Mr. Lu Xun is the most hard-core intellectual praised by Mao Zedong, and he is regarded as the backbone of the Chinese nation, with a great face. And Mr. Lu Xun himself also attaches great importance to face. He regards face as "the program of China spirit" and thinks that face has boundaries. If you fall below this line, it is to lose face and "lose face"; If you do something beyond this line, you will have face and "show your face". This "boundary" of face or not summarized by Mr. Lu Xun is actually personality and dignity, and it is also closely related to national dignity and national dignity. It can not only measure whether an individual has a real face, but also grasp the standards of "big face" and "small face".
The so-called "big face", here "big" refers not only to the country and the nation, but also to the team and the collective; Big face means that the collective strives for face for the country, the nation and the team, and tries its best to maintain these overall faces until it sacrifices its life. Historically, Lin Xiangru swore life and death in front of Yu Bi, and returned to Zhao intact. Yan Ying made Chu create a diplomatic legend for the dignity of Qi, and Su Wu was moved by the shepherd's unswerving commitment to Han, both of which were feats of winning "big face" for the country and the nation. There have also been Lian Po's "offer a humble apology" for the sake of the overall situation of the country, Liu Bei's "three invitations to Zhuge" for the country, and Gou Jian's "meritorious service and courage" for restoring the personal face of Yue State. All these efforts in exchange for big "face" have written a brilliant chapter in dealing with big face and small face. Countless revolutionary martyrs are models for correctly treating big faces and small faces. Fang Zhimin would rather die than surrender in prison in the face of torture, Liu Hulan cut the grass without hesitation in front of the enemy, Jiang Xueqin endured humiliation and never betrayed his comrades in front of the enemy, and so on, all for the sake of the "big face" of the party and the people and at the expense of personal "small face". It is worth pointing out that although the above-mentioned cases and more people with lofty ideals lost their personal freedom, suffered physical torture, and even sacrificed many small faces in their lives, they maintained the dignity of their beliefs and their indomitable will, especially their behavior of winning the revolution, which made the country and the nation gain a big face, and therefore made themselves have a big face that will never go down in history.
Party leaders are all examples of saving face for the party, the motherland and the people, and abandoning personal face. Mao Zedong was labeled as "King of the Mountain" for the development of the Party, "Gunshot Doctrine" for the establishment of a powerful people's army, and was chased by Hu Zongnan every day for the establishment of a new China to defeat Chiang Kai-shek, but he abandoned his personal honor and disgrace and won the great face of the founding of New China. Zhou Enlai's handling of big face and small face is perfect. When US President Nixon visited China, the news and pictures collected by accompanying reporters needed to be broadcast by satellite, but we didn't have such a satellite at that time. In order to reduce the huge cost of renting satellites in China, the United States proposed to build the ground station at their expense. Premier Zhou believes that this is a big issue involving national sovereignty, and it is by no means a question of how much it costs. He immediately instructed to rent American communication satellites at a high price. During the lease period, the US must apply to the Chinese side and pay the use fee. The United States is surprised and surprised by this. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Chen Yi said contemptuously when anti-China elements clamored for war in China: "We have been waiting for the invasion of American imperialism for 16 years! My hair is white. " A western journalist started the topic that an atomic bomb is enough to destroy the earth several times. He even shrugged off: what is an atomic bomb? Chairman Mao famously said that the atomic bomb is a paper tiger, and the anti-imperialist and anti-colonial struggle in Asia, Africa and Latin America is the best "atomic bomb", which fully shows the backbone and "tiger spirit" of safeguarding national sovereignty, and also shows that the small face of an individual can only obey the big face of the country and the people.
