As we all know, Yuelu Academy is one of the most famous colleges in ancient China, which was founded in the early Northern Song Dynasty. The upper level of the history books records that from the Yuan, Ming to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Yuelu Academy was burned down twice, although it was later rebuilt and restored, but in terms of scale and momentum, it was not as spectacular as before.
Although what we see today is only the Yuelu Academy after many constructions, it is still majestic and huge, and it is not difficult to imagine its earlier astonishing scale. Today, Yuelu Academy has become a national key cultural relic, and there was such a story in Yuelu Academy, which is still deeply influencing contemporary readers.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, which was in a period of war, due to the disparity in military strength with Genghis Khan's army, the strength of the imperial court at that time was already stretched, and the common people seemed to have a mortal mentality to face this war.
Later, the flames of war were about to burn in Changsha, and the students in Yuelu Academy felt even more empathy. When The iron cavalry of Genghis Khan approached the city of Changsha, the students could no longer hold back, and they jointly wrote a letter to invite the army to fight. However, considering that this group of literati at that time was the pillar of the country's future development, it was indeed inappropriate to let these knowledgeable clerical students go to the battlefield.
Therefore, Changsha Taishou Li Fu refused their request. However, in the blink of an eye, 3 months passed, and the reinforcements sent by the imperial court were delayed. Changsha city is running out of ammunition, obviously no one can save the city, the only thing that can be done is to open the door and surrender.
Yin Gu, another defending general in Changsha City, in order not to be humiliated by the Yuan army, actually piled up firewood at home and the whole family set themselves on fire. For a time, the soaring fire illuminated Changsha City and completely ignited the determination of the people in the city. They were willing to die with the Yuan army, and they did not want Changsha to fall into the hands of Genghis Khan.
Sure enough, not long after, the city gate was broken, and although the people preferred to die, they were almost unarmed in front of the Mongolian iron horse. Soon, most of the people in the city were already dead and injured, and they were also the relatives of the students of Yuelu Academy.
When watching their relatives around them being brutally killed one by one, the students of Yuelu Academy, who believed in being loyal to the king and serving the country, could not contain their indignation and participated in the war. They didn't have weapons, so they used books as weapons and fought with the Yuan Army to the last person! Such a passionate spirit is also touching today.
There is no doubt that the reason why the state has listed Yuelu Academy as a key protected cultural relic is also of positive significance. On the one hand, we go to see things and think about the patriotic feelings emitted by scholars in the war and chaos period, and on the other hand, we can also see the importance that our country attaches to the cause of education.
In the 21st century, this must be an era dominated by talents, and now in society, the status of readers has risen to a very high height, a truly learned person can become a leader, and reading has become an opportunity for tens of millions of students to change their destiny, our country is still a country with knowledge as the power, especially in this battlefield where weapons are invisible, the pen in our hands is the most powerful weapon.
Although the current society is inseparable from every industry, but in terms of the status in the mind, people will admire the readers with extremely high knowledge from the perspective of individuals or from the perspective of others, which is already a deep-rooted idea.
Just like the current Tsinghua Peking University has the same logo, the talents cultivated in Yuelu Academy at that time did make indelible contributions to the development of society at that time, and we look at the present, some students with high-profile universities must also play an important leadership position in various industries after graduation. It can be seen from this that the uselessness of reading has been a miao talk from ancient times to the present.