1, we have been ahead of the world for hundreds of years. Politically, economically, of course, what Qian Mu is mainly talking about here is the social governance system. It was only in the middle and late Ming Dynasty that many wonderful emperors were encountered one after another, which gradually ruined the excellent situation. Western Renaissance and enlightenment thought rose rapidly from barbarism to modern civilization. Even so, in the case that the Qing Dynasty gradually fell behind the world, there were still modern highlights such as the prosperity of Kanggan and the return of thinkers in the Republic of China. In the whole two thousand years, compared with the western powers, our stability against the invasion of the surrounding environment is still high, unity and continuity are unique, and the development trend is towards equality, freedom and fraternity. We can't strangle our "feudal era" politically, humanely and socially.
2. In the development and changes of various political systems, a "bloated" problem still exists today; China has long rewarded scholars, saying that it is good for civilians to climb to the prime minister. Unlike in the west, those who study well are priests, knights and businessmen. We smart people study and then want to be officials. There are more officials, and things are complicated. It's like one person is too fat and the whole country is fat. This is not good. A lot of talent energy is spent on inefficient and cumbersome document processing. This kind of stability and prosperity under the fat layer will inevitably bring greater burden to the social class outside the government. For example, 70-75% of the house price calculated by Lang Xianping's team is land price and various taxes and fees supporting the government. On the one hand, institutional innovation is more direct and urgent. I hope I can change from a flexible fat Sammo Hung to a hardworking Bruce Lee.
3, even in the prosperous time of long-term stability, the intellectual family can only last for three generations at most. If what Qian Lao said is true, then we can see that politicians in countries like the United States, Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Russia (Putin's father seems to be Stalin's senior chef) and Singapore are basically the second generation. The second generation is doing well, but it is drawing to a close, and the third generation is likely to have a big change of blood. On the other hand, the upper class of society is also in the stage of the second generation's succession, and will face the problem that the third generation will disappear from everyone. In the second generation, it may be difficult for peers to solidify and jump, but in the third generation, political, economic and social classes will be more equal, free and ruled by law.
British philosopher Bertrand Russell once said: Philosophy has at least one function, which is to reduce the arbitrariness of human beings. Mr. Qian Mu said: We can make people less arbitrary by talking about history. Because things are too complicated, pros and cons, after reading them for a long time, they are all laid out in history; After all, history is an objective fact. There is nothing wrong with history. What is wrong is that we don't pay attention to history and make no reference. Use their words to make the conclusion of this article.