It is often said that today's impetuous society makes people give up their ideals, but the premise of giving up ideals is that they have ideals. In fact, the vast majority of people today have never had ideals, so there is no way to talk about "giving up ideals".
We did give up some things, but those things were not ideals, at best they were "goals that we couldn't ask for". An ideal is something worth pursuing all your life, a place that you believe your soul is still pointing to after you die, and you exist for it. And the goal is just a certain state of life that you want to reach at a certain point in time, and it exists for you. The ideal is your master, and the goal is your servant.
If a goal is not as important as your life, you can call it your "interest", "intention", or even "ambition", but never think that it is an ideal. For example, if you want to make a lot of money, if you want to grow old with someone, if you want to become a scientist or a star, these are not ideals, because these things exist for your life experience, and they can all be given up in the face of survival. And the ideal is a decision of "how to burn out the rest of your life", in the face of the ideal, nothing else matters.
Why is the history of the Three Kingdoms so high?Some people say that it is because the loyalty of Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu is in line with the educational intentions of the rulers of previous dynasties, so it is vigorously promoted among the people, but in fact, loyal ministers like Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang are not uncommon in history.
The real reason is Liu Bei. Including Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, this series of super V with countless fans today, should be thanked to Liu Bei, it is precisely because of the existence of Liu Bei, an idealist, that the Three Kingdoms have a legendary and heroic color, so that they did not become "unpopular history" like the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
As the founder of the Shu Han regime, Liu Bei not only had the unswerving piety and perseverance of a saint, but also the determination and enthusiasm of an outlaw. What is it that underpins all this?He is an idealist with a spiritual calling.
From Zhuge Liang's "Silent Expression, I Don't Know What to Say" before his Northern Expedition, to Jiang Wei's "I want to restore peace and tranquility in the face of social danger, and restore the sun and moon after the surrender of Chengdu", you will find that every power center of Shu Han has always shone with a stirring and high-spirited idealistic light, and this light is emitted by Liu Bei, who has died.
From the creation of the grass to the final destruction, Shu Han has always been able to achieve mutual trust and unity between the monarch and the minister. The two monarchs have always given the fullest trust to their subordinates, and the successive ministers have always maintained absolute loyalty to their superiors, truly achieving "the ministers of the guards are unremitting inside, and the loyal people forget themselves outside".
On the other side, Cao Wei and Eastern Wu generally lack this kind of loyalty and trust, Cao Wei's five good generals, extraordinary ability, but never got Cao Cao's trust in his life, and the Cao family and the Xiahou family are always in charge. The four governors of Eastern Wu all died in vain, although Sun Quan sent 100,000 to the outside world, but he could always kill the Quartet internally, are they stupid?Of course, it is not stupid, because such a prisoner's dilemma and such a balance of power are the norm in human history.
Therefore, Shu Han is a very romantic and idealistic regime. It is like an idealistic flower that blooms alone in the sword and sword shadow of history and the bloody rain, and it is so beautiful that people are amazed.
Some people think that it is difficult for idealists to achieve worldly success, but in fact the opposite is true. What is the most valuable asset of human society?It is a human being, and a true idealist will inevitably burst out with the power of convincing, admiration, awe, and even love, "winning the death force of all", and creating a great cause that is completely unimaginable to the world.
Ordinary people spend their whole lives preparing for the inevitable death, and only when you decide what attitude to face death will you find that when death comes, it becomes less important. At this time, you can be considered alive, because the real living only has one attitude - to live towards death.
The reason why the ideal is so beautiful that people cannot desecrate it is that it transcends the fear and anxiety of life by virtue of the consciousness of the gift of death, which is essentially the realization of a "superego".
The ideals that preceded this, no matter how beautifully portrayed, were essentially "desires that are constantly being corrected." Lust is like a peach blossom, it will dissipate in the bath after waking up in the morning, and rise again when you see skyscrapers and BMW incense cars;The ideal is the deep sea, which is the ultimate belief that you can transcend the boundary of death after exploring in the real world and experiencing a hundred turns and thousands of times of polishing. Ideals never belong to youth, it itself is the death knell of youth, and once the death knell rings for you, you will have to perform the last scene. But luckily, if you're ready, it's going to be the best scene of your life.