preface
Ancient Chinese works contain a lot of "great wisdom", and Chairman Mao was a person who liked to read the classics. In life, the chairman also often tells the people around him about the "wisdom" behind classical books in his eyes.
One day after the founding of New China, Chairman Mao came to Hangzhou to investigate, and suddenly wanted to climb the mountain on a whim. So he called Wang Fang, who was in charge of his safety work, and halfway up, Chairman Mao suddenly asked Wang Fang, "Do you know what caused the failure of King Shuo?" ”
"King Wu's felling" in the eyes of the chairman
Why did King Feng fail? Faced with this problem, Wang Fang didn't think about it, and said casually: "Because of Daji." ”
Indeed, in the eyes of many people, a large part of the reason why King Shun became so tyrannical was that he was too obsessed with beauty, and Daji became synonymous with calamity to the country and the people. However, it is somewhat one-sided to blame the loss of the king of a country on the obsession with beauty.
Of course, some people say that the reason why the king failed was because he blasphemed the gods, so he sent heavenly punishment. But as a staunch materialist, this kind of god, ghost, and so on is unreliable.
In Chairman Mao's eyes, the reason why the "King of Wu's felling" would succeed was because King Wu had made a big taboo in the military. So after hearing Wang Fang's answer, the chairman shook his head and denied Wang Fang's answer. The people who followed were also surprised, after all, there were not so many film and television works at that time, and the story of King Wu was only a legend told by the older generation.
There are only a handful of people in the group who have seen "Romance of the Gods", let alone those who have studied it deeply. So everyone is waiting for the chairman to talk carefully about why the king lost?
Seeing that everyone was waiting, the chairman did not sell any more, and he believed that the reason why King Shun lost in this war was because there was a problem with the combat strategy adopted. King Shun was too arrogant, it can also be said that he believed in Yin Shang's strength too much, and he did not put King Wu of Zhou in his eyes during the early battle, and the defensive deployment adopted was also negative.
This defensive deployment gave King Wu of Zhou a chance to break through King Zhou's defenses one by one, and King Wu did indeed break through them one by one. So by the time King Jun found that Xiqi was difficult to deal with, it was too late. This is why the king failed.
Not to mention that Chairman Mao was an excellent military strategist, and he always looked at things from a different perspective than us. It is precisely because of the Chairman's keen sense of military smell that our Party was able to achieve a brilliant victory in the War of Liberation.
After explaining, Chairman Mao patted Wang Fang's shoulder and said seriously: "I guess, Chiang Kai-shek just suffered the loss of not reading "Romance of the Gods", or he did not see through the door inside. Chairman Mao's words directly made the people accompanying him suddenly cheerful, and this is just as the chairman said.
During the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek's elite troops far surpassed our army, and he was like a unique businessman. And our army is again fighting from the people, and its weapons and equipment are still very backward, just like the warriors of Xiqi who followed King Wu of Zhou. Chiang Kai-shek thought that his strength was very strong, so he sent his troops to garrison various areas, seemingly forming an impermeable network, but in fact buried huge hidden dangers.
Under the unified command of Chairman Mao and in the spirit of "one punch open, lest a hundred fists come," our army twisted into a rope from top to bottom, breaking Chiang Kai-shek's "big net" one by one. This is one of the reasons why we were able to achieve final victory in the War of Liberation.
Chairman Mao's strategic thinking was one realm higher than Chiang Kai-shek's, and the reason for this result certainly cannot be attributed to a copy of the "Romance of the Gods" alone. It can only be said that the book "Romance of the Gods" has allowed the chairman to gain a lot of correct ideas that will help our army.
The Chairman and the Romance of the Gods
If we just read this book, we will probably marvel at the beauty of Daji in the book, lament the mediocrity of King Shu, or be attracted by the magical powers of a generation of immortals such as Yang Jian and Nezha. But Chairman Mao saw much more than that.
Chairman Mao had the same unique views on the matter of reading and appreciating books as he did on his military command.
When the young chairman saw this book, he lamented the gorgeous mysterious mythological story like us, and at the same time felt disgust and disdain for the king who was intoxicated with the "wine pond meat forest". But as he grew older, when the chairman opened the book again, he began to find that there was another spring and autumn described in the book.
After reading a lot of historical materials, it is not difficult to find that the "King of Jun" does not seem to be as "evil" as described in the book. In the early years, King Feng was also a Ming monarch who was capable of writing and martial arts, brave and good at fighting, and he personally led Yin merchant warriors to crusade against foreign races. It's not useless, as the book says.
Chairman Mao often used the stories or characters in "Romance of the Gods" as examples to joke with the soldiers.
In 1936, Shaanxi established a "Red Army University". Although the university is very humble, it is full of enthusiasm and strength. The chairman often visits the school, either to comfort the teachers or to supervise the students. Once, while observing the students' dormitory, the chairman suddenly said, "You are worthy of being the apprentices of Yuan Shi Tianzun, and you all have unique skills." ”
Everyone was amused by this sudden sentence, and the chairman also continued with a smile: "When do you plan to go down the mountain to guide us?" The person behind the chairman said: "When our group of students learn Marxism-Leninism, they will naturally go down the mountain." ”
This question and answer caused everyone to laugh. The person who answered the chairman's words was the later famous Marshal Luo Ronghuan.
In addition, since there are many young soldiers in the army who are only teenagers, the chairman will also tell them the story of Nezha from time to time. And often told those children, "We are going to be Nezha, and we will not be afraid of the heavens and the earth." The soldiers also took the chairman's words to heart.
In addition, allusions such as Jiang Taigong's fishing have been quoted by Chairman Mao countless times. This is the bond between the chairman and "Romance of the Gods", and from a novel, the chairman reads a lot of useful things.
epilogue
In today's era of information explosion, it is much less difficult for us to acquire knowledge, so we rarely read a book repeatedly. Many times, there is a lot of wisdom in classical literature.
"The book has its own face like jade, and the book has its own golden house" This is true, and if you read the classics in your spare time, you will find many answers in life. Similarly, wandering through books can give us different inspirations. Chairman Mao often exhorted the soldiers around him to study more.
We should learn from Chairman Mao and start with a small thing and start with a book. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, down-to-earth can comprehend a better life, appreciate the classics with their own views and perspectives, and everyone has the right to read books.
Premier Zhou said, "Read for the rise of China."