Cherish heroes, value heroes, and praise heroes. Every era and every nation uses its own concepts to define "heroes". The heroes of Athens are a combination of beauty and culture, the heroes of Sparta are the embodiment of physical strength and strength, and the heroes of Homer are both friendship and wisdom.

What is the hero in our hearts?

Liu Shao (shào) during the Three Kingdoms period believed that a hero is called wisdom, and a hero is called courage. The so-called hero is a person with intelligence and courage.

"Modern Chinese Dictionary" combines this view and defines "hero" as:

1. In the old days, it refers to a person who is talented and brave;

2. An admirable person who is not afraid of difficulties, does not care about himself, and fights bravely for the interests of the people.

From this definition, we can further draw the conclusion: for a hero to be a hero, he not only has behavior or performance that is different from ordinary people, but more importantly, his behavior and performance must reflect the noble spirit of mankind. , in line with the moral aesthetics of a specific era and a specific nation. Cao Cao regarded himself as a hero, but later generations disdainfully called him a "hero" because although he was a "successful man", his actions violated the general moral standards of the Chinese nation.

Our point of view is: Don’t judge heroes based on success or failure: a true hero refers to an extraordinary behavior or performance that conforms to the moral aesthetic standards of a certain era, that is, to have a lofty moral spirit. And this moral spirit is not necessarily related to the so-called success and failure. Yue Fei, who served the country loyally and died in Fengbo Pavilion in the end, Lin Zexu, who cared about the country and the people, and was finally exiled to Xinjiang, and Qiu Jin, who understood righteousness and lost his head in the end, have been revered as national heroes by us for many years.

The mistake of the opponent's debater is to judge the hero one-sidedly based on success or failure. According to this logic, Qin Hui, who betrayed his country and sought glory, "successfully" prevented Yue Fei from unifying the country, "successfully" introduced Qing troops into the pass, Wu Sangui who defeated Li Zicheng, and surrendered to the Japanese wholeheartedly, how could Wang Jingwei and others who "succeeded" in becoming the chairman of the government... Aren’t they all heroes? But can we accept such a hero?

Don’t you see:

The rolling waters of the Yangtze River are passing by, and the waves are washing away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure turn around in vain. The green hills are still there, and the sunset turns red several times.

Don’t judge a hero by his success or failure!

Thank you!