Chapter 286: Speech (Medium)
The Son said that the people can make it impossible to know it. This is a sentence from the Analects of Taber, and I believe that many students in the Department of Ancient Literature know that there is a great disagreement in the academic community on the meaning of these two sentences. Different sentences will have different meanings, such as 'Zi said: The people can make it, but they can't know it.' This means that people just need to let them do things, not why they do it. Another kind of sentence is: 'The son said: 'The people may, let it be done, and if not, let it know.' The original sentence of this sentence is: 'Zi said: Xing is in poetry, standing in ceremony, and becoming happy. The people may, let it be, and not, make it known. ’
The meaning of Confucius's whole sentence is that poetry, etiquette, and music are the basis for educating the people, and we must do a good job of it, and if the people master poetry, etiquette, and music, let them play freely, and if the people still can't play these things, we must educate them, let them know and understand these things. ”
The current academic debate on this sentence stems from the ideas of Confucius and the policies of feudal emperors. As we all know, Confucius is known as an excellent educator who 'teaches without class', so from this point of view, Confucius should mean the latter. However, in order to maintain their rule, the feudal emperors deliberately distorted the meaning of this sentence into the former...... Of course, I am not a linguist, and I don't want to argue about this big issue in the academic world, after all, the old man Confucius has long passed away, and no matter how much I argue, this matter will not come to fruition.
But according to this sentence, we can see that an ordinary sentence can show two diametrically opposed meanings, which is the beauty of the Chinese language - ambiguity!"
But we can also think like this, in the era of Confucius, it was still the age when the people were not civilized, and at that time, there were hundreds of schools of thought, and everyone had different opinions, like a hundred flowers blooming. And the real purpose of each school is to find a perfect way to govern the country. Arguably. At that time, even some sages and saints may not be as good as us in modern times when looking at this world and this society, because we already have a set of relatively perfect basic standards. ”
The students below laughed.
Han Feng continued: "But during that period, there were constant quarrels between various schools, and no one could come up with a way to convince everyone, to take the simplest example, Confucianism emphasized virtue and Legalism emphasized law. Of course, there is no problem with what both schools of thought say. If this world is full of saints, then the problem can be solved without the law. If the law is perfected to a certain extent, then social stability can also be maintained. But from our current perspective, law and morality can go hand in hand. This is the limitation of the times. ”
"Because of this limitation, I think ...... Oh, here, this is completely my personal understanding, if you understand wrong, don't throw tomatoes. ”
Another burst of laughter.
"My personal understanding is that Confucius meant the former for the social environment at that time, that is, not to let the common people know why they did it, just bury their heads and work hard. Because of the social turmoil at that time, the educational resources were much worse than they are now. Therefore, if the phrase "education for all" had been mentioned at that time, it would have been regarded as a neurosis. The students laughed again, and Han Feng continued: "So at that time, the truth that the people can make it and not know it is also reasonable, and it can even be said to be very correct!"
"But with the development and progress of the times, the national strength has increased. The thirst for talent and productivity is also increasing, this statement is not good, and the second meaning should be chosen, that is, to express Confucius's idea of 'education without class', only to let the people understand why they do it. Only when they have knowledge can the country become rich and strong, and only then can society progress! This is also our current form of education, not the policy of ignoring the people in feudal society. ”
In just one sentence, not only does it contain two diametrically opposed meanings, but these two meanings do not contradict each other. This is not only the wisdom of Confucius, but also the wisdom of the Chinese people, and it is also the charm of the ancient Chinese language! And a language of this nature is the most suitable programming language for artificial intelligence, because this language has already given the inanimate computer a kind of thought, a kind of fresh thought!"
A burst of thunderous applause immediately sounded below, many students stood up and applauded excitedly, and some shouted: "Han Feng, you are our pride!"
"Han Feng, you are the pride of the Chinese!"
I have to say that for college students, learning a foreign language is really a very frustrating thing. English, as a compulsory course now, is in a sense the sadness of Chinese
Even students in the Chinese department have to prepare for English level 4 and 6, which is really lovely.
