Chapter 1034 Knowing yourself and not knowing the enemy
Empoli's question seems to be a very sharp question, but in fact it is just a question that requires points.
Zhuang Yu said with a smile, "The basis of the distinction between Chinese and Xia is etiquette, not race or skin color. Those who know etiquette are Chinese, and those who do not know etiquette are barbarians. This is the method used by the ancient Chinese to distinguish barbarians. The distinction between Chinese and Xia
The purpose is actually to use Chinese etiquette to influence the barbarian neighbors. In the words of us modern people, we hope to use our knowledge to help them get rid of poverty and backwardness. Rather than saying it is hegemonism and centralism, it is better to say that this is
A kind of philanthropy.”
"Can I understand that China has been trying to assimilate other ethnic groups?" a teacher from the Fourth University asked.
After the teacher spoke, Zhang Zhong and the others had no reaction, but Empoli was shocked. He quickly said, "Poitou didn't mean that. He wanted to say whether China has been helping other countries."
Because of the language barrier, there is a time lag in communication between the two parties.
The Poitou man's words and Empoli's words were translated in tandem for Zhang Zhong and his companions.
Zhang Zhong glanced at the others, and the people in the Chinese exchange group laughed because they didn't think it was a big deal.
If they were not even mentally prepared for this, how could they have the nerve to fly to Paris?
Regardless of whether the Poitou man was an accident or Empoli deliberately arranged it, this issue was serious and they were not prepared to escape it.
Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I am very happy to have some exchanges with Mr. Poitou on this issue. Of course, before answering Mr. Poitou's question, I also have a question to ask Mr. Poitou.
Mr. Poitou just used the word assimilation. I don’t know much about the meaning of this word. Does it mean that any behavior that makes the other person have similarities with yourself is called assimilation? If that is the case, then we
Everyone here is doing assimilation every day, especially the teachers. You stand on the podium and teach your knowledge to the students. Can I also understand it as a kind of assimilation? You want your students to love learning.
, respecting parents and supporting the country, is this a kind of assimilation?”
Poitou bit his lip and said, "Of course that's not what I meant by assimilation."
He said that was not what he meant, but did not continue to explain what he meant by assimilation.
However, Zhang Zhong didn't care about him at all and continued, "We have an old saying in China that governance is based on virtue, just like Beichen, who lives in his place and is surrounded by stars. Only by cultivating one's body can one save others. The so-called inner sage and outer king are
In this way, China has never forced other countries to do anything. We just do what we should do. Naturally, kingdoms will come to the DPRK, and the nations will come to the DPRK not because of how powerful the Chinese military force is, but because there is a lot worth learning about the Chinese culture.
Only then will other countries travel thousands of miles to come and learn.”
The translator wiped the sweat from his forehead. This kind of translation work is really difficult.
Fortunately, the professional skills of the translators were acceptable, and they did not get stuck at the moment, and they still conveyed Zhang Zhong's meaning very well.
Poitou wanted to say something more, but Empoli smiled and clapped, "Pz, listening to your words is better than reading a hundred years of books. It seems that we still know too little about Chinese culture.
, our school will definitely strengthen the study of Chinese culture in the future."
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "Everyone is welcome to visit China at any time. These friends and I come here to communicate in the name of China, but in fact we are just the tip of the iceberg of China. China has a lot of culture worth learning, and we need to truly
Only when you go to China can you understand."
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Empoli did not arrange Poitou's sudden speech in advance, and he was also very surprised by Poitou's behavior.
Originally, Empoli and Adrian had prepared a lot of questions similar to the "Chinese-Yi Difference" that seemed sharp, but were actually for giving points.
But now that Poitou is so involved, it will be difficult to ask questions later, and it may cause misunderstandings on the Chinese side.
Empoli did not want to offend the Chinese cultural exchange group at all. As a university president, what he had to consider was the development of the school. At the same time, he also considered the importance of win-win cooperation.
If they treat the Chinese exchange group better today, they can treat their fourth university better later.
Nowadays, there is no more influential writer in the world than pz. It is not a wise choice to offend such a person.
Even a scholar like Adrian would not go crazy and deliberately seek trouble for pz, unless he really couldn't stand pz.
But in fact, Adrian is more tolerant of culture than half of the scholars, so he is more curious about Chinese culture and not hostile.
At the exchange meeting later that day, everyone was talking about the literary history of France. They talked about French literary works from the Romance period to the origin of French literature in 842.
The martial arts songs of the middle Middle Ages, along with the court novels and admonishment novels in them, reached the peak of citizen literature in the late Middle Ages.
Later, the Renaissance came, Rabelais's popular novels, Montaigne's skepticism and the subsequent classicism influenced by them.
The decline of classicism, the bright century, the rise of the Enlightenment...
The history of French literature is well worth studying.
Apart from the Renaissance, the most important thing worth talking about is the Enlightenment.
At that time, the novels written by Diderot, Voltaire and others were all philosophical novels. In the eyes of these people, literary works were only an auxiliary means of expressing thoughts, and were not the core in themselves.
But even if they think so, their contribution to literature cannot be ignored.
These philosophical novels are not only famous for their depth of thought, but also for their unique artistic form.
Similarly, Rousseau's "Emile" is also an educational novel.
Adrian listened to people on both sides discussing the history of French literature. The representatives from the Fourth University were all very excited, excited about the glory of French literature.
But Adrian had different ideas.
In the past, they always thought that French literature had a great influence on the outside world, shining like the sun on the earth, and that people everywhere could receive blessings and influence.
But look at people like pz, they understand French culture, but they stick to their own Chinese culture, while the French people know nothing about Chinese culture.
In a sense, pz they have gone further and stood higher than these people.
What's even more frightening is that many French people don't know about this. Just look at the expressions of the representatives of the Fourth University at this time.