In the book "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep", Zhou Lian compares the "calm minority" who is tolerant of differences and willing to accept criticism with the "fanatical majority" who pretends to be a country and blindly excludes others in China, giving a blow to the generation of "angry youths" who wander around the world, Weibo, WeChat and other major communication platforms, but are full of enthusiasm and wantonly vomit under the guise of "patriotism". The world today is a combination of differences and interests. Learn to be a calm handful, tolerate differences, understand individuality, and seek common ground while reserving differences.
To be calm, we must first have a high degree of understanding and mastery of all possible changes in the current situation. In this information-intensive and ever-changing society, we are always surprised at first sight because our eyes on the world are too narrow, ignoring the passage of time and the change and development of things. As the Marxist philosophical development view holds, everything is in endless movement, change and development, and the whole world is a material world with infinite change and eternal development. Therefore, we have reason to tolerate all the differences and changes in the world. When new things appear, please be calm. Only by understanding them deeply can you realize the significance and value of their existence.
Then you need to have an open mind under the guidance of reason, so that you can be regarded as a calm handful. In other words, it is really commendable to tolerate diversity in an independent spirit. When the media "revealed" the imperfect image of China people in the eyes of foreigners, enthusiastic netizens first burst into fear, but then rose up and attacked, giving them all kinds of material and spiritual counterattacks from the standpoint of so-called "national interests" and insisting on showing foreigners a strong image of China. We often see similar incidents, but ask ourselves, what is the difference between this kind of behavior and the self-proclaimed "heaven" and the closed door of the Qing Dynasty? Internet connects the whole world, and different voices can communicate. When encountering criticism and suggestions, remember to be calm and then look at yourself. If the shoe fits, wear it.
We are all in the minority. We understand that "things are changing and developing", "existence is reasonable" and "this is a pluralistic society full of differences and interests", which gives birth to the wisdom of "watching flowers in front of the court and clouds in the sky" We are all little stars, illuminating the real world.
You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep. Fan Wen 2 For philosophers, many people hold quite contradictory attitudes, even saying that they are "useless scholars" is not an exaggeration. After all, no matter what era the society is, it is all material, while philosophy is ideology, so it can't be seen, touched or worn. Instead of racking their brains all day to explore the origin and truth of the world, it is better to do something practical.
Of course, this is just a bystander's position, not to say that philosophy is really useless. In fact, a true philosopher has an infinite eye and brain. They can see the essence of a thing better than ordinary people and understand some truth better. Confusion in life will not be their obstacle.
The first time I heard that the author also originated from this book. When you open the book, the word "insight" is written on the title page, which shows that the contents of the book must express the author's unique perspective or position on some issues or things. Anyone who is good at philosophy is mostly knowledgeable and good at thinking, and as an author from a philosophy major, of course, it is no exception.
Although the title of the book is so easy to understand, the contents involved in the book are not clear at a glance. On the contrary, it may cause confusion to some readers. First of all, this book is not a coherent logical whole, but consists of unrelated scattered articles. Moreover, these articles are intermittent and the time interval is too long. Some comments are not so rigorous in the author's personal opinion. Maybe it's just that the author has a feeling with his mood, or it's just a matter of time. Finally, people should clearly feel that each article is fundamentally different in "style and theme", and topics such as current reviews, film reviews and essays are everywhere.
We don't want to criticize the author's works here. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech. If we can't agree with the speaker, it may be that we have our own unique thinking, or that our values, world outlook and outlook on life are different, or that we don't have enough knowledge and experience to have a * * * relationship with the speaker.
There are indeed some problems that are not as thorough as the author's reading. Ordinary citizens, big countries, concrete students on campus, abstract to political power, detailed to the specific scene of a movie, specific lines, and rough to a role in a literary work, how can you see it so comprehensively if you are not good at observation and thinking? Although in some chapters, the author's understanding ability is not enough to achieve unimpeded, but this does not hinder the understanding of the author's point of view. Of course, I can't go into details. There are many chapters, and the content is called a mess. I can't write down every feeling. I have to admit that the author's writing is radical, even to some extent.
Some problems will be clearer from philosophical thinking, such as mass communication, which seems to have found the crux. This may give some inspiration to today's authorities, even the cutting-edge authorities.
