Bravery resides in the soul, not on a strong body alone. - Kazanzaki
People often show courage in their unfortunate experiences or the influence of their surrounding circumstances to cope with what follows. Perhaps most of the time, courage is born from external shocks or from one's own strength. But what can really overcome all forces may be the spirit of resistance in the depths of those souls, which is also irreplaceable.
As a prisoner or in the face of a presence whose status is extremely higher than his own, he can still insist on reflecting his true attitude, and may always be unique. However, as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, there was an old man who broke into the presidential palace and scolded, and even after being forced to become a prisoner in the future, he did not change his original arrogance.
In a social environment in which everyone is at risk, this person who can still insist on himself so much and thus make a sensation is a well-known scholar in society in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty
Zhang Taiyan
Mr. The world has long heard of his profound academic achievements, but in his later years, he also shocked everyone with his integrity and became the most honorable prisoner of the Republic of China.
An uninvited guest at the Presidential Palace
Many shocking historical events are often born in unpredictable time nodes.
Those experiences that can really attract the attention of society may have a deep connotation behind them.
This period of the Republic of China began in 1914. In Beiping City, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, several hysterical roars broke the original calm. The sound was made at the residence of Yuan Shikai, who was then the president of the Republic of China. The menacing old man was dressed in rags, but he was always full of confidence, and he did not have the arrogance of the Yellow River's immortality. And the bad old man in the eyes of this bystander is Zhang Taiyan, who has long been famous.
Only those who are strong enough in their hearts can express their inner emotions without scruples
。 After this shouting, Zhang Taiyan was naturally invited to the reception room in the palace. Even so, it was difficult to calm Zhang Taiyan's mood, and when he came to the hall, he vented his arrogance to the fullest.
At first, he just sat paralyzed in his place, while maintaining a state of no one in sight. After some time, Yuan Shikai still did not show up, and Zhang Taiyan completely lost patience at this time. He angrily insulted Yuan Shikai loudly, and at the same time smashed some of the tea bowls in the palace without scruples.
Gaining attention through emotional catharsis may not get the desired goal, but it can often make the other party feel a certain amount of awe
。 The guard may also have seen such a visitor for the first time, and in the face of Zhang Taiyan's crazy behavior, he didn't know how to be good for a while. The presidential palace, which everyone feared, became the object of Zhang Taiyan's venting.
The reception room was noisy, and everyone was stunned by what they saw. After a long time, he waited for Yuan Shikai's confidant. In the face of Zhang Taiyan, he did not dare to slacken off at all, but only respectfully invited him to the carriage and left in a hurry.
A genius of the Republic of China
A person's ability to unreservedly vent his personality to the outside world is bound to be born out of the legendary past that is difficult to ignore in his personal life experience.
The arrogant man will have the foundation of his life
Zhang Taiyan is nothing more than that.
Zhang Taiyan, born in 1869, comes from a famous family. As early as when he was six years old, he had written a poem in the middle of a family banquet through his father's drunkenness. In addition to the silence, Zhang Taiyan also became a famous young genius, and since then he has traveled in all directions, read poetry and books, and become a scholar with a full belly.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, the society was turbulent, but Zhang Taiyan was always at the forefront of the ups and downs. During the League, he had a deep friendship with Kang Youwei and others.
However, he himself was too angular, and it was ultimately difficult to gain a foothold between the various factions.
Since then, he has been involved in a wide range of topics, and both the political and academic circles and the business circles have been jealous of him, and even the teachers under his name are Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren and other learned people.
When social upheavals change, most people choose to save themselves and neglect the future development of the country's society. Only the preservation of patriotism in his personal integrity can motivate him to complete his mission.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the biggest change in the social pattern from the past was Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne. Zhang Taiyan himself also held important positions in the government and had a good personal relationship with Yuan Shikai. The world is unpredictable, Zhang Taiyan originally believed in Yuan Shikai, but it was he who made the act of suppressing the revolution.
Zhang Taiyan, who suddenly woke up, understood Yuan Shikai's true purpose, and firmly opposing Yuan Shikai's behavior became the only goal in his heart, which also contributed to the bridge section of the presidential palace.
The life of the most cattle prisoners
The status of a prisoner usually symbolizes a person of low status. However, if the social status of the prisoners is different, this time a completely different situation will be formed.
After Zhang Taiyan experienced this incident, he was quietly put under house arrest by Yuan Shikai. With an arrogant personality, he was originally jokingly called a madman, and because of his unique social influence, even Yuan Shikai could not easily attack him, so he had to choose preferential treatment. On the other hand, Zhang Taiyan,
After becoming a veritable "prisoner", it seems that he still did not shake his old thoughts.
After the beginning of the house arrest period, taking care of Zhang Taiyan's life became a rather difficult task. Yuan Shikai ordered his subordinates to give Zhang Taiyan up to 500 oceans of pocket money to use at will. In addition, there are special people to serve, and 12 dishes per meal have become an unchangeable food standard.
The delicious service did not seem to show sincerity, and Lu Jianzhang, then the chief of law enforcement, and others even personally formulated charters for the guards' reference. Among the 12 articles of association, all of them were humble promises to Zhang Taiyan, and even so, Zhang Taiyan, as a prisoner, still went his own way and behaved well.
When a person's freedom is restricted, expressing emotional catharsis through personal behavior becomes the only way
。 Zhang Taiyan moved places several times during his detention, but every house where he once lived left traces of his attitude. Above the doors, windows, tables and chairs, there are insults to Yuan Shikai, and he even takes pleasure in it all day long, and even the living supplies sent by Yuan Shikai's son are discarded and burned by him at will.
The guards around them could not escape Zhang Taiyan's trouble. In addition to changing his title to "adult", he also changed the method to force the guards to sign and draw the detention all day long, and the behavior of randomly beating and cursing the guards was more frequent, as casual as a common thing.
Fear is difficult to solve anything, on the contrary,
Only in the face of adversity and still fiercely fighting can it be possible to change your status quo
。 Even if Zhang Taiyan, who is a prisoner, vents his emotions to his surroundings every day, it is difficult to fully vent the emotions in his heart. Eventually, he began a hunger strike as a protest against Yuan Shikai.
After the news of Zhang Taiyan's hunger strike reached the ears of Li Yuanhong, who was vice president, as president, he did not dare to slack off at all, but personally went to Zhang Taiyan's residence to apologize to him respectfully.
This prisoner's life lasted for three years, until Yuan Shikai's death in 1916. During this period, Zhang Taiyan was always carefully cared for and did not receive any mistreatment. So much so that later generations talked about this matter and called him the most cattle prisoner during the Republic of China.
Integrity is like an intrinsic spiritual quality of a person, which has nothing to do with the status of the individual or even the environment in which he lives.
If a person has indelible ambition, he can be respected and recognized by the world at any time.