Why do Americans speak English? Don't speak your own language

The Origin of the United States1One day in September, 620, an immigrant team consisting of 4 1 family 102 Puritans, led by the Puritan priest william bradford, set off from Plymouth Harbor, England, and sailed to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean on the cargo sailboat "Mayflower" with a displacement of only a few tens of tons. When they set out, many old sailors doubted whether they could arrive smoothly, because this ship is a small boat, it is not a good season to sail across the ocean, and the hope of success is really slim. It is a miracle that this small cargo sailboat Mayflower finally saw the coast of the New World after 65 days of life-and-death struggle in the Atlantic Ocean. I often wonder what prompted 102 Puritans to embark on this dangerous road of no return. Many of them live well in Britain, so they won't despair because of hunger and cold. The legendary Mayan gold has long been looted by the Spanish, so they don't want to make a fortune. They are pursuing illusory equality and personal freedom in the eyes of China people. Will people in China do this? Absolutely not! Because there is no absolute, eternal and supreme value in the hearts of China people, China people will not seize the opportunity like the "Mayflower". In the history of China, fewer people died than phoenix feathers. The reason for this is related to the tradition of China. China people miss life very much and are extremely afraid of death. As the old saying goes, a daughter's son can't sit in the hall. Move the chair, don't sit under the eaves, and don't let the tiles hit you! At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Meicun suffered from the human filth after the Qing Dynasty, so he wrote a poem to laugh at himself, saying, "The only thing that can die is the hardships of successive dynasties. There is no reason why the world should not know it nine times." . I really spoke my mind. Yang Hucheng in Jin Dynasty wrote an article about life and death, which was engraved on a stone tablet. When Li Bai read it, he couldn't help but sigh: Yang Gong's stone tablet is still there, and we shed tears when we read the words on it. Therefore, Li Bai feels that life is like a ray of sunshine leaking from a narrow room, which will disappear in an instant, so he should learn from the ancients and play with candles day and night. China people also yearn for immortality. For example, Liu Ruan went to the rooftop, failed in chess and succeeded in life. On the contrary, there is a story in Russia that is deeply influenced by the Orthodox Church. It is said that a veteran met death on his way home and beat him up. Since then, death has stayed away from him when he saw him, so the soldier will never die, even if he commits suicide, it is useless. According to the concept of China people, this is simply wonderful. But when all the relatives and friends of the Russian soldier died, he became more and more miserable, and no one spoke to him anymore. In the end, he will go through all kinds of hardships to find death? ! In ancient Greek mythology, Apollo, the sun god, fell in love with a girl, and the girl flatly refused. The girl said, you are a god who will never grow old. Will you still love me when I become an old woman? The little girl refused to be God's wife and flatly refused Apollo's pursuit. The above two cases and China's story have completely different endings. Because China's traditional fear of death has two characteristics: First, life is worse than death, no matter how hard it is, he never gives up the hope of life, so he has a strong ability to revive and finally walks out of the predicament. The tragedy of mass extinction in the history of China is unique in the world, but it is a positive side to come back to life and create prosperity every time; Second, only a group of people who don't have the courage to be lonely can drive the ducks on the shelves together. If it is not wrapped inside, it is usually necessary to wipe the soles of the feet. So China's hero can only be a group hero like Dong Cunrui. What if Dong Cunrui quits at the last minute? Either died in the * * * military, or died in the national army gun, there can be no other situation. It is precisely because China people are bound that they will work hard. So since ancient times, insurgents have either eaten Guanyin soil and died. Eating Guanyin soil is a form of association. ) or resist to death. Palestinian suicide bombers are different. If you quit, you don't have to detonate. This cultural tradition is in sharp contrast with the Christian cultural area. Therefore, there are only two kinds of desperate people in China. One is to dream of getting rich overnight, and the other is to eat earth and Guanyin. There are many such people, but few people despair of the absolute, eternal and supreme value in their hearts. Let's look at the Puritans in Mayflower. On the surface, these Puritans moved to the North American continent because of the intolerant religious atmosphere in Britain. At a deeper level, many of them are willing to give up all kinds of family comforts, leisure and wealth for their beliefs. Not far from Wan Li, Wan Li came to this continent with uncertain fate for them, looking for a pure land and realizing their religious