Chapter 1061: Differences between China and the United States
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Due to the fact that time was really tight, Chen Kangjie only stayed in Chicago for one night, and that night, he talked a lot with the Obama couple, the cultural differences between China and the United States, the thinking of China and the United States, film art, music appreciation, etc., almost whatever came to mind.
When talking about the cultural differences between China and the United States and the thinking of China and the United States, Chen Kangjie told Sù Oba Niu, " In fact, relatively speaking, we know far more about you than you know about us, in my country, hundreds of millions of people learn English every day, and in the United States, I am afraid that there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people learning Chinese, such a proportion gap brings about a large difference in understanding of the equivalence, and people of my age, basically no one has not watched American movies, and on the contrary, Americans are not interested in movies produced in China, as a filmmaker, I cannot deny that the United States is shooting technology, The content of the story and the design of the picture are more contemporary, more popular, but it has to be said that this has a certain relationship with the arrogance of the Americans, when a country goes ahead, it feels that there is nothing worth learning and learning from others, so as to lead to blind chauvinism, language, often reflects the thinking logic of a famous family, just like us, the surname is placed in the front, your surname is placed in the back, the surname is not easy to change, we attach great importance to it, in fact, it is to attach importance to inheritance, our culture and thinking logic has always had a strong inheritance, to understand us, we must first understand our history and cultural originsRecently, there have been many voices of the Chinese threat theory, and our two peoples are completely different in their views on this issue, why. ”。
"Isn't that true? On this issue, Oba Niu does not know much about China, and what he knows comes from relevant reports, just himself, he has never been to China, and he has not read books on the history of China systematically, so he only listens, who is called Chen Kangjie knows both countries very well.
"Hehe, of course it's not a fact", Chen Kangjie laughed, took a sip of coffee, and continued with his gaze sweeping over the Oba Niu couple, " The logic of Americans' thinking is that ability determines the result, basically you look at the question like this, as if with the development of our country, the ability has increased, and I feel that it will compete with the United States for the status of world domination, but in our culture, it is the other way around, the purpose or result affects the ability and process, which is completely different, if you are lucky enough to go to China, you can ask the people on the street casually, how many people think that our purpose is to expand and fight for hegemony, maybe it is difficult for you to get a kind of answer, because that is not the goal and result we want, our purpose is very simple, to protect ourselves, improve our lives, and become richBecause of the need for this result, we will try our best to develop the economy in terms of means, be kind to our neighbors, and create a good peaceful environment with our neighbors, and the development of appropriate military is only the need for self-preservation, don't you think it's a little incredible, haha".
Rahil looked as usual, and Oba Niu's eyes widened, and he did not expect that the people of China would think so simply.
"But the people don't think the same way as the people," Obacow continued, after a half-mutter.
"As a senator who lives in a democratic country elected by the people, you should know how strong the power of the people will be, and the will of the people, which is impossible for any government to subvert, otherwise, there will be absolutely no good end, besides, none of our high-level political leaders have studied in the West, fundamentally speaking, their cultural traditions and logic are not much different from ordinary people, the United States has always hoped that a large number of Chinese students will study in the United States, and has also been vigorously promoting cultural offensives, such as movies, music, books, etc., to imagine that these means to transform our thinking, in fact, are really futile, those things, which may be useful for other civilizations in other countries, but for Chinese civilization,,。 Speaking of this, Chen Kangjie shook his head directly mockingly, " In the world civilization, only we can remain intact, and inherited for four or five thousand years, our language, our folk customs, our ethics, our values, have not changed much, maybe outsiders see that we have been very different from before, we wear suits, can eat Western food, can speak English, will like Jordan and Mike, in fact, this is just an external thing, or technical, not the core, just take eating Western food, when personal, simple time may choose, but grand occasions, solemn time, we must choose a variety of Chinese food, such as happy events, funerals, New Year's holidaysFeasting on relatives and friends, etc., this is the core of who we are."
"It seems that we really don't know much about you, and the research reports of those research institutes are still superficial," Obama said dejectedly.
