Chapter 17 Hero, can you take it easy?

Watching the Three Kingdoms when I was a child, I often couldn't let go of one thing, and that was Zhan Yanliang. In view of the fact that readers, especially ladies, may not be familiar with the story of fighting, killing and killing, let me explain: Yan Liang is the name of a famous warrior in the novel.In a battle, he encountered Guan Yu, another famous warrior of his time. According to the etiquette on the ancient battlefield, Yan Liang planned to ask the opponent's origin and name - "Fang Yuwen".But Guan Yu obviously did not follow this etiquette, but with the help of excellent horses, he launched a rather ungentlemanly small assault.In the setting of the novel, Guan Yu's horse has the speed of a motorcycle, which caught Yan Liang by surprise and was killed.

When I was young, I couldn’t figure it out: two people with comparable martial arts skills, because of an unscrupulous battle, the defeated Yan Liang was reduced to a foil, while the victor Guan Yu won great glory. To "Gaitian Ancient Buddha".My little heart is crying: that's not fair. This battle also left a painful memory for the descendants of the Yan family, and they have been unable to figure it out for hundreds of years.The later "Yan's Family Instructions" specifically instructs descendants not to engage in military duties. The lesson is that "Qi had Yan Zhuoju, Zhao Youyan was the most, at the end of Han Dynasty there was Yan Liang, Song had Yan Yanzhi, and he was appointed as a general, but he overthrew it."

Coincidentally, as a best-selling martial arts novelist, Jin Yong also had a similar childhood trauma. In "The Biography of Yuan Chonghuan", Jin Yong recalled that when he was young, he read "Homer's Epic" and read the section of "Iliad" where Hector and Achilles fought around the city. The fate of these two heroes, as a result, sank on Hector's end.This meant he had to die in defeat, while Achilles would win with glory.Little Jin Yong felt very sad and shouted: "That's not fair! That's not fair!" Young boys may particularly value a kind of fairness: the same martial arts should win the same glory.

But as I got older, that belief took a hit.The same martial arts does not always bring the same glory, just like Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuuxue, the latter's reputation and achievements are much more brilliant, although he may not be the opponent of the former. Similar examples abound.In competitive sports, which is relatively the most hard power, I was surprised to find that Riquelme may not be inferior to Zidane in terms of the ability under his feet, and Diouf may not be inferior to Shevchenko. One night more than ten years ago, I happened to watch a Portugal-Italy underage team final. The two children from Portugal impressed me the most. One was a skillful wide player with a greasy head and noodles; the other was a seasoned and precocious midfielder. The player, handsome, with long hair and a headband, looked promising.Later that fancy winger is C. Ronaldo.And what about the midfielder?I don't know where he has fallen, and the ghost knows what his name is.

Another example is education and examinations.A few days ago, I was chatting with a fellow from my hometown. She was the top student in liberal arts in a certain city that year. I was surprised to find that she never gave up the last conic section in the math test.In my opinion, this is intolerable and seriously detrimental to the dignity of a top student—shouldn’t those who aspire to be a top student go from the first trigonometric function to the last conic section and then hand in the paper?She doesn't, but her total score in the college entrance examination is higher than mine. Numerous realities made me gradually bow my head: In the boxing ring of life, the god of honor does not like to look at the points, but prefers to see who will stand or fall in the end.Just like the World Cup in Brazil, Messi threw the last set ball into the sky, and thus lost the possibility of being comparable to the old horse.A voice yelled at me: Open the knot of childhood!The laurels of heroes are not easy to get. In addition to practicing martial arts well, you also need to win the big stage.

Perhaps it can only be understood in this way—each of us is like an involuntary dog ​​in the water, thrown into the ocean of fate.Some dogs were born unlucky, and entered the water in the wrong posture. They were directly shot to death on the sea surface, no matter how brave they were, it was in vain; They can only desperately plan, paddle, and survive.Some dogs are gifted and extremely good at swimming, but they are born at the wrong time-they either land in the wrong place, or swim in the wrong route, or the ocean current is in the wrong direction. If you try your best to swim a thousand or ten thousand miles, you will only die from choking on water.

In the deep seabed, I don't know how many unknown bulldogs are buried. Only a few dogs who are good at swimming and happen to hit the right wind direction and hydrology can luckily encounter the small island in the vast ocean.They came ashore panting, cheered up, dominated this square inch of land, and roared towards the sea.Such lucky dogs, we call them heroes. Yan Liang and Guan Yu are two lucky dogs.They were all born in the beacon era when violence was king, and they ushered in an excellent opportunity to show their personal expertise.In the ocean of fate, these two bulldogs swam to the same island from almost the same distance, and whoever landed first would become the mastiff king.This island is the Battle of the White Horse where they met.

It's a pity that Yan Liang didn't cherish this stage enough. He didn't realize that this was the key battle of life and destiny, but Guan Yu realized it.So the careless are killed, and the more eager to win survive, why should we not bestow more reverence on the latter? I slowly turned my back.It is a cruel fairness to win and lose, but the heroes themselves seem to recognize this kind of fairness.Looking at the history of Jianghu, every hero is not satisfied with practicing martial arts well, but pursues to win a big stage of his own all his life, just like Huashan is to Wang Chongyang, Xiangyang City is to Guo Jing, and Guangmingding is to Wang Chongyang. Zhang Wuji.

They never seem to think: "I'm enough! My fighting power has reached ninety, isn't this the greatest achievement? Why do I have to win anything?" Another traitor is that Jin Yong who was sad for Hector when he was a child.He wrote "The Family of Guo Jing", which has many volumes, but he didn't even have a "Biography of Qiu Qianren". In desperation, I seemed to see that child complaining about Yan Liang again.Perhaps this is the hidden arrangement: it allows the winners to enjoy the worship of adults, while the losers get the warmth of children.This can be regarded as a kind of fairness!

Use an old song "Be a Hero" by Gao Feng, and send it to all the dogs in the ocean: