History, like a mirror, reflects the interweaving of human wisdom and ignorance, kindness and malice. In this world, there are different levels of awakening, but they come from similar revelations. Hu Shi once said: "Smart people will awaken when they see history, and kind people will awaken when they see the truth." This sentence seems to reveal the path of awakening for us, and also outlines the multiple faces of human nature.
Intelligence is a kind of talent, but also an ability to acquire wisdom. Those who are smart are not only looking for clues in the long river of history, but also finding the way to solve the mystery in it. History is an open book, and intelligent people can read its words and understand its meaning. They draw wisdom from the experience of the ancients and comprehend the true meaning of life from the lessons of history. Every page of history is a record of the trajectory of human growth, and smart people can learn from it and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. They are able to see patterns in history and find patterns in them, so that they can face reality more clearly and guide the future.
Kindness is a virtue, but also a quality that transcends oneself and cares for others. Kind people, their awakening stems from the pursuit of truth and the yearning for fairness and justice. They have a pair of keen eyes that can see through the hypocrisy and prejudice of human nature and see the light of the truth. Good people are not fooled by superficial appearances, they are well aware of the importance of the truth, and therefore strive to pursue and defend it. In their hearts, fairness and justice are the supreme principle, and they are willing to fight for the truth and uphold it for the sake of justice. The awakening of kind-hearted people is not only their own awakening, but also the awakening of the conscience of the whole society.
Ignorance is a kind of limitation, and it is also a kind of sadness of losing opportunities. Those who are ignorant, who may live in their own world, are lost in the fog of ignorance. Their ignorance of history prevents them from drawing wisdom from it, and their disregard for the truth leaves them lost in a sea of lies. Ignorant people, who may think they can escape from reality, end up in a deeper quagmire. They need to pay more to make up for their ignorance and endure avoidable suffering. In the world of ignorance, they are bound to their own limitations and are unable to experience true freedom and happiness.
Ignorance is a kind of despair, but also a kind of doomed tragedy. Those who are ignorant, whose hearts have long been consumed by darkness, cannot see the light of the truth. Their disregard for history and their ignorance of the truth have made them slaves of fate, at the mercy of fate. Ignorant people, they may not be able to awaken until they die, because they are bound by the shackles of ignorance. Their world is filled with endless darkness and despair, and no light can penetrate the layers of fog.
History, like a mirror, reflects the brilliance and shadow, wisdom and ignorance of human beings. A wise person can draw wisdom from history to guide the future, a good person can awaken from the truth and protect justice, an ignorant person needs to go through suffering to awaken, and an ignorant person will not awaken even if he is on the verge of death. In this world, there are thousands of paths to awakening, and every awakening is a sublimation of the soul, a transcendence of self, and a salvation of human nature.