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发帖数: 18403 | 1 Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, today
claims he want to help more American businesses access the Chinese market.
The Internet let out a collective gasp of disblief. Could he actually mean
it? Is this a big bad Chinese trick?
I do not know. But first consider the following background about Jack Ma
and China.
1. Jack Ma graduated from a relatively obscure Chinese teacher's college in
Hangzhou.
2. The Chinese Confucianism traditionally honors the teacher as the 5th
most honored relation, ranked right below Heaven, Earth, Emperor/King,
Parents, Teacher (天地君亲师). This deep respect for the Chinese teachers
permeated the Chinese history for 3000 years, even through hundreds of years
of enslavement, wars and famines. Rewards for teachers were
institutionalized, similarly the betrayal/murder of a teacher was punished
institutionally as regicide, patricide and matricide.
3. The Chinese Taoism honors the "Genuine man" (真人) as the highest level
of wisdom humanly achievable. Hence the Chinese tradition retains a deep
respect for true-speak, rather than the hypocritical double speak that is
sadly fairly common in Western media/political circles.
4. The Chinese tradition suffered a extended and barbaric attack in the
years 1894-1945. American educators and funding helped start the
prestigious Tsinghua University and other modern educational institutions in
China. During the 1937-1945 Sino-Japan War, America helped fund the mass
relocation of Chinese universities from the Japanese occupied zone into the
safer Kuomingtang government zone in Sichuan. Most educated Chinese people
understood that Americans' help was vital in Chinese culture's survival.
This Great Debt was widely known and acknowledged.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale-China_Association
5. Generations of Chinese like Jack Ma grew up learning from American ideas
and technology. They respect the Americans of all civilized people, as
teachers and as friends and allies. By extension, American brands engender
great goodwill among the Chinese consumers.
6. Jack Ma picked a nickname for himself Feng Qin-Yang 风清扬“, a character
from a martial art novel by Jin Yong. Feng Qin Yang was a teacher and a
master of swordsmanship, apparently from the Taoist tradition. Two other
characters from this novel were more famous. Yue Buqun entered the lexicon
of East Asia as the architypical hypocrite, while Ling Huchong became a
gentle master who does not seek power or supremacy. |
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