Can Shanghainese change their attitude towards foreigners?

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Shanghainese are a very special group in China since modern times. There are not many beautiful historical sites in Shanghai. When traveling to Shanghai, the people who received the deepest reception were the bustling Shanghainese. They have many tacit life orders and internal norms, and they have formed a set of psychological and cultural ways. To put it bluntly, they can call it "Shanghai civilization". When a foreigner comes to Shanghai, whether on a bus, in a shop or in the street, he will soon be recognized, mainly because of his appearance and language, but because he can't integrate into this Shanghai civilization.

Similarly, a small number of Shanghainese go to other places, which is often eye-catching, even though they may not speak Shanghainese.

The whole country is a little inseparable from Shanghainese, and everyone hates Shanghainese. Local cultural and scientific research departments often need Shanghainese. Shanghai's light industrial products are also very easy to use, and Shanghai's funds turned over to the state are also very open-minded, but it never makes friends with Shanghainese. Shanghai people are not generous, and they can't drink a few drinks at the banquet. It takes more brains to negotiate with them, and living in their house is even more deadly. People are crowded and exquisite everywhere. How to make such friends?

Shanghainese can be scolded for more than that. For example, more than one political villain who disturbed the whole country made his fortune in Shanghai. What do you have to say in Shanghai? Shanghainese who don't care much about politics will not talk, and occasionally whisper in private: "They are not Shanghainese, they are all from other places!"

But how many Shanghainese are there? The real Shanghainese are farmers in the suburbs of Shanghai, and Shanghainese look down on "country people".

As a result, Shanghainese are in an awkward position. This kind of embarrassment is far from today. In my opinion, Shanghainese have always been the most embarrassing group since the beginning of China's modern history.

Analyzing Shanghainese's embarrassment is a heavy task in the study of contemporary China culture.

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A few years ago, Shanghai built a luxurious international hotel near Xujiahui, called Hua Ting Hotel, which is a good name because Shanghai was called Hua Ting in ancient times. During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the Shanghai County Records recorded that:

Huating, the old name of Shanghai County, was a prosperous place in the Song Dynasty, based on the name of the town, the name of the city ship and the name of the freight yard. In the twenty-ninth year of the Yuan Dynasty, with the prosperity of people and things, five townships in the northeast of Huating were cut, and the town was set up as a county and transferred to Songjiang Prefecture. Its name is Shanghai, and the land lives on the ocean.

So the early Shanghainese were also Huating people. However, this has nothing to do with what we call Shanghai civilization. I think Xu Guangqi, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, was the pioneer of Shanghai civilization. He was the first Shanghainese in a strict sense. His tomb is near the Hua Ting Hotel. Corresponding to each other, head to tail, summed up the intangible Shanghai civilization.

Some qualities of Shanghainese today can be found in Xu Guangqi. This clever scholar, Wei Xiucai of Jinshan, traveled north and south and met the Italian missionary Lazzaro Cattaneo in Guangdong. We got along well as soon as we chatted, and Xu Guangqi began to know what Catholicism was all about. He is thirty-four years old and deeply immersed in China's religious spirit dominated by Confucianism. However, he did not laugh at the western religion he just heard as a peep show, nor did he just write it in any book as foreign knowledge, but thought deeply. He doesn't want to give up the imperial examination. Four years later, he went to Beijing to take the exam. When passing by Nanjing, he visited Matteo Ricci, a famous missionary in Europe, and asked about the true meaning of life. Later, he became friends with another missionary, Luo, and was baptized by him.

In the second year after baptism, Xu Guangqi was admitted to Jinshi and became Hanlin Jishi Shu, which entered a glorious threshold for China traditional intellectuals, and he could be a Beijing official with peace of mind. But this Shanghainese was very upset and always went to Matteo Ricci who was in Beijing at that time. The topics discussed go far beyond religion, astronomy, calendar, mathematics, weapons, military affairs, economy and water conservancy. Among them, he is most interested in mathematics, dressed in the official uniform of the Imperial Academy, and devoted himself to accurate western mathematical thinking. Soon, he and Matteo Ricci translated and published a large set of Elements of Geometry. At that time, it was the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and there was still a long time of more than 230 years from the artillery fire of the Opium War.

