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7/30/2024

金庸能否代表中國文化


 最初,還以為香港提倡金庸,衹是提供一些娛樂,刺激一下經濟。能否真正刺激經濟在所不論,但看看這個聲勢,鋪天蓋地而來,報章和電視台,全情投入。似乎是一種政策已經形成。今時今日,孔子己經不合時宜。那麼,韋小寶可能更受歡迎些?

上面的剪報,令人深思。一群最有地位的文化頭領,一起站台,意味甚麼?

就是說一種政策已經形成了。

韋小寶也許是能夠代表一部分香港人的。善於鑽營,討好,圓滑,還要好色。這是中國文化麽?其實是太監文化。

韋小寶是金庸小説的結穴所在。相信不久的未來,就會納入中小大學教科書了。

香港在搞些什麼?真是越來越清楚了。



Will Wei Xiaobao and  eunuch culture be dominant?


At first, it was thought that Hong Kong promoting Jin Yong was just providing some entertainment, stimulating the economy a bit. Whether it can truly stimulate the economy is beside the point, but looking at this momentum, coming in like a storm, newspapers and TV stations are fully engaged. It seems like a certain policy has already taken shape. Nowadays, Confucius is no longer relevant. So, could Wei Xiaobao be more popular?


The above newspaper clippings are thought-provoking. A group of the most influential cultural leaders standing together, what does it signify?


It means a certain policy has already taken shape.


Wei Xiaobao may be able to represent a portion of Hong Kong people. Skilled at maneuvering, pleasing others, smooth-talking, and also lecherous. Is this Chinese culture? In fact, it is eunuch culture.


Wei Xiaobao is the crux of Jin Yong's novels. I believe in the near future, it will be included in textbooks of all schools.


Wei Xiaobao and  eunuch culture will be dominant.


What is Hong Kong up to? It's becoming clearer and clearer.


7/27/2024

秦始皇怎會被騙?

 


     要騙過他,真是太容易了:




4/15/2015

秦始皇怎會被騙?

 



秦始皇是古往今來最精明最勤力的君主。當日的奏章,寫在竹簡上,大籮大籮的奏章,他都親自挑燈閱讀。幾乎不睡覺的秦始皇,怎麼可能被騙?

有一次,始皇出巡,遙見山下一隊豪華盛大的車騎,他問左右,是誰人的車騎。左右告訴他,是丞相李斯的車騎。始皇搖頭,說太過了。不久,始皇又在山上看見李斯的車騎。而車騎的規模,明顯減少。始皇大怒說:「此中人洩吾語!」到底誰是身邊奸細,把他的一言一語全部通報李斯?無法迫供。最後,他就只有把當日隨身的所有左右,都一一殺光。

這件事,刺激他極深。以後,他就把自己的行蹤隱藏了。修築了馳道。他各處巡行,車隊都秘密不讓人見到。

奇怪的是:他並沒有撤換丞相李斯。而且,以後更在最核心的地方,被李斯騙了。

這是一場精心策畫的騙案。但問題並不在於騙案的複雜,而在於另外的地方。

他欣賞韓非,看過韓非的書,認為是了不起的傑作。他說,如果能得與此人交遊,則死無憾。韓非是韓國公子,始皇於是發兵攻韓,目的就是搶奪韓非這人才。

後來韓非到手,一時不能重用,就聽信李斯的意見,把韓非下獄,到他後悔想放韓非出來,韓非已經被李斯害死。李斯是韓非的同學,才氣不及韓非,怕他爭奪自己的位置,就送毒藥害他。

韓非曾經提到一種非常極端的治國之道。他說:「太上禁其心,其次禁其言,其次禁其事。」(《說疑》四十四 ) 那就是說,獨裁統治的最佳辦法,第一是禁心,其次禁言。至於行為犯法之類,是第三重要的。這一種想法,導致以後兩千年的文化膨脹。但這是後話。而問題是,秦始皇這樣精明,怎會被騙?

韓非是中國的馬基維利,他發現了統治技術的絕對機密。秦始皇是第一個知曉有這個秘密存在的人。他看韓非的書,知道文章內裡尚有其他。於是他想盡方法,甚至不惜發動戰爭,羅致韓非。可惜他手下還有一個尚未撤換的李斯。

李斯用了最尋常的普通招數,就把秦始皇動搖了。

李斯對秦始皇說,韓非可能是敵方的臥底。這「可能」二字,送韓非入了監。

韓非的秘密,秦始皇始終無法到手。後來秦始皇想到,非要和韓非直接溝通不可。但韓非已經被李斯在獄中秘密殺死了。秦始皇只能永遠遺憾。李斯是最擅長抄襲的人,但抄襲者只能見表面文字,無可能真正明白。韓非死後,他書中的全部浮面點,都被李斯刮盡了。但李斯本人無藥可救,秦國也無藥可救。

秦始皇本來是沒有弱點的。他不縱情酒色,肯讀書,有智謀,精力過人。自信可以控制一切。秦政是探子滿天下,私隱不存在。但李斯在他眼皮底下活動,他不能察覺。韓非下獄,竟能被人擅自弄死。

歷史上有一種說法,說李斯日日輪流派各種假冒官職的朝廷大臣去訊問。韓非以為是陳情機會,但每次都只換來拷打。到秦皇派自己的親信去訊問韓非,希望溝通,韓非自然不會再說甚麼了。惡毒權謀,通常出在沒有制度的地方。黑獄最深之處,更是權謀最囂張之地。或以為牢獄只是囚禁罪犯的小工具,毋須制度。但偏偏最重要的關鍵在此。控制不足,要靠制度、、、這是韓非的觀點。至於韓非帶來的小小機會,秦始皇是永遠得不到的。

而問題不在於李斯是否比秦始皇更聰明,而是,精明的秦始皇,怎會被騙?而歷史規律也很清楚:就算他能像劉備三顧草蘆,邀請諸葛亮出關,他也真的得到了韓非,除去了李斯,改以韓非為秦國丞相,秦國也仍是無藥可救的。為甚麼?

為甚麽秦國仍然是無藥可救?

