Chapter 418: Wonderful Culture
In the vast blue sky, there is not the slightest cloud, only countless bats in the sky, freely shuttling back and forth in the sky.
This large area of woods, under the howling of many insects, is very noisy.
"In fact, most of the time, people don't realize the importance of culture. People tend to attach great importance to their families and the material needs of their families in many cases. That is to say, they are all along the Confucian thought, which is what we call self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world. People follow such a path, moving forward without hesitation, but forget to pay attention to some more important things. This kind of thing includes the transformation of the new culture, that is, to constantly transform the culture, the new culture, adapt to the new society, and the new culture to adapt to the new people's hearts. This kind of society is healthy, this kind of thinking is worth advocating, and this kind of thinking is worth enjoying to the fullest. ”
Runzhi continued:
In fact, in many cases, people need to realize that all of their actions are influenced by their thoughts. That is to say, thinking determines people's behavior, and people need to attach great importance to the transformation of thought. That is to say, people not only need to meet their basic material needs and live a good life, but most importantly, they need to constantly receive the best ideas and teachings. That is to say, it is necessary to constantly receive the nourishment of good thoughts. People's needs for thought are as important as the need for sunlight, air and water for food, and they are inseparable from thought at all times. If, once you leave the mind, you will fall into a state of destruction from which there is no return. Therefore, people can constantly accept new ideas, so that they can meet the needs of social development, better play their role in society, and better do what a person should do, so as not to be eliminated by society. In this way, you can do more of what you like to do, and at the same time, what society needs to do. ”
Xiaohe listened to what Runzhi said, of course, he felt that what Runzhi said was very reasonable, and then he agreed very much, but he still had some questions about it, so he asked:
"Of course, what the adults said is correct, but there is a problem here. That is, when culture commands all this, we might as well think like this, that is, culture can indeed command everything, so how should we understand such culture, or how can we accept the best cultural teaching, so as to ensure that we will not be eliminated by society, and can always accept the best ideas of society? ”
When Runzhi heard his question at this moment, he naturally felt that it was necessary to answer it carefully and deeply, and then he thought for a while, and then said:
Actually, this is a good question, and a good question certainly deserves a good answer. So how do people need to embrace the best ideas? In fact, human society has a special mechanism. In fact, such mechanisms are very suitable for human development. This kind of mechanism is actually not far away from us, and the most typical is the drama around us. When we were in the Tang Dynasty, we had ancient poems, and those who couldn't memorize ancient poems were easy to be eliminated, and when we were in the Song Dynasty, we had Song Ci, and those who didn't know Song Ci were easy to be eliminated, and when we arrived in the Ming Dynasty, our drama was already very mature, and there were even countless Huangmei Opera, Huangmei Opera, etc., so at this time, those who didn't know how to opera, and those who didn't know how to appreciate opera were easy to be eliminated. In other words, in fact, most of the time, people need to learn to appreciate the most advanced culture of the era, that is to say, to learn to be able to get in touch with the best culture in such an environment, and the best culture is often the most savvy and accessible to everyone. ”
Runzhi continued:
"At present, in fact, our culture naturally has its special form of transmission, so what is the current form of cultural transmission? In fact, it is opera, for example, for Huangmei Opera. Many operas in Huangmei Opera are summaries of many essential ideas of the Confucian school of classical people, and these ideas have a very great guiding effect on people's behavior. Then after seeing these interests, you will know how to deal with others, how to deal with others, how to live, how to learn and how to struggle. In this way, in addition to working hard for one's own goals, so that you can realize the relationship between yourself and the whole society, so that you can better play your mission and be a better complete person. Based on this, it is better to make your own specific contributions to the society, so that you can not be easily eliminated by the society, and you can make greater contributions and play greater value in history. ”
Zheng Xie listened, so he said:
"That's true, as adults say, that culture has different forms of expression at different times. That is to say, people cannot just work independently and produce materials independently, for example, farmers cannot just think about going to the field every day, and they cannot just think about planting crops every day. You can't just think about it every day for your own one-third of an acre of land, with your face facing the loess and your back to the sky. This business model is actually not what a real qualified farmer should do. So what kind of farmer should a normal farmer who can continue his offspring and reproduce better? First of all, he should be a right farmer, and this farmer he needs to be right first, and he needs to have a great deal of fun with that new thing. That is, a farmer, he needs to learn to appreciate the pleasures around him. A qualified farmer needs to keep going, don't suppress his heart, and try to do what he likes to do. Anyone at different times will actually have a great interest in the new things around them. The same is true for peasants, a qualified peasant should go, do not suppress his heart, let himself be within a reasonable range, to enjoy himself. This is true not only for farmers, but also for our countless private school teachers, countless merchants, court officials, and even people from all walks of life. ”
Jung Seop continued:
