Chapter 763 Luo's Modern Extra: "Respecting the Elderly and Loving the Young" Transforms "Confucianism"
Daily Mail:
Recently, a surveillance video showed that an elderly man with limited mobility deliberately overturned a motorcycle parked at the door of an apartment building when passing by, causing the owner to suffer losses of more than 10,000 yuan.
Bubble Jellyfish: The bad guys are getting older!
The King of the Nameless Mountain: This old man is really bad, the law must punish them.
Wish come true: He is an old man after all, there is nothing we can do.
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Filial Piety Newspaper:
A college student ignored a white-haired old man on the bus and did not give up his seat. The blogger couldn't help but ask where the tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young has gone.
Not stupid: Don’t media reports need to be truthful? The college student’s legs are intact, and the old man is in good spirits, so why should he give up his seat?
Bingxuanwokou: Later, the old man slapped the college student. His face was quite hateful. The media reported it.
Confucianism Eats Dog Shit: It is indeed a classic corrupt Confucian media, taking things out of context and making these things.
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01
Teacher Wang Cheng from Jicheng University was pondering the topic of the next debate competition. He was casually flipping through short videos when he saw these two completely opposite news.
Confucian reward for filial piety?
Since the rapid development of natural sciences, Confucianism has completely lost its dominant position in thought, but it still continues to regulate social morality.
But with the rapid development of the media, anyone dares to say a few words online, and Confucianism has gradually become chaotic.
Especially those conservative and corrupt Confucian factions are simply stinking.
Wang Cheng is a disciple of the progressive faction of Confucianism. His faction was established only thirty years ago, but it has developed rapidly and is one of the pillars of Neo-Confucianism.
The biggest enemy of New Confucianism is Old Confucianism. Almost every New Confucianism faction has risen up by stepping on the corpse of Old Confucianism.
Overthrow the old moral ideas and establish new moral ideas, and then use the new moral ideas to influence the greater future.
His eyes lit up. Respect the elderly and love the young. The emergence of too much negative news in recent years has caused many young people to question this term that seems to be something that should never be refuted.
If we can do something with it, it might become a new weapon for our faction.
02
Jicheng University is considered one of the best universities in Jibei Province. Another university that can be compared with it is Yecheng University.
Because of the support from the school, the debate team is very strong. Luo Ziye and others are chatting and laughing in the debate club about the interesting things that happened in the last debate.
“Ding ding ding!”
The phones of several people rang at the same time. When they opened them, they found that it was indeed a message from the group.
Luo Ziye frowned and read out the topic of the next debate, "Is it right to respect the elderly and love the young?
Affirmative: Correct.
Opposing party: Incorrect. "
A rather smart and capable girl asked in surprise: "The teacher picked the opposing side?
Isn’t this a sure loss? "
The others nodded in agreement. Respecting the elderly and loving the young is something that has been ingrained in our bones for thousands of years. If you say this is incorrect, aren't you courting death?
A debate competition won’t determine the debaters’ performance, but this is a topic that is inherently extremely disadvantageous.
Luo Ziye also felt that this topic was doomed to fail. Even if the opposing side won the debate, they would definitely lose in the end.
He kept looking at the message over and over again, extremely puzzled, "How did this debate topic, which has a completely one-sided chance of winning, pass the review?"
The other people were already lying on the table helplessly, "Captain, what should we do? Should we appeal?"
Luo Ziye groaned for a moment and said, "Don't explain.
Now it is not the knockout stage, but the round-robin group stage.
Our scores are far ahead among all the universities, so it doesn't matter even if we give up one game.
If we can make this losing debate topic very interesting, it will be a great exercise for us.
Moreover, this is a hot topic in the news right now, and it is sure to attract a lot of attention.
Although the topic we hold may not win the debate, it fits the thinking of young people.
We will all make a living in the media industry in the future, and this is a good opportunity for us.”
After listening to Luo Ziye's analysis, several members of Jicheng University's debate team suddenly became energetic, and Luo Ziye couldn't help but chuckle.
College students are easy to fool and make promises.
But in a sense he was right.
