the Old Summer Palace During time in Beijing, I had been to visit the Old Summer Palace. My previous impression of this place just came from the books and movies. Walking in this garden myself, I could feel a strong comparison, the lonely ruin stand still surrounded by great overgrown trees, seemed speak something to people passed by. Looking around, no building is undamaged. From these ruin, you still can imange how glory they were. I didn't know what the inside feeling of these aggressors when they plundered recklessly and set fire here. Did they even feel a little guilt? I do not want to write more ont how cruel aggressors are. Everyone have known this fact already. When I saw recovery model what this place look like before destroying, I was totally astonished. How big work it was. The emperors really knew how to enjoy their life. How many ancient Chinese people had joined in this work and how many of them had died in this work? How many broken families at that time? How many sad stories? I still remembered this scene in the movie, when the French and British soldiers attacked Beijing, the emperor just ran away with his wifies regardless of normal people's life. Gunpowder was invented by Chinese people and in the emperor's penetralium where put the advanced firearm, but they just didn't make use of these. The ruler just had a short eye sight, putting much energy on how to enjoy the life, never thought the danger from outside. As Confucius says, 人无远虑，必有近忧。（A man without distant care must have near sorrow, is this right which I found on the Internet) So for a county or a person, if we don't do anything to improve ourself and just seek ease and comfort life. No matter how strong you was, you will be beaten by the following. That is what we can learn from history, the high pay history.