This Shanghainese is good at doing things. Instead of challenging the feudal political system with a set of mathematical thinking all day, he was constantly reused by the emperor. Twenty-two years after the publication of The Elements of Geometry, he actually became an assistant minister of does and soon became a history of does. After obtaining such a big official position, he solemnly preached Catholicism, advocated western scientific civilization, and appointed and reused European nationals. He has been busy for several years and is exhausted. After Xu Guangqi's death, Emperor Chongzhen also held a memorial day to express his condolences, and the coffin was transported back to Shanghai for burial. After the burial place, it was the place where his family lived for generations and began to be called "Xujiahui". Xu Guangqi's death is a peculiar combination of Chinese and Western cultures: he was posthumously sealed by the imperial court, and there was a Latin inscription on his grave.

Open-minded, studious, easy-going, smart, able to learn traditional culture and social reality, but open the door to world civilization, dare to absorb new knowledge that was strange not long ago, and naturally integrate into life. Unlike Zhang, a Hubei native, who was far-sighted, promoted the advantages and eliminated the disadvantages, was different from Hai Rui, a Guangdong native, who put all his eggs in one basket, and was different from Tang Xianzu, a Jiangxi native, who was the first shrewd Shanghainese in the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi, who is realistic about life, doesn't think much about his "afterlife", but in detail, the traffic behind him is really great. His burial place, Xujiahui, became an important town for spreading western religions and scientific civilization. The famous Jiaotong University has been here since the end of last century, and Fudan University was also located in the nearby Gong Li Temple before moving to Jiangwan. Starting from Xujiahui area, a Huaihai Road extends eastward and goes straight through Shanghai Beach. It used to be the main artery of western civilization in an all-round way, and the style of the old Shanghai high-level society has been distributed for a long time. So some people think that if Shanghai civilization is to be divided into three levels, the highest level can also be called Xujiahui civilization.

Xu Guangqi's thirteenth generation grandson is a soldier. He has a granddaughter named Ni, who is the mother of the Song sisters who shocked China's modern history. Niguizhen inherited the style of his ancestors, was a devout Christian, and was good at mathematics. The great influence of her daughters on China's modern society can be regarded as an important manifestation of the Shanghai civilization initiated by Xu Guangqi.

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Anyone with a little vision of modern world geography will have a crush on Shanghai. Beijing is a typical Chinese capital: backed by the Great Wall and facing south, it is very safe; On the contrary, Shanghai faces east, facing a vast Pacific Ocean, and behind it is a Yangtze River that runs through nine regions. For a self-sufficient China, it is not enough that Shanghai is in a corner; But as far as the open contemporary world is concerned, it overlooks the vast distance, handles all kinds of foreign exchange and has an extraordinary situation.

If the Pacific Ocean means little to China, then Shanghai means little to China. How many articles can a closed door frame do? With it, it will leak into the outdoor strong wind and spread to the noise at the door, disturbing the peace of the homeowner. We have natural grain from the two lakes and the Sichuan basin, but Shanghai can't deliver much rice; We have countless freshwater river networks, and no amount of seawater in Shanghai can be eaten up; We have three mountains and five mountains living in our own religion and beautiful scenery, and Shanghai can't even find a decent mountain peak; We have a wide pass in Kyushu, and we have to walk a long way around Shanghai. We have many historical relics, and even a county in Shanghai is too young ... What does this nation, who grew up by the Yellow River, want to hide in Shanghai by the sea?

Shanghai is fundamentally discordant with the awe-inspiring Chinese civilization.

It was not until the19th century that Li Xun, an employee of the British East India Company, submitted a report to the government, stating the importance of Shanghai to the territory of the New World, and Shanghai became one of the five open trading ports in treaty of nanking. 1842, British warships opened in Shanghai. Since then, things have changed dramatically. Western civilization swept through with filth, and ruined China invested more and more in it. As a result, there has been an unprecedented uproar here at an extremely fast speed.

