In Taiwan, I probably one speech. Is willing to talk to students humanistic qualities necessary to law school today, mainly due to see the lifting of martial law in Taiwan has become so a political drown all society, and I certainly would not notice, to lead Taiwan into the twenty-first Century political figures have quite high proportion from the school of law. Presidential candidate or the central representatives, or, I don't know how much from National Taiwan University Department of politics, law, or economics, Li Denghui is economics, Is it right?? (laughter.)

But today the problem is not "political figures", but "political person", what are the humanities accomplishment. Why not "political person"? Because today is forty people over the age of their humane accomplishment, is a bit too late, you face today is about twenty years old; twenty-five years later, you here today, maybe four people will become a candidate for president. Then, why I'm here is clear: you will likely affect society. But yesterday I heard another argument. One of my friends said, you really ought to go to the law college about humanities accomplishment, because this is where most people from harm. (laughter.) twenty-five years later, when you all become social leaders, I was seventy-two years old, I will be your leaders, your influence. So the pre emptive, today to affect you. (laughter.)

Why should we care about politics today, tomorrow's political figures? Because of their palm has the power, he decided to move toward a society, so we may be he decided the fate of the people most, the most ardent expectation is, you the power in the hands of the people, please, please be sure to cultivate the ability to judge the value of the. You must know what is called the "value", you must know how to do the "judgment".

Today I do not want to involve any political reality, let us away from the political one day. To be with you today is this: we think together about how to judge a phenomenon, especially in a Public opinions are divergent., regardless of whether age. Twenty-five years later, one of you may have to decide: do you Is it right? Should be forced to move out of Ancient Chinese Literature Search masters like Qian Muwei he lives for a long time shulou; you may want to decide on that day, "five four" in the five years, what will you do like talk to review history? Twenty-five years later, you may have to decide whether to China, relations between Japan and Taiwan, the war guilt and modernization of the contradiction, should be how to see? Twenty-five years later, you may also have to decide what should be the relationship of Taiwan and China what kind? China culture in the history of the development of the world, and in what position? Even in the west, with the Oriental civilization, a new interleaved between them should be where? Twenty-five years later, you must face these we are not old problem solving, and now we may be incompetent to conceive new problems, and you want to take this society into a new direction. I hope that together we think today is a future little preparation.

What is human? We can accept a very rough method, is the "Literature" and "history" and "zhe", three direction. First talk about literature, refers to the generalized literature, including literature, art, aesthetics, the aesthetics.

　　　　Literature -- poplar lake reflection

Why do we need literature? Understand literature, close to the literature, form value to judge what relation to us? If say, literature has one hundred kinds of so-called "function" and I must choose one of the most important, my answer is: Devin has a very precise, macht sichtbar, meaning "the invisible things to be seen.". In my own experience, a role that is literature and art is the most important, the most essential, the most core. I don't know your generation cooked not familiar with Lu Xun's novels? His works are banned to people of our generation. Haven't read Lu Xun please raise your hands? (about half the hands) Lu Xun's short story "medicine", the story of a family of children tuberculosis. Folk superstition is Steamed buns, blood stained for children to eat, he will be fine. Or "blessing" of Xiang Linsao; Xiang Linsao is a talk nineteen to the dozen mad woman, her child to the wolf away.

Let's imagine, if you and I are inside the village depicted life in Lu Xun, we see, understand, what would they be? Xiang Linsao, however, is a let us to pay no heed or take a detour. While in the "medicine", we may itself is that early in the morning to buy Steamed buns, watching the people his father or mother, just waiting to take the Steamed buns soaked in blood, to raise their children. Or else, we are inside the village's largest knowledge a Zi, an inarticulate scholar, big deal for peasant superstition expression a little dissatisfied.

But through the writer's view, we and the village life has artistic distance. In "medicine" inside, you not only see the folly, you also see a behind the state of human existence, to see people feel helpless unshakable in the living state and sorrow. In "blessing" inside, you not only see the poor rustic, you see the poor below "person" as a prototype of the most respectable pain. Literature, make you "see".

