Debate of the International College Students Debate Competition: 200 1 Semifinal 1: It is desirable (not desirable) for heroes to succeed or fail. National University of Singapore vs.
Wu Tian: Thank you, Chairman, judges, other debaters and everyone present. Good evening everyone. The ancients said, "Green plums cook wine and talk about heroes." Tonight we talk about heroes with theory as the medium and debate as the wine. In ancient times, there were heroes of success or failure. Li Bai said in a poem: "The king of Qin swept the six rivers, and the tiger was powerful." With swords, the princes came to the west. The "ancient style" in the Biography of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty says, "A brave man is a real man, and you should not judge a hero by success or failure." Although the trip was unsuccessful, Wang Ming was in the eyes and ears. Be a brave man, don't judge success or failure by heroism. It can be seen that the theory of success or failure heroes has existed since ancient times. However, the topic of the times should have the significance of the times. Today, regarding heroes as success or failure is no longer a method or standard, but as a statement and a kind of value exists in our times. It is advisable to talk about heroes by success or failure, that is, to discuss whether this proverb is desirable in today's times. There is not only one kind of values in our time, and the concept of heroes based on success or failure will inevitably be coordinated and restricted by other values in our society, so as to show its essence and use it for us. This is the realistic basis of its desirability. The merit of this kind of values lies in linking success with heroes. Heroes are not simple people, nor heroic badges, nor cold tombstones. It represents a symbol of spirit, a national flag and an example for the people. The value of heroes based on success or failure lies in turning people's pursuit of success into a spiritual pursuit, inspiring people to make positive progress and strive for progress. The desirability of heroes based on success or failure is also reflected in its wide practical significance. Because as a value, he encourages the whole society to learn from heroes and pursue success. The times call for heroes, the society encourages success, and the nation can progress and the society can develop. Today, the trend of globalization is unstoppable. If we don't succeed, where will we stand? In the information age, local culture has been strongly challenged. Without heroes, how can future generations be proud to be China people? Pursuing success and encouraging heroes is the symbol of our times and the value orientation that our times need. Heroes of the times pursue success, and times succeed in pursuing heroes. Thank you all.
The other side argued:
Jiangge: Thank you, Chairman. Good evening, judges. The ancients also said that "the name is irregular and the words are not smooth." Only by clearly defining the concept can we have a meaningful debate. According to the authoritative Modern Chinese Dictionary, success or failure is relative to specific goals. Success, failure. A hero refers to a person who can arouse the lofty feelings of others with his outstanding talents and qualities. The so-called success or failure hero means that success is a hero and failure is not a hero. We think this view is not desirable for two reasons. First, we can't talk about a plump and vivid hero with a comprehensive and rigid theory of success or failure, so this view is wrong in theory. Whether a gifted hero can achieve external success depends on objective factors such as weather, geographical location and human harmony. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was loyal to the country, but he was good at writing and martial arts. But because I was born at the wrong time, I didn't meet a wise master, so I had to die in the stormy pavilion with unpaid ambitions. It is precisely because success or failure contains objective factors that are independent of human will, such as weather, geographical location, people and so on. We will respect those tragic heroes who show awe in the face of failure. When Zhou Yu, who was heroic and spirited, felt helplessly, "You were born with Yu, so why should you know?" Can we deny that he is a hero? Can we deny that Wen Tianxiang, who was defeated and captured, was a hero when he sang "Who has never died since ancient times, leaving his heart in history"? Heroes are also flesh and blood. In the process of pursuing various goals, they have both success and failure. Success or failure is only temporary, and only the spirit beyond success or failure can better show the true colors of heroes. If you take a rigid success or failure ruler, how can you expect energy to draw the heroic spirit that makes the gods cry? Secondly, the viewpoint of success or failure as a hero exaggerates the utilitarian meaning unilaterally, so it is harmful in practice. It tempts people to achieve their goals by any means. As long as a person succeeds, no matter how despicable the means, he can still get the title of hero. In this way, there is brilliant and wise traction before, and then driven by rolling interests. "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."
From chapter 129 of Biography of Historical Records of Huo Zhi by Sima Qian, a famous historian and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. It means that all the people in the world are tired and are rushing for their own interests. This also fully illustrates Sima Qian's understanding of money. Sima Qian was implicated in the Liling incident and was sentenced to death. He couldn't afford to buy himself, so he had to be imprisoned. What will this utilitarian world become? It's really hard to imagine It is precisely because of the mistakes of the above two concepts of success or failure that we think it is not advisable to talk about heroes by success or failure.
