Chapter 19 The Ratio of Civilization to Heroes (February 8, 1902)

Did the world start with heroes?letter also.I have read the history of China and foreign countries for thousands of years, but I have filled it with the biographies of hundreds of heroes. If these hundreds of heroes are excluded, the history will be completely eclipsed.Although, if you want to believe it, at the end of the nineteenth century, the old heroes are gone, and the new heroes will come. Is it not the civilization of the twentieth century that will fall to the ground with the heroes of the tenth century?The message here is for those who are wise to read it. Let's look at the UK. With Glanston gone, who among the Liberal Party celebrities can succeed?Kang Bahu?Pannaman?Rosebury?Almost impossible.Try to look at Germany, Bismarck is gone, who can follow his warrior, is the current prime minister Milo?Or Akenrohu?Is that special?Almost impossible.Try to look at Russia, Echa has gone smoothly, can you stand shoulder to shoulder with Murabie?Morast?Almost impossible.However, today's European political circles are almost deserted, and those who seek to be like the great heroes of decades ago are almost invisible, and the diplomacy of various countries is more sensitive, the military system is more consolidated, the finances are more abundant, and the country is more advanced. Why?

I dare to turn around and say: Heroes are also ominous things.There are times when the people are uncivilized, and the more civilized, the heroes will disappear in the world.Therefore, the more ancient it is, the less heroes will be born in the world, and the more important it is to see the time.People in ancient times regarded heroes as heaven and gods, worshiped them, and believed that they were ultimately beyond the reach of human beings. (There are also many such styles in China, such as Guan Yu, Yue Fei, etc.) If this is the case, it is called the era of heroic tyranny, that is, the world, and it is just something exclusive to heroes.When it comes down to modern times, this wind will die out a little.Heroes are just like human beings, people can know them, although they often show themselves above ten thousand people, rare and precious in the world.How can a husband be lucky if he sees the treasure?Ten thousand people are stupid but one is wise, ten thousand people are unworthy but one is wise, how can a husband cherish it?Those who read the history of later generations, they are a heroic meritorious meritorious meritorious power, and they do not know that they are buried in the world of creeping and turbid darkness.

There will be no heroes after the twentieth century.Why?Everyone is a hero!Heroes are said to be the emblems of ordinary people enshrined by ordinary people.The so-called extraordinary things in the past, but now ordinary people can do it, so they are all heroes, and they cancel each other out, and the term "hero" does not need to appear.Why is it that an ordinary person today can be an extraordinary person in the past, and an extraordinary person in the past can only be an ordinary person today?First, due to the popularization of education.In the past, the teaching methods were not complete, and what they taught were not enough to make full use of the minds of talented people, so they often escaped and went to the dust. Today, all the schools are well prepared, wisdom is equal, and there are many heroes who are equal, but the hero who is unique since less.Second, due to the complexity of the division of business.In the past, one person was in charge of several affairs and mathematics, and those with middle talents were not capable enough, so they had to let the capable ones go alone; today, regardless of art, regardless of learning, regardless of politics, all share the work, and the day is divided. In detail, those who specialize in each have their own strengths, and those who combine them have their own shortcomings, and the omniscient and omnipotent heroes of ancient times will never be seen again.If so, the absence of heroes in the world is a testament to the progress of the world.If all sentient beings become Buddhas, then there is no such thing as a Buddha; if all ordinary people are heroes, then there is no such thing as a hero.In the ancient world, one order and one chaos are like a cycle, why?Rely on heroes also.If a person survives, his government will act, and if a person dies, his government will cease. That is to say, the world was founded by heroes.Therefore, it is necessary to achieve the state where the people do not rely on heroes, and then become a true civilization, and then the country can be established with it, and the world can be leveled with it.

Of course, this is true in Europe and the United States.If today's China is as advanced in thought and cultural relics as it was in Europe 400 years ago, there are no extraordinary people who have made drastic moves to open up new worlds by clearing up wilderness. I fear that it will end up like a long night.Heroic, heroic, I have dreamed of it, and I salute it!