Chapter 153 The British Museum
After coming to the UK, a week soon passed, and Xiao Mali looked forward to the long-awaited rest day.
We have planned to go to London to visit the flea market, see Shakespeare's plays, visit Westminters Cathedral, and then go to the British Museum.
He wanted to see the sand Marx had sat on that year, and whether there were really footprints that Marx unconsciously rubbed when he was studying.
He has always been doubtful about this statement in textbooks.
Even if the floor of the British Museum's library is not paved with marble, how many pairs of leather shoes will be consumed if your feet have to make two marks on the concrete floor? Moreover, this action will not make any sound, will it affect others' reading?
I arrived in London by car, first booked a suite at King George's Hotel, and then bought two evening tickets at the Times Theater. Tonight I performed "The Merchant of Venice", which is a satirical comedy.
Then I went straight to the British Museum and first looked for a dictionary in the bookstore at the door. There were English and French dictionaries everywhere, but there was only one on the counter of the "Chinese-English Dictionary" and people refused to sell it. It took a long time to talk to me before I bought it.
This English-Chinese dictionary is called "Wuche Yunfu". This is the version of Macau East India Company in 1989. This is probably the earliest English-Chinese dictionary in the world.
Once you get the dictionary, you can calm down and translate the book when you go back.
Later, I came to the library in the museum. The library turned out to be a special visiting area where Marx studied.
An old man with silver head was a volunteer tour guide. He heard that he was from the far east and he seemed even more gentlemanly.
"Has Marx's name been spread to the far east? I am so proud of him. You must know that his "Das Kapital" was written here."
The old man brought them to the two sands and pointed at them, "Here, it's this sand, he sat there for a long time. Engels sat next to him."6
I looked at the ground with terrazzo on the ground, and it was laid out with cement and colorful gravel.
It's time to solve the mystery of a century.
"May I ask, the rumors say that Marx has read books here for many years. Did he really use his feet to paint two shoe prints on the ground?"
The old man glanced at him and raised his proud head:
I have been a librarian here for more than 40 years, and I have a complete say in this issue. Don’t spread rumors anymore. It turns out that this is a carpet, and there are two very obvious footprints on the carpet, which are indeed mainly stepped on by Marx.”
"Have many people asked this question?" 6 Yongzhi asked curiously.
"You are just one of thousands of people. Why don't you care about how Marx wrote about Capital here? How great he is, where is the greatness? But they are all satisfying their curiosity."
The old administrator criticized righteously. To be honest, Marx was a thinker, philosopher, historian, and his works were all the same. People established a social system according to his theory. If it is great, as a person, it can indeed be called great.
The old man's criticism made 6 Yongzhi feel awe-inspiring, and he asked with a question: "
Sir, can you tell me where Marx is great?”
The man nodded: "In the past, philosophers were all people-centered, exploring human thoughts, and the fundamental point of research was all about individuals. But Marx was different. He studied the entire industrial workers class, that is, what he called the proletariat, as a whole. In an academic sense, he had a path that had not been taken by his predecessors."6
Yongzhi suddenly realized and nodded frequently.
Why did he be repeatedly expelled from various countries? It is precisely because the proletariat he advocated, as an emerging force, should enter the historical stage and become the new master of this era. This theory makes the existing ruling class and social elite feel threatened and scared, and be regarded as heresy."
At this point, 6 Yongzhi suddenly understood why Mao Runzhi inherited and developed Marxism in China? That was because according to the actual situation in China, the number of farmers was much larger than that of industrial workers, and industrial workers accounted for only a small part of the social class. He divided the social class into poor peasants, lower-middle peasants, middle-middle peasants, rich peasants, and landlords, while treating poor peasants and lower-middle peasants as proletariats in Marxism theory and relying on these people to seize power.
Later, he developed this theory, calling middle peasants and rich peasants the objects that can be united, leaving only the landlord class as the objects of revolution. This theory is called the united front.
Of course, when Japan attacked China, this theory of united front further expanded and expanded the scope of the object.
This theory is one of the magic weapons for the ultimate victory of the Chinese revolution."
Therefore, our British Empire is the most liberal country. We can tolerate the existence of various theories, even if you oppose the current system. As long as you do not take action, you can pick up the gun and rebel."
The old administrator's expression became more arrogant, and the sense of honor as a citizen of the British Empire arises naturally.6
In just one week, I have seen many such people. The pride of their race seems to be innate, especially when facing other races. This is more obvious to people of aristocratic origins.
"Are you very familiar with Marx and Engels?" Xiao Mali was also interested in them after listening to the introduction of the old administrator, and asked curiously."
That was natural. I was responsible for receiving them when they came here to study. It seemed that they had been at least ten years. Marx's knowledge was indeed very profound, and he had read a lot of books. His friendship with Engels is even more commendable. As far as I know, Marx's life was funded by Engels. "Old
The administrator talked in a casual manner and told many interesting stories between them.
Come to Westminters Cathedral, at the flea market, 6 have been pondering a question. Is there any other way to change an inherent social class besides the path of violent revolution?
He exhausted his thinking and found no ready-made examples. None of the Marxist parties that took the parliamentary path and took power to power with existing systems have achieved success in transforming society.
A good proof is that even Nepal cannot change such a small country.
In a modern social system, the elite class is really too strong...
He spent all the time traveling around the church and the market, so he didn't remember the scenery he saw. However, Xiao Mali bought a lot of things, and specially bought him a pair of dumbbells for him to exercise for daily use, and a pair of fishing rods for him to spend time.
It was not until he watched Shakespeare's satirical comedy "The Merchant of Venice" at night that he completely came to his senses.
This comedy shows Shakespeare's wisdom. It says that a good man borrowed three thousand gold coins from the stingy and revengeful Venetian merchant Sherlock, who used his soon-to-be-arrival cargo ship as collateral. If it cannot be returned after maturity, Sherlock asked the merchant to cut off a pound of his own meat as compensation.
As a result, the ship encountered a storm on the sea, he could not return to the port on time. Sherlock wanted to fulfill the contract and cut off his flesh. The good man's friend, a lawyer, said: "
You can cut off a pound of his flesh, but you can't shed a drop of blood because it's not written on the contract."
Speare is particularly good at portraying characters. The image of Sherlock is very vivid and has become an eternal classic.
As Xiao Mali, who is studying law, she even lamented the significance of rigorous contract: "Everyone who wants to be a lawyer in the future should watch this drama and will keep the rigor of the contract in mind for the rest of her life."
When I went to bed at night, 6Uzhi taught her a Chinese idiom: The confusion of a single man in thirty years old, Shakespeare!
When Xiaomali understood the meaning of this joke, she laughed wildly and beat him up with a violent smile.
Chapter completed!