Chapter 15 The New Civilization of China

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In October 1910, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Prize was awarded to Chinese President Song Xiaofei and U.S. President William W. Taft in recognition of their outstanding contributions to mediating wars in Europe, establishing the United Nations, curbing Bolshevism, and dealing with the crisis in North Japan. $(). (23) (w) (x).) This is the first time that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Chinese, which has caused great controversy in Europe and the United States.

Because as the president of China, although Song Xiaofei has made great contributions to promoting world peace and the just cause of mankind, he also ordered the squadron to sweep through the entire Southeast Asia and send troops to occupy North Japan, China is also the main arms dealer in the European battlefield, and some British newspapers believe that China is taking advantage of the fire to rob in this world war, and the fundamental purpose is not for world peace, and it does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

For Song Xiaofei, this Nobel Peace Prize is actually dispensable. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901, and the Physics Prize and the Chemistry Prize were awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm; The Medicine and Physiology Prize is awarded by the Carolinska Institutet in Stockholm; The award is presented by the Stockholm Academy; The Peace Prize is awarded by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. The prize money was not much at this time, only about SEK 200,000. However, Song Xiaofei felt that China's territory was large enough that it should concentrate on domestic political reform, and this was an excellent opportunity for China to explain to the world China's grand diplomatic strategy of the values of the new civilization, so he personally went to Oslo, Norway to receive the award.

In the town hall of the city hall of Oslo, Norway, facing King Haakon VII of Norway, Queen Maud and dignitaries from various countries. Song Xiaofei gave a speech entitled "Hope for a New World":

"Your Majesty the King and Queen, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of China and citizens of the world,

Received this award. I am deeply grateful and humble. The Nobel Peace Prize is an expression of the highest ideal of the world, in spite of the inevitable brutality of war, where we human beings are not willing to be at the mercy of fate. We use our actions to promote the development of history in the direction of peace and justice!

However, I would be dishonest not to admit the controversy that caused me to receive this award. The controversy related to my award may be that I am the president of a country that has just fought several wars, that is, the commander-in-chief of the three armed services. It was I who sent tens of thousands of Chinese to the battlefield and swept through Southeast Asia, Russia, and North Japan.

We cannot deny that evil does exist in this world. Nonviolent movements. It was impossible to stop the butcher's knives of the Bolsheviks. Nor is it possible to persuade the Japanese military to lay down their arms. I say that war is sometimes necessary and will be necessary for a long time in the history of mankind, and this is an acknowledgment of history. We must acknowledge the imperfections of the human world and the limits of reason. Every time China sends troops. Not simply for the sake of fighting for colonies, but for the sake of Chinese civilization's self-interest - to pursue a better future for China's children and grandchildren.

There is no doubt that war leads to human tragedy. The bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers are incomparably glorious, expressing their loyalty to the country, the cause, and their comrades-in-arms. But war itself is by no means glorious, and China must not preach it like that, because war is somehow a manifestation of human stupidity. War, which arose with the birth of humanity, was as real as drought or disease - a way for tribes and, later, civilizations to seek power and resolve differences. Afterward. With the emergence of norms aimed at controlling violence within groups, philosophers, religious leaders, and politicians have also worked to limit the destructive power of war with diplomatic treaties. This gives rise to the concept of 'just war', which holds that war is just if it is a last resort or in self-defence, if the level of force is appropriate, and if violence is not used against civilians wherever possible. Therefore, I believe that all countries, whether strong or weak, must follow the norms on the use of force in the future, so I and President Taft of the United States promoted the establishment of the United Nations Security Council, which is why I suggest that the United Nations Security Council should have a greater military operation capability, and what the international community says must count! Otherwise, the United Nations cannot be just a showman!

All responsible nations must be convinced of the role that the United Nations can play in maintaining peace through clear military action. In the future, China will unswervingly support the actions of the UN Security Council! Of course, like other permanent members of the UN Security Council, China reserves the right to act unilaterally, and I will use such power with great caution, and I also call on the heads of state of other countries to use such power with caution!

To tell the truth, I did not bring today a fundamental solution to the problem of war. We must begin by acknowledging this stark reality: we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. I understand that violence will never bring lasting peace. It does not solve social problems: it only creates new, more complex problems. However, as the president of a country who has sworn to defend his country, I am facing a real world, and I cannot remain indifferent to the threats against any Chinese citizen!

I think the greatest takeaway from the international community's unification against the Bolsheviks and North Japan is that the principle of military action by the United Nations also applies to dictatorships that violate international law and brutally oppress their own people. Because if human rights are not protected, then peace is just an empty promise. The world needs to have mechanisms to prevent another world war. To this end, China and the United States put forward the idea of establishing the United Nations, and China will lead the world to build a system for maintaining peace, protecting human rights, and preventing genocide and massacre.

