If only there are more sons like him in the present China or in
this world...
I love the explanation
of the zodia signs by Zhou Enlai. How clever & smart; that would shut-up
those guys. He was well
remembered by his friend, respected by his enemies. He was the only
one chairman Mao trusted
because he openly declared that his aim was to serve the country,
& not interested in
taking over the highest post ( as Chairman of the country ). After his death,
the people regarded him as the first son of China.
Interesting Analogy!!
Chinese Zodiac
Signs – Meaning And Significance.
Zhou Enlai's witty
interpretation of the zodiac to an audience of foreigners.
“If there is wisdom but no diligence
in applying it, it’s foolishness.
“On the other hand, if there is
diligence but no wisdom, it’s an act of folly.
“That’s why wisdom and diligence
must go hand in hand. This is our ancestor’s first wish for us. The first pair
of animal also represents the most important hope.
“The second pair is the tiger and
rabbit.
“The tiger represents courage and
the rabbit represents carefulness. These two qualities must work closely
together.
“In that way, it can have a better
chance to achieve success.
“Without carefulness, courage
becomes recklessness. Similarly, without courage, carefulness becomes
cowardice.
“This pair of qualities is very
important. That’s why it is the second pair.”
Mr Zhou En-lai looked at the
audience and then he added, “Therefore, when we demonstrate our carefulness,
please do not think that we do not have the courage to fight for social
justice.
“In truth, what our ancestor is
pursuing is wisdom through integrity, harmony and balance. It’s never about a
single hope or task.
When he saw that the audience was
deep in thought, Mr Zhou En-lai continued, “The third pair is the dragon and
snake.
“They represent strength and
flexibility.
“Strength without flexibility
becomes brittle. Without strength, flexibility becomes meaningless.
“That’s why strength with
flexibility is an important lesson from our ancestor that has lasted through
time.
“The next pair is the horse and
goat.
“The horse represents the ability to
gallop to success. The goat represents the ability to be considerate and have
compassion.
“If a person only looks after
himself as he pursues his goal and with no consideration for others, he will
face obstacles from the people around him.
“Finally, he may not even be
successful.
“However, if a person only looks
after others and seek only to be amiable, he will not have a sense of
direction. His goal will eventually be lost.
“That’s why the spirit of the horse
and virtues of the goat must be applied in harmony with each other. This is our
ancestor’s fourth wish for us.
“The next pair is the monkey and the
chicken.
“The monkey represents agility.
“As for chicken, as there were no
clocks in the days of old, it is needed to wake humans to start a new day.
“The chicken represents stability.
“The qualities of agility and
stability must be tightly coupled together.
“If you have agility but no
stability, your best plan will not come to pass. However, if you focused on
having stability and refuse to change, you will not have a better future.
“When the two qualities are in
harmony, on one side, there will be stability in terms of having, for example,
effective system and collaboration.
“On the other side, there will be a
release of unrelenting creativity and innovation to achieve progress.
“When these two qualities operate in
synergy, it is one of the basic imperatives to achieve success.
“Lastly, we have the dog and pig.
“The dog represents loyalty while
the pig represents good nature.
“If a person is loyal but does not
have a good nature, he will be blindly following others.
“On the other hand, if he has a good
nature but does not have loyalty, he will have no people and principles to
guide him.
“That’s why whether its loyalty to a
country, loyalty to a team, or loyalty to an ideal, you need to ensure that
good nature is tightly coupled with and working alongside with it.
“In that way, you can have a
deep-seated sense of loyalty that comes from the heart.
“This is why the Chinese believes
that the outer core must be in alignment with the inner core (外圆内方,君子和而不同).
“At the inner core, we must have a
pure heart that subscribes to high moral values. We must seek to live with
ethos and positive principles.
“We must live up to our words and
not do anything that will harm others.
“At the external core, we must be
knowledgeable about the ways of the world. We must be wise in managing affairs
around us.
“We need to focus on what matters in
life and not be influenced by evil.
“We need to live with integrity and
in harmony with others and the environment. We must not have any form of
prejudice or seek to discriminate against anyone.”
At the end of his speech, there was
complete silence. They say that you can even hear a pin dropped.
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