I once read Sheng Hong's article "Poetry is just his pastime". In today's polarized and turbulent world, what needs to be persisted in and what should be given up. Can be used as a reference.
What is more important than employing people in governing a country are basic values. Su Shi said: "The reason why a country survives or falls depends on the depth of morality, not on the strong or the weak; the reason why the country is strong or weak depends on the thickness of the customs, not on the rich or poor." The so-called "morals" and "customs" here refer to the most basic spiritual values, as well as the social order and economic and political systems based on these values. Poverty and wealth, strength and weakness are just the material appearance of a society. If we only pursue superficial wealth and undermine basic spiritual values, we will actually undermine the foundation of a country.
Machine-translated from the Chinese original 诗词只是他的消遣———苏轼的坚持 (published 2020-08-12). WeChat original ↗