Chapter 103, The Culture of Abandonment
() "Everyone is ordinary," Canglong looked at the prince and finally swept the class, "No one is born superior, but in the end, you feel that you are inferior to others, and you feel that you are more ordinary than others, but in fact, you are not thinking that you are unique in your heart."
"But you tell us your dreams, and you tell us your ideals, can they really be realized," the prince stood up, and at this moment he asked all his doubts
Hearing this, the people of Class 9 also looked at Canglong, and they were also very concerned about whether they could realize their ideals and dreams, whether these were really just ideals and dreams
"You have all received a kind of role model since you were a child, this kind of teaching, you learn this, learn that, in fact, this is not wrong in itself, because this kind of role model will establish a correct value, at least compared to those children in the West, you at least have someone to learn," Canglong said, and looked at everyone again. There's nothing wrong with learning this kind of example, but you don't have to be them, you don't have to copy their lives, if you really try to copy their lives, then you're doomed from the beginning, because only one percent of the world can be like that, and the other ninety-nine percent are still going their own way."
"Teacher Cang, don't you think you are contradictory, since you came to the present, you have taught us to stick to our own ideals, and even taught us a lesson in burning green chūn, but now I am more and more confused, and what you are telling us is also the same as our example from childhood to university, it is all a dream," the prince said, the more excited he became
At this moment, even the other students in Class 9 were in the same place, their faces were full of confusion and even a little deceived, because people in their grade had received an exemplary education since childhood, and now they were extremely disgusted with this kind of education
"No, I never taught you to copy other people's lives, what I taught you was to take your own path, from childhood to adulthood, you didn't learn the role model jīng marrow, but you have learned to copy others by yourself, so you are all confused until now, the model jīng marrow is the correct values, not to copy those example lives, just like what you are confused now, you feel that you will never be able to succeed, it feels like there is an endless mountain ahead, you want to climb over, there will never be a head, just because you are copying other people's lives, not your own lifeCanglong's tone also began to reappear
"Copy," the prince was still confused, "but even so, I have a dream, how can I have a dream, and how can I have the opportunity to realize my own value, even if I am really valuable, because I am too ordinary, what does what you said have to do with us ordinary people"
"It's a big deal," Canglong soothed his tone and paused before saying, "Just because you are used to copying, since you were a child, you didn't learn to absorb the jīng pith, but copied it, so when you grew up, you were used to copying others, even if you are rebellious now, but you are just transferring those examples from elementary school to some stars or characters in film and television dramas, so you are also copying, not learning or absorbing the jīng marrow."
"Is there any difference between copying and learning?" asked the prince again
"The difference is very big, just like the indoctrination education you are carrying out now, what you learn is just for the sake of exams, not really for your own ideals and the values you have established, so in the previous generation, you are rebellious, you are any more than them, in fact, you are no different from them, except that they are still copying the example, and you have passed on to the people outside the example," Canglong said calmly
At this moment, the entire ninth class lost its voice, and the prince sat down in a daze, he didn't know what to say for a while, although he still didn't understand what it was for him to be ordinary
"It is precisely because you copy the example instead of absorbing the jīng essence of the example and establish your own correct values, so you will have low self-esteem, because you are walking on the path of others, because your values always make you feel inferior to others, plus some tragedies in reality, so you feel that you are the most ordinary, so you hate privileges," Canglong said, and his tone was a little heavier, "In fact, if you are given the opportunity, you will enjoy the privilege as well, instead of changing this privilege, just because you can't get it, so you hate it."
This sentence made most of the people in Class 9 face change, and they felt as if they had been pricked in the heart by a needle, but they couldn't find any reason to refute it
"I just want to work hard for how to get the privilege, not think about how to change the environment and break the privilege, even if there is a rì you have successfully enjoyed the privilege, but in the end, there will still be people like you who will stand up again and finally take your position, this kind of transformation is the most terrifying" Canglong glanced at each of them coldly
Class 9 stopped talking one by one, no matter which faction it was, although Teacher Cang's words were sometimes harsh, it didn't make sense to think about it
Their parents told them that they wanted to get ahead, to change their current situation, to change their fate, not to break this privilege, but to swarm into this privilege, and finally squeeze in and stand firm, but can they really stand for a lifetime?