因為,秦始皇心中的全幅畫面,都是錯的。 

用今日的通俗說話:他是人生觀錯了,世界觀錯了,宇宙觀錯了。他心中的畫面全圖,都是黑色的。

表面看,只是小小自私。而自私是人都會有的,不足為奇的。家天下的想法,以為秦國可能維持永遠,以至於秦萬世,到底問題何在?

問題是:正面的全景畫面,為何不可能在他眼底出現?

他好比來到山最高的地方。左邊是黑色的,右邊是白色的。為何他只會滑行到黑色的一邊,根本不知道有白色的一邊存在?為何他只會看到一條唯一的死亡之路?

生路明明存在,為甚麼看不見?

到底是真的有這另一條路嗎?

紅樓夢的夢中訊息:  「偶因一回顧,便為人上人。」




秦始皇怎會被騙   2015.4.15

7/26/2024

poems: 滑板浪行



滑板浪行雲海上

微風遠播微風揚

衆志成城齊發力

我心我血翥鳳翔

    

       2024.7.26



7/25/2024

渾渾噩噩,有何問題?

 舊的文章,新的問題:

7/30/2008

人口問題,是甚麼問題?

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(問到底 No.7109 2008 0731 Thursday)


馬爾薩斯(Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834)
是第一個提出人口問題的學者。他認為,人口是以「幾何級數」增加的,而食物是以「算術級數」增加的。所以,糧食生產,永遠追不上人口增長。因此,會有大大的災難。不過,今日的青年人不會知道,何謂「幾何級數」,何謂「算術級數」。或者,我們應該改換一
種敘述方式:


  人口增長,是按乘數方式增加的。而糧食增長,是按加數方式增加的。


  如果人口增長是 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 = 32


那麼,糧食增長是 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10


問題是:馬爾薩斯的問題,是甚麼問題?


  當然,許多人會立刻指出他的「錯誤」,然後,把他的警告置之不理。


  就像我們中國。


  提出同樣警告的人口學者馬寅初,在文革中慘受批判,下場十分悲慘。結果,到人口當真暴增的時候,再來嚴厲的節育,已經失去不少時間。


  最近香港的信報(2008.7.29),有一整版篇幅,
說馬爾薩斯的陰魂未散,而且指出,馬爾薩斯反對救濟窮人,因為,他認為扶貧是干擾了自然規律云云。


..............................


  到底人口問題,是甚麼問題?


  或者,我們可以嘗試從另一角度看(先不要大批判?)


  第一個問題:人口因何暴增?


  馬爾薩斯的時代,工業革命尚未發生。他說,人口增加,是男女兩性交接的結果。


  但是,我們看到的,卻稍稍不同。工業革命之前,石油文化之前,男女兩性的交接相同,但人口並未暴增。沒有十億十億那樣的暴增。


  是人類的石油文化,造就了一種比較適宜的生存環境,使人口暴增。


  馬爾薩斯認為,戰爭,天災,人禍,甚至屠殺,都可能減少人口。


  其實不然。以上的災難,只能減少小量人口。抗戰八年,中國只減少人口兩千萬。文革十年,也只能減少兩千萬。根本於事無補。而且,戰爭和災荒激發了人類的生存鬥志,災難一過,人口立即倍增。


  第二個問題:人口能否人為控制?


  在一個國家之內,人口或能以節育方式稍為控制。但人口不可能在全球範圍控制。而且,無論如何
控制,不可能回復工業革命之前的數字。當地球人口在極短期間,從六億增長到六十六億,不可能一下子回落。


  第三個問題:如果人口是因為石油文化造就了適宜的生存環境,當石油用盡的時候,人口會不會因為經濟崩潰而大規模迅速損失?


  李察的預測是不會。


  人口增長是因為「石油文化」,而不是「石油」。
石油用盡會導致經濟崩潰,這是肯定的。但經濟崩潰未必會導致人口大規模回落。因為,人是會應變的。
代替石油的用品,會迅速出現。如果沒有新的代替品,舊的代替品也會出場(例如煤。地球上的煤尚可用一百五十年。)至於其他例如氫氣,核子動力,甚至沼氣,太陽能,電能,都是可用的代替品。


  人類很可能以苟殘殘喘的方式,以更大的污染形式,等待一種陰暗的未來前景。


  第四個問題:我們有希望嗎?


   答案是有。


   石油文化,造就了比較適宜的短期生存環境。好比你在小型金魚缸中,以高壓加氧的方式,養育了大量金魚。但這是短期性質的。如果氧氣輸送不足,就會產生大問題。  


  我們的唯一希望,是文化轉型。要創造一種全新的思想網絡,在一種寬鬆的,自由的,充滿了愛心的環境中,尋找新的思維方式。


  要投放鉅量的心力。


  主要的精力,必須用在這一方面。這就是我們的希望。



後記(2024):

本文沒有提及人口老化的問題。
文化進步,生活舒適,壽命延長,本來都是好事。

但是,負面的享樂情緒,使人們重視性愛而忽略情感,其實即是重視物質而忽略心靈。

有什麼問題呢?

渾渾噩噩,無知無覺,有甚麽問題?

有性無愛,人們以無愛之性為樂,以生育為苦,都不生孩子了。工業文明,人們「自由」抉擇,只為掙錢,不問將來了。

怎樣解決? 

答案雖然有,但無人理會。





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7/20/2024

Happy Song



We are so happy. So happy.
Singing, dancing just for you.
I.....love you, you love me
I love you(*name)all my life.


*for example:  

the names could be
 Honey, Papa,  Mama, Baby,  Children,  etc.

*more examples:

I love you Jesus and Buddha!
I love you U.K. and China!
I love you In-do-ne-sia!
I love you India my good friend!

and more importantly:

I love you because I love you!

(ti  ti  re  sol sol  mi  re do)









.

Happiness March


I could'nt fix my song here.

I don't know whether it was hacked or other reason.

Strange things did happen many times before.

