There was a lot of comment on Chen Blei's death at the time ofthe "Stone" dispute , so there is no need to come hereagain. However, despite the advantages and disadvantages of variousdiscussions, most of them are limited to the list of surface incentives, andpolitics is rarely viewed from the perspective of Chen as anintellectual. I always think that among these people, Chen Blei is more orless a typical example, from which we can pry into the psychological confusionof these politicians and the social and cultural background on which theydepend. This article shows a picture that focuses on the personal conflictbetween Chen's Tao and Shi.

Why "Hong Dao" must be "choose"

Chen Blei is an authentic scholar. He taught books, edited newspapers, andeven taught books and edited newspapers. Since 1921, he has been aneditorial author for the Commercial Daily. During the Great Revolution,the pseudonym "Wei Lei" became famous in Jiangnan for mocking Beiyangwarlords. He has repeatedly stated that becoming a journalist is hislifelong desire. So why would such a famous journalist give up literatureand devote himself to politics and to Chiang Kai-shek's ghostwriting work?

To solve this mystery, it seems that we should start with the relationshipbetween "Tao" and "Teacher" that exist among Chineseintellectuals.

One of the basic characteristics of intellectuals is that they do not rely on atangible material existence, but an invisible inner belief-theTao. Studies by contemporary Western sociologists have shown that theemergence of the intellectual class in the four ancient civilizations of theworld, whether China, India, Greece, or Hebrew, is closely related to some kindof "philosophical breakthrough." "Philosophicalbreakthrough" means that a symbolic system of national values