"Master of Chinese Studies" Yu Dan
In 2006, at the invitation of CCTV, Yu Dan was a guest in Lecture Room, telling the Analects of Confucius to the national audience in simple terms. Chicken Soup for the Soul, a warm and easy-to-understand lecture channel, has made Yu Dan loved and praised by audiences all over the country.
With the help of TV media, Yu Dan began to publish books promoting China's traditional excellent culture, such as The Analects of Yu Dan, which not only became famous in China, but also publicized culture to more than 30 foreign countries, and was affectionately called "the master of Chinese studies".
The books of sages contain rich philosophy of life and moral thoughts. Overseas scholars read the book published by Yu Dan, which really raised their understanding of China's classic culture to a new height. Yu Dan himself also won the copyright gold medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Yu Dan, who had just become famous at that time, was somewhat flattered. In the face of everyone's praise, she will also modestly say that she is a small teacher of Chinese studies.
Yu Dan's reputation has declined.
After that, she gave lectures all over the country and interpreted Kunqu opera. When she is in class, Yu Dan is calm and calm. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, handy; The language is very interesting. Yu Dan also published Yu Dan's book The Analects of Confucius, which was also welcomed by the market.
However, a few years later, Yu Dan's reputation went from bad to worse. It is found that although Yu Dan is talking about The Analects of Confucius, she is not a teacher of art and media. For many readers, the charm of Yu Dan lies in her eloquent speech, but is the content of The Analects correct? Zhou Xiaozheng, a famous mouth of Jingkou, commented on Yu Dan's lecture on The Analects of Confucius: There are many loopholes, and every minute is a serious injury. "Her understanding of The Analects of Confucius is completely according to her own meaning." This is the view of many netizens.
In 2007, ten doctors from famous universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua University signed an article boycotting Yu Dan. They thought he was "extremely ignorant" and asked Yu Dan to leave the lecture hall. People also began to reflect on what Yu Dan said. On the podium, Yu Dan tried to emphasize "truth, goodness and beauty", but the Beijing master thought that Yu Dan was completely talking "correct nonsense, and Confucius should bow to her when he came back to life." Pouring useless chicken soup for the soul.
You can only blame yourself for failure.
A year's time, fame After harvesting flowers and applause, I seem to have forgotten my nature and work. She has changed the essence of her pursuit from exchanging ideas to improving the quality of life and making a living. Everything around her was so luxurious that she lost herself, forgot the expectations of her family and the original intention of studying Chinese classics.
Everything comes from the heart. If a person's attitude towards life and study changes, his behavior will become too inconsistent with the literary world. As a scholar, you should at least dress appropriately, especially in many occasions where everyone appears, and you can't have miniskirts and high heels. Masters of Chinese studies should have higher requirements for themselves while studying rigorously. It should not be used to attract people's attention and make people feel disgusted.
With the rise of fame, the mentality is no longer peaceful, and Yu Dan's research on famous works is no longer in-depth. After becoming famous, she published several books, but most of them didn't have their own innovative ideas. They all copy the ideas of the ancients without any innovation. Her subsequent speeches in public were mostly chicken soup for the soul, which was very distracting, but nothing new.
"Seeing a good Si Qi means introspection" seems to be everyone's survival rule, let alone a teacher! Teach not only knowledge, but also morality. Anyone can be tempted by fame and fortune, but they can never be teachers, because they are teachers and set an example for students.