Originally, I thought that as a symbol of Texas's history and culture, the scenery along the canal must be beautiful, but when I went there, I found it was different from my imagination. When I got there, all I saw was some dilapidated and lifeless villages in the city. At that time, the canal had dried up, revealing reddish-brown sediment, and there was a lot of garbage in the river. The puddle full of mud was also dyed yellow-green by the mud.
I didn't intend to stay here for long, but an ancient street next to the canal caught my interest. The green slate on the ground of the ancient street depicts the introduction of the canal, which reminds me of a historical figure and a movie. I believe many people know that the Grand Canal was built during the great cause of the Sui Dynasty. For Emperor Yang Di, he has always been an unscrupulous king in my heart who was greedy for pleasure, fatuous and incompetent, and eventually lost all his possessions. Now, probably because I didn't understand it at the beginning, I can only vaguely remember this character from textbooks and some historical story books.
My understanding of Emperor Yang Di began with the film and television drama Legend of Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties. This film describes the life experience of Emperor Yang Di in detail. Although there are some plots that do not exist in history, such as Zhang Lihua's revenge, the images portrayed in the film are very vivid. In this play, Yang Guang had great ambitions before he ascended the throne. He doesn't want to spend his life in the ordinary like other emperors. He sacrificed his country, lost his country and even lost his life with his lover for his great ambition, but he never regretted it. When he was killed by the rebels, his body was also buried on the bank of the Grand Canal.
The whole movie vividly depicts the character of Emperor Yang Di. In the film, he knew from the moment he ascended the throne that his doom was doomed, because he knew that such a huge project far exceeded the maximum that the people could bear at that time. However, he always insisted on his dream, tried his best to suppress the old ministers who opposed his national policy, and turned the grand blueprint for digging canals into reality as soon as possible. In this way, when his grand ambition is gradually realized, his national strength is also declining a little. In the face of a world full of smoke and war, he was fearless. When the Grand Canal was completed, his life came to an end.
After fleeing from Beijing, he once said to his lover, "Don't be afraid, everyone will have this day."
Legend of Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties is a ups and downs movie, which depicts extremely complicated characters, including Emperor Yang Di Yang Guang. Although it can't fully reflect the history, it also shows that Yang Di was a king with merits and demerits. He built the canal, promoted the communication between the North and the South, and laid the great cause of fame and wealth, but he didn't know how to sympathize with the people's feelings and care about the sufferings of the people, so that the whole world struggled in a pool of blood and even appeared the phenomenon of "plowing the fields and eating the soil". Such a shocking shot makes people feel sad when they think about it.
Because of this, people are now arguing about the evaluation of Yang Di. Some people think that he is ambitious and persistent, while others think that he is ruthless and sinful. Meng Man once said that he was a tyrant, but not a bad king. Although he is active, he has no virtue. He pursued passionately, but was defeated by his own heroism.
It is true that the harm brought by this heroism is far greater than the "bad behavior" such as debauchery and pleasure-seeking.
Fame and fame will pass one day. The once picturesque and crowded Grand Canal has lost its original function. Nowadays, the huge and spectacular dragon boat team on the river has long since disappeared, and the once prosperous coastal cities have also become dilapidated villages in the city, leaving only the chilly winter wind.
And the bones of those who died because of heavy slavery were buried under mountains and rivers forever and never came back.
Perhaps, Meng Man's evaluation is fair. After all, Yang-ti failed because he set an unrealistic goal, which not only led to betrayal, destruction and death, but also led to his daily anxiety and loss of the joy he deserved in life. Although he is not an out-and-out bad king, as an anonymous paper said, if the ruler follows the example of Emperor Yang Di, it will be the sorrow of the whole world, because the victims are not only himself, but also people all over the world.
"Life is like a dream, there is still one month." Fame is fleeting, and all the glories will eventually disappear in the vast sea with the long river of history. Maybe we don't need to pursue great achievements. As an ordinary person, as long as he can play his own value and live happily within his power, he should have no regrets. The world is made up of thousands of ordinary people who are not excellent in Qian Qian. We pursue ideals and accept the ordinary.