It is said that "Wolf Warrior 2" reflects national self-confidence, but I don't think so.
I want to talk to a few people around me first.
Fat Tiger is my old friend. He loves to surf the Internet and often goes to Post Bars. There is a lot of information on the Internet. He has seen a lot of new products that he has not seen before, but everyone is showing off in several bars he often visits, such as graphics cards, watches, figurines, headphones, and desires. Then it started to expand. Unfortunately, his family was just at a well-off level, and these poisons were difficult for him to afford, so his desires could only be put on hold. However, this person is sensible and rarely makes excessive demands on his parents.
None of these, until now.
The fat tiger man went to college and had a lot more pocket money than before. He occasionally worked part-time jobs in his spare time. He had more money than when he was in middle school before, so he started to buy things. High-end gaming laptops, HiFi earphones, table full of model figures... His unfulfilled childhood desires were gradually being fulfilled, but he was still not satisfied - the people around him didn't know it yet. As a result, he began to frequently display his shopping lists and various collections in the QQ group and the circle of friends, and he never tired of it.
Ergou was my classmate from a long time ago, and he was pretty ugly when he was a child. In my memory, at that time, I had several shattered teeth, a lot of pimples on my face, and I was fat and lazy. I haven't shaved my head for two months, and I'm too lazy to wash my hair. It's almost normal to wear long hair on a rolling felt in class. He was also quite inferior at the time, rarely participated in group activities, often huddled in a corner and didn't know what he was doing, and others didn't bother to pay attention to him. After graduation, everyone had little contact with him.
It was last vacation that I saw him again. When the old classmates were having dinner together, no one recognized him. He explained to himself that he didn't look very good before. Later, he wore braces for two years, and he exercised. He also began to pay attention to personal hygiene and daily wear. After some rectification, he looked a lot more handsome, and now he is not as inferior as before. , also began to regularly participate in social activities. He was in high spirits when he said this, as if there was no trace of the past. After the meal, we exchanged WeChat, took a look at his circle of friends, oh, sure enough, most of the updates were his selfies and photos of going out with friends.
At first glance, the Moments of these old classmates and old friends will bring back a lot of memories and emotions, but I don’t know what you will think when these people have been occupying the timelines of Moments with similar content. .
"The joys and sorrows of human beings are not connected, I just think they are noisy." ——Lu Xun's "Little Miscellaneous Feelings"
Whether it is for a person or a nation, the two emotional states of inferiority and conceit are often accompanied by produced. What we are happy to show to others in our circle of friends or elsewhere is often the things we are confident and beautiful about ourselves. Can't wait and take the trouble to show it often reflects the person's overconfidence or even conceit in this field. And usually behind this conceit, the real mentality hidden is actually low self-esteem.
If you don't have it, it's precious when you get it.
However, this is only for him.
In this diverse world, among the numerous crowds, what we like, what we hate, what we don't have, what we get, what we care about, and what we despise are all different. These behaviors that overly show one aspect of our life are in the eyes of others. In fact, it is hard to hide the inferiority complex and noisy.
As I grew up, I gradually found that the atmosphere of this society was also quietly changing. We are keen to look at faces, all kinds of men's and women's groups, and live broadcast websites have become popular with thunder; In this sense of social consensus, friendship and even family affection have begun to be measured in money; we are so overjoyed that we focus too much on the grand framework, so that few people pay attention to a small screw. Beauty, keen to chase all kinds of meaningless and wonderful Guinness records, keen to large-scale projects, keen to leave as much as possible in history, or at least in textbooks, to leave their own strokes; we delusional progress and self-improvement do not. I am willing to devote the energy and effort to match it, so I deceive myself by immersing myself in websites and self-media platforms with fragmented knowledge, and become empty but inflated.
Without questioning the correctness of the above approach, I just sometimes think that we may not realize that under this country, each of us has experienced the changes of the times, the satisfaction of needs, the expansion of desires, Standing on top of the current air outlets formed with the development of the country, the gestures posed are in fact the essence of this - impetuous, greasy, noisy and inferior.
