First of all, the questioner set us a trap, a psychological hint, that is, few people read and recite classics now. I believe that when most people saw this problem, they immediately fell into the trap, and an idea came into their minds, that is, people today are not as good as the ancients, and there were more people reading and holding classics in ancient times. But is this really the case?
We know that in ancient society, the proportion of people who could read and write was very low, and most of them were illiterate. These people are basically impossible to read and write, so we can rule them out first. And how many people who could read and write in ancient times could really read and recite? I dare not jump to conclusions and believe that the questioner has no statistical data to support it.
Therefore, even if it can't be concluded that there are more people reading and reciting than the ancients, at least it can't be concluded that there are fewer people reading and reciting than the ancients, not to mention that the population today is far more than the ancients. In this way, the questioner's question is simply untenable.
This reminds me of my primary school, junior high school and senior high school teachers. They always say, look at you, you are not as good as your seniors at all. Look at you, you are not as good as your junior classmates at all.
The teacher's evaluation made us ashamed for many years, and we always felt that we were the worst group of people, even close to the existence of school scum and scum. But later, it was found that our senior three and our junior three were just like this. The teachers of senior three and junior three kept calling them inferior and inferior to each other.
Only then did we realize that all the teachers in the world are the same and all the students in the world are the same, which made us ashamed for many years.
The questioner's question is the same. In fact, there is no difference between the ancients and the present people in moral level, cultivation and hard work. They are all bustling mortals running for their mouths. On the one hand, the stories of ancient sages we heard when we were young do not rule out the brushwork in the Spring and Autumn Period of later generations; on the other hand, those sages are rare after all. The ancients were not all saints, but mostly people like you and me.
In addition, a very bad tendency has been found on the Internet in recent years. Many people deliberately dig holes and bury mines in the problem, making all kinds of negative psychological hints and psychological induction, which will make us feel that we are not as good as the ancients, foreigners and animals.
I saw an article from the media before, and the specific plot was forgotten. It seems that one dog died, and then another dog stood by. Then the author commented that dogs are so affectionate and much better than people. The following is a compliment, as if everyone thinks they are not as good as pigs and dogs.
There is only one purpose for these people to dig holes and bury mines, that is, to belittle ourselves and make us all kneel down. His behavior is hateful and his heart can be punished!
So I suggest that when you see the problem of digging holes and burying mines again, you should first think about whether the other party's hints are correct, instead of being dragged into the ditch by the questioner (you can know that everyone was dragged into the ditch by other answers to this question).
I only hope that the questioner of this question made an unintentional mistake, and did not intentionally dig a hole and bury a mine to mislead everyone.