Hu Shi has always doubted whether there really is such a person as Qu Yuan. Because before Sima Qian's "Biography of Qu Yuan", there was no record of Qu Yuan in history books.
If there really was such an outstanding person as Qu Yuan, there should not be a gap in the history books. The Chinese have a long tradition of falsifying history
Sima Qian may have randomly written a "Biography of Qu Yuan" based on hearsay.
Wang thinkers admire Hu Shi very much, but they think it is of little significance to him to question the existence of Qu Yuan. Because Qu
Yuan has become a symbol, the authenticity is no longer important. What we want to question is this symbol.
The symbol of Qu Yuan is very important. It is so important that we need to create a Dragon Boat Festival and eat rice dumplings to make it concrete
and fixed for easy promotion. Quyuan, Dragon Boat Festival and Zongzi have become a trinity of products.
After mankind entered the 21st century, this series of products that were originally thought to have independent intellectual property rights also caused international disputes
Now, Korean friends say that eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is their fault. legacy. This makes China’s patriotic young people very anxious.
In order to strengthen the fact that Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings have "been an integral part of our country since ancient times", starting from 2008, the status of Chinese rice dumplings
surpassed steamed buns and dumplings in one fell swoop, and a special one-day holiday was given. Let everyone eat hard to commemorate Qu Yuan.
Why is Qu Yuan so important? The answer is simple: Qu Yuan is a patriotic symbol. People with a third grade education in elementary school have been instilled in this symbolic meaning by great educators.
Is Qu Yuan qualified to be the flagship brand of patriotic products? I think: You can eat rice dumplings and commemorate Qu Yuan. However, please don't call him "patriotic". He has nothing to do with patriotism.
The following is Wang Thinker’s analysis, for reference only, welcome to discuss.
1. Which country did Qu Yuan love?
Motherland? Stop talking, what is the motherland? Don't blind me, be clear about the time, place, and goal.
The time when Qu Yuan became patriotic was around 278 BC, and the place and target of his patriotism was Chu. At that time, the state of Qin was responsible for playing the role of "imperialist invader", and the state of Chu belonged to "Asia, Africa and Latin America". If Qu Yuan is really patriotic, then what he loves is only his Chu country.
Since then, many countries have appeared on this land of East Asia, and the motherland has changed again and again.
In the Chu State at that time, it made sense for Hubei people to eat rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan.
The Qin State at that time, and today’s Shaanxi people and those people in the surrounding areas who “have been part of our country (Qin State) since ancient times”,
eating rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan, is a bit indifferent between ourselves and the enemy. It's traitorous.
It is inexplicable for the descendants of the five countries of Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han to eat rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan. A foreigner who has nothing to do with you
Why is he commemorating this blindly?
2. Resistance or suicide, which one is patriotic?
When the enemy comes, is it patriotic to commit suicide by throwing yourself into the river? If committing suicide by throwing yourself into a river is patriotic, then hanging yourself, hitting a wall, swallowing gold, wiping your neck, or even doing push-ups and hide-and-seek... are all behaviors that actively end your life called patriotic?
Or maybe it is not patriotic for ordinary people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river, but it is patriotic for people of high status to commit suicide by committing suicide?
Professing that "the whole world is turbid but I am alone in the clear, everyone is drunk but I am alone awake", and then jumping into a river is patriotic. Is it not patriotic for a confused
person to commit suicide by throwing himself into a river?
Someone said that Qu Yuan was dedicated to resisting the invasion of Qin, but unfortunately he was not reused by King Huai of Chu, so he himself was a patriot and had nothing to do with suicide.
This explanation is a little more upscale, but it cannot avoid a pragmatic issue
-committing suicide by throwing yourself into the river will be regarded as a patriotic memorial. So, those generals who bravely resisted the invasion of the Qin army
Where is the scholar? If Qu Yuan was truly patriotic, then you would have gone to the front lines to kill the enemy heroically, and went to the riverside to commit "patriotic suicide". This would have really damaged our morale and acted as a "traitor" and "traitor". The role of "Chu Thief".
I have always believed that the establishment of the Qin Dynasty was the beginning of China's descent into the abyss. The highly centralized tyranny of the Qin Dynasty ended
the glorious era of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods when various countries were separated, talents emerged in large numbers, and ideas contended. If Qu Yuan could prevent the establishment of Qin Dynasty
tyranny, then he would be the savior of the people of all countries and their descendants at that time, and should be remembered by us from generation to generation.
It’s a pity that he didn’t.
3. Is it loyalty to the emperor or patriotism?
To be patriotic, you must first understand what "country" is.
From a sociological perspective, a country can be seen as a collection of mountains, rivers, land, forests and minerals, people, and political power.
From a political point of view, the state is a violent tool used by the ruling class to oppress the ruled class.
The Chu State where Qu Yuan was located definitely did not belong to the people. A people's country is a political power that has been authorized by the people. If a country's political power has not been authorized by the people, then the country is not a people's country and the political power is not a political power of the people.
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This country belongs to the entire ruling class most of the time, and at all times to the supreme ruler - the emperor or king.
There will inevitably be patriotic young people who jump out and say: "You shouldn't use modern ideas to judge an ancient person." To this, my answer is: "Then, you just Don’t use the dregs of ancient times to fool us modern people.”
