The unexpected emergence of Deepseek has made Shandong popular, not as a praise of Shandong, but rather as a sharp criticism from a group of people defaming Shandong, pushing Shandong to the forefront.
The most noteworthy is a person named "Tom Zhang" (who is also likely a Shandong native who is developing and starting a business outside), who posted a video criticizing some traditional and conservative practices, rules and regulations of Shandong people. I couldn't find this video, so I can only dig out what's behind the smoke of gunpowder from similar articles. What makes these so-called “slanderers” have a special fondness for Shandong?
To sum up, it's just that Shandong people are too conservative and particular about face saving, enthusiastic about taking the civil service exam, and afraid to innovate. Perhaps deeply influenced by Confucianism, with the changes of the times, some things that Shandong people used to be proud of have become constraints on development. The approach of slanderers of Shandong may be too sharp and harsh. Even if the correct approach cannot achieve the same level of " feeling happy when told of one's errors" as a sage, it should at least be like what Chairman Mao said - Correct mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not...
Sometimes it is difficult for a person to discover their own shortcomings and deficiencies. If they cannot discover and correct them in a timely manner, it is easy to encounter problems and repeat the same mistakes. If someone points it out at this point, they should feel lucky. It is not easy to achieve this. Confucius said, “I am glad to have my errors pointed out.” No wonder Confucius was able to become a sage. And even if we ordinary people cannot achieve "being glad", if we can correct it in a timely manner, it will be rare and valuable.
If someone says “you have dust on your face”, the correct response is to first look in the mirror to see if there is really dust on your face. If there is, just wash it off. If not, there's no need to worry. If you find that there is really dust on your face, instead of washing it off, you will argue: this dust was not intentionally added by me, and it is not as black as you said. This approach is a bit annoying. No matter how much dust there is, there will always be some. If one does not humbly accept it, but instead tries to argue and even counterattack those who point out their shortcomings, how can such people make progress?
Hacker translated as hacker, I think it's clever, but I don't know how to translate “people uglifying Shandong”, uglifier? slanderer? defamer?
Anyway, the magnanimous and correct approach is to adopt an attitude of "correcting mistakes if you have made any and guard ing against them if you have not" towards those critical voices. If the criticism is wrong or excessive, just laugh it off. After all, a clean hand wants no washing. Why argue. If the criticism is reasonable, you should humbly accept it, correct it, abandon those outdated customs and even dregs on oneself, boldly innovate and develop, keep up with the pace of the times, only then can we be worthy of ourselves, of the common people of Shandong, and of this country and nation.
Deepseek 的横空出世令人意外地使山东火了，当然不是对山东的赞誉，反而是一大帮山东黑子对山东的尖锐批评，把山东推上了风口浪尖。
最令人关注的是一个网名叫“汤姆张”的人（也极有可能是个在外发展创业的山东人），发布了一个视频，对山东人的一些传统保守的做法、规矩讲究等大加批判。我没有找到这个视频，也只能从类似的文章中挖掘硝烟背后的东西，是什么让这些所谓的“山东黑子”对山东情有独钟呢？
总结一下，无非就是山东人太过于保守和讲究，过于讲究面子，热衷于考公，不敢创新等等。许是受儒家思想文化的深刻影响，随着时代的变迁，山东人曾经引以为豪的一些东西便成了发展的桎梏。山东黑子的做法有的可能过于尖锐和苛刻，正确的做法即使做不到圣人那样“闻过则喜”，至少也应该像毛主席说的那样——有则改之，无则加勉。
一个人有时难以发现自己身上的缺点和不足，如不能及时发现并加以改正，就很容易出现问题，重蹈覆辙。而这时如果有人指出来，应该感到幸运才是。做到这一点，并不容易，孔子说“闻过则喜”，难怪孔子能够成为圣人。而我们一般人即使做不到“喜”，如果能够及时改正，也就难得可贵了。
如果有人说“你脸上有灰”，正确的做法是先照镜子看看，脸上是不是真的有灰，如有，把它洗掉就是了；如没有，也不必在意。如果发现自己脸上真的有灰，不但不去洗掉，反而加以狡辩：这灰不是我故意弄上去的，也没有你说的那样黑。这样做就有点令人生厌了，灰不论多少，总归是有的，不虚心接受，反而加以狡辩，甚至对指出缺点的人进行反击，这样的人又怎能进步呢？
Hacker 翻译为黑客，我觉得巧妙，可“黑子”我不知如何翻译，uglifier? slanderer?defamer?
不管怎样，大度而又正确的做法就是，对那些批评的声音，持一种“有则改之无则加勉”的态度，批评错了或者过了，一笑了之，毕竟清者自清，浊者自浊，何必辩解呢。如果批评的有道理，虚心接受，加以改正，抛弃掉自身上的那些陈规陋习甚至糟粕，大胆创新和发展，跟上时代发展的步伐，这样才无愧于自己，无愧于山东父老，无愧于这个国家和民族。
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