Xu Guangqi's descendants were not only psychologically prepared, but also surprised to be caught in this uproar. On the one hand, colonists, adventurers, nouveau riche, hooligans, local ruffians, prostitutes and gangs appear together; On the other hand, universities, hospitals, post offices, banks, trams, scholars, poets and scientists also gather here. The whistle of Huangpu River, the neon lights flashing night after night, the jackets of suits and gowns jostling shoulder to shoulder, and the four dialects are mottled with European and American languages. You come and go, you win and I lose, changing day and night at the fastest frequency. This is a new weird society, but strictly speaking, it is also a road where many kinds of rapids collide, making noise and rolling into huge waves.

Faced with such a place, any historian will have a bloated mind and can't figure out what it is. You can say that it is the source of shame of the modern Chinese nation, but isn't it shameful that a nation in modern times always resists the collision of modern times? You can also be said to be an urban civilization that has risen against agricultural civilization, but what kind of urban civilization will always be coveted, decomposed, surrounded and shrouded by the vast rural forces like Shanghai?

In short, this is a huge paradox. When you look at its turbidity, it will give off bright light. When you worship its power, it will turn around and show you the scarred back wall.

However, in this paradox structure, an ecological environment and psychological habit that was out of tune with China at that time gradually formed. In the early years of this world, many new revolutionaries and thinkers were hunted down by feudal dynasties, and the concession Shanghai became their refuge. More importantly, for this pursuit and asylum, feudal tradition and western civilization clashed in Shanghai. Shanghainese read newspapers every day, and after careful analysis, they begin to understand how many of the legal principles followed by China in past dynasties are upside down, which is unreasonable from a normal international perspective. From these practical cases, Shanghainese have vaguely understood the normal meanings of concepts such as democracy, humanity, freedom, legal system, political prisoners and sentencing. , and have a heartfelt contempt for the feudal tradition that can't stand comparison. This kind of contempt is not the result of conceptual thinking, but a common sense choice made from actual observation, so it has great secularity and popularity in this city.

At the same time of these cases, it is more symbolic that the gentry and officials in Shanghai advocate the demolition of the wall of the old city of Shanghai, because it has obviously hindered the travel of horses and chariots and the financial and commercial situation. At that time, they repeatedly explained in their submissions that tearing down the city wall was an experiment of "the spirit of national civilization." Of course, some people objected, but after several arguments, Shanghainese finally tore down the city wall and became a group with a particularly small psychological framework in feudal tradition.

Later, a social revolution from the countryside changed the history of Shanghai, and Shanghai became much quieter. A group of Shanghainese left, but most Shanghainese stayed. They are required to keep pace with the mainland and bear economic responsibility for the mainland. When Shanghai turned around, Pingyi was very calm and began to be a docile eldest son. Just like Chueh-hsin in Ba Jin's family, he has a heavy burden on his shoulders and can't be as noisy as he used to be. The sea breeze is blowing behind, regardless of it, the machines in the workshop rumble, the trams to work are crowded, everyone is exhausted, and Shanghai becomes silent and deserted at night. In order to cut off the chaotic prosperity more thoroughly, a large number of cadres from mainland rural areas were transferred to Shanghai; In order to guard against the war said to come from the Pacific Ocean, a large number of Shanghai factories moved to the inland mountainous areas. The more secluded and steep the mountain area, the more you can find factories in Shanghai. The simple mountaineer pointed to the workers' backs and smiled: "Hey, Shanghainese!"

In recent years, Shanghainese have begun to feel a little uneasy again. People from Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Wenzhou stood up and walked straight into Shanghai. The Shanghainese stared at them and didn't follow them. I feel a little ashamed, but I haven't completely lost my self-esteem. I think: If we Shanghainese really stand up, it will be a completely different scene. Maybe it is a kind of masturbation. You might as well listen to it.

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Maybe Shanghai people's masturbation is reasonable. Shanghai civilization, first of all, is a spiritual and cultural feature. Economic circulation alone is far from including Shanghai civilization.

The greatest psychological quality of Shanghai civilization is tolerant coexistence based on individual freedom.

