(Global Village Department Chat Room Notes vi)

abrook water poem

liupu(aged8) Li Qufei English translation

(mingdynasty,1368-1644)

abrookinfrontofmygate, a ditch of water in front of the door,

runstotheeastnightandday. Flowing eastward day and night.

"hey, whereare youheading,mate?" I asked where to go?

"i’mtot’vastoceanfaraway!" Cangming stopped!

102.My Superstructure

Huilan: Why do you turn on the computer again?

Jin Yu: The question is distressing. If you don’t study, I won’t study, who will study?

Huilan: What have you learned when you go online every day?

Jin Yu: Of course, it is to exchange ideas and culture with intimate netizens.

Huilan: What did you communicate with?

Jinyu: At least not as tired as you, you are busy making money all day long.

Huilan: Money is the social lubricant, and society stagnates without money.

Jinyu: It is necessary to lubricate it, if it is too lubribed, it will cause a fall.

Huilan: It’s not as much as you think, it’s good to make a little profit.

Jin Yu: You don’t lack food and drink, so you don’t have to think about making too much money. It’s not cost-effective to get tired of your body. Don’t think that money can help you.

Huilan: Money is the economic foundation, and you cannot have nothing.

Jin Yu: The economic foundation is not wrong, nothing can be done. After several mobile phones, one set after another, the wardrobe can hardly be filled. I have never bought a lot of food, and it is thrown away from time to time. This has caused waste of resources and the environment to be affected.

Huilan: You are so noble, you are so proud of your life?

Jinyu: When exchanging cultural and ideological ideas, do not waste extravagance. Never be stingy about the money you should spend. If you don’t spend, don’t waste a penny. You must grasp the economic foundation and do not lack superstructure. If you ask me what I have learned, this is the harvest of our communication.

Huilan: What is a superstructure?

Jin Yu: The general meaning of philosophical understanding is that "the superstructure is an ideology based on an economic basis and a system, organization and facility that is appropriate to it. In class society, it mainly refers to political and legal systems and facilities."

Huilan: That's too far away from us, I just want to make money.

Jin Yu: Making money is necessary, but it must be done in moderation. My understanding is that we cannot just stay on the economic foundation for our whole life, and we should sublimate from the material world to a higher level.

Huilan: It’s too abstract, I can’t find Bei. It seems that I lost myself in the fog.

Jin Yu: In layman's terms, you can still find yourself in the fog, and you won't be too tired if you rise to a spiritual level.

Huilan: The gravity of matter is too great, so I can’t get energetic. When I get energetic one day, you can talk to me about your spirit.
Chapter completed!