The ancients once regarded moral cultivation as the ultimate pursuit of life. However, in today's globalization, personal struggle, happiness and freedom are more important than morality. Children nowadays have many other things to do.
The Four Books and the Five Classics
Once upon a time, as a scholar before the age of 15, he had to learn the four books and five classics by heart, almost all of them were "worshipping classics". Their understanding of classics is enough to make today's doctoral students in ancient literature desperate. 191265438+1October19 when the first minister of education of the national government ordered that "reading classics should be abolished in primary schools", it was a feat of emancipating the mind; As a result, nearly a century has passed, and not many people can answer what the Four Books and Five Classics are. Children are interested in the Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. China's ancient pillar ideological system, represented by The Book of Changes, Shangshu, The Book of Songs, The Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan, is in confusion. Now, Yi Shu has established a modern private school in Beijing, which specializes in teaching the Four Books and Five Classics.
On the Absence of Traditional Culture
I think the main reasons for the low quality of China people or the lack of traditional culture today can be summarized into at least three aspects.
First, perhaps most people will mention that China's economic conditions are backward and its investment in national education is obviously far from enough, which greatly widens the gap between citizens of China and those of other civilized countries. This gap is not determined by nature, but we follow western civilization. We catch up with them in many aspects and adapt to their civilized rules, which naturally shows the gap.
Second, traditional culture has not been well inherited and carried forward. Undoubtedly, China's 5,000-year-old civilization has left us endless wealth, including the essence of traditional culture and spiritual civilization. But why does the shadow of this traditional spirit become more and more blurred with the generations of modern China people? In fact, China has been an open and civilized country since ancient times, especially before the Tang and Song Dynasties. The real complacency began only after Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism was wildly popularized and domesticated by the rulers. The whole country's ignorance of the world naturally cannot keep up with the pace of civilization. Since then, in the vigorous New Culture Movement at the beginning of last century, it was correct to criticize feudal ignorant Neo-Confucianism and backward ethics, but it was unwise to completely deny and abandon Confucianism and traditional culture in this process. From then on, until now, nearly a hundred years have passed, and people living in modern times have discovered that Confucianism and traditional culture, the precious wealth handed down from generation to generation by the Chinese nation, are the blood and backbone of our nation. Without profound traditional culture, we will become barbaric and ignorant, without understanding and understanding of tradition, we will become shallow and ignorant. At this time, we have indeed lost all the good things of our ancestors very quickly, which is dangerous!
Third, the nation lacks faith. In fact, this problem is caused by the second point. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, China was an eclectic country with various religious beliefs. The development and evolution of Buddhism and Islam in the history of China is a good example, including China's own religion: Taoism. No matter what kind of religion, in fact, it will inevitably be used by the regime. In addition, all these religions require goodness in the teaching of believers without exception. However, with the political turmoil since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the role of religion in China's political power center has not been well played. For hundreds of years, neither China nor the rulers of * * * have overemphasized the role of religion. It should be said that they have always maintained a relatively cautious attitude towards religion. Up to now, the Chinese nation lacks a common national belief similar to that of Western Christianity, and the important task of cultivating people's ideological and moral and spiritual civilization falls on the already overwhelmed government, which inevitably puts great pressure on the political power. Religion is the baptism of human spirit and soul. Religion is always combined with or used by political power, or it is itself a part of political power. In fact, it is understandable that there is no religion to educate people. State power can only improve society and advocate new fashions by other means, but this task is very arduous. I am an out-and-out intellectual girl with a family background. My father worked as a clerk in the army for 8 years, and after he became a regular, he went to work as a secretary in the local area. My mother has been a junior high school English teacher, which means she has been teaching for 25 years. My father has elegant taste and likes to grow flowers, play chess and fish. He writes beautifully in official script and regular script, and his writing style is also quite good. Before the third grade of primary school, the family was in financial difficulties. My father used the manuscript fee to ensure that our family of four (including my brother) had meat to eat every day. I grew up in such a family, and I feel the glory and shame brought by China traditional culture with my simple heart. Probably because my father's generation was baptized by the "Cultural Revolution" for ten years, my regret that I was eager to study but couldn't stop made my arrival cast a star of hope, and my father placed high expectations on me. In my memory, my father stripped my clothes and beat me with a belt because I didn't recite such a small mistake as "99 multiplication table" Pain is like the sun behind a snow-covered mountain. I feel like it when I touch