On the morning of the 10th, the top leader of president attended the opening ceremony of the 2018 annual meeting of Boao Forum for Asia and delivered a keynote speech entitled "Opening up, Creating Prosperity, Innovating and Leading the Future", stressing that all countries should conform to the trend of the times and make continuous progress towards the goal of building a community of human destiny; China will persist in reform and opening up and continue to launch new major measures to expand and open up.
In his speech, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader pointed out that the world today is experiencing a new round of great development, great change and great adjustment, and there are still many unstable and uncertain factors facing mankind. Open or closed, forward or backward, mankind is facing a new major choice. He believes that in the face of a complex and changing world, it is necessary to grasp the historical laws and recognize the general trend of the world, that is, peaceful cooperation, openness, accommodation and innovation are the trends of today’s world. Among them, when it comes to change and innovation, the chairman of the Supreme Leader quoted "if it is beneficial to the people, it is not necessary to be ancient; There is an old saying, "You don’t have to follow the customs if you are in trouble.".
Interpretation of this issue of "Learning Dictionary": If it is beneficial to the people, it is not necessary to learn from the past; If you are too busy, you don’t have to follow the customs.
Supreme Leader: In today’s world, the trend of change and innovation is rolling forward. The ancestors of China realized as early as more than 2,500 years ago: "If it is beneficial to the people, it is not necessary to learn from the ancients; If you are in trouble, you don’t have to follow the customs. " Innovation is the fundamental driving force to promote the development of human society. Whoever rejects change and refuses to innovate will fall behind the times and be eliminated by history.
Interpretation of Meng Man, Professor of History Department of Minzu University of China
This sentence comes from Liu An’s Huai Nan Zi in the Han Dynasty, which is a sentence in his Yun Lun Xun. Of course, the original text said, "If it is beneficial to the people, it is not necessary to learn from the ancients; If you are too busy, you don’t have to follow the old ",which means the same thing. That is to say, as long as it is good for the people, it is not necessary to imitate the system of the ancients; As long as it helps to succeed, there is no need to follow the old rules. Actually, what is this? This is a declaration of reform, which means that constant reform and innovation are the normal state of history. As long as we adhere to the principle of benefiting the people and the cause, reform should be promoted, and only by promoting reform can we achieve such a goal of benefiting the people and the cause. This is what the Chairman of the Supreme Leader said. If we refuse to reform and innovate, we will only be eliminated by history.
In addition to "benefiting the people, there is no need to be ancient; You don’t have to follow the customs if you are too busy. The Chairman of the Supreme Leader also used the old saying that "accumulating soil is a mountain, and accumulating water is a sea" to advocate that all countries should adhere to openness and win-win, be brave in reform and innovation, and make continuous progress towards the goal of building a community of human destiny.
"Accumulate soil and become mountains, accumulate water and become the sea" comes from Xunzi Confucian Effect, which means that if you accumulate soil, you can become mountains, and if you save water, you can become the sea. Metaphorically, if you accumulate over time, you can change from quantitative to qualitative. There is a similar expression in Xunzi’s exhortation to learn, such as "the accumulation of soil makes mountains, and the wind and rain flourish;" Little drops of water make an ocean, the dragon is born. ""If you don’t accumulate steps, you will be thousands of miles away; If you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become rivers and seas. "
As the Chairman of the Supreme Leader said in his speech, happiness and a bright future will not appear on their own, and success belongs to those who are brave and steadfast. Therefore, all countries should clearly understand the world situation, conform to the historical trend, adhere to openness and win-win, and be brave in reform and innovation. Only by making continuous progress towards the goal of building a community of human destiny, can countries jointly create a bright future for Asia and the world.