"In fact, for many people, they need to realize that at any given time, in addition to his necessary work, he needs a certain amount of enjoyment. If a person needs a leisure time to do what he likes to do, as long as this favorite thing does not harm other interests, then we think it is worth encouraging. In fact, in most cases, as cultural people, they should not only do some basic work for themselves, but also learn to enjoy the latest culture appropriately. In other words, for them, they not only need to grow a large number of material products, but also learn to engage in the production and consumption of some cultural products. This means that they need to constantly adapt themselves to the latest culture, so that they can constantly adapt to the needs of social development. In different periods, the development of the original culture is also constantly changing, which means that different abilities should continue to be better according to the development of culture. Take on your own mission and role in the process of cultural development, so that you can do your best as much as possible in the process of cultural development. In this way, not only can we engage in the consumption of culture, but also better engage in the production of culture, no one can escape from this system, everyone should benefit from this system, and do their best in it. ”
Xiaohe listened, so he asked:
"Naturally, what you said is reasonable, that is to say, this culture is indeed very important, and no one can escape from the cultural system, that is, the existence of man himself is the existence of culture, and man can never be separated from the culture in which he lives, that is to say, it is culture that gives people identity. This means that everyone needs to be truly a human being in the cultural environment, and cannot escape from the cultural system, which means that everyone should do their best to engage in the production and consumption of culture on the basis of satisfying their own material needs. Those who dare not consume, dare not produce, and evade production and evade consumer culture will eventually be eliminated. I don't know if I'm right about that. ”
Zheng Xie listened and replied:
Indeed, it means that everyone is part of the cultural system, and it is culture that gives a person the identity of a human being, not a bird or a beast, and not a grass, a tree, an insect or a fishman. This can be uniquely established in this world. Therefore, once anyone leaves the cultural system, then he is not a person, he is a bird, a beast, a walking corpse. Therefore, anyone is inseparable from culture, which means that anyone needs to participate in the consumption of culture and the growth of culture, and the higher the degree of participation in culture, the more this person is like a person, rather than a bird or a walking corpse. Of course, we know that at any given time, a person needs to spend a lot of time engaged in the consumption and production of culture. In other words, people are inseparable from culture. Without culture, then people themselves will fall backwards, and then there will be a lot of uncertain disasters. If you do that, you will suffer a lot of damage. Therefore, at all times, we should seriously think about these many cultural aspects. In this process, we can maintain our independence from cultural absorption. But this does not mean that a person can be separated from the atmosphere of this culture. It is normal for a person to be within the scope of a different culture, in fact, to seriously engage in the production or consumption of the corresponding culture. However, if it is at other times, it is often easy to miss the production and consumption of the corresponding culture for various reasons, which will make a person easy to be eliminated, which is undoubtedly a complete disaster for people, and it is actually a lose-lose situation for people's history and culture. ”
Jung Seop continued:
"In fact, for a normal person, it should be a person who is full of longing for a new culture. He always likes to accept something new, for example, in the Tang Dynasty, people were fond of ancient poetry, in the Song Dynasty, people were very fond of Song poetry, in the Yuan Dynasty, they liked Yuan opera, and in the Ming Dynasty, people were tired of Peking Opera or Huangmei Opera. So it means that at any time, people have a certain cultural medium, and at any time people can't do without such a medium. Once people leave such a medium, they will lose a bridge of communication with society. Then there will be a disconnection and estrangement from society, and eventually people will slowly disappear into the vast history for various reasons. Because of the loss of such a medium, then it will be like water without a source, a tree without roots, and eventually it will slowly turn into dust and disappear into the world forever. In history, this person will never exist again, and he will not be able to contribute much to people. So, we see that culture connects everybody, and no one can do without it. Therefore, at any time, people should have a full understanding of the current cultural system, and be able to firmly grasp the medium of culture, instead of following the crowd and drifting with the wind, so that it is like the duckweed, swept by the waves in the sea, and so on, but do not know where they are going, where they come from, and where they are going. ”
At this moment, the sky is clear, and the countless clouds, under the blowing of the breeze, have disappeared at this moment, and the blue sky still looks so ethereal.
Runzhi listened to what Zheng Xie said and said:
Indeed, what he said is also very reasonable, in fact, most of the time, people are inseparable from the medium of this culture. Man is a product of culture at all times, that is to say, man himself is a product of culture. People themselves are an integral part of culture. Man is a carrier of culture, and it is culture that can be passed down endlessly with the help of the human body. In other words, one of the greatest meanings of human life itself is to inherit the culture of the ethnic group in which it lives, and even to the place where it is, and should bear the culture and feelings of the family and country. Anyone is inseparable from this cultural system, but once he leaves this cultural system, then a person will become a wild man, or even a walking corpse, because if he loses his cultural power, then he will no longer be a normal person. ”