Bai Yansong’s classic sentences

1. There are too many directions and too few methods. Too much expectation, too little guarantee. Too many slogans and too few stories. Too much macro and too few details.

2. Sometimes misunderstandings arise. A small group of people want to relieve their anger, while a large number of people are watching to relieve their boredom. But regardless of the former or the latter, when you explain it carefully, no one listens carefully, so the solution is always far away.

3. Bai Yansong said that the media should be "magpies". When there are policies, laws, and goals related to environmental protection, media people should report them, solidify them, and realize them. But the vast majority of It’s time for the media to act like woodpeckers, picking out pests one after another from tree trunks to maintain the health of the entire forest.

4. From birth, people are on a one-way street, heading straight to death. Even if you win the whole world, you can't win this result. Death is the biggest "failure". How should you face it?

5. Malaysia’s flag bearer is not unexpected badminton flag bearer Lee Chong Wei. The duel between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan is also a classic in Olympic history. Will Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan compete in Rio this time?

6. Therefore, China’s creativity in the future must start when more and more Chinese people start to be dazed, start to think, start to be different, start to find new ways, start to be encouraged and are willing to do useless things of.

7. In the 1990s, people going abroad were strictly managed and some special treatment was provided. For example, the state will give you a purchase fee to buy a decent outfit and help China gain face. Therefore, whether you go to Hollywood or Disney, as long as you see a dozen people wearing uniform suits, they are basically Chinese.

8. The media should have five functions: relieving boredom, resolving confusion, relieving anger, deciphering, and solving. Relieving boredom requires entertainment, resolving doubts requires knowledge, relieving anger requires propriety, deciphering requires diligence and progress of the times, and solving problems requires influence and patience.

9. To this day, when I look at myself on the screen, I still feel a sense of strangeness. I don’t do much but get a lot of fame. This is a blessing given to me by television, but it always makes me uneasy. Therefore, I must tell myself: I am leaning against a big tree but I am not a big tree. At the same time, you have to remind yourself that talking a lot of worthless nonsense on the screen is tantamount to murdering people.

10. After walking out of Zhoukoudian Township, everyone merged into the lights of the city. Maybe there were not many opportunities for communication, and everyone had different thoughts, but the year of mutual warmth was in every It can no longer be erased from human memory.

11. CCTV invites a dog into the studio and broadcasts it for a month, China’s famous dog! But you must understand that if you have a big tree at your back, you really think you are a big tree. This is very funny!

12. Return to school, live in a friend’s dormitory, start sorting out various supporting materials, looking for various witnesses to help you have some initiative, and then send relevant materials to the Ministry of Radio and Television every day . I rode a bicycle for a round trip of more than 50 kilometers and only ate one meal a day. What supported me at that time was: others want to knock you down, but you have to work hard to stand still.

13. When you have feelings, you cannot express them immediately, but you have to pursue them. After a long enough pursuit, you will have more perfect expressions when everything matures.

14. Our "Newsweek" program specially filmed a volunteer service project of a non-profit organization: giving audiobooks to children in remote mountainous areas so that they could listen to them while walking to school. In the past, we seldom considered the actual needs of the people being helped and donated many books to them. In fact, the children did not have time to read them, or did not like to read them at all. We also donated computers, but because there were no teachers, no teaching materials, and no Internet, They even covered it with cloth and never used it once, but the donor thought he had done a great thing.

15. What is happiness? Answer: There are three elements of happiness - material, emotion and spirit. Material is the foundation. Only with emotion as a support and spirit as a pillar can we have real happiness.

16. With your back against a big tree, don’t think that you are the big tree.

17. Even if the rich really get rich through unfair and unreasonable means, then it should not be the rich that we should oppose, but the law and system. We have to ask, why is this happening? Laws and systems must be changed. I find it even more ridiculous. Don’t you know who made China’s laws and systems? Could it be that the common people can change things if they say so? Don’t you know what the ruling class is? China's history and reality have never lacked living examples, that is, a class uses the power in its hands to safeguard its own vested interests. And institutions and laws are their tools.

18. It is difficult to distinguish between liars and idealists these days. I usually judge it this way: Those who only talk about directions but do not provide methods are liars; those who talk about directions and provide methods are idealists. builders and builders.

19. If I didn’t do my job well because I was in a bad mood, or if I didn’t do something small because of it, then maybe to this day, I would still complain about being underappreciated in my first position. From this point of view, the change of destiny and the acquisition of opportunities start from one small thing after another.