In China, the contradiction with Shanghai-style tolerance is the Jing Zhao mentality that feudal rule has been breeding for a long time. Even after the feudal era, the improvement and inheritance of this mentality was still scattered everywhere. This mentality extends to provincial capitals and counties, forming a tacit understanding and a wide range. No matter what kind of flood played a role in the past, this mentality was washed away in Shanghai. As long as they don't interfere with themselves, Shanghainese generally don't criticize other people's lifestyles. Compared with other places, Shanghainese have less contact with their neighbors in apartments and dormitories. As a last resort, several families have to share a kitchen or bathroom, but there are often frictions and quarrels between them, because each family should maintain its own independence and freedom. Therefore, the tolerance of Shanghainese is not manifested in humility, but in "mutual management". In the moral sense, humility is a virtue; However, in a deeper cultural and psychological sense, "each manages his own affairs" may be closer to the tolerance concept of modern people. It is more meaningful to recognize the rationality of the existence of various ecosystems alone and that we can be indifferent to each other than the humility achieved through hard moral training. Why humble? Because the choice is unique, either you or me, or I will compete with you if I don't let you. This is the basic lifestyle and moral starting point under the unified order. Why can you "mind your own business"? Because there are many ways to choose from, you go your way, I go my way, and no one will swallow anyone. This is a mutual accommodation contract derived from the recognition of the pluralistic world.

There are also many mothers-in-law in Shanghai who like to talk about others. But even they know that "meddling" is a widely rejected disease. Foreign cadres transferred to Shanghai often worry about how to distinguish between "meddling" and "business". In the eyes of Shanghainese, all private affairs that are not directly related to work tasks belong to the category of "meddling" that others should not care about.

There is a supreme rhetorical question in the spoken language of Shanghainese, saying, "What style is Guan Nong?" (That is, "What's it to you?" ) In a foreign country, a girl's dress was criticized by her colleagues. She will express her views on the content of criticism, such as "what's wrong with a shorter skirt" and "jeans are convenient to wear", but when it comes to Shanghai girls, things become extremely simple: this is a personal matter, and no matter how ugly it is, it has nothing to do with others. So she just said, "What's the style of farming?" and cut off all disputes. The tone of this sentence can be angry or angry, but the reason is the same.

In the academic field of culture, most scholars who have gained Shanghai mentality are unwilling to "discuss" with others or face others' "discussion". There are many paths for cultural and academic research. Everyone is going a different way. It's okay to look at each other from a distance. Why keep the same pace? Over the years, there have been many so-called "North-South disputes" and "Shanghai-Beijing disputes" in the cultural and academic circles. But this statement is mostly assumed by the north. Shanghainese rarely fight back even if they are "discussed". They stubbornly stuck to their views. For the opponents, a naughty voice echoed in their hearts: "What is Guan Nong?"

Based on this concept of individual independence, Shanghai's scientific culture is often fresh and original; However, it is precisely because of the low-level presentation of this concept that Shanghai often cannot form a collective force, and many gratifying creations and concepts are relatively thin.

Based on this concept of individual self-reliance, Shanghainese have a calm tolerance, a calm tolerance. A Taiwan Province compatriot wrote an article after returning to Shanghai for sightseeing, saying that "Shanghainese have never seen anything". It is true that being well informed leads to calmness and tolerance. More importantly, they are used to the frequent changes of things, so they understand some complementary philosophies and become rebellious and calm. They seek change, and then take it as a kind of nature. They are good at finding a self in the rapid change, and are not surprised by the different situations of others in the change.

According to this psychological set, it is difficult for Shanghainese to obey an order in their hearts for a long time and sincerely. Worship authority. When an authority from other places comes to Shanghai, he often feels uncomfortable. On the contrary, Shanghainese can worship a person who is unsuccessful in other places, but really feels comfortable looking at himself. In the initial stage, many famous Peking Opera actors became famous in Shanghai. Shanghai, a city that is not the center of Beijing Opera, has defended a strange Zhou for so long, which may be a bit unimaginable in another city. Old artists who want to overwhelm Shanghainese with their qualifications, rankings and styles were criticized by newspapers within a few days of their arrival in Shanghai. Most Shanghai artists are not interested in winning prizes in Jinjing.