Qu Yuan loved his ruling class and the violent tool that oppressed the ruled class. In fact, he ultimately loved the emperor, the so-called loyal emperor. So, why did Qu Yuan love the emperor? Was he gay? Historians such as Wen Yiduo and Sun Cizhou believe that Qu Yuan was really gay and had a good relationship with King Huai of Chu. I would rather Qu Yuan threw himself into the river for love
. However, I think that regardless of whether he is gay or not, he has reasons for loving the emperor. This depends on the next question
4. Is it love for vested interests or patriotism?
Qu Yuan was a doctor of the Chu State. In today's terminology, he was not a doctor, but a minister.
He was a minister. He was a member of the ruling class and an important member of it.
If King Huai of Chu's rule could continue, Qu Yuan would not have made any mistakes in political line, nor had he committed corruption
(or was corrupt, but was not discovered), nor would he appear If lifestyle issues such as keeping a mistress do not cause too much conflict with other members of the ruling class, then he, as a doctor, can live a wealthy and happy life for a long time. Living a happy life, his descendants can also continue such a life with the descendants of King Huai of Chu.
The hateful Qin army shattered Qu Yuan’s dream. If the Qin army destroyed the Chu State, then, as a minister-level official of the Chu State and a member of the ruling class, Qu Yuan would have nothing to gain from it, even if he surrendered as II
Chen, I am far from the glory I am now. In order to safeguard his vested interests, of course he had to resist the Qin army. This is normal and I understand it. Minister Qu's behavior shows how eager vested interest groups are to maintain the original social order. But to say that he is patriotic is nonsense, because he loves his money, status and wealth, and the ruling class where he belongs.
Therefore, Qu Yuan is a good example for the ruling class. Members of the ruling class should enshrine the portrait of "Chief Qu" at home and burn incense and worship it every day.
As for the ruled class, what they think about all day long is to overthrow the current ruling class. The emperor will take turns to sit there tomorrow.
How can they go to my house (there was no democratic thought at that time) What about members of the class who love the rule of "Minister Qu" who is pressing down on them?
5. The essence of jumping into the river: trying to be a slave but failing, so he threw himself into the river with tears
Under the leadership of a Shaanxi farmer director, the Qin army shouted "Great wind, great wind". Approaching the capital of Chu State. Minister Qu may have some military talent. He proposed some strategies that he thought were very effective and could resist the Qin army. However, King Huai of Chu did not adopt them and exiled him. Minister Qu. During the three years of exile, Minister Qu hoped that the Holy One would remember him all day long. However, until King Huai of Chu was imprisoned and executed in Qin State, he did not expect that the Holy One would change his mind.
Think about the past, Minister Qu had a group of minions under him, and he himself was the emperor's minions. Reminiscing about the luxurious life of drunken gold fans in the past, Minister Qu had a happy smile on his face; seeing that the era of "being a stable slave" was about to pass, Minister Qu was painful and annoyed. After much deliberation, it would be better to just die. So one day, the 62-year-old
he bid farewell to the deep compound where his wives and concubines lived. He walked past the dilapidated houses by the river, dressed in brocade clothes and rich fur
and looked at them with disdain. After looking at those unkempt poor ghosts, he jumped into the Miluo River with a bang. That day is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The almanac says: It is appropriate to jump into the river and to be patriotic.
As a result, a great patriotic symbol was born, and a patriotic archway was successfully erected.
6. Why did the rulers promote Qu Yuan?
The ruler has a commanding position. The emperor has changed dozens of times, and he must persist in commemorating Qu Yuan every time. Why?
Because it is necessary to establish a model like Qu Yuan, so that everyone can learn, understand and implement it, so that the general public can be patriotic.
The emperor himself claims to be "inherited by heaven", but they know that they are bastards who ride on the heads of the people. They have never been authorized by the people. It is impossible for the people to support them. So they came up with a trick: first let the common people be patriotic,
and then add the word "loyalty to the emperor" in front of the word "patriotic". Since then, loyalty to the emperor has been confused with patriotism, and loyalty to the emperor has even become a prerequisite for patriotism.
In order for the gimmick of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to work, we need to build memorial arches. The power of examples is infinite.
Who is it? I searched around and aimed at Qu Yuan. First of all, this person can write some poetry or something, which can easily arouse the favor of the common people; secondly, Qu Yuan is a minister, which can arouse the cries of the bureaucracy; third, Qu Yuan is a good slave
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Cai, even the Holy Emperor banished him, and he still wanted to die to show his loyalty. He was really a rare slave.
To set such an example, we cannot let the people dryly sing "Learn Qu Yuan's good example and be loyal to the court
Be loyal to the party" all day long. There must be a form that the people like to hear and see. . Chinese people never have enough to eat, so they eat on holidays
. This is easy to handle, Emperor Zhao said: Eat one more time, eat rice dumplings, admire this. The common people are the most simple
people. When I heard that I could use Qu Yuan to make up a reason to eat, I immediately thanked the Lord for his kindness and went to make rice dumplings happily.
This rice dumpling is not simple. Patriotism is the packaging, Qu Yuan is the trademark, loyalty to the emperor is the essence, and deceiving the ignorant people is the purpose.