Wednesday, October 7, 2020

木蘭代父從軍 與 疫中狂歡派對

 

我的信報文章(2020107A16) 足本

木蘭代父從軍疫中狂歡派對

https://www1.hkej.com/dailynews/article/id/2601623

由數名外籍女士合作編劇導演的2020年影片花木蘭有兩個教人驚喜深思的中西文明碰撞點

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電影出現一個木蘭同樣天生異稟懂得魔法的仙娘木蘭被軍官驅逐後萬分沮喪仙娘乘機向她表示自己也經過類似的遭遇,由於心有不甘離家棄族孑然獨行

以孝道為重的木蘭決意不辱門楣(選擇個人主義)仙娘的聯盟提議木蘭甘願面對屈辱、承受責罰,冒死速返軍營誠摯向長官同袍解釋實際形勢有多兇險儘管電影被大幅刪短至近乎支離破碎但沒有略去項中西文明差異的寓意

無窮無盡、去不復返的時間同活,必然身亡的單一個體,永遠是無法勝得過時間的失敗者唯有像其他生物物種一樣,不斷繁殖健康下一代,人方可與時間搏鬥:通過知識和經驗的積累,培育文化開創道統建立文明延綿生機。

也只有生機勃勃的民族才勉強談得上、做得到「以有涯隨無涯這就是民族主義根本意義之一 (荒誕的是,不少知識分子刻意妖魔化民族主義,英雄化個人主義)個民族各有獨特的方式保持其文明的連續性持久性華夏文明的特點

第二個碰撞點是電影結局中顯示孝道較真這三類在西方同受重視的價更重要(「百行以孝為先」) 這個中西差異人民的政治詮釋有關鍵性的影響

的英譯Filial Piety源於古羅馬的一種美德 Pietas意思是承擔對父母關係的榮譽責任但在強調只有一個創世萬能聖神的宗教興起之後對祖先的敬仰轉移成對上帝的崇敬 (詳見《道德譜系學》1887)孝的重要性在西方道德巨幅下降至「護老」這個低水平

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後隨着宗教道德的熏陶力逐漸縮減,歐美民眾的護老及人之老觀念一代比一代減弱萎縮從他們在新冠疫情中對老人的兩種態度可見一斑

首先是疏忽冷漠大量住在安老院的長者由於員工沒有得到政府及親屬的應有支援,死亡數字驚人初有被4月新聞稱為加拿大近期最慘人寰的疫情新聞:赫倫安養院事件31位長者被發現死於人照顧。

進入5月,仍然出現美國新澤西州退伍軍人護理之家72人死亡的情況。數份早期研究指出在美愛爾蘭比利時意大利西班牙等先進國家42-70%冠病毒死老院有關。疏忽冷漠的包括院舍職工、議員官僚、長者親屬互相推卸責任

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第二是年輕人「不在乎」( I don’t care)的態度。許多新冠肺炎研究表明五十多的人已屬高危群組患者有喪失味覺或嗅覺、疲倦感心理問題諸種後遺症。所以儘管青年患者死亡率低,病輕微但不應忽略將病毒傳播給中老年父母親戚老師辦公室同事(例如特朗普) 公共交通工具乘客等等的可能性。但在歐美,每逢週末參加狂歡派對樂隊表演的年輕人上百成千;進場時虛報個人資料(據報瑞士參加派對者喜Donald Duck為名)

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世衛組織專家Mike Ryan87日按捺不住嚴正指出年輕人也須承擔(減少病毒傳播)責任要求他們在參加派對前仔細考慮有否需要可是言者諄諄聽者藐藐單在英國有多達200821日被發現擠在一家小屋狂歡。踏入9月,即使疫情已迅速惡化死亡人數也相應增加到處仍有年青酒吧喝酒,拒戴口罩。

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9月中從澳紐美加到西歐諸國在各大城市都有數以萬計的人參加反對禁聚封城遊行或集會他們認為人民有權利決定家居日常起居方式,有自由選擇如何照顧個人健康;政府沒有理據實施苛刻的規定干擾人民的生活

個人自主人民自主出現在歐洲宗教重要性退縮的蒙時期。著名經濟學家帕累托(Pareto 1848-1923) 在他的社會學1916:1712也有此見而基於個人主義盛行,孝道無影無蹤人民單指當時當地活生生 (具公民權) 的人;因此,西方人高度重視活在當下的自身權利疫情下派對狂歡者的歡笑聲自然掩蓋了行將木者的呻吟聲

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包括帕累托尼采少數哲學家,指出當沒有上帝作為單一對價的來源,規定一系列必須服從的道德價值規範,人民及文化,是積累史發展迄今的動態成就實體。

愚公之志(祖對孫之所託)華夏孝道(孫對祖承負)的角度來詮釋,任何年代的中國人民,不僅僅是活著的他們自己,而是一個包括祖先精神意志活在心群體是世代傳宗至當代其積累文明的這樣一個群體。

擁有中國領土的中國人民,不僅僅是現在活著的當代人,還包括祖先世代迄今的國領導中國人民政府,作出選擇決定時,必須對得住華夏祖宗不能單只滿足當代人的需求和慾望

一些意識到中西差異論者,儘管只是模糊大概地了解,重孝敬老慎終追遠的獨特濃厚史觀,如何先導人民的行為,但已能道出中國不屬民族國家(nation-state) 類別而是一款文明體國家(civilization-state)

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疫中護老然不易日常生活中養、敬老對個人所要求的犧牲往往很大一旦碰上攬炒」者下場悲慘;著名的之一是被逼問:當慈母賢妻同時遇溺,你先救誰?