I think the writer is divided into 3 kinds! Bad writers to expose their folly, good writers make you see folly, great writer that you saw a prototype recognized her and poured out of the most profound sympathy. This is the 3 different levels.

Literature and art that we see reality back closer to a realistic essence of existence, in this reality, in addition to rational deep, and intuition of "beauty" epiphany. Beauty, is closer to a realistic essence of existence.

Who...... Able to complete back out of a word? I most like the poet Su Dongpo. Who tonight for us to recite "Jiangcheng Zi"? (stir, hesitation, a male student shyly stood up, began to recite)

For the long years the living of the dead knows nought, though to my mind not brought, could the dead be forgot. 　

Her lonely grave is far, a thousand miles away. To whom can I my grief convey. 　

Revived even if she be, could she still know me? My face is worn with care, and frosted is my hair. 　

Last night I dreamed of coming to my native place; she was making up her face before her mirror with grace. 　

Each saw the other hushed, but from our eyes tears gushed. Year after year heartbroken...... 　

(students forget the words, to the moment, a white hair old man then next: "moon night, short Songgang. "The warm applause.)

You said it just seventy words, it brings us what? It judges have what effect to our value? You said no, but that is also in the dead of night, the about to speak, but saying nothing text, addictive image text, provoking imagery hazy feeling, make you stop and sighed, suddenly makes you look out of the window suddenly out of the street, make you long to sit in the dark, let the loneliness shadows, and hide the deepest himself with relative.

What is its role but? If Lu Xun's novels make you see the reality behind the depth, then, a moving, poem, I think, it provides a kind of "emptiness", "emptiness" relative to the "real". Empty, is another kind of reality. We normally invisible, closer to the essence of existence of reality.

Imagine a lake, the lake of course there is water, there is a row of poplar trees on the shore, the rows of poplars is of course the entity of the world, you can hand to touch, feel its trunk concave convex texture. This is what we usually rational reality world, but there is another world as a matter of fact, we don't call it the "real", don't even notice it's there. Waterside poplars, without reflection, as long as the poplar trees grow in water is the reflection of. This reflection, you can't touch it trunk, but it is so unreal impermanent: when the wind blows, or it's cloudy today, under the rain, or the full moon floating, or water like a mirror, and the poplar tree reflection forever with different shape, different depth, different textures, it is broken, it is the swing, it is not much, if any. But you say, how the shore poplar tree is the only reality, or water poplar tree, is the only reality. However, in the life, we usually live in a reality that is, shore poplar tree that level, the hand can touch, the eyes can see the level, while neglecting the water inside the "emptiness", that at any time the myriads of changes, the mind with our direct reflection reflection level.

Literature, is simply to remind us: in addition to the shore poplar tree, there is another world might be more real existence, it is the reflection that poplar trees. 　

　　　Philosophy -- the maze saw the sky

What is philosophy? Why do we need philosophy? 　

Europe is a maze, is a hedge into, very complex. You go in and go out. Not long ago, I took my two children go that a maze in Paris's Disney park; inside, and for half an hour out not to come, but the two child was a strange animal instinct, I do not know how to go out, stood on high and looked at her mother in turn turn not away, is. 　

We each person's life situation, of course, is a maze, full of confusion and □ them, nobody can tell you where to go. Our society, especially the "martial law" after the Taiwan, value upside down, why not in a history of the maze, every road leads to where I finally.

I am a human recognition, philosophy is in the green, I could not find a way out of the maze, night fell, the stars are out, I from a maze look up, you can see the stars in the sky; philosophy, to the stars, if you know the constellation, you may go out of maze, not for the immediate obstacles to be puzzled, philosophy is you watched the stars send out of heaven.

Tonight, we come to read a few lines of "heaven". (the outgoing projection)

Days where Da twelve points and Lie Xingan Chen Yan

He closed and open and bright spica and what not Dan Yao Ling an hidden

Two thousand years ago, he stood in his green maze, looking at the The sky was covered with stars. escape one's lips, such problems. He is asking, what and on the consistency, twelve hour to Li Zhi? The attached somewhere, twenty-eight stars arranged according to what, why door closed, for the night? Why Tianmen open, for the day? Spica night, day is not bright, the sun hidden in where?