ideals. The French scholar Tocqueville wrote in his famous book "On Democracy in the United States": Those immigrants who settled on the coast of New England "did not have to leave their homeland, but voluntarily gave up their social status and their livelihood. They crossed the ocean to the new world, not to improve their situation, nor to make a fortune; They leave their comfortable homes to meet the pure demand for knowledge; They are willing to taste all the hardships of exile for an ideal victory. " These pioneers who call themselves "God's Voters" have encountered many unexpected difficulties on their way forward. Behind is the choppy ocean, overhead is the boundless sky, and in front is the lonely and terrible wasteland. They have no choice but to pray to Almighty God. Pastor william bradford recorded the desperate situation they faced at that time: "If you look back behind you, you will only see the Wang Yang Sea they crossed. Now it has become a barrier to thousands of waves and the Wan Li gap, completely isolating everyone from the civilized world. Now, besides the spirit and love of God, what can support them? " In the Puritans' view, all these difficulties were God's intentional tests and inevitable obstacles they encountered on their way to heaven. China has a wonderful ancient poem: "There is nothing in the wild, and the lonely mountain does not fall alone." Imagine, when a catastrophic flood occurs in Xiangling, Hu Aishan, if the drowning person can see the mountains towering above the water, he will hopefully reach the other shore. Even the looming "isolated mountain" in the distance will greatly inspire the spirit of people in despair and give people hope for survival and courage to fight. The practice of modern shipwreck rescue proves that tenacious survival hope is the first factor for the victims to survive at sea, which is more important than fresh water and food. Many shipwrecked people died in despair, not because of drowning, freezing to death, thirst or starvation. This shows how important it is to provide hope for the "lonely mountain"! If we compare some kind of absolute power that covers everything to a great flood, then the belief that transcends secular utility is an "isolated mountain" that stands on the water and never surrenders. When people have no belief beyond secular utility, under the cover of secular power, it is like being in a big flood, and all they can see is the endless water surface, and there is no sign of land at all. Is there any other possibility besides scaring yourself to death in complete despair? Unfortunately, from ancient times to the present, China has never had a belief that transcends secular utility. Taking Confucianism, which has dominated the mainstream thought of China people for more than two thousand years, as an example, Confucius said: Sacrifice is like sacrifice, and sacrifice to God is like sacrifice to God. Not believing in God is just perfunctory. Zi said nothing about confusion with God, but he didn't believe in God and ran away. Sometimes I just preach the tortoise philosophy. Confucius said: If there is a way in the world, you will see it, but if there is no way, you will be hidden. If you can't, you can float in the sea with a fork. He also said: Be an official if you have access. I can't help but get pregnant. A country knows if it has a way, but it is stupid if it has no way. Nothing is more important than playing dumb and being completely distracted by the suffering of the world. How does this kind of psychology face the feeling of "grief and anger without doing anything, not doing my best all my life"? ! This is Confucius, and we think he is a great saint. Confucius also said: if you are not in office, you will not seek its politics; Pursuing the best will help the world, and poverty will not be affected by it. How to change from "poverty" to "achievement" without saying anything is a passive fate! Of course, there are some brave words in the Analects, such as killing yourself, which is a long way to go, but it is related to the rise and fall of the world, and someone needs to stand up and turn the tide. Confucius said there was no escape. When it comes to happiness, he said he killed himself. Really wear leather in summer and yarn in winter. Grease your feet if you have something to do, and pat your chest if you have nothing to do! How can such a spiritual leader guide believers out of despair? ! It can be asserted that there is no absolute, eternal and supreme value against secular power in the Confucian system. Therefore, it is impossible for China people to provide an absolute, eternal, supreme value that can resist secular forces. As long as China people regard Confucius as a spiritual leader in the torrent of imperial power, there can be no "lonely mountain" in their hearts. Without the "isolated mountain", it is impossible to escape the great flood of imperial power, which is the sad fate of China people! This is the reason why Chinese civilization can never turn over in the polishing of imperial power. Therefore, since Liu Che only respects Confucianism, the fate of China people can only be "slaves", and there will never be a mass autonomous group. If the fate of life must be a "slave", it is better to be a slave! It is better to be a slave than to be a slave. Being a god slave is autonomy, that