? "I usually have two suggestions for young people: First, we must seize the good times of youth, read freely, absorb spiritual resources from ancient and modern times and at home and abroad as widely as possible, and lay a solid foundation of knowledge and spirit in order to establish our own beliefs and ideals. Second, as far as possible to participate in social practice, especially to the bottom and rural areas, to understand the national conditions of China, and to establish spiritual ties with the people of China to varying degrees. To some extent, this is also the way for me and my generation to grow up.
Looking back now, in the 12 years after retirement, I mainly discussed the following five ideological and spiritual propositions with young people born in 1980s and 1990s.
"After diving for ten years,
Dive into the deepest part of life, history and scholarship. "
"Really ambitious young people should look farther, don't be confused by the immediate interests of one place and one place, and get rid of the impetuous spirit. People who are really strong and confident will not pursue those seemingly dazzling floating lights. "
If you want to "dive" "The first is silence. I once summed it up in three words-quiet, clear and quiet. I have such a play: when the society is in a noisy state, we, at least our own small environment, should calm down; When the air of the whole society is polluted by corruption, we should keep it clean; When the trend of the times tends to be impetuous, we should be firm. The so-called' concentration' can also be called' leading an honest and clean life'. Clean body' is the above-mentioned' self-cultivation'. Self-cultivation is the basis of cultivating one's humanity, being a man and dealing with others, and keeping one's life clean and pure; Self-discipline is to maintain the basic norms, the norms of learning, research and life. Everything has a certain rule of never giving in and erin brockovich, which is' determination'. "
"In addition to silence, we must dive in, and we must do four dives: one is to dive into the deepest part of social life, the other is to dive into the deepest part of national spirit, culture and national soul, the third is to dive into the deepest part of academics, and the fourth is to dive into the deepest part of self-life. This is consistent with the basic spirit of Lu Xun's' retro' and' sinking into the people'. "
"The decade of diving is bound to be a decade of painful silence, and' new life will sprout in this painful silence' (Lu Xun's words). This is true for individuals, countries and nations. "
"Know the land under your feet"
"We are now facing the danger of' cutting the bottom of the barrel': when people, especially the younger generation, know nothing about the land where they were born and raised, those who stay behind feel alienated and unfamiliar in understanding and emotion. In fact, they have not only lost material things, but also lost their spiritual home." "This may not only lead to the crisis of national spirit, but also lead to the crisis of its own existence: once it is pulled out from the soil that raises itself, people will lose the basic foundation of their own existence and become rootless people." "It is precisely because of this fundamental worry that (I) want to make an appeal: know the land under our feet!"
To discover and understand the profound regional culture and historical culture, to talk to the villagers who have cultivated this land for generations, to feel the happiness and pain of life together, to understand the meaning and value of human life, and to integrate all this into their own soul and flesh and blood to become the foundation and existence of their own lives. "
"People are in nature, which is the most ideal state of existence and education." "'stepping on the earth and looking up at the stars' is the best state of human life."
"Think big, start small"
"'Think big and do small things'. The first is to think about big issues, such as human life existence, moral reconstruction and value reconstruction. The big problem is the motivation and direction of our work. This is very important and must not be ignored. "
"We must use small things to solve big problems. Behind small things, there must be a big ideal pursuit as a support, and a big concern for society and life as a bottom spirit. " "This is to combine unconstrained thinking with down-to-earth work, and to combine the thoroughness and radicality of thinking expressed by the persistence of one's own beliefs with the low-key behavior in actual operation, forming a tension between the two." "In this way, you can not only make your daily life shine with the ideal light, but also give the little things you do a kind of poetry; At the same time, such an ideal pursuit can be implemented in daily life and has strong maneuverability, thus avoiding empty talk and inaction. In the inner world, you can get a sense of security in every moment of your life in the overall anxiety. "
"Thinking about big problems" means adhering to big social care, humanistic care and bottom care, which is the inheritance of predecessors' idealism; And "insisting on peaceful and gradual reform, focusing on small things and starting from small things" shows the characteristics of idealism in the new era.
"Silent existence changes"
At present, China society, especially the younger generation, is generally anxious, complaining and resentful and unwilling to do nothing. How can we get rid of this dilemma? "Starting from changing your life, starting from changing your own existence. Take building yourself as the beginning of building a society. " We "act on our own according to the new values and morality we have determined." In this materialistic consumer society, we, a group of people, are trying to live a simple and spiritual life style. When many people pursue extreme egoism and refuse any social responsibility and commitment, we, a group of people, try a new ethics of self-interest, altruism and self-help. When many people follow the jungle law that regards others as enemies and struggle for life and death, we try to serve others as brothers and sisters. In a society full of lies, a group of us do the opposite and try to live in the truth. "
"Where is the significance? First of all, our pursuit itself is the embodiment of independent will. When we add an odd number to the existing framework, it becomes a second culture, a second education, a second structure and an alternative lifestyle. This is of great significance in itself. Everything we do meets the requirements of human development. It has internal strength, and now we are organized to form a collective strength. As long as it is done well, it will have an impact on the people around it, and it will expand like a snowball. From changing your own existence to changing the existence of people around you. "
"Live a healthy, happy and meaningful life"
We are experiencing a historical turning point from the materialistic era to the post-materialistic era. Perhaps many people still continue their thinking and habits in the materialistic era and indulge in the materialistic era, but young people with thoughts and consciousness should see the new trend of the times, adjust their life goals in time, and pursue a healthy, happy and meaningful new life more consciously. "Lu Xun also has a saying that' live happily and be a reasonable person'."
"What is a happy life, what is a healthy life? I think there are two points: first, the overall pursuit of the balance between the satisfaction of material desires and the development of spiritual freedom; Second, in terms of specific implementation, we must pursue a simple material life and a rich and sufficient spiritual life. "
"What do you mean by being a reasonable person? What do you mean by' living meaningfully'? This is about how to deal with the relationship between people and society, the relationship between individuals and groups. Lu Xun also has two sentences. The first sentence says:' Everyone has his own self, but the sense of the group is close.' In other words, when everyone perceives the existence and value of self, the crowd is almost completely conscious. "
"but Lu Xun has a second sentence:' countless people are related to me.' In other words, I am not an isolated existence, but a' life community' closely related to countless people. He reminded people that human nature is not only personal but also social: only in the development of society and groups can people have real individual development. "