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Editor|Satoshi
preface
Recently, an article titled "It is strongly recommended to restore the people's kneeling official system" has exploded on the Internet, and judging from the name of the article, the author Xu Shilin seems to want to return society to the feudal period.
In this regard, some netizens angrily scolded the author: "You are a university professor, why don't you wrap your feet to go to class"?
So, is this really the case? Why would a university professor write such an article?
The birth and abolition of kneeling
The so-called kneeling prayer, that is, kowtowing, originated from the early phenomenon of sitting on the floor, and gradually evolved into kneeling because the difference in status could not be seen by sitting on the ground to salute.
Nowadays, this phenomenon can only be seen between elders and younger generations, or during sacrifices, and there is a saying among the people that "kneel to the heavens and kneel to the parents, thank the father and mother and thank the Buddha", which shows the status of kneeling in the minds of the Chinese people.
However, in ancient times, this phenomenon was very common, and whenever you saw someone of higher status than yourself, you had to kneel to show respect.
When civilians meet relatively large officials to inspect, they kneel on both sides of the road early to greet them, and if they do not do it or do not cooperate, they can be dozens of large boards at light, and heads fall to the ground at worst, these phenomena can often be seen in costume TV dramas
This ritual was not abolished in the tide of history until the Xinhai Revolution broke out, overthrowing the feudal system that had ruled China for more than 2,000 years, and the dregs of history of kneeling were abolished in the tide of history.
Could it be that the author of the article wants to restore the imperial system like Yuan Shikai and wants to turn history back?
Officials who show their authority
Throughout the ages, there have been many officials who have acted as a blessing in power.
In ancient times, taking the big corrupt official and Juan as an example, he abused his power in a high position, regardless of whether others were talented or not, as long as he had money, he could arrange an official and a half-job, even if he committed a big crime, as long as he had money, he could help settle it, so he obtained huge wealth during his tenure.
Life is even more unimaginably extravagant, his clothes are made of silk spit out by silkworms, and he will not wear it a second time, every meal has dozens of mountain and sea delicacies, and the ingredients are from all over the country.
Do you think this is the extravagant life of corrupt officials? There are even more unimaginable ones.
Every time Hejun went to the toilet, there were more than a dozen maids standing in a row to wipe his butt, which was really poor and limited our imagination, and his power caused dissatisfaction among many people, and also buried hidden dangers for his final fate.
Looking at the present, although under the leadership of the party, the mainland's comprehensive national strength has been continuously improved, through the continuous training of the cadre contingent and the raising of the threshold, the comprehensive quality of the cadres has also been greatly improved.
However, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net.
"If I don't retire, you're going to jail!" This is from the mouth of an old man on the high-speed train, because the young man in front of the old man is slightly backward when adjusting the seat, and as a result, the old man does not say a word, and goes up with a kick.
Although the first kick did not hit the young man, it also made the young man confused, I don't know what happened, and then the old man kicked a few more times with all his strength, which also angered the young man and said: "You have a problem."
The old man said without any less: "You are sick."
The young man said: "Look at your backrest, you are almost lying down, what qualifications do you have to talk about me, and you can't talk properly?" Come up and get on your feet."
Then the old man said the classic saying: "I can adjust the seat, you can't, if I don't retire, you will have to go to jail."
After this matter was exposed on the Internet, it triggered a discussion among netizens, and everyone began to think about how big an official this person was before, and he had such power and dared to say such arrogant words.
This incident has also exposed some problems among mainland officials, which deserve our reflection.
From ancient times to the present, the masses of the people have deeply hated those officials who have displayed their official prestige in a big way, which is engraved in their bones.
What is the origin of this expert Xu Shilin? Dare to "commit crimes against the wind" against the will of the broad masses of the people.
Writer Xu Shilin
Xu Shilin, when he was a child, showed his love for literature, often took the initiative to read his father's books, and often obtained full marks for essays written when he was a student, and became a writer when he grew up, and was also a member of the China Writers Association, a national first-class writer, a professor at the Communication University of China, a famous institution in cultural communication, and a little famous in the literary world.
It is this expert with many titles in one that wrote the article "It is strongly recommended to restore the official position of the people", which caused a huge response after it was released on its social platforms.
As can be seen from the name of the article, it means that the people will bow down as in ancient times after seeing officials, and in today's open-minded society, such remarks can be said to be antisocial and cannot be supported.
Everyone began to condemn Xu Shilin, saying that his thoughts were enslaved, and for a while, there was a lot of invective, wondering what his true purpose was?
