公元555年,西魏军队攻陷江陵城。绝境之中的梁元帝命人将所藏古今图书14万卷聚而焚之,凄然长叹:“读书万卷,犹有今日!”梁元帝焚书是中国文化史上最大的浩劫之一。后世读书人每当念此,固然要对梁元帝切齿愤恨,但对其焚书背后的“读书无用”却不能不作出回应。有人驳斥他不忠不孝、不仁不智,书籍何关其国破家亡?有人批评他死读书、读死书,“虽文籍满腹,何救 In 555 AD, the Western Wei Army captured Jiangling City. In the desperate scene, Emperor Liang Yuandian collected 140,000 volumes of ancient and modern books and burned it, and sighs sadly: ”Reading volumes, still today! “ Liang Yuandi burning books is one of the greatest catastrophe in the history of Chinese culture. Later generations of scholar each time read this, though to Liang Yuandi teeth grudges, but the book behind the book ”reading useless “ but can not but respond. Some people dismissed his unfaithfulness and filial piety, unscrupulous, and how the country was destroyed? Some criticized him for being dead and studying for death, ”although"