Kong Qingdong, Don't Be a Hypocrite — A Reply to Kong Qingdong's Appraisal of This ID
2006/10/18 1:22:19
Probably unrelated to the last rhyme-matching affair, Kong Qingdong the man gave this ID another appraisal today. Let me quote it:
"Kong Qingdong
2006-10-18 00:11:02
The student Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán's learning is actually quite good. It's just that the tone is too grandiose. When expressing one's own views and insights, it's not necessary to knock everyone else down. Pay attention to this from a young age, and you can move toward true scholarship. Be careful to say fewer harsh, provocative words. Dumplings have their filling inside, not on the pleats. Besides, which scholar comes to a blog to discuss truly professional knowledge? I hope we can encourage each other."
Line-by-line analysis:
The student Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán's learning is actually quite good.
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Speech should be concise. Please spare us the obvious platitudes!
It's just that the tone is too grandiose. When expressing one's own views and insights, it's not necessary to knock everyone else down.
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Don't be a hypocrite! Expressing views and insights — is it for oneself? It's for the sake of public morals and the human heart! It's about the issues, not the person. If others already have correct views, why would there be any need to express one's own? Precisely because everyone else's views are wrong is there a need to express one's own. Under such circumstances, why can't one knock down all wrong views with a single blow? What's being knocked down is not the person, but the person's wrong views, and it's for the sake of public morals and the human heart! In ancient India, there was an excellent tradition of philosophical debate: the loser would either commit suicide or convert to the winner's school. This tradition should be brought to China too.
Pay attention to this from a young age, and you can move toward true scholarship.
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Please — stop parading the confused logic of the Chinese department everywhere! Your first sentence says "the student Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán's learning is actually quite good." By the third sentence it becomes "pay attention to this from a young age, and you can move toward true scholarship." So which is it — by Chinese department standards, is "quite good" actually bad or actually quite good?
Be careful to say fewer harsh, provocative words.
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Revolution is not a dinner party!
Dumplings have their filling inside, not on the pleats.
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Indeed — this advice works on dumplings! Dumplings — who's the dumpling here? Speak up!
Besides, which scholar comes to a blog to discuss truly professional knowledge?
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Uncle, don't just visit Dalian and think you've seen the ocean. When has this ID ever discussed "truly professional knowledge"? Philosophy, religion, Chinese studies, economics, politics, military affairs, literature, music, mathematics, physics, and so on — this ID has discussed them all. But for Uncle Kong Qingdong, these may constitute truly professional knowledge. For this ID, what do they even count as? If something can be discussed, how can it possibly qualify as truly professional knowledge?
I hope we can encourage each other.
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Good boy. From now on, even if I knock down everyone else, I won't knock you down. Is that okay?
Replies
Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/10/19 15:49:45
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Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/10/18 1:32:20
It's too late — get some rest! If you're going to make a ruckus, do it during the day.