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Theme: The Meaning of Happiness
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Endless romance also produces aesthetic fatigue
According to my opinion, the lover who really fits the definition, that is, the person who can claim to be the owner of Valentine's Day with a clear conscience, must be in different circumstances, so the holiday should be celebrated in a different way. If you are all giving small gifts or big gifts, sitting in a bar or listening to a concert, it is too unimaginative. My advice is that, regardless of the circumstances, it would be best to take a way that would put this day in stark contrast to usual. A festival is a festival that breaks the mold. For example, lovers who are usually busy with their own, of course, should put aside all mundane affairs on this day and stay with each other without returning, while lovers who are usually inseparable may wish to temporarily work and fly on this day to experience the taste of lovesickness. For example, the secret lover may wish to appear bravely on this day, and the lover who is exhausted may wish to break up on this day, and so on.
Q: The annual Valentine's Day is here again, and the topic of emotion has become a hot topic of discussion at the moment. Many of your works deal with the eternal topics of life, such as love, marriage, women and men, love and loneliness. For thousands of years, people have never stopped discussing and pursuing such questions, so why do people long to love or be loved?
Zhou Guoping: Because after all, it is a human being. Man is not a stone, but a flesh-and-blood body, and this flesh-and-blood body has desires that need to be satisfied, and the satisfaction of every desire is inseparable from others. Man is not only an animal, but also has a soul, and the soul requires that desire be satisfied in a form of sublimation, that is, to have a sense of beauty, which is almost love, and it is in this sense that Plato defines love as "conceived in beauty."
Q: What role has "love" played in the course of human history and civilization?
Zhou Guoping: Some philosophers say that evil is the driving force of history. Some philosophers say that goodness is the goal of history. They may all be right. The relationship between hate and love is similar to this. In adam Smith's words (basically rather than literally), profit leads to progress in the social order, but compassion is the source of all positive values in society. In reality, love often plays the role of a victim, praised for suffering.
Q: The nineteenth-century German classical sociologist Zimmer believed that the fierce struggle for survival delayed men's economic independence, and the moment when a man could legally have a woman was getting later and later, but the physical condition did not adapt to this situation, and the age at which sexual impulses were stimulated was relatively early. - This statement is still applicable to us today, people from adolescence to marriage for nearly a decade or more in the stage of hormone secretion, since the 1990s premarital sex has increased significantly, early love, college cohabitation and other social phenomena have attracted people's attention. How do you see these issues? Recently, the new Marriage Law was amended and passed, and many of its provisions directly affect people's marriage and sex in real life, how do you view the relationship between Chinese law and sexual development?
Zhou Guoping: Zimmer is right. It can be concluded from this that sexual repression in adolescence is contrary to the way of nature. So I have sympathy and understanding for all these phenomena that you have mentioned. Of course, there should be some moderation, but that is mainly physiological hygiene, such as contraception, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and not indulging in injury. I believe that, in general, moderate sexual satisfaction is not only harmless but also beneficial to the healthy physical and mental growth of adolescents. Moral judgments should not be made about sexual behavior, including adolescent sexual behavior, and only the attitude of a person towards others in all acts, including sexual behavior, such as respect and honesty, should be made. The law should not regulate all individual acts that do not constitute aggression against others, and the same is true in the field of sexual life. However, the law always goes behind reality, posthumously recognizing the universal norms that have been formed.
Q: In today's increasingly diversified world, the feelings that society cares about are no longer limited to men and women, and the feelings between people of the same sex are slowly being accepted and concerned by society. Many countries in Europe have adopted an increasingly tolerant approach to same-sex issues, and some have recognized same-sex marriage. What do you think about homosexuality?
Zhou Guoping: If homosexual tendencies are determined by genes, how can society and the law interfere with genes? As long as it is love, it is beautiful.
Q: In one of the Chinese New Year films, there is a line that is playful: "After sleeping in a bed for twenty years, there is really a little aesthetic fatigue." Many people mention that it is difficult to have passion and romance in married life, but more of a habit, morality and responsibility. How do we overcome the burnout that comes with marriage in general?
Zhou Guoping: There is no good way. However, endless romance creates another kind of aesthetic fatigue, and frequent sexual partners also lose the freshness of sexual experience. Perhaps it is better to change slightly in the unchanged, just like there are holidays, and both sides have a time to go out and be free. However, this method requires both parties to have a high tolerance and cultivation, and there are also great risks, so it is generally not suitable for adoption.
Q: Can you say a few words to someone who is in love?
Zhou Guoping: First, I envy you, love is one of the most wonderful times in life, it is a gift from God, which can be met but not sought.
Second, you should cherish yourself, cherish each other's feelings and cherish this period of time.
Third, if you really love each other, you should strive for a more stable union.
Taste the beauty and sorrow of life
As an actor, Ms. Li Jingjing is highly respected by many international opera masters and is a famous opera artist who has won many international awards. She looks as well-behaved and lovely as a little sister next door, but under such an appearance, there is the infinite expressiveness and tension of the performance artist.
In order to present the most perfect lesson listening experience to everyone, Ms. Jingjing personally carefully selected the world's best version of the music repertoire, interspersed with the plot for everyone to enjoy. She will deeply analyze the music, plot, characters, era background, composer anecdotes and other interesting things, and ridicule western "serious" opera from the perspective of a young artist after the 80s and a first-line actress active on the opera stage. Listening to beautiful arias and learning about the moving story behind the music, will you fall in love with opera on the spot?
Today's good book recommendation
The Charm of Thinking
There is a set of philosophical enlightenment books, which I like very much, and it is this set of "The Charm of Thinking".
It is the French centennial humanities publishing house Gallimard Publishing House and 20 institutions of higher learning such as the University of Paris in France for 8-18 years old or so to create, 29 books divided into 29 life themes, covering honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, responsibility, friendship, respect, kindness, etc., these themes include both thinking about the world and thinking about the self, most children's life is now carefree, but it is also very "inner volume", when they face the big problems of fairness, freedom, love, etc. Not only are they not ready to answer, parents may not be ready, and this set of books will be an attempt to answer in a philosophical and artistic way.
For example, in this set of books, "What Football Teaches Us", ordinary parents and children watch the ball together without saying anything more than rule awareness, teamwork, and sportsmanship, but the book from barbarism to civilization progress, talks about the nature of the spirit of the game, talks about the sociological model of interpersonal relations, and even involves a lot of basic but not superficial economics and political science issues. Truly refracting a world from a grain of sand.
May some people see this set of books and think that it is necessary for children to read philosophy? Wouldn't it be too esoteric for them? In fact, it is not so, the ability to think should be cultivated from an early age, France has done a good job in this regard, they have begun to carry out philosophical education from middle school, so that they can bring children a broad vision and free thought, guide children to find problems, think about problems, and finally use philosophical thinking to solve the doubts in happiness.