After a cup of coffee in the morning, a shocking news popped up in the news push: "Wu Aping was arrested" The name may be unfamiliar to many people, but her behavior caused an uproar on the Internet. This former Nanjing nurse actually enshrined several Japanese war criminals of aggression against China in the temple, and she actually addressed these people as "friends"! What was the reason behind this that made her make such a bizarre move? Is she really just having a psychological problem, or is there something else hidden? Follow me to find out, this matter is not simple!
Wu Aping, an ordinary woman born in 1990, once studied at a medical school in Beijing and later became a nurse in a hospital in Nanjing. It stands to reason that such a life trajectory is unremarkable, but on December 18, 2017, her behavior surprised everyone. On this day, she came to the Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing and asked to set up tablets for six people, five of whom were Japanese war criminals during World War II!
We have to start from the beginning. According to Wu Aping's own explanation, she was greatly traumatized psychologically because she learned about the brutal acts of these war criminals, and she was plagued by nightmares for a long time. After coming into contact with Buddhism, she came up with an idea: by enshrined these war criminals, she hoped to "redress grievances" and free herself from spiritual torture.
But is it really that simple? We all know that the Nanjing Massacre is a history of blood and tears, and the Japanese army committed countless atrocities in Nanjing. According to statistics, more than 300,000 innocent people were killed during the Nanjing Massacre alone, including women, children, old and children. And the people worshiped by Wu Aping are the backbone members of that period of history.
What is puzzling is that what Wu Aping wrote on the yellow tablet paper was not hatred or resentment, but "friend". When questioned by a local monk, Ling Song, she even claimed that the war criminals were her "friends". This kind of statement is obviously unbelievable. How can a normal person's mind regard a war criminal who killed his own compatriots as a friend?
Is it just because she has a psychological problem? This explanation seems too far-fetched. In fact, there may be more complex psychological and social factors behind Wu Aping's behavior. Wu Aping's educational background and professional experience show that she is not an ignorant person. She was well aware of the historical status of these people and the crimes they had committed. Her financial conditions also allowed her to enshrine these tablets in Xuanzang Temple, which was not an impulsive move.
What is even more thought-provoking is the repercussions caused by Wu Aping's behavior in society. Amplified by the Internet and the media, this incident quickly attracted widespread public attention. On the one hand, many people are angry and puzzled by her behavior, believing that it is a blasphemy of history and disrespect to the victims, and on the other hand, there are also people who try to analyze her behavior from a psychological point of view, thinking that she may be an extreme act of self-redemption, trying to calm the inner pain through a ritual.
In this series of discussions and controversies, we cannot help but ask: Is Wu Aping's behavior an isolated case, or does it reflect some hidden and complex psychological phenomenon in society? Is her word "friend" really out of friendship with war criminals, or is it a kind of deranged psychological expression? Behind this is whether there is a problem in our handling of historical memory?
What makes us have to think about how to heal the wounds of history and how to sort out the relationship between victims and perpetrators. This is not only a reflection on Wu Aping's personal thinking, but also a profound reflection on the historical concepts and moral standards of the entire society. Today, with the passage of time, the history of World War II is gradually fading, but the scars and lessons it left behind still need to be deeply understood and reflected on by each and every one of us.
Although Wu's behavior has caused widespread controversy and discussion, it is more like a trigger point, triggering people's deep thinking about history, morality, and personal psychology. Through this incident, we not only see how an individual deals with inner conflict and pain in an extreme way, but also reflects the complex attitudes and ways in which society deals with historical memory. History is not just a memory of the past, it deeply affects the present and the future. How to face history correctly and how to rationally interpret and inherit history is an unavoidable issue in every era. For individuals like Wu, she reminds us of the importance of mental health and the deeper social and psychological factors that may lie behind individual behavior. It is hoped that such an incident will attract enough attention from people to face and solve the problem in a healthier and more rational way.