"Public and private should naturally be distinguished. Grandpa Zhao, the culture of our country is the culture of human relations. You help me and I will help you. This is very human. But in a market economy, human relations will not work, because the market represents interests. In the face of interests, human relations
It's definitely very fragile. If you talk to others about favors, they may not talk about it to you.
Favors; Chinese people talk about favors themselves, foreigners will not talk about favors with you; if you talk about favors with the government, there is likely to be corruption; when the government talks about favors with individuals, the only one who suffers in the end is the individual, so in a market economy
Understand, this kind of favor is not a good habit. In many cases, it will cause people and even the government to suffer losses and be deceived.
Therefore, everything must follow rules. Only by formulating a set of fair rules and everyone acting according to the rules can all kinds of problems be eliminated and society can develop normally. When I recruit employees, no matter how good our personal relationship is
, but a contract must be signed and formally signed after both parties agree. This
This eliminates many hidden dangers. Otherwise, when my business grows bigger and the other party opens its mouth, I will suffer a loss, or the company will eventually get into trouble and I have no money to pay the other party, and the other party will suffer a loss. One contract will
Completely eliminating these hidden dangers is what both parties want."
Zhao Tianming is a historian and knows the history of China very well. Liu Lang is right when he says that ancient China was a society of favors. You help me and I will help you. When a person becomes famous, the whole family will follow him to take advantage of him. In addition, there are
There are ancient people who like to "form cliques" the most. This is the so-called clique, and it relies on the favor between people. The demise of the Ming Dynasty was largely due to the cliques fighting each other.
It can be said that Liu Lang's theory of human relations is on point, and Zhao Tianming has to admit it.
"Well, it seems that I am really old. Society is progressing. Now I can't keep up with the pace of social development. Market economy! I don't understand what market economy is. I am old. I will retire this year.
Make room for young people to do it!"
Zhao Tianming sighed, his words filled with endless loneliness.
"Grandpa Zhao, in fact, human relationships are not bad, and traditional human relationships are no longer suitable for our current society. In my opinion, real human relationships are a kind of integrity, mutual assistance, and helping each other. When one party is in trouble, everyone supports it. This is
The concept of human relations in the new era is no longer the previous one who would rather sacrifice oneself or even the interests of others for the sake of human relations. This
It's not a favor, but a distorted concept. Our country is developing at a high speed, and many people are not aware of this problem. I think our cultural workers should raise this issue and redefine our ancient traditions so that these traditions can better serve the people.
Social services, rather than holding back social development, this is called advancing with the times!"
"Okay, Liu Lang, you are very good at what you said about keeping pace with the times. Traditional Chinese culture has been handed down to this day without much change. During the Republic of China, some people put forward the idea that traditional culture is not good, and some even wanted to abandon it completely.
Traditional culture. After the founding of New China, traditional culture was also regarded as a symbol of backwardness.
We have been suppressed for a long time, and it was only after Deng Gong came to power that things were brought to order, and our group of talents was reborn. However, in the past few years, we have also felt that we have been unable to keep up with the trend of the times. Now your formulation of advancing with the times is correct.
It’s suitable for cultural workers like us and can definitely be considered an important topic to study!”
Liu Lang's words gave Zhao Tianming a feeling of enlightenment.
In his "Problems of the Country in the Next Five Years", Liu Lang focused on the need to create a new cultural system, the core of which is the construction of the legal system. However, this legal system is not the legal system of Western society, but a new type combined with traditional Chinese culture.
If we use a term to describe a legal society, it is a legal society with Chinese characteristics. Of course, the term "Chinese characteristics" will not appear for another ten years.
Since it is "Chinese characteristics", it must have China's own things in it, and traditional culture is its core content. It is naturally impossible to let those officials do this. A group of intellectuals must first conduct theoretical research and then formulate
It is the right path to develop a cultural development plan that suits you and then let the government implement it.
If the government alone does this, it will be like a layman controlling an expert, and the more it controls, the more chaotic it becomes. The country has done this kind of thing a lot over the years, and the results are self-evident.