A few of them packed up and went to eat. Luo Ziye cast a slightly deep look at the news.
It’s not easy.
Someone is about to start a big discussion again, and someone is about to launch an attack on old Confucianism again.
As a member of the Luo clan who was not particularly distant, Luo Ziye was naturally sensitive to such matters.
03
The debate competition was carried out as scheduled. The opponent of the Jicheng University team this time was Jicheng Art College, a small-time opponent.
It seemed that the people on the opposite side had their instructor tell them that they would definitely win this game, so they had relaxed smiles on their faces.
Luo Ziye also smiled and said to his teammates: "Do you think they look like the villains in the novel who are used as stepping stones by the protagonist?
They may feel that they are sure to win, so they don't make full preparations. Little do they know that by winning the game, they lose everything.
No vision, no vision. "
Several people from the Jicheng University team couldn't help but laugh. When they thought about it carefully, it was true. They had made a lot of preparations for today's game. Although they couldn't win, it would definitely give them a heavy blow.
04
The tall and thin debater from Jicheng Art College stood up and said loudly: "Our view is that 'respecting the old and loving the young is a correct moral concept'.
Our land has regarded itself as a country of etiquette since ancient times. Since the time of King Su three thousand years ago, we have emphasized filial piety.
The sages once said: Respect the old and love the young, not only your own but also others'. This is a vivid interpretation of respecting the elderly and loving the young.
When the old men of the barbaric tribes outside the Great Wall seek death alone, our elderly are able to be served. Isn't this a reflection of our civilization?
When the highest imperial power in ancient times had to bow its head before the elderly, doesn't this reflect our unremitting pursuit of respecting the elderly? "
drop!
Time's up.
The chief judge signaled the affirmative side to stop speaking and pointed to the negative side, "Please invite the negative side representative to speak."
Luo Ziye's evaluation of the speech just made by the representative of the affirmative side was terrible. He did not have any opinions of his own at all. It was probably that he just picked up some random things from the Internet and made the speech.
The first debater from Jicheng University was mainly criticized by Luo Ziye for his manuscript. They revised it many times. When they stood up, they had a determination to succeed or die. "Hello everyone, our view is that 'respecting the old and loving the young is an incorrect moral concept'.
It is true that my country has a historical tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young for thousands of years, but in fact, this tradition does not contain the old and the young. In ancient society, due to insufficient medical conditions, elderly people were rare and young children were extremely easy to die.
Let’s take the highest emperors in ancient times as an example. There were no more than twenty emperors over the age of fifty. What a terrible number. And the number of princes and princesses who died young was more than a thousand.
In such a social context, the old represent the hope for longevity of the group, and the young represent the hope of the group. In essence, this is to reflect the wishes of the group through specific personnel.
In modern society, medical technology has made great progress, life expectancy has continued to increase, and even an aging phenomenon has appeared, but infant and child deaths are almost no longer a phenomenon.
In this new context, the traditional moral concept of respecting the old and loving the young is no longer applicable. We should not give more respect to a person just because he is older, and we should not give more love to a person just because he is younger. "
drop!
End of speech!
The positive side felt a little uneasy. They noticed that several members of the Jicheng University team were staring at them like bloodthirsty lions, as if they wanted to eat them.
05
The debate entered the stage of attack and rebuttal by both sides.
The affirmative side attacked first.
“Is the opposing debater’s speech deconstructing our country’s traditional morality?
Respecting the old and loving the young is the truth. Don’t you respect your elders and care for your younger generations at home? "
Opposing side: “Tradition does not represent truth. At home, I respect the elders and care for the younger ones, not because of their age, but because of family affection.
I would like to ask my fellow debaters on the affirmative side, is the old man who deliberately pushed down a motorcycle and violated the law worthy of your respect? "
Affirmative: "The opposing debaters should not try to use extreme individual cases to deny the group. Elderly people who break the law will naturally be punished by law, but the rest of the elderly still need our respect. Not every elderly person will break the law."
Opposing side: “According to Dali Temple statistics, the number of crimes committed by the elderly last year increased by 3 percentage points month-on-month, which is already the highest in the past decade. Is this an extreme case?
