Famous poet Xi Murong: The story of "The Fool Moves the Mountain" is too terrible, and it must be removed from the text.
This is when the poet Xi Murong gave a speech at Nankai University, he accidentally talked about the classic Chinese mythological story "Yugong Moving Mountains", so he expressed such a view.
"Yugong Moving Mountains" can be as well-known as it is today, which has a lot to do with the admiration of Chairman Mao Zedong at that time. Because this is one of the "Old Three" series of Mao Zedong's classic articles. It is too normal for people from that era to turn their backs backwards like a stream! People in that era lived out their spirits, and "Foolish Men Move Mountains" is one of the sources of this spirit. China in the 20th century came by relying on a strong force of not accepting defeat.
In the 21st century, this article has been questioned. The famous poet Xi Murong strongly advocated the withdrawal of "Yugong Moving Mountains" from the text.
The old lady's reasons are very good, foolish to move mountains, typical of the destruction of the environment. Man cannot work against nature, man can only conform to nature, and must not arrogantly think that man will triumph over heaven.
Moreover, if the fool is in the way, why is the way to solve the problem not to move but to move the mountain? Yu Gong is wrong in the way he does things. Misleading others to mislead oneself and misbehaving one's descendants.
As soon as Mrs. Xi Murong's opinion was issued, it caused controversy at the time. Her first article is that man and nature should be in harmony, and transformation is destruction, which is very bad. The second relates to the methods and efficiency of doing things. Why is it so one-sided? Why can't we think flexibly, look at the problem from multiple angles, brainstorm and get a few more solutions, and come up with the optimal solution after comprehensive comparison?
Deeply investigating, the old fool who is over 90 years old is still a big paternalistic style that has long been regarded as a mess by today's people, and his sentence "children and grandchildren are infinitely poor", he has fully explained the fate of his life and that of generations of descendants. Have you asked their opinion? Are they willing to live like you in order to achieve your goals, and pick up soil for a lifetime? Why can't they be in charge of their lives?
You are typically disrespectful of basic human rights, disrespectful of individual life, and simply treat your children and grandchildren as instrumental beings. In this way, "Yugong Moving Mountains" does expose the dissatisfaction of water and soil in the new era. Some things are singled out, obviously backward, and have long been abandoned by modern people.
Questioning like Xi Murong is not the first time, before this, Peking University professor Jin Kemu commented on "Yugong Moving Mountains", thinking that "Yugong Moving Mountains" is just to move the mountains elsewhere, it is convenient for their own homes, but the mountains have gone to block the gates of other people's homes. Because of the original novel, the mountain was not eliminated, but only moved the gods and moved the place. This, too, is a big question.
However, as a myth and legend that has been circulated for thousands of years, the spirit of foolishness has long become one of the cores of Chinese civilization. The spirit of not being afraid of ridicule, having the courage to change, never giving up, and the determination to achieve things are also the connotations that can be seen in this parable. With different perspectives, the evaluation of "Yugong Moving Mountain" may be diametrically opposite.
Facing such a situation, there is far more than one "Fool Moves the Mountain". In the past few years, the textbook reform, many classic poems that were once familiar, have faced doubts and even withdrawn from textbooks. Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong", Zhuge Liang's "Table of Teachers", Xin Zhiyi's masterpiece "Broken Array", Du Fu's classic Seven Laws "Kezhi", Lu Xun's "A Q Zheng Biography", Zhu Ziqing's "Lotus Pond Moon Color", including some classic red articles "Who is the Most Lovely Person", and "The Five Heroes of Wolf Tooth Mountain", etc. In the new era, there have been various theories, whether it is suitable to enter the textbook, and there are not many controversies.
How to re-examine and choose in the new era is indeed not an easy task. But classics should stand up to controversy. There is controversy and discussion, and there is a more vivid idea.
Xi Murong encouraged the teenagers to say, "Let's vote together to reject" "Yugong Moving Mountain", let it withdraw from the textbook, if you were present at the time, how would you choose?