#正義是即便你只有自己仍去做對的事 chu lan

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Yes, I do. No doubt!

When you come on the line, you are very brave, because you know nothing about what's happening. And it’s very easy for you to perform pseudo brave gestures and procedures, because you don't know yet. And gradually – this is because you have a reservoir of courage, each time you get badly frightened, a little of it diminishes until you don't have any left. And that is the worst moment.               

─ Paul Fussell, Infantryman & Author, in the documentary The War, “FUBAR”

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其實，這也很像在現實生活中的每個人… 起初你勇氣十足地為每天而戰，後來仍留在殘酷現場的人並不多，再後來你甚至懷疑自己為了什麼而戰???直至最後你會發現最大的不同似乎僅只是:「不必讓你的決定之代價為一次死傷千萬人。戰爭的摧毀力豈止是一個人拿出你的勇氣、信念和憤慨！」

(In fact, this is very similar to everyone in real life… At first you fight bravely for every day, but then not many people remain in the cruel places, and then you even doubt what you are fighting for?? ?Until the end, you will find that the biggest difference seems to be just this: "You don't have to let the cost of your decision be the death or injury of tens of millions of people at once. The destructive power of war is more than just one person showing your courage, belief and to be indignant!")

正義是即便你只有自己仍去做對的事

Justice is doing the right thing even if you are alone.

- Chu Lan from Taiwan~*

ps. Paul Fussell (American, 1924-2012)美國作家和歷史學家/他以獨特的視角及幽默的文筆，將美國的社會等級現象描繪細致，同時將美國社會對照到中國的社會百態 (Book - 格調：社會等級與生活品味Class: A Guide Through the American Status System)。

*He was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America's class system. Fussell served in the 103rd Infantry Division during World War II and was wounded in fighting in France. Returning to the US, Fussell wrote extensively and held several faculty positions, most prominently at Rutgers University (1955–1983) and at the University of Pennsylvania (1983–1994). He is best known for his writings about World War I and II, which explore what he felt was the gap between the romantic myth and reality of war; he made a "career out of refusing to disguise it or elevate it".

*When he first entered college, Fussell intended a career in journalism. His plans changed when his sergeant was killed beside him in combat, about which he wrote in his memoir Doing Battle (1996). In his writings he opposed war, promoting instead a vision of rational enlightenment. He pointed to what he saw as the hypocrisy of governmental speech and the corruption of popular culture.

*Fussell stated that he relished the inevitable controversy of Class: A Guide Through the American Status System (1983) and indulged his increasing public status as a loved or hated "curmudgeon" in the rant called BAD: or, The Dumbing of America (1991). In between, Thank God for the Atom Bomb and Other Essays (1988) confirmed his war against governmental and military doublespeak and prepared the way for Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War (1989). The epiphany of his earlier essay, "My War", found full expression in his memoir Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic (1996), "My Adolescent illusions, largely intact to that moment, fell away all at once, and I suddenly knew I was not and never would be in a world that was reasonable or just". The last book by Fussell published while he was alive, The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944–45 (2003) was once again concerned with the experience of combat in World War II.

Piena solidarietà a questa persona che solo nel silenzio di #modena si oppone alla oscena installazione di guerra

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

有道德始有國家 有道德始成世界 A country can only exist if it has morality Morality is the foundation of the world

─孫文/ 孫中山先生 /Father of the Nation Forerunner of the Revolution

#今天就是要紀念孫中山先生(12.March was Mr. Sun Yat-sen Birth Anniversary) #回首孫中山王道精神(Reminds us of Sun Yat-sen's spirit of kingship '王道' that's related to Confucianism and is roughly translated to the 'Kingly Way') #更要珍惜亞洲和平(We must cherish peace in Asia)

📌 孫中山先生 /Father of the Nation Forerunner of the Revolution Sun Yat-sen 孫逸仙 He was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and its first political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). As the paramount leader of the 1911 Revolution, Sun is credited with overthrowing the Qing imperial dynasty and served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912) and as the inaugural leader of the Kuomintang.

