The sleeping man in the Age of Awakening

"The Age of Awakening" is an exciting era, and the vivid characters on the screen are about to come out. Among them, there are several characters as villains, which are also very interesting, such as Gu Hongming, Lin Qinnan, Huang Kan, etc. The reason why people are villains is that they are only divided according to the people in the TV series.

Let's take a look at Gu Hongming's braids first, the Manchu Qing dynasty's old style is unbearable; and that Lin Qinnan, who is old-fashioned and arrogant, is very annoying. If you seriously study the two of them to find that as the leaders of the conservative school, they can definitely afford it, and the academic achievements of the two of them can be seen at a glance, which is a powerful role. But what is puzzling is that as a person who has studied in China and the West, his thinking should be very trendy, but how could he be so contrary to peace in that era of awakening?

Putting aside the TV series, let's go back to the long river of history, a hundred years ago, when the old imperial power had just been overthrown and the new regime had not yet been unified and consolidated. The forces of all sides sang and I appeared on the stage, and the city head changed the banner of the king, which is a true portrayal of that era, and the warlords and the people are not happy. As ordinary people, the most basic need for society is security and stability, but the bottom line of this demand is often broken. All kinds of forces and all kinds of ideas flaunt their correctness and advanced nature, but who is right and who is wrong? Who is it, and which one represents the hope of the Chinese people, the future of the nation? This question is not a problem now, but a hundred years ago, who could have said for sure?

The warlords were constantly fighting, and the ugliness of being incorruptible and shameful, the dog and fly camp, the clouds and rain, and the twilight of the Qin Dynasty were all vividly expressed. The people do not know that this is an inevitable phenomenon at the time of the transfer of the old and the new, and many people will feel that this new era is too ugly to accept, and it is better to return to the old imperial power to live a peaceful life. Gu Hongming, Lin Qinnan and others are the spokesmen of this trend of thought, and more importantly, their adherence to traditional culture.

When the new cultural movement arose, it came fiercely, just as historical experience tells us that when a social movement is fiercely advancing, it is extremely easy to deviate to the left and radicalize. There are also such plots in TV dramas that show this radical behavior, and even the abolition of Chinese characters has begun to exist. And Gu Hongming, Lin Qinnan and other masters, with the ridiculous courage of Don Quixote, are defending the old culture.

The idea of honor was a symbol of the old culture at that time, and they were fighting against the windmill in spite of the ridicule of the whole world. The desolation and tragedy of that emotion, I think, deserves our sympathy. Their loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is better than their loyalty to China's politics and religion, and to the traditional Chinese culture.