It is true that only if you are willing to sweep the house and can sweep the house can you sweep the world. But this old saying is often misunderstood. We only emphasize that "sweeping a house" is the premise and foundation of "sweeping the world", but ignore that "sweeping the world" is the ultimate goal and pursuit, so we are often satisfied with "sweeping a house" and forget "sweeping the world".
The most impressive example is that in patriotism education, every time a patriotic story that makes people excited is finished, we must settle on the conclusion that "doing our current job well is a sign of patriotism". The implication is that doing a good job is like cleaning a room, and patriotic behavior is like sweeping the world. How can you be patriotic if you don't do your job well? So patriotism has become an unattainable concept and behavior. It is also influenced by this logic. As individuals, China people can always be "immune" at any time and under any circumstances. And they can't consciously start to "help the world", so there is a story of "one monk carries water to eat, three monks have no water to eat". Once it comes to the fields of "public * * *" and "public * * *", these can be found in the one-sided understanding of the old saying "How to sweep the world without sweeping a house".
Mr. Lu Xun once said that China's collection only works for private people, because for China people, public things are things that don't belong to anyone. It can be seen that the lack of public awareness is one of the manifestations of China people's "bad habits". It doesn't matter if there is a problem. If you are afraid, you will still be afraid of this disease and avoid it. Disaster is not the problem itself, but the attitude of not solving the problem. Mr. Liu Xing once told an American case in the article "Self-Sweeping Snow in Front of the Door" in Rain at the West Window: It was a snowy day many years ago, and a young man accidentally fell down in front of his house. The fall broke the young man's ischium into a comminuted fracture, and at the same time he fell out. The medical expenses were $10,000. The young man therefore sued the court that the owner did not sweep the snow, which caused the public sidewalk to be too slippery and damaged the public sidewalk. The court held that the homeowner has the obligation to eliminate the potential danger on the ground and should compensate all the losses. The good result of this judgment is that whenever snowflakes are flying, the first thing Americans think of is how to clean the sidewalk. When it comes to resolving disputes and contradictions, judgments and laws like this not only easily achieve this, but also cross the threshold of morality, so that the people will not sweep the whole house and sweep the world. Isn't that by going up one flight of stairs?
The lack of public awareness is manifested in various aspects, such as many problems in charity activities. We have made the education of a century-old plan an industrialized "cause". Whenever I read the famous sentence "I am too humble to forget to worry about my country" and "I worry about the world first, and then I am happy with the world", I always sincerely admire the broad mind and selfless spirit shown in it. What we are hearing now is how some officials enrich themselves at the expense of the public, how schools charge fees under various pretexts, how intellectuals cheat the world and steal their fame, and concentrate on making a fortune. All those responsible for the "public" and the "world" are committed to "sweeping the room". How chilling!
Maybe we can learn from the ancients. Before asking the question "How can we sweep the world without sweeping the house?". First of all, we should teach the younger generation to establish the outlook on life of "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world". The combination of the two can avoid generalization; Perhaps we can also learn from the "foreign skills" of Americans, and at the same time use moral means to offer a mace of law appropriately, encourage our compatriots to care about the world after "sweeping the house" and urge those who have the responsibility to "sweep the world" to really take responsibility.