Living And Dying II

It is selfish and cruel of people who are on the brink of dying to say to their loved ones: "You must go on. Only then can I go in peace."

In Dae Jang Geum aka Jewel In The Palace, before Jang Geum's Mum and Lady Han died, they'd told her to live on, not to give up in life. But it is cruel of them to tell her that because she was going to lose the one who was close and who took care of her. It is tiring to struggle on through life without your support. 与其痛苦地过一生, 不如潇洒地离去. To make your loved ones promise to live on, to continue a senseless struggle that may be futile-it is cruel indeed.

Of course, if I were to look from the end of the dying person, it is out of love that the dying one says that. Love and a thinking that the one who lives on is a hope. They always say as long as there is life, there is hope. But it is only true to the extent where the one who lives on doesn't despair/grow tired from all the struggling. Quite pointless to continue with life if one doesn't feel any hope/is already weary.