Basically, this is a three year old child, eyes open first found the heaven this shiny pebble world when the hair out of the question, very primitive; because the original, so profound, so, on this problem, can not be avoided.

Palm has the power, and we are the same as in the maze inside walk, but the power is very easy to make him think you have the ability to choose their own path, but also to lead the masses forward, but in fact, he may not know he stood in what position, also do not know what is the significance of this position in the pattern; he does not know to go which way is, don't know the road ahead where to go; he neither found himself inside the maze, but did not find, head on and chart. Such a person, want to lead our society, really scary. In fact, the so-called step out of the maze, out of the labyrinth of history, in the western history, there have been certain nouns, for example, the "Enlightenment", the eighteenth Century enlightenment. The so-called enlightenment, but is in the green maze inside, found the existence of a starry sky, heaven, thinking way, going out. For me, this is the enlightenment.

So, if the literature that we see water poplar reflection, so philosophy, so that we can take the star light, groping out of the maze.

　　History -- the desert rose open

I put the history in the last. The historical influence on the value judgment, it seems very clear. Foresee the future by reivewing the past, the understanding of the past in order to predict the future, it has been said. I don't use the phrase, so try another argument.

A friend from Israel, brought me a desert rose. No glass rose in the desert, but the name of this plant is called the desert rose. In his hand, is a loose hay, real withered, dry, dead grass, such a, very ugly. But he asked me to read the instructions; instructions tell me, this desert rose is in fact a lichen, needle, a bit like pine shape. You got it all soaked in water for eighth days, it will completely resurrection; the water out of it, it will gradually dry, dry as dust. The longer a year for two years, and then one day and then soaked in water, it will be resurrected. This is the desert rose.

Well, I'll give this group the dry grass, filled with a large glass bowl, filled with water, put it there. From that day on, I told my two sons, every day to see the desert rose how? The first day to see it, no movement, or a Bacillus subtilis soaked in water, the second day go to find, it has a center, the center has from the inside to the outside, a stretch of pine, and a little green feeling, also not the color. Look at the third day, the green fuzzy feeling already is a real green color, pine green, sends out the wet moss smell, although the edge or dry. It opened, we have seen it rose shaped pattern. Every day, it is the core of green to extend an inch. Every day we give it water, until one day, the green has been gradually extended to all its fingers, layers of stretch.

The eighth day, when we went to visit the desert rose, we just a neighbor in the road, he followed us into the kitchen to see. This day, show in front of us is a complete, full, rich life of the desert rose! The three of us crazy scream, too happy, we see a flower to open green desert rose.

The neighbor beside very strange to say, the weeds, what are you doing? I froze.

Yes, in his eyes, it is not the rose, it is lichen! You say, lichens and beauty, beauty where to go? He saw was a quite ugly, smell damp lower plants, placed in a large bowl; that is to say, he saw that the phenomenon itself at that moment, isolated, and what we see is the phenomenon and behind every little bit clues, after twists and turns, have all kinds of connections with.

So, this thing in our value judgment, its beauty is shaking heaven and earth, the resurrection process it is the universe primitive initial horror show. We will be able to appreciate, there is only one reason; we know where did it begin. Do you know of this starting point, the formation of value judgment, between us and the neighbors.

Needless to say, foresee the future by reivewing the past, I only wanted to tell you the desert rose story. For anything, phenomenon, topic, person, event, if do not know its past, how do you understand it now represents what meaning? Do not understand it now, and where to start it in the future? Do not know the past, now do not understand, can not determine the future, you have what qualifications do our "leaders"?

The history is a very stupid, very late students. After the age of forty, I discovered that my own shortcomings. When writing a "wild" I only see an isolated phenomenon, that is to say, the desert rose here, ugly, I want to change you, because I'm a real roses. After the age of forty, found the history, know the desert rose all the way how come, my interest is no longer a direct criticism, but in: you give me a thing, an event, a phenomenon, I want to know this event more coordinate inside, horizontal and vertical what is it, in what position? I'm sorry before, I do not know the transverse and longitudinal coordinate, I did not dare to criticize the things.

