Although thousands of people are coming

Lou 2021-12-22 08:01:08

The plot of "Abdomen" is not complicated: an unemployed samurai, his daughter and grandson are seriously ill and have no money to heal, and the son-in-law has to go to the authority’s house and pretend to be an abdomen in order to get a job and at least some. Money is an emergency. Those who do not want to be in power do not ask the reason, and make things difficult, forcing the son-in-law to commit suicide with a bamboo knife, and the end is miserable. The samurai then fought back, attacking the ruthlessness of those in power face to face, and cleverly exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called "Bushido". Those in power then became angry and turned into anger, relying on the large numbers of people to kill others. The samurai was outnumbered and died in battle. The matter was covered up by those in power, and then went into obscurity.

After reading "Cutting the Belly", another work-"Blessing" suddenly appeared in my heart. The samurai's abdomen cut and the widow's search for death are all high-sounding "moral codes." The samurai and the widow reacted completely differently. One is facing the severe barriers of the current system and blowing up a small horn of resistance to the end, the other is to endure humiliation, desperately wanting to get "acceptance" and "forgiveness" of the current system. The ending of the two people is a dead end, but it feels so different. No wonder Lu Xun said: "Therefore, China has always had few failed heroes, few tough resistance, few warriors who dared to fight fiercely single, few slingers who dared to soothe traitors; when you see victory, you will gather one after another and see failure. They flee." The

real warrior does not lie in calling friends and chasing along with the crowd, "everyone together", like a gang fight of young and Dangerous; it does not lie in acting "heroic" knowingly that there is no danger, such as Qin Wuyang's killing is not about the fact that a dog jumps a wall in a hurry, a blind cat hits a mouse to death, like Wusong beats a tiger. As for the Kamikaze Death Squad, the blind begging of death such as the base body bomb, that would be a thousand miles away. A true warrior is able to maintain calmness and composure, uphold principles and dignity, and be indomitable when he knows that he is hopeless. Although dead, heavier than Mount Tai. For example, Jing Ke stabs the King of Qin, he is also a true warrior.

Mencius once said: "How courage is the son? I have heard that I am brave enough to be the master: reflexive but not shrinking, although brown and broad, I am not afraid; reflexively shrinking, although tens of thousands of people, I will go." Someone Used to be the motto. Later, a few people chased him for three miles with a broomstick, and he changed his studies to Lao Zhuang. However, I think the spirit advocated by Mencius is still worthy of respect, although not many people practice it.

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  • [repeated line]

    Hanshiro Tsugumo: Motome Chijiiwa was a man of some acquaintance to me.

  • Hanshiro Tsugumo: What befalls others today, may be your own fate tomorrow.