20. I believe in two things. First: The screen I am on includes both fifty-inch and five-inch screens. There is no difference - the five-inch screen cannot be seen clearly, and my appearance may be higher. Second, no matter how the times and technology change and progress, , there must be something that remains unchanged. I am a content provider, always have been, am now, and will always be.

21. Many years ago, I interviewed conductor Chen Zuohuang on a program, and he talked about his experience during the "**" period. At that time, he was jumping in line in a very closed ravine. One day, he went over the mountains to go to another educated youth spot. Halfway through the walk, he suddenly heard the music of gymnastics broadcasting vaguely in the distance. He sat down on the top of the mountain and cried loudly, because he had not heard music for too long. Even the melody of radio gymnastics made him feel a long-lost beauty.

22. IQ determines who you are qualified to compete with, while EQ determines who wins in the end.

23. From the age of twenty-one, I wanted to leave home as soon as possible, to the age of thirty-one, I was somewhat tired of the outside world. It only took ten years for the change. At this time, I really understood the meaning of ten years. The song before: The world outside is wonderful, but the world outside is helpless.

24. I found that the sentence most chosen by the students was from Chapter 23, "The wind will last forever, and the rain will last all day." No matter how strong the wind is, it cannot blow forever. , no matter how heavy the rain is, it will eventually stop.

25. Although on the Internet, "Bai Yansong" is "attacked", "blocked" and "resigned" every now and then, I am still a supporter of the Internet. Why? The Internet has enlightened Chinese people's democratic consciousness: you can disagree with what others say, but you must protect the rights of others to say it. You have to get used to dealing with harsh voices, dealing with bad comments, and dealing with lies - the value of truth does not exist independently, but coexists with absurdity.

26. A good job is similar to a good love and a good marriage. It is a natural process. You have been very impetuous from the beginning and gambled with utilitarianism. The probability of success is very low. Are you sure you will have good luck? It is better to do the things at hand in a down-to-earth manner and leave the things in four years to be solved in four years. A good process will lead to good results.

27. Newspapers are, to a large extent, public media for people to read in public spaces; television is a purely family media. I often tell my colleagues that no matter how much responsibility you bear or how much policy you want to deliver, you must first understand one thing: How do you talk to others in their homes?

28. A good reporter should be like a woodpecker, which not only finds food for itself but also maintains the health of the forest by picking out bugs from trees one after another. Just imagine, in our ecological circle, if there are no woodpeckers and those annoying woodpecking sounds are eliminated, it will be quiet for the time being. What will happen in the long run?

29. I interviewed an entrepreneur and asked him what kind of driver he liked. He said that I like drivers who have been in car accidents.

Why? Drivers who have been in car accidents understand the importance of safe driving better than others.

30. I often tell my son that IQ determines who you compete with, and EQ determines the outcome of your competition.

31. So, miraculously, I had a small environment that was most conducive to work. Many people who have been there know how happy it is for a young man who has just left school to have a relaxed small environment in a normal environment.

32. Looking back now, that summer vacation was very much like leaving one station on a journey, but there was still a short distance to the next station. The feeling of being in the middle of nowhere makes people feel empty. What's more, during this summer, Beijing has been talked about again and again, and the city I was already familiar with has become strange again.

33. What makes people lose their minds is external desires; what ultimately exhausts a person’s energy is often his own desires.

34. In terms of hardware, many cities in mainland China are probably far ahead of a few cities in Japan. There is no way, we have the advantage of being a latecomer. But if you look more seriously and look at the software, you will see some unique advantages. , in the busy city, everyone lined up in an orderly manner, and no one jumped in line: when taking the escalator, people stood to the right of their own accord, leaving the left path for those who were in a hurry; we saw many disabled people on the street, and we later learned that , this is because the relevant facilities in the city are complete and people with disabilities can easily walk out of their homes; volunteers can be seen everywhere to make people understand the choices people should have after becoming rich; and Tzu Chi, chaired by Master Cheng Yen, is willing to serve the society. Doing good deeds to help those in need... Only then will you realize that although the journey is not big, it cannot be achieved by traveling for several days or months, and it requires careful understanding.

35. Before this, we were all like travelers climbing a mountain. The journey we took was extremely steep, and the climbing road paved with ideals, blood, life, and tears was extremely difficult. We have no way of knowing the initial situation because we are on the second half of the journey. After walking for a while, the century-old and thousand-year-old mountaintops were right in front of us. So, we encouraged each other, come on, there are still ten years, come on, there are still nine years, come on... Five years, three years, one year, under the guidance of the countdown, we supported each other and climbed to the top of the mountain of millennia and centuries. .

