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How is the face culture formed?

Face culture

China people attach importance to face, sometimes to an unreasonable degree. The so-called irrationality means that face is sometimes even more important than life. When foreigners deal with Dihua, the first thing they encounter is etiquette. When China people see the emperor kneeling, foreigners have to kneel. Nothing will happen if they don't kneel. There is an old saying in China called "Eat and be fat". A person is hungry enough to be greeted for dinner, but it is impolite to speak. Therefore, this person is determined not to eat, preferring to starve to death rather than eat "food from sudden death." Modern people don't understand this and say that he has a bad attitude. Can you eat his food before hitting him? This is really the face theory of China traditional culture. Face is a ritual. No face is more terrible than no life.

In fact, it already existed in Confucius' time. Kong Qiu pays the most attention to etiquette. He has a good knowledge of the etiquette of the elderly and has many etiquette rules. There is nothing to eat, wear, live and use. Eating alone is already troublesome. If nothing else, the tax is too big to finish.

Eating fish will lose meat, so don't eat it. Don't eat evil, don't eat smelly.

If you don't eat, you don't eat from time to time. If you don't cut it correctly, you can't dip it in the sauce.

It sells aged wine, not food. Sacrifice meat within three days; Go out for three days and stop eating.

China people attach great importance to face, so they are more or less afraid of criticism. I am not happy when I hear criticism. I try my best to find out the reasons from the attitude, qualification, motivation and background of the critics. You say my ass is not clean, but I have a bad attitude, which won't do; You said that my ass is not clean, and your ass is not clean, and it will not work; You're right in your criticism. Your ass is clean, but there is something wrong with your motivation. Not yet. Even if these problems don't exist, just because your background is wrong, for example, your friend is my enemy, or my friend is your enemy, that won't do.

People in China are afraid of criticism, although there are many philosophical maxims, such as "Say everything you know, say everything you can", "Don't blame the speaker, warn him" and "If you have something, correct it, if you don't, encourage him". If you can realize half of these beautiful creeds, it will be a great blessing for your subordinates; If the emperor can implement 1/3, it will be the luck of the whole world. But its reality is still far from it. The speaker is in high spirits and the listener is completely convinced. But I haven't sat hot yet, so it's very kind not to chop you up.

China feudal culture, because hierarchical production is the most basic cultural system, therefore, it is difficult for people's independent personality to exist. The monarch has nobles, ministers have nobles, officials have officials, and the people have nobles. Compared with official figures, folk figures are not figures, and official figures are even worse than figures. One of the main manifestations of the lack of independent personality is that they have no opinions, can't and dare not make their own decisions, and attach great importance to the public opinion around them. However, the so-called "arrogant remarks" are particularly typical in China. We, especially our ancestors, always pay special attention to the outside world, but when listening to other people's opinions, our ears are particularly big, our eyes are particularly bright, our minds are particularly small, and our revenge is particularly heavy. Things that were destroyed by an unintentional remark have happened in all previous dynasties.

Therefore, China people have a belief that illness comes from the mouth and disaster comes from the mouth. Illness comes from the mouth, so you can't eat it. The two have the greatest benefits, so eat what you should. Misfortune comes from the mouth, don't say yes, take the lesser of the two evils, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't say what you should say. There are many bureaucrats in China, Mr. Nod, Mr. Circle, Mr. kowtow, Mr. Mouth, Mr. Hum, yes, sir. This is a basic truth.

In fact, no matter how big a face is, how can it be more scientific and more serious? No matter who you are, as long as your criticism is correct, you should accept it and correct it quickly. For example, China people had a problem of spitting in ancient times. When people ask you, whether this person is from China, a foreigner, a scholar, a rogue, an enemy who beat your father, a benefactor who saved your mother, a "bad guy" who robbed your girlfriend, or a righteous man who did something for a friend, you ask him if he is right. If someone asks you to eat raw clams, even if it is Confucius' suggestion, you should resolutely resist it or ask his old man to give it to you. On the other hand, if someone suggests that clams should not be eaten raw, even Qin Gui should make a law to do so. Release the mussel mold to nature first, and then fight the traitor for treason. /dispbbs.asp? BoardID = 33 & ampreplyID = 1 1 13 & amp; Id = 6024 & skin = 1