Painting by Ahn Gyeon (안견/安堅), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (몽유도원도/夢遊桃源圖), 1447.

14.10.09

Popular (or conventional?) wisdom

Quoted from the China Digital Times:
"Chinese twitterers were busy during the National Day holiday, offering their opinions about the military parade and celebrations. Below are some examples from more politically-minded tweets:
@wenshiyi:  The order of the three slogans yelled by Hu Jintao was very interesting.  Long Live the Great Chinese Communist Party! Long Live the Great People’s Republic of China! Long Live the Great Chinese People!  To use Mencius’s language: the ruler ranks the highest, the state comes next, and the people count the least.  [Mencius's original quote was 'The people rank the highest, the state comes next, and the ruler counts the least.']
胡錦濤喊的三個萬歲的次序很有意思:偉大的中國共產黨萬歲!偉大的中華人民共和國萬歲!偉大的中國人民萬歲!套用亞聖的名句,就是君為貴、社稷次之,民為輕."
Sure speaks volumes...

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