I didn't went out into the city. I spend the whole day at home, readjusting myself after a crazy, funny week.
I send out some emails. And as I looked back on my first four months here, I suddenly feel a strong wave of gratitude. I've been very lucky to be in a cool college, study with great professors, going to classes and go in and out of Saga with good friends... and today when I called my host family, I got my Canadian Visa eventually.
This is a very nice start, and I'm having a great time everyday.
OK, a couple of friends came in, so no more mood for meditation and confession =)
2009/12/24
2009/12/23
Zilong in New York 12/23/09
OK, where shal"l I start.
I'm now sitting in Time Square and using the free Wi-Fi. A hour later I will go watch my fourth Broadway Show "FELA. Yesterday I went to see a live comedy for three hours. It was pretty dirty, erotic and racist. Anyway, this is also a part of the culture, very revealing and interesting.
Today I spend a couple of hours in the Museum of Modern Art. I was equally confused as before. Some doors just remain closed for me.
However, the visit to the Rockefeller Center is great. I went on to the top of the building, twice, once in the day, once at night. Both views are breathtaking. The art work in the Rockefeller Center is very different. They are very powerful and global, giving people a feeling of "I came, I saw and I conquered." Looking at these art works, I gained a better understanding of the inner world of those elites who are building the New World Order. In a sense, they are not normal human. They are standing at a different height.
The schedule for these days are pretty crazy, and I don't really know how much money I've spent, but I'm within control and need no bail-out from my parents.
We are like little boats sailing in the sea of dream and reality, greed and fear. When the world around us goes crazy, we have a stronger need for an anchor. Religion, love, work, whatever. I'm still in the process of building and strengthening my own anchor. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in the sea of the world, and the waves of desire will break us into pieces.
I'm now sitting in Time Square and using the free Wi-Fi. A hour later I will go watch my fourth Broadway Show "FELA. Yesterday I went to see a live comedy for three hours. It was pretty dirty, erotic and racist. Anyway, this is also a part of the culture, very revealing and interesting.
Today I spend a couple of hours in the Museum of Modern Art. I was equally confused as before. Some doors just remain closed for me.
However, the visit to the Rockefeller Center is great. I went on to the top of the building, twice, once in the day, once at night. Both views are breathtaking. The art work in the Rockefeller Center is very different. They are very powerful and global, giving people a feeling of "I came, I saw and I conquered." Looking at these art works, I gained a better understanding of the inner world of those elites who are building the New World Order. In a sense, they are not normal human. They are standing at a different height.
The schedule for these days are pretty crazy, and I don't really know how much money I've spent, but I'm within control and need no bail-out from my parents.
We are like little boats sailing in the sea of dream and reality, greed and fear. When the world around us goes crazy, we have a stronger need for an anchor. Religion, love, work, whatever. I'm still in the process of building and strengthening my own anchor. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in the sea of the world, and the waves of desire will break us into pieces.
2009/12/20
Zilong in New York 12/20/09
I just came back from my second Broadway Musical "Mama Mia". It is crazy, and the audience went crazy, too. Yesterday I went to the musical "Memphis", very different from Mama Mia, but equally cool.
These two musicals has been the highlight of the day! And thanks to the "Student Rush Tickets", I can go to these world class shows with 1/4 of the original price.
Speaking a foreign language is a blessing. I made many friends these days because of German language. I heard them speaking German to each other, so I just went up and join them. A few minutes later we start to exchange emails and so on.
I've been to both Columbia University and New York University these days. They are very different. Columbia University is like a exhibition of architecture. It's amazing. Living in such an environment definitely makes people instantly smarter =)
NYU is right in the middle of the city, therefore has no real campus. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my academics in such an urban environment.
I really want to write more, but so many things has happened, and so many things are going to happen. It will take a whole night to write about what happened in the day. Hope you all are having a great and warm holiday!
These two musicals has been the highlight of the day! And thanks to the "Student Rush Tickets", I can go to these world class shows with 1/4 of the original price.
Speaking a foreign language is a blessing. I made many friends these days because of German language. I heard them speaking German to each other, so I just went up and join them. A few minutes later we start to exchange emails and so on.
I've been to both Columbia University and New York University these days. They are very different. Columbia University is like a exhibition of architecture. It's amazing. Living in such an environment definitely makes people instantly smarter =)
NYU is right in the middle of the city, therefore has no real campus. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my academics in such an urban environment.
I really want to write more, but so many things has happened, and so many things are going to happen. It will take a whole night to write about what happened in the day. Hope you all are having a great and warm holiday!
2009/12/14
Going to New York City
My friends here leave for home one after another. It made me a bit lost for a while, but when I think about the journeys ahead of me, I feel alive again.
New York City is one of the greatest cities in the world. I will spend more than half a month in this amazing city, visiting the financial district, museums, universities, some China-related institutions and several Zen centers, and much more. I don't yet have a clear plan. Let's surprise!
New York City is one of the greatest cities in the world. I will spend more than half a month in this amazing city, visiting the financial district, museums, universities, some China-related institutions and several Zen centers, and much more. I don't yet have a clear plan. Let's surprise!
2009/12/04
Rust and Dust & Hampshire
I just came back from the show "Rust and Dust". I really liked it. I don't know too much about theater, but I really enjoyed the devotion and passion of the students!
Hampshire offers a very good platform for people to carry out and try out their ideas. The opportunities are everywhere for everybody. It just take some effort to get it. I appreciate this.
There are problems everywhere. I've heard students saying Hampshire is becoming a bit like a place where people are different in the same way, and different differences are not welcomed. But I think Hampshire is still too young to have prejudice, and Hampshire will keep changing. That's why we are here.
Hampshire offers a very good platform for people to carry out and try out their ideas. The opportunities are everywhere for everybody. It just take some effort to get it. I appreciate this.
There are problems everywhere. I've heard students saying Hampshire is becoming a bit like a place where people are different in the same way, and different differences are not welcomed. But I think Hampshire is still too young to have prejudice, and Hampshire will keep changing. That's why we are here.
2009/12/03
Zeitgeist
It's Thursday night. I have no classes for tomorrow, so I want to relax a bit and watch something interesting. I remembered a friend told me about the film: Zeitgeist. Something like conspiracy theory. I though that might be fun, and I watched it. (On Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197#)
I am not relaxed after watching it. Not at all. I know that explaining things with the label of "Conspiracy Theory" is a lazy way of discovering the truth. But the fact and details unveiled by this film is too powerful and strong, especially the part on 9.11. I believe "Zeitgeist" is much closer to the truth than the official explanation.
At the same time, I feel very confused. I can't understand why those "elites" are doing all these things. I can't understand their motivation of building a world government, making that much money or controlling the world. And I think they are never going to succeed because this kind of super power is just not suitable for any group of human. This super power will destroy anyone who try to get it.
In comparison to US, Chinese government may lack transparency. But everyone knows the logic, desire and purpose of the Party and high officials. So people understand and tolerate, to some extend, the corruptions because we are all human being. But what was revealed in the "Zeitgeist" movie, it's just crazy and impossible for normal people to comprehend: why they are doing this? what for? Where do they want to go?
I'm still too far away from the truth.
I am not relaxed after watching it. Not at all. I know that explaining things with the label of "Conspiracy Theory" is a lazy way of discovering the truth. But the fact and details unveiled by this film is too powerful and strong, especially the part on 9.11. I believe "Zeitgeist" is much closer to the truth than the official explanation.
At the same time, I feel very confused. I can't understand why those "elites" are doing all these things. I can't understand their motivation of building a world government, making that much money or controlling the world. And I think they are never going to succeed because this kind of super power is just not suitable for any group of human. This super power will destroy anyone who try to get it.
In comparison to US, Chinese government may lack transparency. But everyone knows the logic, desire and purpose of the Party and high officials. So people understand and tolerate, to some extend, the corruptions because we are all human being. But what was revealed in the "Zeitgeist" movie, it's just crazy and impossible for normal people to comprehend: why they are doing this? what for? Where do they want to go?
I'm still too far away from the truth.
2009/11/26
Thumbs-up for Emma Watson
I am doing case study on the commercial success of Harry Potter, and the actress of Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) caught my attention for a while.
Miss Watson is a good actress. She is pretty and smart. What differentiate her from most of the other young actresses is her personality, intelligence and maturity.
She maintained very impressive academic performance ("in the A category") while shooting all the films. She is now a first year at Brown University.
She showed great maturity, balance and self-control as a young, rich, world-famous, successful actress. She is not wasting her gift.
I think she has got almost everything a girl could ever dream of, though I am not professional on girls' dream. Emma Watson has earned money and fame and very unique experience at such a young age. She is beautiful and smart and interesting.
We are glad that she is using her "endowment" very well and is having a "sustainable development". Too often is the case that young stars lose control in front of the crazy world and get drowned their own success.
One interview indicated that Watson said she is "a bit of feminist". Outstanding girls are always a bit of feminist.
I believe feminism should never exist. There is feminism because there are too many arrogant and ignorant men. It's actually a pity, and men should do some self reflections.
Miss Watson is a good actress. She is pretty and smart. What differentiate her from most of the other young actresses is her personality, intelligence and maturity.
She maintained very impressive academic performance ("in the A category") while shooting all the films. She is now a first year at Brown University.
She showed great maturity, balance and self-control as a young, rich, world-famous, successful actress. She is not wasting her gift.
I think she has got almost everything a girl could ever dream of, though I am not professional on girls' dream. Emma Watson has earned money and fame and very unique experience at such a young age. She is beautiful and smart and interesting.
We are glad that she is using her "endowment" very well and is having a "sustainable development". Too often is the case that young stars lose control in front of the crazy world and get drowned their own success.
One interview indicated that Watson said she is "a bit of feminist". Outstanding girls are always a bit of feminist.
I believe feminism should never exist. There is feminism because there are too many arrogant and ignorant men. It's actually a pity, and men should do some self reflections.
2009/11/22
China & Intellectual Property Rights
China has a bad record on intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection. I have to confess that I am still "benefiting" from the free download of some teenager Hollywood films, but there is a deeper history in the intellectual property stuff.
The lack of protection for IPRs in China has a historic reason. The notion of property rights is a very new thing for Chinese society. In the past, for at least five thousand years, the emperor owns everything under the heaven. The emperor even owns the life of his people.
So the concept of property rights began to take root in people's mind in recent decades, and IPRs are even newer.
The four great inventions in ancient China has made huge contribution to the world civilizations. They are the compass, black powder, paper making and type printing. China didn't not ask for money for the usage of any of these invention, which is quite a big commercial loss from the capitalist perspective.
In the past, Chinese intellects produce all intellectual products to make social changes and express themselves. Poets encourage everyone to copy their poems and writings so that his work will be passed on through generations. In Chinese culture, money is always considered inferior and less important to spiritual and intellectual activities. This is no more true today, of course.
In comparison, western society is based on capital and money. The purpose of production is to make profit. When the guideline is different, policies and attitudes are also different.
Now the western rules are dominating, so China need to find out a middle way and proper strategy to join the big global game.
The lack of protection for IPRs in China has a historic reason. The notion of property rights is a very new thing for Chinese society. In the past, for at least five thousand years, the emperor owns everything under the heaven. The emperor even owns the life of his people.
So the concept of property rights began to take root in people's mind in recent decades, and IPRs are even newer.
The four great inventions in ancient China has made huge contribution to the world civilizations. They are the compass, black powder, paper making and type printing. China didn't not ask for money for the usage of any of these invention, which is quite a big commercial loss from the capitalist perspective.
In the past, Chinese intellects produce all intellectual products to make social changes and express themselves. Poets encourage everyone to copy their poems and writings so that his work will be passed on through generations. In Chinese culture, money is always considered inferior and less important to spiritual and intellectual activities. This is no more true today, of course.
In comparison, western society is based on capital and money. The purpose of production is to make profit. When the guideline is different, policies and attitudes are also different.
Now the western rules are dominating, so China need to find out a middle way and proper strategy to join the big global game.
2009/11/18
Hamshire College Faculty/Student ratio is 8/1
I went to a "Academic Check-In" organized by Cultural Center for multicultural student, and it turned out that I was the only student there. On the other side, there are eight teachers.
This is the advantage of Hampshire. You get a lot of personal attention, which is evident in the faculty/student ratio: 8/1.
This is the advantage of Hampshire. You get a lot of personal attention, which is evident in the faculty/student ratio: 8/1.
2009/11/15
Fashion and consumerism
I remembered from the book “Gone with the Wind” that during the blockade, Rhett Butler was the source of fashion information from the outside world for the girls and women in Atlanta. People believe in what Captain Butler described, and they dressed up according to it.
So I thought at that time that fashion is really a result of the psychology of group perception. Rhett Butler could have told something wrong to make the Atlanta women look ridiculous. But the thing is, even if the information is wrong, when the majority of people believe that certain clothes is fashionable, everyone in that society has to follow that code if they don’t want to look stupid. And some of the fashions do look stupid!
And fashion keeps changing all the time. Therefore, we are forced to invest money to buy new clothes before our old clothes are worn out.
I look upon this phenomenon as a shrewd marketing strategy. Here’s why. The demand for clothes is not limitless. If people buy clothes only to keep warm and not to be naked, the fashion industry won’t be able to make a lot of money. Therefore, the industry needs new means to generate demand. So all kinds of fashion magazines and big fashion shows around the world start to send out a message to the public: “See, you are out of date again! Go and buy this new style.” When the new fashion is being accepted by the public, it would be really hard for us human not to follow the trend and make ourselves feel safer in the crowd.
By unceasingly creating new fashion, the whole industry is making much tons of profit. But we often notice that the fashion is turning around in a cycle. The out-of-date products from thirty years ago are taking the lead again in this year’s fashion show. That is because the industry is running out of new ideas. Creating new fashion is adding new cost to the fashion industry, therefore the most economic way is to pick out some old clothes from the garage and make it fashionable again.
It is important to notice that the distribution of profit in fashion industry is quite similar to all cultural production. Those who make the most money are designers, models and their agents, event organizer, publications (fashion magazine), big brands that creates fashion and so on. Factories that really make the product are at the bottom of the industry chain. Most of them are in China. They are not making a lot of money. They are making pollutions.
There seems to be no problem in this system. Normal people have fun, people in the fashion industry get rich and famous. In the end, we love beautiful things, and we enjoy shopping. But one negative effect is that this way of consumption is creating huge waste and unhealthy values like extravagance, flamboyance and materialism. Some of the values are even totally sick. For example, a few years ago, some models starved themselves to death because they want to be skinny, which was the “fashion” at that time.
So I thought at that time that fashion is really a result of the psychology of group perception. Rhett Butler could have told something wrong to make the Atlanta women look ridiculous. But the thing is, even if the information is wrong, when the majority of people believe that certain clothes is fashionable, everyone in that society has to follow that code if they don’t want to look stupid. And some of the fashions do look stupid!
And fashion keeps changing all the time. Therefore, we are forced to invest money to buy new clothes before our old clothes are worn out.
I look upon this phenomenon as a shrewd marketing strategy. Here’s why. The demand for clothes is not limitless. If people buy clothes only to keep warm and not to be naked, the fashion industry won’t be able to make a lot of money. Therefore, the industry needs new means to generate demand. So all kinds of fashion magazines and big fashion shows around the world start to send out a message to the public: “See, you are out of date again! Go and buy this new style.” When the new fashion is being accepted by the public, it would be really hard for us human not to follow the trend and make ourselves feel safer in the crowd.
By unceasingly creating new fashion, the whole industry is making much tons of profit. But we often notice that the fashion is turning around in a cycle. The out-of-date products from thirty years ago are taking the lead again in this year’s fashion show. That is because the industry is running out of new ideas. Creating new fashion is adding new cost to the fashion industry, therefore the most economic way is to pick out some old clothes from the garage and make it fashionable again.
It is important to notice that the distribution of profit in fashion industry is quite similar to all cultural production. Those who make the most money are designers, models and their agents, event organizer, publications (fashion magazine), big brands that creates fashion and so on. Factories that really make the product are at the bottom of the industry chain. Most of them are in China. They are not making a lot of money. They are making pollutions.
There seems to be no problem in this system. Normal people have fun, people in the fashion industry get rich and famous. In the end, we love beautiful things, and we enjoy shopping. But one negative effect is that this way of consumption is creating huge waste and unhealthy values like extravagance, flamboyance and materialism. Some of the values are even totally sick. For example, a few years ago, some models starved themselves to death because they want to be skinny, which was the “fashion” at that time.
2009/11/14
NBA - Hollywood
NBA is like a successful Hollywood story. They produce super stars. They make script and uses media to arouse the expectation. They take every chance to make stories, make products and make money, which is great.
David Stern made NBA international and generated billions of revenue from his global strategy. Just look at Yao Ming, he has opened a 1.3 billion people market. But David Stern has invested in Chinese market for more than 1o years before NBA starts to make any money. He send free copies of NBA shows to China, and broadcast NBA in China for free since last century. And all these NBA expansions are based on Win-Win situations, which created a new market out of nothing, making several millionaires per year. Nobody would rejects such ideas. No one is being harmed. Everyone just has got either a lot of fun or a lot of money.
Stories like NBA and Harry Potter are so inspiring. They are making miracles. There will definitely be more and more stories like this, and most of them will happen in emerging economies. Material and physical demand won't expand forever and fast enough. But there will be no limit for cultural and media industry because new demand are constantly being created.
One possible negative influence is that all these commercial success don't have a deep culture and humanity core. And humanity and the right values are what we urgently need to establish. Maybe we can use the same business strategy to promote worldwide cultural exchange and build branches of Confucius Institutes.
David Stern made NBA international and generated billions of revenue from his global strategy. Just look at Yao Ming, he has opened a 1.3 billion people market. But David Stern has invested in Chinese market for more than 1o years before NBA starts to make any money. He send free copies of NBA shows to China, and broadcast NBA in China for free since last century. And all these NBA expansions are based on Win-Win situations, which created a new market out of nothing, making several millionaires per year. Nobody would rejects such ideas. No one is being harmed. Everyone just has got either a lot of fun or a lot of money.
Stories like NBA and Harry Potter are so inspiring. They are making miracles. There will definitely be more and more stories like this, and most of them will happen in emerging economies. Material and physical demand won't expand forever and fast enough. But there will be no limit for cultural and media industry because new demand are constantly being created.
One possible negative influence is that all these commercial success don't have a deep culture and humanity core. And humanity and the right values are what we urgently need to establish. Maybe we can use the same business strategy to promote worldwide cultural exchange and build branches of Confucius Institutes.
Why I only buy Lenovo
I didn't spend a long time choosing a laptop, a machine that is going to be my close companion for at least my four years in US college, because I know that I will buy a Lenovo.
Lenovo is one of the most well-known, successful and reliable Made-in-China product on the international market. I am happy and confident to carry this Chinese product with me to the rest of the world.
Lenovo was established in 1984 in Beijing, China. Now a multinational PC maker, Lenovo has acquired the Personal Computer Division from IBM in 2005. Lenovo pays great attention to innovation and social responsibilities, which is also setting a role model for many other Chinese companies. Lenovo is the pride, and it is definitely not the only one. There will definitely be more and more Chinese companies and brands emerging in the global market, creating value for the whole world.
Lenovo is one of the most well-known, successful and reliable Made-in-China product on the international market. I am happy and confident to carry this Chinese product with me to the rest of the world.
Lenovo was established in 1984 in Beijing, China. Now a multinational PC maker, Lenovo has acquired the Personal Computer Division from IBM in 2005. Lenovo pays great attention to innovation and social responsibilities, which is also setting a role model for many other Chinese companies. Lenovo is the pride, and it is definitely not the only one. There will definitely be more and more Chinese companies and brands emerging in the global market, creating value for the whole world.
2009/11/12
I love writing diary everyday
I write diary everyday. My parents helped me establish this good habit, and I have been benefiting from it for twelve years. This is a part of my life, and I have found it especially important when things are happening at such a rapid rate these days.
As soon as we wake up in the morning, there are all kinds of tasks that we have to deal with. We spend time on school, extracurricular, social life, money and so on, and we give so little attention to our soul and mind and real learning experience.
I need at least twenty minutes at the end of everyday to calm down and think about my day. What have I done? What have I learned? What is wrong and what is cool? How can I do it better tomorrow?
I found that when I start to write things down, my understanding will go into a deeper level. If I just experience without thinking and writing, I am wasting this precious chance of real learning.
What's more, writing diary also helps me to not to forget my Chinese =)
Blog is a very different thing. Blog is more like a show, a marketing strategy, a good way to publicize yourself and make your voice heard. Blog is too connected with the rest of the world. In comparison, diary is personal and intimate. So I can be very honest, though it can be painful sometimes =)
As soon as we wake up in the morning, there are all kinds of tasks that we have to deal with. We spend time on school, extracurricular, social life, money and so on, and we give so little attention to our soul and mind and real learning experience.
I need at least twenty minutes at the end of everyday to calm down and think about my day. What have I done? What have I learned? What is wrong and what is cool? How can I do it better tomorrow?
I found that when I start to write things down, my understanding will go into a deeper level. If I just experience without thinking and writing, I am wasting this precious chance of real learning.
What's more, writing diary also helps me to not to forget my Chinese =)
Blog is a very different thing. Blog is more like a show, a marketing strategy, a good way to publicize yourself and make your voice heard. Blog is too connected with the rest of the world. In comparison, diary is personal and intimate. So I can be very honest, though it can be painful sometimes =)
2009/11/11
I love my life at Hampshire College
Yes, Saga food is not that good, but the people there are fabulous! You know Roberta. And the people at Post office and House Office and XX office, they are so lovely and helpful.
The professors are really our friends. I really treasure this quality.
And I love to go to Ficom. It is just so entertaining and I learn a lot of things.
Almost everything is free. There's money running around, all you need to do is dig it out.