it, shaking all over and chilling. The Japanese kid's broadsword has carved a shame in the eyes of China people, so I have become a tool for followers of various dogmas, such as "Science and technology are the primary productive forces", "I will be beaten if I fall behind" and "I am not afraid to learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well and travel around the world". Although I am quite talented in literature and art, my hobbies such as writing, singing and speaking have been suppressed by my parents. Chinese is among the best, vocal competition won the first prize, speech competition won the championship, mathematics was far behind the 20th place, physics never got 60 points (out of 70), and chemistry never got 45 points (out of 50). This sharp contrast has become a shame in parents' hearts, and it has also become a cynical topic among their colleagues and a group of pretentious clowns. I grew up in such an atmosphere. Today, as a bystander, I will use my pen to examine the milk and wine dregs of China traditional culture. First, regarding diet, "Food is the most important thing for the people." I don't know when this sentence was born, but it can well summarize the dietary psychology of China people. "Food is the most important thing for the people", and eating is the most fundamental thing. "People are iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry." "You can't lose your stomach without losing anything." We can't talk about anything else until we are full. So China culture depends on eating. China people pay attention to diet, so they produce a lot of delicious food to satisfy their appetite, and then they deduce a bunch of "touching legends" about folk snacks, so they produce a bunch of words related to eating. It is enough to satisfy the most basic physiological needs when you are full. Scholars in China should engage in a lot of "eating" idioms, forming a kind of "omnivorism", which is spectacular: thinking is chewing, experience is tasting, jealousy is jealousy, happiness is intoxication, ordinary is ordinary, easier said than done, and impetuous style of study is just a taste. Changing the status quo is more painful. What else will suffer, eat badly, eat out, eat alive, eat delicious food, eat old things, eat small stoves, go to court, take kickbacks, eat yabakui and close the door, whether to eat or not? Politics in China, to put it bluntly, is eating. No matter whether it is primitive people or the central government, whether it is "Na Man" or "noble" Han people, whether it is venison on the phone or lean pork that has passed several procedures, whether it is milk wine or "unified" fresh orange, all political issues in China are discussed at the dinner table. "Politics is eating" has become a common criterion for China people to abide by. I think it is probably because our ancestors finally found something to eat that China's food culture is "profound" and "brilliant", which leads parents to ask "How have you been eating recently?" This tireless questioning has created a kitchen cabinet that "if you want to tie your husband's heart, you must first tie his stomach." Second, about "Familialization" Our ancestors were too lonely, so everyone gathered together to form clans and tribes, and thus formed the national psychology of "different inside and outside", "noble people of all ages" and "foreign officials and people". Therefore, in the flood of costume dramas and historical dramas, it is often because of "the following offenses", "the humble offenses are respected" and "the internal connection is external". Therefore, when I refute the views of my elders and resist the unreasonable whipping of my parents, I will be angered. So the most reasonable reason for my parents to hit me is "Don't you dare talk back to me and turn your face against you!" China's culture advocates family-oriented, which is different from the outside, leading to tribal wars and ethnic disputes. The mass struggle of "committing crimes below" has a long history. Third, about marriage "Marriage is a major event in a person's life, especially for women." The marriage of ancestors is very easy to say, and it is nothing more than "flesh and blood." With the development of slave society, the nature of marriage has changed and marriage has become a means. In feudal society, marriage is not only due to the maturity of love development. The old son of the emperor likes to get married, and women also like to exchange their bodies for power and status. Marriage can also reconcile Han and Hungary and bring China into line with the international community. The role of marriage cannot be underestimated. Marriage is not a matter for both parties, but for family, responsibility, national justice and the future of the country. As a result, marriage has fallen into a strange circle of "loveless marriage, asexual love". In modern times, "whether marriage is the grave of love" has become an evergreen tree in the debate, and countless debaters enjoy it. I really don't understand how my parents got together. After quarreling for more than ten years, we have to be inseparable and incompatible, and children have become the bond to maintain marriage. The most blatant reason for not getting divorced is their children. After a long separation, they often keep in touch. It seems that they think of each other again. Both of them are elderly people and don't know what love is. The biggest impact of my parents' failed marriage is that I don't give my heart to men easily. I'm afraid this is also the reason why many people are single all their lives and "would rather have no love than be hurt in love". Strangely, however, with the growing power of being single, more and more young girls in gynecological centers in hospitals want to have abortions, and China's marriage culture seems to be in a state of "sex is unnecessary". Fourth, about faith "Do you have faith?" "Faith? What is faith? " "I believe in Jesus, and you? What do you believe? " "I don't believe anything." "How can you not believe what? How can there be no faith? How can you live without faith? " "Why do you have faith? You see, I can't live well without faith? "