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民族英雄(nationalheros)
nationalherosalwayshavemarvellousreputations,afterdiedmiserablly.theydiedbyalotofreasons.somewerekilledbecausetheiremperorsweretoo?afraidofthepowerstheyhad,somebecausetheirenemiesbribedtothenationtraitors,oftenwhohavehadagreatwealthor?apowerfulauthority.thisisanationthatislikeproducingtraitorsoverwhelminglyeverytimeonaverydangerioussituation,andquiteoften,herosaremistakenlytreatedastraitorsbutpeplewhoreallybetrayedthefateofthisnation,becauseoftheirrulingpowers,areseenasthesavior.
ishalladmittherearesomeimplicationasaclueofhistory,tomirrorwhatwillhappenrepetitiouslyoverandoveragain.herosarerespectable,famous,andadmired.withoutthem,thisnationshouldhavegohroughmoresufferrings.theydeservewhattheyown.however,trackingofourshamelesshistory,whattobenotedisthat?noboyelsebutourselvestortureourheros,mistreatedthierbeloved,andeveneradicatedtheoriginsoftheirs.althoughhundredsofyearslater,theygainedbacktheirreputations,andiflucky,maybetheycouldgetsomestatues,biographiesorwhateverelse,oruthcan'tbedenied.theywereputinanextremelypainfullife,andsoweretheirfamiliesandfriends,forwhattheseheroscontributedtoournation'sfuture,andwhattheydevotedtheirlivestoprotect.whatcanbeconcludedfromit?iftherersomepotentialherosaroundu,stayawayfromhimorher,cozthoughweknowwemustshowourrespecttothem,theyaremostlikelytobeatragedy,whichalsocausespeoplecareaboutthemtopayfortheprice.
it'sironical,isn'tit?thisnationneverstopscallingformoreherosdesperately,inanameofprotectingitspeople,butwhati'mmoreinterestedinis,whatthepeopledototheheros,whentheyarealive?ifherosaretherolemodelsofmostpeopleofthisnation,thenhoweherosarestillsoneededbyus,especiallywhenweshoutout,justicelyandloudly,thattheremustbesomeoneelsestandingouttobeheros.andiftheydon'twannabeheros,theygottathinkabouttheoutesthattheentirenationcursesthemaswusses,humiliatingthemafterwards.butcuriously,nexttimethey'llstillaskforsomeoneelseagaintosacrificetheirlivestodefendthebenefitsofthenation(orthebenefitsofsome).whydon'tubethen?oratleast,whydon'tu,thenationpeople,protecttheheroswhentheyneedu.whentheemperorsthreatenurheros,whydidn'tuoverthrowtheempire,insteadugaveinthethrone?whenyouknowwhobetrayedthenationtoselloffurheros,justbecauseoftheirpowers,ugaveinagain?
thetruthis,thisnationgrantsthegreatesthornortoheros,whenitneedsthem.onceheroslosttheirauras,orthepublichastopay,herosbeginsufferring.andwhatishiddenintheheartofmostofpeopleis,theywanttheresttopursuethehornorofbeingahero,buttheythemselvesaremoreaddictedintoanotherthing---power.suchpeopledeemthemselves'wiser'.
wearesayingthisnationisgreat,sorry,it'sano.mostofgreatgenesofthisnationhavebeeneliminatedbyoursleves,inthreethousandyears'grandhistory,dynastyafterdynastry,onegenerationafterone.