Chapter 270 A brilliant man, a gray-bearded old thief!
“…”
At this time, the room was completely silent, and everyone had complicated expressions.
"Mr. Bai, aren't your reflections a bit too much?"
Fang Yan looked unhappy.
"It's not an exaggeration at all."
Bo Yang looked like everyone was drunk and I was alone: "I know that when I say something like this, everyone will find it difficult to accept it at the first time, and may even feel angry, but I'm not just talking randomly."
Then he took a sip of water and said, "I read "The Ugly Japanese" and "The Ugly American" written by Japanese and American writers over and over again. I made such a conclusion myself."
"I haven't read "The Ugly American""
Pan Yaoming frowned, "But I have read "The Ugly Japanese." "People", Takahashi Shiki analyzed and reflected on the entire Japanese and Japanese society, and gave many strong arguments. I wonder what basis Mr. Kashiwa has for making this judgment? "
Bo Yang said: "My basis is, first of all, the 'sauce vat culture' mentioned by Mr. Lu Xun."
"Sauce vat culture?"
Wang Anyi, Pan Yaoming and others were surprised. .
Bai Ruoxue asked softly: "Teacher Fang, has Mr. Lu Xun ever said such a thing?"
"You should be talking about the dye vat culture."
Dialect immediately corrects the error.
Mr. Lu Xun once wrote in "Book of Two Places" that China is too old, and everything in society, big or small, is in a bad state, like a black dye vat, no matter what new things are added, it will be It turned dark, but it was the Republic of China period when warlords were fighting.
"Yes, yes, Mr. Lu Xun has not fully explained the bad nature of the nation. I think 'sauce vat' is more appropriate than 'dye vat'."
Bo Yang poked the ground with his crutch. Talking endlessly.
“Chinese national culture is a ‘sauce vat’!”
"A 'sour and smelly' sauce vat!"
"The sour smell of the sauce vat is so strong that it can wipe out all the fragrance of orchids, and ultimately make the various ingredients put into the sauce vat volatilize. The same taste comes out.”
“If we stay in this sauce vat for too long, our thoughts, judgments, and vision will be contaminated by the sauce vat. , unable to jump out of the confines of the sauce vat, up and down, large and small, most people are the 'sauce vat maggots' living in this 'sour and smelly' sauce vat."
"..."< br>
“The result is such an ugly situation today, so I sum up the Chinese people as ‘ugly Chinese people’!”
I listened to a lot of things in dialect, and the more I listened to the dialect, the more I was sure what the ingredients were. This was no longer an ordinary reflection monster.
It is simply the originator of reflection monsters comparable to Long Yingtai.
So we can no longer hesitate and must strike hard.
How can you do good literature and art with such an insect!
(ps: Bo Yang and his "Ugly Chinese" are the originators of reflection monsters in reality)
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As expected from Dialect, in Bo Yang’s eyes, Chinese cultural traditions should be abandoned altogether, because the sauce vat of Chinese culture stinks and makes people ugly, so they must learn from the West .
“Wait a minute, wait a minute.”
Fang Yan interrupted directly, “You have been talking for a long time, but you still haven’t made any scientific analysis or given any convincing arguments. Can’t you be more specific?”
“Then let me give you an example, foot binding!”
Bo Yang severely criticized "foot-binding" and other bad habits.
Fang Yan curled his lips, "I don't object to criticizing 'foot-binding', but before the Song Dynasty, there was no record of 'foot-binding', and it has been abolished in modern times. This bad custom cannot be promoted to the level of China." At the traditional cultural level"
"There is no Anglo-Saxon, no Western culture. Ming, if there had been no Opium War, would women not have their feet bound? "Bo Yang said, "At least everyone here might still have a braid on their head, and everyone would still wear a robe and mandarin jacket."
"Are you speaking for the colonial invasion!!"
Bai Ruoxue stood up with a slap in the face and a cold eyebrow.
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that."
Seeing the unkind looks from everyone, Bo Yang quickly changed his words: "I just want to say that there is another great nation in the world, and that is the Anglo Saxon."
"This nation established the framework for world civilization, such as their parliamentary system, electoral system, and judicial independence. The jury system and so on have established a good structure for human society, which is its greatest contribution to civilization..."
(ps: "Chinese People and Sauce Tanks" from Bo Yang)
"Does Mr. Napper know that the British in the Victorian period regarded tuberculosis as the standard of female beauty?"
"In order to whiten their skin, these women put on opium-containing facial masks, washed their faces with ammonia, used toxic cinnabar as lip glaze, and even bathed in arsenic water. So I have to ask, how could this kind of bound feet be produced in Western civilization? What about those cruel habits?"
Fang Yan stood up, his eyes sharp.
"This..." Bo Yang was startled. He spent 10 years in prison on Green Island. He only studied Chinese history and never systematically studied Western civilization.