7/18/2024

情是真的

 天地生人,除大仁大惡兩種,餘者皆無大異。若大仁者,則應運而生,大惡者,則應劫而生。運生世治,劫生世危。堯,舜,禹,湯,文,武,周,召,孔,孟,董,韓,周,程,張,朱,皆應運而生者。蚩尤,共工,桀,紂,始皇,王莽,曹操,桓溫,安祿山,秦檜等,皆應劫而生者。大仁者,修治天下,大惡者,撓亂天下。清明靈秀,天地之正氣,仁者之所秉也,殘忍乖僻,天地之邪氣,惡者之所秉也。今當運隆祚永之朝,太平無為之世,清明靈秀之氣所秉者,上至朝廷,下及草野,比比皆是。所餘之秀氣,漫無所歸,遂為甘露,為和風,洽然溉及四海。彼殘忍乖僻之邪氣,不能蕩溢於光天化日之中,遂凝結充塞於深溝大壑之內,偶因風蕩,或被雲催,略有搖動感發之意,一絲半縷誤而泄出者,偶值靈秀之氣適過,正不容邪,邪復妒正,兩不相下,亦如風水雷電,地中既遇,既不能消,又不能讓,必至搏擊掀發後始盡。故其氣亦必賦人,發泄一盡始散。使男女偶秉此氣而生者,在上則不能成仁人君子,下亦不能為大凶大惡。置之於萬萬人中,其聰俊靈秀之氣,則在萬萬人之上,其乖僻邪謬不近人情之態,又在萬萬人之下。若生於公侯富貴之家,則為情痴情種,若生於詩書清貧之族,則為逸士高人,縱再偶生於薄祚寒門,斷不能為走卒健仆,甘遭庸人驅制駕馭,必為奇優名倡。如前代之許由,陶潛,阮籍,嵇康,劉伶,王謝二族,顧虎頭,陳後主,唐明皇,宋徽宗,劉庭芝,溫飛卿,米南宮,石曼卿,柳耆卿,秦少游,近日之倪雲林,唐伯虎,祝枝山,再如李龜年,黃幡綽,敬新磨,卓文君,紅拂,薛濤,崔鶯,朝雲之流,此皆易地則同之人也。


                        ----紅樓夢  第二回


we are all the same















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7/16/2024

Dream of a Caterpillar

 

Note:

Maybe you have read it somewhere before,  I beg you take special notice on the kind of dreams without ending.  My congratulation to you if you have such a dream of no end:  you might be transforming,  like what I have experienced right here:




1.

Let's just assume this is a dream.


Let's just assume, in the dream, I am a leaf.


Can a leaf dominate the universe?


If I were to reincarnate as a leaf, what kind of leaf would be good?


The clever me had already thought about it. I want to become a beautiful poisonous leaf. There is a kind of leaf called "Poinsettia," which is a beautiful red leaf. This kind of leaf is highly toxic. Although those who admire the flowers may not know.


Every person who sees my big red leaf can't help but praise it continuously. At this time, I would naturally be very intoxicated, naturally feeling like an indispensable protagonist in the universe, feeling as the master of everything, exceptionally strong.


Moreover, birds and insects that like to eat leaves will also stay away from me and dare not encroach. This way, I can enjoy the winter in the south, spread out my red skirt in the warm sunshine, welcoming the wind, one piece after another. Oh, I am my own master, and the master of everything, how proud.


Suddenly, I felt a tickling sensation on my edge.


Who is so naughty to tickle me like this?


When I looked down, forgive me for my rudeness, I shouted loudly:


"Get away! Get away! You nasty caterpillar, get away, don't come near me! No, no!"


This is truly the most despicable caterpillar in the world. And this caterpillar seems to have no ears. Oh, he is becoming more and more bold. He dared to climb onto my skirt, his hands, cold and icy, grasping tightly.


"You let go, you let go!"


But the caterpillar has no ears. He can't hear at all. He started biting me. My body trembled violently, I let him bite, I let him bite!


I suddenly remembered, this is just a dream after all, I am Me, I am not a red leaf, I am not a red leaf! But, dreaming is easy to enter and difficult to exit, I couldn't transform, and couldn't wake up. Oh no. In less than half a minute, a quarter of my body was gone. Oh my god, please make this nasty caterpillar stop, stop!



2.

Suddenly I remembered, maybe I am having a terrifying dream. This term, seems like I've seen it on some webpage. Am I dreaming? Am I really a red leaf? I don't want to be a red leaf anymore. I want to wake up, I want to leave all this horror behind. But no matter what, I am still me, I am still a red leaf.


The garden is very quiet. I can almost hear the sound of the caterpillar chewing. Fortunately, that sound gradually stopped. Most of my body was gone. The caterpillar seemed to have had enough. He was lifting his head, looking around.


"Do you know that I'm poisonous? Still coming to eat me?"


"Uh..."


The caterpillar sighed. I finally saw clearly, this caterpillar is truly extremely ugly. So ugly, it shouldn't exist in the world at all. However, he answered that he actually heard.


"I specifically came to eat poison. Don't you know?" After speaking, he lowered his head to eat again.


"Hey hey, can't you stop for a moment? You're almost eating me up."


"It's okay. After I finish eating you, there are many others over there."


I almost choked, "You're really eating me even though I'm poisonous."


"You're so silly. Our caterpillar's poison, is all accumulated by eating. If I don't eat you, how can my poison be so strong."


"If you keep eating, I won't have a body left."


"I haven't had enough yet."


All the scientists in the world may not be able to explain why dreams are so absurd. It makes no sense at all. In fact, at that time, I felt very tired. I was already tired. I believe many people have this feeling. Tired of everything, not wanting to do anything else. I felt very hot, as if there was no air in the room. Suddenly, I had a pleasant surprise feeling, I felt that I still had hope, I hoped this dream would end soon. If I could feel heat, maybe I could wake up? I tried hard to open my eyes, but my eyes wouldn't listen. No matter how I tried to open them, they wouldn't open. I remembered that the caterpillar had eaten me all up, where was I?