This is clearly a massive example!
Not every elderly person will abide by the law, so respecting the elderly and loving the young is wrong. If the affirmative side does not understand what we are saying, we can remind the affirmative debaters.
Respect the virtuous and love the good.
This is the social morality we should promote, rather than simply relying on age to gain social preferential treatment. "
06
The debate ended very quickly, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the affirmative team was in disarray. However, the referee still stopped the debate between the two sides after the affirmative team finished speaking again. Luo Ziye and others were not surprised and had no objection, as they had already gained a lot from this debate.
In the final closing argument, the affirmative team once again delivered a somewhat dry speech, but since they were professional contestants after all, they were still able to justify themselves.
Luo Ziye stood up and took a deep breath, saying, "When more and more news about elderly people committing crimes appears in the media, who are being hurt? Those kind elderly people.
When more and more news about crimes committed by minors appears, who are being hurt? Innocent children.
When the whole society calls for respecting the elderly and loving the young, but limits respect and care to age, our laws will be affected.
If a person is still doing evil subjectively at the age of seventy, then we can think about how many evil things he has done in his youth and middle age.
If a person does evil things when he is young, we can think about how many opportunities he will have to continue doing evil when he grows up.
An emperor once said that the world should be governed by virtue and law. Virtue is used to educate people to be good, while law is for punishment.
Those that still trigger the law after being educated are failures. Failures should be eliminated to prevent them from mixing among good people and causing unnecessary damage. The law never assumes the responsibility of education.
Respecting those who are virtuous and caring for those who are kind, this is what our society should call for.
Age is a dividing mark that is neither special nor noble. It is essentially no different from gender, occupation, etc.
Hello everyone, I am Luo Ziye, the fourth debater of the opposing side. This is the end of my speech. "
07
The debate ended with Jicheng University's defeat, but the debate did cause a sensation on the Internet. It was so popular that it was almost ranked first on all social media platforms.
After the debate, heated debates broke out on the Internet, with young people who were proficient in using Internet tools freely expressing their opinions on various platforms.
There were hundreds of messages flashing by every time I swiped my finger, and then thousands of messages flashing by every time I swiped my finger again.
"What the affirmative party said is nothing but regurgitated stuff from books."
"A conspiracy! Can the positive side win?"
"Is Zheng Fang here to shop at the vegetable market? Are you participating in the competition before you even wake up?"
"Wake up upstairs, the opposing side can't win on this question."
"I think what the opposing side said is right. There are so many people in this world who take advantage of their age and seniority. Why should I respect them?"
"I support the above post. The old man who pushed down the motorcycle a few days ago really disgusted me. How can there be such a disgusting person?"
"It's New Year's Day, and he's still a child. I want to ask you if you find these words offensive. Love your children. I'll slap him twice first and see if he still gets mad."
"He's still a child, don't let him go."
"Don't you think the phrase 'respect the virtuous and love the kind' is very good? I think it can completely replace the phrase 'respect the old and love the young'."
"Am I the only one who thinks the first speaker of the opposing team spoke very well? His descriptions of the old and young in ancient times are something I have never heard before."
"The appraisal is complete. The person above is uneducated and has been misled. Ancient people didn't have so many ideas. They just had simple morals."
"You guys are off the mark. Regardless of whether this is the explanation or not, at least I don't have to listen to that group of people saying every day that he is old and he is still a child. It disgusts me."
"Who has the social media account of the fourth debater on the opposing side? I want to follow him. He is so talented."
"I think you just want my body. There's an account with the same name on the Internet, Luo Ziye, take it. No thanks."
08
The uproar on the Internet has little to do with Luo Ziye and the others. They have all made a fortune from this debate.
Especially Luo Ziye, the number of fans increased greatly.
As for the initiator of this great debate, he has already hidden his achievements and fame, and no one has investigated the development of this debate.
Everyone has a bright future.
Everyone is the wave of the times, and everyone is contributing to the times in a way that even they can't imagine.
(End of this chapter)
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