This sentence comes from an essay "Have the Chinese Lost their Self-Confidence" written by the famous Chinese writer Lu Xun during the Republic of China. The full text is as follows:
Since ancient times, we have There are people who work hard, there are people who work hard, there are people who pray for the people, there are people who sacrifice their lives to seek justice... Even though it is the so-called "official history" that is equivalent to writing genealogies for emperors, generals and prime ministers, it often cannot be concealed. Their brilliance is the backbone of China.
Original text: Since ancient times, we have had people who worked hard, people who worked hard, people who prayed for the people, and people who sacrificed their lives to seek justice... Although it is equivalent to serving emperors and generals The so-called "official history" of writers' genealogies often cannot cover up their brilliance. This is the backbone of China.
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Creative background:
After the September 18th Incident, Northeast China fell, but the bureaucratic politicians and social "celebrities" of the Chinese Kuomintang, etc. However, many "Dharma meetings" were held in Beijing and other places to pray for "relief from the national crisis."
On August 27, 1934, the influential bourgeois newspaper "Ta Kung Pao" at the time also published an editorial "Commemorating the Birthday of Confucius", spreading the defeatist argument that "Chinese people have lost their self-confidence."