OPRA is amazing! Just talk to the people there, and you will love them.
I'm working for Spiritual Life Office. I almost think that I should pay them instead of being paid because I enjoy working there.
My hall in Dakin is cool and quite (not always, honestly, Ha!) and very friendly, which is great. And we have single rooms. What else can I ask for?
The Chinese students here are like a big family. I am very grateful.
......
Thank you all, my friends!
The professors are really our friends. I really treasure this quality.
And I love to go to Ficom. It is just so entertaining and I learn a lot of things.
Almost everything is free. There's money running around, all you need to do is dig it out.
OPRA is amazing! Just talk to the people there, and you will love them.
I'm working for Spiritual Life Office. I almost think that I should pay them instead of being paid because I enjoy working there.
My hall in Dakin is cool and quite (not always, honestly, Ha!) and very friendly, which is great. And we have single rooms. What else can I ask for?
The Chinese students here are like a big family. I am very grateful.
......
Thank you all, my friends!
2009/11/07
Harry Potter: an industrial and marketing legend
Harry Potter might be forgotten as a children fantasy literature in several years, but the industrial success of Harry Potter will always be remembered and revisited.
I just watched the Chinese Program "Dao of Business (Shang Dao)". They made a brilliant series examine the success and imagination of Harry Potter success, looking at marketing, publishing, film making, star making, franchise operations, toys, theme parks... This list can go on forever. The whole industrial chain is creating a value of more than $200 billion! And more than 70% profit is made outside the film and books.
This is just so amazing. I can't help admiring the creativity and energy. Capitalism is not all bad.
The whole story is full of contingency. But when we look at the industrial chain behind the Harry Potter books, it is very clear that there will must be a legend like this happening, whether or not it is Harry Potter or Peter Henry or something else.
The success of Harry Potter is a wonderful case study for almost all industries.
Culture: To please the American readers, the publisher changed the name of "HP and Philosopher's stone" into "Sorcerer's stone", and made the author's name appear as JK Rowling in order not to let people know the book is from a female writer (but this become unnecessary when JK Rowling becomes a legend herself and added to the popularity of the book).
Marketing: the publisher spent millions of dollar to promote the book even before the book is in the book store. They repackaged JK Rowling according to her personality and fully used Rowling's Cinderella story. The publisher hired writer all over the nation to write reviews on Harry Potter, making the book appear not just as a children's book, but has all the quality to become popular before it reaches the market. The publisher went on to lead the New York Times and Boston Globe to highly recommend the book.
Time Warner: Time Warner is the biggest winner as well as the ultimate designer behind the show, profiting from Harry Potter more than $6billion. They are just impossible. They formed a 3D, worldwide alliance to promote the book. Coca Cola, Lego, Disney, Universal Studio, famous people... They used all means to create expectation and all kinds of headline. Each position in the film can be a new headline. They not only succeed in keeping the topic hot; they made it hotter and hotter every time they appear in the news. They changed director for the film frequently, made the content of new books more confidential than national secrets, they choose actors for Harry Potter as 60,000 children applied. They just made it an phenomenon! Then they cooperated with all industries and corporation, made toys, paper games and build theme park!
What's more, they are not harming anyone's interests. Unlike those financial institutions who screw everyone else up, Harry Potter legend just created a huge market and wealth out of nothing, creating tens of world level stars, new jobs, endless market. And this is benefiting almost anybody. This is real magic!
Now, China is going to learn from it.
I just watched the Chinese Program "Dao of Business (Shang Dao)". They made a brilliant series examine the success and imagination of Harry Potter success, looking at marketing, publishing, film making, star making, franchise operations, toys, theme parks... This list can go on forever. The whole industrial chain is creating a value of more than $200 billion! And more than 70% profit is made outside the film and books.
This is just so amazing. I can't help admiring the creativity and energy. Capitalism is not all bad.
The whole story is full of contingency. But when we look at the industrial chain behind the Harry Potter books, it is very clear that there will must be a legend like this happening, whether or not it is Harry Potter or Peter Henry or something else.
The success of Harry Potter is a wonderful case study for almost all industries.
Culture: To please the American readers, the publisher changed the name of "HP and Philosopher's stone" into "Sorcerer's stone", and made the author's name appear as JK Rowling in order not to let people know the book is from a female writer (but this become unnecessary when JK Rowling becomes a legend herself and added to the popularity of the book).
Marketing: the publisher spent millions of dollar to promote the book even before the book is in the book store. They repackaged JK Rowling according to her personality and fully used Rowling's Cinderella story. The publisher hired writer all over the nation to write reviews on Harry Potter, making the book appear not just as a children's book, but has all the quality to become popular before it reaches the market. The publisher went on to lead the New York Times and Boston Globe to highly recommend the book.
Time Warner: Time Warner is the biggest winner as well as the ultimate designer behind the show, profiting from Harry Potter more than $6billion. They are just impossible. They formed a 3D, worldwide alliance to promote the book. Coca Cola, Lego, Disney, Universal Studio, famous people... They used all means to create expectation and all kinds of headline. Each position in the film can be a new headline. They not only succeed in keeping the topic hot; they made it hotter and hotter every time they appear in the news. They changed director for the film frequently, made the content of new books more confidential than national secrets, they choose actors for Harry Potter as 60,000 children applied. They just made it an phenomenon! Then they cooperated with all industries and corporation, made toys, paper games and build theme park!
What's more, they are not harming anyone's interests. Unlike those financial institutions who screw everyone else up, Harry Potter legend just created a huge market and wealth out of nothing, creating tens of world level stars, new jobs, endless market. And this is benefiting almost anybody. This is real magic!
Now, China is going to learn from it.
2009/11/02
Your TV: Killer or Teacher?
Today’s New York Times has a small article on the Business section, saying that kids from 2-5 year old watch on average 25 hours of TV per week, plus 7 extra hours of DVDs, computer games and so on.
Last year when I was in Germany, my host family told me that a German adult watch on average 3 hours of TV per day. I just can’t understand how a human could spend a third of his day time in from of a TV set. I am always shocked when I hear these figures. And I feel very worried.
The influence is very profound. We are what we see and hear. Our behavior is heavily influenced by our surrounding. Most TV programs are full of violence and sex. Therefore it is not hard to understand the high violence rate and more and more frequent serious crime. When crime and sex become the psychological and biological pattern in our mind and body, our world becomes passive and dirty. And this pattern is strengthened every day and night by media.
Someone said: maybe next time when we take a family picture, we should put our TV set in the picture, too. Many people spend more time with their TV than with their family. They don’t smile to their friends, but laugh wildly with TV shows.
Each TV is a teacher in the household. There are millions of TV teachers around the nation, but they don’t teach good things. Sometimes I really hope that all TV channels will broadcast one hour of Buddhist master’s teaching per day to purify people soul.
There’s a famous experience conducted by a Japanese scientist. He proved that water is influenced by human thoughts. When we give the water a blessing of love and hope and then put the water into a fridge, the water crystal is extremely beautiful. But when we think about killing and hate, the crystal will be very ugly.
If this is what thought can do to water, imagine what thoughts can do to us, considering that human body are 80% water.
Media can be the most powerful tool to change this sad situation. But most media is driven by profit, not happiness or quality of life. If this equation can not be broken, human will suffer longer in the trap he himself made. Maybe my career will eventually focus on combining economic incentive with doing good things, creating a good mechanism that real virtues are rewarded, building a moral media while maintaining good income. Let’s wait and see.
Last year when I was in Germany, my host family told me that a German adult watch on average 3 hours of TV per day. I just can’t understand how a human could spend a third of his day time in from of a TV set. I am always shocked when I hear these figures. And I feel very worried.
The influence is very profound. We are what we see and hear. Our behavior is heavily influenced by our surrounding. Most TV programs are full of violence and sex. Therefore it is not hard to understand the high violence rate and more and more frequent serious crime. When crime and sex become the psychological and biological pattern in our mind and body, our world becomes passive and dirty. And this pattern is strengthened every day and night by media.
Someone said: maybe next time when we take a family picture, we should put our TV set in the picture, too. Many people spend more time with their TV than with their family. They don’t smile to their friends, but laugh wildly with TV shows.
Each TV is a teacher in the household. There are millions of TV teachers around the nation, but they don’t teach good things. Sometimes I really hope that all TV channels will broadcast one hour of Buddhist master’s teaching per day to purify people soul.
There’s a famous experience conducted by a Japanese scientist. He proved that water is influenced by human thoughts. When we give the water a blessing of love and hope and then put the water into a fridge, the water crystal is extremely beautiful. But when we think about killing and hate, the crystal will be very ugly.
If this is what thought can do to water, imagine what thoughts can do to us, considering that human body are 80% water.
Media can be the most powerful tool to change this sad situation. But most media is driven by profit, not happiness or quality of life. If this equation can not be broken, human will suffer longer in the trap he himself made. Maybe my career will eventually focus on combining economic incentive with doing good things, creating a good mechanism that real virtues are rewarded, building a moral media while maintaining good income. Let’s wait and see.
2009/10/31
Down the Rabbit Hole
I heard about this movie from the Reike practitioner at Amherst. Just watched it online, and I would recommend it to everyone.
You can watch the whole movie on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B13F881195866370
The film uses quantum physics to explore the our perception of the world, very revealing.
I believe everybody will benefit from the film and start to make changes. But how long will it last? We are too full of ourselves, and the physical senses are so powerful that it blinds us most of the time. Being sober is hard. We need strong self control to really find our real self.
Some young people are living for their image in the mirror or other people's view. They leave no time for their spirit and mind, and don't identify what is good and what is bad. For example, saying dirty words seem to be a cool thing for many students.
We should not live in a "Stimulus-Reaction" sort of life. The world is how we look at it. We are creating our world in our mind. Start constructing your own beautiful world.
You can watch the whole movie on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B13F881195866370
The film uses quantum physics to explore the our perception of the world, very revealing.
I believe everybody will benefit from the film and start to make changes. But how long will it last? We are too full of ourselves, and the physical senses are so powerful that it blinds us most of the time. Being sober is hard. We need strong self control to really find our real self.
Some young people are living for their image in the mirror or other people's view. They leave no time for their spirit and mind, and don't identify what is good and what is bad. For example, saying dirty words seem to be a cool thing for many students.
We should not live in a "Stimulus-Reaction" sort of life. The world is how we look at it. We are creating our world in our mind. Start constructing your own beautiful world.
2009/10/27
Manifest Destiny: a bloody hypocrisy
The phrase “Manifest Destiny” first caught people’s attention in 1845. It was filled with a sense of mission, expansion and self-importance. The idea has a much longer history, dating back to mid 17th century: “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.”
This idea has been accepted as ethical, apparent and inexorable, a mission for the chosen American people. It has always been the force (and excuse) behind US expansion and fueling nationalism and global conquest.
Indian Removal
The first generation of settlers survived because of the generous help of Native Americans. People would suppose that the Thanks Giving is not only dedicated to God. A little bit of the gratitude should go to the native Indians.
Hundred years later, after the War of 1812, US economy flourished, population soared (US population grew by ten million in 25 year between 1820 and 1845) and the acquisition of land double the size of the country. The westward movement started. People of all back grounds and status marched across the Appalachian, poured into Ohio and Mississippi River valley. By 1850, more than two thirds of American population lived west of the Appalachian.
The federal government reflected the nationalist outlook by giving western land to private hands and non-Indian people. Some of the public land was even granted as a reward for military service. For example, veterans of the War of 1812 received 160 acres. Private credit system rose every where, providing people with abundant credit to make purchase.
Even though Native Americans has been living on the those lands for thousands of years, the land "belonged" to the Christian white man due to a "divine mandate" and "superior civilization." US Constitution says that the government should deal with Native Americans following international protocols. But in fact American government use treaty making as a way to acquire Indian land. In “A People and a Nation”, the book briefly mentioned that “Whether through arms or economic pressure, the federal government forced Native Americans to sign and relinquish treaties.” Who could ever tell how many misery and tears were behind these “arms and economic pressure”.
Indians tried to integrate into the market economy and adapt, but their total removal is destined to come. Americans started with assimilation, enrolling Indian students into schools, teach them English alongside the Christian Gospel. But then Americans found this kind of simulation take too long time. Indian removal was soon turned into an “honorable” federal policy.
Resistance was no use. Indians were forced to go on to the “Trail of Tears”. How many people have died, we will never know, and no one seem to be interested. The winner writes the history. But the echoes of pain will remain on this piece of land.
War with Mexico
The War with Mexico is another great illustration of how the manifest destiny served the political interests and the need of expansion. The U.S. population grew from more than five million in 1800 to more than 23 million by 1850. Thus, there was a need to expand into new territories to accommodate this rapid growth. President Polk lusted for California and huge amount of territory. And by building West Coast ports, maritime merchants can expand and promote new commerce and increased trade with countries in the Pacific. After a series of carefully planed activities, US army crossed the contested boarder and raised the conflict. Polk then drafted a biased message to the Congress and hid many crucial facts. People don’t know what’s going on, but pushed by the holy idea of manifest destiny and aroused by nationalism and sensationalist media, the whole country went into war. Some Eastern Democrats even argued that bringing Mexico into the Union was the best way to ensure future peace in the region.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought huge amount of precious land under American territory. Those Mexican citizens living on those lands were then victim of institutionalized racism.
Manifest destiny played a remarkably role to fuel the expansionist spirit, a fulfillment of Anglo-Saxon-Christian destiny to expand and possess the continent and spread the civilization. Racism was also obvious in public opinion, as one Illinois newspaper claimed that Mexicans were “reptiles in the path of progressive democracy”.
In comparison to Nazi
I go through the materials of “Manifest Destiny” with confusion and indignation. I can’t help comparing this idea to Nazi theory, and I find more similarity than difference. For example, in his book, Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (living space) for a Großdeutschland, land, and raw materials – and that it should be taken in the East. It was the stated policy of the Nazis to kill, deport, Germanize or enslave the Polish, Russian and other Slavic populations, and to repopulate the land with racially pure Germanic peoples. How surprisingly similar this is to the US policies towards native Indians!
Both Nazi theory and Manifest Destiny boost racism and cultural superiority (Japan once also believed that its people have the finest blood in the world). Both of them have created all kind of ideas to justify their crimes and arouse people’s nationalist emotion. Normal people blindly and happily joined the crusade of murder. Both ideologies direct the nations to gain the global hegemony, create super empires, make wars, gain resources and land and kill people. They both believe that they are doing the right, good and sacred things, but they are actually creating huge misery for man kind.
Of course, the main difference is that Germany lost the war, and America thrived. Winners write history. I’m quite sure if Germany wins the war, the history will be written in a very different way, and America’s Manifest Destiny will be the evil story and be pictured as a bloody hypocrisy, which is also true, to some extend.
Manifest Destiny is not always bad. At the beginning of American history, it has helped American people fight for freedom and build their own country. President Abraham Lincoln's described the United States as "the last, best hope of Earth". President Wilson also said in 1920 after the World War I: “This is the time of all others when Democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail.” It was true for a while, but certainly not always.
As the country grows, the negative side of this idea begins to show. This idea has helped to create wars and miseries in both America and the rest of the world, mainly in the rest of the world. God’s authorization to America is due.
American Foreign Policies
US foreign policy has been greatly influenced by the theory of Manifest Destiny, though it means different things to different people. US leaders talked about global “leadership and partnership”, viewing the US as the absolute, God-chosen superpower and leader of world affairs. US push double standards and unilateralism, take the role of international police and interfere frequently with other countries’ domestic affairs.
Bush said to American people in his 2005 inaugural address: “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”
In fact, the Manifest Destiny has sometimes become a weapon, a weapon of Mass Destruction instead of Manifest Destiny. This weapon has been proven to be very effective, especially during the Bush administration. Public emotion can always be easily aroused and people’s approval gained when the government starts to talk about saving the world, fighting the evil forces, liberating the people under authoritarian control and so on. US-Iraq War is the best illustration.
Similarly, the US government love to talk about human right when they themselves are among the most notorious violator of human rights. They use human rights as a powerful diplomatic tool to make influence on other countries. For example, America blames Chinese activities in Sudan while America itself is supporting a medieval monarch in Saudi Arabia. This behavior is having an extremely bad effect, hurting its international image, destroying the government’s credit and making Americans’ presence in the world less and less favorable.
US has the tradition of putting itself on a higher moral ground than other countries and teach other what to do as if God himself has authorized US to be his representative on earth. US believe that America’s system is the best system ever in human history, therefore should be planted in all other countries. This may have something to do with the aggressiveness of Christianity. In comparison, Buddhism, Confucius and other eastern philosophy have never had such self-importance and aggressiveness/expansionism.
What exactly it is
In the reading “Race, Manifest Destiny, and the US War with Mexico”, the author said that “In the 1840s, the US pursuit of western territory was inspired by the idea of manifest destiny…” But actually, US is driven by the greed to acquire land and then coined and promoted such ideas like Manifest Destiny. Worse more, they are taking advantage of God. They claimed that these words come out of the mouth of God, and therefore their expansion/invasion is holy and can be justified. Normal people tend to believe what the media and government says, and they love to be inspired.
It is not that people heard the call of god and then started the expansion. The truth is, people feel the need of expansion, and then create all kinds of ideas to justify and glorify their greed. The Manifest Destiny is created to serve people’s interests and need.
The Bible was created thousand years before the birth of USA. All the theories of the divine destiny of America are created by certain people on certain purposes, driven by greed and self-interests. All the ideas are illusion and lies. They choose to believe in something even though they know it is not true, and it is extremely easy to get lost in lies when millions of people lie together to themselves.
I’m definitely not the first one to raise such argument. In fact, as soon as Manifest Destiny was coined, Representative Robert Winthrop ridiculed the concept in Congress, saying "I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted to exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation." A lot of other people criticize the advocate of Manifest Destiny that they were citing "Divine Providence" for justification of actions that were motivated by chauvinism and self-interest. Despite this criticism, expansionists embraced the phrase and “inspired” the whole country.
O'Sullivan used this term when he argued that the United States had the right to claim "the whole of Oregon". This phrase has since then accompanied American history, influenced American thoughts and generated all kinds of policies. All these policies are not always compatible because nobody can say what exactly the manifest destiny is. This vagueness has created great convenience for policy makers. Politicians can take full advantage of this exciting slogan and make people believe they are doing what God want from them. I wonder whether God, looking down from heaven upon us, is crying or laughing.
American people love to believe in the Manifest Destiny because it gives them a sense of self-righteousness and provide them with national pride and confidence, as well as arrogance and superiority. The idea was prevailing because of the unmatched US power. But we also need to identify between normal American people and the government’s policy. In many situations, normal American citizens are also victims of the government’s desire for expansion and new world order.
Today’s world is different. US no longer enjoy the absolute superpower. People are tired of US Washington’s bossy manner and no one believes America is spreading peace and democracy around the globe. The ideas of superiority and exceptionalism are no more acceptable. The ideology of racial and cultural superiority is against the will of global citizens. The Manifest Destiny no longer belongs to America. Its trademark belongs to the whole world.
This idea has been accepted as ethical, apparent and inexorable, a mission for the chosen American people. It has always been the force (and excuse) behind US expansion and fueling nationalism and global conquest.
Indian Removal
The first generation of settlers survived because of the generous help of Native Americans. People would suppose that the Thanks Giving is not only dedicated to God. A little bit of the gratitude should go to the native Indians.
Hundred years later, after the War of 1812, US economy flourished, population soared (US population grew by ten million in 25 year between 1820 and 1845) and the acquisition of land double the size of the country. The westward movement started. People of all back grounds and status marched across the Appalachian, poured into Ohio and Mississippi River valley. By 1850, more than two thirds of American population lived west of the Appalachian.
The federal government reflected the nationalist outlook by giving western land to private hands and non-Indian people. Some of the public land was even granted as a reward for military service. For example, veterans of the War of 1812 received 160 acres. Private credit system rose every where, providing people with abundant credit to make purchase.
Even though Native Americans has been living on the those lands for thousands of years, the land "belonged" to the Christian white man due to a "divine mandate" and "superior civilization." US Constitution says that the government should deal with Native Americans following international protocols. But in fact American government use treaty making as a way to acquire Indian land. In “A People and a Nation”, the book briefly mentioned that “Whether through arms or economic pressure, the federal government forced Native Americans to sign and relinquish treaties.” Who could ever tell how many misery and tears were behind these “arms and economic pressure”.
Indians tried to integrate into the market economy and adapt, but their total removal is destined to come. Americans started with assimilation, enrolling Indian students into schools, teach them English alongside the Christian Gospel. But then Americans found this kind of simulation take too long time. Indian removal was soon turned into an “honorable” federal policy.
Resistance was no use. Indians were forced to go on to the “Trail of Tears”. How many people have died, we will never know, and no one seem to be interested. The winner writes the history. But the echoes of pain will remain on this piece of land.
War with Mexico
The War with Mexico is another great illustration of how the manifest destiny served the political interests and the need of expansion. The U.S. population grew from more than five million in 1800 to more than 23 million by 1850. Thus, there was a need to expand into new territories to accommodate this rapid growth. President Polk lusted for California and huge amount of territory. And by building West Coast ports, maritime merchants can expand and promote new commerce and increased trade with countries in the Pacific. After a series of carefully planed activities, US army crossed the contested boarder and raised the conflict. Polk then drafted a biased message to the Congress and hid many crucial facts. People don’t know what’s going on, but pushed by the holy idea of manifest destiny and aroused by nationalism and sensationalist media, the whole country went into war. Some Eastern Democrats even argued that bringing Mexico into the Union was the best way to ensure future peace in the region.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought huge amount of precious land under American territory. Those Mexican citizens living on those lands were then victim of institutionalized racism.
