No matter what the situation, it is more harmful to compromise one's beliefs than to adhere to them
...er point of view, we may understand the issue more profoundly and may not insist on our biased beliefs. It is a fact that china is in advance in nearly every aspect of other nations before 12th or 13th century, such a belief was deeply rooted in our federal ruling class even in 18th century when the western world had already do better in the field of science and democracy than us. So when a British military office want show us a advanced warship, our minister paid no attention to it. It is a popular phenomenon then, even the QianLong emperor refused the advise of constructing a commercial relationship with western society. Probably he was thinking to protect the purity of our culture, which is still a problem many leaders are thinking today, but at the same time, he had also neglect the importance of communication with other nations. So when imperialist invaded our nation with their advanced military machine in the 19th century, we found ourselves vulnerable. Secondly, if what we believe in is truth, we should guard them no matter in what situation. Bruno is a good example, despite realizing that adhere to his belief that earth goes around the sun will brought great danger to him, he refused to make any compromise with the Inquisition, because he knew his theory was grounded. And at last, he chose to sacrifice to the truth and receives high appreciation today. In addition, we should not adhere to those beliefs that have proved to be wrong or are n...