Essay Questions 6

思考题

请你从以下几个方面谈谈你怎么看政治和文化的关系；不得少于500个字。

• 纽约参议员莫奈汉Moynihan, Patrick说过：“保守主义的核心信念是文化可以决定一个社会的成功，而不是政治。自由主义的核心信念则是政治可以改变和拯救文化的自我衰亡和毁灭。” (The late New York senator argued: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture to save it from itself.”)

• Lu Xinhua and Zhang Yimou, are they telling the liberal or conservative truth in their stories? Can and should social changes improve human predispositions and instincts? 卢新华和张艺谋是自由主义者还是保守主义者？对他们来说，家庭和人的血缘关系在什么程度上可以或者应该被新型的社会关系所改变甚至取代？

• Is the scar on Xiaohua during the Cultural Revolution left by a historical or political necessity, or inflicted by moral degradation? Why? 王晓华心灵上的伤痕对中国现代化是不是一种政治需要，历史进步的必要，还是一种个道德伦的沦丧？为什么？

• How do you like Shanshan, the daughter of Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu? Why? Which is more important to you in her situation, liberty, independence and pursuit of happiness, or charity (filial piety), self-sacrifice, and loyalty to the state? Why? 你喜不喜欢陆焉识和冯婉瑜的女儿姗姗？为什么？你觉得哪个更重要：独立之人格，自由之思想，还是孝顺，善良，自我牺牲和对政府的忠诚？为什么？