Manifest destiny played a remarkably role to fuel the expansionist spirit, a fulfillment of Anglo-Saxon-Christian destiny to expand and possess the continent and spread the civilization. Racism was also obvious in public opinion, as one Illinois newspaper claimed that Mexicans were “reptiles in the path of progressive democracy”.
In comparison to Nazi
I go through the materials of “Manifest Destiny” with confusion and indignation. I can’t help comparing this idea to Nazi theory, and I find more similarity than difference. For example, in his book, Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (living space) for a Großdeutschland, land, and raw materials – and that it should be taken in the East. It was the stated policy of the Nazis to kill, deport, Germanize or enslave the Polish, Russian and other Slavic populations, and to repopulate the land with racially pure Germanic peoples. How surprisingly similar this is to the US policies towards native Indians!
Both Nazi theory and Manifest Destiny boost racism and cultural superiority (Japan once also believed that its people have the finest blood in the world). Both of them have created all kind of ideas to justify their crimes and arouse people’s nationalist emotion. Normal people blindly and happily joined the crusade of murder. Both ideologies direct the nations to gain the global hegemony, create super empires, make wars, gain resources and land and kill people. They both believe that they are doing the right, good and sacred things, but they are actually creating huge misery for man kind.
Of course, the main difference is that Germany lost the war, and America thrived. Winners write history. I’m quite sure if Germany wins the war, the history will be written in a very different way, and America’s Manifest Destiny will be the evil story and be pictured as a bloody hypocrisy, which is also true, to some extend.
Manifest Destiny is not always bad. At the beginning of American history, it has helped American people fight for freedom and build their own country. President Abraham Lincoln's described the United States as "the last, best hope of Earth". President Wilson also said in 1920 after the World War I: “This is the time of all others when Democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail.” It was true for a while, but certainly not always.
As the country grows, the negative side of this idea begins to show. This idea has helped to create wars and miseries in both America and the rest of the world, mainly in the rest of the world. God’s authorization to America is due.
American Foreign Policies
US foreign policy has been greatly influenced by the theory of Manifest Destiny, though it means different things to different people. US leaders talked about global “leadership and partnership”, viewing the US as the absolute, God-chosen superpower and leader of world affairs. US push double standards and unilateralism, take the role of international police and interfere frequently with other countries’ domestic affairs.
Bush said to American people in his 2005 inaugural address: “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”
In fact, the Manifest Destiny has sometimes become a weapon, a weapon of Mass Destruction instead of Manifest Destiny. This weapon has been proven to be very effective, especially during the Bush administration. Public emotion can always be easily aroused and people’s approval gained when the government starts to talk about saving the world, fighting the evil forces, liberating the people under authoritarian control and so on. US-Iraq War is the best illustration.
Similarly, the US government love to talk about human right when they themselves are among the most notorious violator of human rights. They use human rights as a powerful diplomatic tool to make influence on other countries. For example, America blames Chinese activities in Sudan while America itself is supporting a medieval monarch in Saudi Arabia. This behavior is having an extremely bad effect, hurting its international image, destroying the government’s credit and making Americans’ presence in the world less and less favorable.
US has the tradition of putting itself on a higher moral ground than other countries and teach other what to do as if God himself has authorized US to be his representative on earth. US believe that America’s system is the best system ever in human history, therefore should be planted in all other countries. This may have something to do with the aggressiveness of Christianity. In comparison, Buddhism, Confucius and other eastern philosophy have never had such self-importance and aggressiveness/expansionism.
What exactly it is
In the reading “Race, Manifest Destiny, and the US War with Mexico”, the author said that “In the 1840s, the US pursuit of western territory was inspired by the idea of manifest destiny…” But actually, US is driven by the greed to acquire land and then coined and promoted such ideas like Manifest Destiny. Worse more, they are taking advantage of God. They claimed that these words come out of the mouth of God, and therefore their expansion/invasion is holy and can be justified. Normal people tend to believe what the media and government says, and they love to be inspired.
It is not that people heard the call of god and then started the expansion. The truth is, people feel the need of expansion, and then create all kinds of ideas to justify and glorify their greed. The Manifest Destiny is created to serve people’s interests and need.
The Bible was created thousand years before the birth of USA. All the theories of the divine destiny of America are created by certain people on certain purposes, driven by greed and self-interests. All the ideas are illusion and lies. They choose to believe in something even though they know it is not true, and it is extremely easy to get lost in lies when millions of people lie together to themselves.
I’m definitely not the first one to raise such argument. In fact, as soon as Manifest Destiny was coined, Representative Robert Winthrop ridiculed the concept in Congress, saying "I suppose the right of a manifest destiny to spread will not be admitted to exist in any nation except the universal Yankee nation." A lot of other people criticize the advocate of Manifest Destiny that they were citing "Divine Providence" for justification of actions that were motivated by chauvinism and self-interest. Despite this criticism, expansionists embraced the phrase and “inspired” the whole country.
O'Sullivan used this term when he argued that the United States had the right to claim "the whole of Oregon". This phrase has since then accompanied American history, influenced American thoughts and generated all kinds of policies. All these policies are not always compatible because nobody can say what exactly the manifest destiny is. This vagueness has created great convenience for policy makers. Politicians can take full advantage of this exciting slogan and make people believe they are doing what God want from them. I wonder whether God, looking down from heaven upon us, is crying or laughing.
American people love to believe in the Manifest Destiny because it gives them a sense of self-righteousness and provide them with national pride and confidence, as well as arrogance and superiority. The idea was prevailing because of the unmatched US power. But we also need to identify between normal American people and the government’s policy. In many situations, normal American citizens are also victims of the government’s desire for expansion and new world order.
Today’s world is different. US no longer enjoy the absolute superpower. People are tired of US Washington’s bossy manner and no one believes America is spreading peace and democracy around the globe. The ideas of superiority and exceptionalism are no more acceptable. The ideology of racial and cultural superiority is against the will of global citizens. The Manifest Destiny no longer belongs to America. Its trademark belongs to the whole world.
Applying for a credit card as non-US citizen
I just got my credit card today from Bank of America.
The only reason that I apply is that I want to build up my credit record. Living in US, a good credit record will make things much easier. Especially in the future when I start my own business or deal more frequently with banks and financial institutions.
I've learned something interesting. There are three agencies evaluating my spending habit and so on to decide my credit. All banks will report my information to these three agencies, and according to a highly confidential formula, the agencies will give me a score. If I have a score above 700, then I will be fine everywhere.
This credit information is linked to my Social Security. It is very convenient, but also a bit scary. I have to be very careful, otherwise the bad record is going to accompany me for the rest of my life. Feels like the big brother is watching me.
Another thing is that I can get a better credit record if I have two credit card from two different banks, and keep paying my bills on time.
It is funny that the only way for me to prove that I am responsible and credible is to borrow money from banks. This system is encouraging living on debts, which is definitely not my favorite culture.
As a customer, I have to say Bank of America is a good bank. People working there are kind and professional. But as an individual, it is too hard to deal with banks. They are too good at calculation. I can't understand most of the words on the contract. I have to be extremely vigilant and ask them several times to find out if a service is really free, or it's just free for a week.
Well, let's create some alternatives =)
The only reason that I apply is that I want to build up my credit record. Living in US, a good credit record will make things much easier. Especially in the future when I start my own business or deal more frequently with banks and financial institutions.
I've learned something interesting. There are three agencies evaluating my spending habit and so on to decide my credit. All banks will report my information to these three agencies, and according to a highly confidential formula, the agencies will give me a score. If I have a score above 700, then I will be fine everywhere.
This credit information is linked to my Social Security. It is very convenient, but also a bit scary. I have to be very careful, otherwise the bad record is going to accompany me for the rest of my life. Feels like the big brother is watching me.
Another thing is that I can get a better credit record if I have two credit card from two different banks, and keep paying my bills on time.
It is funny that the only way for me to prove that I am responsible and credible is to borrow money from banks. This system is encouraging living on debts, which is definitely not my favorite culture.
As a customer, I have to say Bank of America is a good bank. People working there are kind and professional. But as an individual, it is too hard to deal with banks. They are too good at calculation. I can't understand most of the words on the contract. I have to be extremely vigilant and ask them several times to find out if a service is really free, or it's just free for a week.
Well, let's create some alternatives =)
2009/10/20
China-US Millitary & More Than Made-in-China
If you ask a Chinese to use one work to describe the current Chinese policies, domestic and international, I think most people will give you the answer: harmony.
Harmony is the most frequently used word in state media. Cooperation, multilateralism, noninterference, trust and equality and so on. This is at least what we hear from our government everyday. So Zakaria is right when he says that
One reason for this attitude is that
At the same time, inside
Using economic means to penetrate the American web is much safer and more profitable. This is a win-win situation. Other countries get real benefits, and
So my point is: Chins has no need, no ability and no intention to compete with US militarily.
Coming back to the soft power. I keep thinking what kinds of soft power
Another problem about Chinese economic growth is the distribution of wealth. Most people in
So I think the economic strength of
When I go further on the list of soft power, I think US is still far ahead in most areas. Take education for example.
Coming back from the future, looking at the present situation, I can’t help get a bit depressed again because of another soft power: freedom and rights.
The more serious thing is that Chinese government is “killing” the Chinese culture. Free
With all these problems, Chinese government still seems to be able to rule the country. Thanks to the hostility and unfairness of many foreign media, Chinese people choose to stand on the side of government and the government is using this nationalism to strengthen its rule.
I am quite sure, that the potential of Chinese people is only 20% released. Chinese hard work is recognized and rewarded. Creativity, integrity and imagination are being oppressed. I am expecting so eagerly that one day all Chinese minds are freed and there is no danger of expressing our real ideas. I hope that one day that the government will invite everyone to discuss how we can improve the present government. When the pressure is gone and freedom arrives, I’m very sure that
There is a problem of culture. Throughout
When you ask me what contribution
In conclusion,
Africa, Capitalism & the balance sheet
Africa is centrally located at many of the world maps. But Africa has always been regarded as isolated and backward. It seems to be the cut off from Eurasia and the rest of the world, and unable to benefit from the outside civilization, exchange and competition. African has always been seen as a borrower of technology and agriculture from Eurasia, which is proved not true by modern archeology. Actually, indigenous people have created important culture and civilization. However, historic changes happened when European came with guns and slavery.
Slavery has been practiced in Africa throughout the entire history. For centuries, the most valuable African resource for Europeans is the slave, which can be obtained at coastal port, no need to go into the continent. Then in 16th century, Europeans started unprecedented large scale of slave trade because market for slaves was almost limitless. The motivation was purely economic, and the method was extremely brutal, creating one of the biggest miseries in human history. Slave trade continued for over four centuries and was a huge demographic disaster, worsening the under-population of Africa. West Africa traded with the Atlantic world for more than 300 year but without any significant economic development. Many political systems exist at the same time, parasitizing on the flow of slaves over Atlantic Ocean. Europeans can easily carry out slave trade because they use Africans against Africans. Europeans asserted that Africans often sold one another for “mere baubles or the weapons of war”.
The profit for the Europeans and people from the new world was so great that any control or abolition is opposed and impossible. William Wilberforce said: “Interest can draw a film over the eyes so thick that blindness itself could do no more.” And slavery is a deliberately chosen blindness on human conscience.
It is again the interests changed people view and government’s policy. After the industrialization, the West needs no more human labor. They need market and raw materials. The abolitionist in England argued that slave trade is not efficient and profitable in comparison to a legitimate trade in Africa because advanced technology called for oversee market other than cheap supply of human power. In 1788, the African Association was found, followed by tides of systematic exploration and colonialism of Africa.
Most Africa wants to preserve as much independence and power as possible. Against the colonial invasion, some were forced to fight; some thought that there is no use to fight. Some people fight on the side of colonizer because colonizer looked like potential protector. At early stage, two obstacle confined European power to African coastline: disease and absence of military superiority. But later with new medicine and advanced machinery, Europe carved up Africa easily, partly because they can, again, use Africans against Africans. African polities are much divided, thus gave the colonizers the opportunity to take advantage of this divergence of interest. The fact that all Africans are black sometimes prevent people from seeing huge different between Africans. Actually, their cultures and interests are as different as those between the French and the English. The difference stopped Africans from organizing effective revolts. It became even harder after the establishment of colony because rebellion against a colonial government has to be underground thus smaller in scale.
Railway and motor transport vitalized the colonial economy and primarily benefited big European firms. They also enabled further colonization of land for cash crops in response to the high international prices and demand. Education contributed greatly to social change, giving the Africans access to the greater world. The spread of knowledge prepared people for further revolution and independence. Newspapers played a big role. Christianity improved the literacy and won over young people. The wave of western civilization and education transform the politics of Africa, gave rise the nationalism. At the same time, population grew rapidly. All factors worked together and fermented, which lead to the ultimate independence.
This series of stories gave me a better image of the development of capitalism and the accumulation of wealth. Cargos after cargoes of human are taken away from their family and sold into unknown land. Slaves are treated as assets or animals. Behind all these unimaginable crimes, it is only the drive of money and profit. Sometimes I find it really hard to understand this motivation. How ruthless, cunning and hypocritical! And these are no reason that these qualities will change. They will turn in another form, usually more polite and civilized form. The current financial crisis is offering us the best example. Those banker and fund managers are not “deserving.” Their financial derivatives create no value for society and benefit only themselves by getting other people into the trap or lending as much money as possible. It has been the same greed that is driving people, encouraging and rewarding their craziness.
I am criticizing these behaviors because I am not one of them and I don’t benefit from any of their deeds. But sometimes I also wonder what I will do when I am in their system and enjoying the benefit of exploitation? How far will my conscience go?
History is spiraling and going forward. It always repeats itself because the human nature never changes. The struggle between the dark and bright side of us never ends, a mixture of greed, fear, and hope.
If we look at a particular time in the history, it will seem so unimaginable and unequal. But from a broader perspective, the world always balances itself. All debts will be paid. At 16th century, Africa is indeed uncivilized and backward. Just like Chairman Mao pointed out at the beginning of Chinese revolution, that “lag behind and you will definitely get beaten up.” Europeans have beaten Africa up, but at the same time brought modernity. The justification like “White Man’s Burden” is somehow true. Westerners use their superiority to extract value, labor and resources from their colonies, but at the same time, the backward people begin to civilize themselves, unconsciously at first. Together with the economic growth and educational progress, Africans self-awareness was evoked. They redefined themselves and regained confidence of their power, culture and history, using the western ways.
Africa has gone through too much misery and war. God, whichever god it is, will not be so unfair to this piece of land. There must be a bright future lies ahead of Africa. At the same time, the west has stayed at the peak of world power for too long and has created too much pain for the rest of the world. Future generations will repay the debts as the history once again reach a new balance. I believe in this because of the history of China.
Civilizations are turning in a circle. Chinese has developed high level of culinary skills long before the Europeans get command of fire. Ancient record tells us that hundreds of year ago, Chinese describe the foreigners as “monstrous, hairy and smelly." Chinese emperor called the foreigners "barbarian" and disregard their culture, refuse to pay attention or learn from them. Hundreds of years later, the "barbarian" came back. They came back with perfume, guns filled with black powder and ships equipped with newest compass. (China invented the black powder and compass, but uses the black powder only for fireworks in New Year.) Then it was China’s turn to play the role of "barbarians" and less civilized people. China has paid for her arrogance and blindness.
The same thing which stopped China is happening in the West: laziness and complacency and the arrogance coming naturally with the power. Some of these dangers are not yet so obvious. This shift is good because it creates more room for the new comers.
On the other hand, I really don’t wish to see this cycle goes on, but people are too full of themselves and refuse to think about the unpleasant. I wish that when China comes back to where she should be, she won’t make the same mistakes or hurt the rest of the world. This will make the balance sheet of history much easier to carry on.
2009/10/17
"Blood and Oil" by Prof. Michael Klare
I'm lucky to have Michael Klare as my first year advisor at Hampshire College. I just watched his film "Blood and Oil" on Youtube. It is a great documentary/interview. I recommend it to you. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXOcdYMl60&feature=player_profilepage
This film gives me a new perspective of understanding the history from 1940s till now. A lot of confusing US foreign policies become clear. I think Professor Klare really catches one of the most important issue of today's world: resources and the global competition for resources. In the end, resource is survival.
China is hungry. US is concerned. I hope China won't use violence and other evil means to acquire resources. Africa is a good place to start try something new.
Maybe China could build more hospitals and schools (or even Confucius Institutes) when they build pipelines and railways in Africa. We should offer the world an alternative.
Obviously, that is not what's going on in China now. But this is the reason why I come to an American College. I will learn, I will understand, and I will do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXOcdYMl60&feature=player_profilepage
This film gives me a new perspective of understanding the history from 1940s till now. A lot of confusing US foreign policies become clear. I think Professor Klare really catches one of the most important issue of today's world: resources and the global competition for resources. In the end, resource is survival.
China is hungry. US is concerned. I hope China won't use violence and other evil means to acquire resources. Africa is a good place to start try something new.
Maybe China could build more hospitals and schools (or even Confucius Institutes) when they build pipelines and railways in Africa. We should offer the world an alternative.
Obviously, that is not what's going on in China now. But this is the reason why I come to an American College. I will learn, I will understand, and I will do it.
2009/10/16
Michael Moore's Capitalism film
It's weekend again. Many parents are coming to Hampshire, very sweet =)
Capitalism: a love story. I think this is a successful film. Moore is making a good point. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. This film is focused on America. The situation in the rest of the world might be even worse.
I went to Bank of America the day after the film and talked to the people working in the bank. They love their job as well as the Bank of America, saying that they are very satisfied with this great company.
It is a mater of perspective.
Capitalism: a love story. I think this is a successful film. Moore is making a good point. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. This film is focused on America. The situation in the rest of the world might be even worse.
I went to Bank of America the day after the film and talked to the people working in the bank. They love their job as well as the Bank of America, saying that they are very satisfied with this great company.
It is a mater of perspective.
2009/09/27
Africa
I am taking "African Development" with Professor Frank Holmquist this semester.
I'm interested in Africa for different reasons.
First, Africa is not organized. That means chances and possibilities. Too developed countries tend to be boring.
Second, Africa has resources by all definition. It is under-developed, and it is the paradise for adventure. And, China will certainly have a active role to play. We can help to make China a responsible giant.
Third, Africa is where the largest and most frequent misery of the world come from. To alleviate the suffer of mankind, Africa is a good place to start.
But at the same time, Africa is so far away from my world and my understanding. That's why I find hard to read the papers about that region. I don't have that background.
Reading the history of Africa, it gives me a better understanding of the accumulation of capital, how merciless, how cruel. It tells me that there's no need to shout for my rights. I have to be the powerful, then I can enjoy my rights. Not the other way.
Now as an individual, I'm mostly attracted to this piece of land by its hidden opportunities. But I'm expecting changes.
I'm interested in Africa for different reasons.
First, Africa is not organized. That means chances and possibilities. Too developed countries tend to be boring.
Second, Africa has resources by all definition. It is under-developed, and it is the paradise for adventure. And, China will certainly have a active role to play. We can help to make China a responsible giant.
Third, Africa is where the largest and most frequent misery of the world come from. To alleviate the suffer of mankind, Africa is a good place to start.
But at the same time, Africa is so far away from my world and my understanding. That's why I find hard to read the papers about that region. I don't have that background.
Reading the history of Africa, it gives me a better understanding of the accumulation of capital, how merciless, how cruel. It tells me that there's no need to shout for my rights. I have to be the powerful, then I can enjoy my rights. Not the other way.
Now as an individual, I'm mostly attracted to this piece of land by its hidden opportunities. But I'm expecting changes.
2009/09/24
Long time no see
It has been quite a while since my last post. Blogspot is not available in China, which might not be a bad thing.
It's my third week in US, and so far so good. Life is beautiful, have had a lot of fun. Academics give me a bit of pressure, but there is no problem.
The biggest challenge comes from reading. I need faster speed and higher efficiency to read all these college level materials. It's good that th campus is so diverse, I love to be surprised.
I should and will get a better balance between work and sports. Sports and music make life so much better!
It's my third week in US, and so far so good. Life is beautiful, have had a lot of fun. Academics give me a bit of pressure, but there is no problem.
The biggest challenge comes from reading. I need faster speed and higher efficiency to read all these college level materials. It's good that th campus is so diverse, I love to be surprised.
I should and will get a better balance between work and sports. Sports and music make life so much better!
2009/07/14
Chinese eat dogs and cats? A cicle in civilization
One year in Germany, I have been asked by many Europeans the same question: do Chinese really eat cat and dogs?
I think the answer is not simply yes or no. There are indeed some people eat cat and dogs in China, but I would say the percentage of people eating dogs in China isn't any higher than the percentage of new Nazis in Germany. People get the false impression from the exaggerated news report. I don't know any of my Chinese friend eating dog, nor have I met any case of xenophobia in Germany.
There's no need for me to deny that Chinese do eat almost everything. It is a very rich eating culture, as long as you can imagine. But most people have very healthy and normal diet: rice, a lot of vegetable and little meat (Maybe also McDonald's now).
There is a historic ground for it. For the poor people, thousands year old Chinese history has always been accompanied by huge famine. People are dying of hunger, they have to live and they have no choice, thus they eat everything they find. This is also the same for other parts of the world. Those picky young people, their grandparents have also eaten some "disgusting" food.
From a religion perspective, many religion has certain rules and concept on what should be eaten and what are dirty. For Chinese, all lives are equal. It doesn't matter if someone eat beef or pork or dog.
In the case of dog, there are also cultural reason. Quite surprisingly, in old days in China, dog has been a symbol of snobbishness and cruelty because the rich landlords and tax collectors bring the dogs as accomplice to bully the poor people. And poor people never have a chance to raise a dog for themselves because there are so less to eat. The deep friendship and adoration between man and dog don't widely exist in our culture until recently.
