Care what kind of sophistry of the West?

by:薛涌

Recently seen a very star online article entitled "The sophistry of the West carefully bind China Discourse", the author is the United States, when sinologist package. Editors in its name with "United States"word, and specially annotated at the end: "This paper with Chinese writing on the author."Psychology of the Chinese people understand that people easily seen by the article star reasons: people even say that the West no Westerners, China is remarkable. Let us look at Chinese people wrote this big nose, it is both Chinese and Western studies! Of course, no one will be asked to write a Chinese patent Westerners is not Zhendong West.

I believe this is the kind of good sinologist behalf of the Chinese people to resolve the Western discourse hegemony. However, he openly this background, let all of a sudden he made improper discourse hegemony. Those of us who teach in the United States could not be accounted for cheap, published an article in English has never been annotated "In this paper the author of the English language."At least in the literal sense, we also no matter what background they are all equal. It is also the case, a first in the United States to study the younger generation to the end of my book reports to her opinions, I can see that the text "on this issue is not difficult to understand the Chinese people"message, they told her bluntly: "This is discriminatory language is an attempt to improper possession discourse hegemony. if you think you see what others do not see the reason, directly speak out. others not because of the nationality or cultural background, say they can not understand. you how know? This set Chibukai academia in the United States, nor is it really unfair. "

However, in the United States do not play opened things to do in China to open. The special status to foreign adults lay their hegemonic discourse, the tone is also doing my part. He talked about why people rely on Western China, said: "May 4th intellectuals during the history of the West is more superficial, and the logic of their training is not strong, the result of Western intellectuals, traders puff claims, regardless of the basis of most of the absorption had. "Obviously he a higher than the 541 generation. And China today, Who can say that on May 4 that their own generation than are learning? As was the 541 foreign students took a single adult training, we immediately dizziness dizzying, Pigunniaoliu, and should be quickly followed.

But the foreign adults said what? He said that China generally freedom of speech is not the tradition of the West, even better than the West. For example, the earliest history of the Han Dynasty have the student protest, but very brilliant Expostulation of Taijian system, the inertia of the last mind-Western one:

"Expostulation of Taijian system, student demonstrations, Feng Yu Shi channels such remarks as conveyed to the majority of China in the era of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and attracted the attention of Europeans.. In 1738, the imperial edict Han Wen, as well as other similar documents have been translated into French and English, the left-wing intellectuals will be regarded as very advanced political text
Pieces. Cafu then British intellectuals had written: 'These China's declaration and decree on the freedom of speech can be regarded as such and the great thinking of the chapter, with any European country has seen similar things comparable,
Of course, this also includes Great Britain - the other side of the globe only the cradle of political equality and human rights defenders. '

At that time, European intellectuals do not have the habit of criticizing the Government or right, but later Voltaire, Quesnay, Pininfarina admire priests and other left-wing intellectuals of Chinese culture, began advocating the rights of civilians to participate in the policy (that is cited
Yin to the truth), as well as the rights of civilians to participate in discussion. "

I have heard as high Qiu kicked and Huizong Emperor ins Song Dynasty Pool, soccer originated in China According to the test. FIFA also said that it recognized. However, the freedom of speech in Europe from China, and heard the first time, truly eyes open. However, the problems left over by a long. Expostulation of Taijian system in China is a common sense. The sinologist should properly ask ourselves: In his view such a system, why do we not care less about the Chinese people? If he "unfortunately born in China,"then it is easy to understand: You may remonstrations to die, this is your own business. However, the emperor's Tingbuting matter. He elderly will not temper with you good general knowledge, bad temper when you kill this annoying things perhaps. In fact, modern China often have encouraged "to the leadership of opinions"things. However, if you are too much of these letters, inverted from mycophenolate to only blame their own is too lacking in a sense of life at least.

Well, the European intellectuals did not criticize the Government and customary rights? In ancient Athens, and the people will be unhappy with government leaders, officials in exile and even execution. Government spending subsidies to the poor citizens to attend various meetings, the jury court, or even direct participation in politics. Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus in their own capital to repair centres Square, a "relocatees"not to move, he would rather let a lack Square angle not to move people. Medieval England, a serf destroyed the feudal lords of the property, can be similar to the protection of the jury system, looking for a few buddies, infants prove his innocence, feudal lords and sometimes even in their own courts were not down repeatedly. As early as the 11th-century church-state conflicts, the Holy Roman Empire emperor Henglisishi announced Pope grid Gregorian VII dismissal. Grid Gregorian VII, a tooth for a tooth, will be immediately Henglisishi get rid of the doors. Finally losing the Henglisishi to seek the Pope's forgiveness, stood at barefoot in the snow for three days of the pope summoned seek to show their repentance of the heart. In the 12th century, the king of his murder Hengliershi the Archbishop of Canterbury Beckett, and he himself had had to kneel in front of the church, the monks of Canterbury whipped. Not to mention the British tradition as Kirk, and other judges, early in the 18th century ago has developed a set of restrictions monarchical power of judicial tradition. This is the real king of the traditional binding is not just a few remonstrance. If King is too obedient, and killed the first thing. Is this the "European intellectuals do not have the habit of criticizing the Government or right?"

Voltaire, who is highly respected, and so on enlightened scholars reason China, first, because they live in the most powerful absolute monarchy France, China First, because they do not understand their naive fantasy projection to China. These common sense, the universities in the United States on an entry in the history of Western civilization courses will be able to understand the category. In the Han academic, and the Mouth of Jonathan Spence's "consciousness of the Western China"(The
Chan's Great Continent: China in Western
Mind) written clearly. Unfortunately, the sinologist has turned a blind eye. He said he had no food for thought: He was hit in the worthless 541 generation, at least there are many in the West have studied, will be able to read and write the language of the West, and with a doctorate, and so on. As Voltaire and so on, you take the Chinese on the upside they could not see. The joke 541 Sinologists and naive, how do not think that lavishes praise on China's Voltaire were naive? Also, he did not mention how he quoted Montesquieu was awarded to China almost mercilessly?

"Sophistry of the West"and China can not be fettered discourse. Only the Chinese people themselves to their own constraints. Such a ridiculous article in the China touted precisely shows that the Chinese cultural soul Locking: we shout, "I home before the much richer than you,"some diffidence, the urgent need for such a position with another foreign adults a more fashionable anti - Western Center on the "sophistry of the West"in Jiejishishi our bundle.

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