To understand this point, for the social system of education and the media gives you lots of knowledge, you see, I'm afraid of sixty percent things are half-genuine and half-sham. For example, we were brought up to believe that the so-called western culture is open, democratic, pay attention to personal value against the authority of the culture, say western liberalism culture. To study the history of Europe to use your brain, you will be startled at: where is this going on? Before the Renaissance is one thing, after the Renaissance is one thing; the enlightenment before is one thing, and one thing to enlightenment. Then you also believe that, what is Chinese, what is Chinese conditions, is two thousand years of autocratic monarchy. You use your brain to study their own look Chinese history that, hey, this is also a half-genuine and half-sham statement. Chinese tyranny? Zhu Yuanzhang before China with Zhu Yuanzhang after the China is not the same thing; Yong Zheng China Qianlong before, with Yong Zheng after the reign of Qianlong China is not one thing, you say "China two thousand years tyranny" refers to that one? What is the significance of a resolute and decisive this statement? Later, himself into the history you wonder: why the society has given you so much half-genuine and half-sham "truth", but don't tell you they are half-genuine and half-sham things?

On an historical exploration potential necessary to force you back to reread the original code, you now more mature, reference system wide eyes. Read the original make me become harsh on yourself. Have a meal, a writer in Europe where a state dining room, a group of friends happily eating, drinking, clap bottom leave. Leave far away, the waiter chase out said: "sorry, you forgot to pay the bill. "The writer wrote the article greatly praise the European nation how honest, no one doubts that they are intentionally bilked. If we Chinese words, eat forgot to pay people may take the knife out chasing you. (laughs)

I wrote the article with a rebuttal of meaning, that is to say, sorry, this is not the nationality, moral level or the difference between the. I'm afraid this is fundamentally an economic problem. For example, if the writer to Europe just after World War Two grain shortage of Germany, the German waiter will be with a kitchen knife to chase out. This is not a moral issue, but a development problem, or to say, is a system structure of the problem.

After writing the article, I feel immensely proud. Well, one day when rereading of the original code, turn to a best-selling writer of two thousand years ago to write the article, I almost fall down from the chair. I found, my "great" opinion, people two thousand years ago has written, and write better than me. Who is this man? (projection play "five Bookworms")

His explanation is: we Chinese always praise of Yao and Shun is a how noble a thing, but when Yao and Shun "king of the world", they live in huts, they were wearing clothes made of coarse, what they eat is very poor, that is to say, is similar to that of their enjoy with the lowest man to enjoy. And when the king of Yu and his work with "slave labor" is almost. So Yao Shun Yu do political leaders, they were treated with enjoyment and the bottom most people had little difference, "is the word", at that time they easily Shanrang, simply because they can enjoy the little things, to give up nothing of great. (laughter) but "today the county magistrate", in today's world, only a magistrate, with people than up, he enjoy the power of very large. In twentieth Century, language, he has all sorts of "official standard" Ode to privilege, he had a lifelong pension, housing, medical insurance, overseas study of gold...... Because the power benefit is too big, and the whole family to enjoy the benefits, who are willing to make? "Light from ancient emperor, difficult to this county magistrate also", reason, not moral, is not a culture, not nationality, is what? "The reality is different thickness, the actual benefits, economic problems, system structure, resulting in a completely different behavior today.

Look at Han Feizi's "five Bookworms" after that, I think, well, two thousand years later you still write the same thing, but since that original ideas. You, too funny, too do not understand their own position.

The measure of their "harsh", I think it should be a basic condition. We don't know all of the previous pass through the road, but for the past road has the understanding, at least one pursuit. At this point, I think Eliot is very famous a literary critic, talk about personal talent and traditional, that is: each person must be placed in the literature creation achievement of spectrum to judge meaningful. Lineage, is history. However, the standards for twentieth Century Chinese is rather difficult, because of the serious fault of long-term political dynamic Decoction and by the division of culture, we from the original US, our family, our history, very, very far away.

Literature, philosophy and history. Literature let you see poplar water reflection, philosophy makes you a maze of stars thought understanding, which has been out of the maze may; that history is to let you know, desert rose has a specific point of it, there is not a phenomenon exists in isolation.

