Ultimate Teacher

Chapter 72. Do you know if you compare?

Now there is a folk saying: if you want to learn the culture of the Tang Dynasty, you can go to Japan; if you want to learn the culture of the Song Dynasty, you can go to Korea; if you want to learn the culture of the Yuan Dynasty, you can go to Mongolia; if you want to learn the culture of the Ming Dynasty, you can go to Burma; If you want to learn the culture of the Republic of China, you can go to Taiwan.

It means that the essence of Tang Dynasty culture is inherited by Dongyang, the essence of Song Dynasty culture is inherited by South Korea, and the essence of Republic of China culture is inherited by Taiwan.

So, what did the Chinese people inherit?

For foreign cultures, we must extract the essence and discard the dross.However, with regard to the cultural inheritance of their own country, some Chinese people do the opposite, taking the dross and discarding the essence.

It is precisely because of some people's forgetfulness that Chinese people are often despised and ridiculed by foreigners.

Fujino Saburo is an expert in the field of Chinese culture, so he is naturally convinced of this statement.Therefore, raising this question to Fang Yan in front of everyone is not without the intention of embarrassing Fang Yan.

You teach Chinese, you can also say that you are Chinese, your poems are so beautiful, and your knowledge is so rich, so why do such words still spread?

Isn't it a great irony that the essence of Huaxia's culture can only be experienced in other countries?

"I've heard this saying before." Fang Yan said frankly.Some things are useless to deny blindly, it only shows that the person is shallow and stupid. "Since Mr. Fujino is a researcher of Chinese culture, he must have heard such a saying: Where there is well water, there are Liu Ci."

"Yes, I know the source of this sentence." Fujino Saburo nodded with a smile, and said: "This is to describe the wide spread of the works of a poet named Liu Sanbian in Huaxia Kingdom. You can hear it wherever there is well water. The transmission and singing of Liu Ci. I have to say that the ancient Chinese culture is indeed extensive and profound, which makes people yearn for it."

There is something in Fujino Saburo's words. He only said that China's ancient culture is profound and profound, which makes people yearn for it. However, what kind of cultural existence is there in China today that is worth being fascinated by?

Fang Yan naturally heard the deep meaning in his words, smiled, and continued: "Mr. Fujino has heard of the phrase 'Where there is a well, there are willow poems', do you know that there is another sentence behind this sentence? ?”

Fujino Saburo knew that Fang Yan would definitely refute his point of view, but Fang Yan didn't speak clearly, so he could only shake his head and say, "I don't know for now."

"Wherever there are people, there is Chinese civilization. The culture of the Tang Dynasty is in the East, and the culture of the Ming Dynasty is in South Korea. This just shows that the Chinese culture is well developed and passed on, and the whole world is learning and recognizing it. Chinese culture belongs to the country and the world. This is the pride and pride of our Chinese people."

"Really?" Fujino didn't expect Fang Yan to distort his attack argument so shamelessly.Angry in his heart, he said, "As far as I know, the interpretation of this sentence is completely opposite to that of Teacher Fang Yan. As a researcher, cultural inheritor, and communicator, we should be modest and prudent, and seek truth from facts."

Fujino Saburo scanned the audience and said, "Teacher Fang Yan, it's not a good habit to lie in front of your students. You are a teacher. If you lie, your students will be badly affected----- It's not just me, all of us know that the real meaning of that sentence is to feel sorry for the failure of Chinese people to protect and inherit their excellent culture."

"Yes, what Teacher Fang Yan said just now is very good. It belongs to the country and the world. We admire Chinese culture, and we are willing to preserve it intact. It is passed down from generation to generation, and the muscles and bones are polished. , enrich knowledge, and improve the personal qualities of the entire nation.”

Fujino Saburo looked at Fang Yan with a smile, and at the same time looked at many Suzaku students present, and said: "An old gentleman in Huaxia State said that people have had it today, and they don't like other people's rules. If you hide a disease and avoid medicine, you would rather destroy it." There is no enlightenment in the body. Why do you hide your illness and avoid treatment? Frankly admit your own shortcomings, correct them when you can still save them, and start working hard from this moment today—isn’t this a better way to solve the problem?"

"It's not that we don't want to admit it. We just can't admit it." Fang Yan said with a smile. "Mr. Fujino Saburo blindly labeled us and told us that what you said was the truth ----- But, is the situation really what Mr. Fujino Saburo said? I have doubts, and my students also Also suspicious."

"Why do some people think that the essence of Tang Dynasty culture is inherited by the East, and the essence of Song Dynasty culture is inherited by South Korea?" Fang Yan said with a gentle expression, a calm voice, and a faint smile on his face: "Since Fujino Sanlang is a master of Huaxia, So you must have heard of such a fairy tale, right?"

