生命是可贵的；死亡既具有必然性，同时又具有偶然性；死亡既是一件可悲的事情也是一件快乐的事情。