Chapter 19 17. Miss China

Once a year, a worldwide beauty pageant is held on Long Beach in the United States and London in the United Kingdom.Many people here have a strong interest in this unique international event. For several years in a row, Miss China was selected to participate and won a high ranking.This year, Miss China is going to be elected again. I don't know how many people are excitedly watching the news of the selection, especially the girls, especially the girls in the city. The beauty pageant thing is so dramatic.If there is no beauty pageant, the girl is just an ordinary girl, the kind of person you meet at any time in the square or on the side of the road.After a series of operations in the selection meeting, as if being enlightened by a magician, she immediately hung high above our heads and shone brightly.She stopped eating Dandan noodles that cost three yuan a bowl, popsicles that cost fifty cents a piece, and stopped taking the one-yuan bus.She changed the world. Her world is full of carpets, spotlights, gentle hands of celebrities, and journalists. Her sneeze is also news.You can see her on the TV screen, on the cover of pictorial magazines, and in the windows of photo studios.You see, success is very easy, life is so happy, the earth is so flat!

The selection of Miss China has caused waves of sensation in the society, and also attracted waves of discussions.From these discussions, it can be found that human opinions are complicated and extremely inconsistent.Mr. Yang had a good time in his busy schedule, collecting the discussions caused by the selection of Miss China, and comparing them, he found it very interesting. Some people say that beauty pageants in peaceful and prosperous times can add a bit of beautiful embellishment to society, but beauty pageants in extraordinary times are boring stuff.May I ask what is the use of beauty?Can beauty make the enemy retreat before the battle?Can beauty stop a wounded soldier from bleeding on the operating table?In extraordinary times, the most important people are those who are brave and healthy, take risks and overcome difficulties, or have extraordinary wisdom to create inventions, or keep their own place and contribute their own strength. As for who has well-drawn eyebrows and whose calves are round, that is It's not worth the trouble to discuss and praise!

Some people also said that the selection of Miss China has a bad influence on the social atmosphere. Some candidates spend more than 100,000 yuan to dress up, compete for beauty, and spare no effort. Under their influence, the frugal atmosphere has been damaged.A girl, apart from maintaining a good posture in the beauty pageant, does not need to work hard, and can immediately gain fame and fortune. The achievements accumulated by other people's hard work in a lifetime are eclipsed by comparison, and many people's lives are virtually increased. psychology. Others said that electing Miss China to participate in international beauty pageants is an act of fawning on foreigners.Chinese people's requirements for ladies are demure and dignified. Now they have abandoned their own standards and accommodated foreigners' standards. They bare their breasts and legs, and even publish their measurements. They travel thousands of miles to seek appreciation from foreigners. They say they are beautiful, I think it is a great honor, and if people don't say it is beautiful, they will be downcast, and they will completely lose their national self-esteem.

The above are objections. On the one hand, some people think that the selection of Miss China is educational.Miss China attracts the attention of thousands of people during the competition process, and their speech and manners have exerted a subtle influence on thousands of young girls.The generosity and self-restrained demeanor of those who lose the election can also be a good inspiration to others.As for the elected person himself, traveling abroad, traveling around the world, traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books, and he can also learn many things that cannot be learned at home and at school.

Some people say that foreigners still have many prejudices against China. They mistakenly think that Chinese women still have their feet bound, and that Chinese men run restaurants and laundry shops.Some foreigners don't care about politics, and have a very weak impression of China. Now, Miss China is here. Where she goes, the Chinese flag is planted there, and China's national name is written there. China will remain in the hearts of the residents in that area. Very good impression.This is a very good national diplomacy activity, which is very helpful to the country. Some people say that the world situation is too tense, and there are too many crimes in society. Open the newspaper, the international page has the roar of the invaders, and the social page has bloodstains of murder, corruption here, bankrupt there, which makes people extremely nervous and troubled. .It is a good thing for someone to run a beauty pageant, create a little relaxation in society, create a pleasing scene, and relax people's nerves.