Just at that moment, suddenly, I saw it. I saw red leaves! I couldn't help but feel a wave of joy. I thought, did a caterpillar spit me out? The feeling was truly strange. I even climbed onto the body of the red leaf, wanting to take a bite! Oh, the red dress, this fluttering red dress, was so gentle and lovely. I lightly kissed it, letting the sheer red color cover my face.


"Hey, hey, hey, go away, go away, you annoying ghost!"


The red leaf trembled violently. I became even more excited inexplicably, biting onto it and not letting go.


"Yi chi, another yi chi, work yi chi!"


The red leaf seemed to be cursing, or maybe sobbing, but I couldn't hear anything. All I could think about was eating.


"You annoying freak!"


It was this sentence that made me suddenly realize. What? Am I a freak? No one has ever said that about me. Am I not the red leaf in the wind? Am I not lovable by all? I suddenly turned around and saw my lower body, which was half a caterpillar. The caterpillar's body was red and green, covered in hair and mucus. Could that really be me?


Wake up, wake up, have I turned into a red leaf, and now I have to become a caterpillar? This dream is truly unacceptable. However, my whole body couldn't move. I could only wriggle like a caterpillar. I tried to move my legs and pull my feet, but all I saw was the caterpillar wriggling on the red leaf.


"Ah, yi chi!" I could actually converse with the red leaf in this incomprehensible language. What have I become? Yi chi, wood yi chi!


A gust of wind passed, and I felt like I had stumbled. Behind me, I could still hear the red leaf's curses: "You annoying chi freak!"


For a moment, it felt like my stomach was heating up a bit. What chi freak, it made me want to vomit. I vomited all at once, thinking, once I vomit, I'll be clean and can get up, right? But it wasn't a bed. I had to really think hard to remember that I had just dozed off on a bench in the garden. The vomit was still wet and sticky on my lips, I tried to shake it off, but it wouldn't come off. I tried harder, and unexpectedly, I was the one who was shaken off. For a while, the vomit hung like a long thread, binding me in place, like a parachute suspended in mid-air.


A caterpillar, hanging in mid-air by its own vomit, was incredibly boring. Where else could I go?


A gust of spring breeze blew, and I was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of me. Below, there was actually someone there. There was a man sleeping. If I descended a few more inches, I would have kissed his face.



3.

Next time I reincarnate, I swear I won't choose to be a caterpillar. It's the most unfree creature. Look, I have myself bound by my own vomit, completely out of control. Where the wind blows, there I go. It seemed like I was about to land, I desperately tried to pull up the vomit a bit, but to no avail.


I actually reached his face!


He was snoring heavily, completely unaware of me crawling on his face. Who is this man? I didn't want to know. I just wanted to get away quickly. I tried to kick my legs, thinking that if I kicked again, I would wake up. But my limbs were stiff, and I only managed to move half an inch on his face.


"Wooooow......" A nearby girl suddenly screamed. Humans are truly the most annoying creatures in the world. We never scream.


The man suddenly sat up, but I was still stuck to his face, as if I had great adhesive properties.


"Dad, look at your face!"


The girl's voice trembled, sounding very afraid. The man reached up to touch his face, picked me up, and examined me closely.


"Well, it's a caterpillar, no big deal."


"He's so ugly." The girl muttered insults while leaning in to look.


"Maybe, in the world of caterpillars, he's a beauty. Look at the colors on his body, how harmonious they are."


"Sir, you really have a sense of humor. These colors are clearly ugly."


"Oh, my dear daughter. Don't look down on others. Caterpillars are also creations of the Creator..."


These words, hearing them in my ears, made me feel nauseous. Is he me?


So, am I not me anymore? Am I never going to wake up? How could I spend my whole life as a caterpillar? I feel like vomiting again. I think, maybe these vomit can once again push me away, let me stay away from him, in this life of mine, I don't want to see him again.


What made me even more unhappy by a hundred times was that he actually placed me on a nearby leaf! What is this? Is this abandoning me? Is this denying me? I am you, you are not you, stop pretending!


That guy, holding his daughter, actually said they were going home. Watching their figures getting farther and farther away, I felt so pained that I wanted to turn my whole body around. There's nothing more painful than this, hey, hey, I am me!


That stubborn guy, you are not you, don't go!



4.

I soared easily under the winter sun, a happiness beyond compare. Because my happiness comes from pain. Only this kind of happiness is true happiness.


The me from the past was just a caterpillar that everyone despised. No friends, not a day without worries.


Only once, a baboon stopped in the forest and looked at me closely for half a minute. How happy I was. Because no one in the world has ever looked at me. When they see me, they cover their eyes and walk past. I thought I could make friends with this baboon. But unexpectedly, the baboon choked, turned and ran, and only called out half a mile away in the distance of the forest.


The sound echoed back from above, making me heartbroken.


The pain of turning my body around is truly unbearable. I want to completely turn myself around, I don't want to be a caterpillar anymore.


I can only console myself: this is just a dream, I am not a caterpillar, I am a human. I am a person with a name. Once, I even crawled on his face. Being a human is so good. How wonderful it would be if I woke up and found out I'm not a caterpillar but a human.


But I have never woken from this dream. I will always be a caterpillar, not a human.


Where am I going?


A gust of spring wind blew, and I was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of me. Below, there was someone. A man was sleeping. If I descend a few more inches, I would kiss his face.


The doctor who transformed my life is a real angel.


Although I didn't become a human, I became a butterfly that could fly around everywhere. That's the benefit of self-transformation. When I pulled my wings out of the cocoon, I saw the sunlight. I thought there was no sunlight in this world. But the sunlight dried my wings. With a gentle flap, I could part the air and move between the cracks of the wind.


I couldn't see it before, but the wind had so many cracks. Only after becoming a butterfly could I see it. I've eaten many brightly colored flowers before. Now I know the benefit: all colors are on my wings, magnificent. Struggle always leads to results. What I proudly display is actually effort.


How happy I am.


I kept flying and flying.


I met him.


He had just woken up on a park bench.


He said he had just had a dream.


He said he didn't know if he was a butterfly in a dream or a person awake.


I spun around his head three times. Then I stopped on a big red flower in front of his eyes.


