Chapter 7 Six Miss China

When it comes to absorbing the civilization of foreign devils, the Japanese devils really have their way.They have always learned what they have about Western civilization, and what they have learned is like what they have learned. Emperor Meiji learned the power of Western ships, Shusaburo Saito learned English grammar, and Yasuko Harada learned French smiles and morning sorrow. . We in China are always the boss, the Han family has its own rules, and we don’t even bother to learn from others, not to mention the leftovers learned by the Japanese Japanese, we are even less happy to learn again, so we have always been able to maintain the Chinese standard and abide by the Chinese clan style.But some fake foreign devils who are not up to date don't think so. They must learn from foreigners, at least from Orientals. They gradually discovered that some of the things of foreign women are really worth imitating.So: the new high heels replaced the three-inch xiaomuzhan; the new bra replaced the myrobalan invented by Concubine Yang Gui;Although the old monster Gu Hongming tried his best to dissuade "how can a Hanchen daughter want to be an orchid", but he finally failed. He sighed, he cursed, and he lamented that "every age hurts the Ming concubine, and it is all because of Xia"!But the trend of the times, what do women like, what can be done? In the face of Ji Li Perfume, Mr. Gu can't force every Chinese woman to love osmanthus oil!

The thinking mode of Chinese women is completely different from that of us Chinese men.Men are delicious, so they absorbed Western corn and peanuts first; they were easy to smoke, so they absorbed cigarettes and opium; they were good-looking, so they absorbed glasses and movies; they were very sick, so they absorbed 606 and quinine; So absorb the geometry of Euclid. ...But on the other hand, Chinese women are also learning from foreign women. They gradually understand: the little feet that have been bound for a thousand years should be untied; The nasty literature of "Lianbu" and "Liandixianyue" should also go away. ...In February of the ninth year of the Republic of China, two female students came to Peking University to start classes. Said it was an earth-shattering event!Under the collective leadership of "modern" and "fashionable", Eve's descendants not only skyrocketed, but also left us Adam's descendants long ago.Not long after the radio was introduced to China, there was a wonderful act of female students holding a big radio in class at Peking University!Now they use solid state radios instead of the large ones, but their psychology of hugging radios was fired from the same kiln.The biggest function of a woman is to soften men and increase love, and the biggest mission is to control (not "match") husbands and teach children. It is not appropriate to engage in politics. The final downfall of Wu Zetian and the regrets of the Queen Mother before her death can serve as a good example. Although she can pretend to be her husband to serve as an official in Yangzhou to discuss Cao, but in the end there is a sigh of "being an old woman".Therefore, a woman's desire to play tricks must be limited to the kitchen, behind her husband, and in front of her mother-in-law. It's clear!But some women don't think like this. They are very skilled in controlling men, and they always want to use their spare time to come out and come out.Otherwise, it would be too "that" to be the violet by the mossy rocks described by William Wordsworth, living in a secluded valley and wasting its youth?

It is really a blessing to be a woman in modern China. If in ancient times, how many beauties were in the poor and humble Jiangtou, or made wedding clothes for others in the small huts, I don’t know how many Wu Jiyue girls with white jade faces were killed. Buried away, drifted down by the wind.Occasionally, Baosi stood out, but she didn't like to laugh. King Zhou You tried every means to make her laugh, but in the end he just smiled and put the blame for the subjugation of the country on her head. For three thousand years, she has been Carrying the notoriety of being a charming and charming master!There are also some women, also because of their beauty, were "chosen" to the palace by the emperor's minions and special envoys as beautiful girls. At that time, the beauty pageant was only for the emperor alone. It's bad luck, the forbidden palace is locked, the sheep cart can't come, I look at the shadow of Zhaoyang in the daytime, and the waning moon in Zhangtai at night, I accompany the lonely palace flowers in sunny days, I want to cross the wilderness in rainy days, and I lean on my pet, lamenting my poor life.In this way, twenty years later, it is considered lucky to be able to talk about Tianbao's legacy with a white-headed palace lady. If you meet a filial and touching crown prince, maybe on a whim, you will be buried alive as the former emperor!

Modern Chinese women don't have this kind of crisis. If she is "naturally beautiful and hard to give up", she can sign up for the selection meeting of Miss China hosted by men.The first place can appear on the Causeway, gaining both fame and fortune, which is a beautiful thing. Even the runner-up and third place can present flowers on a pilgrimage and become a stewardess. Everyone said that it is not only convenient to change careers in the future, but also can be used as an excuse to beat Lao Tzu and add two more fashions and cheongsams. The three aunts and six wives in the neighboring houses. ... From this point of view, the election of Miss China is really beneficial and harmless. It is a golden opportunity, and it is a pity to lose it.

