It's strange that many people don't believe that there is a perfect emotion in the world as they live, but I am on the contrary. The older I get, the more I believe that it really exists, not only in love, but also in family or friendship. It exists beyond these, and it is precious only because it is available but not sought after.
Most of the emotions in this world are completely unrecognizable in the end, and they are full of tender feelings and turn into hatred and disgust for each other. That is because the emotions most people encounter are just heartbeats. Although the splendor of the moment is dazzling, it has no lasting power, and the real emotion is Peace of mind, when you see that person, without words, you will know that no matter if you still have mountains and rivers to go, your heart has been cleared of dust and returned to clarity, it no longer hesitates and does not need to seek, it is Finally settled down.
Alexander the Great was a soldier all his life, and he conquered half the world at a young age. He had wives, concubines and male favorites, and the guards were his most trusted nobles, but in his life, only Hephaesti was the one who gave his life to his soul. install.
Hephaistion is the son of the Macedonian nobleman Armin Thor, whose birth date is unknown. The world tends to think that he and Alexander are similar in age and have grown up together since childhood, and studied under Aristotle. The relationship between Alexander and Hephaistion was "more fraternal than friends, and more inexorable than brothers". He entrusted him with high-ranking officials to the right minister, but all the favorites in high positions were inevitably arrogant, but Hephaistion was arrogant. Ann is sober and self-contained. He takes Alexander as his priority, his dreams as his dreams, his happiness as his joy, and his pain as his pain. No matter what decision Alexander makes, he loyally supports him and helps him protect He followed him, led him to wake him up and comforted him when he was weak and confused, and he was his right-hand man until his death. They paid homage to the gay men Achilles and Patroclus, who both died in battle, and compared themselves to Achilles and Patroclus for life; after the conquest of Persia, the Queen Mother of Persia mistaken the taller and handsome Hephaistion for Alexander in public. I am afraid that there will be endless suspicion and jealousy between the ruler and the minister, but Alexander just said indifferently, "You are not mistaken, he is also Alexander"; when Alexander married the Persian princess, he assigned his wife and sister to Heffi. Stian, Hephaistion hadn't even seen the princess, asked him why he was forcing him to marry him, and his answer was that their son was blood relatives. So even the most rigorous historians admit that they were homosexuals. But I am also more inclined to think that the love between them is platonic, a better emotion beyond love, in that world full of murder, jealousy, hatred and betrayal, both as monarchs and as lovers, they all To achieve the best emotional appearance in the world, to give each other whole-hearted trust and dependence.
Hephaistion did not have a brilliant record, but he was a very talented reserve officer and diplomat. His outstanding talent played a pivotal role in Alexander's expedition, and whenever he needed to charge into battle, Alexander would arrange for Hephaistion. Ann co-commanding with other officers or keeping him by his side to ensure safety is his way of protecting him, but isn't it his way of protecting himself? With Hephaistion by his side, he knew that even if he died, he could die with peace of mind.
Hephaistion's and Alexander's deaths were both so sudden and similar in symptoms that later generations are divided into theories that they died of the same type of typhoid or that they both died of poisoning. The truth has long been buried in the dust of history, but Hephaistion's death really gave Alexander the most fatal blow. He rushed back to him, hugged his body and cried like a completely desperate child for three days. For three nights (some say four days and four nights) without eating or drinking, and not allowing anyone to approach them, he hated all the people around him and began to avenge him (it seems that he believed that Hephaistion was poisoned more) ), he hanged the doctor in charge, slaughtered the city in India, knocked down the city walls and forbidden feasts, he himself was recognized as a god, so he asked the supreme god to allow him to worship Hephaistion as a god, he thought that after death they It will be reunited. He spent two months transporting his body back to Babylon, cutting off his own hair and burying himself in his coffin. Stian's funeral almost cleared the treasury, and the level of luxury far exceeded the specifications of the previous pharaohs. He built two hero temples for him, and stipulated that Hephaistion's name must be printed on all souvenirs. He built a monument, topped with portraits of the two of them side by side, and above them the Goddess of Fortune.
A few months later (some say three months, some say eight months), Alexander ushered in his own death. All signs of Alexander after Hephaistion's death indicated that he had fallen into madness. He spent his life almost as best he could, drinking, high, fever, overdose, and drug use. Whether he eventually died of disease or murder, it was only his own right. Greeted by death, he and Hephaistion were twin lovers, and when he died, he died with him. It is said that Alexander did not say a word during the ten days he was on the verge of death, nor did he make any effective protective arrangements for his mother, wife and children. The regiment, his once worries finally became reality, without Hephaistion's protection, he could not even die peacefully, but, probably he also felt that it didn't matter, without Hephaistion, whether it was his close relative or him The empires built with painstaking effort are no longer important, let it flood the sky.
The same emotion also exists between family relationships. Don’t think that we are relatives and we must have the most perfect emotions. No, absolutely not. Even the love of parents for their children requires repayment, and we can’t fully understand it. With loyalty, it is only because the relationship of blood is more stable and responsible than other emotions, but it is not for granted.
