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 A.D. 1282.
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 have dinner! "It tastes 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 2000 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, be flat, bend, bear or be intimidated. For the victory of socialism and socialist construction, we will be able to overcome any difficulties and forge ahead bravely!
Brief introduction of Comrade Wu Han: Wu Han (1909 ~ 1969) was originally named Chun Dark, but his word Chen Qi. He used the pen names Xisheng, Wu Xuan, Zhao Yan, Liu Mianzhi and Liu Huizhi. , from Yiwu. After graduating from Zhejiang No.7 Middle School 1927, I worked as a rural teacher. After that, he was admitted to the preparatory course of Zhijiang University. 1929 Entered China College. 1in August, 930, he went to Beiping and was introduced by Gu Zhugang, a professor of yenching university History Department, and worked as a librarian in the Chinese and Japanese editorial department of the library. 193 1 In the summer of, Tsinghua University History Department specialized in Ming history, published academic papers in Tsinghua Quarterly, Journal of yenching university, Central History Magazine and Tianjin Ta Kung Pao Supplement History, and served as the editor-in-chief of Ta Kung Pao Supplement History. 1934 stayed on as a teacher after graduation in summer, 1937 as a professor of literature department of Yunnan university, 1940 as a professor of history department of The National SouthWest Associated University, 1943 as a member of China Democratic League introduced by Zhou Xinmin and Pan Guangdan, 1944. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Beijing as Professor Tsinghua University and continued to engage in the anti-Chiang democratic movement. 1948, in response to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's call for a political consultative conference, he and his wife Yuan Zhen went to the Liberated Area and were received and encouraged by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. 1949 1 After the liberation of Peiping, he served as the head of the Department of History of Tsinghua University, the chairman of the school affairs committee, and later as the dean of the Faculty of Arts. In September, he attended the China People's Political Consultative Conference and was a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as deputy mayor of Beijing, member of the Urban Planning Commission, director of the Supervision Commission, director of the Culture and Education Commission, academic member of the Institute of History of China Academy of Sciences, member of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, director of the China Historical Society, and vice chairman and secretary general of all-china youth federation. The second and third sessions of the Standing Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the first, second and third sessions of the National People's Congress, the vice chairman of Beijing CPPCC, the Standing Committee of the NLD Central Committee, and the vice chairman and chairman of the NLD Beijing Municipal Committee. 1957, joined the China * * * production party. 1959 initiated the compilation of history series, served as the editor-in-chief of China history series and foreign history series, and later edited two series of China geography and seven volumes of China historical common sense. 1965, under the planning of Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao and others, Yao published an article on the new historical drama "Hai Rui dismissed from office" in Shanghai Wen Wei Po, criticizing Wu Han and holding a grudge against 1969 1 1. 1979, with the decision of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the political reputation was restored and rehabilitated. Wu Han has been engaged in the study of China's ancient history all his life, especially in the study of Ming history, including Zhu Yuanzhang's Biography, Throwing Guns Collection, Learning Collection, Spring Collection, Under the Lamp Collection, Wu Han's Collected Works, Wu Han's Essays, Hai Rui's Dismissal from Office, Hai Rui's Story and Notes on Reading History.