Usually, when exchanging pleasantries, there seems to be no disagreement between people. However, once faced with a more prominent problem, it is inevitable that the benevolent will have different opinions, and the wise will see wisdom. Even between father and son brothers, they may not necessarily agree .Human beings are complex animals. They have different views on the same fact, and different judgments on the value of the same fact. This is because each person has his own standard of right and wrong.The standard is a ruler and a touchstone hidden deep in his heart.He took the facts that happened outside, ground them on this touchstone, and measured them with this invisible ruler. Then he said that this matter was right or wrong, and that it was worth a lot or a lot. Small.To judge right and wrong, it is of course necessary to ascertain the facts that happened outside, and especially to establish a standard in one's heart, without which one cannot judge.

The selection of Miss China is a very prominent fact. It has attracted the attention of many people. Many people have to use a ruler in their hearts to measure its size, and use a touchstone in their hearts to try its fineness. , resulting in a variety of opinions.Everyone's opinion is different because everyone's inner standards are not the same.Those who believe that beauty cannot defend against the enemy, use so-called wartime standards, and maintain that the living conditions of the people are the same as the conditions of combat.Girls should not beautify, they should learn first aid.Women's musical attainments do not need to exceed the appreciation level of soldiers, and their ability in foreign tailoring should first meet the needs of the joint logistics quilt factory.A woman, no matter how beautiful she is, the value of her existence is always below that of an assault hero. People should never pay more attention to her than to frontline officers.Those who believe that beauty pageants interfere with good customs are using a moral standard. He believes that women's beauty should be reserved, not ostentatious, hidden, not boasted.He believes that it is not the right way to gain fame and fortune in society by virtue of one's beauty.He is a very narrow nationalist who regards beauty pageants as xenophobia.He had long felt that the Chinese depended too much on foreign devils, and that the British system and the American system were too popular in China. Now even Chinese women are sent out to be judged by foreign adults, which is really embarrassing.China has its own national character, and Chinese people have their own personality, so why do they always look up to others!

Others have a different view.Education is not only in school, but also in life.There is not only one road to success, all roads can develop and complete oneself.Measured by this scale, the selection of Miss China has educational significance.Some people have been to foreign countries and seen how others do it, and they know that a beautiful woman or an athlete can often make the citizens of a country feel kind and lovely to our country, and its effect is better than ten speeches by a diplomatic ambassador.Measured by this yardstick, sending Chinese girls abroad is related to the interests of the country.Some people think that these words are all too roundabout. In life, everything can be so serious. In fact, life is full of things that are not necessarily beneficial but harmless. With these things, life is not too tense and boring. The nerves will not collapse.The act of selecting Miss China may not be beneficial, but it is harmless, so it can be done.

From this point of view, standards are too important. Only when there are standards can we make sense. If there are no standards, we will inevitably be confused.Several people have the same standard, which is called like-minded.If there is no standard, there will be no opinions. How can you write an essay without opinions?Wrong standards, wrong opinions, how can we write a tenable essay?As far as the formation of articles is concerned, there are standards first. As far as the learning process is concerned, reliable standards are often established at the end.Teaching people to write essays should first help people establish standards. However, the establishment of standards is by no means a homework or a teacher can complete alone.Tracing it to this level, I really feel that this is a big deal.

What is the standard material of construction? The most important thing is knowledge.If someone tells us that today the moon will vote for a president, we can immediately conclude that this is nonsense, because according to our current scientific knowledge, there can be no general election on the moon.Scientific knowledge is the standard in our hearts. With it, we can say with certainty that incense ash cannot cure diseases, and cameras cannot take away human essence.With international knowledge, we also know that Miss China can promote national diplomacy.Knowledge produces the ability to judge right from wrong, and the more accurate the knowledge, the more reliable the judgment.

