Chapter 60 Fusion is the way out

I feel that I am a part of the universe, like a fetus staying in the mother's body, how does the fetus think about its mother?At this time, maybe the only way to give up thinking and feel the rhythm of the mother's body is the real and credible one!People's troubles may lie in the fact that they can only perceive the part, but yearn to clarify the whole; they are only a process, but they want to know the whole.This desire has given birth to some absurd thought systems that people have fabricated under the circumstances that it is impossible to understand the whole and the original of the world, and trained a thinking mode full of loopholes.

Since the invention of logic by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, there have been classifications and metaphysical knowledge, which have also influenced Western thinking since then, although later generations have discovered many of Aristotle’s mistakes, such as He believed that the acceleration of gravity is proportional to the weight of the object, he did not admit the existence of vacuum and so on.Metaphysics is a study above physics. Later people also thought that metaphysics was too dogmatic and divided the world too fragmented, and they used dialectics and system theory to correct it. However, Western knowledge and thinking did not escape the Aristotelian classification in the end. , logical trajectory.Aristotle's knowledge can be learned and there are rules to follow.Because of its simplicity, it has become mainstream.

The scientific thinking induced by this has turned human beings into proud natural anatomists. In contrast, I appreciate the Eastern way of comprehension more, that is, not focusing on the system, not on the far-off ultimate thinking, but just starting from the daily life and returning to the moment when feeling and thought meet.Only then did I realize that the grass is green, God's will pity the grass, and the subtleties have the greatest comfort. When Lao Tzu left Hangu Pass in the west, he was stopped by border guards and was released only after writing it down.Confucius respectfully called Laozi his teacher, and it is said that when he visited Laozi, he gave him a pair of ducks as a gift.Laozi's thoughts have influenced China for thousands of years. Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Zen from the Western Regions have all been deeply influenced by Laozi in China. It can be said that Laozi's theories have influenced the entire traditional Chinese culture.Lao Tzu's thoughts are nature, balance, integration, unity of man and nature, and interlinkage of all things.However, his essays are very abstract, and not many people can really understand what he means, unlike Aristotle's articles, which are very specific.Therefore, Aristotle's theory has been criticized and challenged by many people later.And Lao Tzu's words seem to be always correct, such as: "Tao can be said, and it is very Tao."But Lao Tzu's learning depends on enlightenment. Without enlightenment, no matter how hard you work, there is no way to learn. The result of enlightenment is the improvement of the realm.Today, most Westerners, including Western-educated Easterners, always think that Lao Tzu's method is nonsense and mystifying, and it has nothing to use.

The anti-logic of the Orientals has historical roots, starting with Lao Tzu.This distinction can be seen everywhere between East and West.In terms of medicine, Western medicine is always very simple and single, with specific chemical names and specific dosages, and it can treat wherever there is a disease.However, traditional Chinese medicine is much more complicated. A dose of traditional Chinese medicine can range from a dozen flavors to as many as dozens of flavors. Wherever there is a disease, it cannot cure that area.In terms of diet, Orientals use various ingredients to cook porridge and soup, such as eight-treasure porridge, Buddha jumps over the wall, dumplings, and offal soup. Meat can be served in various stir-fried dishes.The ingredients used in Western food are much simpler, such as roast beef and lamb, meat is meat, and vegetables are vegetables.In terms of urban planning and construction, there is the "Athens Charter" in the West. Cities are divided into functional areas for planning and construction. People living in cities travel between several functional areas every day, resulting in most cities today. traffic congestion and traffic jams.Modern cities are the product of Western modernization, and traditional Chinese culture has not yet been touched.

What is the true face of the world?I don't think it should be divided into two, black and white. "A country that is not anti-terrorist is a country that is terrorist" is a clear example of this kind of thinking.The essence of the world must be rich and colorful, with white, black and gray; it should be natural, balanced and integrated.But whenever it comes to the understanding of the world from traditional Chinese culture and its advantages, people always easily refute it, thinking that what traditional Chinese culture brings to China is poverty and backwardness, while what Western culture brings is literature and art Revival is the industrial revolution, which brings wealth and modernization to people.I don't see it that way.What is the way out for our future?In the 1990s, an American named Huntington wrote a book "The Clash of Civilizations". Afterwards, "9.11", the U.S. attack on Iraq, and terrorist activities all over the world and the war on terrorism took place. It seems that Different civilizations are still stuck in the past Cold War period, either you die or I live.I think this should not be the essence of the world, nor our way of thinking about cultural differences. The way out in the future should be the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, rather than blindly opposing them.

At the beginning of this century, we invited the Japanese architect Yan Wu to design a bamboo house in the "community at the foot of the Great Wall".After the house was built, he wrote an article in which he said, "In the past, the Great Wall of China was a symbol of dividing the two civilizations of agricultural civilization and animal husbandry civilization, but today's bamboo wall is a symbol of connecting the two cultures of the East and the West. ".I think he said it very well. Everyone who has visited this bamboo house feels that it has an artistic conception of oriental culture, because bamboo is a symbol of the spirit of intellectuals who escape from the world and transcend things in China, such as the seven sages in the bamboo forest; The large-area glass windows, floor heating, and toilet facilities used in the house are all the most advanced western scientific and technological achievements. If only one of these factors is emphasized, there will be no such rich feelings brought by bamboo houses.

Our world should also be rich and integrated.