The four words "Sick Man of East Asia" were first from the British, and the original English sentence was "sick man of east asia". There were many statements in the early translation, such as East Asia's sick man, East Asia's sick man, East Asia's patients, etc.
In fact, there is another word in the West that is "sick man of Europe", which can be translated as the European sick man, which refers to Ottoman Turkey, and this "European sick man" appeared earlier than the "sick man of east asia".
In the late Qing Dynasty, many people in China smoked opium. These people had pale faces, thin skin, and numb bodies. They were indeed sick "sick husbands". Therefore, the first Chinese liked to use the word "sick husband" to make fun of themselves. Even Lu Xun, Chen Zhongfu and others used titles such as "sick country" and "sick husbands". It is also because of this title that many intellectuals who studied abroad in the early days chose medicine, hoping to change the dilemma of the "sick husbands" in the old China.
However, foreigners like to use the word "Sick Man in East Asia" to insult Chinese people.
There is a saying that "there is no slap in the face, and the swearing is no exaggeration." When the word "Sick Man in East Asia" first appeared, it meant that the ancients looked sick, but if they called the Chinese "Sick Man in East Asia" all day long, it would be intentional insults.
At least when Masao Yamazaki said the four words "Sick Man in East Asia", no one at the scene thought he was stating the facts.
Those who can afford to go to private schools are all children of wealthy families. There are no smokers among them, nor are there sick men with pale faces, thin skin, and numb bodies!
The four words "Sick Man in East Asia" seem to be slapping everyone in the face.
At this moment, the anger of everyone around him instantly ignited. The students of Fudan High School all stared at Masao Yamazaki with a murderous look.
And Masao Yamazaki seemed to turn a blind eye to the sharp eyes around him, and pointed at himself first: "I, among the Japanese, don't feel happy!"
Then Masao Yamazaki pointed at Deng Zhiguo again: "You, among the Chinese, hurry up."
Masao Yamazaki then pointed at herself again: "I am faster than you. You Chinese are so bad, the sick man in East Asia!"
"What does he mean?" Wang Changshou asked in a low voice.
Chen Qiang next to him understood and explained: "What the Japanese mean is that he does not run fast among the Japanese, but Deng Zhiguo runs fast among the Chinese, and he runs faster than Deng Zhiguo, which means that the Japanese runs unfast faster than the Chinese, so the Chinese are the sick husbands of East Asia."
"This Japanese deserves a beating!" Wang Changshou already had the urge to go up and beat people up.
But Masao Yamazaki looked around with a provocative look: "You don't admit defeat, challenge me, 100 meters."
This time Wang Changshou also understood. Masao Yamazaki meant that if you Chinese people don’t admit defeat, then challenge me and compete with another 100-meter sprint.
"It's a challenge, I'm afraid you won't succeed!" Some of the people in the crowd were already eager to try.
However, Masao Yamazaki continued to say the next sentence: "You challenged and lost. Kneel down and say, "The sick man from East Asia!"
Masao Yamazaki means that it is OK to challenge, but if you lose, you must kneel down and admit that you are the sick man of East Asia!
As soon as this sentence came out, the people who were eager to try it were immediately scared.
"Damn it!" Some students around him clenched their fists, and the blue veins on their foreheads were exposed. They were obviously extremely angry!
Kneel down and admit that he is the sick man of East Asia? Who can bear this insult?
Chinese people pay attention to the fact that there is gold under the knees of men, so they will not kneel down easily. In Confucian culture, what can kneel down is the heaven, earth, king, relative, teacher, Buddhism and other religious cultures, which can kneel down to gods, and there is nothing else to kneel down.
However, the Japanese have a unique "kneeling culture". In Japanese culture, they have to kneel if they make mistakes, kneel if they ask for things, kneel if they apologize to others, and even kneel if they welcome other people's greetings.
Anyone who has watched "Hanzawa Naoki" knows that no matter the protagonist and supporting roles, people will kneel down, the protagonist, the supporting role, the villain A, the villain B, and the people who are asked to kneel down really kneel down. Before World War II, the system of hierarchy in Japanese society was more strict, and there were more occasions for kneeling.
Of course, Chinese people will apologize to others and ask for help, but they will not kneel down until they have no choice. Those authors who shout "Kneel and beg for recommendation votes", "Kneel and beg for monthly votes", "Kneel and beg for subscriptions", and "Kneel and beg for rewards" every day, how can they really kneel down? They are all fooling you those who read books!
Based on cultural differences, the words "kneeling down to admit the sick man of East Asia" by Masao Yamazaki may be just a way for the winner to show off.
And for the Chinese, this is an unacceptable insult!
It is precisely because this is an unacceptable insult that when Masao Yamazaki fell, the surroundings became silent. No one dared to come out to challenge Masao Yamazaki, no one spoke. Even when Masao Yamazaki looked around with provocative eyes, no one dared to look at Masao Yamazaki.
Are the students of Fudan High School around me numb?
No, they are afraid of losing!
Masao Yamazaki can run 12.6 seconds to 100 meters. No one in Fudan High School is his opponent. Even Deng Zhiguo, who runs the fastest, has to admit that Masao Yamazaki is faster than himself.
No matter who challenges Masao Yamazaki, he will have a sure loss result.
What happens after losing?
Kneel down and admit that he is the sick man of East Asia?
No one is willing to accept such an insult! If anyone does such a thing, he will be humiliated and want to commit suicide! How can he gain a foothold in Fudan High School in the future? He will be nailed to the pillar of shame in Fudan history!
So everyone could only lower their heads and avoid Masao Yamazaki's gaze as much as possible, as if they were afraid of being named by Masao Yamazaki.
They could only endure such embarrassing humiliation, watching their dignity be trampled on and the dignity of their motherland be trampled on!
There is no way, the country is weak and can only be bullied. Even if it is bullied by others, you want to resist, but you have no capital to resist.
My personality is insulted? My dignity is trampled on? I can only endure it!
Because skills are not as good as humans!
However, among the crowd watching the game, some people really couldn't stand it!
That's Chen Qiang!
He looked at Masao Yamazaki coldly.
Sick man in East Asia?
No, we are not!
In Chen Qiang's era, the Chinese had already taken off their hats as "the sick man in East Asia"!
In Chen Qiang's era, China was a world-class sports powerhouse!
In Chen Qiang's era, the Chinese held the Olympics and won 51 gold medals, making them the world's number one!
In Chen Qiang's era, many sports even had to restrict the strength of the Chinese by modifying the rules!
In Chen Qiang's era, no one in the world would say that the Chinese were the sick husbands of East Asia!
The title of "Sick Man in East Asia" is really too harsh for Chen Qiang!
When everyone was silent, Chen Qiang decided to stand up.
For Chen Qiang, he didn't want to stand up at first. He was not a student at Fudan High School. He was just a newspaper boy who was in danger. He didn't want to be the one who stood up!
But Chen Qiang knew that he had to stand up now.
Some things must be protected!
For example, dignity! The dignity of the Chinese people!
...
"You? Challenge me? Don't dare? The sick husband of East Asia! Haha..." Masao Yamazaki was already grinning.
The laughter is crazy and arrogant.
"I'll challenge you!" A voice suddenly sounded, like thunder in the quiet crowd!
Masao Yamazaki's voice suddenly stopped and looked in the direction of the sound.
Everyone's eyes also looked in that direction.
Chen Qiang passed through the crowd and walked onto the runway with great strides.
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Chapter completed!