At noon, seeing that his boss was in a bad mood, the little white rabbit and Liu Yan tried their best to get a plate of spicy chicken, a plate of garlic pork ribs, and a plate of spicy tripe;

The second brain was satisfied, and rewarded a wave of dopamine, and Yang Daguan's mood finally improved.

After eating, Lin Keran volunteered to fry the tea, Yang Zhu looked at the ancient trees of Badashan in the sand pot with some distress, and wanted to say to her that Pu'er is not green tea and white tea, so it is not suitable for cooking;

But looking at her serious look, and remembering the kindness that people expressed to her in the morning, she finally endured it;

Forget it, let's enjoy a different taste of Pu'er.

After dividing the tea, Yang Zhu tasted it, and sure enough, after such a boil, even if it was an ancient tree, the astringency still made people frown, if it wasn't for the astringency that was fast, he would have spit it out directly.

But not to mention, the tea of Badashan is originally bitter, after such a boiling, the taste is stronger, the bitterness is longer, in addition to the astringency, in fact, it is quite the taste of an old tea customer like Yang Zhu.

"How do you feel?" Lin Keran looked at Yang Zhu with some expectation, ignoring the others who were frowning bitterly;

"Well, don't say it, it's really different. Yang Zhu nodded.

Lin Keran was inexplicably a little happy.

Prince Lin couldn't stand the smell a little, and it took half a day to recover, in order not to be harmed by his sister again, he quickly changed the topic:

"Yang Dada, I can understand the rest of what I said this morning, but one of the reasons why you said that Western countries are wary of us is because we are the only country that uses hieroglyphics today,"

"This ...... I'm a little confused, this reason is a bit out of the way, right?"

Yang Zhu smiled:

"The sun never sets on an expert on China, named Martin Jacques, who said something that I agree with,"

"That is, [China has never been just a country, but a civilization disguised as a state];"

"If you carefully look through the general history of the world, what are the common characteristics of the other three countries that are the same four ancient civilizations?"

Prince Lin scratched his head, and didn't come up with a reason for it all of a sudden;

Yang Zhu didn't embarrass him, and said straightforwardly:

"The biggest thing these four countries have in common is that they have their own hieroglyphs, or cuneiform scripts that are transformed from hieroglyphs. ”

"The foundation of Chinese writing is pictographs, and on the basis of which ideograms have been developed; in the academic world, it is a highly developed first-class script, and it is also the only first-class script that is commonly used at present;"

"As for English, French, German, and the like, they all belong to the [phonetic script], which is academically a second-level script one level lower than Chinese characters. ”

"Many people think it's not a big deal, but the importance of words to culture/civilization is far greater than you think. ”

"Back to the original question, why did the four ancient countries that adopted hieroglyphics develop such a high level of civilization, and why did the Western countries be so wary of us because of square Chinese characters?"

"Because, to a large extent, the level of writing determines the upper limit of a civilization, and with the same development cycle and the same development environment, the country/civilization that uses the first-level script will definitely be much stronger than the country and civilization that uses the second-level script. ”

The four of them were a little confused, and they couldn't figure out what the logic was in the middle.

Yang Zhu looked at them and sighed:

"Quite simply, for two reasons"

"First, the amount of information contained in each word of Chinese far exceeds that of the second-level characters represented by English, so its communication efficiency is also far greater than that of those second-level characters;"

"When you look at traditional Chinese characters, don't you feel like looking at a painting, even if you can't recognize the character or pronounce it, you can roughly guess what it wants to express?"

The four nodded.

Yang Zhu said: "This is the place where the Chinese characters are forked!"

"There is a saying that the substructure determines the superstructure, and this sentence is also suitable for Chinese characters;"

"There are nearly 100,000 Chinese characters, but there are only about 1,000 commonly used characters, and if you can use 3,000 Chinese characters proficiently, the text information composed of them can meet 99% of your needs;"

"In English, there are currently 600,000 words, each with a very small number of words, each with its own meaning, and the Oxford Dictionary is adding new words at a rate of 1,000 to 3,000 per year;"

What does this mean, this shows that with the same reading ability, if an American needs to spend a minute reading the whole paragraph with hundreds of words, thousands of letters, to understand the content of this passage, and we may only need to spend a few seconds, read thirty or fifty words to understand what it wants to say, and if we accept the teaching method of the ancients, this passage can even be controlled within ten words. ”

"The difference in the speed of receiving information will inevitably lead to the difference in the growth rate of individual ability;"

"Therefore, Westerners will always say that we Chinese people are smart, cunning, and capable, but in fact, it is nothing more than the fact that our current information storage capacity is higher than theirs."

"When the growth rate of all members of a country exceeds that of another country, even if this growth rate is only 10% higher, it will cause qualitative change, not to mention that the growth rate brought by traditional Chinese characters is far more than 10%;"

"At this time, do you think those Western countries will be afraid?"

"If you still can't understand it, you can imagine that there are two Galen naked PK in LOL, one increases by 10 points of offensive and defensive blood per level, and the other increases by 30 points of offensive and defensive blood per level; ”

Everyone nodded, and then they understood the power of Chinese characters.