"In fact, there are many correct values in China's ancient modernization, but China's economic development is rapid, but the transformation is still in the feudal thinking, the so-called princes and generals Xiangning have a kind of so-called once the gold list title, and since then, the chicken dog has ascended to heaven, and these transformations have caused your current situation," Canglong looked at them, and returned to his previous cold attitude
"But what else can we learn besides learning these, everyone is copying these, everyone is for these, no one is a saint, Teacher Cang, do you dare to say that you are a saint," Tang Long suddenly said unconvinced
"It's just that you keep comparing Westernization, and you dare to say that there are no people in the West," said Ahn
"You seem to have forgotten what I just told you, the mainstream of Westernization is not to materialize, but to the nobilization of morality, on the contrary, it is Sinicization, not to the nobilization of morality, but to the vulgarization of material," Canglong said coldly, "Westerners also yearn for privileges, but that is only a very small number of people, so the West is constantly moving towards enlightenment, so they do not have the so-called concept of hating the rich, and China's people who yearn for privilege occupy ninety percent, and one percent enjoy privileges, which one do you think is more worthy of your learning, which one is more worthy of your reflection?"
At this moment, the voice of opposition has completely disappeared, if more than ninety percent of the sinicization is really not to aspire to privilege, but to the deification of the character, perhaps the so-called privilege has long disappeared, but now this society of interests is teaching everyone to move towards privilege, not to break privilege
"Sinicization is not without breaking the concept of privilege, but in the history of Confucianism dominated by China, except for Qin Shi Huang, Confucianism is singing praises for every king, so the king likes them, resulting in sinicization, which has been dominated by Confucianism for thousands of years, people believe in the gift of kings and ministers, and the king is the son of heaven, after several uprisings, several revolutions, and finally still believe in this kind of transformation, even if it comes to today's modern times," Canglong looked at them, word by word, like a needle in the heart
"And the history that you have come into contact with in modern times is basically passed down from Confucianism, so I don't like Confucianism more than Buddhism, although there are some high-definition and bright people in Confucianism, but that is only a few, they practice the courtesy of kings and ministers, so that the king can control the power of life and death, whoever wants to die, the predecessors believed in the pedantry of thousands of years, and now you still want to continue to believe in it" Canglong looked at them
The last sentence exploded in their minds like thunder, and at this moment they seemed to suddenly wake up
"If we don't believe in this, do we still believe in Westernization," although the prince was sober, he was still a little unwilling, because he could not accept Westernization, which was a traditional local concept
"You study history is not to copy someone, but to capture the details of history, give birth to your own opinions, rather than blindly being dominated by pedantic, in the Warring States Period, there are a hundred schools of thought, not just Confucianism, we now call morality, the word morality, a standard for ordinary people, but this is not from Confucianism, but from Taoism, Lao Tzu chūn, there is also a Mojia in the Hundred Families, once upon a time became the head of the hundred schools, but the Mohists did not flatter the rulers, because they opened the wisdom of the people, so they were finally replaced by Confucianism, because Confucianism will flatter the rulers, and most of their thoughts are to praise the rulers”
The "Mo Family" students were puzzled one by one, but there were still some people who had watched TV and knew some information about the Mo family
"The first law and love of the Mo family is that people should love each other, not only to relatives in the family, but also to the strangers around them, and this point is the first of the Chinese, but in the end we abandoned it, now Westerners uphold this concept, I don't say that Americans, at least most European countries, people are in harmony with each other, and treat people equally," Canglong said and said. The second is to oppose non-aggression and take the initiative to launch a war of aggression; then there is the election of the virtuous and the virtuous, regardless of the high and the low; then there is the same as the superior and the superior to serve the people and the society to promote the good and eliminate the bad; then there is the will of heaven to grasp the laws of nature; then there is the Ming ghost to respect the wisdom and experience of the predecessors instead of blindly copying them; and then there is the non-fateful grasp of one's own destiny through hard work, and so on."
"Isn't it worth us to learn from what Westerners have studied and advocated now, in fact, our ancestors understood it thousands of years ago, but unfortunately they were all abandoned by our descendants in the end."