The Cruel Side of Success 成功的悲人之處

Tonight, the Closing Ceremony of Beijing Olympic signified the success of China by all means.

I went into tears, but not for this reason.

I told my wife why. This is the sad side of life. Our greatest leaders, Chairman Mao and Premier Chou did not have the chance to share the joy with us.

Of course, some have said that great ones needed not to see the outcome because they were sure what would happen.

This can never be proved. It is just to comfort our sadness.

The best I can say is that great one or not, one has to do the best for the country. To have a great success is just faith only.

No matter we agree or not, China would not be so success today if not for their effort and loyal successors.

I just hope that most Chinese should keep in mind about this. Success can spoil one’s mind. Go back to history and refresh one’s mind about the failure of every dynasty that was once strong and rich.

今晚，北京奧運閉幕禮見證了中國多方面的成功。

我哭了，但不是為了這個原因。這是人生的悲哀之處。我們最偉大的領袖毛主席及周總理沒有機會與我們一起共享這個日子。

當然，有人說偉人不需要親自看到，因為他們已肯定日後的結果。

這是永遠不能證明的。這只是給我們一些安慰。

我最佳的想法就是偉大與否，一個人都要為國盡力。理想的結果只是一個信念。

無論我們贊成與否，沒有他們的努力及忠實的承繼人中國絕對不會有今日的成就。

我只希望大部份中國人都會記得這點。成功會令人頭昏。應該不斷從歷史刷新思維，記得所有失敗的朝代都曾經是強大及富盛。