"In an abandoned well, there lived a frog. One day, the frog met a big turtle from the East China Sea by the well. The frog proudly said to the turtle, "Look, how comfortable I am living here. If I am happy, I will jump and play in the well, and when I am tired, I will rest in the stone cave on the wall of the well. Sometimes I will soak my body comfortably in the water, and sometimes I will take a walk in the mud happily. Look at those bugs and crabs next to me And tadpoles, who among them can compare to me? I occupy this abandoned well all by myself, so free. Why don’t you go down to the well to watch and play?”

"The sea turtle didn't take the frog's invitation seriously, and said, have you ever seen the sea? The vastness of the sea is more than a thousand miles? The depth of the sea is more than a thousand feet. The well water can dry up, but the sea has never ended. I prefer to live in In the sea, because there is the real world. How can you know the vastness of the world when you sit in the well all day long?"

After Fang Yan's fairy tale was finished, the classroom became restless.

The students in Class Nine were very excited and delighted.They were very unhappy when they heard Fujino Saburo attacking the inheritance of Chinese culture.However, they cannot stand up against it.Because the Wuren delegation is a guest from afar, if they are too excited, the school may punish them.

However, Fang Yan is not afraid of the school's punishment, and he also ignores the leaders and teachers of Zhuque Middle School who are right in front of him.Say what you should say, and fight for what you should fight for.Not cowardly, not evasive, has opinions and stories, and sharp words make people feel at ease.

Being slapped in the face in one's own territory, who would want to get close to him?

"Teacher Fang is really appreciative -----"

"Teacher Fang's story is very good, it's so exciting -----"

"That is, how does the frog in the well know the vastness of the sea?"

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Different from the performance of the students, the leading teacher of Suzaku Middle School looked a little unkind.

Jia Siting, the leader of the first-grade language group, whispered to the teacher beside him: "I don't know how to advance or retreat. How can I talk to the guests like this? I'm afraid things will get worse."

"That's right. If the guest gets angry and cancels the fellowship school with our Suzaku Middle School, it will be a big embarrassment."

"Principal Lu, you have to stand up and say something——"

Lu Chaoge sat beside Matsushima Ji, expressionless, without saying a word.

If the students of Suzaku Middle School responded with joy and the teachers of Suzaku with panic, then the Wuren delegation responded with anger.

Those who are familiar with Chinese culture or can understand Chinese language, when Fang Yan told the story, their faces were already gloomy.

This is the story of sitting in a well and watching the sky. In Fang Yan's mouth, they became the frogs sitting in the well.How could they be willing to accept such verbal attacks?

After listening to the interpreter's explanation, some members of the delegation who could not speak Chinese looked at Fang Yan with even more hostility.It's a shame and an insult.

Fujino Saburo looked extremely embarrassed, and said aloud: "This is a very unfriendly behavior. If Suzaku Middle School can't give us an explanation, we will immediately end the inspection trip and cut off all school affairs cooperation with Suzaku Middle School. And, we We will seek justice from the Huaxia Kingdom through the Oriental Embassy on this matter."

The classroom was noisy and noisy, clearly divided into three opposing emotions.

When Fang Yan told this story, he already knew the reactions of all parties.

He waved his hands with a smile, and said: "Mr. Fujino, don't get excited, I just told a fairy tale. I didn't say that you are the frogs at the bottom of the well---please don't have such unnecessary associations. You have to Assuming this role myself will affect the friendship between the two schools."

"Then you say -- who is the frog at the bottom of the well?" Saburo Fujino said in a nasty voice.I thought, if you cared about the friendship between the two schools, you wouldn't tell such an insulting fairy tale.

"The frog at the bottom of the well is the frog at the bottom of the well." Fang Yan replied seriously. "Why does Mr. Fujino insist on chasing this boring question? What we should pay attention to is who is the abandoned well and who is the sea."

"Then may I ask -- who is the abandoned well and who is the sea?"

"Chinese culture is naturally the sea." Fang Yan said.

"-------" Saburo Fujino felt breathless in his chest, feeling as if he fainted on the spot.Chinese culture is the sea, so the East Ocean is the waste well.Dongyang is an abandoned well -- isn't it still the frog who sits in the well and watches the sky?Going in a big circle just to insult them one more time?

"Whether it is the East, South Korea, or some other civilized countries, the culture they inherit is just a tributary of the ocean." Fang Yan said. "Without accumulating small streams, one can't think of a river as a sea. The reason why a river and a sea can be called a river is because it has many tributaries and a vast water area. If I say that, Mr. Fujino won't object, right?"

"Is this really the case?" Fujino Saburo mocked. "Blindly dodging and hiding can only prove your own guilty conscience. If the tributary is wider than the sea, then is the tributary or the tributary? The sea or the sea? You can stand still and turn a blind eye to such questions. However, you can't stop Youyou The eyes of the world."

Fang Yan also laughed and said, "Then, what do you use to prove that the tributary is wider than the sea?"

"You know if you don't compare?" Fujino Saburo said with a sneer.