I have read the model essay "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep" 3 "Once a lie becomes naked, the pillar of trust is pulled away. At this time, the motivation to support the continued operation of lies is either interest or violence. Naked lies no longer promise the function of dreaming, but they can still let everyone continue to live in a false space ... everyone is collectively pretending to sleep. "
Pretending to sleep can be seen as a summary of many States, including physical pretending to sleep, or it can refer to a gesture of rejecting the outside world mentally-denying existence, doubting everything, and not preparing to change what is ridiculed. At present, there are many people who pretend to sleep mentally. In the words of Zhou Lian, the author of You Can Never Wake a Sleeping Man, "When failure becomes a habit, when we have no confidence in change, the slogan left for us is" I don't believe it ". What's more, it will develop into' I don't believe' obsessive-compulsive disorder. When I saw the news report with mild symptoms ... my first reaction was that I didn't believe it was true. People with severe symptoms often use conspiracy theories to guess the whole world. They follow another' two whatevers' principle: everything you try to advocate must be false, and the worst possibility I can imagine is true. "
Mental "pretending to sleep" can probably find the cause of the accident. But in any case, up to now, I suspect everything-making irresponsible remarks about people who do good deeds, thinking that others are trying their best to put on a show, and they want to connect with the victims with their own imaginary bad motives; Expressing disdain for citizens who independently run for deputies to the National People's Congress, thinking that they are fishing for political capital; For big and small stars, getting married or launching new works or participating in public welfare activities, it is the first time to dig out the past scandals of stars in posts or Weibo, and deny everything from others in character; If someone is misunderstood or even hurt because of helping others, it will easily lead to a series of cynicism ... Zhou Lian said in the preface of this book that this kind of "pretending to sleep" is essentially a manifestation of defeatism and cynicism, that is, "looking at the dark world with dim eyes". Obviously, when objective facts can't prove malicious speculation, many people will choose to forget it, then focus on a few proven speculations, and then cast a darker eye on the world.
I quite agree with the author's sentence that "everyone's self-improvement is the only way to improve the world". Speculation and criticism of others and related events, if you erase rationality and refuse to understand, sympathize, be fair and think positively at the same time, then you actually put yourself at the level you point to, which is equivalent to self-exile at the value level. The two articles "not yes" and "so what" in the book refer to the typical performance of this kind of self-exile, that is, to dispel all theoretical differences and value meanings with the mantra of "not yes" and to cancel all action meanings with "so what". The superposition of the two shows cowardice and unbearable.
Zhou Lian pointed out, for example, that some people would say after reading historical works, "Isn't politics a struggle for power? Who has more moral advantages than who? Besides, although everyone has the right to know the truth, it may be better not to know the truth than to know it-so what? Or continue like this, or repent of the world, but which one is better for people is unknown. " In this case, do we often see such a set of logic in articles, including our own diaries and essays relayed by celebrities? Seemingly profound, what is actually expressed is a ridicule of value and a melting of value belief.
Zhou Lian has been teaching in the Philosophy Department of Renmin University of China since 20xx. In this book, he also listed the performance of "pretending to sleep" on campus and analyzed its reasons. Some students once complained to him that most students were cheating in an exam, but the invigilator turned a blind eye, so the student got up angrily and sat down in the first row and disappeared. Zhou Lian said that he can't predict whether this classmate will have the reason and courage to leave next time, which is a kind of sadness, because the "virtue" that college students should possess is the spirit of "fair competition". However, whether it is the current campus culture, the sub-culture among students (communication rules), or the institutional environment and evaluation system constructed by the school, it is providing students with space or motivation to abandon the above spirit and principles. Hume once said, "If I impose strict constraints on myself and others do whatever they want there, then I will become a fool because of my integrity". What can be said now is that people enjoy hitchhiking and laugh at the few remaining bookworms who are "loyal as fakes and justified". They are proud of stealing the column and ashamed of being honest. It can be said that this is the fundamental reason why generations of young students abandon ideals, values, beliefs, ethics and other virtues that need to be guarded and choose to "pretend to sleep".
