Modern Wu Han talks about bones;

We China people have backbone.

Mencius in the Warring States period had a few very good words: "Wealth cannot be lewd, poverty cannot be moved, and powerful people cannot be bent. This is called a gentleman. " It means that high officials and rich people can't be bought, poverty and hardship can't be tortured, and violent force can't be threatened. This is the so-called gentleman. These actions of a gentleman show heroism, which we call backbone today.

Our country has experienced a long period of slave society and feudal society, and there are many such people with backbone in each era. We are descendants of these people with backbone, and we are a nation with a fine revolutionary tradition.

Of course, different societies, different classes and backbones have different specific meanings. This must be made clear. But as far as the principle of unswervingly serving the cause of progress at that time is concerned, many touching stories of our ancestors with backbone and their positive educational significance are worth learning.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the capital Lin 'an was invaded by the Yuan Army. Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang organized the armed forces to be loyal to the opposition. After being captured, the Yuan Dynasty advised him to surrender. He wrote a poem, two of which are: "No one has died since ancient times, only his heart shines." It means that people always die, depending on how they die, whether they die in humiliation or for the benefit of the country.

He chose the latter and recorded this loyalty in history. Wen Tianxiang was imprisoned and tortured in a damp dungeon in Beijing. Yuan sent people to persuade him many times that he could become a high official as long as he surrendered, but he resolutely refused and was finally killed in 1283.

Mencius said a few words in Wen Tianxiang. His famous "Song of Benevolence and Righteousness" praised the heroic spirit of the ancient people, used their lives to resist oppression and called on the people to continue to resist.

Another story is that in ancient times there was a poor man who was starving to death. Someone threw him a bowl of rice and said, "Come and eat!" " "(hey, come and eat! The hungry man refused the charity of "ooh", refused to eat this bowl of rice, and then starved to death. The story of not eating the food you eat is very famous. It has been a legend for thousands of years, and it also has positive significance.

The man put on a philanthropist's face and shouted, "Hey, come and eat!" " The taste is unpleasant. What's the second step after eating this bowl of rice? Obviously, he won't give alms in vain, and he has to help him with his food. That poor man has a backbone: judging from your face and manner, he would rather starve to death than eat your food.

Not eating the food of the past shows the character of China people.

This is another example. Wen Yiduo, a democracy fighter, was shot dead by the Kuomintang on July 1946. Before that, his friend got the news that he was going to assassinate him and advised him to hide for the time being. He doesn't care, he works as usual and works harder.

Knowing that the enemy was going to kill him, he shouted a few minutes before he was killed, denouncing the Kuomintang spies and pointing out that their days would not last long and people's democracy would surely win.

In Farewell to Si Tuleideng, Chairman Mao pointed out: "Many people who used to be liberals or democratic individualists stood up before American imperialism and its lackeys, the Kuomintang reactionaries. Wen Yiduo was furious with the Kuomintang pistol and would rather surrender than give in. " Highly praised him for showing the heroism of our nation.

Although Mencius said these words more than two thousand years ago, they still have positive significance until now. Of course, we proletarians have our own heroism and backbone, that is, we will never bow to any difficulties, we will not be flat, we will not bend, we can stand up and we will not be intimidated. For the victory of socialism and socialist construction, we will be able to overcome any difficulties and forge ahead courageously.

Extended data writing background:

Tan was written in the spring of 196 1 and first published in China Youth Daily on March 4th of the same year. At that time, just as a difficult journey in the history of new China was coming to an end.

Prior to this, "mainly due to the' Great Leap Forward' and' anti-Right Deviation' mistakes, coupled with the natural disasters at that time and the treacherous tearing of the contract by the Soviet government, China's national economy suffered serious difficulties from 1959 to196/kloc-0, and the country and people suffered heavy losses" was quoted from "Several Opinions of the China Production Party Central Committee since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC)"

It was also during this period that "the CPC Central Committee and Comrade Mao Zedong began to correct the left-leaning mistakes in rural work and decided to implement the policy of' adjusting, consolidating, enriching and improving' the national economy".