At present, some rogue countries regard the principle of human rights as a Western principle or a Chinese principle, and use the incompatibility with the local culture and the stage of national development as false excuses for not safeguarding human rights, and the Chinese civilization will reject these excuses!

In ancient China, with the courage to forge ahead, with an open mind to embrace the four seas, open up the territory, the Han nationality and many ethnic minorities jointly promoted social progress. At the same time, in its foreign exchanges, the Chinese civilization actively absorbs the strengths of other countries and nations on the one hand, and does its best on the other hand. Selflessly bring the outstanding results they have achieved to the world. For example, in Chinese civilization, there is a saying that is widely spread in the Western world: 'Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you'.

Arrogant Westerners. It's time to open our eyes and re-examine the current Chinese civilization! It is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and the only civilization in the world that lasts for thousands of years!

We have an old saying, 'If you are taught by the king, you belong to China, and you are well-dressed.' The custom of filial piety and etiquette is called China'. The ideological core of Chinese civilization is the education of etiquette and music, advocating benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and also believing in the politics of the holy king.

Of course, Chinese civilization is not only Confucianism. Sima Tan, the father of Sima Qian, the greatest historian of ancient China. In "On the Essence of the Six Schools". For the first time, social people were divided into six schools: 'Yin and Yang, Confucianism, Mo, Name, Law, and Taoism'. Later, Liu Xin added "vertical, horizontal, miscellaneous, agricultural, and novel" to ten in "Seven Strategies".

From the Western Han Dynasty's deposition of the hundred schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism, to the Song and Ming dynasties, our culture has been inherited in this way. That is, ancestor worship. It's our religion.

The traditional Chinese civilization had a glorious past, but after mankind stepped into the modern civilized society, most of the oriental countries became latecomers, and China is a prominent example of this.

If a country is late for the civilization journey, it will cause historical tragedies: starvation is everywhere, the people are struggling to make a living, and even the whole country or part of the country becomes a colony of another country. The history of modern China has gone through such a stage.

We Chinese have deeply reflected on this pain and humiliation: the traditional Chinese civilization has given birth to an endless patriarchal system, which is very unfavorable to the transformation of traditional society into modern society, the freedom and dignity of individuals have not been properly guaranteed, and the social productive forces have naturally not been liberated.

In the ancient social system of patriarchy, the individual is only a pawn in the patriarchal relationship of the Three Principles and the Five Constants, and there is no equality and freedom in interpersonal relationships. In the field of ideology and culture, we respect the Holy Sutra and have no freedom of thought and speech. Making idols, fabricating creeds, and forcing or coaxing people to worship have been the tricks of rulers and mob chiefs throughout the ages.

On the economic front, the tradition of valuing agriculture over commerce is deeply rooted, and trade across provinces and regions, especially to engage in economic activities in some frontier areas, is often prohibited. Overseas trade has been repeatedly banned, and the market economy has basically died out under the heavy suppression of the regime, unlike the West, which has encouraged and protected trade freedom since ancient times, and even supported profit-making exploration and even plundering at sea.

China's modern transformation is quite difficult! Chinese intellectuals, who grew up in a closed and isolated environment and had little knowledge, were once dominated by humiliation and indignation, hoping to 'finish their work in one battle', and became prisoners of extremist ideologies while half-awake and half-drunk. From the Empress Dowager Cixi to the Boxers, they all said in unison, 'It is not allowed to change the summer with raze', and even if the country is opened, they still stick to the ideological barriers; the spread of modern civilization is extremely difficult! Some revolutionary parties, on the other hand, indulge in 'revolution' and seizure of power, and neglect the building of specific systems.

It was not until the period of the Chinese Empire that China broke through the ideological cage, abandoned the narrow concept of nation and state, learned from the advanced civilizations of other countries and nations, introduced science and democracy, established the country through industry and commerce, legislated to protect human freedom and dignity, guaranteed property rights and market economy, established a civil society, and ensured that China became a world where everyone enjoyed freedom of speech and belief and was free from fear and material deprivation.

The peoples of Europe and the United States finally enjoyed peace only after winning their freedom. From now on, China will consider peace to be unstable in places where citizens do not have the right to freely express their opinions or choose their religion as they wish, and where they cannot choose to assemble freely. From now on, China's closest friends will be governments that protect the basic rights of their citizens!

Now, we Chinese, the struggle on the world stage, has just begun! The number of Christians in the world is now 611 million, or 35 per cent of the world's population of 1.75 billion. And China's current population, I can tell you, is nearly 600 million. In other words, China's population alone is more than one-third of the world's population. Imagine that one-third of the world's population will be nirvana under the new Chinese civilization, which will be an achievement that 60,000 Chinese have reason to be proud of for their country!

