On November 2, Musk, the ceo of Tesla, the world's richest man, sent a tweet (foreign version of Weibo), which caused a global discussion, and unlike in the past, he used Chinese to send a complete "Seven-Step Poem" by Cao Zhi. Subsequently, global netizens speculated about what the poem meant, and even some foreigners insisted that it was a recipe. So, what exactly is Musk trying to express in this poem that only we Chinese can deeply appreciate?
"Boiled beans burn beans, beans cry in the kettle." Originally born from the same root, we are all very aware that the background of this poem is the story of brothers and brothers, saying that after Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi, who succeeded to the throne, demanded that Cao Zhi must write a poem within seven steps, otherwise he would be killed. In the end, Cao Zhi successfully composed a poem, and Cao Pi felt ashamed after reading it and released Cao Zhi.
Some netizens speculated that this was a response to the previous World Food Programme Administrator forcing Musk to donate. In early October, the WFP administrator said that Musk's 2% wealth is more than $6 billion, which can completely solve the problem of 42 million people around the world starving to death, depending on whether Musk is willing to do so. On the 19th, the administrator accepted the report and shouted again, which said: "Congratulations to Musk for becoming the world's richest man, to celebrate your victory, we now provide you with a lifelong opportunity - to save 42 million people with $6.6 billion." The invitation will expire soon, after all, human life is at stake. ”
Hahaha, good to be aggressive.
Musk then responded: "If WFP can clearly explain how the $6 billion will solve the problem of world hunger, I will sell some tesla stock and do it immediately." ”
Unexpectedly, on November 1, the administrator called out to Musk again, saying that he hoped to talk to Musk face to face, not just the Internet, to show the latter a plan to donate money to solve the problem of hunger.
Then, on November 2, Musk published "Seven Steps poem", which seems to be very relevant. So I personally guess that the response with a seven-step poem is intended to express, why be so aggressive? It is really uncomfortable to raise the problem to the level of solving human hunger. On the other hand, the administrator himself should be able to solve this problem, according to foreign netizens, the World Food Programme raised 8.4 billion US dollars in 2020, why did not solve the problem of world hunger?
Therefore, is Teacher Ma expressing that everyone is very rich, so why bother with each other? Alas, the world of the rich is also so unpeaceful. But imagine how they would respond if they were the richest man in the country.
I love the saying that when wealth accumulates to a certain extent, it will no longer belong to you. As a small blogger, I hope that capable people can stand up and really do something substantive, rather than being limited to "mouth cannons".
This Chinese poem has attracted translations from netizens around the world, because English can not translate the meaning and mood of its expression very well, and some foreigners insist that this poem is about how to cook beans.
It has to be said that Musk's influence is very large, this tweet, that is, Weibo, only one hour, 11,000 retweets and 70,000 likes. With the continuous fermentation, there are gradually popular science who really understand Chinese what this poem means. For example: boil beans on a fire with bean stems, beans cry in the pot: we are brothers, we all grow from the same root, why do you let us suffer. ”
Finally, musk's ability to know the poem and tweet it with Chinese reflects that more and more people are beginning to understand Chinese, and the influence of Chinese is also increasing. On the other hand, such events also play a role in cultural export to a certain extent. To quote a benevolent brother's comment: Musk: Want to know my treasure? I hid it in Chinese ancient poem, come and look for it. For a time, it set off a Chinese era when foreigners set sail to study in China.