Do not casually say 'aligning with international standards'! In the field of liberal arts, this is tantamount to 'cultural suicide', equivalent to selling out our ancestors!

The phrase 'aligning' has been like a spell for decades, overshadowing every aspect of our society. Technology must align, the economy must align, and even culture, law, and history — the foundations of our nation — are being shouted to 'align'. Today, we will expose the truth of this false proposition: blindly 'aligning with international standards' in the fields of liberal arts is not progress, but self-destruction; it is not openness, but a form of spiritual self-castration, even selling out our country!

1. The underlying message behind 'aligning': an unequal spiritual submission

First, we must clarify, what is the underlying message of the phrase 'align with international standards'?

Its underlying message is: 'Theirs is advanced, ours is backward; theirs is civilized, ours is barbaric.' Therefore, we must look to them, and we must transform ourselves according to their standards.

Who does this 'international' refer to? To put it bluntly, it refers to the Western world led by the United States.

In the fields of science and engineering, when the other side's technology is far ahead, we learn, introduce, and digest, which is called 'learning from the strengths of others to counter others'. I do not completely oppose this. After all, technology varies in quality, and standards can communicate.

But in the field of liberal arts, shouting this slogan is equivalent to completely kneeling!

Philosophy, culture, history, law, political systems... what are these? These are the soul of a nation, the foundation of a country, the spiritual armor forged through thousands of years of bloodline inheritance and life-and-death trials. Are these things divided into 'advanced' and 'backward'?

No! They are only divided into 'suitable' and 'unsuitable', only divided into 'positions' and 'interests'!

2. No 'national standards' in liberal arts: behind values, there are always positions and interests

Western economics tells you that 'the free market is omnipotent', yet it uses state power to support the chip industry;

Western political science advocates 'universal values of democracy', yet its democratic system causes division at home and triggers wars abroad;

Western legal studies emphasize 'procedural justice', even absolving heinous criminals, yet turning a blind eye to the safety of ordinary people.

Is this 'science'? No, these are all 'techniques' that serve specific classes and specific interest groups!

When you use Western political theories to deconstruct China's system, when you use Western legal concepts to deny our judicial practices, when you use Western cultural views to belittle our traditional classics, whose position are you standing on? Whose interests are you defending?

We have a civilization history spanning five thousand years, a political wisdom of 'the people are the foundation of the state', a social ideal of 'great harmony under heaven', a long-standing tradition of 'governing the country by law' (Shang Yang's reforms were much earlier than Roman law!), and a universal ethics of 'do not impose on others what you do not want for yourself'.

When did our civilization need to rely on imitating a civilization built on colonization, slaughter, and plunder to prove its own value?

3. The so-called 'alignment' is actually a cultural trap of 'cutting feet to fit shoes'

Look at the costs we have paid over the years due to blindly 'aligning'!

In the field of education: Our children are indoctrinated with Western fairy tales from a young age, yet have only a superficial understanding of the 'Analects' and 'Mencius'; our university evaluation system is solely focused on SSCI and SCI, leading scholars to no longer research Chinese issues, but instead study 'how to make Western journals like them'.

In the field of law: Some advocate for 'abolishing the death penalty', citing 'international trends'. But they never think about how justice can be served for ordinary families suffering from heinous crimes? Where is the authority of the law?

In the cultural field: Our traditional buildings are demolished, replaced by uniform 'European-style towns'; our festivals are neglected, while 'foreign festivals' are lavishly celebrated. Is this called openness? Is this cultural 'self-colonization'?!

What’s more ridiculous is that the West itself does not have a unified standard!

The United States can withdraw from the Paris Agreement today and the WHO tomorrow; Europe can boast of 'human rights' while shutting refugees out. They themselves are in disarray, yet we are supposed to sharpen our heads to 'align' with a non-existent 'track'?

4. We have our own track: Chinese civilization is already the benchmark of the world!

Some people always feel 'backward' and want to 'integrate into the world'. But have you ever thought:

Who invented papermaking and printing, allowing knowledge to spread? Who invented gunpowder, changing the nature of warfare? Who invented the compass, opening the age of great navigation?

It was us! It was Chinese civilization!

In the long course of ancient history, it was not us 'aligning' with the world, but us setting the rules for the world!

Today, China stands once again at the center of the world stage. Our society is the most stable, our economy is the most vibrant, our infrastructure capability is number one in the world, and our social governance model amazes countless foreigners.

Why can’t we confidently say: our civilization has its unique superiority and vitality?

Why can’t we confidently walk our own path, instead of crawling at the feet of the West, begging for their 'recognition'?

The answer is that liberal arts cannot 'align', only 'dialogue'!

What I oppose is not communication, not learning, but 'blind alignment', 'self-deprecation', and 'cutting feet to fit shoes'.

We welcome communication, but it must be an equal dialogue; we do not reject learning, but it must be a selective 'borrowing' — taking the essence and discarding the dross.

We do not need to cater to any Western standard. On the contrary, with China's rise, 'Chinese standards', 'Chinese solutions', and 'Chinese wisdom' are becoming the new 'international references'.

Starting today, let us completely abandon the spiritual shackles of 'aligning with international standards'.

What we need to do is not to 'align' with others' tracks, but to make the world learn to align with China!

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