Some people think of the beauty pageant and think of the female slave market in the ancient East, and some people think of the auction house asking for the price. What a treacherous association!You must know that in today's world, even if Yiwu is reborn and Kongming is reborn, if you want to be king, you must pass the college entrance examination and participate in the election. The earth begged you to do the great cause of Duke Huan's dominance of the princes so that Confucius would not let himself go. Is there such a talent-minded fool politician in the world?To be honest, in this day and age, if you want to get ahead, there are thousands of shortcuts, but there are only two right paths, one is examination and the other is choice.As for whether these two roads are fair and objective, and whether they can be tolerated by noble people, I don't know. You have to ask the Minister of Examination and Election.In a word, Liu Feng has become a world of examinations these days: there are examinations for studying abroad, elections for parliamentarians; examinations for secretaries, examinations for pope; , then you have to be a servant who doesn't know the current affairs, and you can't even eat cold pork.But the preciousness of the examination and selection system is to do good deeds on behalf of the heavens. Despicable, his efforts can always be evaluated; but if he easily steals fame and fortune with "natural capital", it will make those hard-working people jealous.This is the reason why we look down on the hereditary emperor, the ancestors and crony officials.Therefore, in democratic China in the 1960s, we also saw that people’s taxes were used to support the great-grandsons of Confucius, Mencius, and Zengzi in the seventies, and to set up Taoist heavenly masters that even the emperors in the autocratic era would not set up. Mansion, we can't help but sigh!

However, it is interesting to look at the selection of Miss China from another point of view.It is the nature of every man and woman to be a beauty pageant.During the Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen married Li Shi's younger sister as his concubine. His first wife was so jealous that he came to find his sister-in-law, so she had to divide her body into "Aunt Li" and then hurry up.Unexpectedly, when the old lady saw Aunt Li, her aesthetic heart was spontaneously aroused. Not only did she vent her murderous aura, but she said, "I feel pity for you, let alone an old slave!".This original wife really deserves it!When the emotional impulse is sharpening, the aesthetic principle is still not forgotten. In today's world, it is enough to be hired as a judge of Miss China!

Not dignified, he said, beauty pageants were originally an art for entertaining women discovered by high-class men who were full and had nothing to do.Because a woman would never think of a beauty pageant, not because she was afraid of anything, but because when she looked in the mirror, she immediately felt "beauty can't help but come from outside", and immediately realized that she was the most beautiful woman in the world?Venus is already here, what else is there to choose?Therefore, all the ladies who participated in the competition came here with high spirits and confidence that they must sell; and those Lilies of the Valley who refused to participate or disdain to participate, all of them carried "nothing in the world can compete with them" It is not difficult for us to figure out how narrow-minded they are if they pretend to watch from the sidelines, imagine the scene where women in the girls' dormitory gather around to read the newspaper and comment, and the fact that women present rarely applaud at fashion shows or beauty pageants.

The ancient Handan Avenue was titled by aristocrats and heroes; the Xianyang North Edition is where the princes’ children gather. Modern high-class men organize the selection of Miss China. In addition to the effect of attracting beauties and attracting the whole country, there are two other side effects. One It can cause women to squabble, because women are always united to deal with men. Although they quarreled as soon as they returned to the dormitory, now when the beauty pageant is held, there is only one first place. ;You are not broken, lonely and restless, everyone is full of jealousy, fighting to make their eyebrows grow longer, this is the happiest thing for men; another side effect is that women are the most obedient at this time, and they are the least able to catch men Appetites are exhibited one by one, and within ten steps, there must be fragrant grasses. Everyone answers politely under the criticism of "ten eyes, ten fingers pointing", and behaves with sincerity and sincerity. The usual arrogant There is no manliness at all, and men will never see so many beauties at the same time on other occasions, nor will they see so much humility.

Some people say that participating in a beauty pageant is like doing business. In ancient times, it was a small business, and women only wanted to please themselves, but now it is a big company, which needs to advertise and openly look at the goods to entertain them. It is for the pleasing of the masses, and only those who need to be popular can be happy.In fact, this kind of mentality is understandable. Even the sage Confucianism among us men has expressed his eagerness to ask for a price. "It's just that men suffer, and they can't rely on their original capital to take advantage. Especially modern men, they don't even have the opportunity to do "face-to-face", unless they are boxing champions. However, it is not easy to win the boxing throne. It only takes a few thousand times to get swollen, and if you don't retire in time, you will have to be beaten down with a blue nose and swollen eyes.Alas!Is capital food a man's food?

There is no objective standard for beauty pageants, and ancient books such as "Miscellaneous Things and Secrets" are outdated; and the size of foreign women does not match the beauties of the East; It's different, he was angry with his fat wife the night before, and he might have voted for Miss Yanshou the next day.And as candidates for beauties, there are many people who overestimate their own abilities and make a lot of mistakes. Some of them are even counterfeit. Miss Japan had a record of breast enlargement, and there was also an embarrassing incident in the United States where she was called her mother in the audience. The extent of its falsehood can be imagined.Regardless of whether it is true or false, good and bad are mixed, after the election, a burst of howling is inevitable. Those who lose the election are sad, and those who are elected are also very happy, but as a loser, there is no need to be depressed. Not being elected is a judgment It is not a crime of beauty to kill me!And there are still many opportunities, not this year, please come early in the next year, as long as you cherish yourself, seize the recommender, come back next year, remake Feng Fu under the bright lights, smiling lightly, posing, what is so difficult?

("Human World", June 1961)