Chapter 77 very good

very good The word "very good" is really on our lips.We say, "Your idea is very good." "Your article is very good." "Zhang San is a very good person." "This thing is very good." People ask, "This matter is done in this way, you How do you see it?" We also often answer, "Very good." Sometimes we add another one, saying "Very good, very good."Or instead of saying "very good", say "very good", and the tone is still the same. In this way, haven't we all become "good guys"?We know that "Mr. Good Man" is either an indiscriminate idiot, or a township with the city's wishes.Although there are many wishful and foolish people, no one can believe that those who often say "very good" and "really good" are all fools or foolish."Very good" or "really good" in common people's catchphrase is not necessarily "very" good or "really" good, but also not necessarily "good"; "That's all.

In ordinary conversation, respect and sympathy seem far more important than truth.When a person speaks the truth everywhere and everything, not only is his knowledge and ability not allowed, but he also has to quarrel with others all day long; this is not because he is impatient with life, but simply because he cannot live.Naturally, one should always be serious sometimes, but when you don’t need to be serious, you don’t have to be serious; it seems to be the same thing to let people get a little respect and sympathy from you, and to maintain a strong or weak friendship with each other. The truth of being human.Saying "very good" or "really nice" does not focus on objective praise but subjective favorability.Use a little favor you give to the obedient, in exchange for a little favor from the obedient, that's all.

If you are an expert or an important person, it is a different matter if you speak your mind. If you are not an expert or an important person, it is generally insignificant to say that you are good or bad. Most people say that you have a bad mouth or a bad temper behind your back. Then why bother?Even if you are an expert or an important person, you can only seriously criticize those who are within your threshold. There is no omnipotent expert or important person in the world, so when you speak outside the threshold, you are not just like others Insignificant?Shouldn't we focus on respect and sympathy?We listen to our own and other people's soft, quick "very good" or "really good" voices all day long, and we all understand the weight of these two words in our stomachs.Anyone who expects others to take such words as his own exact comments, or even takes other people's words like this as his own exact comments, is really wishful or foolish.

I said "gently", "quickly", this is the so-called tone.As long as it's so light and fast, you say "very good", "great", "great", it's all the same, it's not painful anyway, but "very good", "very good "Speak more briskly.But the words "very", "true" and "good" have different weights if one of them is spoken more emphatically and slowly, or the whole is spoken more emphatically and slowly.At least you're showing that you like the idea, the article, the person, the thing, the method, etc., even if you're not confident that your words are exact comments.Sometimes they don't speak more emphatically and slowly, but add some words before and after, such as "very good, cough!" "It's really good." "I believe Zhang San is a good person." "Look, this thing is really good Alright." It was also a tone of liking. Phrases such as "very good" can be made in the same way.

But even though you like this or that "very" or "really" like that, this or that may not be "very" good, "really" good, or even "good" at all.Although you have said it emphatically, what you give to the listener is only a little more respect and sympathy, and it cannot elucidate the objective value of this or that.If you are an ordinary person, this expression is enough to teach obedient satisfaction.If you are an expert, an important person, or a quasi-expert, or a quasi-important person, if you want to teach the obedient Satisfaction, you have to point out where the "good" is, or how to be "good".This is the objective praise and exact comment that the obedient ones hope for.

Saying "good" and "not bad" is the same as "very good" and "really good"; saying "very good" and "not bad" or "really good" and "really not bad" is just adding words The "very good" and "really good" too. "Good" is only one word, "good" and "not bad" are two words; we sometimes speak more emotionally than shorter ones, and this is just an example. "Good" plus "very" or "true" can be equal to "good" and "not bad". ", "It's so good" is heavy.But to say "not good" is simply not good, there are not so many shadows."Say it's not good" often seen in old novels and "big things are bad" often heard in old dramas can be representative.The word "bu" here still maintains its independent value and the full amount of negation, unlike "not bad", the word "bu" in "not bad" has been melted into the idiom without much energy.Originally, since you have the guts to say "no" to "good", you don't need to be evasive; at most you put a word in the middle, saying "not very good", "not very good", but it sounds Still about the same.

Having said that, since it is not necessarily "very" good or "really" good, or even not necessarily "good" at all, why not keep silent?Not silent, but want to say something, isn't it boring and perfunctory?But silence is not easy, you have to have that patience.Silence can mean "no opinion", "don't care", or "not good", but obedient people will easily interpret your silence as "not good", at least they will feel that you are too cold, even Even the little bit of respect and sympathy on the lips is stingy not to be given to others.Under such circumstances, if you are not born or trained to be indifferent, it would be strange if you couldn't help but say something!If you want to say, it's nothing more than "very good" and "really good".In life, when you don't need to be serious, you should be more happy, love more, and hate less. It doesn't seem to be boring; it's just perfunctory with ulterior motives, and it doesn't seem to be enough to say a few insignificant and pleasant words casually.

I have repeatedly said that I am obedient.The obedient responds emotionally, and the speaking is of course caring.No one likes to look at an embarrassed face, right?Cheap respect and sympathy can cover people's embarrassing faces, and those who are altruistic are also selfish; one stone kills two birds, under normal circumstances, why not do it?Although some things in the world are easy in person, there are also some things that are difficult in person.Let’s talk about whether the comments are good or bad, and it’s more free behind the scenes than in person.This is not to say that you can speak ill of people behind your back.A person who has his own status and is surrounded by obedient and self-loving people can do this!This is just to say that behind other people's backs, scruples can be less, and respect and sympathy may be useless.Although at this time there may be relatives and friends of that person among those who are obedient, but there is a layer of separation after all; if you say "not very good" or "not very good", you probably won't see embarrassing faces.It won't work in person.It is of course not okay to say that this or that is "not good" in front of one's own face, but it is even more unacceptable to say that this and that is "not good" in front of many people.When many people say that they are all "bad", it is simply outnumbered; only when many people refer to some of them as "bad" in general, it may be sloppy.Therefore, the usual comments are probably always "very good" in person, and "really good" is often used. ——I also said "very good" and "really good" behind my back, so I must speak more emphatically and slowly.

But since it may not be "very" good or "really" good, or even "good" at all, isn't it enough to say "good"?Why do we have to add "very" or "true"?Originally, when we answered questions such as "Is it good?" or "What do you think?", we often just said "Yes".But this can only be done in answering sentences, not in other sentences.One reason is the conventions of our language.Adjectives by themselves or adjectives used as predicates of sentences are often comparative.For example, "this flower is red", "this flower is pure", and "this flower is beautiful", but it is really "this flower is redder than other flowers", "this flower is more pure than other flowers", "this flower is more beautiful than other flowers". The flowers look good".Saying "your idea is good", "your article is good", "Zhang San is a good person", "this thing is good", also means "better than others".Another reason is the convention of the word "good".Using only one word "good" in a sentence is sometimes really "bad".For example, pointing sharply and saying "Hello!" or shaking his head and laughing, "Zhang Sanhao, he is ignoring me now." When there is a little respect and sympathy, you have to speak lightly, borrowing the words "very good" or "really good".

Created on October 15-16, 1939 (Originally published in Kunming "Central Daily" "Pingming" Supplement No. 109, October 25, 1939)