Nobel peace prize nomination joke

Many places will say it is true, but it is actually a distorted and exaggerated news report.

I have an article here about this: 1988 Did the Nobel Prize winner's Paris Declaration say "learn from Confucius"?

At the beginning of 1988, 75 nobel prize winners gathered in Paris and issued a declaration, which said: "if human beings want to survive in the 2 1 century, they must learn wisdom from Confucius 2500 years ago."

This sentence was widely reproduced and quoted. But I'm curious, is there such a sentence? What's the background? The convenience of the network was quickly answered.

This sentence was said by a reporter in a press release. He said: At the end of his brilliant career in the field of plasma physics, Swedish physicist Dr. Hannaz Alvin (winner of the physics prize in 1970) came to the following conclusion: if human beings want to survive, they must go back to 25 centuries ago and learn the wisdom of Confucius.

But this is not the declaration of 75 Nobel Prize winners meeting in Paris, because "the minutes of the meeting are confidential". We can't find the declaration of this meeting so far. This sentence comes from a news report written by Patrick Manham, a reporter from Canberra Times.

Therefore, when Going to the World (No.5, 1989) published "Ancient and Modern People's Evaluation of Confucius" written by Wu Deyao, director of the Singapore Institute of East Asian Philosophy, this sentence was first disclosed in China and caused doubts.

Mr. Li, vice president of the China Academy of Social Sciences and former foreign secretary of the American Institute, said in the article Noble and Confucius published in 1997: "Confucius was never mentioned at the meeting."

As a reporter attending the meeting, Mr. Ma Weimin published "I can testify" in the seventh issue of Reading 1997, saying: "I can testify about this. As for the' Nobels' in the 20th century who promoted Confucius 2,500 years ago to the status of human spiritual teacher in the next century, it is a fable. "

Ma Weimin also said in Warning Self-deception: "As a reporter who followed the meeting, I can say responsibly that it was a rumor, and then I sent a short article about it in Reading. The fact is that Confucius was not mentioned in the Nobel Prize at all. The meeting host and Nobel Peace Prize winner Yili wessel did mention Lao Tzu.

There is also an old scholar from China who inquired about several China scholars who have many international contacts, and the answer he got was often "Yes" or "No mistake".

He also asked Mr. Du Weiming, a professor at Harvard University, whose duty is to promote Confucianism. The answer is clear: "I have never heard of it."

Later, he took advantage of his visit abroad and made a thorough investigation in the library with the help of his friends. As a result, the then French President Mitterrand convened a conference with the theme of "2 1 Challenge and Hope of the Century", which was attended by 75 Nobel Prize winners, but there was no final declaration at the meeting. The report said that Confucius was never mentioned at the meeting.

Mr. Gu, a mainland library scholar, took the opportunity of his visit to Australia to consult 1988 1 24 Canberra Times and found that "if human beings want to survive, they must go back to 25 centuries ago and learn from the wisdom of Confucius." The original text of this passage: "Nobel Prize winner Paris Declaration: If human beings want to survive, they must learn from the wisdom of Confucius."

Conclusion: 1, the scientists who won the Nobel Prize are undoubtedly excellent scientists, but "if human beings want to survive, they must go back to 25 centuries ago and learn the wisdom of Confucius" is what Dr. Hannaz Alvin said, not what all scientists said, nor is it a declaration.

This sentence comes from a news report, which is an isolated evidence according to the information that can be retrieved now. The authenticity is still in doubt.

3. Ma Weimin's "As a reporter who followed this meeting, I can say responsibly that this is a rumor." If there is, it is highly credible.

Attachment 1: Lino Prize and Confucius.

In recent years, we can often see or hear a saying in Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, overseas Chinese newspapers and China scholars. It is said that a group of Nobel Prize winners met in Paris a few years ago and finally declared that if human beings want to survive in the 2 1 century, they must go back and learn the wisdom of Confucius 2,500 years ago. I don't know why, but I'm always puzzled, so I asked a few China scholars who have a lot of international contacts, and the answer is often "yes" or "it can't be wrong." But once again, I asked who had seen the original document, and no. During my visit to Boston this spring and summer, I asked Mr. Du Weiming, a professor at Harvard University, that his responsibility was to promote Confucianism. His answer was clear: "I haven't heard of it." I was still not at ease, so I asked Professor Lin Tongqi from Harvard Yanjing Society to help me check the library. A few days later, the reply came, which was a copy of several reports of The New York Times in June1988 65438+1October 19-24. At that time, French President Mitterrand called such a meeting, and the participants were 75 Nobel Prize winners, which lasted for four days. The topic is indeed "Challenges and Hope in the 2 1 Century", but there was no final declaration at the meeting. Some people just said that they thought Mitterrand was trying to build momentum for his presidential campaign, but after several days of discussion, they still found it very interesting. According to the report, Confucius was never mentioned at the meeting, not even China.

I thought it was over, but Brother Tong Qi is a very strict man. He said that the librarian who provided this information thought that the meeting was held in Paris, and The New York Times's report might not be detailed and authoritative enough, so we had to check with Le Monde in French. But I can't wait to go back to China. Shortly after returning to China, a report from Le Monde arrived, which was indeed much more detailed. But please read it by Comrade Chen Lemin who knows French. The answer is that no one has ever mentioned Confucius.

"The world needs a Confucius now", someone said, but he is not a foreigner, but an old man in China.