Yi Zhongtian, a university professor and educator, has rightly stated on many occasions that people do not need faith, and he called himself a "three-no-person without party, faction, and faith." Yi Zhongtian's public admission that he has no faith will have a very bad impact on students and teenagers, and it will also damage his own image.
Faith is an inherent characteristic of every person's inner spirit, and the pursuit of faith is the common spiritual need of human beings. People who lack faith are in fact empty and lifeless. Does Yi Zhongtian have faith?Judging from his life experience, there is no doubt that he has, but he has not been able to publicly show his belief in fame and fortune, perhaps choosing to deny it because he is ashamed.
Yi Zhongtian is a person who was admitted to Wuhan University as a graduate student after being an educated youth in Xinjiang and stayed on to teach. His experience as an educated youth and the process of going to graduate school are all beliefs in pursuit of ideals, because he is reluctant to stay in remote areas and is eager to achieve something. After teaching at Wuhan University for more than a decade, he felt unbalanced that the school had not given him the reputation and status he deserved, even though he thought his teaching standards were high. Therefore, he decided to leave Wuhan University and eventually successfully moved to Xiamen University. At Xiamen University, he received the title of full professor and served as the dean of the Art Research Institute, which gave him some comfort.
The Xiamen Art Research Institute is an institution of fine arts, but as a professor of literature, he feels that he cannot display his talents, because the dean is a pure administrator. Although his Chinese department was supposed to study poetry and prose, he chose to study history because he found history more attractive and marketable than literature.
Unlike other scholars and professors, he did not adopt an objective and rigorous view of history, but told history in a banterical, popular, humorous and funny way, which attracted a large audience and made him famous in one fell swoop. He was a great success in "Three Kingdoms" on CCTV's 100 forums, and then compiled it into a best-selling book "Yi Zhongtian Three Kingdoms", which has topped the list of rich Chinese writers many times, and earned more than 20 million yuan with the book "Three Kingdoms" alone. Despite this, he shed tears at the celebration of Wuhan University, saying that he couldn't take out thirteen yuan, which was really difficult to say.
He became a full professor from Xiamen, and then explained the Three Kingdoms on CCTV's hundred forums, which was not an act of pursuing benevolence and righteousness, but for the pursuit of reputation and interests. This also proves his belief in fame and fortune, but his belief is not for the benefit of the people, so he is unwilling to express his feelings of concern for the country and the people like Du Fu to show his loyalty. Therefore, from this point of view, it is reasonable for Yi Zhongtian to think that he has no faith, but it would be an exaggeration to say that his pursuit of fame and fortune is to belittle himself, after all, in the eyes of the outside world, he is still a person with status.
Yi Zhongtian's domineering speech.
Yi Zhongtian said that if he himself had no faith, it would be fine. In today's society, freedom of belief is universal. You can't force him to join a party, a religion, or another sect. However, he spoke openly about the Chinese nation, claiming that Chinese people have no faith, which made people feel angry that he was an arrogant person with a distorted psychology and no concept of right and wrong.
What is worse for Yi Zhongtian is to compare the beliefs of the Chinese with the Western religions, and claim that the Western ** religious civilization is superior to the Chinese civilization, in fact, he is using the cloak of traditional culture to promote the universal values of the West, thereby belittling the values of the Chinese nation and the Chinese. It is incomprehensible that such a person who admires foreigners and has a serious ideological tendency of historical nihilism should be able to ascend to the halls of elegance such as colleges and universities and wantonly spread his fallacies and heresies.
Does the Chinese nation have faith?"Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement;The terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with virtue", this sentence has inherited the belief of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years!
Tsinghua University has adopted it as its motto, encouraging students to cultivate virtue and perseverance. At the same time, the benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness advocated by Confucius Confucianism also represent the Chinese nation's belief in self-cultivation and self-cultivation. Could it be said that the Chinese nation has no faith?Dayu's water control, Jingwei's reclamation, and Yugong's removal of mountains are not the firm beliefs of the Chinese nation to overcome all difficulties and overcome all difficulties?
Yi Zhongtian often uses a sophistry technique, that is, the practice of stealing concepts. He equates faith with religion and absurdly claims that the Chinese nation has no religion to support its unbelief theory, which is extremely absurd and ignorant. While Buddhism is widespread in China, China also has a long history of Confucianism and Taoism, which not only have their own teachings, but also contain many codes of conduct that constitute a belief in their own right. Ancient Chinese literati and scholars regarded Confucianism as their own belief and worshipped it as the belief that underpinned Chinese civilization.
