Chapter 33 postscript

Met with the readers.Its publication, first of all thanks to Ms. Wei Shuqing and Mr. Wan Wei, and of course the executive editor Ms. Wang Yongqin. In the summer vacation of 2008, I received a call from Teacher Wang, who invited me to give a lecture at Baijia.I was terrified at the time, and I felt that I was just an ordinary middle school history teacher, not a scholar or expert, and I became popular on the Internet inadvertently.When I received a call from Teacher Wang, my instinctive reaction was to decline, fearing that I would be incompetent, make me laugh, and let down Teacher Wang's appreciation and trust in me.It was Mr. Wang who encouraged me again and again to participate in the trial lecture with the mentality of giving it a try, and I was honored to be one of the keynote speakers of "Hundreds of Lectures".So there is this book presented to the readers.

For the publication of this book, I would also like to thank Mr. Gao Hong, the chief director of CCTV's "Hundreds of Lectures", the editors and directors, Ms. Fang Le, Ms. Lin Yiyi, and Ms. Yang Jing, the makeup artist (she made my small eyes bigger and taught me how to tie a tie. ...) and other members of the "Hundred Schools Forum" team whose names I still don't even know.From them, I can see the loveliness of Chinese TV people. Without their hard work, this book would not exist. Thanks to Professor Qian Wenzhong from Fudan University for writing the preface to this book.As a senior, he gave me selfless help, guidance and encouragement.

I have always been ashamed of the great love on the Internet. Here I would like to declare: In fact, I am an ordinary middle school history teacher. I studied history because I liked history since I was a child, and chose to study history in college because I love history. Teach history. Every time the senior three students graduate, I will write a passage on the blackboard for them. This passage is said by Zhang Zai, a Neo-Confucianist in the Song Dynasty: Scholars establish their hearts for the world, their lives for the people, and their studies for the sake of the saints. , to create peace for all generations.I tell my students that when we study, we must follow these four points of Old Master Zhang.In fact, sometimes I am not sure how many people can listen to it, but I feel that if even one child listens to it in a class, I will not talk in vain.To establish a heart for heaven and earth, what is the heart of heaven and earth?It is public and selfless, so sometimes we must have this kind of selfless spirit.The ancients said that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. People should have this kind of spirit, and they should not always think about themselves.Establishing a life for the people is not something ordinary people can do, and it may be the meat eaters who seek it.The most important point is that I hope that the children can continue to learn for the sake of the saints.What represents China?I think our culture represents China.

Our country has been founded for more than 5,000 years, and no nation has such a long history as ours.So what are we relying on?It’s not that our armed forces are very strong. In history, there are many examples of us being conquered by foreign races; it’s not that we, like Israel, are supported by a religious belief.What do we rely on?Relying on our culture, the traditional culture of our descendants of Yan and Huang, and descendants of Confucius and Yu, has enabled our nation to live forever and pass on the torch from generation to generation until today.As a Chinese, the most outstanding expression of patriotism is to love one's own culture.Especially in this era, China should show its soft power.I have said to many children, does a person make others think you are scary, do you have many friends?Or do people think you are cute and have many friends?Including being a teacher, do you want students to be afraid of you, or do you want students to love you?

Some people say that the Han and Tang Dynasties are respectable, but "Han Wuxiong's pictures record the history, and the Great Wall is full of beacon smoke"; Song is cute, so I talked about it. Now is the society of fast food culture, as long as the mouse clicks lightly, knowledge will appear immediately, and our search history on the Internet can be eaten immediately like fast food.It is a pity that such a phenomenon will gradually be forgotten, like a chronic disease that gradually swallows up the collective national memory of mankind.Some people don't care about the history of other countries, and they don't even know anything about the history of their own country.About history, about, I am willing to learn and discuss with my friends through Mana.com.

History can teach and strengthen what we believe in, David McCullough said: "History tells us where we came from and where we are going." take off June 21, 2009 in Beijing