He spoke to me. This was the first time in my life that someone had spoken to me in person. That one time with the baboon didn't count.


He asked, "Am I you, or are you me?"


It's such a simple question, and he doesn't know the answer. I will never tell him, "You are me, and I am you." Because even a small misunderstanding of this simple truth could hurt him.


I just laughed and flew away, saying, "You are not me, and I am not you!"


As I flew away, I saw him below, using his fingers to scratch his head.


(End)




1.


  就假設這是一場夢好了。

 

  就假設,在夢中,我是一塊樹葉好了。

 

  一塊樹葉,能夠主宰宇宙嗎?

 

   如果我要投胎作一塊樹葉,作甚麼樹葉好呢?

我一早已經想好了。我想化為一塊美麗的有毒樹葉。有一種名為「聖誕花」的葉,是大紅色的美麗葉子。這種葉,是有劇毒的。雖然賞花的人,未必知道。

 

  每一個人,看到我這大紅色的葉,都會不住口的連聲讚嘆。這時,我自然會十分陶醉,自然覺得,自己是宇宙萬物中不可缺少的主角,作為主人翁的感覺,異常強烈。

 

  而且,小鳥和那些喜歡吃樹葉的甲蟲,也會遠離我,不敢侵犯。這樣,我便可以安心享受這南國的冬天,在陽光溫暖之中,輕鬆的把紅裙子展開。紅裙迎風招展,一塊連著一塊,呵,我是自己的主人,也是萬物的主人,多麼自豪。

 

  忽然,我發覺自己的邊緣,有一種癢癢的感覺。

        是誰,這樣頑皮來呵癢我?

 

  當我低頭一看的時候,請恕我失儀,我大聲斥喝:


「走開!走開!你這可惡的毛蟲,走開,不要來接近我!不要,不要!」

 

   這真是世界上最可惡的毛蟲了。而且,這毛蟲好像是沒有耳朵的。噢,他愈來愈放肆了。他竟敢爬上我的裙子,他的手,又冰又冷的手,緊緊的抓著我。

 

   「你放開,你放開!」

 

  但毛蟲是沒有耳朵的。他一點都聽不到。他開始咬我了。我的身體劇烈顫抖,我竟任他咬,我竟任他咬!

 

  我忽然想起,這到底只是一場夢,我是我,我不是紅葉,我不是紅葉!但,夢境易進難出,我竟無法變身,也無法醒來。糟了。大約這是人生最不好的一刻了。不消半分鐘,我的身體已經不見了四份之一。

噢,天呀,請叫這可惡的毛蟲停止,停止!


2.

 

   忽然間想起,大約我是患上一場恐怖之夢了。這名詞,好像在甚麼網頁上看過。我是在發夢嗎?我真是紅葉嗎?我也不想做紅葉了。我想醒來,我想離開這可怕的一切。但無論怎樣,我仍是我,我仍是紅葉。

 

     花園裡十分靜。我簡直聽見那毛蟲咬嚼的聲音。幸好那聲音也漸漸的停了。我的身體,已經不見了大半。那毛蟲,好像吃倦了。正在抬起頭來,四處張望。

 

     「你知道我是有毒的嗎?還來吃我?」

 

 "Well,,,"

 

  那毛蟲嘆了一口氣。我這才看清楚,這毛蟲,真的是其醜無比的。這樣醜,簡直不應該生存在世界上。但是,他竟然回答,他其實是聽見的。

 

  「我就是專誠來吃毒的。你不知道嗎?」說完,他又低頭吃了。

 

    「喂喂,你不可以停一下嗎?我就快被你吃完了。」

 

 「不要緊的。吃完了你,那邊還有許多。」

 

     我幾乎嗚咽了:「人家真的是有毒的嘛,還吃。」

 

    「你真傻。我們毛蟲的毒,就是全部吃回來的呢。如果不吃你,我的毒怎會這樣強?」

 

    「你再吃,我的身體都沒有了。」

 

 「我還沒有吃夠呢。」

 

     、、、、、

 

       大約全世界的科學家,都無法解釋,為甚麼夢境是這樣無稽的。真是一點道理都沒有。其實,當時我的感覺,是非常的疲倦。我已經厭倦了。相信這是很多人都有的感覺。對於一切,都己厭倦,不想再做甚麼了。我覺得很熱,覺得房間裡面好像沒有了空氣,我忽然有一種驚喜的感覺,我覺得,我仍是有希望的,我希望這夢境快點離開。如果我能感覺到熱,是不是我可以醒來呢?我竭力想睜開眼睛,但眼睛不聽指揮。怎樣睜,都睜不開。我又想起,我已經被毛蟲全吃了,我到了那裡?

 

       就是想到這一點的時候,忽然,我看見了。我看見了紅葉!不由得一陣驚喜。我以為,是毛蟲把我吐出來了。感覺真是很奇妙的。我竟爬上了紅葉的身上,我想把她吃一口!噢,原來這紅紅的裙子,這隨風飛揚的紅裙,是這樣溫柔可愛的。我輕輕的吻了上去,任那輕紗似的紅色,蓋上我的臉。       

 

      「哎,哎,哎,走開,走開,你這討厭鬼!」

 

  那紅葉劇烈的顫起來。我更加興奮莫名,不知何處來的力量,咬住她,就是不放鬆。

 

  "Ah, ah, ah, ah!"


     那紅葉好像是在咒罵,又好像是嗚咽,我一點都聽不到。我只想到吃。

 

     「討厭的醜八怪!」

 

  就是這一句話,使我忽然驚覺的。甚麼?我是醜八怪?從來沒有人這樣說我的。我不是風中的紅葉嗎?不是人見人愛的嗎?猛回頭,忽然看到了自己的下半身,那是半截毛蟲。那毛蟲身上,紅紅綠綠的,滿是毛毛和黏液。那竟就是我?

