Famous Irish poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) once wrote: "Ah! Realize your youth while you have it." He pointed out the important truth about how precious youth is in one's 1 through life. However, the popular internet word foxi—or "Buddhist"—is 2 this rule by encouraging young people to remain calm and peaceful and 3 arguments as much as possible—in other words, to live like a Buddha.
The phrase was reportedly created in Japan in 2014 to describe young men who no longer want to start 4 with women or follow someone else's life path. They prefer to stay in their own 5 world without being disturbed and care little about failure and success.
Now, Chinese internet users are 6 the phrase with other words to describe a similar thought. For example, "Buddhist students" are those who study just the right amount—they don't 7 class, but they don't burn the midnight oil, either. There are also "Buddhist parents", who involve little with their children's lives and let them develop however they like—the 8 of "tiger parents".
In this fast-changing and competitive world, it's only 9 that people are going after a spiritual freedom. However, some would compare foxi with "denominational culture(丧文化)" —a phrase that describes young people who feel 10 and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people are losing their 11 to fight. They are 12 to keep a healthy and wise attitude toward failure simply because they have no ability to achieve success.
But no matter 13, there is one thing that "Buddhist youngsters" should keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm attitude towards failure, but you should also be 14 about school, work and life.
15, Wilde also wrote: "Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new feelings. Be afraid of nothing."