Yang Zhu took a sip of tea:

"Second, the ability to cultivate the comprehensive quality of traditional Chinese characters. ”

"The comprehensive quality mentioned here is not the comprehensive quality in the narrow sense that you usually understand;"

"It refers to the strong exercise of everyone's willpower, emotional control, and aesthetic ability;"

"Let's start with the exercise of willpower and emotional control;"

"In the past, when I wrote, I used a brush to hang in the air and wave, requiring a positive sitting posture, concentrating, accurate pen, non-stop, and steady;"

"Anyone who has really practiced calligraphy knows that this process is comparable to standing in a military posture;"

"And if you want to take out the words and see people, it is impossible without three or five years of hard work, and then you have to practice hard for a lifetime;"

"Because in the process of writing, people must concentrate on the whole body at any time, regulate the muscles and mental strength of the whole body, and if you exercise like this for a long time, the resilience of willpower and the ability to manage emotions will inevitably be greatly enhanced;"

"So if you look closely, a true calligraphy lover and someone who has practiced calligraphy for more than three years will definitely not be so impetuous;"

"And we all know that unless you are a real professional, after a person enters the society, the real core competitiveness lies in the attitude of doing things and the tenacity of the heart, rather than the superficial knowledge learned in college. ”

"And then there's the aesthetic ability;"

I remember Mr. Ma said that with the breakthrough and development of artificial intelligence, in the next 30 years, if young people have skills in philosophy, literature and fine arts, they may not even be able to find a job. ”

"I agree with this sentence,"

"If there is really a day when artificial intelligence participates in social work on a large scale, quantum computers must have been popularized; from sweeping the floor and cooking to make ledgers, to scientific research and development to do experiments, these mechanical and rational jobs will be replaced by robots;"

"As for us humans, before AI really becomes a [human], except for a very small number of management positions, only these creative jobs can be done. ”

"Therefore, even if Western countries want to [de-globalize], under this historic wave of technological innovation, they have to let AI intervene in society on a large scale;"

"In this case, unless they intend to go to war, they must compete with us in the cultural industry in order to preserve a ground for their people to survive;"

"At this time, another layer of power of traditional Chinese characters is revealed;"

"You must know that in the Chinese tradition, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are juxtaposed, and [book] and [painting] are even more integrated;"

"Because traditional Chinese characters are originally based on hieroglyphs, it looks like a painting in itself, and when calligraphy is practiced to a certain stage, it is necessary to write out its own charm to be considered a small success, at this time, it is a matter of course to paint;"

"And we all know that the most important thing in art is [rhyme], otherwise Van Gogh's graffiti would not be regarded as a treasure, and those lifelike sketches painted by no one cares;"

"Moreover, if we are confronted with dozens of traditional Chinese characters with different shapes and charms like paintings every day, under the cultivation of this atmosphere, will our artistic aesthetic baseline be higher than that of Western countries?"

"Moreover, we have nearly 100,000 traditional Chinese characters, and when we study traditional Chinese characters in depth, when we look at those pictographic materials that reflect life, nature, behavior, and primitive philosophy, do we have a greater chance of touching a certain string in our brains, so as to give birth to some philosophical or literary insights?"

"Hey......

"Think about it, our knowledge and information reception speed is faster than that of Westerners, if our comprehensive quality and foundation are still higher than Westerners, and the time is a little longer, how do you let them mix?"

"That's why they're jealous of us because of the kanji!"

..................

After Yang Zhu finished speaking, several people were a little dumbfounded, it seemed that what he said was very reasonable, but they felt that these were completely brain-opening, and they were a little uncertain for a while.

After Yang Zhu YY, he was very proud, but then sighed again:

"It's a pity ......"

The little white rabbit looked at the somewhat depressed face of his boss and asked, "BOSS, what is the pity?"

Yang Zhu scratched his head, then sneakily glanced around, but didn't find the crab claws, and then said:

"Since the history books of our China, until now, culture is suffering from the sixth crisis, you should all know, right?"

The Lin brothers and sisters shook their heads, and the little white rabbit raised his hand: "I've heard you say it five times before, but why is it that you are facing the sixth crisis now?"

Prince Lin suddenly humbly asked: "Wan Jing, what are the first five times?"

The little white rabbit recalled slightly, and then recited it:

"The first cultural crisis, after the First Emperor unified the six countries, because of the formation of a unified country, there was no stimulation of the current situation; at the same time, because the First Emperor did not like too many factionalists' hands to reach out to the court, so the situation of a hundred schools of thought contending abruptly stopped, but the boss said that this crisis is not serious, at most the doctrines of each faction have entered the opposition from the court;"

"The second cultural crisis is the Western Han Dynasty's "exclusive respect for Confucianism", since then Confucianism has flourished, almost squeezing out the soil for the survival of a hundred schools, and Huaxia has become the Confucian [Yiyantang], without the original activity;

"The third cultural crisis was the death of the Southern Song Dynasty, after 100,000 people committed suicide by jumping into the sea;

