talk about backbone?

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We China people have backbone.

Mencius in the Warring States period had a few very good words: "Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent. This is called a gentleman." It means that high-ranking officials and rich people can't be bought, poverty and hardship can't be tortured, and violent force can't be threatened. This is the so-called gentleman. All these behaviors of a gentleman show heroism, and we are called backbone today.

China has gone through a long period of slave society and feudal society, and there are many such people with backbone in each era. We are the descendants of these people with backbone, and we are a nation with a fine revolutionary tradition.

Of course, different societies and classes have different specific meanings of backbone. This must be clearly understood. However, as far as the principle of unswervingly serving the progressive cause at that time is concerned, many touching deeds of our ancestors with backbone and their positive educational significance are worth learning.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin 'an, the capital, was invaded by the Yuan Army. Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang organized an armed force, loyal opposition. After failing to be captured, the Yuan Dynasty advised him to surrender. He wrote a poem, which contains two sentences: "No one has died since ancient times, so take care of his heart and take care of his history." It means that people always die, depending on how they die, whether they die of humiliation or for the national interests. He chose the latter to record this loyalty in history.

Wen Tianxiang was detained and tortured in a damp dungeon in Beijing. The Yuan Dynasty sent people to persuade him many times that he could become a high official as long as he surrendered, but he resolutely refused and was finally killed in 1282. ?

Mencius said a few words, which were all shown in Wen Tianxiang. His famous "Songs of Righteousness" praised the heroism of ancient people with backbone, and used his life to resist oppression and called on the people to continue to resist.

Another story is that there was a poor man in ancient times who was dying of hunger. Someone threw him a bowl of rice and said, "Come and eat!" (hey, come and eat! ) The hungry man refused the "ooh" charity and refused to eat this bowl of rice, and then he starved to death. The story of not eating the food that comes from eating is very famous. It has been legendary for thousands of years, and it is also of positive significance.

The man put on a philanthropist's face and shouted, "Hey, come and eat!" This taste is unpleasant. What about the second step after eating this bowl of rice? Obviously, he won't give alms in vain, and he has to do things for him if he eats his food. That poor man has a backbone: judging from your face and air, he would rather starve to death than eat your food. It shows the character of the people of China not to eat the food that comes from the past.

another example. Wen Yiduo, a democracy fighter, was shot dead by the Kuomintang on July 15th, 1946. Before that, his friends got the news that he was going to assassinate him and advised him to hide for the time being. He didn't care, worked as usual and worked harder. Knowing that the enemy was going to kill him, he shouted loudly a few minutes before he was killed, denouncing the Kuomintang spies and pointing out that their days would not last long and people's democracy would surely win.

Chairman Mao pointed out in Farewell to Si Tuleideng: "Many people who used to be liberals or democratic individualists stood up before the American imperialists and their lackeys, the Kuomintang reactionaries. Wen Yiduo was angry at the Kuomintang pistol and would rather fall than give in. " Highly praised him for showing the heroism of our nation.

Although Mencius said these words more than 2, years ago, they still have positive significance until now. Of course, we proletarians have our own heroism and backbone, that is, we will never bow to any difficulties, we will not be flat, we will not be bent, we will be able to withstand and we will not be intimidated. For the victory of socialist and * * * socialist construction, we will certainly be able to overcome any difficulties and forge ahead courageously.

Extended information:

Wu Han (August 11, 199-October 17, 1969), formerly known as Wu Chunhan, whose pen names are Yu Xuan and You Sheng, was born in Yiwu, Zhejiang, a famous historian, social activist and one of the pioneers and founders of modern Ming history research in China.

Professor Tsinghua University of Yunnan University, Southwest Associated University, vice mayor of Beijing, academic member of Institute of History of China Academy of Sciences, member of Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of China Academy of Sciences, and vice chairman of Beijing CPPCC. During the "Cultural Revolution", he was brutally criticized by the authorities for his new historical drama "Hai Rui dismissed from office", and finally he had to commit suicide in prison, and his family was ruined. After the "Cultural Revolution", his unjust case was rehabilitated.