I was born in a very interesting country, and what is interesting is the many things and phenomena I observe on a daily basis.
Growing up, my living environment seemed to be surrounded by all kinds of slogans. Especially before and after an important meeting, words such as "Chinese Dream" and "Great Revival" appear frequently in the slogan. In the textbooks I use, the word to describe our country's geographical resources has always been "vast, vast land and rich resources"; the word to describe culture is "broad and profound"; the word to describe nationality is often "standing in the forest of nations in the world"; The "superiority of socialism" is also ubiquitous in political policy courses. In the mouths of the media we have access to, there are many good news in our country. Words such as "independent research and development", "ranking in the forefront of the world" and "rise" are always inspiring.
I have not questioned the veracity of the above statement, I just wondered sometimes, are there any urgency, intentionality and contrived words in these statements, such frequent exposure and such eagerness to express themselves?
In contrast, a large number of overseas film and television dramas have been continuously removed from the shelves, Hong Kong and Taiwan current affairs programs have been suspended, mainland variety shows have been rectified, and the cost of scientific Internet access has become higher and higher. Before we know it, we seem to be in the middle of a higher wall.
We may not realize that our nation, which has experienced the baptism of modern humiliating history, is in the process of standing up now. In fact, its essence is exactly this - impetuous, greasy, noisy and self-abasement.
What is self-confidence?
As an individual, if you know how to respect, know that you have awe in your heart and distinguish it from inferiority, you will not be conceited, but you will be confident.
Believe that everyone is beautiful, don't blindly chase good-looking skins, know how not to judge people by their appearance;
understand that the world is diverse, people's hobbies are diverse, believe that what you love is no worse than others, and you don't know where to come from The superiority of others despise others, disturb others;
Understand that in this era of increasingly clear division of labor, everyone can play their value in the field, know how to respect but not despise those who you think are at a lower level, and respect and not feel inferior to those who you think are at a higher level, Neither humble nor arrogant.
This is personal confidence.
As far as the nation is concerned, the Chinese nation in the Han and Tang dynasties was self-confident.
Hu's bed sits comfortably and goes to his tradition of sitting on the floor. We have the Eight Immortals table with back chairs.
The grapes are delicious, and the wine is even more delicious. Only Dukang can go to him. We have a luminous cup for wine and wine.
Buddhism in India sounds very interesting, and Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty went to study abroad with his pet, even if the emperor recognized Li Er as his ancestor, it would be useless.
Jin Riju, Gao Xianzhi, Geshuhan, no matter whether you are a Korean or a wolf clan in the north, as long as you have the ability, you should be a prime minister, and you should worship a general.
The five-character ancient poems of the Book of Songs and Chu Ci are the treasures handed down by the ancestors. Should the country spend money to keep them as living fossils? No need, we have Li Bai and Du Fu, there are seven laws and five masters, there are legends of the Tang Dynasty, and there are flower words.
If you want to play retro, you can play it yourself, don't expect the court to give you subsidies. Holding on to the ruthless, guarding the little things of the ancestors, arrogant and self-intoxicated? That's what the prodigal sons of the Southern Dynasty did!
Under the blue sky, the cultural artifacts produced by talents can be used by me in the Han and Tang Dynasties. No matter where your source is, the hundreds of rivers return to the sea, they are all used by me in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
This is national self-confidence.
Be tolerant to diversity, tolerance is a virtue.
This is the attitude of a confident person.
Back to the opportunity to write this article, "Wolf Warrior 2". I can't help but think of the magic dramas like "Tear the Devil" that frequently appeared in the jokes before.
Taking a step back, even if you just want to pretend, don't make your eagerness and the inferiority complex behind it too obvious.
After all, self-confidence should be the attitude that Chinese people should have.
This article was first published on the public account "Old Master's Cake Workshop", and some of the content is excerpted from the answers of Zhihu user Hinton.
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