Chapter 338 The More You Want to Win, the More You Can’t Win
The afternoon of the third day was the day for the final debate.
When Li Ye and others arrived at the debate finals, Qin Yongsheng suddenly asked Li Ye in a low voice: "Li Ye, you didn't sleep well these two days? Do you want to take a nap while you still have time?"
Li Ye said in surprise: "No! How can you tell that I didn't sleep well?"
Qin Yongsheng looked at Li Ye and said, "I can't tell, but I feel like you're a little tired."
"Just tell the truth," Li Ye said with both anger and laughter, "Let me ask you to receive several groups of enthusiastic compatriots every day. You guys sleep upstairs while I chat about feelings downstairs. Wouldn't it be tiring?"
There has been a constant stream of overseas compatriots coming to the hotel in the past few days, and most of them can shout out Li Ye's name, making Li Ye like a mascot, being pulled out and on the platform by team leader Zhou.
"I want to be tired, but they don't want me to be tired!" Qiao Dapeng pursed his lips and pretended to be pitiful, saying, "I also want to accept the enthusiasm of my compatriots, especially those kind grandfathers who came with beautiful granddaughters and lots of gifts."
"Go away~, you are all born in the Year of the Rabbit, right? Didn't I share my good stuff with you? If you keep saying that, I'll get angry!"
“Hahahaha~”
Everyone burst into laughter, which actually relieved the tension before the game.
Li Ye and others did receive quite a few gifts these days, but most of them were ordinary fruits and snacks, which were all digested by everyone's stomachs.
As for the fact that Fu Guiru was the only one who was as generous as her, everyone was speculating about what kind of person she was.
Li Ye also wanted to know about her situation, but Pei Wencong had not responded to Li Ye. It was estimated that a private detective was not the FBI and could find out someone's background in minutes.
When the finals began, Li Ye saw Wu Jinyuan in the audience, and the half-sentences she had said floated back to his ears.
"Debate, no problem."
It seems to be really okay.
The two teams in the debate were Peking University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The topic of the final debate was: Can Confucianism co-exist with other cultures?
At first glance, there is nothing wrong with this topic, because Confucianism is relatively popular in Lijiaopo, and Li Ye remembers that according to the original trajectory of time and space, in the following debates, there were indeed topics about Confucianism and Western customs.
However, when Li Ye and others learned about this debate topic, they took it very seriously and were very cautious.
In particular, a variety of response plans have been made for the opposing side.
Because if Confucianism cannot coexist with other cultures, will it be misinterpreted or even exploited by people with ulterior motives?
The negotiations between the mainland and Britain are not over yet! You say they cannot coexist, does that mean it is either black or white, and the east wind must prevail over the west wind?
Therefore, Li Ye and others were prepared that if they were drawn to the opposing side, they would debate in the direction of "Confucianism and other cultures do not coexist, but have something in common and can be integrated and complement each other."
But when drawing the pros and cons, an interesting situation occurred.
Peking University was selected as the affirmative side, while the Chinese University of Hong Kong was selected as the negative side.
How can you debate this?
Hong Kong has always claimed to be a model of "East-West integration". You yourself say that two cultural ideas cannot co-exist?
That's great! Do you want to get rid of all Western consciousness and restore the orthodox ancestral culture?
Are you kidding? How can that demonstrate the generosity and tolerance of our great flower-growing empire?
However, after the debate began, the Chinese University of Hong Kong did not surrender in despair. Instead, they displayed a "Tai Chi Yin-Yang Diagram" and proposed a "one gains while the other loses" debate strategy to actively confront Peking University.
But no matter what, the fact that Confucianism coexists with other cultural thoughts has not been questioned at all.
But when the third debater from the University of Hong Kong, Ho Qiu Sheng, began to summarize his debate, the wind direction suddenly changed.
"Throughout history, any successful cultural thought has a strong aggressive nature. The Western Crusades, which took place eight times, were caused by the collision of beliefs and ideas.
In the East, there was a glorious Hundred Schools of Thought before, with Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Agriculture, etc., each with its own strengths, but in the end, Confucianism was the only one that was respected.
Even during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Confucianism spread south and north, suppressing, swallowing up, and finally digesting all other regional cultures."
“So if two ideologies coexist at the same time, it is not because of the peace and friendship of the ideologies themselves, but because of the stalemate formed by the equal power of both sides, just like the stalemate between yin and yang in the Tai Chi diagram.”