In his book "You can never wake up a person who pretends to sleep", he mentioned that "once a lie becomes naked, the pillar of trust is pulled away, and the driving force that supports the lie to continue to operate is either interest or violence. Naked lies no longer promise the function of dreaming, but they can still let everyone continue to live in a false space ... everyone is pretending to sleep collectively. "
When can I get rid of pretending to sleep and stop being a mindless cynic, a shallow liberal, a ruthless conservative, a nationalist who speaks for vested interests, an ambitious idealist, and losing the courage to do things because I see things too clearly? In fact, a country and a society, "everyone's self-improvement is the only way to improve the world." composition
After reading "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep", the title of this book is very interesting. Coupled with the constant recommendation of friends around me and the praise on the Internet, I made up my mind to finish reading it. I didn't expect to read it again after reading it for the first time, because I didn't understand or didn't understand some places at that time, and then I forgot. It turns out that this is a book about philosophy, but it is not that kind of lofty philosophy. I think the author is talking about philosophy in ordinary life, so it is easier to understand. I also learned that this book collects papers published by Zhou Lian in the past ten years, including current affairs reviews, book reviews, film reviews and some academic articles. Almost all articles are short and pithy. The author's analytical insight into problems and open writing pattern have integrated his philosophical thinking on happiness, justice, moral life, democracy, freedom, morality and happiness into realistic stories and vivid life experiences, which I have to admire very much. Scholar Cui Weiping commented: "Zhou Lian's writing has a flying posture: from the height of ideas to the ground, to the rough world, and at the same time from the realistic ravine to the sky and to the ideal place."
Probably because of my poor philosophical cultivation, I haven't fully understood many places. For example, I stood in a daze on the high wall of thought, and there were many professional words in it, which didn't make me feel that I should integrate philosophy into my life. The last sentence "Only by standing on the high wall of thought can we see those gullies clearly and understand where the dead end is and where the road is" is very reasonable, but who can tell me how to stand? Looking back on the whole book now, I can still be impressed by the article "Anonymous in University". I think not only the author is feeling the phenomenon of "anonymity" on campus, but also we unknown college students. Does it really have to be like what the book says? Because society is impersonal, universities are impersonal? I think school is still a school after all, and it can't be completely equal to society. Moreover, there are too many areas worthy of improvement in our present university, and each of us can do better through our own efforts. Can't the administrators of those schools and education make some reforms?
The author mentioned in the article "Smiling Indian Beggars" that these Indian beggars always smile when begging for money, and they will not change their faces even if they don't get the money. This reminds me that in the country where I live, it is difficult to associate the word smile with beggars. I think most of the beggars we meet are old people and disabled people, and most of them are sad, ragged and poor to win people's sympathy. This may still work for me before junior high school. Later, I learned that beggars are also fake, there are special begging groups, and there are people who go abroad to beg. No matter whether you give money or not, they all look sad. Sometimes giving it will lead to dissatisfaction, not to mention smiling. I especially admire an old lady around our school. I don't know how old she is. Her hair is all white and her waist is almost bent at 90 degrees. But I often see her picking up bottles around the school and carrying a big woven bag. It's hard, but occasionally I can hear her picking up bottles and singing leisurely again and again, which not only makes me admire her spirit of self-reliance, but also makes me despise those fake hands and feet that are intact but give up their dignity to cheat others' sympathy. Indian beggars always smile. There must be historical reasons behind this. In China, if you want to make a beggar smile, you must give him all your money.
Finally, let me talk about my understanding that "you can never wake a person who pretends to sleep". Why do people pretend to sleep? I think the reasons behind this are very complicated, sometimes for white lies, sometimes to avoid problems, and so on. What does the author want to express? My understanding is that from the perspective of "pretending to sleep", maybe you live in a world full of white lies, or in a bad environment where you don't want to go along with others, so you choose to "pretend to sleep" and live in your own way. As far as "you" is concerned, you know that a person who pretends to sleep can't wake up. You'd better not ruin this atmosphere so as not to embarrass everyone. Everyone has his own behavior and personality. I don't think it's necessary to affect others' freedom to pretend to sleep when their behavior has no adverse effect on their future or present.
I admit that I bought another book because of the attraction of the title, but the content of the book is similar to the title, so I think I earned it again.
