Recently, the promotional video taken by a luxury brand caused many netizens to be uncomfortable, and launched a series of popular science counterattacks about how Chinese use chopsticks.
Some foreigners' understanding of Chinese culture is really superficial, just chopsticks, you can say three days and three nights, not to mention the profound traditional Chinese culture.
However, not all foreigners are so ignorant of Chinese culture. With the growing influence of China, many foreigners are even more obsessed with Chinese culture than Chinese, and many foreigners like to read Chinese masterpieces and become "three countries fans".
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms", as one of the four famous works in China, has been studied as a must-read book since childhood, "Taoyuan Three Knots", "Three Gu Maolu", "Grass Boat Borrowing Arrows", many allusions are from the story of the Three Kingdoms.
Japanese manga version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Recently, there was an international humanistic talk show that conducted in-depth discussions on the theme of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Unexpectedly, the 6 foreign guests in the show actually quarreled over the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Originally, it was used as a must-read book not only in East Asian countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, but also in Europe, North America, south America, and other places. Moreover, in different countries, everyone's understanding of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is different.
This program is a well-polished "Three Foreign Transmissions" jointly produced by Phoenix TV and the Korean super variety production team, and is the second cooperation between the two sides since the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics cooperation "2018 Pyeongchang Please Answer". At the same time, it also invited historian Ji Lianhai and Chang Jiang, screenwriter of "Army Division Alliance", as a strong team of consultants to escort the program.
The host lineup and guest lineup of the program are also very novel, with Jiang Shengyang, a famous host of Phoenix Satellite TV, sitting in the seat, serving as the head of the problem army, and Wu Weiyao, the runner-up of the 2015 Miss China Universe Contest, as the only woman to take on the heavy responsibility of the first beauty of the foreign transmission, and Li Zhi, the gold medal commentator of Wuhou Temple and an expert in the history of the Three Kingdoms, interpreting the culture of the Three Kingdoms with humorous words. At the same time, six foreign guests from different countries were invited to tell the story of the Three Kingdoms from their perspectives.
We have seen a lot of talk shows, but talk shows that spread the traditional classic culture of our country are still rare, and even fewer can make traditional cultural talk shows interesting.
Who is the final winner of the Three Kingdoms? Is Cao Cao a hero or a traitor? Is Sima Yi a good employee? Through the discussion of the character image of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is extended to the workplace culture, wine table etiquette, and family relations in today's society.
After watching the show, xiaobian clapped his hands and exclaimed! It turns out that the story of the Three Kingdoms that we are familiar with has so many interesting interpretations in the eyes of foreigners, and there are experts on the scene, which is really excellent!
Next, I'll take you to see what's on the show.
First, in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", who is the biggest winner?
At the beginning of the show, 6 foreign guests introduced themselves with characters from the Three Kingdoms. Park Seong-fan from South Korea, a sociology student at Peking University, compares himself to Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms because he doesn't like to clash with friends around him and values Rende more. Delin Sheng, who is from Japan, just studied clinical medicine at Peking University and compared himself to Hua Tuo. Musha, from Jordan, also said a cross-talk to introduce himself.
Then, they asked " Who is the biggest winner in Romance of the Three Kingdoms" "Express your opinion. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, more than 1,400 famous and surnamed figures, who is the final winner, is certainly a very controversial proposition. Sure enough, 6 foreign guests all quarreled in the show.
Different people have different definitions of "winner", some people think that Liu Bei, who won the hearts of the people, is the winner, some people think that Cao Cao, who won the war, is the winner, some people think that Zhuge Liang, who has left a legacy in history, is the winner, and some people think that the Sima Yi family, which finally unified the Central Plains, is the winner.
In the course of their arguments, we found that the perceptions of the characters of the Three Kingdoms in the East and the West were really very different. For example, when the Japanese designed the game, Zhang Fei's force value was always greater than Guan Yu's. In China, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu have equal strength values.
In Korea, Cao Cao's image is very ugly, because Koreans think that Cao Cao is a treacherous person. Oba of Korea is arguing why Cao Cao cannot be regarded as a winner because Cao Cao once slaughtered 100,000 people, including innocent elderly people and children, in order to avenge himself. Such a person cannot be called a winner. "If we talk about the moral and value principles that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has left for future generations, then I think the final winner is still the king of benevolence." 」
The image of Cao Cao in Korean culture
Second, through the relationship between the characters of the three countries to see the modern company culture
When discussing Cao Cao's relationship with Sima Yi, Mu Sha from Jordan asked An Jun'ao from Mexico: If you were Cao Cao, would you hire Sima Yi? It sparked a discussion about the relationship between the boss and the employee.
