—"Lectures at the College of Europe in Bruges", etc

■Interpretation

Why can't China copy other countries' political systems and development models? This allusion quoted by Comrade Xi Jinping is a figurative metaphor. If we ignore our own "soil conditions" and blindly learn foreign systems and models, we will only learn the surface, and it is more likely to bring disastrous consequences. Indeed, there are many lessons to be learned in this regard: after the end of the Cold War, many countries that copied the model of the Western political system still failed to develop steadily; In many countries affected by the Arab Spring, the political situation is still not stable. Comrade Xi Jinping has also quoted former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, a well-known politician who responded to the "dictatorship of Singapore" in the United States: "We have not heeded their advice on how we should govern, and we cannot allow others to test our lives." Indeed, "the performance does not have to be the same, but the expectation is sufficient; Governance does not have to be the same, and it is expected to benefit the people. "The right system is the best system.

■Original text

Yan Zizhi, the king of Chu gave Yan Zi wine, drunk, and the two officials tied one person to the king, and the king said: "The one who binds is also?" He said: "Qi people are also thieves." Wang Shiyanzi said: "Qi people are good at stealing? Yan Zi avoided the table and said: "When the baby hears it, the orange is born in Huainan and is orange, and the orange is born in Huaibei, and the leaves are similar, but the taste is different." So what? The water and soil are also different. Today's people live in Qi and do not steal, and when they enter Chu, they steal, and they get the water and soil without Chu so that the people are good at stealing? ”

——(Warring States to Qin) "Yanzi Spring and Autumn Period, Inner Chapter, Miscellaneous"

■Definition

Most of the stories in "Yanzi Spring and Autumn" take Yanzi as the central character, with vivid plots and strong irony.

Once, Yan Zi was ordered to send an envoy to the state of Chu, and in order to humiliate him, the king of Chu deliberately asked two small officials to tie up a prisoner. The king of Chu asked, "What is this man doing?" The official replied: "The people of Qi have committed the crime of stealing." The king of Chu asked Yan Zi: "Are the people of Qi naturally good at stealing?" Yan Zi replied: "I have heard that orange trees that grow south of the Huai River are orange trees, and when they grow north of the Huai River, they become orange trees, they only have similar leaves, but the taste of the fruits is different." Why is this so? Because the water and soil are different. This person grew up in the Qi country and didn't steal, but when he arrived in the Chu country, he stole when he arrived, could it be that the water and soil of the Chu country made people good at stealing, right? ”

"Orange is orange when it is born in Huainan, and orange is orange when it is born in Huaibei", which is now commonly used as a metaphor for once the environment changes, the nature of things may also change.