　　　　Can play the piano

Literacy and knowledge have no difference? Of course, but also a crucial difference. We don't forget, Mao wrote charming poetry, Nazi leader many can play the piano, phd. These politicians aren't very humane accomplishment? I think, they are not humane knowledge, humane accomplishment. Knowledge is external to you, is the material, tools, can be quantified know; cognitive ontology must let the knowledge into the human, penetration of his life and behavior, can be called a literacy. Humanistic quality is after in paper, history, philosophy, more aware, the humanistic learning to finally have an ultimate concern, the concern for "human". From the "people" of concern, you can only have knowledge of humanity, cannot have the humanities accomplishment.

Differences in literacy and knowledge, allow me to steal Wang Yangming's language to explain. The students asked him why many people know the truth, but do evil things, Wang Yangming said: "this has been the desires of partition, not knowledge ontology. Not know not walker; they know not, only the unknown. "In the interpretation of my personal, Wang Yangming referred to know and not the" unknown "is" knowledge "level, and literacy, is" knowledge ontology ". Four the word Wang Yangming used to explain "knowledge ontology" are able to express my understanding of "humanities": sincere sad and worried.

The most terrible on the humanistic accomplishment: satire than in the camp, the Nazis to Jewish musicians playing the violin to send their compatriots in the gas chambers. A poet, understand classical music, PhD, not necessarily not be overbearing, life. But a real understanding of humanistic value and "sincere sad and worried", is a real human culture quality, I believe, he will not violate human ultimate concern.

In our history, past or present, not people-oriented political figures can be too much.

　　　　Revaluation of all values

We meet today as a "what can be" era. From a dollar value of the times, enter a value multiple times. But, in fact, what all can, probably means that nothing can be: the right to know you have I lost secret right; you have plundered the freedom I lost not looted free. Liberation does not necessarily mean the true freedom, but a disguised form of binding. While the value of the yuan Is it right? Representative and therefore do not need to stick to the value? I most probably it did not actually happen not.

Definitely not a value we face up, but a "great test of all values must be revalued"; revaluation of all values, is a title of Nietzsche, expressed his confusion in his time. Revaluation is how difficult the task, must be a mature community, or society, that people have the ability to think, have the ability to do the mature value judgment, can undertake this task.

So back to the starting point of this conversation. If you can't see the poplar tree reflection in the water, do not know where the stars, at the same time have not seen the desert rose, and you are the political science graduate; twenty-five years later, you don't know what is what is philosophy, literature, history is what, or, worse, you can write poetry, can play the piano a doctor of philosophy degree, but at the same time, superstition ourselves worship power, so please, do not in politics! I think our society, need is "sincere" sad and worried politicians, but it is full of money 薰心 and rude vulgar politician. There is a very significant difference between politicians and the politicians, the difference, I think, is the humanities accomplishment with and without.

Twenty-five years later, here we go again. I sat in the audience at that time, depending on the grey hair, teeth; and the presidential candidates sitting on the table. I want to hear is that you can read the original to the world what his experience, want to see how you look great to open, with our society with a history of maze - although we always in a larger maze, and recognize the next century star position.

This is a very "pre modern" conversation, but I think, before we are not their own "modern", do not need to hurry up the excitement of others talk about "post modern"! In our own way, go, work steadily.

Taiwan democratic defense

   WeTo the mainlandThe aircraft need not adjusted clockwise. We don't need a translator, lost can be asked; you buy a newspaper, it can be read. The news on TV and debate with, do not need to explain to understand, because, we belong to a "Chinese world", at the same time, the same language, the same language.Our experience is very similar: most of us have poor memory of childhood, youth for repression arrests and political persecution have muddled awareness, the West began to open free to yearn for University; when mature, but found that there are obstacles too much reality, block us the pursuit of dreams.

   Our dreams, is also very similar: the arrogance of the colonists, go away; Han despots, down; to allow citizens to decide their own future. From Beijing to Singapore, from Hongkong, Macao to Kuala Lumpur, we build a society of equity and justice in the dream, but from a long period of colonization and tyranny of the experience we already know, justice can not rely on "benevolence" of the alien colonists, cannot rely on the thought that enforce justice on behalf of Heaven native despot; democracy, then carrying our great expectations.