This is really a collection of "essays", which can be described as varied, sometimes including comments, book reviews, film reviews, drama reviews and academic lectures, and the writing time spans 10 years. However, I think, although the content of this book is complicated, the author wants to express his thoughts in a clear context, that is, philosophical thinking about values such as justice, justice, happiness, freedom and democracy, and popularize it to the public in easy-to-understand language, hoping to wake up those who are sleeping, and even make some "sleepers" stop pretending to sleep and arrange their lives in a moral way, not only to be a "good person", but also to be a "good person".
Among the articles, what impressed me the most was the article of the same name "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep". The most valuable articles are the academic lectures in the last part of Standing on the High Wall of Thought (although my philosophical knowledge is insufficient, it is a bit stumbling to read). The author's language style is rational, plain and meaningful, which is my favorite way, but it is not as relaxed and humorous as his lover Liu Yu's article, and his academic style is a bit rigorous.
There is a photo of the author on the inside cover, which looks very refreshing and attractive. When I was at school, there were few teachers who were good-looking and whose language was not boring. I really envy and hate my brother and sister. If such a teacher had taught us in those days, I would have missed a class.
Also recommend two book reviews written by bloggers. His ridicule of the title of this book is very interesting, and the content analysis is also in place.
After reading "You can never wake up a person who pretends to sleep", 6 philosophy is a mysterious topic, and its jurisprudence, world outlook and methodology seem to have the same effect as Buddhism. Speak slowly the truth that people can't figure out or understand, but it does exist, and then inspire people to see the world with more mature, keen and wise eyes.
As an associate professor at the School of Philosophy of Renmin University of China and a doctor of philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Zhou Lian's "You can never wake up a person who pretends to sleep" is just like this. The author tries to use the simplest and most straightforward words to explain, "Tell us that in an era of smog and confusion, living in an era of reversing right and wrong, the pain of personality can be imagined, unless you give up your values, shake hands with this dirty era, or close your eyes and pretend to sleep. But even in a very bad external environment, a person can still choose to live a benign life and arrange his daily life accordingly. He can still choose not only to be a' good person' but also to be a' good citizen'. "
Nowadays, the pace of people's life is getting faster and faster, and fast-food lifestyles can be seen everywhere. But life can't always be calm. We always need something to attract people's eyes and stimulate people's senses. As a result, in the gradually impetuous social background, the network has become a tool for some people to create gimmicks to attract attention. Recently, the national public security organs have focused on cracking down on illegal crimes such as organized manufacturing and spreading rumors on the Internet. "Qin" and "Li Erbans", who are guided by the principle that "the rumor ends with the wise man and ends with the next rumor", were criminally detained by the Beijing police on suspicion of stirring up trouble and illegal business operations. What makes people think is why many people blindly pay attention to forwarding such untrue news. Now, when our material life is satisfied, what should our spiritual life be filled with? "No matter a person or a nation, if there is no profound philosophical tradition to meditate on the impermanence of fate, no firm religious belief to resist the cleansing of time, and no strong spirit of rule of law and right consciousness to resist the violence of the country, then the only thing that can be done is hysterical carnival and overeating, booing or onlookers."
Everyone should have an ideal, or a belief, to find their own direction on the long road of life.
Life is full of risks and difficulties. Perhaps, the only way to make yourself strong, tenacious and powerful, and spend your life calmly, safely and quietly is to "give" yourself a "belief".
The road is in the dust.
"Everyone is looking for someone who can fully embrace, hoping that this hug will make them safe, strong and even complete. However, the real change is the inner change after understanding, sympathy, justice and love. Only after that can we stop fighting with ourselves, learn to live in peace with the world and stop being conceited, hesitant and arrogant. From individuals to countries, there is no exception. " Change, start from yourself, start from the heart. From the inside out, from ourselves and others, from small groups to countries, and then from weak to strong, gradually grow. As Wang Guozhen wrote in a poem, life is short and the road is long. Let's cherish every scenery.
Chen Jiaying wrote: "What I want to read most is to express profound thoughts in popular language, and what I dislike most is to express superficial thoughts in profound language." And Zhou Lian, with his profound thoughts, sharp angles and approachable writing, explained profound truth, just like a small stream entering the sea, with less impatience and more valuable generosity and broadness.
Read this book, realize this truth, feel this heart and decide this idea.
Take faith as a whip, take deep maturity as a horse, the sun is shining in the sky, the scenery on the road is just right, and the whip is mentioned.