不喜歡中國人民這個其文明的個人可以移民海外入籍他國但不應逆行倒戈在台灣省香港市只生活了短時間的人,以為擺弄「去中國化」技掚便可天換,實際只會自取滅亡(詳見拙文2022年統一台灣兩個考慮201810)

唧唧唧唧,木蘭當一顆孝心一位平凡的村女也會踏上險惡難測的征途揚名聲、顯父母、光於前、裕於後(三字經) 這份鯤(《逍遙遊》)的情懷豈是那些畏罪潛逃的蟪蛄所能理解!!!

Reference

[Note 1]

Wiki, Mulan (2020 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(2020_film)

 

It is directed by Niki Caro, with screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin

 

[Note 2]

Wiki, Pietas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietas

The Greek equivalent is eusebeia (εὐσέβεια).[4]

Cicero defined pietas as the virtue "which admonishes us to do our duty to our country or our parents or other blood relations."[5] The man who possessed pietas "performed all his duties towards the deity and his fellow human beings fully and in every respect," as the 19th-century classical scholar Georg Wissowa described it.[6] Cicero suggests people should have awareness of our own honor, we must always attempt to raise the honor of others by our dignified praise, such praise, admiration and honored actions must be beyond all our own desires, as Cicero said, we must choose our actions and words with respect to our friends, colleagues, family or blood relations. Cicero describes youth in the pursuit of honour: “How they yearn for praise! What labours will they not undertake to stand fast among their peers! How will they remember those who have shown them kindness and how eager to repay it!”.

 

Wiki, Filial Piety

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_piety

 

Merriam, Filial

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filial#:~:text=Filial%20is%20descended%20from%20Latin,always%20applied%20to%20both%20sexes.

Filial Has Familial Origins

Filial is descended from Latin filius, meaning "son," and filia, meaning "daughter,"

 

See Second essay in Friedrich Nietzsche (1887), On the Genealogy of Morality, translated by Carol Diethe and edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson (2007), Cambridge University Press.

 

[Note 3]

Taiwan Crossing, 2020/04/27

加拿大近期最慘人寰的疫情新聞:「赫倫安養院事件」

https://crossing.cw.com.tw/article/13311

 

Daily Voice, 2020 May 12

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/paramus/news/veterans-home-in-paramus-with-72-dead-suffers-one-of-worst-covid-19-outbreaks-in-us/787886/

At last count, 72 deaths of those who proudly served the U.S. were reported at the state-run New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus.

 

Aliazeera, 2020 Apr 18

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-spotlight-hard-hit-elderly-homes-toll-emerges-200418083848929.html

report released by academics at the London School of Economics (LSE) on April 15 said between 42 percent and 57 percent of deaths from the coronavirus in Italy, Spain, France, Ireland and Belgium have been linked to care homes for the elderly.

 

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Nature, ‘The coronavirus is most deadly if you are older and male — new data reveal the risks’, 2020 Aug 28.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02483-2

“COVID-19 is not just hazardous for elderly people, it is extremely dangerous for people in their mid-fifties, sixties and seventies,” says Andrew Levin, an economist at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, who has estimated that getting COVID-19 is more than 50 times more likely to be fatal for a 60-year-old than is driving a car.

 

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Swissinfo.ch, 2020 Aug 5

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/-do-you-really-need-to-party---who-asks-world-s-youth/45948974

"Younger people also need to take on board that they have a responsibility," said WHO emergencies chief and father-of-three Mike Ryan in an online discussion. "Ask yourself the question: do I really need to go to that party?"

 

Swiss newspapers said that in one night club in Zurich from which cases emerged recently, partygoers had given fake names including "Donald Duck".

As well as reducing risks to others, WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said young people should be careful as even a mild version of the disease might have long-term consequences.

 

Global News, 2020 Aug 21

https://globalnews.ca/news/7290610/coronavirus-uk-house-parties-police/

Police in the U.K. are turning to the skies to put a stop to illegal house parties during the coronavirus pandemic.

When the Greater Manchester Police were notified of a house party containing about 200 people in the Gordon area on Aug. 15, they sent a police helicopter equipped with heat-sensitive cameras over the home.

 

Daily Mail, 2020 Sep 27

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8777387/Police-battle-disperse-crowds-partying-street-10pm-closing-time-new-Covid-rules.html

'Shambolic!': Pub bosses blast 10pm Covid curfew as social distancing goes out the window when city centre streets and stations are mobbed by revellers all leaving at same time - and Uber prices surge

Vast swathes of Saturday-night drinkers were seen downing pints on empty roads in Soho, London, last night

 

[Note 6]

Vilfredo Parteo (1916), ‘The Treatise on General Sociology, 3 vols.’, Florence.

English translation as ‘The Mind and Society’ by A. Bongiorno and A. Livingston, London: Jonathan Cape 1935.

 

中譯:普通社會學綱要2001新華書店

 

[Note 7]

Wiki, Civilization State

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_state

The term "civilization-state" was first used by scholars in the 1990s to categorize China as having a distinct sociopolitical character, as opposed to viewing it as a nation state in the European model.

 

 

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