   In this kind of dreams and anguish, interleaving, democracy in Taiwan ten years become the focus of concern in the world except for the Chinese, it ushered in a new era in Chinese history, but also because we are familiar with the track of its development: the imperialist countries such as Japan or England, leaving the industrialization Foundation or deep or shallow in our land; with this foundation, Chinese toil and moil efforts, and create economic results in an authoritarian regime, while the economic results of investment in education, but education level increases, people turn to the authoritarian government challenge requires the participation of politics, gradually develop today's democratic system.

    Chinese democracy, OK?

    The Chinese heart foolish question: are our country or city, might also follow a similar rule to develop democracy? In traditional Chinese culture the feudal bureaucratic, consanguineous ideas, above the rule of Pan moral thinking mode and so on, practice and pays attention to the social contract, rights and duties whether democracy? Democratic Is it right? Will reduce the efficiency of the government? Democratic Is it right? Will lead to social unrest? Or, a Chinese citizen quality, there is no qualification of mature democracy?

   Taiwan's democracy is a contemporary experimental open, all the Chinese were in sight. This experiment what happened?

   The government of Taiwan in the Shas (SARS) during the panic disorder, were under dry grid, compared to Singapore or even from the Beijing government in dealing with the aftermath of the act quickly and resolutely, the emergence of a popular saying in the Chinese world: dealing with the crisis, a democratic government as authoritarian efficiency. If not to deal with the crisis, Beijing or Shanghai in recent years in the city building high rises suddenly, wielding, compared to Taipei construction and people's communication and coordination with the "snail's" efficiency, but also to strengthen the impression: democracy is low efficiency.

   The Taiwan Congress and screaming at each other, slapping, hair pulling shots around the world, the international community led as a joke, the Chinese community is as negative materials. Democracy may have weaknesses, such as rough most sacrifice vulnerable minorities, such as short interest to negate the Cheng Liyi, for example, populist and above professional judgment, in the case of democracy in Taiwan is meet the eye everywhere, but with the physical and verbal abuse Congress not fit to be seen, supplemented by the electronic media chase up sensational and more magnified, so that the political "in Taiwan" these three words in the Chinese region has become vulgar, populist, political variety of name.

   In this context, we went to the presidential election of March 20, 2004. Like a gangster film Parody: inexplicable shots, outrageous public security, strange medical; like the flow of the three soap operas: accused of unfair and absence of evidence, demanding justice and no claims, calling the masses and not knowing how to responsible for the masses; like to see farce: the president's belly open, if the meat on a pile of meat for health inspection.

   This is Qintongchoukuai scene: democracy is hostile to people, with Taiwan's democratic right that democracy is not feasible. Beijing officials to Chinese attitude pointing to lord it over others in Hongkong said that Hongkong people "immature", not the implementation of democratic election. On democracy and holding the vision and hope to do Outside the Box to democracy in Taiwan successful people, anxiety. A young Nanjing scholars wrote, "Taiwan chaos has shaken the expectations and confidence of Chinese people all over the world for democracy. Perhaps this is a required course of democracy, but if the tuition is too expensive, will want to register people and step back, and some registered person probably decided to drop out of school. After the first World War anarchy in Italy ushered in the Mosso Rini and the fascist. If a similar tragedy staged in Taiwan, will not only be Taiwan sad, but also the whole Chinese sorrow."

   We, how can defend Taiwan democracy "whack"? In the "hot soap opera", can read out the deep reason and civilization efforts?

    The core value of the need for

   Suppose you are in a dark street, a window in the sudden light. Drink before the meal and you see window person, image is clear. However, you do not see, it is impossible to know, left the small pane, what people do say what that family. Your point of view, is locked in the light of one small box.

   The Chinese world see democracy in Taiwan, often in a small box lights illuminate the inside. In the square, we saw Chen Shuibian to raise a fist roar, see even lie down to kiss the earth song, see lawmakers rushed to take the lead in court, see fighting, bleeding, a hunger strike. In the small box, we heard "destroy the alien regime remnants of", "to the people of Taiwan wind, rain, a bullet", "into the presidential palace" and so on with inciting sensational, and democratic spirit shout oneself hoarse draw further apart.