OK, enough for this nasty topic. Then I want to talk about a feeling of mine. Civilizations are turning in a circle. Chinese has develop high level of culinary skills long before the Europeans get command of fire. Ancient record tell us that hundreds of year ago, Chinese describe the foreigners as "with monstrous color of eyes, hair all over the body, emit unpleasant odor." Chinese emperor called the foreigners "barbarian" and disregard their culture, refuse to pay attention or learn from them. Hundreds of years later, the "barbarian" came back. They came back with guns filled with black powder and ships equipped with newest compass, and opium, of course. (China invented the black powder and compass, but use the black powder only for fireworks in new year.)
Today, young Chinese adore Hollywood stars with blue or green eyes, using American shaver and French perfume. Now it is our turn to play the role of "barbarians" and less civilized people. The "more civilized people" make all kind of disgusted facial expression when they hear about those exotic Chinese food (snake, dog...), making fun about the old habits.
I especially don't understand why some people eat so much chicken and pork and beef, even horse and rabbit, without a bad conscience when they care so much about cat and dogs. What is the difference between these life? Why some animal should be slaughtered without any sympathy, some others deserve a luxurious life?
China has experience both the top and the bottom of the civilization. China understand the stupidness of laughing at others culture and being too proud and too blind. China has learned it lessons, and hopefully the lessons serve as a mirror for the civilized people now. Those who stop improving will be defeated and eliminated.
I think the answer is not simply yes or no. There are indeed some people eat cat and dogs in China, but I would say the percentage of people eating dogs in China isn't any higher than the percentage of new Nazis in Germany. People get the false impression from the exaggerated news report. I don't know any of my Chinese friend eating dog, nor have I met any case of xenophobia in Germany.
There's no need for me to deny that Chinese do eat almost everything. It is a very rich eating culture, as long as you can imagine. But most people have very healthy and normal diet: rice, a lot of vegetable and little meat (Maybe also McDonald's now).
There is a historic ground for it. For the poor people, thousands year old Chinese history has always been accompanied by huge famine. People are dying of hunger, they have to live and they have no choice, thus they eat everything they find. This is also the same for other parts of the world. Those picky young people, their grandparents have also eaten some "disgusting" food.
From a religion perspective, many religion has certain rules and concept on what should be eaten and what are dirty. For Chinese, all lives are equal. It doesn't matter if someone eat beef or pork or dog.
In the case of dog, there are also cultural reason. Quite surprisingly, in old days in China, dog has been a symbol of snobbishness and cruelty because the rich landlords and tax collectors bring the dogs as accomplice to bully the poor people. And poor people never have a chance to raise a dog for themselves because there are so less to eat. The deep friendship and adoration between man and dog don't widely exist in our culture until recently.
OK, enough for this nasty topic. Then I want to talk about a feeling of mine. Civilizations are turning in a circle. Chinese has develop high level of culinary skills long before the Europeans get command of fire. Ancient record tell us that hundreds of year ago, Chinese describe the foreigners as "with monstrous color of eyes, hair all over the body, emit unpleasant odor." Chinese emperor called the foreigners "barbarian" and disregard their culture, refuse to pay attention or learn from them. Hundreds of years later, the "barbarian" came back. They came back with guns filled with black powder and ships equipped with newest compass, and opium, of course. (China invented the black powder and compass, but use the black powder only for fireworks in new year.)
Today, young Chinese adore Hollywood stars with blue or green eyes, using American shaver and French perfume. Now it is our turn to play the role of "barbarians" and less civilized people. The "more civilized people" make all kind of disgusted facial expression when they hear about those exotic Chinese food (snake, dog...), making fun about the old habits.
I especially don't understand why some people eat so much chicken and pork and beef, even horse and rabbit, without a bad conscience when they care so much about cat and dogs. What is the difference between these life? Why some animal should be slaughtered without any sympathy, some others deserve a luxurious life?
China has experience both the top and the bottom of the civilization. China understand the stupidness of laughing at others culture and being too proud and too blind. China has learned it lessons, and hopefully the lessons serve as a mirror for the civilized people now. Those who stop improving will be defeated and eliminated.
2009/07/13
Some thoughts on Germany Gymnasium and Chinese school
Time to say good bye. I have had a wonderful year in Germany, in Altenburg, and in Spalatin Gymnasium. The contrast between my German and Chinese schools are strong, and here I'd like to share some of my thoughts on the reason of these differences.
The first obvious reason is the population. China has a huge population, and usually huge classes. The resource is extremely limited, especially the energy of the teachers. In a class of 50 pupils, each pupil will not be treated as an individual, he/she will be regarded as a product on the assembly line. My class in German Gymnasium has always around fifteen student. The teacher will stop to answer each personal question, and always wait until everyone has understood.
More people also means more discipline. Once in my German school, we had a religion class with 27 student. It was an nightmare for the teacher. German students are used to the freestyle, and when there are 27 freestyles in one class... In my Chinese school, students are always reminded that they are a part of the group and it is selfish for them to raise there question in class and waste the time of others.
Another reason is the teacher. During my year in Germany, I have met a lot of young people who want to be a teacher in the future, for kindergarten, for normal schools and for gymnasiums. All my teachers love their job. The quality of teachers is high. I regret to say the situation are not so good in China these days. I have good teacher, I do admit. But on a general level, most of the students who want to be a teacher are coming from the middle (or even lower) level of their own class. Good students want to join Wall Street or work for international companies. Chinese teachers don't earn too much money, and it is not really regarded as a good job.
But the fundamental factor is the system. Almost all troubling problems in China generate from the system.
Let's start from the social code. The stress of life is huge. Young people get to much expectation on them. Parents and grandparents are expecting their success, which is the honor of the whole family. And the definition of success for most Chinese is very narrow: a decent job with attractive salary, purely materialized. To get a good job, people need the diploma from one of those handful of elite universities. So all parents have been telling their children "get into XX University" at the very beginning. (In contrary, young people in Germany seem very carefree and without stress, thanks to the comprehensive social system and Hartz IV).
Then let's see the system of university admission test, or the infamous Gaokao. Students around the whole country take the test in three days, and the final score will decide which university they can get in. The three digit number will tell what their life will be. So it is imaginable that everyone does their best to get the highest possible score. Then what does the test look like? What in the end does it TEST in a student? Unfortunately, The tests reflect the student's knowledge and memory, but not ability. Therefore, all schools and teachers and students themselves are only interested in repeating the knowledge and improve the speed of answering the questions. The mentality and personality have little chance to be developed.
No doubts, these student, when they take hold of their own life, they are far less capable of chasing their own dream, creating a happy life and contribution to the society. I sometimes wonder if they really care about contribute to the society in which they come from, in which they have been "tortured". So much stress and unfairness has squeezed their curiosity and sensitivity to the beauty of life.
Of course, I am trying to describe the worst situation in the paragraphs above. There are a rather big number of really brilliant and ambitious Chinese student. There are always those people who survive and thrive in any situation, and they are the ones to rewrite the rules. But the education of a country is for the general public whose life and happiness are greatly influence by the system they live in.
A good education (elementary and secondary education, before universities) should equip the young people with necessary knowledge, but the more important thing is to develop the creativity, a healthy mentality, team work spirit, communication ability, a positive attitude for life and the ability to pursue a happy and meaningful life.
From this point of view, I would say that the German schools are doing a much better job than the Chinese ones, and I wish to bring what I have experience back to China. We will happily learn from the good examples, and I hope my children (and their contemporaries) will have a real education.
The first obvious reason is the population. China has a huge population, and usually huge classes. The resource is extremely limited, especially the energy of the teachers. In a class of 50 pupils, each pupil will not be treated as an individual, he/she will be regarded as a product on the assembly line. My class in German Gymnasium has always around fifteen student. The teacher will stop to answer each personal question, and always wait until everyone has understood.
More people also means more discipline. Once in my German school, we had a religion class with 27 student. It was an nightmare for the teacher. German students are used to the freestyle, and when there are 27 freestyles in one class... In my Chinese school, students are always reminded that they are a part of the group and it is selfish for them to raise there question in class and waste the time of others.
Another reason is the teacher. During my year in Germany, I have met a lot of young people who want to be a teacher in the future, for kindergarten, for normal schools and for gymnasiums. All my teachers love their job. The quality of teachers is high. I regret to say the situation are not so good in China these days. I have good teacher, I do admit. But on a general level, most of the students who want to be a teacher are coming from the middle (or even lower) level of their own class. Good students want to join Wall Street or work for international companies. Chinese teachers don't earn too much money, and it is not really regarded as a good job.
But the fundamental factor is the system. Almost all troubling problems in China generate from the system.
Let's start from the social code. The stress of life is huge. Young people get to much expectation on them. Parents and grandparents are expecting their success, which is the honor of the whole family. And the definition of success for most Chinese is very narrow: a decent job with attractive salary, purely materialized. To get a good job, people need the diploma from one of those handful of elite universities. So all parents have been telling their children "get into XX University" at the very beginning. (In contrary, young people in Germany seem very carefree and without stress, thanks to the comprehensive social system and Hartz IV).
Then let's see the system of university admission test, or the infamous Gaokao. Students around the whole country take the test in three days, and the final score will decide which university they can get in. The three digit number will tell what their life will be. So it is imaginable that everyone does their best to get the highest possible score. Then what does the test look like? What in the end does it TEST in a student? Unfortunately, The tests reflect the student's knowledge and memory, but not ability. Therefore, all schools and teachers and students themselves are only interested in repeating the knowledge and improve the speed of answering the questions. The mentality and personality have little chance to be developed.
No doubts, these student, when they take hold of their own life, they are far less capable of chasing their own dream, creating a happy life and contribution to the society. I sometimes wonder if they really care about contribute to the society in which they come from, in which they have been "tortured". So much stress and unfairness has squeezed their curiosity and sensitivity to the beauty of life.
Of course, I am trying to describe the worst situation in the paragraphs above. There are a rather big number of really brilliant and ambitious Chinese student. There are always those people who survive and thrive in any situation, and they are the ones to rewrite the rules. But the education of a country is for the general public whose life and happiness are greatly influence by the system they live in.
A good education (elementary and secondary education, before universities) should equip the young people with necessary knowledge, but the more important thing is to develop the creativity, a healthy mentality, team work spirit, communication ability, a positive attitude for life and the ability to pursue a happy and meaningful life.
From this point of view, I would say that the German schools are doing a much better job than the Chinese ones, and I wish to bring what I have experience back to China. We will happily learn from the good examples, and I hope my children (and their contemporaries) will have a real education.
2009/07/12
季羡林-大国学
我深切哀悼。大师走了，而我们这个时代的大师在哪里？
“作为一名学者，老人从来没有停止过思考。他近来正在酝酿提出“大国学”的概念。老人家认为，我们应该用这个概念。“大国学”包括全中华56个民族的文化财富，比如，特别是藏族文化、伊斯兰文化。“大国学”还应包括历代中国人向世界学习的文化成果。
近来，季羡林先生还高度关注民间办学，他授权一家著名的民办大学筹备了“大国学研究院”，并且建议民办大学也要办人文通识教育中心。”季老语录：
“每个人都争取一个完满的人生。然而，自古及今，海内海外，一个百分之百完满的人生是没有的。所以我说，不完满才是人生。”
2009/06/24
Google's next weapon - image search
Google is a great company. What they have done always surprises us. Sometimes, I would think: what other crazy things will they do?
I got an idea of "image search" when I was in Dresden. Near the Frauen Kirche, I was surrounded by tourists around the world. Most of them has got certain kind of digital camera, and how diligent they are, taking photos 360 degree. I'm sure that I had appeared on the corner of many photos they took. Then, many of them might upload their photos on the Internet.
I begin to think: what if people can search for images with images? For example, someone give in the image of me, and Google will find my face over the whole Internet. Then anyone in the world can know where I am, what I am doing and what kind of girls I have beside me.
Now, all search engines are searching for words. Even those "Image" function, they can only search for the name of the images.
Maybe the next step for Google, is to develop the tech which can really search for images.
This will be cool, and disastrous. It's like the big brother watching us. The photo takers are not aware that they are a part of a huge voluntary network, all over the world.
FBI might be very interested.
I got an idea of "image search" when I was in Dresden. Near the Frauen Kirche, I was surrounded by tourists around the world. Most of them has got certain kind of digital camera, and how diligent they are, taking photos 360 degree. I'm sure that I had appeared on the corner of many photos they took. Then, many of them might upload their photos on the Internet.
I begin to think: what if people can search for images with images? For example, someone give in the image of me, and Google will find my face over the whole Internet. Then anyone in the world can know where I am, what I am doing and what kind of girls I have beside me.
Now, all search engines are searching for words. Even those "Image" function, they can only search for the name of the images.
Maybe the next step for Google, is to develop the tech which can really search for images.
This will be cool, and disastrous. It's like the big brother watching us. The photo takers are not aware that they are a part of a huge voluntary network, all over the world.
FBI might be very interested.
2009/06/17
最后一个月
七月十七号是我离开德国的时间，还剩下最后一个月，高考结束也已经一个礼拜了。想来大家肯定也玩得挺开心的吧。
放松归放松，接下来的战役更加艰难。这一年在德国，每天都会有许多让我感触良多的事发生（比如德国的矿泉水的价格是中国的十五分之一），几乎每天都能看见中国的负面报道，海外投资的重大失误和挫败，人傻钱多的被人宰，绿坝“滤霸”等等。时时刻刻提醒着我，作为这一代的中国人，我们承上启下，任重而道远，挑战与机遇并存。我们的舞台无比广阔，我们的未来振奋人心。
高考结束后，有很长的时间来考虑自己的未来。要选，就选那些有挑战的，真正挑战自己的极限的人上道路，活得痛快，活得精彩，站在历史和宇宙的角度，潇洒走一回。
放松归放松，接下来的战役更加艰难。这一年在德国，每天都会有许多让我感触良多的事发生（比如德国的矿泉水的价格是中国的十五分之一），几乎每天都能看见中国的负面报道，海外投资的重大失误和挫败，人傻钱多的被人宰，绿坝“滤霸”等等。时时刻刻提醒着我，作为这一代的中国人，我们承上启下，任重而道远，挑战与机遇并存。我们的舞台无比广阔，我们的未来振奋人心。
高考结束后，有很长的时间来考虑自己的未来。要选，就选那些有挑战的，真正挑战自己的极限的人上道路，活得痛快，活得精彩，站在历史和宇宙的角度，潇洒走一回。
2009/06/08
百年德国汉学 探讨昨天和明天
百年德国汉学 探讨昨天和明天
(转自德国之声：http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4307274,00.html)
(转自德国之声：http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4307274,00.html)
庆祝德国汉学百年，起因是：100年前的1909年，德国汉堡殖民学院(Kolonialinstitut)创办东亚语言与历史研究所，福 兰阁(Otto Franke，1863-1946)应聘为教授并担任所长，成为德国第一位汉学教授。福兰阁1888年作为外交译员前往中国，先后在北京、天津、上海等地 的德国公使馆服务达13年(1888-1901)之久。1903年至1907年他受聘任清政府驻柏林公使馆秘书。福兰阁一生著述甚丰，共发表文章和著作 200多种，书评100多篇。其中最负声誉的是五卷本《中国通史》。
在波恩大学的讨论会上，德中学者提出德国汉学有300年和100年两种说法。维也纳大学孔子学院院长李夏德教授（Richard Trappel）对德国之声记者说："关于德语区汉学到底有了多长时间的历史，每个人的看法都不一样。比如是要看有了一个系，一个学院，还是有了一个汉学 家。"
与会的中国外国语大学中国海外汉学研究中心正副主任张西平和李雪涛两位教授的说法几乎是一样的：1909年是德国学院或者说学术汉学的开端。而从民 间汉学来说，在此前较长时间地存在着对中国的研究和翻译。张西平教授介绍了17世纪德国的民间汉学，李雪涛教授尤其强调了以汤若望为代表的传教士在介绍和 研究中国方面起到的重大作用。
100年来，德国出现了许多杰出的汉学家。这些汉学家不但向德国人介绍了中国文化，而且通过这种介绍深刻地影响了德国的方方面面。在这个讨论会上， 波恩学者陈琦介绍了汉学家佛尔克（Alfred Forke）。佛尔克在1927年前后撰写与出版的3卷本德语中国哲学史，也许在今天看来有许多错，但是，这是全世界（包括中国在内）第一部完整的中国哲 学史。在他之前，胡适发表过中国哲学史纲，但只写到老子庄子一代，没有再写下去。其它中国人写的中国哲学史都在佛尔克之后。
顾彬教授着重介绍了著名汉学家卫礼贤(Richard Wilhelm)。顾彬给卫礼贤以极高的评价，认为，没有卫礼贤，现当代德国的哲学、心理学、神学、文学等根本就是无法想象的。卫礼贤翻译的中国的老子、 庄子、孔子、易经等经典哲学著作，对德国几十年来文化和社会的发展起到了的几乎是颠覆性的作用。顾彬举了布莱希特等文学、哲学界巨人为例。顾彬说，卫礼贤 是备受争议的人物，他的译文中也有不少错，但是，"人是错误做的，如果人不犯错误，他就不是人，他只能做上帝。""一些汉学家一生不受批评，原因是他们既 不偏向中国立场，也不偏向德国立场，所谓的客观。但我认为，没有立场是不对的。"顾彬举例说，68年学生运动时，德国人的思维跟着中国的文革走，同样地排 斥孔孟老庄，因此那时这些人是不会接受卫礼贤的。
美茵茨大学教授柯彼德（Peter Kupfer）介绍了德国汉语教学100年来的发展道路。70年前的1939年，石密德教授与陈懿讲师合编了德语区第一套汉语教科书"标准国语教本"。 50年前的1959年，"汉语教科书"德语版出版。30年前的1979年，在柏林自由大学召开了第一届德语区高校汉语教学现状讨论会。10年前的1999 年8月8日至12日，在汉诺威召开的"第六届国际汉语教学讨论会"是至今为止在欧洲召开的最大的汉语教学会议，有400多名专家学者与会。此外，1983 年成立了德语区汉语教学协会，1984年在德国创刊的"春"是至今欧洲唯一一本汉语教学杂志。
最近30年来，汉语教学在德国发生了天翻地覆的变化。除了大学外，在中小学和社会上，对中文的兴趣膨胀极快：30年前德国只有3所文理高级中学有汉语课，而现在已经超过了200所，有的小学也开出了汉语课。孔子学院在德国也起到了很大作用。
德国的汉学以前是以语言学和中国古典文化学、历史学为主,现在则更多地介绍现代中国社会、经济、政治、司法、国际关系的发展等等。中国学者对这种情 况是喜中有忧。张西平教授说："我实在不能理解，在对中国越来越感兴趣的同时，德国的汉学却在收缩。比如最近又取消了基尔大学等两个大学的汉学系。"李雪 涛教授指出，现在的趋势，无论是学术界还是大学生，大家都更重视中国的经济和政治，而忽视中国文化，这是偏了的。应该是对中国的文化和历史同样重视，才能 真正了解中国，促进德国与中国各方面关系的发展。
德语区的汉学家们也在为保持与中国文化的联系奋斗着。李夏德教授说："80年代我认识了很多中国当代著名作家，象王蒙，张洁，特别是诗人，朦胧派的 北岛，顾城，舒婷等等，我跟他们交了朋友，非常喜欢他们的诗。我认为，我们要了解现在的中国，就要了解中国的文化背景，特别是80年代中国的文学发展。尤 其是如果跟20年代、30年代作比较，比如把当时的徐志摩、闻一多这些诗人跟80年代的诗人作一个比较。"
作者：平心
责编：乐然
2009/06/03
Our way
My destiny and service lie in the revival and globalization of Chinese civilization. However, China is out of the "main stream" and is excluded from the real decision makers and big players. Although China is very often the headline or focus of internatinoal media, but China is really at the bottom of the food chain and still struggling for a survival. This is also dangerous because the majority of the world population is the victim and prey of the globalization. This is such a upset truth that I keep asking how we (as well as the other marginalized countries and cultures) can join the "club".
I used to think that we have to copy the model from the developed world as fast as we can. But now I begin to realize that we should make our own standard, have our own ideas. But we have to understand their systems first. It took them hundreds of years to build their empire. We will use much less time to rebuild the Chinese one, but it's extremely hard way, and we are too young and naive. But it doesn't matter.
I used to think that we have to copy the model from the developed world as fast as we can. But now I begin to realize that we should make our own standard, have our own ideas. But we have to understand their systems first. It took them hundreds of years to build their empire. We will use much less time to rebuild the Chinese one, but it's extremely hard way, and we are too young and naive. But it doesn't matter.