"The boss said that although the sentence of the island people [since the Song Dynasty, there is no Huaxia] is very difficult to hear, but strictly speaking, it is still a little bit touched;"

"The death of Yashan is a very serious blow to the culture of China. ”

"The fourth cultural crisis was the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and under the means of taming slaves, the Chinese culture inevitably suffered from hypochondriasis, and was severely cut from below, and since then all kinds of dross have emerged one after another, and there are even cultural tragedies such as the literary prison and the burning of the Siku Quanshu; this crisis has dealt a blow to the Chinese culture no less than Yashan, and even more so. ”

"As for the fifth cultural crisis, everyone is also very clear that during the period from 1840 to the founding of the People's Republic of China, the whole of China suffered from serious self-doubt and began the process of total self-denial and total respect;"

Among them, the Chinese characters that are the foundation of Chinese culture were almost abolished and changed to all Latin, BOSS said, if it were not for the famous linguist Zhao Yuanren who wrote the "Homophone", maybe the Chinese characters would really be abolished, from this point of view, although the public does not know much about Mr. Zhao Yuanren, but his credit is enough to shine in the annals of history. ”

Since then, our cultural pride has disappeared, from [contempt for barbarians] to [looking up to foreign adults], and has begun a cultural inferiority complex for more than 100 years. ”

After the little white rabbit finished speaking, the Lin brothers and sisters nodded, they all knew these things, but they didn't generalize.

Yang Zhu looked around cautiously, and finally deliberately skipped a more serious cultural crisis, and said:

"The sixth cultural crisis is now,"

"We are now surrounded by all kinds of Western cultural products and ideas, and with the efforts of certain foreign forces and the leading party, we even breathe with the taste of the West;"

"At the same time, some of our younger generation already have a tendency to gradually bananaize, while the backbone of the whole society still takes it for granted and does not feel that there is anything wrong, and even the banana of the middle generation is more serious than that of the younger generation;"

"Many people don't know anything about their country's history and traditional culture, and they even regard the bloody drama of the Qing Palace as the official history,"

"It's ridiculous to talk about foreign masterpieces, Western philosophy, and European and American economic theories all day long;"

"Different cultural genes and different unspoken rules of social operation; the Western one, whether it is literature, social research reports, or market economy theories, which one can really gain a firm foothold on the soil of China?"

"In behavior, if those experiences were really useful, we would not be counting sheep, but we would be more and more energetic;"

"In terms of management, if those theories were really useful, those small and medium-sized companies that used the super M model and JIT model would not even sell their underwear;

"In terms of market economics, if those theories in Europe and the United States could be useful, McKinsey & Company, the world's No. 1 consultant, would not have failed repeatedly after receiving a lot of money from a group of funders, and finally had to leave China in disgrace......"

"There are countless such cases, but the funny thing is that Chinese people still don't want to be sober, and they are still superstitious about the so-called [authority] abroad;"

"Hey......"

"At the end of the day, it's the lack of cultural self-confidence that is to blame;"

"Because of the lack of cultural self-confidence, some people compare themselves to each other in order to satisfy their ridiculous vanity;"

"Because of their lack of cultural self-confidence, some people fantasize about being [upper-class people] all day long, and they are still boasting about the Internet; they are more proficient in bags, makeup, luxury goods, and entertainment gossip than anyone else, as if they have mastered incredible skills, but you ask her a little bit of history and cultural knowledge, and they don't know anything;"

"Ask her who the first emperor of China was, and she told you that it was Yongzheng;"

"Ask her who wrote [Last Night's Rain] and she told you that it was her idol;"

"Ask her what the four major inventions are, and she'll tell you they're smartphones, face masks, plastic surgery, and beauty cameras;"

"This kind of thing...... If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, would you have believed it!?"

"Not to mention what regards Hanfu as a strange costume, what foreign air is full of the smell of freedom, and the ultimate goal of life is to get a U.S. green card, these disgusting and sad things;"

"But ......"

"Our inheritance has been broken;"

"Our learning institutions are still looking at the West;"

"Our public opinion environment is still eager for quick success, and many companies are still fishing for redeye with half bait;"

"Even the root of our culture, Chinese characters, has been cut and no longer looks like they were;"

"When [relatives are not seen], [love is heartless], [production is not born], [face is not wheat], ......"

"How difficult is our cultural revival......"

"If we are still so distorted and chaotic internally at a time when the external environment is tense,"

"The slightest carelessness is chaos;"

"Therefore, we can only use various means and cultural works to let the public see the shining points of Chinese culture,"

"I also hope that through the method of comparing the current situation at home and abroad, everyone will begin to reflect, gradually regain cultural self-confidence, and gradually reverse these distorted values......"

"At the same time, in order to win us enough time for [self-healing], I will tell Chairman Lin about my plan, so that our main opponent will be on fire and have no time to look outside......"

PS: This chapter is some of the feelings after seeing a certain book friend's question last night, because of some reasons that everyone knows, many places dare not spread out, and I can't finish it for a while;

The words of the family, don't go to the heart, forgive me!

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