“Also, in order to cater to the morbid beauty of thin waists, women at that time wore corsets that did not conform to the human body structure for a long time. If foot binding is a bad habit, what is the corset? ?”
Fang Yan walked up to him, condescending.
“Well, the culture of any nation is like the Yangtze River, which flows endlessly. Because over time, many filthy and dirty things in the Yangtze River, such as dead fish, dead cats, Damn it, let's start Precipitation prevents the water from flowing and turns it into a pool of stagnant water. The more it sinks, the more it rots over time. It becomes a sauce vat, a sludge pit, sour and smelly..."
Bo Yang tried to explain, But the more I explain, the more confusing it gets.
That’s it?
The dialect is full of contempt, "Since even you said that 'any nation' will become a putrid sauce vat, why do you only regard 'sauce vat culture' as a label for us Chinese people?"
Then he asked: "Mr. Bai, what are your intentions!"
"I, I, yes, I want to say that it is because the Anglo-Saxons in the United Kingdom are also soaked in the sauce vat that they are treated by the United States. Replaced by the new Anglo-Saxon civilization."
Bo Yang argued vigorously and presented various arguments.
"Then why do American writers still write "The Ugly American"? According to you, aren't they also the 'maggots' living in this 'sour and smelly' sauce vat?" ”
“Then why are there so many affirmative action movements?”
"If they were civilized, why would the Indians cry!"
Dialect retorted one by one, gradually raising his voice.
Bo Yang was at a disadvantage in the confrontation and felt panicked.
Bai Ruoxue's eyes were shining as she watched from beginning to end. If she hadn't been scrupulous, she would have been unable to help but applaud Teacher Fang.
“That’s all, that’s all, you can’t convince me, and I can’t convince you. Let’s just put what we say at the report meeting and give it to the audience and the students to judge.”< br>
Bo Yang's face turned red and he ended the topic forcefully.
“Of course.”
“I believe that when they judge, they should be fair and clear-cut without too much bias and emotion.”
Dialect made a strange statement.
If it weren’t for the sake of Nie Hualing and the others, or if it weren’t for the fact that Bo Yang was old and decrepit, for fear of being agitated, he would clutch his chest and lie down on the ground to die, just like Zhuge Liang scolded Wang Lang:
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A brilliant man! Old thief with gray beard! How dare you chat here!
Don’t you know that everyone in the world scolds you as a reflection monster!
It is simply a waste of life!
I have never seen such a shameless person!
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The atmosphere in the kitchen is visibly solemn and dull.
Bo Yang sensed everyone's attitude and did not continue to ask for trouble. He limped out of the kitchen and returned to the room angrily on the grounds that he was "not feeling well and needed to take medicine."
“He really should take medicine.”
Fang Yan sneered.
Liu Wuxiong sighed and said: "He was not like this before. Maybe his legs were broken and he was in prison for ten years. It is inevitable that he will have resentment."
"Then he shouldn't attribute this dissatisfaction to the bad nature of the Chinese people in general." Fang Yan said disdainfully, "I dare not refer to the named people, but generally refer to everyone as ugly, which gives him the cowardice and timidity I really feel sorry for him.”
“Yanzi, don’t say anything disappointing.”
Pan Yaoming said: “Let’s talk about it. Let’s discuss it.”
Seeing everyone chatting, Bai Ruoxue interrupted: “Teacher Fang, if there are equality, why are there such big differences among the various ethnic groups in the world? This difference is not only reflected in cultural customs? There are many aspects such as intelligence, morality and character.”
“This question is very complicated”
Fang Yan said seriously: "Let's talk about the American Indians and the local indigenous people in the South Pacific first. Why are they primitive and backward? Because they are isolated overseas and lack communication with the outside world. However, China and Europe, whether it is the Silk Road or the maritime The Silk Road all influenced and promoted each other. This exchange greatly accelerated the development of human culture and science."
Pan Yaoming said: "Indeed, Chinese civilization, such as the four great inventions, did promote Europe. The development of science."
"I. I feel that one of the fundamental reasons for the history of different nations to follow different paths is the difference in national environment. As the saying goes, the soil and water support the people."
"It's interesting, continue. "
" The ecological environment is the basis for human survival, and the geographical environment determines the development of civilization. For example, areas suitable for farming develop agricultural civilization, while places with shallow soil develop nomadic civilization. Take China as an example, why did it originate in the north? "
Dialect said: "Because with primitive agricultural technology, the hot and rainy climate in the south is not suitable for farming..."
The views on geographical determinism and the debate that broke out in the kitchen also reached Nie Hua Spirit and Paul Angel's ears.
“It seems that we did the right thing by inviting dialects to come to the United States!”
Paul Angel was very excited, but noticed that Nie Hualing was not very interested and sighed: “ It’s the right one, but I’m wondering if it’s the wrong one to invite Bo Yang to the United States.”
(End of Chapter)