2009/05/30
5/30
上周和学校去维也纳，我们五六十岁的物理老师也和我说起，德国年轻一代丧失了很多老一代所具有的美好品德。在以前看来是理所当然的道德操守，在现在已经被遗忘的一干二净。许多年轻人就靠政府的救济生活，连起码的羞耻感都不具备了。
以前理所当然的东西，到现在很多都废弃了，比如“女子无才便是德”什么的。废弃了，有好有坏。
左数右数，离回国就剩下不到五十天的时间。这一年在德国收获的确是很大，不过我也要好好检讨，自己的确是不够刻苦。
最近德国大街小巷，到处都是选举的广告，因为下周就是施政的选举和欧盟的选举。借这个机会，我可以好好了解一下德国的民主和欧盟的运作。
上海有它的目标，十年之后，2020年成为国际金融中心。那一年我三十，而立之年。十年磨一剑。
以前理所当然的东西，到现在很多都废弃了，比如“女子无才便是德”什么的。废弃了，有好有坏。
左数右数，离回国就剩下不到五十天的时间。这一年在德国收获的确是很大，不过我也要好好检讨，自己的确是不够刻苦。
最近德国大街小巷，到处都是选举的广告，因为下周就是施政的选举和欧盟的选举。借这个机会，我可以好好了解一下德国的民主和欧盟的运作。
上海有它的目标，十年之后，2020年成为国际金融中心。那一年我三十，而立之年。十年磨一剑。
2009/05/21
“我国文化之悠久及其在世界文化史上罕有其匹的连续性，形成一条从未枯竭、从未中断的长河，但时至今日，这条长河却在某些方面面临中断的危险，此可能中断的方 面是代代累积，构成我民族文化重要内容的各类古代典籍的研究和继承。不可讳言，目前我们一代人的古典学科基础已远不如上一代人之深厚，继我们而起的青年一 代则更无起码的古典基础可言，多数人甚至对古代文学、历史、哲学的典籍连看也看不懂了。
传统思想和价值观是我们民族智慧的结晶，传统经典是民族心灵的庞大载体。这些是我们民族生存和发展的依据，是我们民族几千年来屡遭灾难而不会解体的凝聚力。如果任此文化遗产在下一代消灭，我们将是民族罪人、历史罪人……大家拿着线装书不认得，对不起我们中国的列祖列宗，对不起世界人民，对不起人类。”
传统思想和价值观是我们民族智慧的结晶，传统经典是民族心灵的庞大载体。这些是我们民族生存和发展的依据，是我们民族几千年来屡遭灾难而不会解体的凝聚力。如果任此文化遗产在下一代消灭，我们将是民族罪人、历史罪人……大家拿着线装书不认得，对不起我们中国的列祖列宗，对不起世界人民，对不起人类。”
2009/05/03
Pfadfinder 德国童子军
这个周末，我参加了德国童子军的马拉松，四十二公里，不过我是骑自行车的志愿者，在七公里的一段路上来回的巡视，看着别人气喘吁吁。
Pfadfinder在德国很受欢迎，而且几乎男女各半，我没想到有那么多女生也参加。既然是野营，就不用太讲卫生。掉在地上的黄瓜，捡起来吹一吹，还带着草呢就往嘴里送，其实也不脏。晚上睡觉时，脱了鞋就往睡袋里钻，用不着洗脸刷牙脱裤子之类的概念。几个小女生的帐篷半夜还塌了，可怜兮兮的裹着睡袋在野地里睡。
童子军是对青少年很重要的一项活动，锻炼体魄、意志、生存技能、团队合作，也让我们更惜福。可惜国内没有童子军，学农就已经害得大家叫苦连天。和童子军比，至少学农还能洗澡，我这个周末三天没的澡洗。我们有少先队，共青团，可惜活动少了点，除了宣誓、交队费团费、戴红领巾团徽以外，想不起还干了点什么。
现在德国的十二年级正在“高考”，不过有个同学这周竟然也来参加马拉松，三天，明天到学校接着考德语。德国学生虽然对“高考”也很重视，但是他们认为生活更重要，人生不应该为考试而牺牲太多。这值得我们借鉴。不过想想，如果德国的高考竞争也向中国这么激烈，同学看着周围的人几乎熬夜拼命的学习、做考卷，那他也不见得有这份闲情逸致来参加马拉松。
Pfadfinder在德国很受欢迎，而且几乎男女各半，我没想到有那么多女生也参加。既然是野营，就不用太讲卫生。掉在地上的黄瓜，捡起来吹一吹，还带着草呢就往嘴里送，其实也不脏。晚上睡觉时，脱了鞋就往睡袋里钻，用不着洗脸刷牙脱裤子之类的概念。几个小女生的帐篷半夜还塌了，可怜兮兮的裹着睡袋在野地里睡。
童子军是对青少年很重要的一项活动，锻炼体魄、意志、生存技能、团队合作，也让我们更惜福。可惜国内没有童子军，学农就已经害得大家叫苦连天。和童子军比，至少学农还能洗澡，我这个周末三天没的澡洗。我们有少先队，共青团，可惜活动少了点，除了宣誓、交队费团费、戴红领巾团徽以外，想不起还干了点什么。
现在德国的十二年级正在“高考”，不过有个同学这周竟然也来参加马拉松，三天，明天到学校接着考德语。德国学生虽然对“高考”也很重视，但是他们认为生活更重要，人生不应该为考试而牺牲太多。这值得我们借鉴。不过想想，如果德国的高考竞争也向中国这么激烈，同学看着周围的人几乎熬夜拼命的学习、做考卷，那他也不见得有这份闲情逸致来参加马拉松。
2009/04/20
朝圣 Taize
昨天晚上回到家，一个星期的泰泽之旅结束了。
Taize在法国，是个不大的村子，不过每年都有十万青年从全球来到这里。关于它的介绍大家可以看 http://www.taize.fr/zh。
这一周的收获之大是我之前没想到的，现在都不知道该从何说起了。那就先说说我对基督教的一些想法吧。
基督教是最伟大的宗教之一，而且它像是滚雪球，包容了几百代人的智慧，还在不断发展。我想说说我对他不满的地方。第一，基督教有些太具体了，故事太多了，限制性太强。第二，过于以人文本，忽视了人与自然的和谐，把人看得太重了。第三，具有比较强的侵略性、扩张性。
这几天经常有人问我：你是新教还是天主教？我说不是。再问：佛教？穆斯林？我说不是。还问：是无神论者？我说，也不是，我就是个人。
我认为，人就是人，只是芸芸众生的一支，人的理解能力有限，我们本身就是“道”的产物，永远不能窥见“道”的全貌。就像数学里，不能用得出的结论来证明原命题。所以，Take it easy，我们有幸被赋予了灵性，也同时被这灵性所困扰。
人们在夜深人静的时候，抬头看着同一个月亮，思考的是同样的问题：我从哪里来？我在干什么？有没有神？有没有来生？等等。不同的宗教是对同一个问题的不同回答，所有的宗教都揭示了部分的真理，因此每个宗教都有它的信众。
但没有哪个宗教是完美的。宗教产生于特定的条件之下，滋生与特定的土壤。文化不同，很难接受外来的宗教。我也不希望中国国内基督教占主流，这样就丧失了自己文化的根基和信仰。
所有宗教殊途同归，只是交通工具不同而已。我正在制造我自己独一无二的交通工具，这需要更多的时间精力，要经历更大的苦难和磨练，但是，这就是我的路。
说了这么多，不知所云。要好好重新整理一下思路。
Taize在法国，是个不大的村子，不过每年都有十万青年从全球来到这里。关于它的介绍大家可以看 http://www.taize.fr/zh。
这一周的收获之大是我之前没想到的，现在都不知道该从何说起了。那就先说说我对基督教的一些想法吧。
基督教是最伟大的宗教之一，而且它像是滚雪球，包容了几百代人的智慧，还在不断发展。我想说说我对他不满的地方。第一，基督教有些太具体了，故事太多了，限制性太强。第二，过于以人文本，忽视了人与自然的和谐，把人看得太重了。第三，具有比较强的侵略性、扩张性。
这几天经常有人问我：你是新教还是天主教？我说不是。再问：佛教？穆斯林？我说不是。还问：是无神论者？我说，也不是，我就是个人。
我认为，人就是人，只是芸芸众生的一支，人的理解能力有限，我们本身就是“道”的产物，永远不能窥见“道”的全貌。就像数学里，不能用得出的结论来证明原命题。所以，Take it easy，我们有幸被赋予了灵性，也同时被这灵性所困扰。
人们在夜深人静的时候，抬头看着同一个月亮，思考的是同样的问题：我从哪里来？我在干什么？有没有神？有没有来生？等等。不同的宗教是对同一个问题的不同回答，所有的宗教都揭示了部分的真理，因此每个宗教都有它的信众。
但没有哪个宗教是完美的。宗教产生于特定的条件之下，滋生与特定的土壤。文化不同，很难接受外来的宗教。我也不希望中国国内基督教占主流，这样就丧失了自己文化的根基和信仰。
所有宗教殊途同归，只是交通工具不同而已。我正在制造我自己独一无二的交通工具，这需要更多的时间精力，要经历更大的苦难和磨练，但是，这就是我的路。
说了这么多，不知所云。要好好重新整理一下思路。
2009/04/11
中国风
全世界都在说中国话，The Economist 一篇关于水资源的文章就这样开头：
THE Chinese word for politics (zhengzhi) includes a character that looks like three drops of water next to a platform or dyke. Politics and water control, the Chinese character implies, are intimately linked.
生为中国人，真是万幸。我在德国有时候真是同情老外不会说汉语，无法享受世界上最丰盛、最历史悠久的文化盛宴。
中华文明曾占据世界之巅长达千年，近两百年来，她也备受歧视、漠视。我们有幸体验着两种地位下的处境，所以我们既对自己文化感到自豪、又不断努力吸收全球的精华。我们不会向欧美人一样盲目自大，同时也向所有的文明努力学习、融会、交流。我们相信中华文明的魅力和生命力，不怕质疑，不怕挑战，去芜存精。
THE Chinese word for politics (zhengzhi) includes a character that looks like three drops of water next to a platform or dyke. Politics and water control, the Chinese character implies, are intimately linked.
生为中国人，真是万幸。我在德国有时候真是同情老外不会说汉语，无法享受世界上最丰盛、最历史悠久的文化盛宴。
中华文明曾占据世界之巅长达千年，近两百年来，她也备受歧视、漠视。我们有幸体验着两种地位下的处境，所以我们既对自己文化感到自豪、又不断努力吸收全球的精华。我们不会向欧美人一样盲目自大，同时也向所有的文明努力学习、融会、交流。我们相信中华文明的魅力和生命力，不怕质疑，不怕挑战，去芜存精。
2009/04/05
Be Deserving
一篇文章里讲到:
The bankers and fund managers were not doing anything useful. Unlike the “deserving” rich entrepreneurs who set up Microsoft and Google, the “undeserving” traders and brokers just shuffled money around the system to nobody’s profit but their own. The faster the money went round, the larger the financial sector loomed in the rich countries’ economies.
银行、投行和种种金融机构的确很重要，在促进投资生产方面有巨大作用。但他们是否应该得到如此高的回报？他们是否真正创造了价值、增加了社会的财富？还是他们的精英俱乐部悄悄掠夺了大部分人的血汗？
德国同学有不少人以后想从事科学研究，搞工程建设，大部分人的职业理想都是踏踏实实的。现在2013er的申请结果都出来了，中国学生选专业大多是经济、金融、国际贸易、企业管理等等。不大有人想老老实实的作一颗螺丝钉。
我也会学经济，因为经济是人类在二十一世纪的语言，已经和英语、数学一样，非学不可。我也可能会进入金融行业，但是最终目的不是赚钱，而是让金融机构变得更加deserving，更加有效的运转，而不是牺牲别人的利益来满足自己。
现在所有的想法都是很不成熟的。这也是乐趣所在 =)
The bankers and fund managers were not doing anything useful. Unlike the “deserving” rich entrepreneurs who set up Microsoft and Google, the “undeserving” traders and brokers just shuffled money around the system to nobody’s profit but their own. The faster the money went round, the larger the financial sector loomed in the rich countries’ economies.
银行、投行和种种金融机构的确很重要，在促进投资生产方面有巨大作用。但他们是否应该得到如此高的回报？他们是否真正创造了价值、增加了社会的财富？还是他们的精英俱乐部悄悄掠夺了大部分人的血汗？
德国同学有不少人以后想从事科学研究，搞工程建设，大部分人的职业理想都是踏踏实实的。现在2013er的申请结果都出来了，中国学生选专业大多是经济、金融、国际贸易、企业管理等等。不大有人想老老实实的作一颗螺丝钉。
我也会学经济，因为经济是人类在二十一世纪的语言，已经和英语、数学一样，非学不可。我也可能会进入金融行业，但是最终目的不是赚钱，而是让金融机构变得更加deserving，更加有效的运转，而不是牺牲别人的利益来满足自己。
现在所有的想法都是很不成熟的。这也是乐趣所在 =)
2009/03/12
New Project
Life can be very easy for me this year. But this is not what I am asking for. I will make more "troubles" for myself because "If I rest, I rust".
So in the following month, I will do something extra. Each weak, I will pay attention to a certain topic of my own choice and interests. I will read and discuss and write an essay (or something like an essay) on this topic.
I have already decided on the following themes:
1. Chinese eat dog?---one of the most frequently asked question in Europe and one of the biggest misunderstanding.
2. School in China and in Germany---I'm working on it now. Very inspiring topic.
3. Tibet---maybe I will keep quite first. But from what I see and hear in Germany and from the free internet, I feel the need to address my opinion.
I will know the true challenge only if I start. Sometimes I am just too lazy. But now I will build the new habit. When realize what is right, just do it. Fight the gravity!
So in the following month, I will do something extra. Each weak, I will pay attention to a certain topic of my own choice and interests. I will read and discuss and write an essay (or something like an essay) on this topic.
I have already decided on the following themes:
1. Chinese eat dog?---one of the most frequently asked question in Europe and one of the biggest misunderstanding.
2. School in China and in Germany---I'm working on it now. Very inspiring topic.
3. Tibet---maybe I will keep quite first. But from what I see and hear in Germany and from the free internet, I feel the need to address my opinion.
I will know the true challenge only if I start. Sometimes I am just too lazy. But now I will build the new habit. When realize what is right, just do it. Fight the gravity!
2009/02/23
重振中华文明
第一次用这么大的标题，大的我自己都不好意思了。语言、想法虽然幼稚，但是希望能分享一些感受。
和Hans（德国爸）聊天，说到中国人谦和冲虚，热爱和平。也说到中国人从古到今从来没有侵略国外国，也没有称霸世界的野心，从来没有发动过针对其他族裔的战争。又说到中华文明顽强的生命力：中国自古不断被少数族裔侵略、统治，但是在文化上却从来没有中断、消亡，反而迅速的同化了外来文明，焕发出更强大的生命力。几千年来，中国文化不断地吸收容纳其他文明，真可谓海纳百川。
可是今天，我们主权完整、国力强大，可是中华文明却饱受排挤。近两百年来，国人似乎丧失了对自己文明的信心，自己抛弃了自己的传统，无视自己文化的精髓。大多数人不知道我们账户上到底有多少存款，不知道我们其实是在文明上多么的富有，反而认为一切传统、古典的都是腐朽落后、毫无竞争力的。
就在此时，日本人在看三国演义，华尔街在读孙子兵法，老外在学汉语，全世界的孔子学院正在兴起，而我们在哈韩哈日，看奥特曼和老掉牙的美剧，努力的汲取别人文化的糟粕。就拿美剧来说，美国文化的精髓在独立宣言、人权宣言里，在美国梦里，而不是在无聊的咖啡馆里。
前几天Hans的一个共济会（就是那个神秘组织）朋友来家里拜访，和我聊起中国历史上的名人，他说他很崇拜秦始皇和蔡伦，自己经常惊叹中国文明的伟大。我嘴上谦虚了一阵，心里可真是担心。也许，以后我的孙子孙女们要到德国来学习自己的文化了。
现代科学，不过是几百年，就已经发展到现在这样的水平。中华文明独特而伟大，历经几千年的锤炼和检验，可想而知有多少宝藏。
在德国已经半年多了，越来越感到西方人思维的局限性，西方文明、现代科学发展到现在也碰到了很大的局限。有些概念、境界，是只存在于在中国古典文化精华中的。只有将东西智慧结合，才能解决许多现代科学、社会和经济金融的难题和瓶颈。
二十一世纪，的确是经济的竞争。这也体现在我们这一批人十有八九想在大学里学经济、金融、企业管理、国际贸易等等。但是更深层次的竞争，是文化的竞争与冲击，中华文明更应该用好这一机会，重新回到舞台的中心，把西方科学等等纳入到自己的系统中来，而不是把自己肢解，迎合西方的标准。如果我们一味的模仿西方，拼命追赶而不重视自己的文化，那我们注定迷茫、彷徨。
越是在经济困难时期，越是要抓教育，讲文化。美国的兴起，是源于一种文化、一种精神的诞生，源于自由、民主和美国梦。这种环境和思想产生了超乎想象的力量，产生了一批又一批的追梦者，于是有了今天的美国。如果我们能把传统文化再一次的点燃、赋予新生，以中国人的智慧，想想吧，这将产生多大的力量啊。
有时候和别人说起中华文明，那是自豪五比而充满信心。但是回顾头来，扪心自问：四书五经我通读了没有？肚子里的唐诗宋词库存多少？我对中华文明的精髓到底有多少了解？相比同龄人，我对传统文化的了解和热爱是很不错的（这里就不谦虚了），但是和文化本身相比，我的了解实在只是皮毛啊。当和别人真正进行深入探讨时，免不了的就会捉襟见肘。很有可能在不久的将来，老外怀着对中国文化满腔的热情来到中国求学，却发现自己比中国人还了解中国文化。哎，我可不想给老祖宗丢脸。
我带到德国唯一一本中文书，就是中英对照的道德经。我现在除了学德语之外，另一项任务，就是好好重修中文课。这里的“中文”，是中华文明。
现在国内的许多发展，都是在以极大的代价，而且越发展，内心越空虚。如果真正从自己的文化中寻找力量，那每天所作的一切都将是修心养性，不光能实现可持续发展，更能让自己得到最终的升华。
现在越来越意识到，我在中国十一年的学校教育中存在着多大的问题。我们甚至连《论语》一遍都没读完。花在学习传统文化精髓上的时间，还赶不上做英语“灿烂在六月”。做吧，做到后来得出一条结论：英语，就是no why no reason! 这样的教育，是自杀式的，是在抹杀自己民族的未来。
说实话，说了半天文化精髓，我也不知道该从哪里开始学，该到哪里去找教材，该去哪里拜师学艺。学英语，好歹还有个新东方，但是如果我说我要学中华传统经典呢？
重视传统文化，并不是固步自封，而是从自己文化的根源里寻找新的希望和出路。比如近几年基督教在中国红火得很，我不是非常喜欢。圣经故事里蓝眼睛黄头发的小天使，再怎么本土化也显得不咋和谐。中华文化，生长于中国的土地，中国人的信仰，就应该从自己的文化中汲取精华，寻找答案。
哎，说了这么多，看的人可能都烦了。但是不吐不快。
