Chapter 35 Beating the Elite & Ji Lao Can't Play Douban?
Bai Xinshu didn't expect this aspect, and was stunned for a moment: "Ancient books for the public?" How is that possible? There is a certain threshold for reading ancient books, and it takes a heart of worship and respect and piety to ......"
Zuo Youyou is simply tired of this elitist argument.
"Where did you get that idea?"
"Everybody says that......" said Bai Xinshu.
"Everyone around you is just like you." Zuo Youyou complained sharply, "It's useless for you to listen to them, you have to listen to me." β
Bai Xin Tree: "...... Uh, you say. β
Zuo Youyou crossed his waist: "Any kind of culture, if it is isolated and self-appreciating, separated from the public, can only die out in the end!" You keep saying that you love ancient books, respect ancient books, worship them, and be pious, and finally love them to death, and love them to death, is that love? How can there be this logic? β
Zuo Youyou's words were a bit heavy, but they hit Bai Xinshu's pain point.
Four generations of Bai Xinshu's family, starting from Bai Dayin, the old man of Daishi, Bai Zhonghua, Bai Songxi, and himself, are all committed to the preservation and protection of Chinese culture.
Under the impact of the new era and new values, traditional culture is becoming more and more deserted, which is also a real dilemma.
The traditional Chinese culture is too big and all-encompassing, and it is far from being covered by a little bit of ancient Chinese test content in textbooks. But these beautiful contents, most of the time, will not appear in people's field of vision.
Some books sit in the library and go unchecked for decades.
That's pretty good.
There are many more books, which have been piled up in the storeroom since the day they were printed. I couldn't wait for the order, I was slowly forgotten, I spent a long time in the warehouse alone, and finally it was destroyed.
Will it really die?
This is what Bai Xin Shu fears the most, but he doesn't know what to do, and this fear gradually becomes his inner demon.
In fact, the plight of ancient books is not a secret in Huaxia Shulin, but everyone's tacit.
Now, he was stabbed out bluntly by Zuo Youyou-
And, she seems to think, there is a solution to this problem?
Bai Xinshu's eyes burst out with an eager light: "You mean, you think the decline of ancient books is because we have made the positioning of ancient books too niche?" β
"That's right." Zuo Youyou affirmed: "I think the idea of making ancient books needs to be revised. It cannot be assumed that only a few people read ancient books, so only a few people should read ancient books. You should ......"
"I should assume that ancient books will be loved by the public, and guide ancient books to the public!" Bai Xin Shu blurted out!
"Yes!" Zuo Youyou said, "If you love ancient books, you should let more people love ancient books, so that ancient books can truly glow with vitality!" β
Zuo Youyou said: "Do you know how I became interested in ancient books? β
Bai Xinshu asked, "Is it home learning?" β
Zuo Youyou snorted and laughed.
"I'm just an ordinary working family, my parents don't have a high education, and I still have a homeschool." Zuo Youyou paused, and slowly recalled to Bai Xinshu the shock when he borrowed the light of Mr. Ji Zhilin and saw the shelves full of ancient books in the auction hall.
"I didn't understand anything at the time." Zuo Youyou fell into a memory, "I don't know traditional Chinese characters, I don't know phonology, and I don't even know how to read vertical booksβto be honest, I didn't have any cultivation of ancient characters at that time, and in your opinion, I am the kind of person who is not interested in ancient books at all." β
The cypress tree apparently thinks so too. Although he did not speak, his eyes showed doubt.
"But I'm Chinese." Zuo Youyou sighed like a dream, "You know, so many ancient Chinese books are gathered together, and for me, that moment is like a sΓ©ance. My blood, the land I live in, the history I know, everything shook me and reshaped me at that moment. β
"You always care about the skill of reading ancient books, but people have feelings." Zuo Youyou looked at the Bai Xin tree, "Man is the most complex, sacred, and mysterious creature. People live on the soil of China, and the soil of China also shapes people - the Chinese and ancient Chinese books will really have a mysterious pulling force that guides people's feelings into it. β
"You have to believe that the public loves ancient books, and Chinese love Chinese culture. Ancient books should not be the culture of a niche elite, and the public can accept and love them. Zuo Youyou said slowly, "It's just that everyone lacks the tools to overcome the reading barrier of ancient books, so they don't have the opportunity to get close to ancient books." Therefore, what we need to do is to spread the ancient Chinese books and tools to the public. β
"It's like a cultural night watchman, guarding outside the door of the huge treasure house of Chinese culture. For every traveler who wants to go inside and explore, we hand him a lamp. β
Bai Xinshu couldn't help but say: "With such a huge culture, we can only hand over a lamp." A lamp, too small. β
"Have faith in the Chinese." Zuo Youyou bent his eyes and smiled, "Everyone will like it - pass all the lights with one lamp, and finally all the lights will be bright." β
The cypress tree pondered.
Zuo Youyou did not speak.
"Logic!" Bai Xinshu muttered to himself, "So...... Did we think wrong? β
Zuo Youyou pointed to the Chen family who were talking around Chen Wei in the room, and said to Bai Xinshu: "Look at it, what commonality did you find?" β
Bai Xinshu looked carefully, and then said confidently: "They ...... All have the surname Chen. β
The two men looked at each other.
There is still no tacit understanding.
Zuo Youyou held his forehead: "No, they all play with their mobile phones." β
After being reminded by Zuo Youyou, Bai Xinshu suddenly realized that everyone in the room was holding their mobile phones all the time.
"I understand, ancient books and the Internet are indeed necessary to be combined." Bai Xinshu said solemnly, "It is because we have long presupposed, and ancient books belong to a small minority...... In the future, our thinking is to change and try to enter the public. β
Zuo Youyou looked at Bai Xinshu's obedient teaching, and suddenly realized that he had taught his top boss a primary school student?
Q: What should I do if I teach my boss a lesson?
Wait online, it's in a hurry!
Help, did her political career end before it began?
Zuo Youyou scratched his head and hurriedly recovered: "Hehe, hehe, in fact, I just said nonsense." β
"It's not nonsense!" Bai Xinshu said seriously, "Ji Shi has proposed many times that now is the Internet era, and ancient books must also keep up with the times and cannot be outdated. β
"Wow, is Master Ji Zhilin so advanced?"
Bai Xinshu admired: "Ji Shi has always maintained his enthusiasm for learning, and he now spends no less time on the Internet than young people. A while ago, I just asked him to teach him to post and reply to posts in the Douban group. β
"Ho! Does he have a house on Douban? I'm familiar with this! Zuo Youyou couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe one day I can meet Master Ji on Douban, hahahahaha It's funny to think about it!" β
Bai Xinshu also thought it was funny: "Ji Shi is just using Douban to familiarize himself with the rules of the Internet, after all, how can a person of that age play Douban?" β