May 12, 2008, was a very heavy day for the people of the whole country: an earth-shattering earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, countless houses collapsed instantly, and many people were displaced and crushed under the rubble!

In the earthquake relief, a number of disaster relief heroes emerged. When the earthquake happened, they asked others to evacuate first, risking their lives. After the earthquake, they rushed to the front line of disaster relief, risking aftershocks to lend a helping hand to others.

Wenchuan earthquake can be seen in these busy figures. One person is particularly different: Teacher Fan, who teaches at Guangya School in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, did not immediately cover the evacuation of students after the earthquake, but was the first to take refuge in the school playground when the earthquake occurred.

After this incident was posted on the Internet, it immediately caused an uproar. Netizens nicknamed the teacher Fan Paopao, in order to insult the teacher who ran away from the battle.

It's been 13 years since the Wenchuan earthquake. What's the life like for this teacher Fan? What happened to him when he was scolded by netizens?

Young and frivolous Fan Meizhong "Fan Paopao" was originally named Fan Meizhong. 1977 was born in Neijiang, Sichuan, and his family are all authentic farmers.

Among the brothers, Fan Meizhong is the most promising! Fan Meizhong has been the top student in his class since he was a child, with excellent grades. He speaks well about history and is called a "gifted scholar" by his classmates.

Such a talented person didn't let everyone down. 1992, Fan Meizhong, as the last batch of publicly-funded college students in China, was admitted to the history department of Peking University, and he became a red man in his hometown!

After Fan Meizhong entered Peking University, he found that Peking University gathered high-level talents from all over the country. Due to the different distribution of educational resources and different levels of economic development, students' abilities vary greatly.

Many people are not only masters of learning, but also have many specialties, and they are also very insightful about foreign art classics and philosophical thoughts! This is very different from Fan Meizhong, who grew up in the countryside and read only dead books.

Seeing such a gap, Fan Meizhong decided to study hard and soak in the library to read classic works at home and abroad. He wanted to catch up with everyone.

In the past four years, Fan Meizhong studied China's traditional thoughts of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, and was baptized by western thoughts of freedom, democracy and equality. After weighing, he thinks that what is more in line with the new era should be western.

He believes that being a teacher is undoubtedly the best choice to carry forward new ideas in this era! Therefore, after graduation, Fan Meizhong did not go to work in a big enterprise or a big city, but chose to return to his hometown to teach and educate people.

Before graduation, Fan Meizhong gave up his studies. He often refutes the teacher's point of view, and the teacher didn't give the deviant student a high score.

But he doesn't care about this, because he feels that he has found the right path, that is, to be a teacher and impart his own ideas.

1997, after graduating from Peking University, Fan Meizhong came to Shuguang Middle School in Zigong, Sichuan as a teacher. Many teachers in the school heard that there was a high flyers from Peking University, and they were all curious about him.

School leaders also attach great importance to Fan Meizhong's ability. They arranged a task for Fan Meizhong, that is, to take the senior three graduating class.

But before long, the school leaders regretted the decision. It turns out that when Fan Meizhong was teaching, he seldom taught the contents of textbooks, but liked to expand his extracurricular knowledge.

From classics and historical subsets to western classics, Fan Meizhong can talk about everything. In the 40-minute class, I can't wait to talk about other contents for 30 minutes, which will arouse the resentment of students and parents!

More importantly, Fan Meizhong lashed out at the traditional Confucianism, and instead preached western ideas such as democracy and human rights, which was obviously out of date. Since then, the school has often received letters reporting Fan Meizhong.

Seeing that everyone had such a big opinion, the school leaders went to talk to Fan Meizhong, arranged for him to be a freshman and a sophomore, and asked him not to talk nonsense in class in the future.

Fan Meizhong advocates freedom of speech. Where can we listen to the demands made by schools? In class, he still goes his own way, but refuses to teach the content of the textbook. Finally, the school decided to dismiss him!

Fan Meizhong lost his job and began his wandering career. In the next few years, he traveled to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu and other places to work as a full-time writer in major editorial departments. His views are very radical, and he pays attention to "the language is not surprising and never dies."