After Liu Lang's reminder, Zhao Tianming also gained new hope. He was proficient in traditional culture. Under the new situation, he felt that traditional culture had become a little lonely, but he had forgotten a sentence in the Book of Changes: When you are poor, you will change.
Change will lead to success, and consistency will last forever. Everything in the world is changing, and nothing lasts forever.
The same is true for culture, which will change with the development of the times. Ancient China was an agricultural society, and traditional culture must adapt to the situation of agricultural society. Now the country has entered an industrial society and a market economy model.
Traditional culture must also adapt to the market economy.
"Liu Lang, your proposal gave me a new idea. I think traditional culture should be combined with Professor Wu He's economy to form a new cultural system!"
"Well, Grandpa Zhao, your proposal is very novel. The core of the market economy is the spirit of contract. Building a new cultural system around this spirit of contract is definitely a pioneering undertaking."
"Haha, the spirit of contract. In fact, the country's traditional culture also has the principle of keeping your word and taking action. It's just that times have changed, and few people know this principle anymore!"
Zhao Tianming sighed.
"Our country's culture can be said to be broad, profound and all-encompassing. It's not that it can't adapt to the development of the times, it's just that no one digs deeply into it."
Liu Lang nodded.
"Okay, then I will do one more thing before I retire. I will set up a cultural research group to study the construction of traditional culture under the market economy. Maybe I, an old guy, cannot complete this task, but I believe that you
These young people will eventually realize it, because this is the foundation of our Chinese nation and can never be abandoned."
Zhao Tianming took the lead in forming a research group on traditional cultural topics. Liu Lang had never thought about this, and he seemed to have never heard of it in his previous life. But thirty years later, the country proposed a set of cultural self-confidence, institutional self-confidence, etc.
The purpose of self-confidence theory is to build a system with its own characteristics, in which cultural self-confidence refers to China's own traditional culture.
Now, the construction of cultural confidence has occurred more than 20 years in advance. People like Zhao Tianming have the ability to rebuild a new traditional cultural system, but they have no understanding of the market economy and do not know its true core.
What is it? Many people always think that the market economy is only about money. This is completely contrary to traditional culture. In fact, this is a wrong understanding.
The core of the market economy is the spirit of contract. Whether you are buying or selling, you must have the spirit of contract. Once it is written in black and white, you must act in accordance with the contract. Only in this way can the market economy develop normally. On the other hand, in the first ten years of the country's opening up,
In the past few years, the market economy has almost
It is carried out in a state of deception. All people's goals are for money. Swindling, deceiving, bullying and dominating the market are all childish. There are also endless cases of corruption and perversion of the law. The reason is that the country ignores people's spiritual changes.
, and did not make changes in a timely manner.
The role of spiritual culture is very important. This can be seen from the development process of island countries. Their development is based on Chinese Confucian culture, integrity, discipline, and respect for those who have knowledge. These cultures are important in industry.
The craftsman spirit is formed during development, and it is precisely because of the craftsman spirit that their industrial development can be so rapid. However, China's industry lacks this craftsman spirit. The core of the craftsman spirit is actually Chinese traditional culture.
The older generation of intellectuals like Zhao Tianming have a deeper understanding of traditional culture than those of island countries. If they "take action", they will definitely build a cultural system that is no less than that of island countries. It's just that old intellectuals like Zhao Tianming
They do not understand the true connotation of the market economy at all, and some even misunderstand the nature of the market economy. They also think that the market economy is centered on money.
Of course, Liu Lang's understanding of Chinese cultural traditions is not as good as that of people like Zhao Tianming, but he understands the market economy! Now that he told the other party the essence of the market economy, Zhao Tianming immediately understood that the market economy was not what he thought.
That's it! There is actually not much difference between the two. If he continues to study, he believes that the two will be connected to form a new traditional cultural system.
Liu Lang has finally solved one of Zhao Tianming's worries. It seems that an old guy like him is still useful!