36. The first word is Season, spring, summer, autumn and winter, which corresponds to what the Chinese often say: "birth, old age, sickness and death". Rabindranath Tagore has a poem called "Life is as brilliant as summer flowers, death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves", which also uses seasons to describe the course of human life. In a person's life, which aspect of "birth, old age, illness and death" has nothing to do with doctors? The higher the degree of civilization and modernization of a society, the closer this relationship becomes. On the contrary, when real conditions do not allow it, life, old age, illness and death without the help of doctors are particularly difficult.

37. There has never been an instruction manual that says where the first movement turns and what it represents. But in the stories of those eighty-year-olds, I am in the context of a whole century. After being immersed in it for a long time, the music at that moment suddenly made me feel that all the old people had returned to their youth, when the spring was bright and full of vitality. Those extremely beautiful memories slowly appeared in the faint music. come out.

38. It is undeniable that in any country in the world, hosts seem to be part of Vanity Fair, but Vanity Fair is also a meat grinder. When you are in such a meat grinder, if you cannot maintain a good long-distance running posture, you will not leave too many traces. Choose long-distance running or sprinting, that is the question. Long-distance running may be lonely and you may have to persevere, but short-distance running often seems very successful in a partial period of time. At this time, will the long-distance runner's heart be confused?

39. Chinese people have two moral faces, one for acquaintances and one for strangers. The contrast between these two faces is huge. We ourselves seem to be two completely different ethnic groups.

40. Perhaps everyone who makes a living by mouth should pay more attention to the training of the mind, brain and hands while training the tongue, use more mind to comprehend, use the brain to think more, and write more articles with hands to save time. After a while, if you have a certain foundation of language pronunciation, you can take eloquence as a goal.

41. What is the concept of the Communist Party? The Communist Party leads one group of people to repair another group of people. The ruling party must provide services to everyone, including those who don't like you. This is a very profound change.

42. The school motto of Xiamen University is "continuous self-improvement and striving for perfection." I think the most important factor of a good university is to lead endless exploration. Qualities required for innovation: unique way of thinking, independent personality, and freedom of the human heart. Often the understanding of "freedom" is narrow, and true freedom lies within.

43. So I often joke recently: I am using the mentality of a volunteer to continue doing what I should do at CCTV!

44. When a country’s GDP becomes the second largest in the world, and when you have more and more rights to speak and other rights, it is difficult to keep a low profile and bide your time. A person can never be low-key just because he wants to be low-key. Even if a tree wants to be quiet, the wind will not stop. China has always emphasized that I am a representative of a developing country, and quite a few countries in the world require you to assume the obligations of developed countries.

45. It is difficult to recall the mood during the internship now. I just remember that during that period, the songs I listened to the most were "Follow the Feeling" by Su Rui and "My Own Battlefield" by Qi Qin. ,"Wolf".

46. Look at every failure with curiosity and try to figure out, is this God reminding yourself to start a better life? Success or failure is not determined by the present moment, but needs to be confirmed by history.

47. This respect mainly comes from some of their articles, such as "Three Color Warning" after the Daxinganling Fire, "The Great Migration to the West" and so on. The critical reality and journalistic conscience embedded in these articles deeply moved me. Perhaps it was these articles that laid the foundation for my seriousness as a journalist today. Although my age is slightly different from theirs, my heart should be Connected.

48. Even if "you say it, it's in vain", but "if you don't say it, it's in vain."

49. So I put forward a concept, "Looking at the United States." We should not only look at the United States with equal eyes, but also look at the entire world with equal eyes. Looking straight up has two meanings. The first one is not to look up. It is not difficult to do now. The second level is not to look down. There is no need to be complacent because of China's GDP growth. I often say that any country has its advantages, even if there is only one, you must learn it with an open mind - this is not easy.

50. There are always people who are willing to talk about China in the 1950s, "the people's customs were simple, people did not pick up lost things on the road, and their houses were not closed at night." Sorry, maybe the reason for not picking up lost items on the road and not closing the door at night is because there is really nothing to steal.

51. No one can design for a lifetime. Even if you design for ten years, the results will be bizarre and ridiculous.

52. Now you may be able to brag about your parents, your money, and your appearance, but at that time what you have to brag about is what new book you have read.

53. Chinese beliefs are a mixture of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism for thousands of years. They are the aesthetics inherited in Tang poetry and Song poetry. They are the stories your grandparents tell you. They are the invisible things in the eyes of others. of convention.

