Chinese virtue

Chapter 45

There is no obvious difference between Chinese people and other ethnic groups in terms of psychological motivation of behavior, but compared with Westerners, there is still a big difference in one point.Westerners generally believe that human behavior is mainly driven by motivation, and people's motivations vary widely, so people's behavior is also complex and diverse, but Chinese people do not know this.

Among those complicated and disordered motives, the Chinese understand and pay attention to only two motives—fame and fortune.The Chinese view the world through fame and fortune, and they believe that by putting fame and fortune in their proper place, all human behavior can be seen through.In their boycott of the Abraham family (here the United States), the Chinese displayed a high commercial talent that surpassed all other existing peoples.Their ability to obtain benefits is amazing, and they will not give up even the smallest benefits, such as removing the rust from the needles and continuing to use them.In their satirical stories, there are often those who love to take advantage, whether it is a big advantage or a small advantage.For example, in the story about the judge, people fully demonstrate their hatred. The judge is a complete villain in it. It's cooler there than in the frying pan, so even at this point, I still want to take advantage of it.It should be noted that China is not the only one that has brought into full play its profit-seeking nature at a high level, but only the Chinese are able to take it to a higher level and popularize and fully demonstrate it.Anyone who knows a little about Chinese people can clearly feel this.It can also be seen from this that the pursuit of interests is generally popular in China.

Sometimes this pursuit of profit is also buffered by another almost equally powerful and often overlooked force, the pursuit of fame.If we imagine the living conditions of Chinese people, we can easily find that the pursuit of name in our consciousness is completely useless to Chinese people, even if we use it, it will not produce any effect.For the Chinese, it is not easy to invent something new, and it is even more difficult to turn it into reality. Even if it is done, the final result is that his invention is praised by people, but he himself is unknown.For a Chinese who is not specialized in science, the door to science will always be closed.In fact, there is no patent law like China, there is no regular bibliography of specialist literature, and it makes no difference whether the door of science is open or not, and the literary world will not improve, and the works published greatly exceed the purchasing power of readers, and readers have no ability To digest so many works.No matter which country you are in, there should not be too many people writing, especially in China.

In China, a person will not be famous for his travels. First, he will not go to the North and South Poles or the Equator to conduct serious scientific investigations. Secondly, even if he does go, he will not be famous.

And he can't expect to be elected to office, because there are no elections there.In general, he was strictly limited to the only path through which he could gain status and power, and that was to participate in the cruelly competitive scientific examination.Under normal circumstances, the probability of passing the scientific examination is as low as [-]%, but as long as you pass, even if you become the lowest level scholar, you will be envied by those who did not succeed.But what is certain is that such an insignificant promotion cannot satisfy the common and eager pursuit of fame and wealth in China.Apart from this road of imperial examinations, the only way for the Chinese to become famous is money, and they use unrestrained spending to gain great fame.It is precisely because of this that we regard name chasing behavior as a kind of opposing force.The Chinese people's pursuit of fame will indeed alleviate people's pursuit of profit to a large extent, and the weaker the pursuit of profit, the stronger the pursuit of fame.

From countless reports in the "Beijing News", it can be seen that some negative characters, such as bachelors, old birthday stars, etc., are often honored for their "merits" and received special commendations from the emperor. Recognition on the surface is ideal and a halo of recognition, but in fact it is essentially a matter of money.And such a person must be reported in the newspapers. Sometimes, like the bearings in a machine, some lubricating oil is used, sometimes a large amount of lubricating oil is added repeatedly until there is no friction, and the goal is finally achieved. .Some uninformed travelers did not realize that these were ordered by the imperial court until they saw the stone archways built for chaste martyrs, widows, or university scholars who spent a lot of money.Then they naturally thought that all the masonry fees were paid by the emperor, and the emperor implemented it according to his own wishes, just like Caesar rewarded the hero with the golden cross.But this understanding is wrong. What the emperor pays is nothing more than the approval of this act, or the prince or minister handles it. After the completion of the work, an inscription is written on it, declaring that it was built by the emperor's order.As Chinese people are pragmatic, the profit is very small, and even if "swallowing all the knife, fork and soup" is not enough, they are definitely willing to do anything to obtain satisfaction in the name, such as archways, street names, plaques, etc. It can be regarded as the best embodiment of their enthusiasm for fame.It’s just that there are very few such national honors. Most people stop at local honors, such as the meaningless fame they get for doing public welfare, or the luxury and grandeur of weddings, funerals, or banquets. lesser reputation.Such expenses are not stingy, and all expenses are for the sake of a name.If their goals are achieved in the end, then they will think that the money was spent with value and at a high level.

A wise person once suggested that the most appropriate way to improve people's thinking level is to develop people's new needs.This is exactly the case for the Chinese, there is a great need to expand their horizons, to change their minds, and to really understand where one's interests lie, and that interests are the same as those of other people.They should see themselves as a real part of this country, only then can they have a group mind.One more thing is needed, as one of their very wise maxims says: don't be lazy in what you have to do, and don't care what is good or what is bad.

(End of this chapter)