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Read Aesop's fables
People younger than us can be roughly divided into two categories. The first is the younger generation who are far from our age; We can tolerate such people, like them and protect them; We can sell our old age to them. Our old age will only increase our dignity. There is also a young man much younger than us. Such people will only make us hate, even envy. They have lost the concept of respecting the elderly, and our age is not enough to arouse their pity for the old and the weak; Not only can't you sell your old age, but you should also drive them to learn less. Our old age will make us miserable. These two attitudes can be seen everywhere. For example, a woman in her late thirties is willing to say good things about the looks of a girl in her late twenties, but she blames a girl in her late twenties. Therefore, children can always be liked by adults, and the contradiction between older children and children is inevitable. All human relations, as long as they involve qualifications, have proved the correctness of this analysis.
Throughout history, ancient times are equivalent to human childhood. It used to be naive, but after thousands of years of growth, it has gradually reached the modern age. The older the times are, the earlier the history is; The later the age, the deeper his experience and the older he is. So we are grandpa's elders, and the ancient three generations are not as old as the modern ones. In this way, our loyalty to the past has a new meaning. In ancient times, we didn't necessarily worship our ancestors, but maybe we just liked children, not to respect the elderly, but to sell ourselves. No old man is willing to admit his decadence and stubbornness, so we also believe that everything in modern times is better in value and character than in ancient times.
These feelings are caused by occasionally reading Aesop's fables. Yes, Aesop's fables can be read. It gives us at least three kinds of comfort. First, this is an ancient book. Reading it can enhance our pride in modern civilization. Second, this is a children's book. The more you read it, the more you feel like an adult, which goes beyond those childish opinions. Third, this book is almost all about animals, from animals to people, you see how much it will evolve! We have seen the actions and remarks of many bats and foxes, and we have a feeling of visiting the poor and asking friends and returning to our hometown after being rich and expensive. But poor friends want our help and children want us to teach them, so we read Aesop's fables and feel that there are many shallow opinions that must be corrected.
For example, the story of bats: bats pretend to be birds when they meet birds, and pretend to be beasts when they meet beasts. People are much smarter than bats. He will use the bat method in the opposite direction: among birds, he insists on being a beast, which shows that he is down to earth; In mammals, pretending to be a bird is superb. Show off elegance to soldiers and be a hero to literati; In the upper class, he is a poor and hard-working civilian, but among the civilians, he is a condescending cultural element: this is certainly not a bat, it is just a person.
The story of ants and the popularization of weaving: in winter, ants dry the winter rice; Promoting weaving is starving, borrowing food from ants. The ant said, "You sing and have fun in summer. You deserve to be hungry now! " "This story should have more content. According to Plato's "Phaedrus", he promoted the evolution of knitting and became a poet. According to this inference, the person who sits and watches the poet hungry and refuses to borrow money is undoubtedly an ant. If you starve to death, you will become food for ants. Similarly, a great writer who couldn't support himself before his death has a large number of people who depend on him after his death, such as relatives and friends who write memories and miss words, and critics and scholars who write research papers.
The story of the dog and his own shadow: the dog crossed the bridge with meat in his mouth and saw the shadow in the water, thinking it was another dog with meat in his mouth; So I gave up the meat in my mouth and struggled with the shadow, trying to grab the meat from the shadow. As a result, all the meat in my mouth fell out. The original intention of this fable is to abstain from greed, and now it can be applied to other aspects. It is said that everyone needs a mirror, so they can look at themselves at any time and know what they are. However, people who know themselves don't need to look in the mirror at all, and it's useless to look in the mirror for things they don't know-for example, this dog with meat in its mouth will make a hullabaloo about after looking in the mirror, taking its own shadow as the target of attack and barking endlessly. It can be seen that some things are best not to look in the mirror.
Astronomer's story: the astronomer looked at the stars on his back, fell into the well and shouted "help"; Hearing this, the neighbor sighed and said, "Who told him to look only at the heights, regardless of the underground!" " "Just look at the heights, regardless of the result at the foot, sometimes I go down the well, sometimes I go out or step on it. But after going down, I will never say that I accidentally fell, only that I intend to do the investigation and work of my subordinates. For example, this astronomer has a good excuse: sitting on a well and observing the sky. Really, after we went down, our eyes still looked up.
Crow story: God wants to choose the most beautiful bird to be the king of birds. The crow put the peacock's long hair on his body and on his tail, and went to God to choose. Sure enough, he was chosen by God. The other birds were furious and tore off all the feathers inserted in it, still revealing the true colors of crows. In other words: artists are not necessarily the ones with long hair; On the other hand, a bald man is definitely not a scholar or thinker, and his mind is barren. What do you think will happen? This fable did not end there. The crow's borrowed feathers have all been plucked out by others, revealing its true colors. I feel ashamed and angry. I suggest that everyone simply pull out their natural feathers. By then, everyone will be naked, and see what is the difference between a real peacock, a swan and a crow. This method of hiding shame is at least commonly used by human beings.
The story of the cow and the frog: Mother frog summoned up her courage and asked the little frog, "Is the cow as big as me?" The little frog replied, "please don't go up there, or your stomach will burst!" " "This female frog is so stupid! She shouldn't be bigger than the cow, she should be smaller than the cow. Therefore, we have compensation for every kind of defect. Misery is called saving, stupidity is called honesty, meanness is called flexibility, and no talent is called virtue. Therefore, there is no woman who feels unlovable, and there is no man who feels inferior to others. In this way, each other has its own position, and of course it will not be peaceful.
The story of the old woman and the hen: The old woman keeps a hen and lays an egg every day. The old woman is greedy and wants to feed her twice as many eggs every day. Since then, chickens have become fatter and fatter, and they no longer lay eggs-so they are no longer greedy. Aesop was wrong! He should say that big fat people are often narrow-minded.
The story of the fox and the grape: The fox saw the ripe grapes on the vine and desperately wanted to give up, comforting himself by saying, "This grape may still be sour, so don't eat it!" " Even after eating, he would say, "This grape is really sour. "If he is an unsatisfied fox, he said to himself, because the reality is" not ideal ". If he is a very satisfied fox, he says to others, because complaining will prevent others from sharing the sweetness.
The story of the donkey and the wolf: When the donkey saw the wolf, he pretended that his leg was hurt and said to the wolf, "There are thorns on his feet, please pull them out so that your tongue won't be stabbed when you eat me." The wolf believed it, concentrated on finding the thorn, was kicked by the donkey and fled, so he sighed and said, "God sent me to be a dead butcher, so why should I be a doctor!" " "This is absurd, of course. He didn't realize that doctors are also butchers.
These examples can prove that Aesop's Fables is not suitable for modern children's books. Rousseau objected to children's reading of the fables in the second volume of "Emile", believing that they had bad intentions. He took a fox stealing meat from a crow's mouth as an example, saying that children would not sympathize with the deceived crow, but would envy the deceitful fox. If so, doesn't it prove that the child's intentions are bad? Whether children should read fables depends on what kind of world and society we adults are creating for children to grow and live. Rousseau believes that fables can make simple children complicated and lose their innocence, so they are unacceptable. I think fable is unacceptable, because the more simple it is to teach simple children, the more naive it is, thinking that the difference between right and wrong in personnel and the result of good and evil are as fair and clear as between animals, and they will be fooled everywhere when they grow up. The reason is that Rousseau is a primitivism, advocating retro, and I am a person who believes in progress-although I am not like a fly in a fable, sitting on the axle of a wheel and humming: "The progress of a car is my strength.