 

  醒來,醒來,你已經變為紅葉,還要變為毛蟲?這夢實在不可接受。但是,我的全身無法動彈。只能像一條毛蟲那樣蠕動。我拚命動腿,拉腳,只見這毛蟲,在紅葉身上蠕蠕前進。

 

  「啊,乂彳!」我竟能用這不可理解的語言,跟紅葉對話,我變成了甚麼?嗚嗚嗚,乂彳,木艸乂彳!

 

    一陣風過,我好像摔了一跤。背後,仍然聽到那紅葉的咒罵:「討厭的彳八怪!」

  

   一時間,好像有點腸胃發熱,甚麼彳八怪,想嘔吐。哇的一下吐了出來,心想,吐了就乾淨了,可以起床了吧。其實那裡是床了。要很用力的想,才想起,剛才眼倦,在花園的長椅裡睡著了。嘔吐物濕濕的仍黏在唇上,甩了一下,沒有甩開。再用力一點,想不到,卻是自己被甩開了。半天吊,那嘔吐物像一根長絲,縛牢了在上面,我像降落傘那樣,掛在半空。

 

   一條毛蟲,被自己的嘔吐物掛在半空,真是無聊透頂了。我還可以到那裡去?

 

    一陣春風吹來,我忽然被眼前的景象嚇死。下面,原來是有人的。有一個男人在睡覺。如果我再下降多幾吋,就會吻上他的臉了。



3.

   下次投胎,保証我再不肯投胎作毛蟲的。這是最不自由的生物。看,我讓自己的嘔吐物縛著,完全不由自主。風吹到那裡,就是那裡。眼看快要降落了,

我拼命想那嘔吐物縮上一些,但事與願違。

 

   我竟到達了他的臉!

 

    他在呼嚕大睡。一點不知道我在他的臉上爬。這男人是誰?我一點都不想知道。只想快快離開。我用力蹬腿,心想,再蹬一下就可以醒來了。但四肢僵僵的,只在他的臉上,前進了半吋。

 

   「哇!」附近的一個女孩子忽然發出尖叫。人類真是天下間最討厭的生物。我們是從不尖叫的。

 

  那男人一下子坐了起來。但我卻仍然貼在他的臉上,好像很有黏性那樣。

 

  「爸爸,看你的臉!」

 

  那女孩子聲音震動,像十分害怕。那男人伸手在臉上一摸,把我摸了下來,還放在手上細看。

 

  「呵呵,這是毛蟲,不妨事的。」

 

  「他真是醜死了。」那女孩子一邊罵,一邊卻湊上來看。

 

    「或者,他在毛蟲世界裡是個美女呢。你看他身上的顏色,多麼和諧。」

 

  「先生,你真會開玩笑。這些顏色,分明是醜。」

 

   「噯,我的好女兒。你不要岐視人家。毛蟲也是造物主創造的、、、」

 

  這些話,聽在我的耳裡,一陣反胃。他就是我?

那麼,我不是我了?我是永遠不能醒來了?我怎能一輩子當毛蟲?我又想嘔吐了。心想,或者,這些嘔吐物,能再一次把我彈開,讓我遠離他,我這生這世,

都不要再看見他。

 

   更加一百倍使我不高興的,是他竟然把我放到附近的一塊樹葉之上!這算甚麼?算是拋棄我了?算是把我否定了?我才是你,你不是你,你不要再冒充了!

 

  那傢伙牽著他的女兒,竟然說要回家去了。看著他們那愈行愈遠的身影,我痛苦得要把整個身子反轉。再沒有比這更加痛苦的事,喂,喂,我才是我!

那彳反的傢伙,你不是你,你不要走!



4.


x  x  x

 

    我輕鬆飛翔在冬日的陽光之下,快樂之情,無人能及。因為,我的快樂,是從痛苦中來的。只有這樣的快樂,才是真正的快樂。

 

   昔日的我,不過是一隻人人厭惡的毛蟲。沒有一個朋友,沒有一天不是心懷苦惱。

 

  唯一的一次,一隻毛猿在森林裡停下來,細細的看了我半分鐘。我多麼高興。因為,世界上是從來沒有人看我的。他們看見我,都要掩著眼睛走過去。我還以為,可以跟這猿猴交個朋友。不料,那毛猿卻窒息了,他轉身飛跑,半里之外,才在樹林遠處叫了出來。

聲音從那上邊迴彈回來,使我傷心欲絕。

 

   使身體反轉的痛楚,真的無法忍受。我想徹底反轉自己,我再不想做毛蟲了。

 

   我只能自我安慰:這只是一場夢,我不是毛蟲,我是人。我是一個有名有姓的人。做一個人,是多麼的好。如果我一覺醒來,發覺自己不是毛蟲,而是人,多麼好。

但我的夢,卻從未醒過。我永遠都是毛蟲,不是人。

生命就是一場惡夢。惡夢使我全身僵直,冷汗直冒。

 

   等到我醒來的一刻,卻忽然之間發現:我的纖體美夢成功了。塑膠整容雖然昂貴,卻很有效。

 

   為我改造生命的醫生,是個真的天使。

 

   我雖然沒有變成為人,卻變成為一隻能夠到處亂飛的蝴蝶。這就是自我反轉的好處。當我把翅膀從繭裡抽出來,就見到了陽光。我還以為,這世界上是沒有陽光的。但是,陽光卻為我把翅膀曬乾了。讓我輕輕一撥,就把空氣撥開,可以在風的縫隙之間來去了。

從前看不見,原來風是有這許多縫隙的。要變成了蝴蝶,才看見。從前我吃過不少顏色鮮艷的花朵。現在知道好處了:所有顏色,都在我的翅膀上面,瑰麗非凡。奮鬥,總是有結果的。我驕傲展現的,其實是努力。

 

   我多麼愉快。

 

   我一直飛,一直飛。

 

   我碰到他。

 

   他剛剛在公園的長椅裡醒來。

 

   他說,他剛剛做了一場夢。

 

   他說,他不知道,他是夢中的蝴蝶,還是醒中的人。

 

   我在他的頭上轉了三個圈。然後停住在他眼前的一朵大紅花上。

 

   他對我說話了。這是我一生中的第一次,有人親口對我說話。那毛猿的一次,是不算的。

 

   他問:「到底我是你,還是你是我?」

 

  這樣簡單的答案,他都不知道。我永遠都不會告訴他:「你就是我,我就是你。」因為,這小小道理解錯,也會傷害他的。

 

    我只好笑著飛開:「你也不是我,我也不是你啦!」

 

  我高飛離開的時候,還看見他在底下,用手指,自己抓自己的頭。



(全文完)

7/13/2024

How many more years is needed?

