The totalitarian regime deployed daunting police force to stop a sea of candlelights from appearing in Victoria Park. However, the action of Hong Kong people spoke louder than words. Where there are people, there are lights. When Victoria Park was cordoned off, Hong Kong people went back to the streets, switching on the torch on their cell phone. Lights and lamps were all over the place on both sides of the wall, and even outside Hong Kong, way more glittering than those in the past, because in dark ages, the candlelight persisting in flickering in the truth was exceptionally glaring.

To the unwavering who are forced to “tang ping” ：

While the social movement is slackening off, you are still standing up straight and tall rather than kneeling down. So, you are forced to “tang ping”. The article Tang Ping Means Justice says, “Tang ping is a move made by wise men; tang ping is the standard of judgement on everything on earth.” I can’t but leverage the “tang ping lifestyle” to fight against the totalitarian regime negatively. As there is no room for making any move temporarily, let’s lie motionless on the stony ground for a while.

Forget the course you have to wade through and stop being the bellwether to take “tang ping” as a way to fight on. It is not a bad idea at all to slack off a bit this way and take a little rest in the life-long journey. For the general public, in terms of the contribution from all of you, you are taller than the Himalayas even when you lie flat.

Remember that knowledge is power, and our souls need chicken soup. As Fung Hei-kin (a columnist of this publication) reminds us all, if one goes for the “tang ping lifestyle”, one has to avoid being sluggish in learning and suffering from depression, make this period of time as short as possible, and stand up straight and tall again when the time is right!

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