During this period, he wrote articles such as "Walking in nothingness, looking for meaningful education-confessions of a Peking University graduate" and gained a large number of fans on many online platforms. Soon after, Fan Meizhong returned to Sichuan to teach at Guangya Middle School in Dujiangyan, where he also met a turning point in his life.

"Fan Paopao" became popular. National Guangya Middle School was founded in 1992. Is a private middle school, full-time boarding school. The teaching mode is in line with Europe and America. There are many foreigners in it, who specialize in docking with famous universities in Europe and America for academic exchanges and personnel training, and the teachers are well paid.

Faced with such an iron rice bowl, Fan Meizhong has converged a lot this time. After returning to the podium, he changed his unique way of attending classes and began to teach according to the rules. The headmaster, Qing Guangya, is also very good to Fan Meizhong. He knew that Fan Meizhong was a high flyers, and his classes were different, so he gave him a privilege: if the students didn't listen, then Fan Meizhong could go to cut class.

Fan Meizhong is at home in this school. When he spoke, he was full of emotions and spirits, which was praised by many students. The school's evaluation of him is also: conscientious and harmonious with his classmates.

However, such a good teacher in everyone's eyes changed on May 12, 2008.

In the afternoon, Fan Meizhong was standing in the classroom, enthusiastically explaining A Dream of Red Mansions to his classmates (the thirteenth time). Suddenly, he felt a shake.

At first, the shaking was very light. Fan Meizhong said to everyone: "Don't panic, the geological activities at the junction of Sichuan plate are more active." But suddenly, the classroom shook violently and the whole earth trembled! Fan Meizhong immediately realized that something had happened. Without saying anything to the students, he rushed out first.

After rushing out of the classroom door, Fan Meizhong panicked and rolled down the stairs directly, but in order to survive, Fan Meizhong didn't think much. He even rolled and crawled to the playground. After taking a few breaths, he looked around and found that he was the only one in the whole playground!

After the shaking of the earthquake eased, the students gradually walked out of the classroom and took refuge in the playground. Facing his students, Fan Meizhong asked, "Why don't you know how to run it?" The students feel very wronged. As a teacher, he rushed out of the building without saying a word, leaving only the students in the classroom, and the tone of Fan Meizhong's questioning afterwards made the students feel uncomfortable.

So some students told their parents afterwards and published his "glorious deeds" on the internet and news media. When this incident came out, it triggered public criticism. Everyone is disgusted with this kind of teacher, and they accuse Fan Meizhong of violating teachers' morality. As a teacher, he ignored the safety of his students and just ran for his life.

During the Wenchuan earthquake, it can be said that the whole country was in the same boat, and Qi Xin worked together to get out of the pain caused by the earthquake. Fan Meizhong's selfish behavior is in sharp contrast with other people who help each other.

The media accused him of many days. At that time, some netizens said: In the face of the earthquake, everyone wants to protect themselves. I didn't expect the students' situation to be normal, so there is no need to condemn them too much. But ten days later things changed again. This time, Fan Meizhong's behavior once again caused everyone to criticize him.

After the earthquake, Fan Meizhong was unconvinced by all kinds of accusations against himself. After the earthquake, he was silent for a long time. In fact, he was writing an article.

On May 22, 2008, Fan Meizhong published an article entitled "The earth shook at that moment-5.12" Wenchuan Earthquake ",and a sentence in the article once again aroused public criticism.

He wrote in the article: "I am a person who pursues freedom and justice, but I am not a person who dares to sacrifice myself after others!" " At this moment of life and death choice, I can only consider sacrificing myself for my daughter. Other people, even my mother, don't care in this situation. Because I can't control my adults, there is no point in running away from one without moving it. If it is too dangerous, I will die with you. If there is no danger, I don't care about you, and you are not in danger, let alone you are seventeen or eighteen years old! "

This remark once again stirred the public's nerves. At that time, it was in the rescue and relief stage of Wenchuan earthquake, and many school teachers' deeds of protecting students were reported by the media. At such a critical juncture, Fan Meizhong's article is undoubtedly a naysayer!

