Chapter 19 2. The severity depends on Japan—from Koizumi to Abe

From my point of view, the current situation and prospects of Sino-Japanese relations, the pros and cons are not up to China, and the severity depends entirely on Japan. That is, Japan stands above the attitude of national consciousness, how to treat the crime of aggression against China, and how to correct its attitude. From the relationship between Japan and China, it is associated with past events in Africa.That's a real thing.If I remember correctly, it was broadcast by China Central Television's International News Channel around last year.The TV news materials are estimated to be provided by the British side.

What is it about Africa?No, it's too frivolous to use the word past, it was a tragic and horrible event. Seventy or eighty years ago, a British missionary came to Africa alone.In the UK, his outstanding teaching achievements earned him a good reputation, but when he went to Africa, he was only a priest.He went to meet the chief of an indigenous tribe.In the process, he made a tiny error of etiquette--he took his sombrero off his head and put it on his lap. The result was beyond the imagination of people in all civilized countries on the earth-the world had entered the 20th century at that time.

He was killed. Not only were they killed, but they were also skinned, fleshed, grilled, and boiled. Finally, they were eaten until only one skull remained, which became a decoration passed down from generation to generation by the chief family. The question I want to ask is: as the descendants of the British missionary, can they easily forget that incident from their hearts?For human beings, it is one thing whether it should be, but another thing is whether it can be.The skulls of their ancestors are still used as decorations in other people's homes!Forgetting and remembering are the two distinguishing features of human nature.Sometimes it is more human to forget; sometimes it is more human to remember, this is the truth of human nature.For the descendants of British missionaries, it is more human to remember.Can the past be made past?This is clearly not a problem that depends on them unilaterally.It depends on the descendants of the chiefs of the native tribes - they are making new chiefs generation after generation.

In 2004, after 70 or 80 years, the latest chief of the African indigenous tribe made a decision that several generations of his predecessors had not made——sincerely invited the descendants of British missionaries to go to Africa , face-to-face pleading guilty; face-to-face return of the other party's ancestors' skulls; The TV news of more than five minutes recorded the process in 2004. Let me ask—if there is no sincerity of the latest chief of the African indigenous tribe as a major premise, will the descendants of the British missionaries sit down with each other and talk about the goodness of abandoning hatred and rehabilitating jade?Isn't the latter's human nature too abnormal?

I compare today's Japan to the indigenous tribes in Africa; I compare today's Japanese politician Koizumi to the latest chief of the indigenous tribes.Any metaphor is flawed.What I am mainly comparing here is the attitude of those who are qualified to represent a country or a tribe towards the historical behavior of their country or tribe.At this point, I think Japanese politicians are far less conscious than the latest chief of an indigenous African tribe.The consciousness of the latter keeps pace with the times and is willing to move closer to the civilizational consensus of all mankind.The words and deeds of Japanese right-wing politicians are the opposite.

As for the Japanese army back then, except for the record that they ate Chinese people, I had no contact with them. They committed all other cruel crimes.It is not enough to magnify the terrorist incident in Africa by ten times; it is not enough to magnify it by a hundred times; it is still not enough to magnify it by a thousand times; From Koizumi to Abe, they paid homage to the Yasukuni Shrine again and again as the prime minister of a country, following two points: first, after death, all souls are equal; second, to honor Confucius, Confucius in China once said: "The benevolent loves others."

In the consciousness of some Japanese people, and furthermore, in the consciousness of Prime Minister Koizumi, after death, is the soul really equal?If it really is, why do they only pay homage to the Yasukuni Shrine again and again?Why didn't I also often go to Japanese civilian cemeteries to pay homage to those ordinary dead souls?If it really is, why do their Yasukuni Shrine only enshrine the spirit tablets of celebrities, nobles and so-called "heroes"?I'm sorry, but in fact, I think that in the Yasukuni Shrine, there must be spirit tablets of the real heroes of the Japanese people placed there to be admired by the Japanese.But even the spiritual tablets of international fascist war criminals are enshrined there, so I have to enclose their "heroes" in quotation marks.If all the spiritual tablets of the Japanese can be enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine, that's all.But everyone in the world knows that the souls of ordinary people in Japan will never be consecrated to the Yasukuni Shrine.But the souls of war criminals are worthy.Equality is with them, to put it bluntly, it is - war criminals and heroes are equal!If not, on the anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, why didn't they also pray in Japan for the souls of the Chinese civilians and prisoners of war who were brutally murdered by their own beasts? ——Since people die, their souls are equal!Let me ask again: In the past one or two years, the number of times they visit the Yasukuni Shrine, which enshrines the spiritual tablets of fascist war criminals, is probably more than the number of times they pay homage to their own ancestors?And this is called mourning.