In Japan, the boss speaks, and the people below dare not resist.
In Jordan, elders and bosses are respected, but not blindly worshipped.
Ukrainian employees will never tolerate abusive bosses, and if the boss scolds people, employees will leave immediately.
Arabs also do not tolerate bosses cursing, and do not tolerate overtime pay.
Left and right from the United States insisted that the president of the United States was not the boss but an employee.
Third, the different wine table cultures of various countries
Speaking of company culture, I have to mention the wine table culture. Because in many places, after-work dinner is not easy, it is still necessary to continue the superior-subordinate relationship of the company to work.
We all know that in China, the height of the wine glass is very important, and the same is true in Japan, and japan generally drinks wine after doing it to the end, showing the wine glass to each other to show respect, and showing the trademark to the boss or predecessor before pouring the wine.
In Korea, if there are leaders and elders at the wine table, they must turn around and drink, and they cannot turn their glasses to the elders. There is a kind of loyalty wine in South Korea, the name is derived from the army slogan "loyalty", used to show the respect of the subordinates to the superiors, South Korean guest Park Seong-bum demonstrated how to drink loyalty wine on the spot, stunned the guests.
Fourth, it turns out that foreign countries also have "strict wife control"
An interesting topic was also discussed in the program, which was the relationship between Sima Yi and his wife. Sima Yi's wife is called Zhang Chunhua, although it is not so good, but there are really too few women who can leave their full names in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Just like Liu Bei's wife is nothing more than the Gan clan, the Mi clan, and even the mink cicada, it is only a code name, the only fictional name among the four beautiful women in ancient times.
Why is Zhang Chunhua so prominent? Teacher Li Zhi told a small story.
In order to refuse Cao Cao's recruitment, Sima Yi returned home to pretend to be ill, saying that he was uncomfortable and had difficulty walking on his legs, but one day he was outside drying books, and it rained heavily. Sima Yi was so fond of books that he couldn't care about his acting skills, so he ran to the courtyard to collect the books as soon as he untied the quilt, and as a result, this detail was seen by the cleaning aunt in the courtyard.
Zhang Chunhua did something at this time that many people found very terrible and did not dare to think, and pulled out a knife to kill this cleaning aunt. However, this aunt is actually responsible for cooking at home, so from then on, Zhang Chunhua did not invite the cook and did not invite a nanny, and cooked rice at home to do housework to serve Sima Yi. Therefore, Sima Yi admired Zhang Chunhua very, very much.
Some people have said that Sima Yi is "strict in his wife's management", in fact, many families in China are "strict in his wife's management", and what is the situation in foreign families?
Jordanians have an old saying, "Lose to your wife and win the world." "I have a lot of respect for my wife.
Rural men in Ukraine like to go home after drinking, and there is often violence between wives and husbands.
In addition, the style of girlfriends in different countries is also very different. Delin, who is experienced in love, shared his experience and said: In Japan, when men and women interact, such as Valentine's Day, girls give chocolates to boys, and white Valentine's Day is a gift from boys to girls. In Japan, boys only need to pay attention to birthdays and Valentine's Day.
But if you interact with Korean girls, there will be countless Valentine's Day, and Park Seong-bum, a Korean boy sitting opposite, expressed empathy.
Korean girls celebrate the 22nd day of dating, and there is also the Lollipop Festival, and boys need to give girls heart-shaped lollipops as gifts. But interacting with Chinese girls, every day is Valentine's Day.
Fifth, spread Chinese culture in a fun and interesting way
Don't think that these foreign guests are very fierce! It even seems that he knows more about the Three Kingdoms than Chinese, but this is not the case. For example, An Jun'ao from Mexico, majoring in international relations, as a lover of Chinese history and a lover of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the program uses the tone of an expert to tell the relevant knowledge, analyze the situation of the three countries from the perspective of international relations, but there are many loopholes in the detailed study.
At this time, not only other foreign guests at the scene put forward rebuttals, but also experts came out to correct them.
In short, not only did the foreign guests who participated in the show deepen their understanding of the culture of the Three Kingdoms, but we as the audience also had a three-country addiction. This is a more complicated thing than teaching foreigners how to use chopsticks ~ I hope that through the program, people around the world can have a more comprehensive understanding of Chinese culture.
So, when will such a wonderful show be seen? At 18:45 on December 9th, Phoenix Satellite TV Chinese, "Three Foreign Legends - Romance of the Three Kingdoms in My Hand", is coming to everyone! Well-honed, super lineup, culture and fun to go along with good shows, you deserve to have ~ ~
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