Chapter 103, The Culture of Abandonment
"Everybody is ordinary." Canglong looked at Wang Ziwen, and finally swept the class, "No one is born superior, it's just that culture and values finally make you feel that you are inferior to others, and you feel that you are more ordinary than others, but in fact, why don't you think in your hearts that you are unique?" ”
"But you tell us our dreams, and you tell us our ideals, can these really be realized?" Wang Ziwen 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 this, whether they could realize their ideals and dreams, and whether these were really just ideals and dreams?
"You have all received a culture of role models since you were a child, and this culture teaches you to learn this and that, and there is nothing wrong with that, because this culture of role models will establish a correct set of values, at least you have at least one person to learn from compared to those children in the West." Canglong said, looking at everyone again, "There is nothing wrong with learning this kind of role model culture, but it doesn't have to be them, you don't have to copy their lives, if you really try to copy their lives, then you are doomed to fail from the beginning, because only one percent of people in this world can become such an example, and the other ninety-nine percent are still following their own path." ”
"Teacher Cang, don't you think you're contradicting yourself? Since you came to the present, you have taught us to stick to our ideals, and even taught us a lesson in burning youth, but now I am more and more confused, what you tell us is not the same as the model culture we have been in since childhood, it is a dream. The more Wang Ziwen spoke, 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 bewilderment, and even a little deceived, because people in their grade had been educated by role model culture since childhood, and now they are extremely disgusted with the education of this culture.
"No, I never taught you to copy other people's lives, what I taught you is to take the path that suits you, from childhood to adulthood you have not learned the essence of role model culture, but you have learned to copy others, so you are all confused until now, the essence of role model culture is the correct values, not to copy the life of those role models, just like what you are confused now, you feel that you will never succeed, it feels like there are endless mountains to be climbed in front of you, there will never be a head, just because you are copying other people's lives, not your own life. Canglong's tone also began to become heavy.
"Copy?" Wang Ziwen was still confused, "But even so, I have a trace, how can I have dreams, how can I have the opportunity to realize my own value, realize my dreams, even if I am really valuable, because I am too ordinary, what do you say have to do with us ordinary people?" ”
"It's a big deal." Canglong soothed his tone and paused before saying, "Just because you habitually copy, since you were a child, you didn't learn to absorb the essence of culture, but copied culture, so when you grow up, you are also habitually 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 essence of it." ”
"Is there a difference between copying and learning?" Wang Ziwen asked again.
"The difference is very big, just like the indoctrination education you are doing now, what you learn is just for the sake of exams, not really for your own ideals and guided learning under your own values, so in the previous generation, you were rebellious, you were willful, 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, Wang Ziwen sat down in a daze, he didn't know what to say for a while, although he still didn't understand, what was the use of this with his ordinary?
"It is precisely because you copy the example, instead of absorbing the essence of the example, and establish your own correct values, that 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 all the most ordinary, so you hate privilege." Canglong said, his tone a little heavier, "Actually, 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 faces of most people in Class Nine change, feeling 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 privileges, not think about how to change the environment and break privileges, even if there are ** people who successfully enjoy privileges, but in the end there are still people who will be like you, stand up again, and finally take your position, this culture is the most terrible." Canglong's gaze scanned 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 to get ahead, to change their current situation, to change their destiny, not to break this privilege, but to swarm into this privilege, and finally squeeze in, stand firm, but can really stand for a lifetime?
"In ancient Chinese culture, there are actually many correct values, but China's economic development is rapid, but the culture is still stuck in feudal thought. The so-called once the title of the gold list, since then the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, these cultures have caused your current situation. Canglong watched as they returned to their previous cold attitude.
"But what else can we learn besides that? Everybody's copying this, everybody's for this, nobody's a saint, right? Teacher Cang, do you dare to say that you are a saint? Tang Long was suddenly unconvinced.
"That is, you have been comparing Western culture, and you dare to say that there are no such people in the West?" Hu Ping'an also said.
"You seem to have forgotten that I just told you that the mainstream of Western culture is not moving towards materialization, but towards the nobilization of morality, on the contrary, Chinese culture is not moving towards the nobilization of morality, but towards material vulgarization." Canglong said coldly, "Westerners also yearn for privilege, 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 yearns for privilege people occupy ninety percent, and one percent enjoy privileges, which culture do you think is more worthy of your learning, which culture is more worthy of your reflection?" ”
At this moment, the voice of opposition has completely disappeared, if more than ninety percent of Chinese culture is really not yearning for privilege, but moving towards the moral character of spiritual culture, 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.
"In Chinese culture, it is not that there is no concept of breaking privileges, but in the history of Confucian-dominated China, except for Qin Shi Huang, Confucianism is singing praises for every king, so the king likes them, resulting in Chinese culture has been dominated by Confucianism for thousands of years. Canglong looked at them, and every word was like a needle in his heart.
"And the history you have come into contact with in modern times, the culture you have come into contact with, is basically passed down from Confucianism, so I don't like Confucianism even 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, can make the king control the power of life and death, whoever wants to die, who will die, the predecessors believed in pedantry for thousands of years, do 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 these things, do we still believe in Western culture?" Although Wang Ziwen is sober, he is still a little unwilling, because he can't accept Western culture, which is a traditional local concept.
"You study history, not to copy a certain person, but to capture the details of history, give birth to your own opinions, rather than blindly being dominated by pedantic culture, in the Warring States Period there are a hundred schools, not just Confucianism, what we now call morality, this moral two words are a standard for ordinary people, but this is not from Confucianism, but from Taoism Lao Tzu, the Spring and Autumn Hundred Families, there is also a Mo family, once upon a time became the head of a hundred schools, but the Mo family does not flatter the rulers, because they open the wisdom of the people, So in the end, it was replaced by Confucianism, because Confucianism was more likely to flatter the rulers, and most of their thoughts were to praise the rulers. ”
"The Mo family?" The 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 of the Mo family, and love, is that people should love each other, not only to relatives in the family, but also to strangers around them with a friendly attitude, and this point is the first Chinese, but in the end we abandoned, now Westerners uphold this concept, I don't say Americans, at least in most European countries, people are in harmony with each other, treat people equally." Canglong said, and said, "Secondly, non-attack, oppose taking the initiative to launch a war of aggression; Then, Shang Xian, the election can not distinguish between high and low; In the second place, the same as above, the whole is dedicated to serving the people, and promoting the good and eliminating the bad for the society; In then there is the Heavenly Will, which masters the laws of nature; In and then there is; Ming ghosts, respect the wisdom and experience of predecessors, rather than blindly copying; And then there is, non-fate, taking control of one's own destiny through hard work, and so on. ”
"Isn't it worth learning? In fact, our ancestors understood the culture that Westerners have studied and admired thousands of years ago, but it is a pity that they were all abandoned by our descendants in the end. ”