(East and West Questions) Short Comment: Why is selflessness and selflessness called "Grand Duke"?
China News Agency, Beijing, June 27th, Question: Why is selflessness and selflessness called "Grand Duke"?
China News Agency reporter An Yingzhao
The 120th anniversary of Hong Kong's "Ta Kung Pao" is the longest-lived newspaper in Chinese history.
What is "Grand Duke"?
In 1902, when Ying Lianzhi founded Ta Kung Pao in Tianjin, he immediately set the tenet of "forgetting one's self to be great, and being selfless as public".
Self-forgetfulness and selflessness reflect the high realm of Chinese traditional culture and Chinese philosophical thought.
"Ta Kung Pao" 120th anniversary celebration ceremony and photo exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The "Heaven and Earth Chapter" of the outer chapter of "Zhuangzi" records that Laozi once said to Confucius who asked himself, "Those who forget themselves are called entering into heaven." Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi" explained the meaning of "big" It is: "The sky is big, the earth is big, and people are big. Therefore, the elephant is shaped like a human." When Duan Yucai, a representative of the Qianjia School of the Qing Dynasty, made a note, he also quoted Lao Tzu adding "Dao Da" before "Tian Da", which shows that he forgot The self is considered to be the supreme realm of entering into the heaven, close to the Tao.
An 8-meter-long paper-cut artwork shows Lao Tzu writing the scriptures of Hangu Pass.
Photo by Wang Zhongju issued by China News Agency
Buddhists regard "all actions are impermanent, all dharmas have no ego, and Nirvana is quiet" as the three Dharma seals to test the Buddhist Dharma.
In the Confucian tradition, forgetting oneself is not only a pursuit of self-cultivation, but also the ultimate ideal of governing the country and bringing peace to the world.
According to the Analects of Confucius, "the son in Qi was in Shao, but he did not know the taste of meat in March." It can be said that he forgot himself when he heard rituals and music; "A basket of food, a scoop of drinking, in a poor alley, people can't bear their worries, and they don't change their joy when they return." It can be said to be diligent in practicing and walking and forgetting oneself; "When you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening." It can be said that seeking knowledge and forgetting oneself.
What Wang Guowei said about the third realm of life, "the crowd seeks him thousands of times. When I look back, the man is there, where the lights are dim." Forget yourself.
The "Great Harmony Society" in the Confucian ideals regards "the world for the public" as the core essence of "the journey of the Dao", and it is also a concentrated expression of selflessness and selflessness.
There is a similar tradition of selflessness in Western civilization.
Socrates died generously in order to maintain the authority of the rule of law, and Bruno died in the fire to defend the "heliocentric theory".
Art inherited from ancient Greece emphasizes the inspiration brought by ecstasy. Just as the famous poet of later generations Nietzsche said, "The lyrical genius can only feel that a painting scene symbolizes the creation of the world from the mysterious and mysterious realm of ecstasy".
Sculptures in the "National Expo Centennial - Chinese Sculpture Centennial Exhibition" lined up ancient and modern Chinese and foreign sages together.
Photo by Zhang Hao issued by China News Agency
The word "Grand Duke" also condenses the common pursuit of objectivity and fairness in the Chinese and Western press.
Liang Qichao once put forward the four principles of running a newspaper, that is, the purpose is high, the thinking is new and correct, the material is rich and appropriate, and the report is accurate and fast.
Pulitzer, a famous American newspaperman, also has an image metaphor. If a country is a ship sailing on the sea, the journalist is the watchman on the bow.
In the early years of Ying Lianzhi, she studied French by herself, and the French words "L'IMPARTIAL" can be seen on the masthead of the first issue of Ta Kung Pao, which means impartiality and impartiality.
Its concept of running a newspaper of "knowing everything, with the heart of the great duke, developing the theory of compromise, offering alternatives, promoting righteousness and suppressing evil, and not taking selfishness and suspicion as a matter" is an excellent interpretation.
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