The "big face" corresponds to the "small face" of the individual, and it is the "face" that the individual has won for himself through struggle and proper channels. The reason why this kind of face is called "small" is the result of comparison with the national collective face. Paying attention to and loving face has always been a historical tradition in China. Immortals and mortals have a feeling of loving face. The Monkey King, who is well known to all women and children, made a scene in the Heavenly Palace because it was too small and humiliated the officials called Bi by the Jade Emperor, so he made a scene in the Heavenly Palace. China people's face-saving comes from their hard-working, rich connotation and humiliation-bearing personality characteristics, and also from their fear of being sorry for others. Considering what others will think of their thinking, they can not only meet their spiritual needs of self-esteem, but also lose their value and identity, forming a lot of behavior tendencies of saving face. This complex is based on national spirit and national integrity. Huo Qubing's thought of saving face, Qi Jiguang's spirit of resisting the enemy, Zheng's spirit of saving face in recovering Taiwan Province Province, and Wen Tianxiang's face ethics of "keeping one's heart, depending on his history" have all become models of obedience and service to the whole, and have also created the glory of the Chinese nation.
However, face can sometimes have a negative impact. Because of temporary difficulties and some interests, people do not hesitate to grovel for sympathy and charity, but lose face. Some people would rather live a hard life than work hard. They would rather be looked down upon by others than get rid of their lazy habit. They would rather waste their time and days than take the initiative, and they all have no face. In daily life, people who are not rich but rich, for the sake of personal vanity, "slap their faces to fill the fat man"; Some people are bluffing, competitive, boastful and show off their so-called skills in order to fight for personal disguise; Others lose their dignity, personality, collective interests and even their souls in exchange for ugly faces. Historically, Qin Gui, who sold herself to the Huns to vent her personal anger, Wu Sangui, who colluded with other ethnic groups to keep her position as prime minister, Wu Sangui, who led the Qing army into the customs for a woman, and Puyi, who took refuge in Japan for the dream of becoming an emperor again, all tried to satisfy their poor little faces and abandoned their national dignity, people, national interests and even the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. This is a typical penny wise and pound foolish. Although their faces were short at that time, they lost their country. On the other hand, there are many examples of sacrificing big face for small face. Cheng, Liu Zhijun and other corrupt officials sold their principles and trampled on the law in order to have face in front of their lovers, and provided convenience for their lovers to make money. In the end, being jailed not only lost face, but also damaged the image of leading cadres. Some officials do not hesitate to disturb the people for their own face, and arbitrarily toss the masses for their own face project. On the surface, they have a lot of face, but what they lose is that leading cadres are seriously divorced from the masses. Therefore, it is not a simple personal understanding problem, but an urgent social problem to correct the position of temporary face and overall face and grasp the relationship between small face and big face.
However, we should pay special attention to the fact that the relationship between big face and small face is not absolutely opposite, but has a close internal relationship and should be treated dialectically. First, the big face and the small face are subordinate, that is, the small face is contained in the big face. For example, in semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China, during the Japanese invasion of China, all China lost face, and the people naturally lost face. Even overseas Chinese. "Chinese and dogs are not allowed in" is proof. Therefore, in terms of big face and small face, we must do everything possible to safeguard the big face of the country and the nation. Only by winning the big face of the country will every citizen have face. For example, China defeated American imperialism in Korea, and China built two bombs and one satellite. Only in this way can China really stand up and have face. Second, big face and small face are dialectical relations. Many times, losing face is not really humiliating, and having a small face is not really humiliating. As mentioned above, sacrificing small face for big face is actually winning face. And those who sell big faces for small faces and fall behind are notorious over time, which is the real loss of face. Third, the small face and the big face are complementary. People's maintenance of face in daily life is actually twofold, with both the meaning of small face and the composition of big face. For example, in sports competitions, I won the championship, winning face for myself and for my team area; For example, in the college entrance examination, candidates get good grades, they have face, and home schools also have face; Similarly, some people have done shameful things, losing their personal face and losing the face of their units and regions. Corruption of officials is not only a shame for themselves, but also a shame for their families and units. If citizens behave uncivilized abroad, it is a trivial matter to lose personal face, and it will also lose the face of China people. Therefore, our normal sense of saving face is not only a personal matter, but also related to our relatives, team and even the whole country. Everyone, especially leading cadres, should proceed from the overall situation, cherish and safeguard their own face and win glory for the country and the Chinese nation.