October 24 Diary

Today I finally finished reading Feng Long’s book of commentary on great men, which I had been putting off for a long time. I gained a little something from it, feeling that Feng Long has a strong personality and offers unique perspectives on things, not just following the crowd. However, since it’s just one person’s point of view, many of his opinions are biased, and I personally found it hard to agree with many of his evaluations. But after all, we’re not from the same era, so there’s bound to be some discrepancy in our understanding.

There’s a great lecture tomorrow night, organized by someone, on the topic of Confucianism and its relevance to modern life. The topic sounds very novel and interesting. Indeed, Confucianism once dominated China and occupied the hearts of the Chinese people. However, since the May Fourth Movement’s criticism of Lin Biao and Confucius, Confucianism has gradually relinquished its dominant position. But what has taken its place? I don’t think it’s necessarily Mao Zedong Thought or Marxism, at least not for our generation, who rarely truly respect these two great men. I always feel that for our generation, a Western lifestyle, represented by the United States, has been adopted, with its own set of rules, yet often self-contradictory. People have become more open-minded, with new interpretations of sex, marriage, life, and happiness that are completely different from those of a thousand years ago. Is this a correct understanding, or is it just blindly following others? I’m a bit tempted to attend the lecture, maybe it can change my values. ~I’m looking forward to it infinitely,…

But tomorrow night I have a detestable, utterly wasteful computer class, listening to content that I’m already familiar with, which is really depressing. I’m planning to discuss with the teacher whether I can skip her class… actually, I could already stand up and lecture everyone myself~~~

That’s all~