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Chapter 446 The Philosophy of Chopsticks

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    So not long after, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Railways specially produced a Chinese food menu and sent it to all major railway bureaus, requesting that "the preparations should be completed within one month and implemented, and must not be ignored."

    Since then, Chinese food has appeared more and more in trains since the Republic of China.  It is reasonably priced and delicious, and is quite popular among the public. Ba Jin, who often travels, summed it up this way: "Taking a train to find vendors to buy food is the most common thing. Taking a train, you can enjoy the flavors of various places along the way.  Taste it all. This made the meal on the train in the Republic of China lively and rich, and left many people with endless aftertaste."

    It¡¯s not like in later generations, where trains sell sky-high prices for meals, forcing the smell of instant noodles to permeate the air from the front to the back of the car.

    After sitting in the car for such a long time, Zhang Hanqing was also a little hungry.  Although he was calm and cheerful, he still frowned and started to eat the Western food in front of him.  Naturally, the way he ate Western food was the most authentic, and even the two British reporters who got into the car with him nodded their heads.

    "Young Marshal, it sounds like you are very dissatisfied with Western food, but looking at your movements, they are authentic British postures. You must be immersed in this, right? Isn't this somewhat contradictory to what you said?"

    The Chinese are afraid of young marshals, but foreigners may not be.  British journalists travel all over the country and naturally have a good understanding of China's national conditions and rarely criticize them.  The faces of foreigners were very popular not only in the early Republic of China, but also in later generations in China. I wonder if it is a blessing to the nation or a shame to the nation?  Anyway, after Zhang Hanqing finished his show, they immediately seized the opportunity.

    What does it mean?  Zhang Hanqing thought for a moment and understood what they meant.  It was obviously a comparison of Chinese food and Western food, but in fact it was to judge his political attitude.  Because of the influence of the Feng Clan in the north, especially North China, the British and American governments began to pay attention to every move of the Feng Clan.

    "To be honest, I ate Western food out of curiosity at first. Although I couldn't swallow it, I learned a lot of life philosophy from it. Knowing yourself and the enemy, only through comparison can I realize the long history of Chinese civilization and the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors.  hehe.

    Take this beef for example. China has various ways of cooking it cold, stir-fried, and boiled in soup, but all of them are eaten when it is cooked. However, when the steak in Western food is fully cooked, it tastes bad and you don¡¯t want to eat it.  Interested in medium rare, medium rare, and rare steak.  This is a typical example of drinking blood.  According to the theory of evolution, the discovery of fire made it possible to cook food from raw to cooked, and it was also a sign of advanced evolution. It can be seen that China has an extremely high degree of evolution.

    The Chinese are very smart. They have known for a long time that eating with their hands is unhygienic and hot, so they have learned to eat with chopsticks.  It¡¯s easy even if you don¡¯t have chopsticks. Just find two branches and make a simple tool, which is convenient and handy.  Knives and forks are utensils that only became available after metallurgy matured, and metallurgy was only invented in the 15th century. Before it was widely used in daily life, Westerners actually ate with their hands.  Am I right about this?

    The Chinese invented chopsticks, which is in line with Chinese culture.  When using chopsticks, pay attention to coordination and coordination.  Only when one is moving and the other is not moving can the clamping be stable.  If both of them move, or if both of them don't move, it won't be able to be clamped.  This is the Chinese Yin-Yang principle, as well as the lever principle of Western mechanics.  There are the concepts of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang. Tai Chi is one and Yin and Yang are two; one is two and two is one; one contains two and the two become one.  This is Chinese philosophy, and Westerners don¡¯t understand it.

    Chinese people eat informally, and the dining table is the best prop to bring people closer together, so they talk and laugh happily while eating without any scruples. Westerners are different. On the surface, you sit upright, but in fact you are very wary.  Why do you say that? Just look at what you are holding in your hands when you eat: a knife and fork!