After the article was published, even fewer people spoke for him this time! The main reason is that the remarks in this article are too paranoid, and everyone dare not recognize his point of view. Some netizens commented that he was deliberately speculating; Others say that he has three incorrect views. ...

In this article, there is a netizen named "the person whose five mountains disappeared". As a response to Fan Meizhong, he wrote an article entitled "Freedom and Morality —— From Fan Paopao Event".

It is because of this article that the nickname "Fan Paopao" became popular overnight and became the label of Fan Meizhong.

But Fan Meizhong is still too young. In the face of public anger, he didn't choose to bow his head and admit his mistake. Instead, continue to confront netizens. A few days later, he wrote an article satirizing and accusing his netizens.

This unrepentant attitude shocked the public. Angry netizens tore up Fan Meizhong's experience and reported it to his alma mater, Peking University.

Among them, an article entitled "Fan Meizhong: Insulting Teachers and Peking University" pointed out: "Fan Meizhong's shame lies not in getting cold feet during the earthquake, but in bragging about his cowardice after he escaped."

Looking at this situation, the school can't sit still. At that time, the Party Secretary of the History Department of Peking University also took the opportunity to publish "Peking University is ashamed of Fan Meizhong". He said, "Fan Meizhong doesn't do very well in school. This is not an accident! "

In fact, in the eyes of Peking University teacher, he is also dissatisfied with this student. After all, he likes to contradict the teacher during school and even attack the teacher anonymously. Although Peking University pays attention to inclusiveness and academic freedom, it naturally doesn't have a good impression on such people who don't respect teachers and value morality.

Since then, the wave of attacks on Fan Meizhong has been increasing. According to the mainstream view, although Fan Meizhong told his own experience honestly afterwards, his improper remarks became the main reason why he was pushed to the forefront.

Facing the heavy pressure from outside, Fan Meizhong finally couldn't sit still. On June 7th of that year, Fan Meizhong appeared on a program of Phoenix TV, and responded to everyone's doubts and accusations. He said, "I don't mean to apologize for giving you an explanation. I just express my opinion." This program also became a turning point, and the number of netizens who supported him began to increase.

In the face of external pressure, Qing Guangya, president of Guangya Middle School, also responded to this matter: "Teacher Fan has outstanding ability and dares to speak out. I won't fire a teacher for this. "

Although the principal said so, the parents of the students did not agree. Parents think: "A teacher can't protect students, can't teach children how to take refuge, and even write down that even the mother doesn't care about this. How can we entrust our children to such people!"

At the same time, the Ministry of Education also thinks that Fan Meizhong's behavior of leaving on his own will damage the image of a teacher, so he is disqualified as a teacher. Fan Meizhong was not convinced by this decision, and began to write articles online to respond. However, this has also attracted more criticism. A scholar also specifically consulted the laws of the United States and responded to Fan Meizhong: "Fan Meizhong advocates freedom and human rights, but in the United States, which is famous for its freedom, there are clear legal provisions for teachers to take students to take refuge, and the act of running away from the enemy will lose their educational qualifications forever!"

Fan Meizhong was finally silent this time. He publicly apologized to the public and decided to quit his job as a teacher and return to a normal family life. The headmaster didn't keep him much.

Later, in response to an exclusive interview with reporters, President Qing Guangya said: "Fan Meizhong usually has no major problems in class, and his reaction during the earthquake is also based on human instinct, but his remarks afterwards can be true, but they are not good enough and beautiful enough!" So, where did Fan Meizhong go after he resigned as a teacher? What kind of life is he living now?

After resigning from Guangya Middle School, Fan Meizhong fell silent. He returned to his family, stayed with his wife and raised his son and daughter. But Fan Meizhong didn't want his wife to support his family alone, so he started looking for a job again. After all, it's high flyers of Peking University, so it's quite easy to find a job.

Soon after, Beijing Hua Kai Education Company hired Fan Meizhong as a tutor in the field of humanistic quality, which caused great controversy.

Fan Meizhong is a lecturer in humanities, which makes netizens feel it is a great irony! What qualities can a person who can't even save his biological parents in a crisis have? In addition, the name given to Fan Meizhong by Hua Kai Education also makes people feel unconvinced.

