It means that it is these national heroes who have integrity that have pushed the society forward. It shows that the spirit of the Chinese nation will never die out and runs through the whole process of the historical development of the Chinese nation.
This sentence comes from Lu Xun's essay "Have China people lost their self-confidence?": "Since ancient times, there have been people who have worked hard, people who have worked hard, people who have pleaded for their lives, and people who have sacrificed their lives to seek the law ... Although it is the so-called" official history "of genealogy for emperors, it often cannot hide their glory. This is the backbone of China."
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The sharp language of China people have lost their confidence is inseparable from the author's excellent use of parody rhetoric. Parody in Lu Xun's works is by no means a simple and mechanical imitation, but an innovative usage that imitates the ready-made word format to change words and contain new ideas.
This kind of parody rhetoric often has a certain pertinence, or imitates it as it pleases, or imitates it in the opposite direction, and can show one's unique views with the help of changing words, especially in refuting articles, which can often produce a pungent sense of humor and irony. Therefore, parody figures of speech are widely used in Lu Xun's essays, such as parody of "send-away doctrine" in "Take Doctrine".
In this article, "self-confidence" was originally a word used in the editorial of Ta Kung Pao. Lu Xun clung to this word and made a big fuss about the object, category and influence of "faith". From the beginning, he analyzed that the reactionary government had no "self-confidence" but only "faith", and then further explored the "self-deception" that was developing in connection with the recent farce of praying to God and worshiping Buddha.
from "self-confidence" to "trust" and "self-deception", it is refreshing to analyze and be alert. Because of the use of "parody" rhetoric to create three words with one word difference, the bamboo shoots are peeled off layer by layer, the logical power is strengthened step by step, and the wisdom is flashing, and the machine is full of interest, which also adds spicy irony.