After reading "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep", the title of model essay 7 is very attractive. When I saw it, I smiled at first, and I couldn't help thinking about the meaning of this sentence: sleeping and waking, if used metaphorically, means that people stay awake in reality. Of course, sleeping is the opposite, so what about pretending to sleep? ....., interesting. Then I want to see what is written in the book.
It turns out that this book is an anthology of the author's articles in recent years, which reflects the author's thinking about reality.
The author of the book wrote: "Today, we can't betray ourselves, and we can't find a suitable reason or excuse. The "belief" that once made us "strong, broad, dare to undertake, challenge and win" is gone, and everyone is wandering in the crowd, and there is nowhere to put themselves ... "This is the true portrayal of China at present.
"Xie Relan, Gu, sooner or later, people in this life will give themselves to a higher existence than themselves, or God, or organization, or lover, poetry, money, and all kinds of strange dogmas ... The question is, before giving birth, have you ever experienced painful thinking and struggle? After giving birth, can you still have even a little doubt and reflection in the shadow of that higher existence? It is too easy to commit to others, which always makes people suspect that the previous struggle lacked sincerity. " Faith is not blind, but superstitious, such as some masters or great immortals.
In this article, I saw the author's deep thought that people must have faith if they want to have faith, but we should not choose "faith" easily. However, the author did not explain his "belief". Maybe when he wrote this book, he had not found his own faith.
For one's own heart, faith cannot be disguised. Faith is faith, and unbelief is unbelief. It is also easy and not easy to trust a person or a thing. What about faith?
After reading "You can never wake a person who pretends to sleep", the model essay is clear and spotless for 8 days, and the distant mountains contain Dai, and the wind sends warmth. Wan Li is clear and Wan Li is cloudless, as clear as jasper. Scattered in the sky, thinner and thinner, like washed hair. -inscription
Shakespeare said; Time will pierce the brilliance and exquisiteness of youth. Will carve parallel lines on the beauty's forehead; Will eat rare treasures, born beautiful, nothing can escape the sickle he swept.
"I want to believe" is not only a blind slogan, but also a strong psychological suggestion, which may be available to everyone in today's era; "I don't believe" this obsessive-compulsive disorder, when the pay is not proportional to the return, when failure becomes a habit, when people misunderstand Lacrimosa every day. The person I trust most told me not to trust anyone. It's time for us to look at this originally dark world with darker eyes at this dark source. I just have a piece of pure land in my heart. Even if nothing is long in others' eyes, it is always spotless.
One day, it was reported that a man jumped off a building. This kind of report is very common. When I heard about jumping off a building, most people might ask, why did he jump off a building? Subconsciously persuade and stop jumping off a building. But today, all this has changed. Some onlookers are still shouting for gas downstairs, fearing to jump and die. Such incidents have occurred frequently in recent years. The balance of morality is slowly rising, is it that morality is getting lighter? Or the darkness of human nature has increased. In this era, it seems that there is always a downward force that lowers everyone's morality. People with dark hearts keep thinking about why others are not surrounded by darkness like me, and why some people are born with an angel's light ring. Because of injustice and unwillingness, they were originally gentle and kind and were carried away by evil. Just like you can never wake a person who pretends to sleep unless they decide to wake up. What is innocence? Even if an unpolluted heart is guarded like a hedgehog, I still have no taboo to reach out and hug.
No matter how carefully you speak, someone will misinterpret your meaning. Personally, I think the author's writing in this book is very good and concise. If you take the lead in the fog, you will abruptly pull people back to reality. Never wake a person who pretends to sleep has two meanings; Surface layer and deep layer. On the surface; The pretender doesn't want to wake up, but the awakened one wants to wake up the sleeping pretender. A deeper layer is; Some people in this world are hypocritical, but you can't tear off their ugly masks with your strength, so you can only be a fish. It is a fish, but it is not happy to swim in the magnificent sea. It is an eagle, but it does not soar in the vast sky. For different reasons, you are forced to do things that you don't like and are not interested in. Do you know what freedom is? It's not a superficial idea, it's not that you can do whatever you want, but that you can't do anything if you don't want to do anything.
Postscript; Bodhi has no trees, and the mirror is not a stage. There was nothing, so there was no dust.