中国人的精神书评---尚国倩

In this book, Gu Hongming summed up the spirit of the Chinese people in the following areas: The first part of the Chinese spirit is that gentrification (gentle), is not weak in nature, nor fragile in submission, but is not tough, harsh, rude and violent. The real Chinese may be vulgar, but there is no rough in it; the real Chinese may be ugly, but his ugliness is not terrible; the real Chinese may be vulgar, but not aggressive in vulgarity; A true Chinese may be foolish, but it is not absurd; a true Chinese may be cunning, but there is no evil in his cunning. " From this series of discussions, it is not difficult to see that the Chinese do have a lot of shortcomings, but these shortcomings reveal a little cute. Then the author infers that the second spirit of the Chinese people is strong compassion, because almost all Chinese people live in a strong compassion, which is a life of the soul and a life of feeling. This is due to the consciousness or unconsciousness of the Chinese people's body as an organism. Because the real Chinese live an emotional or human-influenced life, they may sometimes be said to ignore what should be done. The author also talks about the language of China. The author thinks that Chinese is a language of the soul. Why do foreigners find it difficult for foreigners to learn a language, while Chinese children and ordinary people find it easy? This is because well-educated foreigners, when learning Chinese, use an already intelligent mind rather than a soul. Western languages are basically of this type, while Chinese is the language of the mind. The author gives the same explanation for the extraordinary memory of the Chinese people. The author believes that the Chinese people still live in the same life as children and have the power of mind, so the Chinese nation is an ancient and young and energetic nation. The author concludes that the real Chinese live an adult life and have a child's mind, that is to say, a real Chinese is a man with "a child's mind and an adult mind". Since we discuss the spirit of the Chinese people, then we cannot bypass the Chinese civilization. When comparing the Chinese civilization with the modern European civilization, the author draws the following conclusion: the religion of modern Europe. Their minds, not their minds, were satisfied, and their minds, not their hearts, were satisfied by philosophy. Westerners believe that the Chinese have no religion, and the authors also believe that the Chinese, as a group, do not, to a certain extent, have serious European-style religions, Chinese Taoist and Buddhist temples. The monastery and the Taoist view are more of a marginal pastime occasion. Robert Douglas, an Englishman, gave his own explanation for the phenomenon, arguing that China was religious, and that it was Confucianism. Why doesn't the Chinese need religion? It is because the Chinese think that Confucianism is a kind of philosophical and ethical system, which can replace religion to influence and educate human society and civilization. In fact, the greatness of Confucianism is non-religious, but it can be used as a substitute for religion. It allows people to do anything when there is no religion. The author expounds the background of Confucianism, compares Confucius with the ancient western philosophers Plato, Aristotle, Russell and Spencer at that time, and analyzes the freedom which Westerners take pride in. Equality, these modern spirits, find the conflicts of mind and mind, that is, the conflicts of philosophy and belief, which also occurred in China 2,500 years ago. It was Confucius who built the foundation of social order and civilization that reconciled this conflict with his own ideology, and Lao and Zhuang tried to destroy it, but it was not successful. The difference between Confucianism and Christianity is that the latter is a human religion or a church religion, and the former is a social religion or a national religion. The author thinks that the true greatness of Confucianism lies in giving people the correct national idea and raising it to a religion. Confucianism, in fact, can not be called religion, but a way of being a gentleman. Mr. Gu Hongming's "the Spirit of the Chinese people" describes the Chinese people of that era. In fact, they are mainly the personality characteristics of such people as intellectuals. Although they are not as intense as some people, they are undoubtedly accurate and vivid. Although full of humorous jokes, it also contains a lot of serious topics. The book is impregnated with Gu Hongming's love for China and the Chinese people.