A cook who doesn't want to be a tailor is never a good driver!
This sentence is a paragraph on the Internet, and everyone can just laugh. The original phrase in this sentence is "A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier!" It was said by Napoleon, and this phrase is often quoted and adapted.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769– 1821 AD), Emperor of the French Empire, ascended the throne twice and was exiled twice. Napoleon was an outstanding military genius in the history of the world, with few defeats in his life, and the biggest defeat he fought in his life was the "Battle of Waterloo".
After this battle, Napoleon was exiled and eventually died on the island of St. Helena, ending his legendary life. When Napoleon was exiled, he once made an evaluation of China (the Qing Dynasty) at that time, and this evaluation is known to everyone.
In 1816, the British diplomat Earl Amested sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty, hoping for commercial trade between Britain and the Qing Dynasty.
However, the Qing Emperor Jiaqing delved into the etiquette of Amistad, and he made Amyster prostrate, but Amistad did not kowtow, so this diplomacy was very embarrassing.
Through this incident, it is very reminiscent of when Macartney visited China, when it was also because of the problem of etiquette, there was a great contradiction.
Qianlong asked Macartney to prostrate, but Ma Garni did not prostrate, and the diplomatic situation was very embarrassing, and after the final consultation, Macartney knelt on one knee and ended this diplomacy.
Both diplomats were unhappy, but the impact was enormous. The Qing Dynasty implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty believed that the Qing Dynasty was still a heavenly kingdom, and britain was a small barbarian country, and looked down on them from the bottom of his heart.
As everyone knows, times have changed. When Napoleon was imprisoned on the island of St. Helena, Amistad went to see him, and the two talked about the Qing Dynasty.
Amistad spent some time in the Qing Dynasty and had some knowledge of China, saying that although China is vast and vast, it is not militarily powerful, and China looks very powerful, but it is actually a paper tiger.
Napoleon also knew something about China, and although he agreed with it, he also had his own views. Napoleon said of China: "China is a sleeping lion."
This assessment is clearly a compliment to China, saying that China is like a lion. But don't be happy too soon, this sentence is only the first sentence, and there is another sentence after it, that is the point.
Then Napoleon said: "I hope China never wakes up." "Although the male lion is strong, it is not okay to fall asleep, only the waking male lion is a male lion, and the sleeping male lion is called a panda."
It is not difficult to see from this sentence that Napoleon did not want China to wake up, and hoped to let China sleep forever. But China has already woken up now, she is an awake lion.