As the world gets smaller, it will be easier for humans to recognize that we are basically all pursuing the same thing: that we all want to bring some level of happiness and satisfaction to ourselves and our families throughout our lives. World capitalism has brought together large swaths of the globe; Billions of people have been lifted out of poverty; The ideals of freedom, self-determination, equality and the rule of law move forward intermittently. China will be the heir to this new civilization! Future. While respecting the unique cultures and traditions of different countries, China will continue to speak out for these ideals shared by all mankind. It is incumbent upon all free peoples and free nations of the world to declare unequivocally that we want to act in solidarity with history. China's struggle will be the struggle of all mankind!

I know. Human nature is not perfect, and in this world, the war between civilization and violence will never stop! But we can still believe that the human condition can be improved; Even if the world we live in is not an ideal world, we can still pursue the ideal that makes it better. If we lose this belief - if we think it is stupid or too naïve to dismiss it, then we lose the best thing in human nature. We lose the faith to make a difference. Such a belief should burst out with a sacred spark and stir in the soul of each and every one of us!

Today. Somewhere, at this moment, in the real world, a soldier knows that he is weak. But still steadfast in the maintenance of peace. Today. Somewhere, in this world, a young demonstrator knew she was going to be brutally repressed by the government, but she still had the courage to make a big stride. Today, in one place, a mother suffers from poverty, but she still spends her time educating her children, scraping together the little change she has to send them to school - because she believes. In this cruel world, there is still a glimmer of space to make a child's dreams come true.

Let's live by their example. We can admit it. Oppression will always be with us, but we still fight for justice. We can think that it is difficult to eliminate, but we still actively demand dignity, keep a clear head, we can know that war will break out, but we still strive for peace. We can do it - because this is the course of human progress, this is the hope of the whole world, and this is the hope of the new world!

Here, I call on the heads of state of the world to immediately come to Beijing for peace talks, to hold friendly consultations on the colonies and the post-war spheres of influence, and to discuss the establishment of a new international order for the benefit of the peoples of all countries in the world. ”

As soon as Song Xiaofei's speech ended, it was applauded by everyone present, and the world's major news agencies broadcast the full text the next day. Not only Chinese newspapers and broadcasters, but also newspapers and broadcasters around the world reported on "Hope for a New World", and the controversy over his award quickly subsided. The people of Europe have long suffered greatly from the world war and have taken to the streets one after another, and peace has become the main theme of world public opinion for a while. The heads of state also responded positively and gathered in Beijing again to discuss peace talks and establish a new international order!

Song Xiaofei and China's prestige reached its peak in the world for a while, and this influence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and worthy of the name, and it is not a self-boasting or fictitious fabrication by bribing the European and American media. The new Chinese civilization, which has inherited the traditional Chinese culture and introduced science, democracy and human rights, has become an example for many countries to learn from! The cultural self-confidence of the Chinese is truly re-established! The "American democratic model" advocated by Zhu Dixiang and several of his followers has completely lost the market in the vast territory of the Chinese Empire, and Zhu Dixiang's "party" has a new term, called the "Cent Party", which has become the spokesperson of the ** forces, and like the "Five Mao Party", it has been spurned by the majority of patriots, and they are scolded at every turn, and they are told to go to their "American father"! On a snowy night, Emperor Zhu was so angry that he shouted three times, "The husband was born at the wrong time, and his ambition died before he was rewarded", vomited blood and died, and died at the age of 50. No one sympathizes, no one remembers them, and the domestic newspapers do not even have a commemorative article.

At the same time, under the leadership of Song Xiaofei, China's domestic reforms have also been carried out in full swing, including the removal of the privileges previously imposed on state-owned enterprises, allowing private enterprises to compete freely, the rampant government involvement in land transactions**, the unequal education and taxation system, the return of Chinese economists from blackboard economics to real-world engineering, and the subordination of political power to the rule of law. Moreover, Song Xiaofei also knows that China's modern transformation is inevitably a long-term reform process, which cannot be achieved overnight. Time is fast, just as times are slow! No matter how good the system and civilization are, it will take a long time of hard work to open a new era! Moreover, the later the reform, the more difficult it will be, because it will touch the interests of many people, and in the real world, it is indeed more difficult to touch the interests of those with vested interests than to touch their souls!

But Song Xiaofei knows that in this battle of reform, he will overcome all difficulties and move forward bravely, because this battle is related to the future of 60,000,000 compatriots in China, he must not have a trace of slackness, the new Chinese civilization must be renovated again, take root in China, so that a fair new world will be born! (To be continued......)