Chapter 45 poor and stupid

When it comes to the Double Tenth Festival, people will never forget Mr. Sun Yat-sen.The birth of the Republic of China is one thing.What I remember is because he understood 30 years ago that China's problem lies in "poor" and "stupid".Corruption and degradation of society are all inevitable, so Yan Jianguo aims to attack these two root causes.We must get rid of "poor" and "stupid" in order to get rid of the "weakness" formed by external pressure, otherwise there is no hope.Unfortunately, Mr. Zhongshan became an ancient man twenty-two years ago, and the Chinese people lost a leader with profound thinking, far-sighted vision, and generous temperament.However, all the ideals of national reconstruction are still preserved in his theories. After the latecomers are familiar with them and understand their intentions, they will overcome all difficulties and setbacks, contradictions and differences, and gradually realize them.

Controlling poverty in nature is to develop the land, conquer nature, understand what grows on the ground and what is stored underground, and use it to deal with it.In terms of distribution, there must be a system to make it more even, or a policy to make it gradually more even. If the national life has a turning point, the whole country will also have a turnaround.Cure ignorance is to develop the mind, implement a broad and long-term education policy, so that most people can increase and deepen their knowledge, so that everyone can have a new attitude and new habits to adapt to the new era and the new world. Ordinary people I feel that I am a master and a citizen at the same time. I have clear rights and obligations in relation to state relations, so I know that I can love my country even if I love myself.Politicians not only have the rich and extensive knowledge of politicians, but also have an inclusive tolerance, know how to cherish national power, do not waste it meaninglessly, and respect the system, and can adjust all social contradictions to achieve balance by means other than war.In other words, it can also be said that he has art, he understands art! ——If a group of people in such a country maintain the traditional strengths of the country, or carry forward their ideas, and try to get rid of their weaknesses, such as treating malignant tumors and sores, will the country still make progress?

However, poverty and ignorance seem to be the two slip knots holding back China's progress so far.This slipknot is like a rope, entangled with each other.No matter whether you are above or below, whether you are in government or in opposition, whether you are a "master of China" or a "public servant", if you want to struggle upward, you will inevitably be caught by this historical slipknot that comes from all directions, invisible and intangible, and becomes tighter and tighter. .This abstract resistance not only comes from the enemy, but also from his own general and long-term sabotage, which makes him weak and intensified.Just like any lofty ideals and reasonable facts, there is no way to start and no way to take root.We have won the battle against Japan, and we have used our strengths and our weaknesses to hold this arrogant country tightly, thus collapsing it.But what a fiasco to struggle against our own historic weakness, until now!

It is meaningless for us to blame anyone and hate anyone.We should only admit that this weakness is a kind of aging disease, which has something to do with the physique of the whole nation. It is far related to the so-called philosophical attitude towards life, and it is closely related to the so-called modern political thinking and educational methods. We have to figure it out ,Think of ways to.This tragedy belongs to the entire Chinese nation, and this responsibility cannot be borne by a few people! The main reason for this setback and fiasco is that our history is too long.The situation of the great unification of the old and new empires has been extended for more than 20 dynasties, and there is also a shorter period of partial hegemony and disintegration.As usual, force is used to change dynasties, and force is even more needed to support partial security.In this historical background, scholars have a mental state of "following the dragon" and "attaching to the horse", which has lasted for 2,500 years.This psychological state has been affected until now, we have to admit that the ghost with a history is at work!As for education?From a more recent point of view, I am afraid that it started with Zhang Xiangtao, that is, he only knows how to save the poor, and he does it in detail.

Just remember what Guan Zi said, "You will know honor and disgrace after you have enough food and clothing", and don't care about the rest.Revolutions easily overthrow an empire.The destruction of the old and the failure to build the new belong to another weakness in history. Naturally, another group of people has an opportunity to rise up in the life of another group of people, that is, the heroic consciousness of "the victor in the Central Plains wins first".Because of this, there is an imperial system, a restoration, and an army of warlords who cede territory and rule.Until nerds big and small injected the concept of national reconstruction into the minds of most young people, after eight years, combined with a small number of armed emotions, the revolution succeeded.However, there were divisions and civil wars... In such an unstable situation, support until September 18th, the Northeast is over.Fortunately, with the end of Rehe in Northeast China, the real enemy forces have been invading Pinglu, and we have only had 22 to 26 years of vigilance and awareness.The end of the People's Government in Fujian, the peace in the reefs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the satisfactory resolution of the Xi'an Incident all show that it is not necessary to use troops even if they have troops.Great wisdom seems stupid, but it is not stupid.

