Why are intellectuals lofty?

Reading history books, reading and reading, I feel that the lofty of intellectuals is very harmful. If you hurt yourself, you will hurt your family and even several ethnic groups. Intellectuals are not like intellectuals if they are not lofty; It is too lofty and a bit pedantic, so you must have a lofty degree, and you will get bored after it. Degree is the most difficult to grasp, not only for ordinary intellectuals, but also for great intellectuals. Sima Qian, the author of Historical Records, traveled to many places in the Han Dynasty when he was young and collected a lot of historical materials. After the death of his father Sima Tan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to pay attention to him when he succeeded Taishi. However, he angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because of the Li Ling incident, so that he was jailed. It is said that there is no such person as Sima Qian.

A great intellectual who reads a dead book at home, but walks while reading, should not be unable to read, unable to read, nor should he offend the emperor in court, but inflated his integrity in times of crisis, thinking that the emperor would not do anything to Sima Qian, and as a result, he fell. If Sima Qian quits the dynasty, he will find an opportunity to tell Wu Di that Wu Di may not be angry, because the ancient emperor did not completely ignore the words of his ministers. However, Sima Qian did not find the right time to speak when defending General Li Ling, which angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This is only Sima Qian's own business, and Sima Qian did not bring disaster to his people. In the early years of Ming Dynasty, there was a famous minister loyal to Wen Jian, named Fang Xiaoru, who became the prisoner of Judy, the founder of Ming Dynasty. He cherishes his talent, trying to woo and appease him, hoping to be used by him. But Fang Xiaoru is a tough bone, so she refused. Ming Chengzu summoned him, and Fang Xiaoru walked into the palace door in mourning. Ming Taizu Judy was the prince of Yan sealed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Wen Jian was the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang passed the throne to his grandson, and Ming Chengzu took it from his nephew. Fang Xiaoru was an important minister during his reign. In order to show his loyalty to the rule, Fang Xiaoru walked into the palace in mourning and cried as soon as he entered the door. Very not easy to stay Fang Xiaoru cry, Ming civilly asked him to draft letters, Fang Xiaoru refused at first, then filed a pen, wrote the word "Yan thief usurped the throne", then abandoned the pen and refused to write again. Ming Chengzu was furious and threatened Fang Xiaoru to destroy Jiuzu. Who knows Fang Xiaoru proudly said, "What can you do to me even if you destroy ten?" Ming Chengzu in history was not a bad emperor, but according to today's words, Fang Xiaoru was not smart enough to make Ming Chengzu who was bent on being kind to him angry. He immediately ordered the killing of his family and others, and also ordered the killing of the students who followed him. The students added up to ten families and killed 872 people.

In a word, 872 people were killed. Seeing this, I thought a lot. Is this the ancient intellectuals? Such an intellectual not only brought disaster to himself and killed his family, but also brought many of his disciples to the grave. Are such intellectual values too glorious and too indifferent to other people's lives? Honor Day is very important. Ancient intellectuals really regarded the glory day as life, just like Luz, a disciple of Confucius, who lost his hat in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy on the way to escape. What a shame does Lutz think it is for a gentleman to lose his hat? Regardless of the other side's sword, he bent down to pick up his hat and put it on, and was stabbed to death by the other side's sword. However, Lutz only hurt him personally, which is just the pedantic performance of intellectuals. Today, intellectuals or ordinary people, not to mention losing their hats and pants, will run away. Life is important. Today's intellectuals see things from several angles more than the ancient intellectuals, and will not die for picking a broken hat. Fang Xiaoru was a great intellectual in the early Ming Dynasty, with a high status and was respected by the world. He has many fans, just as Confucius has many disciples. But he risked the lives of his whole family, the whole people and his disciples for the sake of honor, which made me feel very confused and even doubted whether it was necessary to follow that honor. Is the price too high? Is this desperate practice for "honor" sacred or too selfish? In ancient times, many intellectuals tied up their families for "honor", which was the cause of the genocide in 3566.

Perhaps some people think that this is the backbone of ancient intellectuals, who are desperate. I have no doubt about this. But I also have a little doubt, that is, did the ancient intellectuals only have themselves in their minds? Maybe they just don't want to worry about the safety of their families? Today, I want to think about this problem. I think anything related to other people's lives is a big deal, so be careful, even if you sacrifice your honor, you should give in, because your honor involves many innocent lives, so you should think of others! Like Fang Xiaoru, for his own honor, let hundreds of people follow him to death. Isn't this too much emphasis on honor and selfishness?