"History is always repeating itself", which is often regarded as the standard by us. In fact, history has become a fait accompli, and it is meaningless to simply dwell on it. The practical significance of reading history lies in gaining useful experiences and lessons for the present and the future.
"History will always be strikingly similar, but it will not be simply repeated", which is the natural law of the development of things and also a philosophical dialectics. This similarity is similar in form, but not exactly the same. It is not advisable to ignore this similarity and regularity, and the mechanical copying of metaphysics is also unscientific.
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Hegel's words and Du Mu's Epang Palace Fu show that Qin people were too busy to mourn for themselves, and later people mourned for them. This sentence has the same effect, but it also makes future generations lament that future generations do not learn lessons.
Qin people haven't had time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourn him; If future generations mourn him but don't learn from him, it will only make future generations mourn this future generation again.
Take history as a mirror. We should not only remember history, but also learn from it. The history of the Qing dynasty tells us that if we want to develop, we must open to the outside world; Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China tells us that the only way to avoid being invaded is to develop military power;
The rapid development of China's economy tells us that only cooperation and sharing can promote common economic development, and no country's development only depends on its own strength. Only by taking history as a mirror, finding the correct development direction from history and strengthening the road can we write a new history and create a brilliant chapter.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Hegel