When it comes to "the benevolent loves others", they are really ignorant.In China, not only Confucius said such words!For hundreds of thousands of years, there have been many Chinese sages who have repeatedly propagated the same idea.The original meaning of those words—a fraternal person should first cherish the lives of others as he cherishes his own.The heart of love loves life.I don't know how to cherish other people's lives. Isn't "lover" just a disguise?The reason why Hitler was a fascist war criminal hated by people all over the world is because he regarded the lives of people in other countries as dung.At this point, Japan's Hideki Tojo is indistinguishable from Hitler!

They must know that in addition to Confucius, there is also a Mencius in China, who is also a great thinker in ancient China. Mencius once said: "The heart of compassion is the essence of benevolence; the heart of shame is the essence of righteousness; the heart of courtesy is the essence of propriety; the heart of right and wrong is the essence of wisdom." Their sympathy for the souls of war criminals has been repeatedly proved to the world.But as the prime minister of the country concerned, where is his sympathy for the souls of the tens of thousands of Chinese who died in the Japanese war of aggression against China?If there is no compassion of the latter kind, its "benevolence" is not "good".Not "right" is wrong.Not exactly oblique.In Chinese characters, "Xie" and "Xie" are synonymous.What else did the ancient Chinese say about such people?Have.Still Mencius.He once said: "Without a heart of compassion, you are not a human; without a heart of shame, you are not a human; without a heart of humiliation, you are not a human; without a heart of right and wrong, you are not a human."

Mencius has already made it clear, so I will stop talking about it! As for China’s failure to file war claims against Japan after the end of World War II, it was because of the consideration that Japan was also in dire straits due to the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States, and the Japanese people became the scapegoat for launching the fascist war. lamb. This consideration is the end of righteousness. Countries in the world have different lengths of cultural history, different stages of development, different national traditions, different content of folk customs, and different degrees of combination of modernity and tradition... In short, there are many differences, so there are various differences.

This is cultural common sense. But after the 18th century, the whole world has reached a consensus on culture, that is, the consensus on the humanistic principles of culture, referred to as "humanism". The principles of the original humanism are - freedom, equality, fraternity (humanitarian spirit). After two world wars, world humanism naturally included the idea of ​​peace. Humanism has also enriched environmental thinking to this day. It is called new humanism. In the United Nations General Assembly, what is discussed, what is passed, what is supported, and what is opposed to, in a word, the principle that is above the interests of the member states is the principle of humanism.If the words and deeds of politicians representing any country are contrary to the consensus of the principles of humanism in the world, they must be condemned. Above the cultural rights of each nation itself is the sole authority for the principles of world humanist thought.Countries all over the world must abide by it. A country juxtaposes the dead of international war criminals with the dead of its own nation's heroes; a country's prime minister pays homage to such a shrine and uses "cultural differences" as an excuse, in addition to showing how much the country represented by its prime minister despises world humanism Principles of thought, what else can be explained? If it were the tribe and its chief of the African indigenous people I mentioned earlier, the Chinese would have nothing to say.Cannibalism requires singing and dancing while eating. That is also a culture, a culture of eating.If it falls behind, the theory is useless. But today's Japan is not the former African indigenous tribes! Japan is a country at the forefront of world modernization! The African chief who apologized on behalf of the tribe has also converted to the principles of world humanism!If not, will you apologize?They didn't use "cultural difference" as an excuse.In the words of Mencius, people already have a "heart of right and wrong". The Japanese Prime Minister and some politicians have more humanistic thoughts in their minds than an African chief?