Liu Zhiqin: If the United States really adheres to the principle of "not knowing the precepts," it will eventually be unable to escape the disaster of "manta rays."

Liu Zongyuan, a famous scholar of the Tang Dynasty, was good at writing fables and stories, rich in philosophy, some of which have been passed down for thousands of years, and still exude a fresh breath, which has special significance for modern society.

Liu Zongyuan's "Biography of cockroaches (fùbǎn)" is one of the best.

It is said that the "Scorpion" is a small animal (perhaps an insect), which is not accurately defined by academics, and there are no corresponding relatives or descendants in nature today. The point is that its characteristics deserve attention.

In The Tale of the Scorpion, the scorpion is so greedy that wherever it goes, it carries on its back the objects it sees in other people's homes. Over time, things are carried more and more, and the burden becomes heavier and heavier, but it still does not change its nature, its greed does not move, and finally it is overwhelmed until it collapses and dies.

Liu Zongyuan's original intention is very clear, that is, to satirize and warn those in the world who are too greedy for fame and fortune, not to pursue those "baggage" too much, to avoid eventually dying like a scorpion, under the pressure of fame and fortune.

In fact, we will find that the "manta ray phenomenon" is widespread and in real social politics, including in the relationship between countries, and it seems that the existence of the "manta ray phenomenon" is vaguely seen:

What the United States is doing seems to be a living "contemporary manta."

America's greed has prompted it to expand globally. No matter where it is, no matter how far it is from the United States, it must go over and insert a foot, and always carry the resources and assets of other people's homes on its own. It carries the resources of the Middle East has made it powerless, but it also infects Eastern Europe, Africa, so that the United States is exhausted, even so, the United States is still not willing, at the expense of the old life, and then to the South China Sea to stir, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, the United States power is everywhere, but it is carrying more and more pressure.

The United States is the "scorpion" in the real world, and everything it does is the same as the "scorpion": it will eventually die of its own greed.

The United States is no longer a young adult, it is no longer the energetic and full of vitality of the "American" country, but the old state is gradually showing, lack of confidence, and need to sit down and breathe from time to time.

Just over two hundred years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it should be the time when the country is rich and powerful, and there are great achievements, but unfortunately, the United States is too keen to launch wars abroad. Although the U.S. economic and technological community has been stimulated by wars and has developed rapidly, these wars have consumed a lot of living resources and precious lives, and will eventually hurt the United States itself. The United States' gathering of some so-called allies to create chaos and conflict in the South China Sea is an extremely serious risk: The United States must not turn the South China Sea into a "Waterloo" of the United States, and must not turn the South China Sea into a place where it "breaks the sand (Xisha, Nansha)".

Like the glory of the United States in Operation Podip, it should not end up in the South China Sea because of the mistakes of the United States itself...

The United States is too "calculating" others, which adds countless troubles and uneasiness to itself. Some argue that america is now behaving like a patient suffering from "major depression": suspicious and manic, with impermanent behavior that adds a lot of uneasiness to the world.

In fact, the "scorpion disease" in the United States is not incurable. As long as we do not hide our illness and avoid medical treatment, and humbly listen to the international community, especially the prescriptions from China, the United States will surely become a new version of the "American" country again.

As an ancient civilization of more than 5,000 years, China can always maintain a youthful and energetic attitude, adhere to dialogue to resolve differences, adhere to cooperation for development, adhere to tolerance to gain trust, and adhere to kindness to win the world.

Liu Zongyuan's "Biography of the Scorpion" ends well: "Although its form is also big, its celebrities are also famous, and the wisdom is also a small worm, and it is also enough to mourn!" ”

If the United States really adheres to the principle of "not knowing how to quit," it will eventually be unable to escape the disaster of "cockroaches"!

(The author is a senior researcher of Chongyang University of China)