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Another psychological quality of Shanghai civilization is a shrewd estimation of actual interests. Perhaps the remnants of Xu Guangqi's Elements of Geometry still exist, or perhaps the rapidly changing reality around him has shaped a skill. Shanghainese have always paid more attention to scientific effectiveness and can't stand the stupidity of slow swallowing.

Shanghai people have little courage to engage in scientific research and trade, but there are not many miscalculations. All units in the country will be interested in some troublesome things, and it is generally more competent to invite Shanghainese to do it. This is no secret anywhere.

Shanghainese don't like big meals, fine wine and seafood. I don't like "talking about mountains" and talking all night; I don't like to spend several days with a foreign friend to show my loyalty to friendship. I don't like listening to big reports, and I don't want to be long-winded; A cultural salon in Shanghai can't be set up because the participants estimate that it is not worth the loss to lose so much time; Shanghainese don't want to stay in luxury hotels even if they have the conditions to go out, because it has no practical benefits in any way ... everything is beyond reproach. If Shanghai people's shrewdness only stays in these places, it is not annoying.

However, in this city, you can also find excessive waste of cleverness everywhere. If many people want to go far away from the city, they will spend a lot of time thinking about which route and which ticket to change trains several times is the most economical, even if it is 35 cents less, they should take it seriously. This kind of thing sometimes happens on the bus, and other people on the bus will blurt out a more economical route and take the essence of the road, just like a strategist chooses a dangerous road to attack. This kind of discussion in the car often turns into a collective investment, which makes people even more sad. There are frequent disputes over the allocation of utilities and gas fees in public dormitories, and Shanghai is probably the highest in the country.

All this can be attributed to poverty. However, they had a foreign famous brand cigarette in their mouth during the dispute, which was enough to offset the cost of the dispute.

I found that more than half of Shanghainese's concern comes from their shrewd defense and performance. Wisdom will constitute a kind of vitality, which always needs to be vented. Even if the object is trivial, once it is vented, it will feel very strong. The high IQ of these poor Shanghainese has become a heavy burden for them. What should they do if they are not allowed to learn calculus, draw design drawings, manipulate assembly lines and be in the front line of commercial competition? I am too old to take part in the quiz; To gamble, fame and economy will be affected. They can only spend on these trivial things. Although they are serious and angry, they are also a pastime.

Originally, this kind of mind and eloquence should appear in negotiations with foreign businessmen.

Shanghai people's shrewdness and wisdom constitute a group logic curve, which shakes and flashes everywhere in the streets and alleys of this city. Quick understanding, quick reasoning, both, but I can still feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn. When buying a ticket in the tram, the passenger handed in a dime and only said "two tickets". The conductor immediately tore off two seven-point tickets, as if the game was agile and concise. Everyone who can't keep up with this logical curve quickly, Shanghainese always think that they are foreigners or country people, and their disgusting conceit is born from this. Shanghai's ticket sellers, salespeople and service attitude are not inferior in the whole country. What they can't tolerate for foreigners is that they often ask all customers to have the same understanding and inference. Anything that doesn't exist is called "not cleared" and ignored.

In all fairness, this is not xenophobia, but a tragic obsession with one's own wisdom.

Shanghai people's shrewd estimation, reflected in culture, is a pattern of "appealing to both refined and popular tastes". Most of the cultural people in Shanghai are realistic. They will not cling to lifeless phenomena, but will always have a sense of breakthrough and pioneer. Their cultural literacy is not low, and they have enough ability to set foot in high-level cultural fields at home and abroad. But their shrewdness makes them pay more attention to the feasibility of reality and the possibility of acceptance. They don't want to be scarred and helpless lonely heroes, and they don't like being arrogant and lonely for a long time. They have a natural dissolving function, which melts theory into the secular world and makes the secular world shine with wisdom. There is no doubt that this solution will often make the rigorous and meticulous theory slack off, dull the hard-working mind and cause mental and behavioral fatigue; But many times, things will gradually make substantial progress and achieve results that are difficult for generous aspirants to achieve. This can be called a clever way of cultural evolution.