"This is natural, even the so-called sinologists, it is difficult to say that they understand us, the reason, first, is because our history is too long, to learn paragraph after paragraph, that is a vast project, secondly, in terms of technology, these sinologists are also not a solid foundation, in my country, many people can memorize every word in the English dictionary, but a few Westerners can recognize every Chinese character of ours, our historical classics are almost all written in ancient Chinese, our native people will be very difficult to learn, broad and profound, Westerners to read, I am afraid it will be difficult to go to the sky, if even our books can not really be understood, how to understand and understand。 At present, Oba Niu is still unknown, and Chen Kangjie plans to deepen his personal relationship with him at this stage, and at the same time pass on and instill some fresh ideas in him, which will be very beneficial in the long run.
"What you mean is that China will never compete for hegemony. ”。
"Of course not, it seems that our leaders have said solemnly declared many times, but you don't believe it, hehe, in fact, everyone knows that during the Tang and Han dynasties, our national strength was almost the sum of other countries in the world, much larger than the proportion of the United States in the world today, but we also did not try to expand, we did not occupy South Asia, Southeast Asia, even the Korean Peninsula was not completely occupied, we just wanted to be respected, therefore, at that time, there were many small countries around us that respected us and received more than they paidChen Kangjie said with a smile and casually.
"Not necessarily, Genghis Khan hit the banks of the Danube in Europe", and Oba Niu is not ignorant of the history of the East, but his words have no effect on refutation.
"The Yuan Dynasty promoted by this giant is indeed one of the dynasties in our history, but at that time, they were still regarded as a foreign nation, and the governance basis of their regime was not based on our traditional cultural values, and the backward nomadic civilization informed the advanced agricultural civilization, which was not very feasible in the first place, they did not absorb and integrate advanced things, but adopted their set, so the regime only experienced 97 years before it perished, but this history has given us a lot of inspiration, that is, we can't make enemies everywhere or even attack cities and start wars because of our strength, which will drag the country into the abyssDo you know that the most backbone people in our country are the people who write history, and history has a sacred position in our tradition, which also reflects that we pay great attention to inheritance and tradition, but later we also like dialectics, just like we are not willing to fight for hegemony, and we are not willing to make enemies with other countries, and peace is one of the core of our culture, but when we are forced and imposed, there will also be a resolute backlash, to be honest, I like the United States very much, and the vast majority of Chinese like the United StatesSo I really don't want the United States to force us into opposition to you, it will be a tragedy for the two great powers", Chen Kangjie's central idea is to hope that Tongguò's tireless explanation will allow the future president to deepen his true understanding of the East, so as to make the general environment more soothing.
"What you said, can ordinary people understand, I heard that there are still tens of millions of illiterate people in your country who are uneducated", for what Chen Kangjie said, Oba Niu is really interested.
Not to mention whether he now has the budding idea of competing for the supreme throne of power, just as he is now a senator, he will come into contact with a lot of affairs related to the relations between the two countries, as long as he is a politician with a conscience, even if he does not seek the interests of other countries, he has to check the long-term development strategy of his own country.
Chen Kangjie believes that a young elite who can hold the presidency will not be too short-sighted.
"That's right, there are still many people in our country who are illiterate, but I want to add that they are just not very literate, and it cannot be said that they really have no culture, and the real expression of culture is not in the text, but in the way of behavior and thinking logic in our daily life, after thousands of years of inheritance, in fact, many of our cultural cores have penetrated into the blood and bones of ordinary people, such as what I just said. Harmony is precious', these four words were originally ancient texts, with profound meaning, but almost every one of our ordinary people understands its meaning, and uses it to advise neighbors and families in daily life, and its essence is also developed by our people into a more practical value of 'home and everything is prosperous', among our ordinary people, like 'do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself', 'if there is no change, then encouragement', 'three outlines and five constants',' The unity of heaven and man' and other words extracted from the classics are often filled with our lives, even many illiterate people, they are also saying a lot of classic idioms every day, but he doesn't recognize the word and can't write, but the meaning, everyone understands, just like 'robbing while the fire is burning', 'hiding a knife in a smile', 'holding the sheep by hand', 'bright and fair', 'carving insect skills', 'opening the river', etc., a farmer in the mountains will also use it, and our wisdom is hidden in the billions of people." , Chen Kangjie said with a narrow smile.
"Long, a conversation with you is better than ten years of study, you are really an ambassador of exchange between our two countries, you know both cultures very well, I heard that you can recite the Declaration of Independence", Rachel interjected and sighed.
"I can recite the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and its 27 Constitutional Amendments, President George Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Monroe Doctrine, and Mr. Mark Twain's Baby.