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History is always two-sided...
When we see a person who is glamorous, he must also hide a little-known side of himself....
It turns out that the things in the textbook are not only so beautiful, and each character has its own two sides.
And the "dark and ruined" side, children will never know.
"Chisel the wall to steal the light" Kuang Heng
Kuang Heng, the protagonist of the story of chiseling the wall and stealing the light, has always been a role model for Chinese children to face learning from an early age, and the way of stealing the light is to chisel the wall.
It is this attitude of thirst and pursuit of knowledge that has become the first choice for parents to set a good example for their children.
But what the children didn't know was that Kuang Heng, who later became the prime minister, no one would tell the children about his ending.
So many people will wonder what Kuang Heng did?
In fact, Kuang Heng, who grew up in a poor family, was a farmer, so he didn't have time to study like a rich child, so he could only read a book for a while before going to bed at night.
Later, there was a story of chiseling the wall and stealing the light, but what is unexpected is that after the officials heard about Kuang Heng's inspirational study experience.
Therefore, he was very moved, so Kuang Heng obtained a lot of achievements because of his attainments in the Book of Poetry, but Kuang Heng, as the prime minister, was not particularly outstanding in other aspects.
Therefore, he was not reused by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, but the crown prince of the current dynasty attached great importance to Kuang Heng, and when the crown prince of the current dynasty ascended the throne, he promoted Kuang Heng to the middle of the matter.
But it didn't take long for his true nature to begin to be exposed, and he gradually lost himself in fame and fortune, and began to abuse his power to receive money and bribes from many people.
Although this old minister paid a lot of credit for the imperial court, Emperor Cheng of Han did not care about his face, so Kuang Heng became a prime minister from a peasant, and finally became a commoner, and died of old age at home after returning to his hometown.
"Compassion for Nong" Li Shen
Who would have thought that Li Shen, who wrote such an excellent poem "Who knows that Chinese food on the plate, every grain is hard", is also a living double-faced person.
He used to be a farmer, but after he became an official, he became a different person, and he was considerate of the people's feelings and could understand the people's suffering.
However, since Li Shen served as the envoy of the temperance, he was like not seeing the suffering of the people, not only ignored things, but even forcibly implemented the tax policy.
The people were struggling to make a living, they couldn't even afford to eat, and because they couldn't pay their taxes, they had no choice but to leave their hometowns and leave the places where they had lived for many years.
And when he advocated the monogamous policy back then, as an advocate, he was not strict with self-interest, and he could often be seen hugging left and right, and even caused his aunt to live in the sixth room.
What's even more sad is that since the beginning of the country for 2,000 years, the investigation found that Li Shen actually had eight children, and he himself didn't think about what he was doing when he suggested not to have fewer children....
"Kong Rong makes pears" Kong Rong
For a long time, when children show humble and friendly behavior, parents will praise their children with the praise idiom of Kong Rongrang pear.
Kong Rong is an age, and such a young friend can learn to be humble and learn to think about others, what a good behavior it is.
But behind this selfless story, there is a terrible truth hidden that parents and teachers will never tell their children.
Everyone knows that Kong Rong gave the pear to his brother, and because of this, Kong Rong made the pear to be remembered by the world.
However, having such a reputation at his age also made him care about one more thing first, that is, "face".
The so-called face is not quite the same as what people care about today, and now everyone can't let go of their face.
But Kong Rong, who was young and already famous, naturally won the praise of the world, and at the same time, he became an official naturally.
After he became an official, he began to do some self-centered things, and when the opposite voice came out of his ears, he would think that others were against him.
In fact, Cao Cao paid special attention to Kong Rong back then, but Kong Rong always had the opposite opinion from Cao Cao, so Kong Rong gradually began to be hostile to Cao Cao.
And this psychology was gradually perceived by Cao Cao, and finally Cao Cao killed Kong Rong's family on charges of unfilial piety.
When I was a child, I felt like a compliment to the story of Kong Rong Rang Pear, but now how it sounds like moral kidnapping, we have to learn to be humble, but we will not force anyone to let whom.
Don't use the ideas and views of modern people to evaluate the ancients, in fact, this is the progress of the times.
The "Duality" of History
The reason why they are publicized is only to hope that future generations will learn a certain aspect of them, not let future generations "become" them.
No one is perfect, and everyone will only remember that when they were in school, the teacher said to learn from their hard work, study hard and contribute to the country when they grow up.
The purpose of these stories in children's books and primary school textbooks is to make people aspire and increase their wisdom from an early age, and grow up to be beneficial to the country, society, and others.
As for the teenagers when they grow up, because what children learn is not the personal history of the ancients, but through good stories, so they will not make up anything after they grow up.
Children's books and primary and secondary school textbooks from ancient and modern China and abroad, all the same! Merit is merit and demerit, seeking truth from facts, objectively and justly, dialectically evaluating people and things, and resolutely opposing a one-size-fits-all approach to problems!
epilogue
We advocate learning from the strengths of others, not learning from all the words and deeds of others!
Historical figures, cultural figures have their merits and demerits, we can not find faults, nor can we infinitely beautify and deify, this is the real life and the real history and the real life!
Information sources:
[1] Yangtze Evening News: Fang Zhi Jiangsu|Why has a poet who is sympathetic to agriculture been smeared for thousands of years? 023-02-24
[2] Beijing Daily: Why did Li Shen, who wrote "Compassion for Nong", become an extravagant person and was satirized by Liu Yuxi with "commonplace"? 2023-05-30
[3] Qilu One Point: Kuang Heng of "Chiseling the Wall and Borrowing Light" is from Shandong2023-11-30
[4] Hunan Daily: Huxiang celebrity Cai Lunshi - commemoration of the death of the paper saint Cai Lun in 1900 2021-03-26
[5] Shangguan News: The new emperor ascended the throne and brought him death? How Cai Lun spent the last three months of his life2020-08-10