The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 78

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "I'm not teaching you to lie, but telling you a fact by precept and example.

"If you hesitate to tell the truth or lie, it's a muscle.

"Oriental people generally say the right thing in their way of dealing with things, and don't care about the truth or lies.

"Just like just now, although I didn't tell the truth, everyone was happy.

"My brother-in-law thinks that things are settled, and my sister's family feels hopeful, and I won't be scolded by my sister.

"What's wrong with having fun?"

Shiliu folded his arms and said righteously: "But this is a joy based on lies! You lied to your sister's family just because you didn't want to be scolded, you are so selfish!"

Jiang Yu was not angry, but smiled and said, "Do you still remember what we talked about before, 'seeing is believing' and 'seeing is believing'?"

Sixteen nodded.

"Oriental people are pragmatic in all aspects." Jiang Yu explained: "For example, if you don't suffer immediate losses, this is not cowardly, nor is it to comfort yourself, it is just a kind of protection for yourself.

"Some things take a step back and open up the sea and the sky, and go further.

"Westerners insist on talking about right and wrong, justice, and human rights, but what's the point? How many righteous things have they done? Who in the West dares to say that they have been doing the right thing?

"Although the Declaration of Independence says 'all men are created equal,' it also preserves slavery.

"The citizenship rights of black slaves belong to the slave owners, and five blacks are converted into the citizenship rights of three white citizens.

"From the moment this country was established, it didn't intend to respect human rights! What kind of human rights are they talking about every day?
"Oriental people have seen the dangers of this world, and are willing to whitewash these dangers, so that at least it seems that the world we live in still has some hope!"

Shiliu shook his head, still unable to accept it: "If there is a chance, Lu Xun will beat you to death!"

"Humanities is my major. I dare not compare with Mr. Lu Xun, but I am definitely better than you!" Jiang Yu lit a cigarette and said:
"In addition, what I just said about 'speaking the right words' has prerequisites, the first is a clear conscience, and the second is peace of mind.

"I'm not teaching you to lie, I'm only obedient, when it's time to speak righteously, you must speak righteously, and you can't back down even half a step.

"But in normal times, there is no need to be impassioned all day long and push yourself so hard.

"Chinese people pay attention to 'outer circle and inner square'. The so-called 'inner square' is their bottom line and their own principles. As long as they don't violate the bottom line and principles, they can feel at ease."

Sixteen frowned: "It's so complicated!"

Jiang Yu said seriously: "Do you think being a human is so easy?
“It’s okay to be good, it’s okay to be bad, it’s okay to be good, it’s okay to be evil!

"The most difficult thing in the world is to be a human being."

Sixteen asked: "Why can't you be nice and kind?"

"Because when people meet someone better than themselves, they don't think about how to learn from him, how to become like him!" Jiang Yu said with a smile:
"On the contrary, they will think that his kindness and kindness are all pretended and hypocritical, and will slander him immediately!

"This is human nature!"

Sixteen thought for a few seconds before arriving: "After what you say, I don't even want to continue integrating into human society!"

Jiang Yu took a puff of cigarette: "You are cowardly!

"Why is it called 'Great Hermit in the City'? People who have seen through human nature and still love life are the real powerful people!
"As I said before, those who have truly seen through the dangers of this world are willing to whitewash the world instead.

"The reason why Eastern classical culture is so good is because the ancients have already told us the answer to the big problem of how to be a human being."

Sixteen did not refute this time, nor did he express his opinion, but chose to listen carefully to Jiang Yu's words.

Jiang Yu continued: "Hegel was very disappointed when he got the translated version of "The Analects of Confucius". He didn't expect that the classics regarded as saints by the Orientals would only talk about some words of mother-in-law.

"This is because Hegel didn't understand the Analects at all. The great thing about Confucius is that he listed the ways of a gentleman and a villain, but he didn't advise everyone to be a gentleman.

"Because Confucius knew that everyone seems to be a gentleman, but who hasn't been a villain in his life?
"Confucius understood human nature too well. He didn't persuade people to be gentlemen, but he established the values ​​of a gentleman for us. Let us look forward to being a gentleman, and let us consciously stay away from the behavior of villains.

"In modern times, the reason why Confucianism has become a scourge is because some people are too superstitious about Confucianism, and some people use Confucianism as a tool, losing the true meaning of Confucianism, and overly misinterpreting some words and phrases."

Jiang Yu put out the cigarette on the trash can by the side of the road, giving Shiliu enough time to think.

Sixteen thought for two or three minutes under the winter sun before saying, "I will read more oriental classics in the future."

Jiang Yu smiled: "The food in my stomach is almost digested, it's time to go back."

Sixteen nodded, and he suddenly thought: "By the way, why didn't your sister go to legal proceedings immediately when she was owed wages?"

Jiang Yu sighed: "Maybe I want to leave some hope for the other party's humanity.

"As long as you don't meet the other party in court, the other party still has hope of regaining their humanity."

"There shouldn't be much hope."

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Who told you that all your hopes will come true? Then hope loses its meaning."

Sixteen nodded thoughtfully.

Back home, the family played cards all afternoon, and sister Jiang Yu's family left after dinner.

Hu Huilan wanted to tidy up the guest room for Shiliu, but Jiang Yu said that Shiliu could sleep in a room with her, and Shiliu didn't object.

Jiang Yu closed the door, and Shiliu opened the zipper of the backpack, and put a forearm-high black iron box on the desk: "I've been in the backpack all day, are you bored?"

Jiang Yuxin said that Shiliu was playing house with a black iron box?
Just as he was about to ask a question, the iron box made a sound: "It's okay, I don't need to breathe anyway."

Jiang Yu pointed to the tin box: "Is this 'Athena'?"

Shiliu took out his pajamas, toiletries and other things from his backpack, and said, "This is my only friend."

Jiang Yu guessed again: "The artificial intelligence that has just been produced?"

"No." It was the black iron box that answered Jiang Yu: "My body is out of control, and Sixteen has kept my brain."

Jiang Yu immediately thought: "Experiment No. [-]?"

Sixteen stopped what he was doing: "You know a lot!"

"I heard Barlow briefly talk about it." Jiang Yu continued to ask: "Barlow said that the division of the cells in the test subject No. [-] was completely out of control, and his brain was not affected?"

Sixteen continued to pack his belongings: "Anyone with basic biological knowledge knows that the cells of the human cerebral cortex have lost the ability to regenerate because of their highly developed functions.

"Even though the cell division on No. [-] is uncontrolled, the brain cells still haven't broken the shackles of non-renewable."

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