    So, eating Chinese food is a symbol of civilization and has nothing to do with discrimination.  "

    Zhu Guangmu was the first to let out a knowing laugh, and then some half-understanding Chinese passengers gradually began to understand what the young marshal was talking about.  The two British reporters also understood what Zhang Hanqing meant. Not to be outdone, they shrugged and said, "Mr. Marshal, if that's the case, why do the Chinese still learn from our country and send a large number of overseas students every year?"

    This is a good question, but they still have the nerve to ask it!  Zhang Hanqing said without hesitation: "It's very simple. Chinese people love peace, but Westerners are aggressive, which has led to us being bullied in history. Those unequal treaties you are all enjoying are the sufferings of the Chinese people."

    why?  Let¡¯s take chopsticks as an example.  One of the ways Chinese people show hospitality and friendliness at the dinner table is to bring food to each other, but would you like to try it with a knife and fork?  It is guaranteed to be mistaken as an aggression by the other party!

    Precisely because Chinese people are hospitable and Westerners are warlike, the result is that the warlike ones defeat the hospitable ones - because we are not hostile to others and others are prepared.

    No?It doesn't matter, this fact makes the Chinese people alert: if you use chopsticks carelessly, you will be at a disadvantage when fighting with knives and forks, especially when cutting some huge food.  When we send overseas students, we try to master how to use knives and forks to do things that cannot be done with chopsticks.

    But this does not mean that we will throw away chopsticks. On the contrary, we will learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths.  For example, I can use chopsticks and knives and forks skillfully, but after learning, I only use them occasionally, and I still use chopsticks more often when eating.  why?  "

    He asked the question to the two British people. They looked at each other in confusion. They didn¡¯t know what Zhang Hanqing wanted to express. They could only guess: "Is it because the young marshal is more familiar with using chopsticks?"

    Zhang Hanqing laughed and said: "No. Because the length of our Chinese chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, which represents the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, to show that they are essentially different from animals!"

    His innuendo was very obvious. At least even some illiterate passengers in the carriage understood his swearing skills. He simply didn¡¯t use any curse words!  Accompanied by snickering, the two British people were livid, and one of them argued: "Chopsticks are so good, but aren't there many Chinese people who are accustomed to using knives and forks? The young marshal will not deny that China is still the same  Behind?"

    Oh, some Chinese, oh no, some impure Chinese, have worshiped foreigners to the point of betraying their ancestors. They wish they were born in foreigners' nests, so that their children and grandchildren can smell foreign from the inside out.  stop!  They are not Chinese, or they are already yellow-skinned, black-hearted, and extremely bad.

    "We have some people today who are envious of Westerners eating with knives and forks. They think this posture and manner are delicious. They hold the chopsticks and point at them every day, and unabashedly laugh at themselves and their compatriots for their lack of faith and what the West is like. They think  This is humor, humility, and state of mind. In fact, it is ignorance, and ignorance makes you fearless!

    The crux of the problem in China today is not that the Chinese people have no faith, but that they have lost the wisdom left by their ancestors and have lost their faith and confidence.  In the process of comprehensive contact, exchange and collision between Chinese and Western civilizations, there are many things that people say are interfering with our judgment, so that the random flowers are gradually charming the eyes, the five minds are uncertain, and the six gods have no master.  "

    Not to be outdone, the British said rudely: "Chopsticks are just chopsticks. No matter how clever they are, they are not as sharp as knives and forks. You can't win by being opportunistic."

    Zhang Hanqing looked sideways and said, "Oh? Really?"

    "A single chopstick can easily be broken or cut by a knife and fork, but what about ten chopsticks together, or a hundred chopsticks together? Or a thousand chopsticks, or ten thousand chopsticks? There are 450 million people in China. If they all stick together, looking at  Who in the world dares to say that chopsticks can¡¯t beat a knife and fork?!¡±

    ??This grounded and resonant speech is the spiritual pillar that supports Zhang Hanqing¡¯s stance to expel foreign aggression and revitalize China.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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