In addition to knowledge, there is agreement.In the selection of Miss China, as usual, an unmarried girl is selected. If a housewife is selected, everyone must be wrong!Because according to the agreement, a married woman is a wife.Every year when the Lunar New Year is about to pass, creditors demand debts from debtors one after another, and debtors should also repay the debts at this time. If he still fails to come out, the creditors will not be forced to force them until the end of the year. This is a kind of agreement among the people.If, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the creditor meets the debtor, instead of saying congratulations, he asks for the money, everyone will criticize the debt collector and think that he has done something wrong. In addition to the agreement, there are also personal ideals.Many people, especially social reformers, often hang on to an ideal first and work towards this ideal. In his mind, the right and wrong of people and things depend on whether they cooperate with or conflict with his ideal.It is an ideal that the living conditions are the same as the combat conditions, and the selection of Miss China does not meet this ideal.It is an ideal that every poor student should be exempted from paying tuition and miscellaneous fees. The current charging methods of various schools do not meet this ideal. Those who hold this ideal should criticize the current charging method as wrong. Ideals can become knowledge.When France was still in the hands of the king and nobles, the propositions in the Theory of the Civil Treaty were only ideals for the future of France, but later, it became political common sense.Knowledge can also become a person's ideal. A young man, after having knowledge of space, may advocate striving to develop space science. Agreements can become knowledge. Repayment of debts is originally an agreement. Today, the issue of creditor's rights is quite complicated legal knowledge.Knowledge sometimes becomes a convention, and most of the conventions related to public health are formed after the popularization of knowledge. An agreement is sometimes an ideal, such as various oaths, conventions, etc., which no one can fully achieve. It is an ideal of a person or a group, which appears in the cloak of an agreement.In this case, ideals can easily lead to conventions. Knowledge may conflict with agreement.Parents sent their children to school, and repeatedly asked the tutor to say: If the child does not study, please just play.Sure enough, the teacher beat him with his hands, and the child really worked hard obediently. However, knowledge tells us that this is not good. Conventions often conflict with ideals.When men and women get married, they have to hold banquets, hire bands, lay out red carpets, and set off firecrackers. This is an agreement.Many people have an ideal before they get married, hoping that their wedding can be simplified, innovative and out of the ordinary, but when things come to an end, they cannot break free from the constraints of social customs. Mr. Yang arranged the relationship among knowledge, agreement, and personal ideals and wrote them on a card. He couldn't help but think of many of his past events.He remembered that people were originally muddle-headed, and at that time they didn't know right and wrong at all.After growing up, there will probably be a period in life when I feel depressed, confused, have violent inner conflicts, and feel that it is not easy to judge right from wrong.After a few more years, this person will mature and be finalized. He will have his own insights and reach the state of no confusion.This is the process of mind development.In those days of growth and development, people constantly absorb knowledge, discover promises, and weave ideals. These three things are in the heart day and night, and they generate and restrain each other, add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and finally get a balance. At this time, he also got the standard for judging right from wrong. People have different personalities and temperaments, different histories and environments, different knowledge and conventions they absorb, and different personal ideals. Knowledge, conventions, and ideals have different calculation formulas for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in each person's heart. Similarly, tens of millions of right and wrong standards were produced as a result.As far as poker is concerned, some people think that playing cards is absolutely wrong, and some people think that playing cards is legitimate entertainment.Between these two extremes, there are: It is wrong to gamble heavily, but it is right to play small cards. It is wrong to fight all night, but it is right to only play eight laps. It is wrong to gamble with gamblers, but it is right to play games with good friends. As long as you don't hide it from your wife, playing cards is not a bad thing. As long as you can maintain a good brand, playing cards is not a bad thing. Playing poker is not a bad thing as long as you win money on a regular basis. As long as you don't use your children's education expenses for gambling, playing poker is not a bad thing. Almost everyone wants to expand the use of his own standards and hopes that others will follow his judgment.At the same time, for almost everyone, once the standard is formed in the heart, it is not easy to change it.Therefore, it is easy for people to have disputes. An essay, no matter how implicitly it is written, will inevitably assert its own standards and weaken the standards of others.This is the combative nature of the so-called essay. But words like battle are too easy to misunderstand.Thinking that your own standard is the only standard, the standard of the highest good, and writing articles with a stern tone and without regard for one’s own body, you will become a violent commentator. I was thinking too far.Mr Yang woke up from meditation. The question now is how to help my students get a standard. I really can't think of a way.You cannot copy a few words on the blackboard and say that this is the standard.You can't print a handout and say it's the standard.You can't introduce a book and say it's the standard.You can only try to tell them good things, point them to inspiring things, let their minds assemble and decompose by themselves, and produce secret vibrations. As a result, he decided not to talk about the word standard.