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Understand this article with western culture.
Is everything good in western culture and nothing good in eastern culture?
What is the representative of western culture? No matter which country has its dark side, there are murderous perverts, war maniacs and greedy demons.
If you comment on the gloomy side of a culture, it is not a bitchy quarrel, it is boring.
When we discuss a culture, we must discuss its positive side. Everyone should avoid the bad side and see whose culture is better.
In this respect, I think western culture is more representative in two aspects, one is the Bible and the other is equality and freedom. What the Bible says is basically western traditional culture. The Bible is not perfect, and the stories in it are full of blood, deception and greed.
The biggest drawback of the Bible is its exclusivity. There has never been a big war in China because of sects, but in western history, there have often been large-scale wars because of sects.
The second shortcoming of the Bible is that it teaches people to be snobbish, that is, to take advantage, which is different from the dedication of Buddhists in China. The Bible says that you should do good deeds and go to heaven after death. This is an exchange of interests, isn't it? This kind of thinking has continued to the wolf thinking in the west today. The modern west knows that there is no paradise, so it doesn't be a good person and talks directly about the current interests. Buddhism says, if I don't go to hell, who will? What kind of mentality is this? It can be said that the only person who sacrificed in the Bible is Jesus, while in the East, many people dare to sacrifice themselves to save the public. Eastern and western cultures are different.
Let's take another look. Oriental traditional culture, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are almost identical in virtue, and they all have the concept of salvation, but they are different in organizational life and the means to achieve salvation.
Besides, equality and freedom in the west are really good. I liked these four words when I was very young, and they are still my pursuit.
But is there no idea of equality and freedom in the East? I just read an article by the founder of Taoism. The freest Zhuangzi turned himself into a big bird. In fact, the concept of equality has long existed. However, one thing is not as good as that of the West. The East had the idea of equality and freedom thousands of years ago, but these ideas were among a few people, and they did not try to popularize this idea. After all, blood comes at a price. The concept of hierarchy is the product of the government. In the long history, equality, freedom and feudal rank PK, equality and freedom were lost in the land of the East.
Even in modern times, at least 98% people in the Oriental Land are still at the level of identity, which can be seen from the etiquette of Japanese, Koreans and China people. This is indeed the sorrow of the process of oriental culture, but it is not the sorrow of oriental culture. Managing all beings with culture is a traitor to culture. The purpose of Confucianism is not for complete rule, but more for order. Just like the western saying, everyone has an order, which is a good thing. Rites have evolved into the hierarchical view of the East, which is pathetic!
Finally, let's go back to asking questions. In asking questions, it is wrong to use western culture to solve the questions raised by little girls. We should dominate the positive culture, not divide the East and West camps. First of all, on this topic, we want to explain that half of people who come to this world are completely born, such as beauty and ugliness, wealth and poverty. Everyone is born imperfect, and we should tolerate the ugliness of others. At this time, people should recognize their own ugliness and tolerate the ugliness of others. The second part, we are all ugly people, so we should cultivate our self-cultivation and strive for progress. Try to cultivate yourself first, then get married, and finally level the world. If you are born ugly, you have to endure it. If you don't make progress the day after tomorrow, you have to do it yourself. People-oriented animals, the survival principle of animals is to continue life, and they must live first. Don't count on the pot if you don't make progress.
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