Chapter 19 17. Tragedy

The "Bright Sword" mentioned above, at first glance, is a tragedy, but in fact, it is not a tragedy. I always think that everything that is bound to happen cannot be said to be a tragedy. For example, the sun always goes down, so it's not a tragedy when it gets dark. For another example, the end of life must be death, so natural death is not a tragedy. Many tragic events in history, if you look deeper, you can find that they are not tragedies, but events that will inevitably happen, but the parties involved do not know that things will inevitably happen. Like Yuan Chonghuan, who once resigned and retired, listened to Liu Ying with a bottle, sang poems and wine with friends, enjoyed flowers and outings, how happy; but when Chongzhen was called, he immediately went to be an official again. From the moment he left Guangdong, he His character, behavior, Chongzhen's behavior, etc., all point to the inevitable occurrence of things in the future. Sadness is sad, but it is not a tragedy.

During the Cultural Revolution, there were many, many tragic events, but such events as the Cultural Revolution were inevitable, and all tragedies were incidental and unavoidable. Suddenly, one of the tragedies occurred: a female principal surnamed Bian was beaten to death by a group of students.It's only been 40 years, and the students who committed the crime back then, now in their prime, have been thinking, why no one has come forward to confess their crimes! After reading "Bright Sword", I realized that the original idea was different. The general in "Bright Sword" did not hold grudges against the young people who treated him cruelly. On the contrary, he was very understanding of those who fell into a state of madness. The power that drove them to act like beasts was not out of themselves.

I don’t quite agree with this kind of thinking. I think it’s sad people who don’t have arms. When Principal Bian was beaten to death, would he forgive the murderer like this? Is such a great mind too great?Or was it a force that had brought about this tragedy?