Why To Be Excessive Inferiority ------ 2

    

That article also quoted Lin Yutang's words , saying

that the lack of developed natural science in China

is due to the thinking characteristics of Chinese 

people.

Lin Yutang said: 

"In Chinese literature , there has never been eloquent

arguments . 

Chinese writer first puts forward one or two arguments, 

and then immediately puts forward a conclusion.

When reading his articles , you rarely see how he came

to this conclusion."

 

He also said that of all the ancient philosophers in the 

Zhou Dynasty , only Mozi and Han Feizi had styles 

close to the powerful argumentation style . 

Mencius was undoubtedly a great sophist , but he was 

only interested in such big and broad words as 

"benefit" and "righteousness".

Other philosophers , such as Zhuangzi , Liezi and 

Huainanzi , were only interested in beautiful 

metaphors .

 

Hui Shi and Gong Sunlong  , Mozi's disciples , were 

great  sophists . 

Chinese philosophers especially like to use the 

method of analogical reasoning to demonstrate , 

such as Mencius, Xunzi and Zhuangzi . 

The use of metaphor , fable and other techniques is

analogical reasoning , and the results of analogical

reasoning are uncertain , which can not prove any 

point of view.

 

Therefore , Mencius , the most eloquent man in the 

Chinese mind , is actually the most unreasonable. 

His argument is not speculative , but sophistic.

However , earlier philosophers did not argue at all , 

but directly expressed their views and believed that 

they  were right.

For example, the words of Laozi and Confucius are 

the same. 

Lao Tzu said:

 "Tao (The law from nature) can be explained , but it 

may change .” 

Why ? They rarely prove their views and rarely think 

about " why " .

 

In this way, all of our ancestors were regarded as 

nothing by him !

 

Is it true ? No !

Please think about it again:

1.   There are indeed many ideas in our culture that can 

only be understood and difficult to say clearly . 

But these ideas are often the essence of culture.

However, the understanding of these ideas often 

requires some perceptions .

In fact , such perceptions have never been too difficult 

to communicate among persons.

But once it is used in human-computer conversation , 

it is difficult for machines to understand these ideas.

However, it is not human's fault , but because the 

development of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is still a little 

poor , we must not blame our culture for this.

 

------------ Written in  2022

------------------   To be continued