 


Melamine (三聚氰胺) is a pain few can avoid in their memory.   It happened in the year 2008 or earlier,   when milk farmers  put melamine into daily products including baby milk. 

And now 16 years had lapsed and another similar tragedy happened. People are using same container tankers to transport cooking oil, without cleaning the previous coal oil, or other industrial chemical waste.

The following is an article I wrote 16 years ago.  It is a theory.

But a theory is only a theory.

Important is action.

Otherwise, the issue could  never be settled.

All it need is action with a plan, not only to keep foods safe,  but to build a new soul.

No more Ah Q again.



Date: 11/27/2008

What are the potential problems with the theory of "Innate Goodness of Human Nature"?


Leechard

(From the Question No.7227 on 2008/11/27)


The debate over whether human nature is inherently good or evil has been a question that Chinese people have discussed for two thousand years. This question may continue to be debated for hundreds more years. Even though statistics are advanced nowadays, studying whether a baby has an innate tendency towards goodness is still extremely difficult.


Perhaps, the Confucian scholars who originally proposed the idea of "innate goodness" had good intentions. Regardless, when you tell your audience that they are inherently good, most people would agree with that statement.


However, the theory of "innate goodness" hides a much larger question: the issue is not whether human nature is inherently good or evil. The question is: do humans have the freedom to choose?


If human nature is inherently good, it implies that humans do not have the freedom to choose. Since human nature is good, then human choices can only be good. If someone chooses evil, it is simply because they made the wrong choice. If they repent and correct their ways, they will choose good again.


Therefore, some traditional Chinese scholars like to say: "There is nowhere to escape between heaven and earth." This means that within the realm of heaven and earth, one can only make one choice, which is the choice of "good" such as loyalty, filial piety, and so on.


The question is: if there is no choice, and if everyone's only choice is "good," then what's the problem? Isn't that good?


As for what constitutes "goodness," although Western scholars have written countless books trying to figure out what "good" means, Confucian scholars have no issues with it. This is because Confucianism has long established a perfect ideological framework: the system of virtues such as loyalty, filial piety, brotherhood, and righteousness is considered good. This is the only choice for Chinese people.


If there is no choice, what's the problem?


Confucian scholars believe that there is no problem at all. The "Doctrine of the Mean" has made it clear: "The mandate of Heaven is called one's nature; following one's nature is called the Way; cultivating the Way is called education." Confucianism believes that as long as the next generation is educated well, as long as they are instilled with Confucian ethical values, there will be no problems.


The prerequisite for the theory of "innate goodness" is education. As long as ethical values are instilled, anyone can be a good person.


However, China is still filled with characters like Ah Q. Various problems keep arising. Even if one puts in a lot of effort, they cannot solve these issues.


Would it work to reintroduce this ethical framework many times, even hundreds of times? It would only worsen the problems.


Because, human nature involves choice. When a person realizes they have autonomy, they gain confidence, maturity, the ability to think, and the ability to care. This brain is truly their own. This heart is truly their own. They can properly utilize them and take responsibility for their choices. Regardless of the choice, the one responsible is themselves.


This is human autonomy.


The ability to choose for oneself is the sole criterion for being human. Zhuangzi's main theoretical foundation is the belief in human's ability to choose. If this ability to choose is taken away, the person will feel deflated and inferior, unable to stand up for themselves. Confucian Chinese culture loves to make choices for others, to be a ruler, to be a teacher. However, Confucianism fails to realize that making choices for others is like trying to prop up rotten wood against a wall – it will never stand.


A person who cannot choose has only one path: obedience. Their only thought is to act like a dog. They do not need to take responsibility, as their superiors will do so for them. They don't care about what happens in the world.


A dog will never think about things like melamine. For the sake of their humble survival, they only have one path: to steal.


This is the root of the Chinese national character. And to solve problems like melamine, the root cause must be addressed here. 




「性善論」有何潛在問題?

*李察

(問到底 No.7227 2008 1127 )

  到底人性是善是惡,這是中國人爭論了兩千年的問題。或者,這問題仍可以爭論再多幾百年。雖然現在統計學這樣發達,但要研究一個嬰兒是否有天生善

良傾向,仍是絕不容易。

 或者,當初提出「性善」的儒家學者們,是一番好心的。無論如何,當你告訴你的聽眾,你本來就是善的。這樣說,會令絕大多數的人同意。

  不過,「性善論」卻隱藏了一個更大得多的問題:

因為,問題原來不是人性本來是善的還是惡的。問題是:到底人有沒有抉擇的自由?

  如果說人性本善,就意味著:人是沒有抉擇自由的。既然人性本善,那麼,人的抉擇就只能是善的。如果有人選擇了惡,那只是他的選擇錯誤。如果他改

邪歸正,就會從新選擇善。

 所以,有的傳統中國士大夫喜歡說:「無所遁逃於天地間」。就是說,在天地間,他只能有一種抉擇,他只能有忠孝等等的「善」的抉擇。

問題是:如果沒有了抉擇,如果一切人的唯一抉擇是「善」,有甚麼問題呢?這樣,不是很好嗎?

至於何之謂「善」,雖然西方學者們寫了無數的書,也無法弄清楚何之謂「善」,但儒家學者們,卻是絕無問題的。因為,儒家早已弄好了一條完美的思想程式:君臣父子、兄友弟恭,忠孝兩全的那一套,就是善。這是中國人的唯一選擇。

沒有了抉擇,有甚麼問題呢?