重振中华文明，不光是挽救传统瑰宝，更是一项巨大的产业。看看俞敏宏，不就是教英语么，身价几十亿。那么想想，传统文化的复兴，中华文明的走向世界，这是翻天覆地的一项事业啊，这里面随便的某一项，就能产生一大批百万富翁。
比如高二和控江文化之旅时，在开封的摊子上喝了杯“大宋凉茶”，我和林智伟都赞不绝口，买了一杯又一杯，清凉香甜，回味无穷，一直到晚上，嗓子还甜甜的。要是把这地摊上的“大宋凉茶”好好包装，产业化生产，加入文化元素，迎合当下回归自然、健康生活的潮流，我就不信它卖不过断子绝孙的可口可乐。
文化复兴的背后，是对国际形势的了解，是对世界各地文化的认识，是商业战，是产业链，是科技，等等等等。我现在在不断寻找自己的定位，看看自己如何能最大的发挥自身优势。但无论如何，现在对我来说，中国文化是必修课。
各位，够兄弟的，就加入这项事业。放眼看看世界，掂量掂量中华文明的价值，我们这一代有着巨大的历史使命。当我们感受到历史和未来的召唤，那就根本不会浪费一分一秒，每天的生活也会充满激情、充满意义。
和Hans（德国爸）聊天，说到中国人谦和冲虚，热爱和平。也说到中国人从古到今从来没有侵略国外国，也没有称霸世界的野心，从来没有发动过针对其他族裔的战争。又说到中华文明顽强的生命力：中国自古不断被少数族裔侵略、统治，但是在文化上却从来没有中断、消亡，反而迅速的同化了外来文明，焕发出更强大的生命力。几千年来，中国文化不断地吸收容纳其他文明，真可谓海纳百川。
可是今天，我们主权完整、国力强大，可是中华文明却饱受排挤。近两百年来，国人似乎丧失了对自己文明的信心，自己抛弃了自己的传统，无视自己文化的精髓。大多数人不知道我们账户上到底有多少存款，不知道我们其实是在文明上多么的富有，反而认为一切传统、古典的都是腐朽落后、毫无竞争力的。
就在此时，日本人在看三国演义，华尔街在读孙子兵法，老外在学汉语，全世界的孔子学院正在兴起，而我们在哈韩哈日，看奥特曼和老掉牙的美剧，努力的汲取别人文化的糟粕。就拿美剧来说，美国文化的精髓在独立宣言、人权宣言里，在美国梦里，而不是在无聊的咖啡馆里。
前几天Hans的一个共济会（就是那个神秘组织）朋友来家里拜访，和我聊起中国历史上的名人，他说他很崇拜秦始皇和蔡伦，自己经常惊叹中国文明的伟大。我嘴上谦虚了一阵，心里可真是担心。也许，以后我的孙子孙女们要到德国来学习自己的文化了。
现代科学，不过是几百年，就已经发展到现在这样的水平。中华文明独特而伟大，历经几千年的锤炼和检验，可想而知有多少宝藏。
在德国已经半年多了，越来越感到西方人思维的局限性，西方文明、现代科学发展到现在也碰到了很大的局限。有些概念、境界，是只存在于在中国古典文化精华中的。只有将东西智慧结合，才能解决许多现代科学、社会和经济金融的难题和瓶颈。
二十一世纪，的确是经济的竞争。这也体现在我们这一批人十有八九想在大学里学经济、金融、企业管理、国际贸易等等。但是更深层次的竞争，是文化的竞争与冲击，中华文明更应该用好这一机会，重新回到舞台的中心，把西方科学等等纳入到自己的系统中来，而不是把自己肢解，迎合西方的标准。如果我们一味的模仿西方，拼命追赶而不重视自己的文化，那我们注定迷茫、彷徨。
越是在经济困难时期，越是要抓教育，讲文化。美国的兴起，是源于一种文化、一种精神的诞生，源于自由、民主和美国梦。这种环境和思想产生了超乎想象的力量，产生了一批又一批的追梦者，于是有了今天的美国。如果我们能把传统文化再一次的点燃、赋予新生，以中国人的智慧，想想吧，这将产生多大的力量啊。
有时候和别人说起中华文明，那是自豪五比而充满信心。但是回顾头来，扪心自问：四书五经我通读了没有？肚子里的唐诗宋词库存多少？我对中华文明的精髓到底有多少了解？相比同龄人，我对传统文化的了解和热爱是很不错的（这里就不谦虚了），但是和文化本身相比，我的了解实在只是皮毛啊。当和别人真正进行深入探讨时，免不了的就会捉襟见肘。很有可能在不久的将来，老外怀着对中国文化满腔的热情来到中国求学，却发现自己比中国人还了解中国文化。哎，我可不想给老祖宗丢脸。
我带到德国唯一一本中文书，就是中英对照的道德经。我现在除了学德语之外，另一项任务，就是好好重修中文课。这里的“中文”，是中华文明。
现在国内的许多发展，都是在以极大的代价，而且越发展，内心越空虚。如果真正从自己的文化中寻找力量，那每天所作的一切都将是修心养性，不光能实现可持续发展，更能让自己得到最终的升华。
现在越来越意识到，我在中国十一年的学校教育中存在着多大的问题。我们甚至连《论语》一遍都没读完。花在学习传统文化精髓上的时间，还赶不上做英语“灿烂在六月”。做吧，做到后来得出一条结论：英语，就是no why no reason! 这样的教育，是自杀式的，是在抹杀自己民族的未来。
说实话，说了半天文化精髓，我也不知道该从哪里开始学，该到哪里去找教材，该去哪里拜师学艺。学英语，好歹还有个新东方，但是如果我说我要学中华传统经典呢？
重视传统文化，并不是固步自封，而是从自己文化的根源里寻找新的希望和出路。比如近几年基督教在中国红火得很，我不是非常喜欢。圣经故事里蓝眼睛黄头发的小天使，再怎么本土化也显得不咋和谐。中华文化，生长于中国的土地，中国人的信仰，就应该从自己的文化中汲取精华，寻找答案。
哎，说了这么多，看的人可能都烦了。但是不吐不快。
重振中华文明，不光是挽救传统瑰宝，更是一项巨大的产业。看看俞敏宏，不就是教英语么，身价几十亿。那么想想，传统文化的复兴，中华文明的走向世界，这是翻天覆地的一项事业啊，这里面随便的某一项，就能产生一大批百万富翁。
比如高二和控江文化之旅时，在开封的摊子上喝了杯“大宋凉茶”，我和林智伟都赞不绝口，买了一杯又一杯，清凉香甜，回味无穷，一直到晚上，嗓子还甜甜的。要是把这地摊上的“大宋凉茶”好好包装，产业化生产，加入文化元素，迎合当下回归自然、健康生活的潮流，我就不信它卖不过断子绝孙的可口可乐。
文化复兴的背后，是对国际形势的了解，是对世界各地文化的认识，是商业战，是产业链，是科技，等等等等。我现在在不断寻找自己的定位，看看自己如何能最大的发挥自身优势。但无论如何，现在对我来说，中国文化是必修课。
各位，够兄弟的，就加入这项事业。放眼看看世界，掂量掂量中华文明的价值，我们这一代有着巨大的历史使命。当我们感受到历史和未来的召唤，那就根本不会浪费一分一秒，每天的生活也会充满激情、充满意义。
2009/02/12
中医现代化，解开死结！ （转：现在的中医现代化是假的现代化）
中医现代化是大势所趋，但是同时出现了“伪现代化”，劳民伤财，伤筋动骨。主要的死结，是在拼命的用西医理论和“现代科学”解释中医，自然事倍功半。
我是外行，有的就是对传统文化的敬仰和热爱。我的第一反应，就是这个死结根本不是问题。
中医的发展已经有四千年的历史，而“现代科学”和西医才不过是三四百年。如果“现代科学”解释不了“中医药”，那是因为“现代科学”的局限性，而不是中医的问题。我们应该沿着中以自身的理论和传统，建立自己的标准和规则。成功经验就是最好的证明，统计数据也是现代科学。
与其花大量时间精力研究经络的实质，不如直接知识和医术产业化，实实在在的造福人民。FDA（美国食品药品监督局）接不接受是一回事，我们可以在中国全面推广，先把成果展示出来，让FDA反思他的标准流程是否有问题。
我虽然不懂任何关于中医的东西，但是我实实在在看到我德国寄宿家庭的男主人热爱风油精，拿风油精治头疼、治腿痒，泡澡，还推荐给他最好的朋友们。我不管风油精是什么原理，但我想：只要把风油精好好包装包装，比如用竹子做包装盒，让后加上用十国语言书写的说明书，背景是中国山水画，再讲讲文化，讲讲风油精的典故，那肯定能在欧美畅销，哈！
转：“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”
采访缘起：“不是中医不行，是学中医的人不行”
2003年上半年，非典型肺炎在全国肆虐，几令现代医学陷入无策可施的窘境，但面对来势汹汹的非典型肺炎，沉寂已久的中医学却显示出了她顽强的生命力。广东省防治非典型肺炎的经验表明：中医药防治非典效果显著。全国著名老中医、广州中医药大学的邓铁涛教授(以下简称邓老)根据广东中医治疗非典的经验，斩钉截铁地告诉记者：“中医完全可以独立地治疗非典，当然，这个中医必须是一个有水平的中医。具体地讲，一个有水平的中医必须具备深厚的传统文化功底，熟谙中医经典，精通辨证论治。”
邓老还告诉记者：“全国其他地方的中医之所以不能像广州一样发挥作用，就是因为很多中青年中医，包括六十岁左右的中医，大多西化了，没有真正掌握中医的精髓，临床经验也很欠缺，对中医信心不够。而广东省中医院这两年组织医院的骨干大夫拜师、温习中医学经典，所以这次在面对非典时，广东省中医院的大夫就敢于用中医治疗，取得了很好的疗效，也得到了世界卫生组织的赞许。”
著名老中医焦树德教授的师承弟子、广东省中医院的陈伟大夫刚刚结束一线抗击非典的工作，他有些激动地告诉记者：“在这次非典的防治工作中，我深深体会到，如果我们这些年轻大夫的中医学根基更扎实，如果我们这些年轻大夫的中医修养能像老中医们那样深厚的话，我们会发挥得更好。这个体会特别深。在一线治疗非典的过程中，在跟师学习的过程中，我们每一个徒弟都深深感觉到，不是中医不行，是我们学中医的人不行。确实是这样。”
“不是中医不行，是我们学中医的人不行。”陈伟大夫的肺腑之言是沉痛的。
从防治非典的过程中，我们清楚地看到，具有五千年传统的中医学以她神奇的疗效和“以变应变”的巨大灵活性得到了上至中央领导下至平民百姓的普遍认可。但是，在中医院校，一股不信任中医的风气却在老师和学生中蔓延着。
为什么会出现这样一种怪现象？带着这个问题，记者历时三个月，行程数千里，先后在全国各地拜望了一批在中医界德高望重的老一辈临床大家：北京的吕炳奎先生、焦树德教授、陆广莘教授、王绵之教授，广州的邓铁涛教授，南京的干祖望教授、周仲瑛教授，上海的裘沛然教授、颜德馨教授，杭州的何任教授，武汉的李今庸教授，哈尔滨的张琪教授。在采访途中，一些中壮年中医中的佼佼者也与记者交流了看法，一些青年学子还向记者倾吐了他们的心里话。。
老一辈对中医未来的思考是沉重的，对中医教育的批评是尖锐的。爱之尤深，责之也切。衷心希望老人们的忠告不会付之东流。毕竟，这一辈中医是海内外公认的中华医道的真正传人，很可能就是中华医道的最后传人，因为老中医称他们是一代完人。(也就是说，随着这一代老中医的过世，中医将走向消亡。)在沉痛的话语背后包藏着的是老中医们对中华仁术的拳拳之心。在深沉的思考底下昭示着的是歧黄学脉的坦途和正道。
之二：中医教育的危机是信心的危机
广西中医学院的刘力红教授告诉记者：“前些日子，广西中医学院一附院召开了一个座谈会，座谈会除了院领导之外，主要就是毕业班的同学。在会上，同学们的一个共同心声就是对中医没有信心，这实在是一个怪现象，并且这个现象还不仅局限在广西，几乎所有的中医院校都面临这个境况。我们的教育花了五年时间，或者八年时间，如果再读博士，那就是十一年的时间，尽管花了这么多时间，可是相当多的人对中医还没有一个基本的信念，也就是说，我们相当多的本科毕业生、硕士毕业生、博士毕业生还没有入中医的门。如果从教育的角度来看，这应该是一个非常奇特的现象。因为我们花了那么大的人力、物力、财力，花了那么多的时间，搞这么一门教育，而最后却得到这样一个结果，这难道还不足以发人深省吗？”
刘力红教授还谈到：“在中医博士里，现在已经很少有人看中医经典了。如果哪一位博士的案头放上一部《黄帝内经》，那是要被笑话的。博士的案头都是些什么书呢?都是分子生物学一类的现代书。博士这个群体无疑是个高层次的群体，所以读些现代的书是理所当然的。但是作为中医博士为什么不愿读中医书尤其不愿读经典呢? 中医教育遇到了前所未有的深刻的危机，而中医教育的危机从根本上说就是信心的危机。中医教育最大的失败就是没有能够解决学生的信心问题。”
全国著名老中医、上海同济大学中医药研究所所长颜德馨教授(以下简称颜老)告诉记者：“中医教育的失败，既有内因也有外因。内因就是学中医的人对中医没有信心。古代的大学者墨子说：‘志不坚，智不达。’如果对一门学问没有信心，我们怎么可能学好它呢?怎么可能在遇到重大疑难时排除万难迎头而上呢?而攻克疑难、解决疑难正是中医学在五千年历史中保持生命力的关键所在。”
针对中医院校流行的不信任中医的风气，全国著名老中医、上海中医药大学的裘沛然教授(以下简称裘老)毫不客气地指出：“现在中医院校的老师和学生对中医没有信心，就是因为没有学好中医，对中医学的精髓一无所知。其实，西医治不好的病，中医治好的很多。中医教育落到今天这样一个局面，实际上是自己不争气。本来，中医院校教育的目的是要培养高级中医师，最低要求是培养出合格的中医师。可是现在，中医院培养不出来合格的中医，培养出来的中医简直就是废品，连庸医的水平都达不到，庸医也还是要懂一些中医的汤药方剂，可现在培养出的学生对中医的理法方药根本不懂。 丢掉了根柢的中医被抛人无家可归的命运之中
为什么会出现中医学人不信中医的怪现象呢?裘老的答案一针见血：“问题的根源恐怕还不在教师，而在政策的导向。现在的政策导向就是要中医走向现代化。中医走向现代化是对的，中医要创新也是对的，可是中医现代化应该是继承了五千年中医传统的现代化，而不是中医的西医化。中医学从来就不是一个抱残守缺、固步自封的体系，而是始终处在一个返本开新的创造之中。张仲景的<伤寒论>就是对<内经>的丰富和发展，这才是中医学术的创新，而仲景也由于对中医学的巨大贡献而成为一代宗师。历代的中医名家从来都没有停止过对中医学的丰富和发展，重大的创新历代层出不穷。”
裘老痛切地指出：“中医现代化，首先要知道几千年来无数的大医和先哲们呕心沥血的成果是什么。只有在这个基础上，才谈得到中医的现代化。对几千年的中医学术成果茫然无知，你搞什么现代化?你根本不懂啊，没资格来讲中医的现代化。可是现在，由于中医现代化的含义错了，中医现代化成了中医的西医化。现在所谓的中医现代化其实是 假的现代化，这种现代化是一种华而不实的现代化，是一个种赶时髦。他们不相信中医几千年来通过临床几亿人身上实践的成果，他们只相信小老鼠身上实验的结果。不相信几千年的伟大传统而相信小老鼠，这是对中医根本不了解，是一个错误。在这样一种现代化的指导下，所谓的中医创新是空话，中医学术陷入了错误导向的混乱之中。我们必须牢牢记住：只有返本才能开新。无论是中医现代化还是中医创新，只有与五千年的传统一脉相承，只有在中医学自身的规矩准绳内发展，中医的现代化才能真正开花结果，中医的创新才能真正落到实处，也才可能出现真正有价值的成果。“
颜老也痛心地指出：“裘老认为现在的中医现化化是假的现代化，是有道理的。中医现代化成了事实上的中医西医化。”
全国著名老中医、中日友好医院的焦树德教授(以下简称焦老)告诉记者：“现在的政策导向就是强调用现代科学方法研究中医，其实就是用西医替代中医，美其名目中医现代化，实际上就是消灭中医!”
全国著名老中医、黑龙江中医研究院的张琪教授(以下简称张老)也指出：“中医教育的问题，归根到底是导向问题。”
全国著名老中医、浙江中医学院的何任教授(以下简称何老)也指出：“没有很好地继承，怎么能谈得上发扬呢?无根之木、无源之水，还发扬什么呢?”
西方著名思想家怀特海的一段话发人深省：“生命有要求原创的冲动，但社会与文化必须稳定到能够使追求原创的冒险得到滋养；如此，这种冒险才能开花结果而不至于变成没有导向的混乱。“换句话说，维护科学文化繁荣和发展的一个最重要的条件就是一个丰富而有生机的传统。这个传统内纯正权威(中医界古代的张仲景、孙思邈等，现代的邓铁涛、焦树德等临床大家)潜移默化的指引是这门学问保持生机和创造的源头活水。西方著名思想家海德格尔也深刻地指出：“从我们人类的经验和历史来看，只有当人有个家，当人扎根在传统中，才有本质性的和伟大性的东西产生出来。“而中医在近现代的最大矛盾则是，一方面希望在“中医科学化“和“中医现代化”的口号下实现中医的繁荣和兴盛，另一方面却不愿与自身传统血脉相连，对自身传统采取一种漠然甚至是排斥的态度。
于是，不相信中医有独立的学术地位，盲目崇拜西医学方法，再加上对自身传统的冷漠势利之心，就构成了今天中医界的学术现状。在这样一种形势下，中医界把改造传统中医、简单模仿西医当成中医现代化的方向，中医被连根拔起。。丢掉了根柢的中医被抛入了无家可归的命运之中。中医学术的所谓“现代化“和“创新”也就不得不陷入错误导向的混乱之中，“竟逐荣势，企踵权豪“，变成了一种“哗众取宠的赶时髦“(裘老语)，“其结果只能是中医理论或学术灵魂的‘火化’和死亡”。(北京大学张祥龙教授语)“几十年了。一个真正有价值的成果都没有”
众所周知，中医中药参照或按照何种标准开展研究，在中医界始终没有形成共识。目前，评估中医疗效和科研成果的整套评价体系是来自西医的，造成评价体系与中医学体系相脱节的情况，如以动物模型为核心的中医实验体系的建立。这给以后的中医学术和中医教育带来了深重的灾难。
虽然刚刚在非典一线立下大功，广东省中医院名老中医的师承弟子们仍然对中医学的前途怀着深深的忧虑。他们告诉记者：“许多人都在谈论，中医的科研成果出来之后为什么没法推广。实际上，现在中医界的科研工作者就相当于中医学的翻译人员，他们的工作只是把中医学的内容翻译成西医和国外的人都能接受的信息而已。它本身并没有真正发展中医。比如西医的胰岛素是治疗糖尿病的特效药。在没有研制出来之前，许多自体无法产生胰岛素的 面临着死亡。该产品一旦开发出来，马上就可以推广，挽救了不少患者的生命。胰岛素的出现解决了一个现代医学曾经无法解决的疑难。中医学几千年的历史也证明了，这一博大精深的理论体系，它的存在造福了亿万生灵，它的每一次发展都解决了人类健康的重大难题，例如伤寒论的问世、温病学派的产生等等。可是，我们现在的中医学术研究是一种什么情况呢?比如说像活血化瘀治疗心脏病。在这样 科研进行之前，谁都知道活血化瘀治疗心脏病。等到所谓的科研成果出来之后，一切照旧。可以这么说，这样一种中医学术研究，只不过是给中医学穿了一件逻辑语言和数学语言编制的外衣而已，对中医的实际内容没有任何触动。何况，活血化瘀只是中医博大精深的理论中普普通通的一个方法而已，当今之所以倍受关注，无非是套用西医动脉粥样硬化、血栓、微循环等理论罢了。”
为严重的是，这种把简单模仿西医当成学术创新的后果就是导致中医的学术水平在一个低层次上重复。他们尖锐地指出：“比如说活血化瘀，现在很多人用现代医学的方法去研究，最后成果是：无病没有瘀，无药不化瘀。可是这种研究就完全失去了中医活血化瘀的内涵，其实是把中医活血化瘀的内容给抽象掉了，偷换掉了。中医的活血化瘀本来是非常高超的、微妙的，要辨人、辨部位、辨脏器……，非常入细入微。可是这样一种研究的结果是把原本非常精妙细微的活血化瘀弄成了没有内容的空洞的抽象，把中医活血化瘀的内涵降为一个很低的水平。这种研究是不成功的，甚至于导致滥用和治疗方向的错误。”
中医研究院已故名老中医岳美中几十年前曾撰文说：“冠心病之治疗，常用‘活血化瘀’之法，认为是‘血瘀’所致，但需深入分析。依中医理论，胸阳衰弱，浊阴干犯清阳之府，乃是该病之基本病机。”岳美中老先生是真正在中医理论框架内研究中医理论，其撰文的苦衷可以理解。可怕的是，种种研究上方向性的错误，不会因为几位老中医的呼吁而扭转，反而由既得利益者们“发扬光大”，从各级中医教育到新药开发、临床治疗无不贯彻到底，落实到每一个医生心中、每一个治疗方案里、每一位患者身上，出现“假作真时真亦假”的可悲局面。
焦老的一番话尤其令人心痛：“我们老中医在一块的时候就讨论，现在的政策导向是强调用现代科学的方法研究中医，实际上就是用西医的方法研究中医。花了几十年的时间，人力、物力、财力也不知花费了多少，得出个什么结果呢?中医的理论学说是有道理的。完了!没有一个把中医几千年的成果否决了，都证明中医是对的。几十年来，每年花费多少个亿，多少大学、多少研究所、多少研究院参加进去搞，搞来搞去，最后得出的结论就是中医是有道理的。我们这些老中医就想，如果从党的中医政策一下达，就按照中医自身的理论体系和规矩准绳研究中医，这几十年，这么多人力、物力、财力的投入，怎么也能出三个、五个成果，就是出一个成果也好啊。没有!几十年了，一个真正有价值的成果都没有。这么大的财力、人力、物力投入，全白花了，时间也耽误了。”
“这些毕业出来的博士没有几个能看病的”
广东省中医院的一位师承弟子难过地告诉记者：“前些日子，别人委托我看一些博士生答辩的论文，我说不出话来。我只能说这些毕业出来的博士没有几个能看病的。这是铁一样的现实!中医的教育是失败的。”
上海中医药大学的一位博士告诉记者：“中医院校的硕士生做实验做到细胞水平，博士生做实验做到基因水平，这种中医还是中医吗?这种中医到临床能看好病吗? 实验室里的老鼠能检验中医的成果吗?比如说对中医的一味药进行中药提纯。这味药在整体上却没有毒性，疗效很好。提得越纯、越细，毒性就越明显，疗效就越低。那么是以疗效判定药的好坏，还是以纯度判定药的好坏? 而现在所谓的中医现代化是以纯度为标准判定药的好坏，这恰恰说明不能用西医这一套标准评价中医。可是。我们中医科研的经费却全都浪费到老鼠身上去了。所谓的科研成果其实都是泡沫。我们中医界应该认真反思，我们的科研是在发展中医还是在消灭中医?中医的学位是不是授予了那些中医学得好的人?”
张老也指出：“根据主管部门要求，研究生必须做动物实验，否则不允许论文答辩。研究生把大量精力花费在动物实验上，毕业后到了临床全部用不上，浪费人力物力，这也是困扰中医研究生教育的问题。”
全国著名老中医、湖北中医学院的李今庸教授(以下简称李老)告诉记者：“中医药学的生命是临床疗效。一些人以牺牲中医临床疗效为代价，来换取对中医药学发展毫无裨益的动物实验?说培养的博士生不能用中医思路看病，因而不愿看病，还名之日‘研究型人才’。”
邓老也指出：“中医为什么推不倒?就因为它能治好病。你不相信也得相信。你说它不科学，你说它是经验医学，你说它什么都好，但它能够治好病。邓小平同志说得好：实践是检验真理的唯一标准。你不承认不行。可是我们的中医教育培养不出来的偏偏是我们最需要的，就是临床的高明中医。我很早就说过，中医的教育失败就是临床教育的失败。”
北京中医药大学的一位博士也告诉记者：“现在大部分硕士、博士的论文数据是造假。”
那么，中医院校的硕士、博士们为什么要给论文编造假数据呢?
