Helvetius

"Only the benevolent are capable of truly loving or hating others."

[Helvetius @Helvetius19]

@cath_cov Clearly, this kind of commentary presupposes a certain stance and is even less likely to promote discussion and understanding. If this represents the author's final viewpoint, then the book is not worth reading.

[Helvetius @Helvetius19]

@DullClayCutter And then there’s Ray Huang’s 1587, A Year of No Significance (also known as The Year of No Significance). This book is a marvel in the history of Chinese publishing — it successfully bridges the gap between academic scholarship and the general reading public.

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@DullClayCutter You would surely love Jonathan Spence’s Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man. It portrays the collapse and reconstruction of a late‑Ming literatus’s inner world, and its protagonist is Zhang Dai, a writer you are so fond of.

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@DullClayCutter Craig Clunas：“Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China”

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@DullClayCutter Timothy Brook：“The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China”

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@DullClayCutter I would recommend you read Jacques Gernet's "Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250–1276" instead. 😂

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@Stormbricht 士农工商的士指的是士大夫。但士的本义，尤其是在战国之前，包括孔子时期的士，都兼具武士的含义。“士”在战国之前是贵族阶层的最底层。这个阶层具有“能文能武”的特征。在战国之后，士逐渐变成了文士，血统与武力不再重要，最终消失。

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@wu5662133556609 @mranti 印度大乘赢学独一档😂。最高等级的忽悠就是不仅要忽悠别人，还能忽悠住自己。

[Helvetius @Helvetius19]

@beijixiongClub 你不能用正常思维理解印度人。这是个产生过大忽悠佛教的起源地，到了印度教更是变本加厉，想跟他们拼想象力与意淫精神是不可能的。印度人的大乘赢学属于独一档，而且正在忽悠住昂撒族群精英。

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@ElMidrash @VBahal75119 @Isotope_239 话语权是指“谁在定义现实权力”。无疑，商人在中国历史上从来没有独立完整的话语权。宋以后的富民社会，商人的实际社会地位有上升，但在国家话语体系中从来不承认它具备参知政事的权力。捐个功名，其本质还是要实现身份转化，成为士层级的一员。

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@TheTargaryenGuy @jorgegogdl Yes, it's purely a matter of upbringing. An educated person shouldn't have any idea what they're doing.

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@SoyLaVerdolaga @jorgegogdl In adult movies, you're all portrayed as Latinos, doing the lowest-paying jobs in America, surrounded by drug gangs everywhere. That's an accurate description of you guys, and I mean no offense.

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@lepkapxd9 @BattlementLK That's hilarious. Idiots who think they're brainwashing others don't even look at themselves. The chaos they bring to the world is always whitewashed.

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@YauryFranco @nypost You're a Latin prostitute, the kind that makes porn

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@hinduistisch @Isotope_239 Why do Jeets always like to daydream?

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@Kingharsh0001 @Isotope_239 商人就是商人，从来没有所谓在军队里送命，只能拥有少量土地耕种这种荒唐的情况。中国的商人在挣钱后的第一件事就是购买土地。

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@VBahal75119 @Isotope_239 商是商人的意思。你们在幻想什么呢，笑死人了。商人富有，可以做法律不禁止的任何事情。商人只是政治地位低，绝对不允许商人对公共决策发挥任何作用与影响。

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@AcademicSpade @V5vYtd @Isotope_239 印度人总是以他们那套种姓制度来看待别的文明，这纯属是非常搞笑。中国人从三千年前就挣脱神权束缚，两千年前打破封建贵族制度，从那时起中国人都坚信一句话：王侯将相从来不是天生的贵种。一个人，可以从乞丐做起，做到皇帝；可以从农民参加科举考试进入官僚系统，成为士；也可以自主选择做工和经商。

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@motherfckangrez @Vorxxxxxxxx @Isotope_239 How many more people as stupid as you are there?

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@dw_chinese 这种面相确实很典了