儒家學者認為,這是毫無問題的。《中庸》上已經說得很清楚:「天命之謂性,率性之謂道,修道之謂教」。儒家認為,只要「教」好了下一代,只要灌注了儒家的倫理程式,就甚麼問題都沒有了。

「性善論」的必要條件,是「教」。只要倫理程式灌注了,任何人都是好人。

但是,中國仍是充滿了阿Q。各種問題,不絕出現。三聚氰胺的問題未過,另外的問題,立即又會出現。只能用「疲於奔命」來描述。無論有心人用了多少心力,無法解決事情。

  再要把這條倫理程式重灌一次,以至十次,一百次,行不行呢?只會令問題更加惡化。

  因為,人的天性是抉擇。當一個人自覺有自主權的時候,他就有信心了,他就真正成熟了,他就可以用腦了,他就可以用心了。因為,這一個腦,才是他自己的腦。這一顆心,才是他自己的心。他能夠妥為運用,他就會為自己負責。無論抉擇是甚麼,負責的人是自己。

這就是人的自主能力。

能夠自主,才是人之以作為人的唯一標準。莊子的主要理論基礎,就是相信人的抉擇能力。如果這種抉擇能力被取消了,這個人,就會洩氣,覺得自己螻蟻不如。性格上根本就站不起來。儒家的中國文化,最喜歡代人抉擇。要作之君,要作之師。但儒家想不到:代人抉擇,就是扶爛泥上牆。那是永遠都扶不上的。

  無法抉擇的人,只有「服從」一條路。唯一的想法,就是當狗熊去。他是不需要負責的,自有上級的「阿爺」為他負責。天下事,管他娘。

  而一條狗熊,是絕不會考慮甚麼三聚氰胺,四聚氰胺的。為了卑微的生存,他只能有一條路。那就是搶錢。

  中國人的民族性,結穴就是這裡。而要解決三聚氰胺之類問題,根本處也是這裡。 




7/12/2024

Is it urgent to build a secret army to protect the country?

  The following is an old article written seven years ago.   I didn't see much change since.   To kill you with a smile is the modern tactics of war.  People are not using open army,   they had  changed into the secrect side long long ago. How mighty are their secret army?   Do they have a huge secret division to control the secret army?  The answer is definitely yes.  They are using a secret army to run cultural matters which the average culture people can never understand.......



7/03/2017

What would the powers do if they were not going to war?

                     


If they are not going to be partners, they will fight each other. If they are not able to fight each other, what will they do?


Still they will fight, only in a cheaper and secret way.


But we might be wrong. Will it be really "cheaper"? We do not have any data here, but only judge it by history and culture behavior.


How much money the powers have used on medias and other secret channels to manipulate other countries?  


It is a new form of war since colonialism. They will kill with smiles.


They will build secret political units inside the other countries. Until one day, they will control their leaders or replace them or simply kill them.


The secret wars are based on only one thing.


Those who have stronger cultural power will win.


It is not a simple "moral high land". It's a complicated secret war.


7/09/2024

In what manner is the collective subconscious of the British people?

 In what manner is the collective subconscious of the British people?



Strictly speaking, today's Britain has become a satellite state of America. What is even more peculiar is that this kind of satellite state, without the constraints of international treaties, still defers to its suzerain. What secret agreements exist between them, I believe only a few in the high echelons of power know, something the common folk could not possibly be aware of.


The collective subconscious of the British people is quite evident. Every November, they create an excuse for themselves, then wear poppies on their lapels. Ostensibly, it is to commemorate the fallen of the First World War. But in reality, it is a remembrance of the Opium Wars. Back then, Britain was at the height of its power, in its finest days.


By reminiscing about the past, one can also momentarily conceal the shame of being willingly subservient.


For whose benefit is this grandeur displayed? Every November, sometimes even as early as October, they most enjoy visiting China. In front of the Chinese, they proudly wear poppies.


The Chinese can only sympathize, understanding that some individuals need to live off the glory of the past.

(The Britons have never improved, not to say change.)


英國人的集體潛意識怎樣? 20160401

嚴格講, 今日的英國, 已經成為美國的附庸國。而更加奇怪是, 這一類的附庸國, 沒有國際條約的約朿, 但對於所附庸的宗主國, 卻是言計聽從。他們之間有甚麼秘密協議, 相信只有政權高層少數人知道,國民是不可能知道的。

英國人的集體潛意識是很明顯的。每年十一月, 他們都會為自己製造一個藉口, 然後把鴉片花帶在襟上。表面上是要記念第一次大戰的亡靈。但實際上, 卻是緬懷鴉片戰爭。那時, 英國是國勢滔天, 是最美好的日子。

緬懷過去, 亦可以使甘心附庸的恥辱,遮掩一下。

威風給誰看呢? 每年十一月, 有時甚至提早到十月, 他們最喜歡訪問中國。就在中國人的面前, 驕傲地戴上罌粟花。

中國人只能體諒, 有的人, 是需要靠光榮的過去過日子的。


(英國人從未改進, 更不要說改變了。)



7/07/2024

We are tomorrow


We, 

We are,

We are friends. 

Where? 

Where are we? 

We are, 

On the moon. 

Shall we go, 

Anywhere ?  

We are,  

Going back. 

Go back home, 

Build our house. 

Hand in hand, 

We shall go.


(The song should be sung with heavy drums)

( Above is the NEW verse)




7/01/2024

Can the words become low-resolutioned?

 

 "A simplified word is just like a low-resolution photograph. And low-resolution is not acceptable in the modern world.  Low-resolution is a hindrance to reading and a hindrance to thinking.  It is completely unacceptable for the future development of China in the long run. Taiwan question is but a short-term issue, written language is a big issue in the long-term development." 


1.

「書異文」是不可接受的。

「書同文」才是可以接受的。

  文字的解像度,更是長遠大計。


2.

 如果敵人用一根棒子打你,你是否要回擊那根棒子,還是回擊你的敵人?

如果壞人搶了你的嬰孩,你的槍是對準嬰孩還是壞人?


3.

爭取民心首要的不是講道理。

首要的是要看好處。

好處可爭民心。大好處比武器管用,比戰爭便宜。小好處會被唾駡,大好處人人歡迎。