Do the Chinese have faith?Yi Zhongtian has said that the Chinese lack faith, and he seems to show amnesia in his writingsYi Zhongtian devoted his life to the study of the history of the Three Kingdoms, and in fact, the history of the Three Kingdoms is a history of heroes pursuing faith. During this period of history, there have been many influential figures, all of whom have been guided by strong beliefs. For example, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others all had a firm belief in unifying China, and the loyalty and integrity of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also became models of faith admired by later generations. This belief runs not only through the Three Kingdoms period, but also throughout Chinese history.
Throughout the ages, many people with lofty ideals have shown a strong belief in their faith. For example, in ancient times, Wen Tianxiang, Tan Si and others were willing to sacrifice their lives for their beliefs and idealsAnother example is Mr. Sun Yat-sen in modern times, who embraced the belief in democratic revolution and was determined to overthrow the feudal dynastyThere are also martyrs such as Li Dazhao, Qu Qiubai, and Fang Zhimin during the revolutionary war years, who proudly proclaimed, "I would rather cut off our heads than change our beliefs!"”；In addition, Comrade Lei Feng in modern times practiced "serving the people" with the belief of selfless dedication. These people with lofty ideals have proved with practical actions that Chinese people have faith, so how can Yi Zhongtian say that Chinese have no faith?Isn't he talking gibberish?
Yi Zhongtian believes that even if Chinese hold religious beliefs, it is a utilitarian pragmatist belief. This touched on his own pragmatic belief in the pursuit of fame and fortune, in which he extrapolated the personal mentality to the Chinese, understood the beliefs of the Chinese with the heart of a villain, and belittled the beliefs of the Chinese, believing that they only believed in ghosts, Buddhas, and land gods, etc.
The Han civilization is characterized by worshipping ghosts and gods rather than believing in religion, advocating worship rather than dedicating faith.
And firmly express that the worship of ancestors is not faith. It's not about forgetting the roots, not knowing where you came from, and not knowing where you're going. Western believers believe that God is omnipotent, is their faith also a form of worship?Why is their worship regarded as a faith, while our Chinese respect and remembrance of our ancestors is denied as a faith?Isn't this a reversal of black and white?
Yi Zhongtian sees faith as a religion and therefore appears narrow in his understanding of the concept of faith. His tendency to look at the beliefs of the Chinese nation and the Chinese people in a partial and blind way not only exposes his ignorance of history, but also shows his inner paranoia and darkness. This kind of thinking is deeply influenced by Western values, for example, he claims that Chinese civilization is only 3,700 years old, but in fact blindly imitates the heretical arguments of the West, no wonder some scholars accuse him of scandalizing and slandering the history of the Chinese nation.
Faith is our firm belief in a particular idea or spirit, and it has the power to shape our thinking and behavior, giving us strength and guidance. In Chinese culture, faith is not limited to religious beliefs, but also includes the pursuit and belief in life, morality, values, etc. Therefore, the beliefs of the Chinese cannot simply be reduced to some single definition.
Belief is an emotion whose power, like any other emotion, is proportional to the degree of excitement;Faith is the backbone of life, able to stand firm in the face of adversity, leading us on the right path without regrets;Faith is also a kind of love, which has the power to move and melt everything. Therefore, Yi Zhongtian is obviously wrong to attribute faith entirely to religion. Religion is certainly a belief, but not all beliefs fall into the category of religion and involve a variety of ideological and emotional factors.
The reason why Yi Zhongtian emphasized that religion is equivalent to faith is to explain the superiority of Western beliefs and civilizations, and at the same time, it also hints at the relative weakness and backwardness of Chinese civilization. This is also the purpose of his ** faith issue. In fact, Yi Zhongtian questioned in what ways Western Judaism is superior to ChinaHe quoted the words that "those who believe in God do not know God, and those who know God do not believe in God", directly attacking the hypocrisy and deception of Western religion and Judaism.
If the Israelis, as God's chosen people, truly believe in God, will they brutally ** innocent Palestinian civilians in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?For them, is faith an unwavering belief in a supernatural, super-mundane existence, or is it hypocritically artificial?Clearly, the faith of these people lacks the benevolence and fraternity of God. Chinese yearn for peace and justice, sympathize with the weak, and oppose **, this is the purest faith, and it does not matter whether they believe in religion or not.