He Qiu Sheng suddenly looked at Li Ye and said, "For example, the third debater of the affirmative side, a rising writer of the younger generation, described in detail the expansion and frustration of Confucianism in his novel "North Wind Flying"
"In the novel "North Wind Flying", it is described in detail how Japan's defeat at the Battle of Shirakawa led to the invasion of Confucianism into Japan, and eventually Japan was completely incorporated into the Confucian cultural circle."
But the Battle of Talas described in "North Wind Flying" had a different outcome. Because of the failure of the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, the expansion of Confucianism to the west was forced to stop.
Li Ye: “.”
[It's true that knowing both yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. Has the edge of my seven-inch blade actually been used as a breakthrough point? 】
Li Ye listened to He Qiu Sheng's eloquent speech and really admired his witty words and clever arguments.
If you say that Confucianism almost crushed and unified other cultures in East Asia, then you are definitely right.
What you said about there being a direct correspondence between thought and power makes a lot of sense.
But you insist on emphasizing the aggressiveness of Confucianism. How can you say such a thing?
[Is this the Confucian threat theory?] Or is it the China Threat Theory? 】
Our Confucianism emphasizes benevolence the most. You can't just focus on that little flaw. Why don't you learn benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness first?
In the early 1980s, if someone had promoted the theory of the threat of flower planting, almost no one would have believed it. However, people in Hong Kong Island might have believed it, after all, it was too close to the mainland and too far from Britain.
"Now the third debater of the affirmative side will give a summary of the debate."
Li Ye stood up, bowed slightly, and gestured to the surroundings.
"First, I must emphasize the contribution of Confucianism to world civilization and technology."
"According to the World Natural Science Chronology, before the 16th century, there were about 300 major scientific inventions that affected human life, of which 175 were invented by flower growers."
"It is these major inventions and discoveries that have kept the farming, textile, metallurgy and handicraft manufacturing technologies of the flower growers at the world's advanced level for a long time."
"Confucianism also left behind a large number of world-renowned scientific works such as Kaogongji and Tiangongkaiwu, etc."
Li Ye spoke slowly, but every word he spoke was clear and powerful.
After he finished talking about the contributions of Confucianism, he continued, "In addition, the argument that the third speaker of the opposing side used my novel to promote is completely wrong.
The reason why Confucianism was able to take root everywhere was not because of aggression, but because of its advancement.
"Both Japan and the northern peninsula have continuously sent envoys to the flower-growing mainland for a long time, bringing back the advanced ideas and technologies of flower growers.
Confucianism has significantly improved productivity to a large extent, and this is a historical fact recorded in many texts.
"Moreover, this kind of cultural and technological export is basically free of charge. The flower growers have never charged any fees or demanded any price for the outflow of these technologies."
"So Confucianism is not about aggression, but about attraction"
Li Ye paused for a few seconds and said calmly: "We cannot be sure about other civilizations, but Confucianism is peaceful and full of goodwill. It can and is willing to accept other excellent cultural ideas."
“.”
Two seconds after Li Ye finished his speech and sat down, applause broke out from the surrounding area, and it became louder and louder and lasted for a long time.
Li Ye's speech was calm and indifferent, as if there was no strong emotional tension, but he always emphasized one point: You guys all voluntarily believe in Confucianism, and you have all benefited from it.
In the subsequent free debate, the performance of the Chinese University of Hong Kong was obviously more radical. It cited several regional civilizations that disappeared in history because of the Flower Empire, hoping to prove that Confucianism has a strong exclusive nature.
But the Beijing University debate team changed its style and simply said, "This is the progress of the times. Their demise is due to their own shortcomings.
If they were good enough and advanced enough, they would have coexisted with Confucianism to this day."
The more peaceful Peking University's performance was, the more fierce HKU's attack became, and the exchanges were exciting and continuous.
However, what the two debate teams involved in the game did not know was that the people around them all felt that Kyoto University’s dominance was growing stronger and stronger and was no longer shaken.
The more motivated the debaters from HKU are and the more they want to win, the more they cannot shake the calm, Confucian style of Peking University.
There are too many such things in the history of the Flower Growing Family. The more impatient you are, the more humble I will be. I am so humble, so why do you still say that I am a bad person? Why do you still say that I won’t give you a way to live?
On the contrary, it was because you were neither impatient nor anxious that the elegant and refined Confucian scholar had to put down his books and pull out a several-meter-long sword from under his clean and tidy scholar's robe.
"Just bear with it! My knife is very sharp, it won't hurt at all. After I cut you, you'll be one of us."
How could Confucianism, which has spread over such a vast area of 20,000 miles from north to south, be just the work of a gentleman?
(End of this chapter)
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