Chapter 8 read aesop's fables

People younger than us can be roughly divided into two categories.The first are the juniors who are very different from our age; we can tolerate such people, and like to protect them; we can sell them our old age, and our seniority only adds to our dignity.There is also the younger generation who are not much younger than us. This kind of people will only arouse our hatred and jealousy. They have lost the concept of respecting the elders, and we are not old enough to arouse their pity for the old and weak; Not only can we not act old, but we have to drive them to learn young. Our old age makes us suffer.These two attitudes are seen everywhere.For example, a woman in her late thirties is still willing to say good things about the looks of eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls, but she is ruthless in criticizing girls in her twenties and fourteens.Therefore, children can always please adults, but conflicts between older children and younger children are unavoidable.All personnel relations, as long as seniority and seniority are involved, all prove the correctness of this analysis.

Looking at the entire history, the ancient times were equivalent to the childhood period of human beings.It was naive before, but after thousands of years of growth, it has slowly reached the modern age.The older the era is, the earlier it is, the shorter its history; the later the era, the deeper the accumulated experience and the more age it has.Therefore, we are the elders of our grandfathers, and the three ancient generations are not as long and ancient as the modern ones.In this way, our attitude of trusting and loving the ancients has taken on a new meaning.Our longing for the ancient times is not necessarily to respect our ancestors, maybe we just like children, not to respect the old, maybe it is to sell the old.No old man is willing to admit that he is decadent and stubborn, so we also believe that everything in modern times is more advanced than ancient times in terms of value and character.

These feelings are caused by occasional flipping.Yes, you can see it.It gives us at least three kinds of comfort.First, this is an ancient book, and reading it can increase our pride in modern civilization.Second, it is a children's book. After reading it, we feel that we are adults and have surpassed those childish views.Thirdly, this book is almost all about beasts. From beasts to humans, you can see how much evolution is needed!We saw the actions and remarks of many bats, foxes, etc., and it felt like visiting poor friends after making a fortune, and returning home with clothes and clothes.But poor friends want us to help, and children should be taught by us, so we read it and feel that there are many superficial views that must be corrected.

For example, the story of the bat: when the bat meets a bird, it pretends to be a bird, and when it meets a beast, it pretends to be a beast.Humans are smarter than bats.He will use the method of bats in reverse: in birds, he must act like a beast, which means he is down-to-earth; He is a poor and tough commoner, and when he is among the commoners, he is a condescending cultural element: Of course this is not a bat, this is just a human being. The story of Ant and Zhuzhi: When winter came, the ant took out the rice grains in the winter; Zuzhi was half-starved, so he borrowed food from the ant. There should be more to the story.According to Plato's Dialogue Phaedrus (Phaedrus), make the weave evolve and become a poet.According to this inference, the person who sits and watches the poet's poverty and hunger and refuses to borrow money is undoubtedly an ant in his predecessor.When Zhi Zhi died of starvation, he became food for ants; similarly, a great writer who could not support himself during his lifetime has a large number of people relying on him for a living, for example, relatives and friends who write memories and memories of words, and critics who write research papers. home and scholars.

The story of the dog and his own shadow: The dog crossed the bridge with meat in his mouth, saw the shadow in the water, and thought it was another dog with meat in his mouth; so he gave up the meat in his mouth, fought with the shadow, and wanted to grab the meat held by the shadow. As a result, all the meat in the mouth was lost.The original intention of this fable is to avoid greed, but we can now apply it to other aspects.It is said that everyone needs a mirror, so that they can often look at themselves and know what they are.However, people who know themselves don’t need to look in the mirror at all, and things that don’t know themselves are useless even if they look in the mirror. The shadow, as the target of the barking attack.It can be seen that some things are better not to look at yourself in the mirror.

The story of the astronomer: The astronomer looked up at the stars, stumbled and fell into the well, and yelled "help!" His neighbor heard it and sighed and said, "who told him to only look at the high place and ignore the ground!" Looking around, regardless of the results under your feet, sometimes you go down the well, sometimes you go down the field or step down.However, after going down, I never said that I fell down accidentally, but only said that I intentionally did the investigation and work of my subordinates.For example, this astronomer has a very good excuse: sitting in a well and watching the sky.Really, even after we went down, our eyes were still looking upwards.

The story of the crow: God wants to pick the most beautiful bird to be the king of the birds. The crow puts peacock's long hair on its body and sticks it on its tail. Pull off all the feathers inserted on him, and still show the true appearance of a crow.That is to say: a person with long hair may not necessarily be an artist; conversely, a bald and hairless person may not necessarily be a scholar or a thinker, and a brain that does not grow a blade of grass, what other things do you think will be produced?This fable doesn't end here. The crow's borrowed feathers were all pulled out, and when it showed its original shape, it became angry from embarrassment and suggested that everyone simply pull out their own natural feathers. What is the difference between peacocks, swans, etc. and crows?This method of concealing shame is at least commonly used by humans.

The story of the bull and the frog: The mother frog asked the little frog, "Is the cow as big as me?" The little frog replied, "Please don't bloat, be careful of your belly bursting!" This mother frog is really stupid !She shouldn't be bigger than a cow, she should be smaller than a cow.So we have compensation for every kind of defect. Being stingy is called economy, stupid is called honesty, meanness is called flexibility, and lack of talent is called virtue.Therefore, there are no women in the world who think they are not cute, and there are no men who think they are inferior.In this way, each other gets what they want, and of course they will not live in peace.

The story of the old woman and the mother (you bird): The old woman raises a mother (you bird) and lays an egg every day.The old woman is greedy and hopes that it will lay two eggs a day and feed her twice as much.From then on (the bird) eats more and more fat, and stops laying eggs - so avoid being greedy.Aesop was wrong!He should say that big fat people are often narrow-minded. The story of the fox and the grapes: The fox saw the ripe grapes on the vine. He tried his best to get his mouth, so he gave up and comforted himself, saying: "The grapes may still be sour, so don't eat them!" He would also say: "The grapes are really sour." If he is a fox who is not satisfied, he said this to himself, because the reality is "not ideal".If he is a very satisfied fox, he will say this to others, because complaining can save others from sharing the benefits.

The story between the donkey and the wolf: When the donkey saw the wolf, he pretended to be wounded on his leg, and said to the wolf, "There is a thorn on your foot, please pull it out, so that you won't get your tongue stabbed when you eat me." He kicked and fled, so he sighed and said, "God sent me to be a butcher who kills, why bother to be a doctor who cures diseases!" Of course, this is ridiculously childish, he didn't know that doctors are also a kind of butcher. These few examples can prove that it is not suitable for modern children's books.In the second volume of "Emile", Rousseau objected to children reading fables, thinking that there are bad intentions. He cited the case of the fox deceiving the meat of the crow's mouth, saying that children would not follow the deceived crow after reading it. If you sympathize, you will envy the deceitful fox.If this is the case, doesn't it prove that the child's intentions are not good?Whether or not children should read fables depends entirely on what kind of world and society we adults are creating for children to grow up to live in.Rousseau believed that fables would complicate the teaching of simple children and lose their innocence, so it was unacceptable.I think fables are not important, because the simpler they teach simple children, the more naive they are, thinking that the distinction between right and wrong in human affairs, and the rewards of good and evil, are as fair and clear as among animals. fooled.The reason is that Rousseau is a Primitivist, advocating restoration, and I am a person who believes in progress—although I am not like the fly in the fable, sitting on the axle of the wheel and buzzing. : "The progress of the car is all my strength."