Lor mee ai hum.
More than 200 years ago Lin Zexu already learning foreign languages and knew they are window or having another pair of eyes to know the world. Yet now still got arrogant and ignorant mudlander dogs that not just accuse but insist learning Spanish is to feel high class hahahaha
"林則徐並不是一味的排斥洋人,更不是盲目強硬自負;他深明知己知彼的重要,關心洋務,為了解洋人國情,林的幕僚中,聘有通曉洋務的人才,翻譯洋文資料。林則徐自己,還暗學了些英語和葡萄牙語。"
Mudlander dogs everyday busy doing evil.
人,是可以无耻到这个地步的。
U yaosiew nua cheeby
Suppose we were allowed for once a clearer glance into the kingdom of the possible, and over the whole chain of causes and effects; if the earth-spirit appeared and showed us in a picture all the greatest men, enlighteners of the world, and heroes, that chance destroyed before they were ripe for their work; then the great events that would have changed the history of the world and brought in periods of the highest culture and enlightenment, but which the blindest chance, the most insignificant accident, hindered at the outset; lastly, the splendid powers of great men, that would have enriched whole ages of the world, but which, either misled by error or passion, or compelled by necessity, they squandered uselessly on unworthy or unfruitful objects, or even wasted in play. If we saw all this, we would shudder and lament at the thought of the lost treasures of whole periods of the world. But the earth-spirit would smile and say, “The source from which the individuals and their powers proceed is inexhaustible and unending as time and space; for, like these forms of all phenomena, they also are only phenomena, visibility of the will. No finite measure can exhaust that infinite source; therefore an undiminished eternity is always open for the return of any event or work that was nipped in the bud. In this world of phenomena true loss is just as little possible as true gain. The will alone is; it is the thing in-itself, and the source of all these phenomena. Its self-knowledge and its assertion or denial, which is then decided upon, is the only event in-itself.
Another couple of points:Lin composed an elegy apologising to the gods of the sea for polluting their realm.
I'm curious though. During the setting up of the Chinese republic Cantonese lost by 1 vote to become the national language who voted no?
Another couple of points:
1. Looks like Lin Zexu was:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstitious
as well, right?
2. If he was truly sincere about not "polluting their realm", he would have disposed the opium somewhere else, right?
So it looks like he was delusional as well.![]()
Actually there was a debate to replace mandarin as mandarin was seen as a Manchu language..The one tat voted no must be the northern ah tiongs n the fuckiens. I find the fuckiens to be very jealous of Cantonese as the language and culture and media has maintained it's edge over mandarin. The position of Cantonese..Being taught as an official language..The movies and cantopop etcbis light years ahead of the fuckiens..Even Taiwan TV serials etc the Taiwanese themselves don't watch..And besides ah Bengs etc..Who listen to fuckien songs? So the fuckiens with the tail between their legs and of course their culture can only do one thing..Pull the Cantonese down to their level and fight dirty. I find the most pro mandarin n pro commies r the fuckiens. They support the speak mandarin campaign and advocate it even when nantah n hokkein schools were shut by the pappies. They say mandarin is the national language. During the umbrella movement those old ah pek fuckiens were the ones dissing it..Saying HK ppl are ungrateful and that the commies will invade. Don't this attitude sound familiar ? They act the same way during every GE. Tat is why Singkieland is fucked n look at all the places where the fuckiens make up the majority Chinese. These areas r 3rd world countries.. Manila n Jakarta..The only place tat is run better is Penang..But don't forget..The Chinese there always vote BN till now. But now too late..m&ds have out breed the cina. And Singkieland is not going to get better if this fuckien attitude continues. Kia su Kia see kiam siap die don't want face..
Well between Cantonese and mandarin, i will vote for mandarin anytime. Please lah Hokkiens jealous of Cantonese? See my post earlier got Hokkien astronomer discovered minor planet and named it after Lin Zexu. Cantonese got or not? And don't think too highly of Cantonese movies and cantopop, never interest alot of people - like me and my family and my friends - at all, be it now or last time.
Oh yes yr family and frens.. Fuckiens all stick together..till shit happens than they support the pappies n commies.And of course u prefer mandarin... Fuckiens were happy to embrace mandarin at the expense of the hokkein language..Even when hokkein schools were shut down...So fuckiens got a few scientist n politicians...They must be great people....They sold their souls to old fart..They are the best in this world.,...
ginfreely, what are you gonna do about the state of things after all the ranting? Maybe you could emulate the prince of orange during the glorious revolution, take one small raiding party from sg and overthrow the commies. YOLO.