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issue 36 人的伟大只能由后人决定
麻烦帮我改改,谢谢。
我是刚入门,希望能得到前辈的帮助。
Cao Xueqin, the author of the novel The Dream of Red Mansions, which is the most famous masterpiece in the art history in China, led an arduous life all his life and died in obsecurity. The though-provoking novel was forbidden to publish by the government of Dynasty of Qing, but now it was honored and researched by millions of experts as well as ordinary readers. Consquently, we could maintain the issue that the greatness of individuals always be recognized by those who live after them, not by their contemporaries.
It is a tremendous difficult work for us to summarize the number of the great men who have a great reputation after their frustrated life. And then a question occurs to all of us is that why could not the greatness be decided or recognized by the contemporaries?
In the first place, one of the most important reasons might be that the great men always go ahead of the time. They are forerunner who cultivates the ordinaries to be self-conscious to fight for their right or prompt them to get a new perspective towards the whole world and society. Or maybe he is an artist with advanced skills, whose works could not be accepted at that time. All of them as well as their works are doomed to be respected and honored by descendants.
In a second place, some great men’s contribution in educating the citizens to struggle for themselves offended the government or the authority’s vested interests and hence to be defamed or arrested by the government.
Copernicus, who challenged the theory of geocentric proposed by Atristotle, undermining the foundations of the rule of the Catholic, was sentenced to be killed in fire. However, his theory was wildly spread and bequeathed as the priceless legacy for our whole civilization.
Furthermore, the greatness could not be recognized partly due to the disadvantage of the science and technology. As we all know, Da Vinci had designed the models of airplane, submarine, spacecraft and so on at 18th century. But it could not be accepted by the majority of persons, let alone be put in practice. And therefore until recently, his talent in engineering has been admired by contemporaries.
The example that mentioned above are all in scientific and arts fields. In politics and social life, the greatness should be tested by time and long term practice, too.
The democracy was considered to be devil at the very beginning it originated. Authoritarian government persecuted and killed the great fighters who were appealing the mass to rebel the oppression. After all, the spirits of democracy was spread into every corner in the world and the heroes will be memorized by all of us sincerely.
As it stands, for numerous reasons, the greatness will not be decided or recognized by the contemporaries but by those who live after them. We can reap a lot of benefit not only the contribution the forerunner left to us, but also the spirit they fought unrelentingly for liberty, freedom, truth, democracy and so on. The greatness will be memorized and honored by all of us generation after generation. |
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