Positive debate speech:
Zheng Zihao: Thank you, Madam President. Hello. Let me first point out two mistakes made by other students. First, logically, "desirable" means desirable on our side, but it is not the same as plagiarism. "Not welcome" means not welcome on the other side. The other party must demonstrate this sentence, no matter from which angle or level, it is not worth learning and accepting. Second, the other party takes success or failure as a concrete method and applies it to the practice of real life, but please don't forget that what we are going to do today is value judgment, not fact judgment. First, at the personal level, the desirability of this value lies in his advocacy of success and encouragement for people to pursue success. Discuss heroes by success or failure, and encourage people to pursue all-round personal development in order to achieve the goal of self-improvement and harmony. The so-called all-round development is the promotion of knowledge connotation and the continuous enrichment of personality spirit. A meaningful life lies in what to pursue, but on this long road, people always hope to be encouraged and promoted. And what we advocate is this value orientation of pursuing success. Starting from the right starting point and even reaching the goal, you can get some encouragement and evaluation, which is the driving force for progress. Second, the desirability of this value is also reflected in its role in promoting the development of the country. From individuals to countries, they all pursue the same truth of advocating success. When the country advances at the speed of development, the strength of the people becomes extremely important, and the positive significance of advocating success as a value orientation lies in advocating the creation of mainstream ideology through a spirit, the coexistence of multiple values, and seeking common ground while reserving differences. In the pluralistic values, the people are the cornerstone of the country. Only when all the people have the belief of * * *, can the country continue to develop and maintain its sustainable competitive advantage. The desirability of this value at the social level is manifested in the social values that can be successfully shaped, advocated, encouraged and pursued, and become the value orientation of social thoughts and the guiding direction of social behavior. The existence of values is not only manifested in some specific behaviors, but also a spiritual essence that is recognized and accepted by everyone and can be widely promoted in society. Individuals need success, because individuals need self-realization, and countries need success, because countries need the country to enrich the people and strengthen the country. Our society encourages success because it needs a hero's example. Thank you all.
The second debate speech of the opposition party:
Ding Yuan: Thank you, Madam President. Hello. From the first debate to the second debate, the other side told us that their views today are only to prove that it is desirable to talk about heroes by success or failure. However, there are some advantages, which means there are also some shortcomings and some shortcomings. If something desirable is desirable, does it mean that something undesirable is undesirable? So when other students prove your point of view, do they also prove our point of view as a premise? Furthermore, desirability refers to whether this thing is desirable? Today, the other classmate's suit also has a Baise place, which is the school badge on his chest, but can we say that the other classmate's suit is white? That's not lying with your eyes open. In fact, the biggest shortcoming of heroes in terms of success or failure is that they can't distinguish heroes. I can prove this from three aspects. First, from the perspective of success, if success is a hero, we can draw the conclusion that Chen Shimei, who is married, is a hero. Isn't a poor scholar's dream of "being the top scholar in the wedding night" a success? Hitler was a hero at the beginning of World War II. He established the Third Reich and swept Europe with his iron hoof. Didn't he successfully occupy Denmark in one day and defeat France in 40 days? As for Qin Gui in the Southern Song Dynasty, he is a rare hero. He succeeded in becoming prime minister, got rid of Yue Fei and betrayed the country. But I want to ask other students, do you really think these people are heroes? Secondly, in terms of failure, failure is not a hero, and a conclusion can be drawn. Jing Ke is no longer a hero, because his two major goals: assassinating Ying Zheng and forcing Qin to negotiate peace, both ended in failure. Bruno is no longer a hero, because he failed to convince people at that time that Heliocentrism escaped the Inquisition. Since the Revolution of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen has not been a hero. The second revolution failed, the national protection movement failed, and the national protection movement still failed. Didn't the Prime Minister's will also say that "comrades still have to work hard after the revolution has not been successful"? But I also want to ask other students, are they really not heroes? Thirdly, success or failure, as a relative concept, always exists in certain competition, and the success of one competitor means the failure of another. So we can draw the third conclusion that the result of any game is heroes and bears. Then, in Homer's Trojan War and the ten-year battle between Kingo and Ma Tie, Achilles, the leader of the Greek allied forces, was not a hero, and Hecktor, the leader of the defeated Trojan army, was not a hero? Then Chu and Han fought for the Central Plains. Isn't Liu Bang, who founded the Han Dynasty, a hero, and the overlord of the place of Chu who committed suicide in Wujiang River? Therefore, there are three kingdoms in Wei Shuwu, and heroes come forth in large numbers. Is Sima Shi a real hero just because the latter three belong to Jin? How can future generations lament that "heroes in the world are enemies, Cao Ru"? Visible, according to other students' point of view, the hero's success or failure, the result can only be a fake hero, true heroes have fallen, it is clearly a hero cherish diamond cut diamond, but also to tell the outcome. Whether such a standard is desirable is a question of public opinion.
Nanxiangzi Dengjingkou Gu Beiting is pregnant.
Where to see China, you can see the beautiful Gu Bei Building. How many things have ups and downs, long years. The Yangtze River stretches as far as the eye can see.
I was too young to stop fighting in the southeast. Who is the world hero? Cao Liu. Children should be like Sun Zhongmou.
① Nanxiangzi: Inscription name. Jingkou: Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province today. Gubei Pavilion is located on the isolated hill in the northeast of Zhenjiang, close to the Yangtze River and surrounded by water on three sides. (2) Shenzhou: refers to China, here refers to the occupied area of the Central Plains occupied by Jin people.
