Zhang Weiying facing the challenge: science is precisely the minority

The reform and opening up of the 1983, Zhang Weiying Ying in the "China Youth Daily", published a "for Changzhong" article, put forward in a normal and orderly society, money is a social medal, can make more money, indicating that you contribute to society, should not avoid money, think of it as a bad thing. The article, which seemed bold and avantgarde at the time, set off a great critique of Zhang Weiying's view of the country, and it was thought that Zhang Weiying was a mercenary economist. And this is only the beginning of the Zhang Weiying of the not astonishing death, since then, he has been constantly in the reform process to challenge and subvert people's ideas. Zhang Weiying in the 2004, "officials are the most damaged interest groups in the reform", but also made him one night to become "enemies of the people." In recent years, Zhang Weiying has challenged the government's 4 trillion economic stimulus plan and even shelled state-owned enterprises and preached the burial of Keynesianism.　　Some say Zhang Weiying is a man who dares to tell the truth, while others give Zhang Weiying the hat of an influential economist. Moderator Guanjing: We found that perhaps your real ideas and ideas are often not understood by the public, you have suffered the most controversy.　　We also see that in many people's impression, you are a constantly challenging the public mood, ignoring the plight of the people of a high above The Economist, you will feel very wronged? Zhang Weiying: there is no grievance. In fact, you choose this industry, these things in itself means that you can only do so, if we think the right things, everyone can realize at the same time, we do not need scientists, we do not need to feed that group of people to engage in theoretical exploration, what everyone knows, do not need to explore. We have to explore, because a lot of people do not understand. A lot of technical things, in the beginning, very few people can realize. So sorting science It is not how many people agree, how many people agree is correct, that is political decision-making, that is not science.　　Science is precisely the minority.　　Moderator Guanjing: So it is in the real right of speech and influence of the broad range of these two, because it is often contradictory, can only choose one?　　Zhang Weiying: If you're going to speculate, grandstanding, you can get a lot of people's support, but you've lost your responsibility as a science worker, as an economist.　　Host Guanjing: Are you worried about being marginalized? Zhang Weiying Ying: This does not matter, in fact, the people who engage in science, research, I think he is most afraid of not saying that he supports too few people, but that he led to the wrong speech.　　You think you may be marginalized, but if you believe your things, then over time he will be, like, more and more people accept. Moderator Guanjing: You talked about over time, we think of 1983 years of examples, you published "for Changzhong" that article. It was supposed to have caused a stir, and maybe it was also forced to write an apology letter, and over time, how much do you think the public's understanding of what you think is really right is now changing? To thisDo you think there will be less misunderstanding?　　Zhang Weiying: very normal. Host Guanjing: Is there any reduction?　　Misunderstanding of you. Zhang Weiying: I don't know, it may not be the same sometimes, like the 80 's, 90 's when we published a point of view, what you are most worried about is a certain kind of pressure from the above ideology.　　And now the scholar to express a point of view, he may not only from the pressure, but also from the grassroots of the media pressure, some scholars he even have the courage to meet the pressure, but he did not have the courage to face the pressure from the general public. Host Guanjing: Then you Zhang Weiying welcome: I think I still more adhere to their own, think the right thing.　　I have said that, I think to be a real scholar, he should be brave to face, including the public, the media, some misunderstanding, criticism, which in itself is the ranks of science, the definition itself, not that you want to get the greatest public support.　　Host Guanjing: Will you continue to stick to it? Zhang Weiying: yes. But I must also tell you that there are many things, many years, or even repeated, like the Confucian teachings of Confucius, hundreds of years have not been recognized, before the Qin Shihuang, even before the emperor was marginalized.　　After the emperor, he was called the mainstream.　　Host Guanjing: Appearance alone Confucianism. Zhang Weiying: yes, but to us in the decades, nearly 100 years, is movement, it was overthrown, and think he was wrong, and then after the reform and opening-up, we rethink, we have found the value of Confucian culture.　　At the same time, this issue also makes me feel that there is a point that any truth or right thing should not be a monopoly, should allow criticism, allow the challenge, any kind of thing, once the monopoly, it will go to the opposite side.　　Host Guanjing: Toward Evil. Zhang Weiying: Because this time is not really attracted to adhere to the truth of the people, but to attract those who are opportunistic, selfish, including religion. So in this sense, as a researcher, as a scholar, I would like to continue to be criticized, in itself, should be a good phenomenon. I mean, of course, a theory, when no one criticizes you, a possibility is absolutely nonsense, we do not believe that no criticism. The other is that because you gain a monopoly, people dare not criticize, neither of which is good.