is, managing yourself with the god in your heart. Let's look at how the American founders on the may flower were slaves. After more than two months of hard fighting at sea, anxiety, fatigue and malnutrition have exhausted everyone to the extreme. Fresh water and food can only be maintained by rationing for a long time, and it has reached the end of its tether. The coast is just around the corner. It stands to reason that anyone will rush ashore at this time. There is fresh water and food on the shore, but there is no crowded and bumpy sea. At this moment, perhaps something incredible happened in the eyes of China people. The Puritans did not rush ashore, but sat down to discuss the problem hungrily under the support of the belief beyond secular utility! Because they found that the landing place was far away from the planned Jamestown colony in Virginia, which was beyond the jurisdiction of the British king. This is not a territory chartered by British colonists, but a brand-new free wasteland. In other words, there is no existing manager in this land, and you must manage yourself after landing! In other words, we must establish a brand-new and independent political system, which conforms to their pursuit of abandoning the comfortable life and risking their lives to cross the ocean and adapt to the Protestant belief value system. Before they set out, it was only in the more relaxed religious environment of the new world that they began to realize the gradual change of the value system under the Protestant faith and gradually approached the value they pursued. Who knows that due to the navigation error, I missed an opportunity-a sudden opportunity to make the Protestant belief value system in one step politically. This is an unexpected big problem! This big problem has not been solved, so we can't rush ashore. On earth, the British are most alert to the harm of political pollution. These British Protestants have a deep understanding of political filth. It is impossible to turn politics into clean things, because politics is inherently dirty, and the only way is to limit its harm. At this time, they knew that politics was dirty, but in order to manage their life after landing, they had to make such dirty things themselves. This is really a disgusting and unavoidable problem. They feel uneasy. It is a painstaking thing to try to limit the inevitable harm of politics to a minimum. In order to achieve these goals, they made clear in their discussion how to manage the new world in the future. Rely on what? The authority of the leader? The strength of the army or the gift of the king? The calmness, caution and wisdom of these hungry and exhausted Puritans are amazing! On the other hand, in China, although China's politics is particularly dirty, for more than 2,800 years, apart from the blood and tears of ordinary people, the rest is the emperor's shamelessness. There is a cloud in the poem: "propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame hang in the temple, and the heart of trying to read ancient history is boundless." Killing one's parents and killing one's father is common. Since ancient times, deceivers have been emperors. " This is politics! Strangely, it is China people who are ignorant of political pollution, and it is China people who are the least alert to the harm of political pollution. Don't you see that in your life, when you meet Xiaohui, you will burst into tears and your words of gratitude will never stop. You never thought about it. You have paid so many taxes, what are you talking about? For example, all people have to buy necessities from stores. No one can live without commodity trading, but who can bow down to the salesman as the savior? Since no one will worship the salespeople who sell goods, the political "salespeople" are also blurred in the illusion of the blurred country, so the people don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, so the "salespeople" in the blurred country can enjoy the honor and accept the worship openly! People who have lived in the vast network of vanity countries since childhood will naturally think that politics is sacred and a stage for the great savior to show mercy; It is the ferry crossing of Guanyin Bodhisattva. In fact, if it doesn't rain, it is often the more saviors, the faster people die. Sad husband! After careful discussion, the Puritans in may flower signed the Mayflower Convention. It reads: "In the name of God, Amen. We, the undersigned, have crossed the ocean to pay tribute to the gods of God, spread the faith of Christ, pay tribute to our monarch, and are determined to establish the first colony in Northern Virginia. Before God, we solemnly declare that in order to establish a good order and protect our lives, we voluntarily form a people's self-governing group. In order to make it develop better, we will from time to time formulate, implement and establish the most appropriate and convenient laws, regulations, rules, articles of association and public office for all citizens of this colony. We promise to obey and abide by these laws and the management of officials. " Three hundred and eighty-five years ago, the embryonic form of America appeared like this. This is the origin of America. Ran Ran, a star of human civilization, has risen, and it has become the brightest star in the world today.