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Chinese Traditional Culture Is Not The Fetter Of Market Economy.

2012/2/23 11:04:00 18

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Cultural renaissance is related to two concepts.

One is the advanced culture and the backward culture: because when it comes to cultural renaissance, it must be that a culture is advanced, then it has fallen behind, and it wants to become an advanced culture.

The other is a continuous culture: only when the culture has lasted for hundreds of years or even thousands of years, can we have the concept of revival. If we start every time, we will not be revived.

What is the criterion for judging advanced culture and backward culture? I personally believe that its standard is productivity level, that is, production tools.

From an ethical and value point of view, it is hard to say which value and ethics are better.

Agricultural society is considered advanced than the primitive Communist society, because the productivity level of agricultural society is relatively high.

Modern western culture is regarded as an advanced culture or even a strong culture. Where is it advanced, where is its strength or its productivity?

Because its industrial production is smaller than that of our small farmers.

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The level of productivity is high.

What is the continuous culture? I think it is the core ethical value of culture.

Because tools and organizations are constantly changing.

As we all know, China's 5000 years of continuous culture, production tools and organizational levels are constantly changing.

The ethical values of Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Zhou Gong and Confucius have been unchanged from generation to generation in Chinese culture.

To revive Chinese culture, we must answer the following questions.

First, the ethics with "benevolence" as the core can not support the continuous upgrading of the economic base and make our productive forces reach the level of the developed countries.

Two, our organization, including social, economic and political organizations, can not adapt to the continuous improvement of the economic base.

More importantly, in the process of rapid economic development and continuous improvement of productivity, can the ethics of "benevolence" at the core be preserved without disappearing? If it can not be preserved, then even if our economic level improves, then it will no longer be a continuous Chinese culture.

This is a key question.

From the economic basis, if we understand that the connotation of modern economic growth is technological innovation.

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Constantly upgrading, then rely on the advantage of backwardness can maintain at least 20 years of rapid growth.

Moreover, the technological innovation ability of the Chinese is not low, and the backbone scientific researchers of many famous foreign companies are Chinese; moreover, before eighteenth Century, our technological innovation speed was faster than that of other countries.

Therefore, after catching up with the developed countries, our economy should be full of vitality.

From the perspective of economic organization, it is generally believed that it is compatible with the economic organization of modern industrialized production.

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However, the West was a slave society in the Rome era. After the collapse of the Rome Empire, it was a serf society until the capitalist market economy system began to rise in eighteenth Century.

In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the land of the Qin state could be freely traded and the labor force could flow freely.

"Pipes and herdsmen" wrote, "the country is rich and the wealth is far from the land."

It means that "if a country is rich, it will attract foreign people to settle in the distant lands, improve infrastructure and improve land productivity, and the people will leave behind farming and living."

It's like our coastal areas are relatively developed now, and many people in the mainland migrate to the coast. In the United States and Europe, people in many developing countries and low-income countries migrate there because of the high level of economic development.

In the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, not only the labor force could flow freely, but also the commodity economy was very developed. At that time, it was a standard market economy, and there was also the emergence of speculative industries.

In the spring and Autumn period, the dispute between Wu Yue and Fan Li helped the Vietnamese king to defeat the king of Wu and learn from the lesson of "high birds do well and good bow and hide", leaving West Lake with beautiful Shih boat.

He has a way of making money, and in a short period of time, three of the wealth of money scattered to the poor relatives and friends.

The shortest way to make great fortune in short time is speculation.

In Sima Qian's historical records and the biography of the freight traders, Fan Li's speculation is that he is aware of the surplus and insufficient and knows the value.

The price is higher than the price.

Expensive is like dirt, cheap as jade. "

"On the other hand, if we have more than enough, we will know the price and the base", which means that the commodity price is determined by the supply and demand relationship in the market.

"The price is higher than the base, but the price is lower than the base." it means that the producer decides the production according to the price signal. When the price is higher, the producer will produce more, which will lead to oversupply and lower prices.

The last sentence, "expensive as dirt, cheap as jade," is the principle of speculation. When goods are expensive, they should be sold as quickly as dirt is removed. When commodity prices are low, they should buy as much jewelry as possible.

It can be seen that the principle of speculation in twenty-first Century was summed up by Fan Li in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period before 2300. The principle of speculation at that time was the principle of speculation in New York stock market or Chicago commodity exchange market today.

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From the economic basis, our technological development potential and industrial upgrading potential are very large. From the organizational level, in the face of market economy, the Confucian culture is also fully adapted.

In this way, the key to deciding whether or not Chinese culture can be sustained and carried forward is whether the ethics of "benevolence" at the core of Confucianism can be preserved, or should it be preserved.

For a long time in the past, many people thought that if we did not knock down the Confucius shop and eliminate the ignorance and backwardness of Confucian culture, China would not be able to modernize.

But I do not think this view is comprehensive.

At that time, this view was due to the weak economic foundation and strong culture.

In the long history of 5000 years, the form and way of "benevolence" are constantly changing, but its core value orientation is invariable.

This kind of love in modern society is actually easier to avoid disputes and make it easier for all ethnic groups and cultures to flourish and develop.

Its connotation is neither conservative nor stubborn, nor will it restrict the modernization of a country. Our achievements in the 30 years of reform and opening up have been very good evidence.

In addition, the four little dragons in Asia are cultural systems with the kernel of Confucian "benevolence". They are now becoming high-income economies.

For example, the US per capita income in 2010 was 48000 US dollars, Singapore's per capita income in 2010 was US $50700, which is equivalent to that in the United States. In the Hongkong area, US $34000 is not much different from that in the United States. Taiwan and South Korea are all more than 20 thousand dollars and have entered the ranks of high-income economies. Therefore, it is not based on Confucian culture that they can not enter the ranks of high-income economies.

Since the core value of Confucian "benevolence" is not conservative and backward, will it disappear? In my opinion, it is not easy in theory, but it is not impossible.

In the process of the rapid economic development in China, some people often do something for the sake of fame and fortune, and in the process of modernization, people are easily influenced by the ethical orientation of foreign culture unconsciously through communication and contact.

If such a thing happens and affects the growth of the next generation, the core ethical value of traditional culture will gradually disappear.

Therefore, in the process of modernization, people from all walks of life who aspire to the revival of national culture, especially intellectuals belonging to the social elite, not only have responsibilities and obligations to promote the material progress of the society, but also devote themselves to the modernization of economy, society and politics. At the same time, they must also have the sense of responsibility to shoulder heavy responsibilities, "benevolence" as their duty, and practice in the form suitable for the characteristics of the times, so as to set a good example for the society.

The government and the public opinion should also consciously advocate the ethical value of "benevolence" as the core through education and media coverage.

Only in this way can we maintain the core ethical value of Chinese culture and realize the revival of Chinese culture in the process of raising the economic level and realizing the modernization of social and economic political system.

American culture is a strong culture. In the American film and television, there are many things that promote their cultural values.

Our cultural undertakings can not be preaching. But in novels, movies and literary activities, we can express the ethical value of "five thousand years" that has lasted for thousands of years, with the kernel of "benevolence" as the core of modern society. This is a key link to inherit China's 5000 year cultural lifeline.