However, we have to reap another kind of "bitter fruit", that is, other difficulties resulting from educational negligence.Our parents started with new education. For example, Mr. Cai from Peking University and Mr. Fan Jingsheng from the Ministry of Education originally understood that the ideal of education is not only to impart knowledge, but also to allow an abstract desire that is more important than specific knowledge.Wishes are abstract but can be verified in another generation.But in the era of the army, the education run by nerds lacked even embellishment.In smaller places in one province and one county, students can line up in the suburbs holding flags to welcome the triumphant return of the general's guard envoys. These great men can also choose female students from gentlemen's families as the first concubine, forcing the parents It cannot be allowed.As far as Beiping is concerned, it seems that since the fifth and sixth of the Republic of China, it has been completely separated from the government.Although there is a minister of education as usual, apart from being an official, he doesn't care how many national universities and students there are in China.Because as long as you pay attention to it a little bit, you will understand that the professor has been unable to live on the public salary for several years. Regarding the salary, there must be group petitions and a lot of trouble, so he borrowed a sum of money from some bank to embellish it during the holidays!From national finances to personal income, poverty is a fact. Therefore, after the success of the revolution, when a scholar came to be a minister, the education policy unknowingly became the successor of Governor Zhang Xiangtao, solving poverty and advocating science and technology.

On the other hand, I may think that it can make the hero enter the valley and turn into solidity, so as to avoid the confusion of "thought" in grammar.Everything is aimed at reality, but I never imagined that there is another reality, that is, there are many countries in the world that are extremely poor above and below ground, just because the people are not stupid, or they directly face poverty and solve the threat of poverty, or Although poor but not poor, everything in society is orderly.The people know how to love beauty, can think deeply, study hard, and are willing to cheer up, even if they can't produce huge wealth or a hundred-story building, but their spiritual achievements dominate most of the world, and they also enrich human emotions and wisdom in this world!Except for China, which was created by modern politics, it does not understand the value and significance of those achievements, not only does not know respect, but often creates unnecessary destruction, there is no other country that is the same. Ignore the phenomenon!

We wonder if there are any educators who can imagine that the psychological basis of corruption and selfishness has a more profound background than poverty?That is to say, when those children were receiving elementary school education, due to the ignorance of the educators, they were extremely lacking in pictures and music, and on the other hand, they only recited the names of great figures in history in literature and history classes, until the present great man, which caused their psychological damage. sound.In middle school, students didn't know literature and art, but they actually had a plan to eat politics, luring them into a habit of not thinking about it.When you go to university, those with good aptitude and relatively average development, enter science and engineering, isolate yourself from society, and become a self-contained entity.Those with mediocre qualifications, or those who had a withdrawn temperament in their youth, choose literature and history.In middle school, I was ready to eat political food, studying economics, politics, society, and education, trying to expand from a small unit to a large base. Ten years later, these activist friends came to power.Just thinking about the composition of our middle class, we have touched all of this problem.Under this development trend, how can we hope that this country will be on track, orderly, and progress?Is it no wonder that social smarts, contagious procrastination and adaptation, and official stereotypes are everywhere, paralyzing all young people and making a society and country lifeless?When we mention bureaucracy, we get bored.As for bureaucrats, everything about them begins with elementary school education.If the country's education policy is still developed in such a formula, it will be even more tragic when it reaches our third generation!

Recently, the news of setting up "cultural counselors" in embassies of various countries was published.We know that the so-called cultural counselors are at least competent only if they have a broad and deep understanding of the host country's "culture" and their own "culture".How many such people do we currently have?According to the current educational design, national universities rarely offer common courses in cultural history or art history.In the past twenty years, students who study literature and history are not only difficult to look forward to in the early days of the May Fourth Movement, but they also feel that they are lacking in understanding the traditional way of building a new way, that is, the groaning talents that were destroyed at the time, and the general trend, It's just starting from the meaning of the words and sentences, and never allowing students to start from appreciating the historical records and poetic expressions of the temperament and personality of the ancients. They have no chance to pay attention to the traditional spiritual emotions.From what aspects can this kind of students be expected to accept traditions, deepen their lives, and make new creations?If things go on like this, our cultural counselors can only be like many special agencies at present, and they will have to retain technical personnel and borrow materials from other countries.How terrible, how shameful!

In my personal opinion, there are ways and solutions to our material poverty.Our stupidity seems to require some caring people to have a new concept of education and start anew.From elementary school to university, every level of education pays attention to how to educate their emotions, to sort them out, to inspire them, to expand them, and to deepen them.If this matter has to be started from the "teacher of people" of tomorrow, the "foolishness" that has been invisibly cultivated in the past two decades of university education must be a little restrained.However, the general advocacy of art, music, literature, and philosophical knowledge and interests can prevent the new middle-level managers from thinking that wars are needed to adjust social conflicts after ten years. extends beyond the age of twenty.

Judging from these issues, it is very obvious that Peiping, which represents the mind of China, still has a new movement waiting to grow and unfold!There are no strikes or demonstrations in this movement, no crying or shoot-to-kill, just some minds that have not hardened and rigid, can think deeply, can respond, understand, synthesize, and can not be bound by prejudices. Excited or desperate, but you can try some long-term things.There is a memorial hall for Mr. Cai Diaomin in the Songgong Mansion. It seems that Mr. Diaomin's theory is worth starting from here, and it is time to expand it through education.There is also a literary movement, and we still have something to do, to do some experiments for the latecomers in ten or twenty years.The tragedy that our generation has experienced itself may only be endured by denying reality with silence.But the latecomers born in this beautiful land should still be able to bring a healthy hope to a slightly more reasonable society and a slightly happier life! October 8, 1946