54. It is useless to be unwilling to invest money in content, but to waste money on new media. If the mechanism is not reformed, no matter how much money you invest, it will be in vain. For example, I wrote an article for Tencent and sent it at 12 o'clock at night. The other party texted me back three minutes later: "I got it, thank you, Mr. Bai." I wrote an article for a website run by a traditional media and sent it at around 7 o'clock in the evening. In the past, I received a reply at 8:30 the next morning: "Teacher Bai, I received your manuscript at work, thank you." Do you think there can be competition between the two?

55. **Tzu Chi has a saying that is often mentioned: Our mission is not to fight evil, but to expand good.

But if good expands sufficiently, wouldn’t it be difficult for evil to gain a foothold?

56. Creativity requires three conditions: a certain amount of spare money, a certain number of idle people, and a certain amount of spare time. Without these three points, it is impossible to be creative.

57. Where the "Tao Te Ching" is about to end, my report should also end. Chapter 81, "Trust words are not beautiful, and good words are not believed. Good people do not argue, and debaters are not good. Those who know are not knowledgeable, and those who are knowledgeable do not know." The first sixteen words are given to friends, and the last eight words are given to friends. myself. People with true knowledge will not pretend to be knowledgeable and show off everywhere. Only people like Bai Yansong dare to give lectures to others. They seem to know a lot, but in fact they know very little. So to be honest, this is my second time speaking about the Tao Te Ching tremblingly, and I dare not say that I really understand it. If you think some parts are quite interesting, I'm satisfied; if you find them boring, it's because I didn't teach it well, not because the Tao Te Ching is bad.

58. IQ determines the opponent, and EQ determines the outcome.

59. I still choose to understand. In China, the opposition and division among the people are getting more and more intense. As a journalist, we cannot aggravate it, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, in the face of misunderstandings and sometimes misinterpretations, we always have to work hard to understand. I rarely defend myself, and the reason is: you think it is rational communication, but it is often regarded as entertainment news, which relieves everyone's boredom. And this is really not my function.

60. Except for the RMB and the giant panda, there is nothing that the entire Chinese people can unanimously praise.

61. I also invented a "Bai's Theory": any unit that starts to emphasize attendance, clocking in, and discipline will definitely start to go downhill. Because for a unit that is on an uphill road, everyone does not need to raise their whips and strive for success. Perhaps employees came to work at 10 o'clock and did not clock in at 8 o'clock, but they consciously worked until 3 o'clock in the morning the next day without the need for supervision or urging.

62. Foreign news reports have almost become common sense: expressing grand events through specific characters. Without a protagonist, there is no event, which makes the news less credible and especially less attractive. Therefore, you must first understand that news writing and communication is a process of writing and telling stories. Don’t equate “story” with “fiction” – real things also need to be communicated through “storytelling”. In our external and internal publicity, a lot of failures are due to our inability to tell stories. A lot of money was spent and a lot of efforts were made, but no good results were achieved.

63. Youth is not easy for every generation, but youth in today's era has difficulties that are visible to the naked eye. The times require young people to succeed, and success is equivalent to a house, a car, and being comfortable in the workplace. But such success is easier said than done. It is like three new mountains, weighing down youth and making it difficult to breathe. Even love becomes a problem.

64. Because of the simplicity of life and the joy of life itself progressing day by day, it is sometimes difficult to tell the relationship between blessing and disaster.

65. When running long-distance, no one cares who runs faster, because I keep running!

66. Latest News In the past two days, a 22-year-old boxer from Morocco was arrested by the Rio police on charges of sexual assault. His Olympic journey was over before the opening ceremony.

67. "Sinicization" seems to have become a representative of globalization. In the United States and Australia, it is even harder to meet foreigners than Chinese. Any store in Sydney has a clerk who speaks very fluent Chinese. You said, can the Western world not be wary of you? In turn, we must also look at the world with a newer perspective and a longer-term mentality. In addition to being proud of the country's economic indicators, it must also contribute more conceptual value and pragmatic promotion to human development. Has the world changed us, or have we changed the world? All.

68. What I am concerned about now is what the Chinese people want and what they should want. Sometimes I see people around me working hard to make money, but they never have time to spend money. This confuses me because the money you spend is yours. There are many people who are famous but actually very pitiful. To put it nicely, I work for society, but in fact I work for everyone around me.

A boss with an annual income of tens of millions, do you think he is still working for himself?

69. Just now the staff asked me to leave a message for the citizen lecture hall, and I wrote one line: From citizen to citizen. Shenzhen, which has been established as a special zone for 30 years, must have some confusion: Where is the "special" of the special zone now? Where else to go?

70. People who have extra things should share them with others. This excess not only refers to material excess, but also includes energy, spirit, emotion, belief, etc. The Tao Te Ching clearly states, "If there is excess damage, make up for the deficiency." This is the way of heaven.