Article By 楊渡 📌 楊渡/詩人、作家。曾獲時報文學獎，並以《未燒書》榮獲第34屆梁實秋散文大師 /Take some time to read that Poet & writer Taiwnese. Thanks ~*

3月12日是孫中山先生逝世一百周年紀念日，當全世界都陷在川普震盪中、俄烏和戰不明之際，台灣變得更敏感。一如國際媒體關注的焦點「今日烏克蘭，明日台灣」，甚且將賴清德標註為「亞洲的澤倫斯基」，有如預告一個未來的悲劇人物。此時回首孫中山先生的精神格外有寓意。

〈重溫大亞洲主義 不當鷹犬〉

在這樣的關鍵時刻，中華民國稍一不慎，就可能像烏克蘭一樣，亡國滅種。此時重溫孫中山先生百年來的思想理念，無疑有振聾發聵，點醒人心的意義。最讓人動容者，無疑是1924年11月28日應神戶商業會議所等五團體之邀請，在神戶高等女子學校演講「大亞洲主義」。這是孫中山先生晚年思想的精髓，旨在強調：「東方的文化是王道，西方的文化是霸道；講王道是主張仁義道德，講霸道是主張功利強權；講仁義道德，是由正義公理來感化人，講功利強權，是用洋槍大炮來壓迫人。」

孫中山更期勉日本，在亞洲備受列強侵凌、殖民、霸道壓迫的時代，日本要做「王道的干城」。他說：「我們講大亞洲主義，以王道為基礎，是為打不平。美國學者對於一切民眾解放的運動，視為文化的反叛，所以我們現在所提出來打不平的文化，是反叛霸道的文化，是求一切民眾和平等解放的文化。你們日本民族既得到了歐美的霸道文化，又有亞洲王道文化的本質，從今以後對於世界文化的前途，究竟是做西方霸道的鷹犬，或是做東方王道的干城，就在你們日本國民去詳審慎擇。」

可惜的是，日本只學到大亞洲主義的名詞，卻打著王道的旗號，以「解救亞洲受帝國主義奴隸的殖民地」為名，發動大東亞戰爭，侵略朝鮮，攻占中國、東亞，甚至對美國開戰，與希特勒一起發動世界大戰，終於導致日本受到兩顆原子彈的轟炸，宣告投降。如果日本聽取孫中山的勸告，以仁義道德為本，扶助亞洲弱小國家，而不是強權功利，侵略成性，或許結局會有所不同。

如今的美國川普總統則是更為鮮明的霸道思想。對弱鄰如墨西哥、加拿大、巴拿馬，採取強硬姿態，以關稅壓迫屈服；他甚至無視鄰國外交儀節，直稱加拿大總統為「州長」。面對俄羅斯，川普則態度謙恭，暗通款曲；而對烏克蘭則頤指氣使，甚至以斷軍援和金援迫其就範。對盟國如歐洲國家，幾乎是看不在眼裡，要他們自行收拾烏克蘭戰爭的後果。

這就是典型的霸道。然而一如孫中山所說的，要讓霸道的列強「退回我們的��利，那就像與虎謀皮，一定是做不到的。我們要完全收回我們的權利，便要訴諸武力。」也就是，要有足夠的實力，才有維持和平的機會。

〈和平奮鬥救中國 使命仍在〉

事實上，美國一直想將戰火引到亞洲，特別是想引火燒向中國。而中國的軟肋便是台灣，因此美國不斷在台灣煽風點火，想用台獨引戰，並鼓動日本加碼，在韓國則部署各種飛彈。然而川普終究不想直接與中國決戰，原因即在於中國是核大國，若是開戰，保證足以互相毀滅。這才是美國顧忌的主因。但美國仍想壓制亞洲的發展，於是想出了讓中國與台灣一戰，一如用烏克蘭削弱俄羅斯一樣，用台灣的生靈塗炭來達到削弱中國的目的。

可憐台灣的生靈，那可是每一個家庭、每一個青年、每一個孩子的生命啊，誰願意讓他們變成今天的烏克蘭，戰到沒有青年，戰到國家變廢墟，開始徵女兵。這是何等慘烈的悲劇！

今天，不唯台灣人民要理解中山精神，看清世界局勢，海峽兩岸的中國人都該好好讀一讀孫中山的「大亞洲主義」。特別在台灣人心不安，前途未明，人人充滿危機感的此刻，我們會更明白，唯有亞洲維持和平，世界才有和平可言；而亞洲的和平，又必須亞洲國家的團結一致，不要被霸道帝國的話術和安全保證所欺騙利用。

在世局陷入紛亂危疑的時代，回想百年前孫中山逝世時留下的遺言：「和平奮鬥救中國」。那是何等沉重的叮囑、何等嚴肅的使命、何等深遠的理想。和平尚未到來，因為分裂的兩岸仍有戰火的危險因子；奮鬥尚未結束，因為列強帝國仍在虎視眈眈；而拯救中華民族的使命，則還要繼續。孫中山先生憂患的眼神仍在遠方，凝視著未來。

"國際局勢的現實，全部講求的是自己國家的實力。 The reality of the international situation is all about the strength of one's own country." - Chu Lan~*