Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 571 Chinese is the best!

"Because our modern times have been so incredibly corrupt, the worst of the worst, so corrupt that just thinking about it makes me want to curse."

“These little brothers, who belong to the same Chinese cultural sphere and have been influenced by us for generations, living at our beck and call, now not only do they not have the most basic awe and respect for us, but they are even starting to distrust us!”

"A few ungrateful scumbags are racking their brains to get close to the Western world! It's such a shame to be born in Asia and be influenced by us. Damn it, they're the worst kind of people!"

That's right, I'm talking about you, you Korean, and you damn little Japanese!

"They don't even consider what kind of birds those white people are, or what they're up to! But they just don't care! Even if they kneel down and act like slaves, people still look down on them, but they still flock to them!"

"They could easily be decent human beings, and serve us as good sons, and we wouldn't treat them badly. But they just want to be someone else's grandson, a grandson that no one even despises. Don't you think they're being pathetic!"

Of course, of course!

These scumbags, their actions are of course extremely despicable!
"But no matter how despicable they are, we have to admit that their understanding of us and our culture is really, really deep."

"Take those old sayings and proverbs that we often use. Let's take any one of them. There's an old saying that goes something like this. To foreigners who don't understand our culture, it's like a super compressed file, the kind that's terrifyingly large!"

This speaks to the immense harm these outdated and colloquial sayings inflict on foreigners who are unfamiliar with Chinese culture.

Turning his head, Ximen Lang asked Bai Ling.

"Hey, right, others don't know or understand this, Ling'er, you should understand, you should comprehend it. Tell everyone, is this how it is?"

As Ximen Lang finished speaking, everyone turned to look at him.

Bai Ling nodded.

"That's absolutely true. Whether it's Russian, which I'm most proficient in, or English, which I'm not so good at but is definitely sufficient, trying to fully translate our old sayings and proverbs into their languages ​​is an extremely difficult problem!"

"Any translator who doesn't have a deep understanding of our culture and possesses exceptional professional skills simply can't translate the complete meaning. And even if they could, it would be utterly devoid of aesthetic appeal and lack any of our local flavor."

"But what if we translate their proverbs, sayings, and especially their poems into our language? Not only is the difficulty greatly reduced, but we can always find similar expressions to match, and the beauty is not lost at all, and even far surpasses the original! It's really interesting."

In fact, Bai Ling could clearly feel that Chinese was far superior to other languages!
The deeper your understanding of other languages, the more you can appreciate the profoundness and all-encompassing nature of the Chinese language!
Unfortunately, just as Ximen Lang said, the modern history of Beijing was so bad that Bai Ling lost her confidence and couldn't even lift her head.

That's why she used "interesting" to cover up her true feelings.

This is a typical example of a lack of cultural confidence stemming from losing too much and too thoroughly.

It's not just Bai Ling; most of the people in the world of Beijing have shown some degree of this.

But in Ximen Lang's eyes, that was completely unnecessary. Especially Bai Ling's subconscious attempt to cover it up.
"What are you so insecure about? Chinese is the best language in the world, that's universally acknowledged! What's there to be insecure about?!"

"Aside from the fact that it is indeed much more difficult to learn than other languages, making it arguably the most difficult language to learn, we are far ahead in all other aspects, including information efficiency, cultural transmission, and visual intelligence!"

"Otherwise, why do you think those foreign masterpieces are so easy to translate into Chinese? You're kidding, it's the accumulation of thousands of years! If you trace it back to its source, the Chinese language can be traced directly back 7200 years!"

"The key point is that it has been uninterrupted for a full 7200 years! A full 7200 years of continuity, a full 7200 years of development! Other languages? Compared to us, they are still infants! How can they compare to us?"

Good heavens, that's some serious cultural confidence; even the dazzling Bai Ling was a little dizzy.

Even Lao Luo and the principal couldn't help but smile after hearing what Ximen Lang said.

He found Ximen Lang's words particularly inspiring and immediately began to praise them.

"I love Ah Lang's straightforwardness, his honesty and directness, and his ability to cut out all that pretense! It's just the way he is!"

"So, have some confidence. Although we really suffered a terrible defeat in modern times, losing everything, we still have the resources of our ancestors. Even the little things they left behind are treasures that those scumbags can't even imagine!"

"That's why they try every means to slander us and deny the many achievements of our ancestors in order to highlight their own greatness! And that's precisely why we should be even more confident!"

"We can't just believe whatever people say! Good things are good things, and their brilliance can't be overshadowed by a few slanderous remarks, you know? We need to have the ability to discern and distinguish between what is dross and what is essence!"

Without a doubt, the Chinese language is one of the most brilliant gems!

"It's precisely because the Chinese language is so good, so amazing, that we should seize the opportunity before these scumbags around us, who are also in the Chinese cultural sphere, officially sever ties with our culture!"

"We have to be quick, we have to be quick, you know? Forget about this and that, just send all the good works that can increase our influence to them as soon as possible!"

"While they generally have a deep understanding of, and even a deep affection for, Chinese culture, we must quickly seize this cultural high ground!"

"Let our culture become a trend there, and let our daily lives become a new fashion there! Especially for the young people, we must make these new generations sincerely yearn for us!"

"They've become like some people here, thinking we're a burden, inferior to those heartless scum in the West. They want those young people to admire us the way they admire the West!"

"If you can really achieve this, then you'll be really awesome! Not only will you gain decades of stability from neighboring countries, but also the goodwill of generations of people."

"We can even get them to willingly hand over the Fish Scale Register without lifting a finger, and voluntarily annex our country, completing the expansion of our territory without losing a single soldier!"

(End of this chapter)