Yongzheng was a strict and suspicious person, because he had experienced the tragic nine sons to seize the heirloom. After he ascended the throne, he attacked the officials headed by the eight kings. The royal family and aristocrats were alienated and betrayed him, and even the younger brother born to his mother turned against him. , which has been criticized by the world, especially the literati. However, he and his thirteenth younger brother Yin Xiang have always shown each other with sincerity. The brotherhood between them is unprecedented among princes. The Qing palace had a system, and the harem below the concubine could not raise the prince in person. The birth mothers of Yongzheng and Yinxiang were both of low status at the time. Yongzheng was born and handed over to the noble imperial concubine, the later Empress Xiaoyiren, to be raised, and the imperial concubine passed away. The eleven-year-old Yongzheng returned to his biological mother, who had been promoted to Concubine De, and Yinxiang was also raised by Concubine De. Concubine De was fond of her youngest son Yintan who grew up beside her. Both Yongzheng and Yinxiang were probably affected. The neglect of the German concubine, the two emotionally deficient children grew up with each other and understood each other, and were naturally closer than other brothers. In the battle for succession, Yinxiang always supported Yongzheng unswervingly and was able to be loyal at critical moments. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he was named Prince Heshuoyi, king of iron hats, and hereditary irreplaceable. The rewards are too heavy to be added. Yinxiang is conscientious and dedicated in his position. Some people say that Yinxiang penetrates Yongzheng's mind and feels Yongzheng's pulse to do things. But I think the opposite is also possible. As long as Yinxiang does things, Yongzheng is at ease and agrees. , This is also the tacit understanding between brothers. You know everything about me just like I know you. Yinxiang has repeatedly apologized and never took credit for the reward. The interesting thing is that the more he doesn't want it, the more Yongzheng is. want to give. Yinxiang holds various important positions - it is not a bad thing to say that he is powerful and powerful, and he helped Yongzheng to set things right and lay a solid foundation for the future prosperity. At the age of 44, he was exhausted. Yongzheng lost his beloved brother and important minister. In grief, he was given the posthumous title of "Xian" to be worthy of the imperial temple, but he felt that it was not enough, so he changed the "Yun" of his name "Yunxiang" back to "Yin", which was the only case among the Qing court officials who did not avoid the emperor's taboo.
You can say that it is Yinxiang who has been through the waves and slaps the railings all over his heart and has no desire to guard Yongzheng so that Yongzheng can trust him so much. After he ascended the throne, he was not careful for fear of making mistakes, but it still attracted Yongzheng's suspicion. So in my opinion, Yongzheng's reliance on Yinxiang was actually because of his intimacy. Because of understanding, he was able to treat each other with heart, or Yongzheng was never defensive against Yinxiang. Yongzheng even referred to Yinxiang as "my younger brother" in the official edict. After his death, Yongzheng repeatedly mentioned his thoughts and pains in his letters to the important ministers and praised the virtue of Prince Yi, "for the universe. He even described Yinxiang as "Duke of Zhou", which was so sad and confused, and he was afraid that he would give Yinxiang more favor than the grand event, so he specially issued a decree to take full responsibility for the jealousy and slander of others. When it comes to himself, he must make his younger brother immortal. But his worries were actually right. His love for his younger brother even aroused the jealousy of his own son. After Qianlong ascended the throne, he repeatedly suppressed Prince Yi's historical status in the history books, and even deleted it from the "Gazetteer of the Imperial Eight Banners". Biography of Prince Yi.
The perfect emotion is the meeting of the soul, the determination of a thousand years, there is no reason, no reason, just because this person is this person, it shields all external factors, and even strips away desire, the purpose of love is simple, and the emotional The status is also equal, and it must be two-way, respecting each other and needing each other, taking and giving, one-way giving is like an unbalanced scale, even if it is not weightless, it is a deformed existence, and it is not good at all. emotion. Hephaistion loved Alexander rather than Alexander the Great, Yinxiang treated Yongzheng as his elder brother rather than the emperor, and vice versa, Alexander regarded Hephaistion as his soulmate rather than a general and nobleman, and Yongzheng regarded Yinxiang as his younger brother. Not a servant.
Like Plato, I also think that it is very difficult to have such pure feelings between men and women, at least once. The most important thing for a perfect emotion is to ask for nothing, obviously I am strong, obviously I can do without you, but I just can't do it without you, I don't need you to give me anything, but you are by my side I get what others can't There is no substitute for giving. The weak and subordinate status of women from ancient times to the present makes it difficult for them to survive on their own and to choose a partner according to their own wishes. Moreover, they generally do not have a good education, and it is difficult for them to resonate with men on a spiritual level. , and he has no freedom and cannot share his dreams and ambitions with him, and because he has to rely on a man to survive, this makes the purpose of a woman looking for a man more realistic and utilitarian, and it is almost impossible to ask for nothing, and Most men and women will have children. When there is a more important third party in a relationship, they can't be pure. I don't think perfect emotion is a scarce emotion, it is a gift we are born with, rooted in the depths of our soul, like a Pandora's box with a unique genetic code, waiting for the only one The right person comes to open it, and there is no need to run in. Each ring is precisely connected like a gear. I also don't think it has anything to do with moral sentiment, it's primitive, animal, can't be nurtured, someone else's devil can be your angel, just like I never believed a prodigal son would settle down because he wanted to And marrying a person, if one day he suddenly chooses someone to die, it is just that he has been waiting unknowingly until that person appears, and at that moment he knows that he is finally going to settle down. So it is never the wrong time, but the wrong people. We went round and round, and we fell in love and hated it. It was just because we didn't meet the right person. Whether it's love, friendship or family, we need such a wonderful fate to be able to bloom with the best emotions. look.
In fact, most people have the ability to love someone so purely, but unfortunately, most people do not have such luck to meet their soul mate in their lifetime or even in their youth. So it's not that there is no perfect emotion in this world, it's just that you can't meet it, that's all. If you meet one day, you will understand that no matter what kind of emotion it is, it is fortunate to be able to know each other in this life.
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