As the saying goes: happy things are written on QQ, life things are written on everyone, and sad things are written on Weibo, because there are parents and relatives on QQ, and everyone has classmates and friends, and there is only me in Weibo.

The Matthew Effect, the phenomenon of the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker, is widely used in many fields such as social psychology, education, finance, and science. Its name comes from a parable in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew: "To all who have, add to him that he may be superfluous; and he that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. The "Matthew effect" is contrary to the "way of balance" and similar to the "28th rule", which is a very important natural law.

The Matthew Effect means that the good gets better, the bad gets worse, and the more and less

It is widely used in many fields such as social psychology, education, finance, and science. The name comes from a phrase in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew. In the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, it says, "To everyone who has, add to him that he may be superfluous; and he that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken from him. Sociologists derived the term "Matthew effect" to describe the polarization that prevails in the sphere of social life.

Regarding the birth of this effect, as a Chinese, I have to say a few more words. "Tao Te Ching, Chapter 77": "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more loss; The way of man is not, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. ”。 In fact, Lao Tzu understood it earlier and more thoroughly, and by the way, he also pointed out the disadvantages.

The counterpart to the Matthew effect is the Bow Stretching effect. The Zhang Gong effect is "the way of heaven, the loss is more than enough to make up for the deficiency", and the Matthew effect is "the way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough". The main role of the Zhang Gong effect is the mechanism of "fighting righteousness and squandering wealth", which pays attention to fairness; The main role of the Matthew effect is the "winner-takes-all" mechanism, which focuses on efficiency. The Zhang Gong Effect and the Matthew Effect have internal mechanisms that complement each other.

The Zhang Gong effect comes from the seventy-seventh chapter of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, "The way of heaven is still a bow?" The higher one suppresses it, and the lower one lifts it; Those who have more are lost, and those who are insufficient are made up. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. The way of man is not, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. ”[1]

In modern language, it is:

Isn't the law of Datong's ideal society like shooting a bow and an arrow? If the target is high, press it down; If it's low, lift it up; If the strength is great, it will be reduced, and if it is not enough, it will be made up. The law of an ideal society is to subtract what is more and make up for what is insufficient; This is not the case with the laws of secular economic society, which are derogated from and used to provide for surplus.

From this point of view, the laws of secular economy and society are similar to the Matthew effect, and they are amazingly consistent!

Since the laws of the ideal society of Datong correspond to the laws of the secular economy and society, is there a correlation effect corresponding to the Matthew effect?

Yes. Lao Tzu has already told us that it has just not been discovered and named, and the author of "The Theory of Three Sevens" is now vainly named, which is Lao Tzu's Zhang Gong effect. The Zhang Gong effect is just like the cloud in Chapter 77 of the Tao Te Ching: "The way of heaven is still a bow?" The higher one suppresses it, and the lower one lifts it; Those who have more are lost, and those who are insufficient are made up. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. ”

The Zhang Gong effect is "the way of heaven, the loss is more than enough to make up for the deficiency", and the Matthew effect is "the way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough".

The Zhang Gong effect pursues social fairness, which is what organizers and governments should do when formulating policies and adjudicating market behavior; The Matthew effect pursues the accumulation of wealth and the efficiency of the allocation of market factors, which is a matter of the market. The relationship between the government and the market is the harmony and unity of the Zhang Gong effect of government fairness and the Matthew effect of market efficiency, which is the ideal society of Datong that we pursue.

In 1968, Robert K. Merton, an American historian of science, coined the term to summarize a psychosocial phenomenon: "Prominent scientists usually gain more prestige than unknown researchers, even if their achievements are similar, and similarly, reputation is usually given to those who are already well-known on a project," Robert Morton summed up the "Matthew effect" as: any individual, group, or region, in a certain aspect (e.g., money, Reputation, status, etc.) will produce a kind of accumulation advantage, and there will be more opportunities to achieve greater success and progress.

The term was later borrowed by the economics profession to reflect the unfair distribution of income in winner-takes-all economics.

The term is also often borrowed in social psychology.

The Matthew effect, the so-called strong get stronger, the weak get weaker, if a person achieves success, anything good will find him. The great husband should not complain about the heavens and others, and the biggest enemy of man is himself. Attitude is proactive and persistent, then you have won material or spiritual wealth, after obtaining wealth, your attitude strengthens your initiative, and so on, you can bring the positive effect of the Matthew effect to the extreme.

In such a world of the jungle, how will Xia Qianye, who lives at the bottom of society, survive? Will Xia Qianye's feelings after reading to Bai Shanrui stir up waves of love in the future? Will Xia Qianye still care about Ao Chuxue? Or will he choose to chase Qiong Zimei?