According to the Russian-Ukrainian war, listen to an article by Feng Zikai in 1932...

"Children's Play"

Suddenly there was the sound of children rioting downstairs. Their mother shouted loudly: "The two roosters are fighting again, Dad, come and persuade me!" Before I could put down the newspaper in my hand, I hurried downstairs.

It turned out that two boys were fighting: the six-year-old Yuan Cao wanted to take the wood chip head of the nine-year-old Hua Zhan, but Hua Zhan refused to give it, Yuan Cao cried and beat his head with his hands; Hua Zhan also cried, holding up the wood chip head with both hands, Kick Yuancao's legs.

I put down the newspaper, inserted my body between the two children, hugged the two children with both arms, and said to them, "Don't hit! Attacking, while crying and shouting: "He won't give me the wood chips! He won't give me the wood chips!" It seems that this is the legitimate reason for his beating. After all, Hua Zhan was three years older than him. At first, he lay quietly in my arms, expressing that he would not resist and would listen to my mediation. Later, he argued, "These wood chips are mine! He wants to take them, but I won't give them. , he will hit me!" Yuan Cao continued crying, "He kicked me!" Hua Zhan switched to direct negotiation and said to him, "You hit me first!" Sister Bao, who was watching from the sidelines, expressed her opinion: "Easy sentences and heavy sentences, let's fight the truth first!"

Another public opinion behind it: "The gentleman speaks, the villain does it!" Before I could judge, Yuan Cao had already withdrawn from my arm and suddenly attacked the opponent. Seeing that my solution was ineffective, their mother rushed over to capture Yuan Cao, held him in her arms, and deceived him with sweet words. I also held Hua Zhan in my arms and comforted him with words. The two children occupied the arms of their parents respectively, and the riot ended. At this time, the cry of "five spice... dried tofu" sounded kindly outside the back door, calling the two children with tears on their faces out of our arms together. When I took the newspaper and went back upstairs, I could hear their laughter after they resumed their friendship.

But I went upstairs and did not continue reading the paper. Because when I read the incident just now, I feel that it is much more straightforward than reading the international disputes in the newspapers. I think: the treatment of people in the world, the small is the individual to the individual, the big is the group to the group. The smallest of individual treatment is child-to-child, and the largest of group treatment is country-to-country. In the civilized world, apart from the smallest and the largest extremes, people-to-people negotiation is always made with words, rather than physical force. For example, if you want to plunder, you must use clever means; if you want to occupy, you must also establish a clever name: the so-called "attack" is just a debate, and the so-called "down" is just a shout. Although the deceased has resentment towards others, they still nod and shake hands when they meet each other. Although there are people who use force, but "the gentleman speaks, the villain does it", the use of force is not common in the civilized world. Among them, only the smallest and largest two extremes are different: the negotiation between the child and the child can be unreasonable, and the common use of force is to fight; the negotiation between the state and the state can also be unreasonable, and the common use of force to fight the war. War is a large-scale fight. It can be seen that the opposite extremes of all things are similar or equal.

International affairs are child's play, or equal to child's play.

1932

Feng Zikai