   But, you can't not know: pane behind, you can't see the depth and breadth.

   The depth of one: why America bipartisan politics can be so calm regime change, will have been waiting four years for a decision; Taiwan has such as man's life and family possessions of throw the helve after the hatchet? Chinese culture is the lack of rational?

   No, is the different stages of. American democracy has 200 years of experience, today the two parties for the only policy debates, and belongs to the technical aspects of the ruling. Taiwan's democracy, from the lifting of martial law in 1987, only a short period of 17 years. The two parties fight, not the policy, but the core value competition, belongs to the cultural identity, their soul level. For technical or fight, for the soul is different in meaning, the intense degree of course different. Don't forget, America to cognitive differences on slavery, was fought, the flow of blood. The slave system, involves the core values of freedom and human rights recognized; in order to core value, people, can proceed without hesitation.

   All from the tyranny of liberation in the future society, the dictator or settlers away, there will be an urgent need, need to face was distorted, forged history, with their own eyes to find the true self. Colonization of Japan, the Kuomintang, the Communist Party authoritarian centralization; culture of Japan, the Republic of China culture, culture of the ancient China -- effect of three cultural and political cover, and diluted the non Han aborigines shadow, entanglement deep consciousness in Taiwan. Future depends on how to explain how to get past the past, then how to explain? Different from Taiwanese -- Fulao people, Hakka people, Aboriginal, mainlanders, because the collective experience is different, different feelings of pain point, the projection direction is different, "so what have different cognition for the" Taiwan should. These different cognitive must after confrontation friction long, can reach consensus, is also a common set of core value; not the value of the common core, no civil society.

   If you know, looking for a common, core value is the primary process of any democracy necessary; if you know, Taiwanese after 50 years of Japanese colonial, 40 years of martial law, and now also facing power international blockade and missile threat, this is the first chance to try to "put yourself out if"; you know, after a hundred years of repression, free first came, but only a short span of 17 years, 17 years is not a military coup, no blood, no strongman dictatorship...... What would you say?

   You see the police shield and injured people in the spotlight in the small box, but you cannot see the depth: 500000 people on the square, the anger burning crazily, but rational behavior of mild, orderly, for democracy and truth requirements, but not to move or retreat. In addition may also have 500000 people, on the square the cognitive completely opposite, but patience to stay home, do not impulse to shout against Shangjie. March 27th can be said to open the Taiwan "new citizen movement".

   Moreover, the election dispute turn the world upside down, people xuemaibizhang, but eventually resorting to judicial; we did not see the mob, no tanks, no street flames.

   Yes, in the struggle for power in the sordid, I still see the deep reason and civilization to.

    Democracy in life

   In the small box, a lot of people think: it is democracy, elections, Congress dispute, 000 people protested, very sensational, exciting. Perhaps you envy it: we, no way. You may reject it: too messy.

   But I want to tell you, no, that's not true democracy where. Significance of real democracy, in addition to the small pane, invisible to dissolve in the life intravenous drip.

   Is a democracy, so that Taiwan changed. The withdrawal of government agencies, military units from the long-term occupation of the urban core; the history is important, so a historic district is saved; ethnic consciousness, weak power -- regardless of language or religion, equal protection; public participation in government decision-making, due to the transformation of the city by the citizens will dominate. If a democratic government, efficiency is low, yes, it is because the government must stop to listen to people talk, is time. However, you want a willing to take the time to listen to you talk about the government, or didn't say hello to your body from fast over the government?

   Democracy, is to have a passport in hand, ready to go abroad, not afraid of the government for; democracy is the kids know they can rely on their ability to university, do not need to have privileges; democracy is published any advice anyone to settle accounts with sb. afterwards; democracy is right being infringed can get be in the right and self-confident, whether you what class is what identity; democracy is, no allegiance to any party, do not have to please anyone, can also be dignified and imposing to live; democracy is everywhere a bookstore, no book and reading the book everywhere; democracy is to turn on the TV without having to endure the anchor moral awe inspiring lie; democracy is not in order to protect children and training he used to lie; democracy is all freedoms and know that freedom will not suddenly be taken away, because it is not a gift.