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Another psychological quality of Shanghai-style civilization is the pursuit of open culture, which originates from the history of international communication.

In contrast, across the country, Shanghainese are in a relatively balanced psychological state in the face of the international community. They have never despised foreigners in their hearts, so they will not be afraid of foreigners and will not show extraordinary respect. Generally speaking, they are a little idolatrous, but they are not very likable in temperament. My friend Sha humorously pointed out that one of his attitudes towards life is "worshipping foreign things and obsessing foreign things", which can be used to summarize the mentality of Shanghainese.

There is no doubt that this is closely related to the history of this city. The rickshaw pullers of the older generation can speak a few words of English, but even if they are humble, they dare to compete with foreigners in the "May 30th" trend. There have been many foreigners living in the alleys of Shanghai, and their long-term neighbor relationship has naturally been adjusted. Salespeople in Shanghai stores don't take foreign customers too seriously. They often evaluate the financial strength of foreign customers and help them come up with some shopping ideas.

Many cities in the north call foreigners "foreigners". This interesting statement, which is neither respectful nor contemptible, seems to be quite close, but in fact it is quite different and has not yet taken root in Shanghai. In the spoken language of Shanghainese, foreigners are rarely called "foreigners" except children. As long as you know your nationality, Americans, Britons, Germans and Japanese are always mentioned in particular. This shows that even ordinary citizens are psychologically close to foreigners.

Nowadays, no matter what class, the first hope of Shanghai children is to study abroad. It is a desperate choice for young people to study and work in Japan. As long as the children are underage, parents will not make this choice. They want their children to study in America seriously. There is an international world here.

In fact, even in the era of non-opening, there is an international cultural requirement lurking in the education of Shanghai people for their children, regardless of whether it can be realized at that time. Middle schools in Shanghai have always attached great importance to English. Even if it was almost useless at the time, no parents asked for exemption. Shanghainese always ask their children to learn piano or sing after school, but they don't want their children to be absorbed into the attractive military art troupe at that time. Harbin Institute of Technology, once very famous in China, has been unable to aspire to the excellent structure of Shanghai. During the turmoil of the "Cultural Revolution", everything seemed to be extinct, but several foreign classical music delegations came quietly, and the newspaper did not make any publicity. Somehow, the rush to buy tickets began at once. Where are so many foreign fans hiding? At the beginning of the program, their clothes were neat and tidy, and their order and etiquette were in line with international practice, which embarrassed Shanghainese. A few years ago, Beethoven's symphony concert was held, and countless Shanghainese actually lined up all night in the cold wind. Two years ago, my university auditioned for the famous absurd play Waiting for Godot. According to the general standards, the play looks boring, and there are not many audiences in many foreign cities. But the audience in Shanghai can watch it quietly, without swearing, discussion or cheering. There must be many people who don't understand it at all, but they know that this is a world famous book and should go to see it. It is natural that they don't understand, that is, they don't hate the play or themselves. Night after night, this batch went to that batch, calm and peaceful.

Needless to say, the lower classes in Shanghai have no international cultural pursuit, but they have stayed in such a city for a long time, and over time, they have at least admired the general culture. "Reading is useless" was once popular in Shanghai, but the situation is slightly different from other places. Most parents can't tolerate a child who can understand dropping out of school by himself. Only for children who really can't read well, they comfort themselves and prevaricate with their neighbors on the pretext of "reading is useless" Even in the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the last batch of college graduates before the Cultural Revolution were always the focus of marriage proposal, even if their wages were low, their future was hopeless, or they were far behind. Under certain historical conditions and social environment, this admiration for culture is blind to non-utilitarianism, while the most pragmatic Shanghainese are not utilitarian in this respect, which is one of the biggest differences between Shanghainese and Guangzhou people, although they are quite close in many other aspects.

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The psychological characteristics of Shanghai-style civilization can be cited, but we can see one thing from these points.

Interestingly, the inheritors of Shanghai civilization are an extremely complex group. Therefore, this kind of civilization is not embodied as a dead group, but an invisible psychological order, which absorbs and banishes people who come and go in the past. Some people have lived in Shanghai for a long time and have not been able to convert to this civilization. On the contrary, some people are fascinated by * * soon after they enter. This has produced Shanghainese in the sense of non-household registration, but Shanghainese in the sense of psychological culture.