北京中医药大学的一位学友告诉记者：“几千年来，中医都是从临床实践中发展起来的。可是现在中医界讲究用实证科学的方法和手段验证中医，行不行得通呢?行不通。可是现在的情况就是行不通还要行。那么学生怎么办呢?只好造假。”
来自美国的留学生李博安谈到：“中医界硕士、博士的这种严重的数据造假现象，和中医政策的导向有关系。去年，一位老师告诉我们：以后研究生实验论文的结果可以有阴性的了。也就是说，在这之前的政策导向就是要求中医研究生的实验结果必须是阳性的。这对中医界影响很大。因为在学校和医院，不管是升级、升职，还是申请经费，如果实验结果不是阳性，就很困难。”
北京中医药大学的一位学友很无奈地谈到：“现在中医学术研究仅仅是对中医做了一点形式上的改变，而且大多还是掺假的，对中医没有任何实质上的推动。可是，为什么会有那么多的人去做这种有水分的、形式上的改变，而不去真正推动中医发展呢?那么多人学了中医，为什么不用中医、不在临床发展中医呢?就是因为背后有一种利益的驱使。在现在的体制下，老老实实从事中医发展的事业，对他自己的生存和发展没有任何好处，会让他牺牲很多。说到底，是我们的学术体制和教育体制出了问题。什么问题呢?就是要求中医走向所谓的现代化，其实是西医化。”
一个难以解开的死结
由于导向的错误，所谓的“中医现代化”也就成了“中医的伪现代化”，把中医带上了一条名存实亡的道路。就像一位中医界人士所说的，当年为“中医不能丢”所做的努力，中医机构的增加，中医院校数量的增加等等在很大程度上变成了空壳，邓老(邓铁涛)称之为“泡沫”，干老 (于祖望)称之为“蝉蜕”，是很形象深刻的比喻。而真正有志于中医的学子也陷入了进退两难的困境之中。在一所中医药大学流传着这样的顺口溜：“规规矩矩学习中医，中医死掉；认认真真拜师学艺，自己死掉”。一位从中医药大学毕业不久的硕士这样总结自己的学习生涯：“3年研究生学习的最大收获是‘走出校门，跳出正规”’。也就是说，走出已经学不到中医的中医药大学，到民间参访名师寻求真知；跳出已经“走入歧途”(裘老语)的中医正规教育，到浩如烟海的古代典籍中体认中医的正道。
我们看到，在这种“中医伪现代化”的桎梏下，中医与价值之源的联系完全被切断了，它的生命力和创造力完全被窒息住了，五千年来根深叶茂的中华医道已经到了“花果飘零奄奄待毙”的惨境。可是中医界的一些领导和学术领头人仍然顽固地坚持着这样一条不归路，还要沿着这样一条道路“脱胎换骨改造中医”。
一位中医界著名学者就宣称：“我们所有的努力就是要把中医学纳入到现代科学的体系之中，用逻辑、数学语言来描述它，用动物实验验证它……”。一位中医药大学的校长还扬言“中医现代化没商量”。是什么原因让他们如此固执呢?
邓老的一段话意味深长：“我相信国家中医药管理局、卫生部的同志都想把中医的工作办好，这一点我是坚信不移的。尽管大家诚心诚意想办好中医，可是如果你的方向错了，你就要遭到失败。但是，这里面有一个根子，就是大家心中有疑虑：中医能够独立地发展吗?自然科学在20世纪的成就那么大，中医要是没有自然科学的帮助，能行吗?”全国著名老中医、南京中医药大学的周仲瑛教授(以下简称周老)的看法与邓老不谋而合：“中医现代化成了中医西医化，究其根源，在于中医的科学性始终没有真正得到确认，中医学是否具有独立的学术地位始终没有得到正视和承认。”全国著名老中医、北京中医药大学的王绵之教授(以下简称王老)也指出：“中医的科学性是否已得到真正的确认是一个关键的问题。”没有自然科学的帮助，让中医顺着自己的道路独立地发展，能行吗?这是中医界从上到下心中难以解开的一个死结，也是尽管现在的中医现代化变成了“中医的伪现代化”，也要在这条道路上坚持下去的根源所在。
这里再转一篇文章，说得很好---
由“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”一文引发的思考
《现代教育报》发了一篇题为“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”的深度报道。该报特约记者郝光明历时三个月，行程数千里，先后拜望了一批在中医界德高望重的老一辈临床大家：北京的吕炳奎先生、焦树德教授、王绵之教授，广州的邓铁涛教授，南京的干祖望教授、周仲瑛教授，上海的裘沛然教授、颜德馨教授，杭州的何任教授，武汉的李今庸教授，哈尔滨的张琪教授。在采访中，郝记者与一批中年中医中的佼佼者，还有一些青年学子也进行了交流，大家对几十年来中医现代化的评价几乎一致是“中医现代化成了中医西化”，甚至是“一个真正有价值的成果都没有”。话虽然有些偏激，但是国家投入了大量经费，开展得轰轰烈烈的“现代化”居然被人说成是“假的”，这不得不让每一位热爱中医，关心中医命运前途的中医人反思：是什么原因使中医现代化变成了中医西化？什么才是真的中医现代化？
中医现代化陷入困境
中医要现代化，这是近几十年来人们对这一绵延两千多年，为中华民族的健康和生命作出过重大贡献，曾经辉煌鼎盛一时的医药技术提出的一个历史性的课题。中医为什么要现代化？答案有很多。有人说：中医作为古代医药技术，已远远落后于时代的发展，应借助现代科学知识和研究手段，提升其理论和临床水平。有人说：中医理论中许多概念模糊，说理主观性太强，中医现代化就是要用现代数理逻辑思维将其客观化、规范化、条理化。有人说：中医的现代化就是要中西医结合，创立新医学；还有人说，中医现代化就是要改掉中药粗、大、黑的外貌，开发像青蒿素那样的一类新药……
然而，几十年过去了，在大量人力、物力、财力的支持下，中医理论研究中最具代表性的科研成果－－－肾阳虚证的研究、脾的研究、活血化瘀的研究，虽然其初期结果曾激励了不少中医人，但是，短暂的兴奋后，接下来的深入研究却一直迟滞不前，进展缓慢；经络实质的研究应该是持续时间最长，研究最深入最广泛的，然而迄今为止还仅限于各种假说并存，未有定论；中药复方的研究，难点重重，关键性问题得不到解决，而中药西化“变异”出的“毒副作用”，却一次又一次在国内外被炒得沸沸扬扬；某些中药虽然远离了“粗、大、黑”的外貌，但其应用已与中医的辨证论治严重脱节，不过是在药典里增加了一味“西药”而已……中医现代化陷入了歧路彷徨的困境之中。
把脉中医现代化
造成中医现代化陷入困境的根源是什么呢？归根到底，是“科学一元论”的思想束缚了人们的头脑。中医理论脱胎于我国传统文化，由于种种历史的原因，鄙视传统文化，认为传统文化中缺乏科学精神和科学传统的思潮，长期以来在思想意识形态领域占据着统治地位，以致于中医科学性受到怀疑，其独立的学术地位也岌岌可危。在这种情况下，盲目崇尚西方科学，同时对自身采取漠视甚至排斥的态度，使中医走上了唯西方科学是从，简单模仿西医的所谓“现代化”之路。
1.把西方科学当成了现代化的标准
在中医现代化的进程中，中西医结合是开展最深入和应用最广的，这源于20世纪50年代毛泽东关于“把中医中药的知识和西医西药的知识结合起来，创造我国统一的新医学新药学”，即“中西医结合”的方针政策。按照这一方针的本意，是中医和西医应该互相合作，取长补短，经过长期的努力，使二者在高层次上实现统一，形成超越中医和西医水平的新医学。然而，在实际工作中，以西方科学(包括西医学)为准绳研究、判定和同化中医中药，却成为五十多年来“中西医结合”所走过的路。
其实，早在20世纪初，“中西汇通”学派中影响最大的上海名医恽铁樵先生，在深入研究中西医后就得出了“中西医之不同，乃由于中西文化之不同，是根本不同方法之两种学说”的结论。而恽铁樵先生又说：“中医而有演进之价值，必能吸收西医之长，与之化合，以产生新中医”。“根本不同方法之两种学说”要实现“化合”，岂是一朝一夕之功！几十年来中西医结合的实践证明：在现阶段，中西医无论在理论还是在临床上，是两张皮；西医理论和技术虽然很“先进”，但在目前还难以从本质上提升中医辨证论治的水平。有专家认为，在某种意义上说，西医在中医临床的介入，导致了中医临床辨证论治思维的退化。一位从事了十几年临床工作的中医感叹地说：“现代临床中医师往往被西医病名牵着鼻子走，一见到炎症，马上就想到清热解毒，一说是心梗，就益气养阴，活血化瘀。”这样的辨“症”论治，渐渐失去的，是中医的精华。
中国社会科学研究院刘长林教授告诉记者：科学认识的目的是获得不以人的意志为转移的客观真理，但是科学认识却受到国家民族的自然环境和人文传统的深刻影响与制约。具有不同自然环境和人文传统的国家民族，就会有不同的科学思维、科学方法和认识取向。宇宙是无限的，大千世界是极端复杂的，即使在有限的时空范围内，也包含着无限的多样性、层面性和可能性。这就决定了人类的科学认识活动和科学成果，包括基础自然科学，可能而且应当形成不同的科学体系。事实上，在我们这个世界上，对人类曾经并将继续产生重大影响的科学，至少有两个源、两个流。一个是主要发源于古希腊，偏重分析还原，着意形质实体，目的在于征服和控制自然的西方科学；一个是发源于黄河、长江流域，偏重综合整体，着意功能虚体，目的在于尽物(人)之性，共存共荣的中国科学。中西医学就分属于这两个完全不同的科学体系。二者在对健康和生命的认识上可以互相补充，但不可通约。这就是为什么中西医难以化合的根本原因。
而以西方科学方法来判定中医的科学性，行得通吗？从认识论来讲，科学方法完全是为科学认识服务的，从属于科学的认知目标。因此，以是否采取了某种科学方法来判定是不是科学，其实是本末倒置，反客为主。所以，以西方科学方法来评判中医的科学性显然是错误的。如果继续以西方科学作为中医现代化的标准，结果只能是中医灵魂(理论)的死亡。
国家级软课题“中医药战略地位研究”课题组组长贾谦研究员近来在反思中药现代化中存在的问题时也指出，以西医药的标准来衡量中医药，这是把中医药产业推进了死胡同。
2.现代化过程中对自身体系的漠视和排斥
正如裘沛然教授所说：“中医现代化，首先要知道几千年来无数的大医和先哲们呕心沥血的结果是什么，只有在这个基础上，才谈得到中医的现代化。”而在中医现代化中有一种倾向，就是重视“现代化”而忽视了现代化的主体。中医界不研究经典研究“新三论”，搞动物实验蔚然成风。在中医药高等院校，除了文献专业，中医的硕士、博士不做动物实验就不能毕业，而某些从不看经典，连《内经》篇题都读不通，《伤寒论》有多少条都不知道的中医博士，只要英语学得好，实验做得符合“现代化”方向，照样“进军”博士后，成为中医与现代科学结合的“顶级”人才。中医界内部搞“现代化”搞得如火如荼，中医界外的众多行业也不示弱，尤其是近年来，植物、化工、生物技术、西药等行业，对中医理论皮毛不懂，也一拥而上，大搞中药现代化。失去了中医理论根基的“现代化”，犹如无源之水、无根之木，怎么会有生命力？！
如何理解中医现代化
中医西化不是现代化，那么，我们该对中医现代化作何理解呢？“现代”是相对于“古代”而言，同时也有“先进性”的含义。对于产生于古代，有着悠久历史的中医来说，中医现代化的过程，其实就是中医遵循着自身的发展规律，对现代新思想、新技术、新成果的吸收和应用的过程，其目的是为了使中医在更好地适应现代社会的同时，实现自身的完善和发展。应该说，中医现代化是时代发展对中医的要求，也是中医自身发展的需要。中医现代化，不容置疑，问题的关键在于我们如何来实现它？评判它的标准是什么？
判断某一事物的先进与否，和人们的认识方法和认识水平有很大的关系。也就是说，在一段时期人们认为先进的，在认识方法和认识水平提高后，可能会被认为是落后的；而以前认为落后的，反而有可能被认为是先进的。中医体系中有许多现在看来是“古代的”、“落后的”东西，在现代科学发展到一定的条件下，完全可能被重新发现它的现代性和价值。所以，中医现代化中如何进行“扬”与“弃”，是值得注意的一个问题。
曾有位文化名人说过这样的话：人吃牛肉、羊肉的目的是为了补充自己的营养，长自己的肉，而不是为了长牛肉、羊肉。中医现代化亦如是。作为现代化主体的中医，从来就不是一个抱残守缺、固步自封的体系，而是一个始终处在返本开新创造中的、具有独立学术地位、与西医学互为补充的一门学科。我们每一位从事中医现代化研究的工作者应该时时把握的一点是：中医现代化是为了自身理论与临床水平的提高，为了中医的服务更加适合于现代，而绝不是中医对西医的简单模仿，也不是把中医“打”碎了，纳入西医的体系。
结语
民族的就是世界的，传统的就是现代的。中医现代化的道路上，呼唤对中医充满自信、对传统文化和中医理论有着深刻理解、思维开放、博学而善于思考的中医人。相信通过努力，中医在不断吸收现代思想和科技营养后，会以更加非凡的魅力，全方位、多层次地服务于现代人类！（白晓芸）
我是外行，有的就是对传统文化的敬仰和热爱。我的第一反应，就是这个死结根本不是问题。
中医的发展已经有四千年的历史，而“现代科学”和西医才不过是三四百年。如果“现代科学”解释不了“中医药”，那是因为“现代科学”的局限性，而不是中医的问题。我们应该沿着中以自身的理论和传统，建立自己的标准和规则。成功经验就是最好的证明，统计数据也是现代科学。
与其花大量时间精力研究经络的实质，不如直接知识和医术产业化，实实在在的造福人民。FDA（美国食品药品监督局）接不接受是一回事，我们可以在中国全面推广，先把成果展示出来，让FDA反思他的标准流程是否有问题。
我虽然不懂任何关于中医的东西，但是我实实在在看到我德国寄宿家庭的男主人热爱风油精，拿风油精治头疼、治腿痒，泡澡，还推荐给他最好的朋友们。我不管风油精是什么原理，但我想：只要把风油精好好包装包装，比如用竹子做包装盒，让后加上用十国语言书写的说明书，背景是中国山水画，再讲讲文化，讲讲风油精的典故，那肯定能在欧美畅销，哈！
转：“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”
采访缘起：“不是中医不行，是学中医的人不行”
2003年上半年，非典型肺炎在全国肆虐，几令现代医学陷入无策可施的窘境，但面对来势汹汹的非典型肺炎，沉寂已久的中医学却显示出了她顽强的生命力。广东省防治非典型肺炎的经验表明：中医药防治非典效果显著。全国著名老中医、广州中医药大学的邓铁涛教授(以下简称邓老)根据广东中医治疗非典的经验，斩钉截铁地告诉记者：“中医完全可以独立地治疗非典，当然，这个中医必须是一个有水平的中医。具体地讲，一个有水平的中医必须具备深厚的传统文化功底，熟谙中医经典，精通辨证论治。”
邓老还告诉记者：“全国其他地方的中医之所以不能像广州一样发挥作用，就是因为很多中青年中医，包括六十岁左右的中医，大多西化了，没有真正掌握中医的精髓，临床经验也很欠缺，对中医信心不够。而广东省中医院这两年组织医院的骨干大夫拜师、温习中医学经典，所以这次在面对非典时，广东省中医院的大夫就敢于用中医治疗，取得了很好的疗效，也得到了世界卫生组织的赞许。”
著名老中医焦树德教授的师承弟子、广东省中医院的陈伟大夫刚刚结束一线抗击非典的工作，他有些激动地告诉记者：“在这次非典的防治工作中，我深深体会到，如果我们这些年轻大夫的中医学根基更扎实，如果我们这些年轻大夫的中医修养能像老中医们那样深厚的话，我们会发挥得更好。这个体会特别深。在一线治疗非典的过程中，在跟师学习的过程中，我们每一个徒弟都深深感觉到，不是中医不行，是我们学中医的人不行。确实是这样。”
“不是中医不行，是我们学中医的人不行。”陈伟大夫的肺腑之言是沉痛的。
从防治非典的过程中，我们清楚地看到，具有五千年传统的中医学以她神奇的疗效和“以变应变”的巨大灵活性得到了上至中央领导下至平民百姓的普遍认可。但是，在中医院校，一股不信任中医的风气却在老师和学生中蔓延着。
为什么会出现这样一种怪现象？带着这个问题，记者历时三个月，行程数千里，先后在全国各地拜望了一批在中医界德高望重的老一辈临床大家：北京的吕炳奎先生、焦树德教授、陆广莘教授、王绵之教授，广州的邓铁涛教授，南京的干祖望教授、周仲瑛教授，上海的裘沛然教授、颜德馨教授，杭州的何任教授，武汉的李今庸教授，哈尔滨的张琪教授。在采访途中，一些中壮年中医中的佼佼者也与记者交流了看法，一些青年学子还向记者倾吐了他们的心里话。。
老一辈对中医未来的思考是沉重的，对中医教育的批评是尖锐的。爱之尤深，责之也切。衷心希望老人们的忠告不会付之东流。毕竟，这一辈中医是海内外公认的中华医道的真正传人，很可能就是中华医道的最后传人，因为老中医称他们是一代完人。(也就是说，随着这一代老中医的过世，中医将走向消亡。)在沉痛的话语背后包藏着的是老中医们对中华仁术的拳拳之心。在深沉的思考底下昭示着的是歧黄学脉的坦途和正道。
之二：中医教育的危机是信心的危机
广西中医学院的刘力红教授告诉记者：“前些日子，广西中医学院一附院召开了一个座谈会，座谈会除了院领导之外，主要就是毕业班的同学。在会上，同学们的一个共同心声就是对中医没有信心，这实在是一个怪现象，并且这个现象还不仅局限在广西，几乎所有的中医院校都面临这个境况。我们的教育花了五年时间，或者八年时间，如果再读博士，那就是十一年的时间，尽管花了这么多时间，可是相当多的人对中医还没有一个基本的信念，也就是说，我们相当多的本科毕业生、硕士毕业生、博士毕业生还没有入中医的门。如果从教育的角度来看，这应该是一个非常奇特的现象。因为我们花了那么大的人力、物力、财力，花了那么多的时间，搞这么一门教育，而最后却得到这样一个结果，这难道还不足以发人深省吗？”
刘力红教授还谈到：“在中医博士里，现在已经很少有人看中医经典了。如果哪一位博士的案头放上一部《黄帝内经》，那是要被笑话的。博士的案头都是些什么书呢?都是分子生物学一类的现代书。博士这个群体无疑是个高层次的群体，所以读些现代的书是理所当然的。但是作为中医博士为什么不愿读中医书尤其不愿读经典呢? 中医教育遇到了前所未有的深刻的危机，而中医教育的危机从根本上说就是信心的危机。中医教育最大的失败就是没有能够解决学生的信心问题。”
全国著名老中医、上海同济大学中医药研究所所长颜德馨教授(以下简称颜老)告诉记者：“中医教育的失败，既有内因也有外因。内因就是学中医的人对中医没有信心。古代的大学者墨子说：‘志不坚，智不达。’如果对一门学问没有信心，我们怎么可能学好它呢?怎么可能在遇到重大疑难时排除万难迎头而上呢?而攻克疑难、解决疑难正是中医学在五千年历史中保持生命力的关键所在。”
针对中医院校流行的不信任中医的风气，全国著名老中医、上海中医药大学的裘沛然教授(以下简称裘老)毫不客气地指出：“现在中医院校的老师和学生对中医没有信心，就是因为没有学好中医，对中医学的精髓一无所知。其实，西医治不好的病，中医治好的很多。中医教育落到今天这样一个局面，实际上是自己不争气。本来，中医院校教育的目的是要培养高级中医师，最低要求是培养出合格的中医师。可是现在，中医院培养不出来合格的中医，培养出来的中医简直就是废品，连庸医的水平都达不到，庸医也还是要懂一些中医的汤药方剂，可现在培养出的学生对中医的理法方药根本不懂。 丢掉了根柢的中医被抛人无家可归的命运之中
为什么会出现中医学人不信中医的怪现象呢?裘老的答案一针见血：“问题的根源恐怕还不在教师，而在政策的导向。现在的政策导向就是要中医走向现代化。中医走向现代化是对的，中医要创新也是对的，可是中医现代化应该是继承了五千年中医传统的现代化，而不是中医的西医化。中医学从来就不是一个抱残守缺、固步自封的体系，而是始终处在一个返本开新的创造之中。张仲景的<伤寒论>就是对<内经>的丰富和发展，这才是中医学术的创新，而仲景也由于对中医学的巨大贡献而成为一代宗师。历代的中医名家从来都没有停止过对中医学的丰富和发展，重大的创新历代层出不穷。”
裘老痛切地指出：“中医现代化，首先要知道几千年来无数的大医和先哲们呕心沥血的成果是什么。只有在这个基础上，才谈得到中医的现代化。对几千年的中医学术成果茫然无知，你搞什么现代化?你根本不懂啊，没资格来讲中医的现代化。可是现在，由于中医现代化的含义错了，中医现代化成了中医的西医化。现在所谓的中医现代化其实是 假的现代化，这种现代化是一种华而不实的现代化，是一个种赶时髦。他们不相信中医几千年来通过临床几亿人身上实践的成果，他们只相信小老鼠身上实验的结果。不相信几千年的伟大传统而相信小老鼠，这是对中医根本不了解，是一个错误。在这样一种现代化的指导下，所谓的中医创新是空话，中医学术陷入了错误导向的混乱之中。我们必须牢牢记住：只有返本才能开新。无论是中医现代化还是中医创新，只有与五千年的传统一脉相承，只有在中医学自身的规矩准绳内发展，中医的现代化才能真正开花结果，中医的创新才能真正落到实处，也才可能出现真正有价值的成果。“
颜老也痛心地指出：“裘老认为现在的中医现化化是假的现代化，是有道理的。中医现代化成了事实上的中医西医化。”
全国著名老中医、中日友好医院的焦树德教授(以下简称焦老)告诉记者：“现在的政策导向就是强调用现代科学方法研究中医，其实就是用西医替代中医，美其名目中医现代化，实际上就是消灭中医!”