On the file given to Fan Meizhong by the company, it is impressively written "China No.1 liberal arts teacher", the title of No.1 in China, which is too heavy for Fan Meizhong!

Under the operation of Hua Kai Company, Fan Meizhong once again aroused public discussion, and netizens reported to the Ministry of Education that the Ministry of Education had cancelled Fan Meizhong's teaching qualification, so Fan Meizhong was unemployed again in the near future!

Fan Meizhong felt that he couldn't appear in public again, so he retired from the background, but he still went his own way and published articles anonymously in some forums. Even on 20 14, an article "Comment on Teacher Zhu of Peking University History Department" was published, which shows that he still bears a grudge against the teachers of Peking University.

Fan Meizhong had no choice but to go back to his hometown. His wife was also an educator, so the couple started a private school in the mountains. Fan Meizhong thought that the education system in China was not reasonable enough, so when his son went to middle school and his daughter was only nine years old, he let his children drop out of school to teach by themselves and became the first two students in this private school.

Although Fan Meizhong is a controversial person, he has many supporters and followers. They also sent their children to a private school in Fan Meizhong, which is located in the mountains, where Fan Meizhong can be free from secular interference.

In the mountains, Fan Meizhong often talks with students on the floor and confides in them. His students include not only minors, but also many adults, all of whom come to study.

He will tell students about western philosophy and discuss the contention of a hundred schools of thought. Fan Meizhong fell in love with Zhuangzi after he retired. He has the greatest wisdom in the world in Zhuangzi.

Fan Meizhong has been studying Zhuangzi for five years, and now he claims to be the most professional Taoist researcher in China, talking with students about Laozi and Zhuangzi's thoughts. Besides, Fan Meizhong likes A Dream of Red Mansions very much, and he is obsessed with it.

Sometimes, Fan Meizhong will record online classes and share his academic achievements with netizens, which is also a kind of self-satisfaction. Later, Fan Meizhong returned to Dujiangyan Guangya Middle School with her daughter in her arms. When his colleague saw Fan Meizhong, he smiled and said, "Alas, Mr. Fan, who was out of touch in those days, began to take care of the children!" Fan Meizhong smiled warmly and said, "I am a full-time father now, unemployed!" Then he chatted with his former colleagues about the stories of these years.

He said to his colleagues: "After reading Zhuangzi, I feel that I have become much gentler, not tit for tat!" Regarding the choice of that year, Fan Meizhong also said with a smile: "If I go back to that year, I will definitely not run. After all, the buildings in this school are all made of wood, and I can't collapse! "

Conclusion Now 13 years have passed, and looking at the original "Fan Paopao" incident, the public's tolerance for this incident has improved a lot. After all, in do or die, survival and self-protection is an instinct, which is nothing.

However, we in China have been emphasizing the relationship between justice and benefit since ancient times. "Life is what I want; Righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who give up their lives for righteousness. " This is the cry of Mencius two thousand years ago, calling on people to shoulder the sense of social responsibility and mission.

Maybe Fan Meizhong and I have been studying western theories, but he disagreed with Mencius and stuck to his point of view.

However, he neglected an important problem, that is, he is a teacher and he doesn't care about his students. He even said, "Even parents will leave such words." Undoubtedly, this is a blow to his students and brings a bad head.

In addition, what is annoying is his tit-for-tat with netizens afterwards. The escape itself is understandable. The most reprehensible thing is that he has repeatedly attacked netizens in exchange for criticism from outside. Now that Fan Meizhong is studying Zhuangzi, he should understand a truth: the harder he fights back against the outside world, the more pressure and criticism he faces; If he accepted it with an open mind, he probably wouldn't be affected and lose his job.

However, today's Fan Meizhong obviously laughs off his past experience. Now he lives a very low-key life, and he can read and write in his spare time, which makes him feel particularly comfortable and finds his spiritual home.

I wonder what readers thought of Fan Meizhong's choice at that time. What choice should be made to deal with the relationship between righteousness and benefit at a critical juncture? You are also welcome to have a heated discussion.