As the most common language in the world, English has a strong position that makes people have to learn it, and Han Feng actually degraded English as a "congenital weakness" in the computer field, which had to make Everbright Chinese students breathe a sigh of relief.
As for foreign students, they didn't understand Han Feng's words just now, and they didn't know where to refute them.
In fact, Han Feng didn't say anything, this is an article that the pirate pulled out from the Internet, which said: Since ancient times, Kyushu in the Central Plains has been the center of the world, and Cang made characters, this kind of writing was used by the nobles at that time. This aristocrat refers to the people of Kyushu, and as for those barbarians, they are not qualified to use writing, so what they learn can only be "sound".
This is the case with the Latin language family, which in a sense has only syllables and no words, so if this conjecture is true, then Latin is an "inferior" language.
Of course, eighty percent of the people who wrote this article are intelligent angry young people, and this kind of thing is okay to say as a joke in private, but if there is no real evidence, it is not so appropriate to say it in front of so many people, but this also gave Han Feng an inspiration, so from the perspective of programming, he said such a point of view covertly.
As for the linguists, let them quarrel as much as they want!
Han Feng can be expected, this is the first time he has expounded the intelligent programming language in public, these words said today will definitely be the headlines of science and technology newspapers and magazines tomorrow, as for what they will quarrel about, Han Feng can't control it and doesn't want to care, anyway, let them quarrel upside down, anyway, the intelligent programming system on my side has been born, even the masters of the Pentagon can't crack it, are you still worried about others?
As for the issue of state secrets, Han Feng has long greeted the military, and it is impossible for the military to hide this kind of academic issue for a long time. Moreover, the birth of intelligent systems is also a huge boost to China's prestige.
And more importantly, the military bigwigs understand very well that this new programming language basically does not have the danger of leaking secrets, but Han Feng does the kind of speech, but it can detour many people who covet this technology into a dead end - the other party can't get the finished product of the intelligent system through Han Feng's words, otherwise the intelligent system is not too low-level?
It's as if the principles of the atomic bomb have been written down in high school these days, but how many people can make a few atomic bombs based on these simple images to play with? Especially those gringos, if you want to make an intelligent system, please pass the fourth or sixth level of Chinese first!
This sentence is not only the military boss and Han Feng think so, at this time the students below also chirped and shouted like this - especially the students of the Chinese Department, who have been suppressed by the foreign language department for a long time and cannot raise their heads, and many people are discussing: How should foreigners take the Chinese level 4 exam? Isn't there a joke?
The classical Chinese is too simple, and all the questions are answered with a brush, which is cheap for them. The title of the paper is called: On the Three Represents! When it comes to the listening test, all the songs of Jay Chou are used, and "Nunchucks" can only be listened to twice, and "Chrysanthemum Terrace" can only be listened to once. The solution is all about the government work report. Composition is argumentation. In the oral exam, you will be tested to sing Peking Opera, and in the experiment, you will be tested to use chopsticks!
Seeing that it was getting more and more noisy below, the host Zhou Ruotong had to pick up the microphone and say several words in a row: "Please be quiet, the following is free time to ask questions." ”
As soon as it was said that they could ask questions freely, the students' interest immediately came up, and for a while, countless people raised their hands, and the cadres of the student union had to hand the microphone to the students next to the aisle at will, and it just so happened that the first person to get the microphone was a female student from the Department of Neuroscience, she pushed the glasses on her nose and said, "Hello Han Feng, I am a junior in the Department of Neuroscience." I've heard that you were a computer science student when you first entered the university, and that you yourself are an excellent computer expert, as you can see from the six dimensions of space that you have developed. What we don't understand is, why did you transfer to our neuroscience department, and did your choice help your research?"
This question made the first-year counselor of the Department of Computer Science eager to give himself a slap, it was because of his negligence that he let go of Han Feng, a genius, every time he heard someone talk about Han Feng, he couldn't wait to cry!