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【Human. Survival, desire, mission +X 人•生存、欲望、使命+X】
According to Maslow's model, physiological needs (breathing, food, water) lie at the base of the hierarchy of needs, forming the foundation for other needs (safety, social belonging, esteem, self-actualization). The essence of the agricultural revolution (around 10,000 years ago) was to stabilize the food supply. Modern social security systems (health insurance, unemployment insurance) are established to reduce individual survival risks. Thinkers such as Hobbes and Locke emphasized that humans surrender some freedoms to form society, with the primary purpose being the protection of life safety. If survival is impossible, freedom, property rights, and so on become empty talk. Even Sartre, who asserted that "existence precedes essence" and acknowledged that people are free to choose the meaning of life, still required the premise of the body's continued existence for this freedom. Death means the termination of all meaning construction. From biological instinct to social construction, from historical evolution to real-world predicaments, survival has always been the primary task of human existence. This proposition does not deny the nobility of spiritual values, but rather reveals a cruel and true logic: only by being alive can one possibly define what one lives for. The brilliance of civilization, the depth of thought, and the beauty of art are all built upon this simple cornerstone. According to statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about 800 million people worldwide still face hunger (2025), making survival their core daily challenge.
Desire originally arises in animals from genetic endowment and the maintenance of the organism itself. For example, appetite and reproduction are both reactions of living beings in order to survive — desire originates from survival. According to authoritative dictionaries and academic definitions, the core meaning of "desire" in Chinese is: desire (yù wàng) refers to a strong longing and tendency toward specific things or goals, based on an organism's survival instincts or psychological needs. Its essence is the original driving force for the continuation and development of life, manifested in multi‑level expressions ranging from physiological needs (such as appetite) to spiritual aspirations (such as the desire for knowledge or power). The Chinese character "欲 (yù)" is composed of "谷 (gǔ)" (symbolizing the nourishment of life) and "欠 (qiàn)" (expressing a deficiency or gap), implying "the eternal demand of a living system for resource replenishment"; "望 (wàng)" reinforces the imagery of a visual pursuit. Together, the two form a dynamic balance, embodying both biological instinct and the necessity of rational restraint. Psychology regards...
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