全国著名老中医、黑龙江中医研究院的张琪教授(以下简称张老)也指出：“中医教育的问题，归根到底是导向问题。”
全国著名老中医、浙江中医学院的何任教授(以下简称何老)也指出：“没有很好地继承，怎么能谈得上发扬呢?无根之木、无源之水，还发扬什么呢?”
西方著名思想家怀特海的一段话发人深省：“生命有要求原创的冲动，但社会与文化必须稳定到能够使追求原创的冒险得到滋养；如此，这种冒险才能开花结果而不至于变成没有导向的混乱。“换句话说，维护科学文化繁荣和发展的一个最重要的条件就是一个丰富而有生机的传统。这个传统内纯正权威(中医界古代的张仲景、孙思邈等，现代的邓铁涛、焦树德等临床大家)潜移默化的指引是这门学问保持生机和创造的源头活水。西方著名思想家海德格尔也深刻地指出：“从我们人类的经验和历史来看，只有当人有个家，当人扎根在传统中，才有本质性的和伟大性的东西产生出来。“而中医在近现代的最大矛盾则是，一方面希望在“中医科学化“和“中医现代化”的口号下实现中医的繁荣和兴盛，另一方面却不愿与自身传统血脉相连，对自身传统采取一种漠然甚至是排斥的态度。
于是，不相信中医有独立的学术地位，盲目崇拜西医学方法，再加上对自身传统的冷漠势利之心，就构成了今天中医界的学术现状。在这样一种形势下，中医界把改造传统中医、简单模仿西医当成中医现代化的方向，中医被连根拔起。。丢掉了根柢的中医被抛入了无家可归的命运之中。中医学术的所谓“现代化“和“创新”也就不得不陷入错误导向的混乱之中，“竟逐荣势，企踵权豪“，变成了一种“哗众取宠的赶时髦“(裘老语)，“其结果只能是中医理论或学术灵魂的‘火化’和死亡”。(北京大学张祥龙教授语)“几十年了。一个真正有价值的成果都没有”
众所周知，中医中药参照或按照何种标准开展研究，在中医界始终没有形成共识。目前，评估中医疗效和科研成果的整套评价体系是来自西医的，造成评价体系与中医学体系相脱节的情况，如以动物模型为核心的中医实验体系的建立。这给以后的中医学术和中医教育带来了深重的灾难。
虽然刚刚在非典一线立下大功，广东省中医院名老中医的师承弟子们仍然对中医学的前途怀着深深的忧虑。他们告诉记者：“许多人都在谈论，中医的科研成果出来之后为什么没法推广。实际上，现在中医界的科研工作者就相当于中医学的翻译人员，他们的工作只是把中医学的内容翻译成西医和国外的人都能接受的信息而已。它本身并没有真正发展中医。比如西医的胰岛素是治疗糖尿病的特效药。在没有研制出来之前，许多自体无法产生胰岛素的 面临着死亡。该产品一旦开发出来，马上就可以推广，挽救了不少患者的生命。胰岛素的出现解决了一个现代医学曾经无法解决的疑难。中医学几千年的历史也证明了，这一博大精深的理论体系，它的存在造福了亿万生灵，它的每一次发展都解决了人类健康的重大难题，例如伤寒论的问世、温病学派的产生等等。可是，我们现在的中医学术研究是一种什么情况呢?比如说像活血化瘀治疗心脏病。在这样 科研进行之前，谁都知道活血化瘀治疗心脏病。等到所谓的科研成果出来之后，一切照旧。可以这么说，这样一种中医学术研究，只不过是给中医学穿了一件逻辑语言和数学语言编制的外衣而已，对中医的实际内容没有任何触动。何况，活血化瘀只是中医博大精深的理论中普普通通的一个方法而已，当今之所以倍受关注，无非是套用西医动脉粥样硬化、血栓、微循环等理论罢了。”
为严重的是，这种把简单模仿西医当成学术创新的后果就是导致中医的学术水平在一个低层次上重复。他们尖锐地指出：“比如说活血化瘀，现在很多人用现代医学的方法去研究，最后成果是：无病没有瘀，无药不化瘀。可是这种研究就完全失去了中医活血化瘀的内涵，其实是把中医活血化瘀的内容给抽象掉了，偷换掉了。中医的活血化瘀本来是非常高超的、微妙的，要辨人、辨部位、辨脏器……，非常入细入微。可是这样一种研究的结果是把原本非常精妙细微的活血化瘀弄成了没有内容的空洞的抽象，把中医活血化瘀的内涵降为一个很低的水平。这种研究是不成功的，甚至于导致滥用和治疗方向的错误。”
中医研究院已故名老中医岳美中几十年前曾撰文说：“冠心病之治疗，常用‘活血化瘀’之法，认为是‘血瘀’所致，但需深入分析。依中医理论，胸阳衰弱，浊阴干犯清阳之府，乃是该病之基本病机。”岳美中老先生是真正在中医理论框架内研究中医理论，其撰文的苦衷可以理解。可怕的是，种种研究上方向性的错误，不会因为几位老中医的呼吁而扭转，反而由既得利益者们“发扬光大”，从各级中医教育到新药开发、临床治疗无不贯彻到底，落实到每一个医生心中、每一个治疗方案里、每一位患者身上，出现“假作真时真亦假”的可悲局面。
焦老的一番话尤其令人心痛：“我们老中医在一块的时候就讨论，现在的政策导向是强调用现代科学的方法研究中医，实际上就是用西医的方法研究中医。花了几十年的时间，人力、物力、财力也不知花费了多少，得出个什么结果呢?中医的理论学说是有道理的。完了!没有一个把中医几千年的成果否决了，都证明中医是对的。几十年来，每年花费多少个亿，多少大学、多少研究所、多少研究院参加进去搞，搞来搞去，最后得出的结论就是中医是有道理的。我们这些老中医就想，如果从党的中医政策一下达，就按照中医自身的理论体系和规矩准绳研究中医，这几十年，这么多人力、物力、财力的投入，怎么也能出三个、五个成果，就是出一个成果也好啊。没有!几十年了，一个真正有价值的成果都没有。这么大的财力、人力、物力投入，全白花了，时间也耽误了。”
“这些毕业出来的博士没有几个能看病的”
广东省中医院的一位师承弟子难过地告诉记者：“前些日子，别人委托我看一些博士生答辩的论文，我说不出话来。我只能说这些毕业出来的博士没有几个能看病的。这是铁一样的现实!中医的教育是失败的。”
上海中医药大学的一位博士告诉记者：“中医院校的硕士生做实验做到细胞水平，博士生做实验做到基因水平，这种中医还是中医吗?这种中医到临床能看好病吗? 实验室里的老鼠能检验中医的成果吗?比如说对中医的一味药进行中药提纯。这味药在整体上却没有毒性，疗效很好。提得越纯、越细，毒性就越明显，疗效就越低。那么是以疗效判定药的好坏，还是以纯度判定药的好坏? 而现在所谓的中医现代化是以纯度为标准判定药的好坏，这恰恰说明不能用西医这一套标准评价中医。可是。我们中医科研的经费却全都浪费到老鼠身上去了。所谓的科研成果其实都是泡沫。我们中医界应该认真反思，我们的科研是在发展中医还是在消灭中医?中医的学位是不是授予了那些中医学得好的人?”
张老也指出：“根据主管部门要求，研究生必须做动物实验，否则不允许论文答辩。研究生把大量精力花费在动物实验上，毕业后到了临床全部用不上，浪费人力物力，这也是困扰中医研究生教育的问题。”
全国著名老中医、湖北中医学院的李今庸教授(以下简称李老)告诉记者：“中医药学的生命是临床疗效。一些人以牺牲中医临床疗效为代价，来换取对中医药学发展毫无裨益的动物实验?说培养的博士生不能用中医思路看病，因而不愿看病，还名之日‘研究型人才’。”
邓老也指出：“中医为什么推不倒?就因为它能治好病。你不相信也得相信。你说它不科学，你说它是经验医学，你说它什么都好，但它能够治好病。邓小平同志说得好：实践是检验真理的唯一标准。你不承认不行。可是我们的中医教育培养不出来的偏偏是我们最需要的，就是临床的高明中医。我很早就说过，中医的教育失败就是临床教育的失败。”
北京中医药大学的一位博士也告诉记者：“现在大部分硕士、博士的论文数据是造假。”
那么，中医院校的硕士、博士们为什么要给论文编造假数据呢?
北京中医药大学的一位学友告诉记者：“几千年来，中医都是从临床实践中发展起来的。可是现在中医界讲究用实证科学的方法和手段验证中医，行不行得通呢?行不通。可是现在的情况就是行不通还要行。那么学生怎么办呢?只好造假。”
来自美国的留学生李博安谈到：“中医界硕士、博士的这种严重的数据造假现象，和中医政策的导向有关系。去年，一位老师告诉我们：以后研究生实验论文的结果可以有阴性的了。也就是说，在这之前的政策导向就是要求中医研究生的实验结果必须是阳性的。这对中医界影响很大。因为在学校和医院，不管是升级、升职，还是申请经费，如果实验结果不是阳性，就很困难。”
北京中医药大学的一位学友很无奈地谈到：“现在中医学术研究仅仅是对中医做了一点形式上的改变，而且大多还是掺假的，对中医没有任何实质上的推动。可是，为什么会有那么多的人去做这种有水分的、形式上的改变，而不去真正推动中医发展呢?那么多人学了中医，为什么不用中医、不在临床发展中医呢?就是因为背后有一种利益的驱使。在现在的体制下，老老实实从事中医发展的事业，对他自己的生存和发展没有任何好处，会让他牺牲很多。说到底，是我们的学术体制和教育体制出了问题。什么问题呢?就是要求中医走向所谓的现代化，其实是西医化。”
一个难以解开的死结
由于导向的错误，所谓的“中医现代化”也就成了“中医的伪现代化”，把中医带上了一条名存实亡的道路。就像一位中医界人士所说的，当年为“中医不能丢”所做的努力，中医机构的增加，中医院校数量的增加等等在很大程度上变成了空壳，邓老(邓铁涛)称之为“泡沫”，干老 (于祖望)称之为“蝉蜕”，是很形象深刻的比喻。而真正有志于中医的学子也陷入了进退两难的困境之中。在一所中医药大学流传着这样的顺口溜：“规规矩矩学习中医，中医死掉；认认真真拜师学艺，自己死掉”。一位从中医药大学毕业不久的硕士这样总结自己的学习生涯：“3年研究生学习的最大收获是‘走出校门，跳出正规”’。也就是说，走出已经学不到中医的中医药大学，到民间参访名师寻求真知；跳出已经“走入歧途”(裘老语)的中医正规教育，到浩如烟海的古代典籍中体认中医的正道。
我们看到，在这种“中医伪现代化”的桎梏下，中医与价值之源的联系完全被切断了，它的生命力和创造力完全被窒息住了，五千年来根深叶茂的中华医道已经到了“花果飘零奄奄待毙”的惨境。可是中医界的一些领导和学术领头人仍然顽固地坚持着这样一条不归路，还要沿着这样一条道路“脱胎换骨改造中医”。
一位中医界著名学者就宣称：“我们所有的努力就是要把中医学纳入到现代科学的体系之中，用逻辑、数学语言来描述它，用动物实验验证它……”。一位中医药大学的校长还扬言“中医现代化没商量”。是什么原因让他们如此固执呢?
邓老的一段话意味深长：“我相信国家中医药管理局、卫生部的同志都想把中医的工作办好，这一点我是坚信不移的。尽管大家诚心诚意想办好中医，可是如果你的方向错了，你就要遭到失败。但是，这里面有一个根子，就是大家心中有疑虑：中医能够独立地发展吗?自然科学在20世纪的成就那么大，中医要是没有自然科学的帮助，能行吗?”全国著名老中医、南京中医药大学的周仲瑛教授(以下简称周老)的看法与邓老不谋而合：“中医现代化成了中医西医化，究其根源，在于中医的科学性始终没有真正得到确认，中医学是否具有独立的学术地位始终没有得到正视和承认。”全国著名老中医、北京中医药大学的王绵之教授(以下简称王老)也指出：“中医的科学性是否已得到真正的确认是一个关键的问题。”没有自然科学的帮助，让中医顺着自己的道路独立地发展，能行吗?这是中医界从上到下心中难以解开的一个死结，也是尽管现在的中医现代化变成了“中医的伪现代化”，也要在这条道路上坚持下去的根源所在。
这里再转一篇文章，说得很好---
由“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”一文引发的思考
《现代教育报》发了一篇题为“现在的中医现代化是假的现代化”的深度报道。该报特约记者郝光明历时三个月，行程数千里，先后拜望了一批在中医界德高望重的老一辈临床大家：北京的吕炳奎先生、焦树德教授、王绵之教授，广州的邓铁涛教授，南京的干祖望教授、周仲瑛教授，上海的裘沛然教授、颜德馨教授，杭州的何任教授，武汉的李今庸教授，哈尔滨的张琪教授。在采访中，郝记者与一批中年中医中的佼佼者，还有一些青年学子也进行了交流，大家对几十年来中医现代化的评价几乎一致是“中医现代化成了中医西化”，甚至是“一个真正有价值的成果都没有”。话虽然有些偏激，但是国家投入了大量经费，开展得轰轰烈烈的“现代化”居然被人说成是“假的”，这不得不让每一位热爱中医，关心中医命运前途的中医人反思：是什么原因使中医现代化变成了中医西化？什么才是真的中医现代化？
中医现代化陷入困境
中医要现代化，这是近几十年来人们对这一绵延两千多年，为中华民族的健康和生命作出过重大贡献，曾经辉煌鼎盛一时的医药技术提出的一个历史性的课题。中医为什么要现代化？答案有很多。有人说：中医作为古代医药技术，已远远落后于时代的发展，应借助现代科学知识和研究手段，提升其理论和临床水平。有人说：中医理论中许多概念模糊，说理主观性太强，中医现代化就是要用现代数理逻辑思维将其客观化、规范化、条理化。有人说：中医的现代化就是要中西医结合，创立新医学；还有人说，中医现代化就是要改掉中药粗、大、黑的外貌，开发像青蒿素那样的一类新药……
然而，几十年过去了，在大量人力、物力、财力的支持下，中医理论研究中最具代表性的科研成果－－－肾阳虚证的研究、脾的研究、活血化瘀的研究，虽然其初期结果曾激励了不少中医人，但是，短暂的兴奋后，接下来的深入研究却一直迟滞不前，进展缓慢；经络实质的研究应该是持续时间最长，研究最深入最广泛的，然而迄今为止还仅限于各种假说并存，未有定论；中药复方的研究，难点重重，关键性问题得不到解决，而中药西化“变异”出的“毒副作用”，却一次又一次在国内外被炒得沸沸扬扬；某些中药虽然远离了“粗、大、黑”的外貌，但其应用已与中医的辨证论治严重脱节，不过是在药典里增加了一味“西药”而已……中医现代化陷入了歧路彷徨的困境之中。
把脉中医现代化
造成中医现代化陷入困境的根源是什么呢？归根到底，是“科学一元论”的思想束缚了人们的头脑。中医理论脱胎于我国传统文化，由于种种历史的原因，鄙视传统文化，认为传统文化中缺乏科学精神和科学传统的思潮，长期以来在思想意识形态领域占据着统治地位，以致于中医科学性受到怀疑，其独立的学术地位也岌岌可危。在这种情况下，盲目崇尚西方科学，同时对自身采取漠视甚至排斥的态度，使中医走上了唯西方科学是从，简单模仿西医的所谓“现代化”之路。
1.把西方科学当成了现代化的标准
在中医现代化的进程中，中西医结合是开展最深入和应用最广的，这源于20世纪50年代毛泽东关于“把中医中药的知识和西医西药的知识结合起来，创造我国统一的新医学新药学”，即“中西医结合”的方针政策。按照这一方针的本意，是中医和西医应该互相合作，取长补短，经过长期的努力，使二者在高层次上实现统一，形成超越中医和西医水平的新医学。然而，在实际工作中，以西方科学(包括西医学)为准绳研究、判定和同化中医中药，却成为五十多年来“中西医结合”所走过的路。
其实，早在20世纪初，“中西汇通”学派中影响最大的上海名医恽铁樵先生，在深入研究中西医后就得出了“中西医之不同，乃由于中西文化之不同，是根本不同方法之两种学说”的结论。而恽铁樵先生又说：“中医而有演进之价值，必能吸收西医之长，与之化合，以产生新中医”。“根本不同方法之两种学说”要实现“化合”，岂是一朝一夕之功！几十年来中西医结合的实践证明：在现阶段，中西医无论在理论还是在临床上，是两张皮；西医理论和技术虽然很“先进”，但在目前还难以从本质上提升中医辨证论治的水平。有专家认为，在某种意义上说，西医在中医临床的介入，导致了中医临床辨证论治思维的退化。一位从事了十几年临床工作的中医感叹地说：“现代临床中医师往往被西医病名牵着鼻子走，一见到炎症，马上就想到清热解毒，一说是心梗，就益气养阴，活血化瘀。”这样的辨“症”论治，渐渐失去的，是中医的精华。
中国社会科学研究院刘长林教授告诉记者：科学认识的目的是获得不以人的意志为转移的客观真理，但是科学认识却受到国家民族的自然环境和人文传统的深刻影响与制约。具有不同自然环境和人文传统的国家民族，就会有不同的科学思维、科学方法和认识取向。宇宙是无限的，大千世界是极端复杂的，即使在有限的时空范围内，也包含着无限的多样性、层面性和可能性。这就决定了人类的科学认识活动和科学成果，包括基础自然科学，可能而且应当形成不同的科学体系。事实上，在我们这个世界上，对人类曾经并将继续产生重大影响的科学，至少有两个源、两个流。一个是主要发源于古希腊，偏重分析还原，着意形质实体，目的在于征服和控制自然的西方科学；一个是发源于黄河、长江流域，偏重综合整体，着意功能虚体，目的在于尽物(人)之性，共存共荣的中国科学。中西医学就分属于这两个完全不同的科学体系。二者在对健康和生命的认识上可以互相补充，但不可通约。这就是为什么中西医难以化合的根本原因。
而以西方科学方法来判定中医的科学性，行得通吗？从认识论来讲，科学方法完全是为科学认识服务的，从属于科学的认知目标。因此，以是否采取了某种科学方法来判定是不是科学，其实是本末倒置，反客为主。所以，以西方科学方法来评判中医的科学性显然是错误的。如果继续以西方科学作为中医现代化的标准，结果只能是中医灵魂(理论)的死亡。
国家级软课题“中医药战略地位研究”课题组组长贾谦研究员近来在反思中药现代化中存在的问题时也指出，以西医药的标准来衡量中医药，这是把中医药产业推进了死胡同。
2.现代化过程中对自身体系的漠视和排斥
正如裘沛然教授所说：“中医现代化，首先要知道几千年来无数的大医和先哲们呕心沥血的结果是什么，只有在这个基础上，才谈得到中医的现代化。”而在中医现代化中有一种倾向，就是重视“现代化”而忽视了现代化的主体。中医界不研究经典研究“新三论”，搞动物实验蔚然成风。在中医药高等院校，除了文献专业，中医的硕士、博士不做动物实验就不能毕业，而某些从不看经典，连《内经》篇题都读不通，《伤寒论》有多少条都不知道的中医博士，只要英语学得好，实验做得符合“现代化”方向，照样“进军”博士后，成为中医与现代科学结合的“顶级”人才。中医界内部搞“现代化”搞得如火如荼，中医界外的众多行业也不示弱，尤其是近年来，植物、化工、生物技术、西药等行业，对中医理论皮毛不懂，也一拥而上，大搞中药现代化。失去了中医理论根基的“现代化”，犹如无源之水、无根之木，怎么会有生命力？！
如何理解中医现代化
中医西化不是现代化，那么，我们该对中医现代化作何理解呢？“现代”是相对于“古代”而言，同时也有“先进性”的含义。对于产生于古代，有着悠久历史的中医来说，中医现代化的过程，其实就是中医遵循着自身的发展规律，对现代新思想、新技术、新成果的吸收和应用的过程，其目的是为了使中医在更好地适应现代社会的同时，实现自身的完善和发展。应该说，中医现代化是时代发展对中医的要求，也是中医自身发展的需要。中医现代化，不容置疑，问题的关键在于我们如何来实现它？评判它的标准是什么？
判断某一事物的先进与否，和人们的认识方法和认识水平有很大的关系。也就是说，在一段时期人们认为先进的，在认识方法和认识水平提高后，可能会被认为是落后的；而以前认为落后的，反而有可能被认为是先进的。中医体系中有许多现在看来是“古代的”、“落后的”东西，在现代科学发展到一定的条件下，完全可能被重新发现它的现代性和价值。所以，中医现代化中如何进行“扬”与“弃”，是值得注意的一个问题。
曾有位文化名人说过这样的话：人吃牛肉、羊肉的目的是为了补充自己的营养，长自己的肉，而不是为了长牛肉、羊肉。中医现代化亦如是。作为现代化主体的中医，从来就不是一个抱残守缺、固步自封的体系，而是一个始终处在返本开新创造中的、具有独立学术地位、与西医学互为补充的一门学科。我们每一位从事中医现代化研究的工作者应该时时把握的一点是：中医现代化是为了自身理论与临床水平的提高，为了中医的服务更加适合于现代，而绝不是中医对西医的简单模仿，也不是把中医“打”碎了，纳入西医的体系。
结语
民族的就是世界的，传统的就是现代的。中医现代化的道路上，呼唤对中医充满自信、对传统文化和中医理论有着深刻理解、思维开放、博学而善于思考的中医人。相信通过努力，中医在不断吸收现代思想和科技营养后，会以更加非凡的魅力，全方位、多层次地服务于现代人类！（白晓芸）
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