3 rise and fall: refers to the rise and fall of the country and the replacement of dynasties.
4 excellent: long-term.
⑤ Pocket: helmet, here refers to soldiers. Hey, that's mó u. Wandouwan: hordes.
⑥ Sit away: occupy and separate.
General idea:
Where can I see the Central Plains? On the North Drum Tower, there are beautiful scenery everywhere, but there is still no sight of the Central Plains. How many countries have risen and fallen since ancient times? I don't know. Too old. Only the water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and it will never end. What we can see today is the Yangtze River. How many ups and downs have passed.
When he was young, Sun Quan became the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. He was able to dominate the southeast and persist in the war of resistance. He never gives in to the enemy. Who is Sun Quan's opponent? Only Cao Cao and Liu Bei. No wonder Cao Cao said, "If you have children, you should be like Sun Zhongmou."
Three affirmative arguments:
Fu Xin: Thank you, Chairman. Hello. First of all, I want to point out two points to my opponent: first, my opponent interprets the theory of success or failure heroes, but he still sees the surface of knowledge and does not see the inside. When he sees the word success or failure, he will use it to evaluate the heroes in the world, but he turns a blind eye to the value orientation of pursuing success advocated behind him. We also have a saying: "Send a goose feather a thousand miles away, the gift is light and the affection is heavy". Is it really necessary for the most argumentative person to pull out a goose feather when meeting everyone? Second, the other debater thinks that once the values of pursuing success are respected, utilitarianism will prevail. But I don't know which of our debaters said that we don't want the values of truth, goodness and beauty. Human behavior has always been the result of the interaction of various values. We in Singapore encourage filial piety, but our boys in Singapore have not stopped being soldiers. Below, I will further elaborate the value desirability of heroes based on success or failure from three aspects. First, from the perspective of values, the meaning of success has been expanded. Because at this time, success also includes the value orientation of pursuing success, not simply realizing personal goals, but also including positive significance to society. Second, advocating heroic values based on success or failure can break the old and establish the new, and evaluate people with a more fair and objective concept. Some people used to talk about heroes and look at their origins: Laozi is a hero and Laozi is a reactionary bastard-such values have been popular for some time. From the traditional point of view, some people will never be heroes, but as long as they pursue success, they are the heroes that our times need. Thirdly, the desirability of success or failure value as a hero is also reflected in its special significance to losers. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said: "Our society should give losers a chance to succeed again." I want to ask everyone here, who hasn't tasted failure? But because of this, do we give up the pursuit of success? The value of pursuing success makes us not spit on the loser, but encourage him to continue pursuing success. The four debaters of the other side may really regard success or failure as floating clouds, but why do they have to say "success or failure is at stake" to the aspirant? Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that one has no courage to pursue success. It's not terrible to be content with being plain. The terrible thing is that our whole society is content with dullness and no longer pursues success. The heroic world that no longer pursues success is a hypocritical world. Thank you.
The other side's three arguments:
Lei Yu: First, let's look at another student's logic. Another student said that it is desirable for them to list a little advantages today, but it is not undesirable for us to list a lot of disadvantages. Is this called "only state officials can set fires, but people can't light lamps"? If the other classmate must ask us today, is there any merit? I said yes, where is it? This can make everyone realize how harmful it is to talk about heroes from the perspective of success or failure. Let's see how other students demonstrate. Other students have two arguments. First of all, if you don't succeed, you don't succeed, so you should judge a hero by success or failure. Let's think about it. If the hero doesn't eat, the hero will become a ghost hero. Then can we judge heroes by their appetite and see who eats more? Another classmate also told everyone to pursue success and encourage success. However, does encouraging and pursuing success mean judging heroes by success or failure? Our society also encourages everyone to get rich, but can we treat heroes as rich and poor? If possible, why did Wang Bo say, "Be poor and strong, and never fall into the blue sky"? In fact, the problem of other students today is that they are not clear about the examination questions. What is a success or failure hero? In other words, a person is a hero if he succeeds, but not a hero if he fails. Then let's think about it, many heroes have the shadow of success, and we don't object, but which ordinary person hasn't had a little success? If heroes and ordinary people have success, how can we define heroes only by success? On the other hand, which hero has not failed at all? If he fails, he is not a hero. Then, besides knowing Almighty God, can other students find out even a hero in the world? In the face of today's competitive society, we find that if we advocate the theory of heroes by success or failure, we will only encourage everyone to succeed by hook or by crook. Why are business frauds repeatedly banned, doping scandals in sports are endless, and plagiarism in academic circles is getting worse. In the final analysis, people think that as long as they succeed, all problems can be covered up under the aura of heroes. In the face of all kinds of evil consequences in the practice of judging heroes by success or failure, can other students tell you that this view is desirable? Throughout the ages, how many great achievements of swallowing mountains and rivers have vanished in smoke under the scouring of time, and how many rock-solid imperial foundations have collapsed under the scouring of history. The success or failure of a hero is often like a meteor across the sky. What makes us cry can only be their lofty spirit and heroism beyond success or failure. Thank you all.