Undoubtedly, Shanghainese are far from the ideal modern urbanites. The distorted history has limited them and shaped them; A special orientation released them and restricted them. They are strange all over the country and a little strange in the world.

In the structure of intellectuals, they are a group that lacks conversion. Tradition? By fashion? By the mainland? Through international? By the economy? By culture? By reputation? With human feelings? By efficiency? They seem to have many supporters, but everyone is a little vague. They are the easiest to go out freely, but they often feel a kind of free and easy loneliness.

They have had, or may have had too many dreams. Full of dreams, dragging stumbling steps. It seems that there are countless voices calling them, and their talents are impulsive, so they are really confused.

They also feel their bad habits and realize their cowardice, but they don't know what wind to pull, what water to hold and how to wash themselves.

Every morning, Shanghainese still bargain in the market and quarrel constantly on crowded buses. Go home at night, calm down and teach your children to learn English well. The child graduated and made no progress. The Shanghainese sighed and stroked his gray hair.

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The key to writing the history of new Shanghai lies in remolding the new Shanghainese. The significance of remodeling is the adjustment of personality structure. Please allow me to say a few words on this.

Today, the personality structure of Shanghainese is largely the legacy of more than a hundred years of prosperity and turmoil. At the beginning of this century, Shanghai people saw the world, but it is undeniable that Shanghainese at that time were not the masters of the city as a whole. Shanghainese have long been servants, staff and assistants, and foreigners and foreigners stand in the front line to undertake the fun and risks of starting a business. Many Shanghainese are in the second line, watching, comparing, following, persuading, worrying and enjoying the fun and risks of the second line again and again. A few Shanghainese have also rushed to the front line. If they succeeded, they all left Shanghai later. This holistic role, even though Shanghainese have extensive knowledge and experience and can adapt to the modern competitive society, lacks independent courage and dares not let individual life show brilliantly.

Today, even if he is the best among Shanghainese, the most suitable position is still the senior staff of a multinational company, and it is difficult to become the first president to swallow mountains and rivers. Shanghai people's vision far exceeds their initiative, and their adaptability far exceeds their creativity. Have the demeanor of everyone, but not the demeanor of a general. There is a bird's eye view of the world, but there is no spirit of the world.

So Shanghainese are always looking forward to it. They have a high vision, and nothing can meet their expectations in the future, so they have to entertain themselves by complaining. Complaints stop at complaining, which restricts the mentality of their employees.

Without the courage to be the first in the world and the toughness to dominate the overall situation, the shrewdness of Shanghainese is accompanied by cowardice. They can't laugh loudly, fight to death, travel alone or go to the last stop. They didn't even relax when playing, looking back and forth and dragging their feet. Even falling in love is not so romantic.

Most of the ugliness of Shanghainese comes from this. Without the vast tide of life, wisdom becomes a private plaything in the hand. People with a high level of education, infected by the spirit of Sharon, can only hear humorous words rolling in, but can't find the surging tide of life; People with low education will be witty regardless of the occasion and often fall into mean and evil banter; What's more, they will become bourgeois or even hooligans and become a headache scum in the market. The life of Shanghainese is not satisfactory, but because of the lack of sense of life, there is a lack of tragic experience, and the lack of tragic experience means a lack of acceptance of sublimity and greatness. They claim to be humorous, but that's all. They can't achieve real humor because they don't have the atmosphere and detachment necessary for humor. As a result, Shanghainese have lost their profound sadness and joy at the same time, and the two basic elements of life experience are quite bleak for them.

Even the self-pride spurned by the whole country is only the blind protection of Shanghainese's ecology and mentality, and they are too proud to disdain triviality and arrogance. Real strong people also have a sense of pride, but their fearless spiritual strength makes them generous and open-minded, not only narcissistic in lifestyle and behavior, but also indifferent to people.

In a word, although Shanghainese are delicate, they lack a heated source of life. As a result, the city lost its burning power and its mighty eruption.

Pity, contempt