71. Once your mind calms down, you should understand: nothing is more important than physical health and the quality of life. When people are healthy, they are busy working for fame and profit. Too many people bet their youth on the future, so there is a saying: when you are young, you exchange your body for money, and when you are old, you exchange money for your body. When health becomes the top goal in life, fame and fortune, which used to seem to be the most important things, will suddenly depreciate in your heart.

72. If you go too far, you will forget why you set out in the first place.

73. In such an era of information explosion, "taking care of yourself" has become a very important proposition. In every era, outstanding people are independent people, not captives of the media. I am not someone who says yes when others say yes, and who says no when others say no. Everything must be filtered by your own brain before you draw a conclusion, say yes or no.

74. Shu Ting, a poet from Xiamen, passed by Goddess Peak many years ago and wrote, "It is better to cry on the shoulder of your lover for one night than to display it on the cliff for a thousand years." Is there any word in these two lines of poetry that you don’t recognize? No. But she regrouped the Chinese characters that we are all familiar with, and the artistic conception of "everyone has it in their heart, but not in their writing" was born, and it became a symbol of the times. There are infinite possibilities in poetry that seem useless but are growing anew every day.

75. "Occasionally heal, often help, always comfort." These words seem to have a more profound definition of the profession of a doctor.

76. A group of people were walking in a hurry. Suddenly, a person stopped. The people next to me were surprised: Why didn't you leave? The person who stopped smiled: I walked too fast and my soul was left behind. I have to wait for it. Yeah, we all go too fast. However, if you go too far, will you forget why you set out in the first place?

77. Whenever music sounds, the world becomes quiet. Music records the times more truly than news.

78. Sometimes, the back view is also a kind of touching feeling.

79. I have been to many colleges and universities, and my brothers and sisters gave me many flowers and applause, but I will not not know who I am. I know very well that the flowers and applause are not for me personally. I am facing these appreciations and recognitions on behalf of many news colleagues. They also include some personal awards given to me, such as the "Top Ten Outstanding Youth". I also think that I am receiving the award on behalf of many of my peers.

80. We regard creativity as genius too much, but I think creativity is determined by diligence. Losing reading will inevitably lead to losing the ability to think independently. This is why I am so worried about online reading right now. The biggest harm is not that people don’t read books, but that they are overly captured by information. This is even more terrifying.

81. There is a point I would like to make to everyone: anyone who only lets their brains determine their brains will definitely not be able to do something really well, and it would be good if they can pass; And if you want to be really good, you must "guide your head from your heart."

82. Nothing is difficult in the world, only for those who are willing. I think this "heart" refers to awe. Even the most skilled things should be faced as if they are the first time.

83. There is also a proverb abroad: "Don't try to invent the wheel." The subtext is that our ancestors have tried it countless times. Round wheels are the least labor-intensive, but there are always some people who think about it every now and then. What if Is it square? What about the rhombus? What about star anise? In the end, everything was broken and nothing was accomplished.

84. The best years that people claim are actually the most painful. They are only so happy when they recall them afterwards.

85. The most important thing in telling stories is to empathize with others and convey reason in an emotional way. During various conferences and small meetings, people often emphasize "obeying meeting discipline", but I don't see it that way. The problem of meeting discipline all arises from the rostrum. You read the manuscript for two hours and still don't allow people to feel sleepy. It doesn't make sense. It should be that sleeping is normal and not sleeping is rewarding.

86. The end point of life is the same. No one can avoid it. Even if it is slow, it feels fast. But why do Chinese people seem so anxious to run to the end?

87. So, for media people, what is the method? For example, some topics seem impossible to do at first glance. The question is, have you found a way to do it? What does a reporter do? It is used to describe processes and record events. But now many people in the media have simplified it and want to go straight to the conclusion - is this a good person or a bad person, a good thing or a bad thing - which makes no sense.

88. In the evolution of history, human nature has hardly changed. What has changed is the environment. If the environment activates the good side of human nature, everyone will form self-restraint and show more moral sense, and together they will become positive energy. Otherwise, chaos will arise. We should not condemn "evil", but should reflect on the soil that breeds "evil" and plug the loopholes in the system that activate "evil".

89. Happiness can be infinitely close, but cannot be completely reached.

90. When people are young, they are particularly sensitive to self-motivation and collective shouting, so they are easily touched by those lyrics. But as you grow older, you are no longer led by slogans, and you are no longer easily stirred up by words. Your life experience is deeper and your inner feelings are more complex. On the contrary, wordless music can hit your impulses and desires, thoughts and emotions over and over again.