For such an article written a few years ago, now it has been re-published, and some netizens suspect that the initiator of the incident may be the author himself, wanting to use such an article to gain popularity and catch fire on the platform, even if it is all black fans, it is also fire.
There are also some netizens who feel that Xu Shilin is already an expert, his living standards and social status are not low, there is no need to attract people's attention in this way, and they have doubts about the statements of other netizens.
Although this matter has made a lot of noise on the Internet, the author Xu Shilin has never come forward to express any opinions, and netizens speculate that it may be that he is not afraid of shadow oblique, or he may be weak in heart and does not know how to explain.
After continuous fermentation, things ushered in a big reversal!
Truth
Some careful netizens found that this article written by Xu Shilin's expert was a satirical essay, which was a satirical essay that satirized the inaction of officials in the current officialdom and the phenomenon of high official shelves.
Through further analysis of the article, the answer was finally confirmed.
Take a sentence from the article as an example:
"In fact, I am willing to kneel down when I see officials, so that officials can be like officials, so that officials have official prestige, official manners, and official temperament, the so-called monarchs and subjects, officials and people, up and down."
You taste! You savor! After pondering this sentence repeatedly, it can be seen that Xu Shilin means: "Only when the people see an official kneeling can they highlight the prestige of an official, after all, there are differences between monarchs and subjects, different officials and people, and different statuses."
By saying the opposite, he attacked the phenomenon that officials in today's society are not close to the people, put up shelves, and abuse their power.
It is the majority of netizens who misunderstood Xu Shilin's experts, and people are not for traffic.
Xu Shilin's expression has a lot to do with his idol Mr. Lu Xun.
As a famous thinker, revolutionary and literary scholar, Mr. Lu Xun used the pen as a sword to write many critical articles in that turbulent era, and made indelible contributions to the revolution behind his back.
Among these critical essays, satirical essays are one of them, and his representative work is "Two or Three Things About China".
Although Xu Shilin's article made an oolong, it also reflected two bad phenomena.
Reflecting social chaos
In this era of fast-paced and new media, it is convenient to realize freedom of speech, monitor and criticize various phenomena.
But freedom of speech will also cause psychological harm to others, netizens just through an article title "It is strongly recommended to restore the people's kneeling official system", without reading the content in detail to insult the author, blindly follow the trend, and even some people in order to rub the heat, the content of the topic expressed exaggerated, although the truth is finally revealed, but the psychological damage to others can never be repaired.
Nowadays, the broad masses of the people wear colored glasses to deal with the remarks made by experts, and the same is true for Xu Shilin.
Of course, this is no wonder to the masses, after all, the advice given by some experts is really ridiculous.
For example: "Chinese is actually not so poor, who does not have a 500,000 in the family", "Let the elderly aged 60 to 65 continue to work, thereby increasing their income and reducing the pressure of social pension." "Such statements.
Experts do not consider problems from the perspective of ordinary people at the grassroots level and evaluate others by the standards of their own circles.
In order to alleviate the pressure of aging society, can people between the ages of 60 and 65 go to work? Can their bodies support the intensity of the work? What should I do if something goes wrong? The experts' perspective on the problem is very one-sided, and this has caused prejudice against them by the masses.
It is hoped that in the future, experts can consider the ordinary people as much as possible, go to the grassroots level to see more, understand the lives of the people, have rich experience, and make more professional remarks.
Not only experts, but also some cadres have problems.
With the improvement of the mainland's comprehensive national strength and the gradual expansion of the cadre team, in this context, Xu Shilin's article is very necessary, because in some areas there is a phenomenon that the people have no one to complain and have nowhere to complain, and the masses who come to solve the problem are treated badly, and some must give some benefits before they will do their best to solve the problem for you.
There are also some staff members who are lazy and inactive, and can delay in the face of the people's requests.
In order to put an end to this phenomenon, the State has also taken many actions.
Last year, the State Council conducted two public accountability measures, punishing 59 and 249 cadres for inaction, including cadres at the county and department level as well as departmental cadres. It will not tolerate corruption in the slightest, punishing not only "big tigers" but also some "little flies".
epilogue
"Serving the people" is the fundamental purpose of our party, this is not just a slogan, it needs every cadre to work hard to achieve, only by integrating oneself into the masses, being clean, treating oneself as a public servant of the people, and sincerely accepting the supervision of the people, can we better enhance the people's trust in the government.
The masses of the people should also restrain themselves and not use their brains to do things that bribe officials.
Only when the people and the government unite will we go further and the country will become richer and stronger.