In this historical stage of important changes, to unite the people of the whole country with one heart and one mind and forge ahead courageously, we must not only rely on a series of correct policies and decisive measures of the party, but also mobilize the revolutionary enthusiasm and hard-working spirit of the people of all ethnic groups and walks of life in the whole country to the maximum extent.

To this end, we need to speak out, carry forward the fine traditions of our nation, invigorate the national spirit, mobilize all positive factors and overcome temporary difficulties. Wu Han's article "Talking about the Backbone" was written under such historical conditions.

At that time, it was precisely because of our mistakes in work and the treacherous behavior of Soviet social imperialism that the whole national economy was in a temporary and serious difficult period.

Some people hesitate in the face of difficulties and even lose confidence in the future; A few people try to beg gifts from some countries and want a magic wand to work miracles. At such a critical moment, Comrade Wu Han has not wavered, and he is still full of confidence in the future of our party and country.

He thought of Comrade Mao Zedong's assertion in the article Farewell to Si Tuleideng in August 1949: "We China people have backbone."

He firmly believes that a nation with backbone is intimidated by any enemy and can't be overwhelmed by any difficulties, so with patriotic enthusiasm, he wrote a series of papers such as "Wen Tianxiang's backbone-patriotic scholars talk about national heroes and talk about backbone", focusing on the proposition summarized by Chairman Mao, and consciously focusing on "backbone education" for the people.

At that time, his works played a positive role in enhancing people's confidence in overcoming difficulties and improving people's patriotic sentiments. Of course, as the excellent traditional spirit of the Chinese nation, backbone is needed at any time. Today, our motherland is recovering from the serious damage of the Gang of Four. There are many difficulties, but the future is bright.

As a China person, facing the difficulties and the so-called civilization and prosperity of western countries, we should keep our backbone, have determination and perseverance, overcome the difficulties under the leadership of the Party and win the victory of the four modernizations. In this sense, Tan's practical educational function is beyond doubt.

Introduction to the article:

Wu Han's Talk on Bones is an argumentative essay with distinct fighting nature, which aims at expounding the heroism of our nation and calling on the people to unite and struggle. The central argument of the article is: We China people have backbone!

The author uses three examples to illustrate that "China people have backbone". From this perspective, these three examples are closely related to the center of the discussion.

But what is the relationship between these three examples? This can be analyzed from three aspects: First, the characters in the three examples represent different social classes in the history of China. Wen Tianxiang was a famous national hero and a representative of the scholar-bureaucrat class in Song Dynasty.

Qian Ao, who didn't eat "the food he came from", was a representative of a poor civilian in the Warring States period. Wen Yiduo, a democracy fighter and a member of the intellectual class. On the surface, they live in different times and have different status, but linking them together shows that there are countless people with backbone from top to bottom and from ancient times to the present, thus specifically showing that "backbone" is a valuable spirit of our nation.

Second, the characters in the three examples point the finger at one of Mencius' three sentences. Wen Tianxiang can't be bought by high officials. Although "Mencius said a few words, which were expressed in Wen Tianxiang", his refusal to surrender is the core of his spiritual quality. Qian ao refused to give up his dignity in poverty, preferring to starve to death rather than be insulted.

Wen Yiduo despised the threat of spies. In his last public speech, he criticized the Kuomintang reactionaries with heroism and exposed their crimes of threatening the people demanding democracy by assassination and suppressing them by violence.

These three characters lived in different times and encountered different difficulties, but their actions just explained how to be the backbone from three aspects. Third, the characters in the three examples have different characteristics. Wen Tianxiang faced the national enemy with awe-inspiring; The poor man's money is reserved and meticulous in the face of the rich man's charity.

Wen Yiduo was impassioned in front of the spy's gun. But they all show the same characteristics, that is, the heroism of death. From this point of view, the three examples cited by the author are independent and interrelated; It is not only unique, but also essential. This just shows the author's ingenuity in selecting materials.