Chapter 140: 231 chapters, the people in the ancient tomb

231 chapters, the people in the ancient tomb......

231 chapters, the people in the ancient tomb

Liu Guozong

An archaeologist found such a set of skeletal images in the ancient tomb: the sacrificial victims were a father and son, standing upright side by side, kneeling, with their hands bound behind their backs by an invisible rope (the rope having rotted away without trace), and their heads—one large, one small—placed before the deceased.

There was not a trace of struggle or resistance; they were neatly arranged as sacrificial offerings.

Seeing such an image, reading such words, my heart cannot help but shudder; what a pitiful father and son! In life he must have lived like an ox or horse, serving his master. When the master died, they had to follow him in death, and even after death they must continue to serve their master.

Such a life is sorrowful, and death is also sorrowful.

God said: Man――a magnificent masterpiece! How noble his reason! How great his power! How beautiful his bearing! How refined his conduct! In conduct, how like an angel! In conduct, how like a deity!

Man, the essence of the universe, the pinnacle of all creatures!

Man must not only live, but also continually create and appreciate; this may be one of the distinctions between man and beast.

If man forever lives passively, lives in humiliation, lives like a slave, lives like oxen, horses, pigs, and dogs, lives for his own private desires, what meaning does such a life have?

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