2.23. When Zi Zhang asked if the ritual systems of ten generations to come could be foreseen, the Master said, “The Yin dynasty followed and modified the ritual system of the Xia, and its modified system was known. The Zhou dynasty followed and altered the ritual system of the Yin, and its altered system is also known. So we may predict the system of the successors of the Zhou can be foreseen even a hundred generations later.”

2.24. To worship other ancestors than one's own, said the Master, reveals pretentions. Not to right the wrong shows the lack of courage.

【中国#多举措防未成年人沉迷网络游戏# 外国家长怎么看？】“听到这一消息，许多恼火的美国父母肯定会想（哪怕只是短暂的念头）——我们美国能做到吗？”《华尔街日报》专栏作者Julie Jargon在近期评论中国#多举措防未成年人沉迷网络游戏#时写道。担心未成年人沉迷游戏，显然是各个国家都在面临的现实问题。Jargon在文章里写道，暑期结束，孩子们回归校园，每晚都要完成种种家庭作业，因此和家长之间围绕游戏展开的斗争正在加剧。“许多家长（包括我自己在内），都曾用电子游戏作为激励孩子完成家庭作业的手段。但我发现这样做的问题是，孩子们经常为了更快地拿到游戏机而匆忙完成作业(rush through their homework to get to their gaming consoles faster)。”美国罗格斯大学研究人员的一项最新研究也发现，那些教学日用于在线娱乐的时间超过1小时、周末超过4小时的中国中学生，一年后相对的学业成绩更糟糕(had worse academic performance)、在课堂上更容易感到无聊、很难集中注意力(more boredom and a lack of concentration)。Jargon认为，中国采取的这一严厉措施显然是为了保护年轻人的身心健康，并确保他们不会过度分心。而且对父母来说，他们疲于控制自己的孩子玩游戏，所以最好能让别人来演一次“坏人”(For parents, efforts to limit gaming can get so tiresome, it would be nice to make someone else Bad Cop for once.)。但Jargon同时也提出：很难界定玩多久游戏才叫适度？怎么做才能既限制游戏，又不让孩子们觉得是一种惩罚？#对话太平洋#

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