Humanistic perspective
Edited the I Nine Song
In the late Qing Dynasty, there was already a big gap in the comprehensive strength of China and the West. The West liberated human nature through the Renaissance, but on the contrary, China was still in a feudal society and was deeply influenced by feudal ideas.
Backwardness is to be beaten, and after the West became strong, it began to carry out colonial aggression against China. At the same time, Western ideas began to spread to China, and to some extent affected a considerable number of people. Among the more radical ones is the "Six Gentlemen of Wushu" represented by Tan Sitong.
Tan Sitong was originally the son of a rich family, and his father Tan Jixun served as the governor of Hubei and the governor of Huguang, which was a typical "rich and handsome man" at that time. However, Tan Sitong chose a completely different path from ordinary people, he saw the darkness of that era, and he was willing to act as this fire. Although it did not light up the entire sky in the end, it at least gave its voice to that ignorant, dark age.
Tan Sitong was born in Xuanwu City, Beijing, and his health as a child was not very good. At the age of 5, he fell seriously ill and passed out for three days, but Tan Sitong eventually came back to life, as if his mission had not yet been completed, so his nickname was "Resurrection".
When he was 10 years old, Tan Sitong worshiped the famous scholar Ouyang Zhonghu in Liuyang as a teacher, during which time, under the influence of Ouyang Zhonghu, Tan Sitong developed a great interest in Wang Fuzhi's thought, and the enlightenment of patriotism was also formed at this time.
In his study experience, Tan Sitong paid attention to his extensive reading, so as to talk about the knowledge of the people of the world, and his articles were very talented. Therefore, he was very disgusted with the traditional Eight Strands of Literature and wrote down the four words in the textbook, "Is there any reason for this?"
Unlike other students, Tan Si did not admire the ancient sages, but instead worshiped the grass heroes who hoeed the strong and the weak, and once met the big knife "Wang Wu" in Beijing, and became a life-and-death close friend with him.
In his lifetime, Tan Sitong traveled to many parts of China, and he was good at making friends and making friends with celebrities. It was precisely because of his great understanding of the situation in China at that time that tan Sitong's subsequent lifelong commitment to the restoration and reform of the law was strengthened.
However, Tan Sitong did not clearly understand the situation in the late Qing Dynasty, did not recognize the road of restoration and reform, and could not be completed in a short period of time. It is said that during the Hundred Days Restoration, there were as many as a hundred decrees issued from the hands of the Guangxu Emperor during the Hundred Days Restoration, but few could really be implemented.
This kind of political reform at that time was eventually exchanged for countless blood. Some of the demands made by the Restoration Heroes have undoubtedly violated the interests of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the final outcome can only end in tragic talks.
Cixi soon issued arrest warrants throughout the country, and the Restoration Heroes were arrested in a big way, and Tan Sitong could have escaped, but he said: "All countries that change the law are made from bloodshed, and today China has not heard of anyone who bleeds because of the change of law, and the reason why this country is not prosperous." If so, please start with the same heir. ”
Soon after Tan Sitong was arrested, he was brutally murdered. Many people know that Tan Si devoted his life to the restoration and reform of the law, which is a manifestation of his identity in politics. However, Tan Sitong has another identity, but few people know.
In Chinese history, there are two people known as "Buddhist comets", one is the Eastern Jin Dynasty monk Zhao, he was a disciple of Kumarosh, but he only lived for 30 years, and left a Buddhist classic "Zhao" before his death, which laid the foundation for the status of monk Zhao in the history of Buddhism.
The other is Tan Sitong, if the monk Zhao is "theoretical Buddhism", then Tan Sitong has opened up the field of "applied Buddhism" for modern people. Tan Sitong immersed the spirit of Buddhism in the real world, enabling Mahayana Buddhism to step out of the deep wall and reproduce its strong and majestic spirit.
Tan Sitong's era was a grim moment that the land of China had not experienced for thousands of years, insulting and civil strife and ravaging the displaced Li Min cangsheng, and the Buddhist spirit that Tan Sitong realized during this period was exactly what the public needed.
It is a pity that Tan Sitong was killed because of the restoration and change of law, otherwise in Buddhism, Tan Sitong would have had a deeper attainment.