   Democracy is not only elections, it is a way of life, way of thinking, is the air you breathe every day, behavior training, personal turn in space. This, in a small square window is not to see. So if you don't forget the small squares of confusion, disappointment, real democracy in the life, in the box outside the depth and breadth.

    By "kidnapping" feeling

   I didn't mean to say, Taiwan's democracy is very mature. No, it is childish, flawed, because it be congenitally deficient.

    The Kuomintang regime, I used to feel "kidnapped people". Jiang Jieshi's dictatorship that I studied abroad in the West feel could not lift up. He is not my endorsement, but to the whole world that I.

   At that time, did not think of, after a democratic, I was still a "kidnapped people". In four years, Chen Shuibian to consolidate the regime means to govern the country, against China manipulation to consolidate political power, ethnic rivalry to gather votes, each one against my civic cognition, the principle of democracy but he, to the world on behalf of my.

   Politicians "kidnapping" feeling, uncomfortable.

   But, let us put things out:Chen Shuibian is manipulating the "China demon card" to win power, but he has popular support; no matter how votes, more than four years ago 1500000 people vote for him. The accused him of playing populist at the same time, we probably shouldn't forget the fundamental problem: Chinese itself totalitarian rule, the threat to Taiwan and international pressure, is a Taiwanese real source of pain. The pain is more deep, Chen Shuibian manipulation more space. Performance can be in a complete mess, honesty can doubt, policy can promise and then deny in succession, the national development and long-term stagnancy, but because of the totalitarian threat in, people think it must unite under his wing, have the same enemy and hatred. Questions about performance, integrity, justice policy, adhere to the democratic process, can be regarded as a "traitor" auction, because the Chinese threat, Verily, in front of.

   So I was Chen Shuibian success "kidnapped", is Chinese totalitarian threat to Taiwan's democracy.

        Wearing a gas mask dance

   Taiwan's democracy, on the structure of such distorted to grow is long straight, like wearing a gas mask dance, like wearing a bulletproof vest like swimming, tied to the anklet race; but you said, 17 years is too long? Taiwan's democracy is a "joke"?

   I said, 17 years is too short; I said, Taiwan's democracy is not "international joke", hit its totalitarianism is. I said, Taiwan is very great.

   The 2004 election, democratic retrogression? Perhaps, because the election mechanism for many years has not been suspected in the manipulation of back to the origin, was strongly suspected. But who said that democracy is a straight line? It is actually more like the twists and turns of the word, a further two steps back, step back two steps. Back and forth between the trend is turning, forward, progress. Taiwan in 2004, we saw our dear party defeat. But the opposition, without passion, without ideal innovation drive, thus eliminating the progress of democracy, isn't it? The ruling party, the most disgraceful attitude took office in protest, and was forced to modest Huairou, isn't it a gain?

   These days, people feel heavy. Live in a shadow, they too know how fragile the freedom. Now a new strongman Chen Shuibian appeared in the stage of history, pathos, ethnic history of tear, the threat of political weapons, all played out, the next test: extremely cruel pathos can seize power, how to govern? Torn communities can be sensational, how to heal? Relationship with Chinese, completely lost the trust of the dialogue, how? In the face of half people hostile country, why?

   Democracy, in fact is not awake, intermittently and power.

   Taiwanese future challenges is the largest: the Kuomintang as opposition suffer a big, opposition to the reorganization? How to find the position of intellectuals, reconstruction of opposition? A rational, tolerant, the knowledge theory of citizens, how from the grassroots culture?

   People do not need the Chinese applause, but he needs encouragement, more need to understand. Life in the 40 years of martial law, the 500 missiles aimed at thinking, in the face of the new people came to power, but also look back to the research of Germany's 1933 and 1922 in Italy, the Taiwanese in the democratic process from scratch, from there to the deep, no courage, no perseverance, is not to be. The Chinese world, please pat Taiwanese shoulders, give him a little quiet warmth, at the same time, thinking about your situation, so we support each other.