459-Wang Xiaobo-Silent Majority-Essay-1997
Barack
2023/03/12
Wang Xiaobo was born in Beijing in 1952 and died in 1997. In 1978, he was admitted to Renmin University of China. In 1980, Wang Xiaobo married Li Yinhe. In the same year, he published his debut novel "Everlasting Earth". In 1984, he went to the East Asian Research Center of the University of Pittsburgh in the United States to study and obtained a master's degree two years later. While studying in the United States, he traveled around the United States and used the summer vacation of 1986 to travel to Western European countries. He returned to China in 1988 and taught at Peking University and Renmin University of China successively. In September 1992, he resigned from his teaching position and became a freelance writer. His only screenplay "East Palace and West Palace" won the Best Screenplay Award at the Argentina International Film Festival and was shortlisted for the 1997 Cannes International Film Festival.
"The Silent Majority", was first published in 1997. This collection of essays and essays includes articles on ideology and culture, involving the situation and thinking of intellectuals, social morality and ethics, cultural debates, Chinese studies and New Confucianism, nationalism and other issues; Science and evil, feminism, etc.; including comments on social science research, involving sexual issues, reproductive issues, homosexual issues, ethical issues and methodological issues of social research, etc.; including creative talks and literary theories, such as the motivation of writing, the author's mentorship, the author's views on the art of novels, the author's views on style, views on film and television, etc.; including a small number of book reviews, including reviews on literary classics and some views on contemporary writers' works; finally, some foreign Miscellaneous feelings of life and comments on certain social phenomena.
Table of Contents
1 The silent majority
2 The joy of thinking
3 Chinese Intellectuals and Medieval Traditions
4 Misfortunes of intellectuals
5 Huacizimo Messenger Questions
6 Positive conclusions
7 out of the palm
8 Moral decay and intellectuals
9 Politics and Morality
People with insight, who know the complexity of the problem and the importance of prudence and objectivity, may not be willing to express their immature views easily. On the contrary, people who have little thought about their own views are more likely to express and even publicize their views. Whoever speaks, there must be an audience, nothing more than the size of the influence. If things go on like this, people with higher levels who don't speak up may have less influence than those with lower levels who climb up and shout. But those who don't speak up have become the majority, and only a few people's voices are heard, and it is easy to go astray without knowing it. Being good at being a teacher has gradually changed from a commendatory meaning to a derogatory one. If we don't speak out because we fear we may be wrong, in the long run, the underlying truth may be silenced. When all horses are silent, it is not the victory of truth, but the victory of a loud voice. So after all, it is still necessary to create an atmosphere of testimonials in order to correct mistakes.
Humans are male and female, and animals are male and female. When we examine the animal world, we can make some analogies to the phenomena in the human world. Of course, the analogy is not equivalent to equivalence. Male genes make males have a strong sexual drive and are keen on sexual behaviors. In addition, males are not naturally responsible for raising young, so the main energy of males is used to compete with the environment, compete with other species, and compete with other males of this species. Due to physiological factors, females naturally assume the main responsibility of raising young, and the ability to compete for resources will be greatly weakened. Therefore, the material life security of the female herself and her offspring is greatly dependent on the male. And sex is the way females use to bind males and make them willing to take responsibility for themselves and their offspring. In fact, this rule can be observed in a similar pattern in human society.
Good luck tricks people. Each generation has its own opportunities and advantages that other ages do not have; it also has its own shortcomings and disadvantages that other ages have avoided. As for the proportion of good and bad things, it is difficult to say. Probably when the coffin is closed, a conclusion can be barely reached. If you cannot change the objective world, you can only change your own subjective world. From a small point of view, some people are born with rich clothes and good food, and a bright future; some people are born poor and humble and struggle to make a living; at a larger scale, some people are born in a country that is at the peak of its national fortune, and its citizens have the ability and spirit to look down on the world. The age of the kingdom when someone was born was in the midst of a national crisis, and everyone was in danger of subjugating the country and extinction. We say that life is cultivation. First of all, what we cultivate is cultivation. What we cultivate is to face extreme situations with a normal mind; Easy to know but difficult to do, easy to know but difficult to do, probably so.
There have been too many incidents of being convicted for speaking out since ancient times. As parents, as long as they have some knowledge, it is very natural not to want their children to learn from literature. But the thing of interest subtly affects every decision we make, and in the end, we may still be guided by it to a certain path. Science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, and law all develop in a professional direction and be good technical talent. After all, no matter what kind of turbulent year it is, people are not always good at getting stuck with screws. After all, no matter how tyrannical and lawless a leader is, he still needs handy tools. To study the humanities is to ponder the human heart, with a high ceiling and a low basement. At the right time, he can be called a king and a marquis. If you are not born at the right time, your head will be in a different place. How can you be careless?
In the 1990s, the author mentioned the idea of similar VR clothing in the industry. Looking at the time point at that time, many people probably sincerely believed that it might be realized in 20 years. But now more than 20 years have passed, and we have not achieved this level, not to mention VR equipment that can reach the level of clothing, even head-mounted VR equipment, in fact, it has not been as popular as game consoles. The future is indeed difficult to predict. Some of what we predicted would happen with a high probability, but the result did not happen. Some results that we may not have expected have become reality faster. After all, the human brain is still too backward, the information that can be stored is limited, and the possibilities that can be imagined are limited. But living in this world, if you want to live better, you must predict the future as much as possible. What can I do? Only by looking more at what others think and at the same time thinking more about yourself, can you find a little bit of certainty in the uncertainty.
Wang Xiaobo believes that there are three important things in life, wisdom, sex, and fun. In most societies and times, wisdom is sought after. As for fun, benevolent people have different opinions, and the wise see wisdom. Some people seem to naturally not feel deeply or pay attention to fun. And in any country in any era, the biggest controversy is sex. As a species, human beings have two most important natural tasks: survival and reproduction. On the point of survival, it reflects the importance of eating and drinking, and on the point of reproduction, it reflects the attraction of sex to people. Both are natural. But in a specific era or a specific society, due to its social significance, sex has changed from a simple biological problem to a complex social problem. This is easy to understand because sex itself involves interacting with others, and at the same time it is a very private thing that can arouse strong emotions in people. How to deal with it well is a persistent proposition for society and individuals.
Humor is a kind of wisdom, and the irony is a kind of helplessness. When Wang Xiaobo saw some conservative feudal ideas in the 1990s, did he have expectations and assumptions for 20 or 30 years? In a sense, the era that our generation lives in today may not be much more advanced and open than that era in some aspects. A one-size-fits-all, comprehensive ban is naturally the simplest approach. Delicate management must consume more energy. So the key point still depends on whether we are seeking stability or development. To seek development, we must constantly break down the old and welcome the new. If other needs are put first, then the approach is another set of logic.