主题：【求助】做中国文化的一个解释、阐述、讲课 -- springisok
事情是自己找的，但对自己也没有什么坏处。
事情原由是：公司准备在西班牙分公司巴塞罗那召开技术培训会。也算是出于受了培训的感激吧，我给领导提了一下，愿意给大家分享一下中国文化，目的：利于大家了解中国。没有想到领导非常爽快就同意了，时间两个小时。听众：欧洲人，西班牙人应该会多些，毕竟是主场。公司背景：汽车零部件行业，业内技术一流，准备在中国设厂(目前在中国还没有工厂)。还有一个我猜测的背景，估计与会者应该或多或少受了BBC等的毒害，对中国是有不同程度偏见的。例如三分钟前领导就讲了中国工人的“坏话”，我在想，还没有在中国设厂呢就已经先入为主了。这也是促使我站出来的原因吧。
河内大虾，经验多，2个小时中如何讲，讲哪些这些其实是很重要的信息，想听听大虾意见。先谢了。
己所不欲勿施于人
王侯将相宁有种乎
中国人天生就会造反呢。
对理解中国为什么是现在这个样子有莫大帮助（包括中国为什么能够接受共产主义）。
既然讲中国，怎么可以绕开这个？如果是为了让听客欢心，可以选择不讲，但讲了，就得讲本质。
不正好和某种普世一致吗？
难道他们骨子里其实不喜欢平等？
建议介绍共产党，我宁愿相信您很幽默。
建议中庸的，这个，，，，，程度高了一点，不仅仅是对听众，对讲者也是一样的，这个的确不好讲，这是哲学教授的题目。听众在自己的专业方向应该都是大学水平，但对于中国的理解，大多停留在小学水平，所以我以为哲学教授水平的题目对他们和我都太高了。
谢谢桥上，个人觉得“己所不欲勿施于人”容易讲；但“王侯将相宁有种乎”不好讲。
今天跟领导吃饭，闲聊到中国人眼里水比石头更厉害，讲水的包容，水的博大，水的沉静，石头与水的碰撞只会在水里激出一点水花，然后一切归于沉静，可以理解为水把石头吃掉了；石头硬吗？水滴石穿，水比石头更硬harder。领导觉得很有趣也有道理，同时提醒这个内容可以加在讲课内容里。
说服人的工作是最难的工作，每个人，包括你自己，都怀抱着自以为正确的理念，一心想纠正别人的想法让别人的想法向自己靠拢，多半不会得计。
而说服一群人的工作是难上加难的工作，其中随便哪个人的情绪波动都会影响到其他人。
所以，我以为首先是放弃说服别人的想法，选一些小故事小哲理讲给听众，以获得大多数听众的认可和对中国的正确思考，我觉得就只可以了。别忘了，欧洲人也是自以为的人类良心，你以为你是在讲解高妙的中国文化，他们没准儿还认为是自己心胸开阔给了一个下里巴人讲述在梦幻国的奇遇记。
所以，火候最重要，讲哪些点子，这些点子讲得什么样的火候才是非常关键的。
before, and I find that Spaniards shared many similarities with Chinese.
1. very strong family values. In Spain, there was a law which says that if you do not spend time and money to take care of your seniors, you can be penalized by the state.
2. Do not respect timeliness.
3. Guanxi: everything is done through friend's friend or friend's relatives. My Dutch friend joked that he rented his first apartment in Madrid through a friend's friend. Do not respect contractual obligations as seriously as the Americans and Germans.
4. Both nations went through a horrible 100 years of extreme political turmoil and then ended up with a dictator (in Spain's case, Franco) after WWII. Spain was the backwater of EU and it was so eager to join European community in early 1980s and wanted to be "accepted" and recognized by the civilized world.
Chinese has similar psychological pattern: what Chinese love to talk is 国际惯例 after late 1970s' openup to the outside world. Chinese want to be recognized by the global community for long time and this feeling was obvious in its bid to sponsor the 2008 International Olympics Event. When China won the bid in 2001, the whole Beijing was filled with celebrating crowd. From a typical businessman's perspective, it is a money-losing activity. But from the perspective of national pride, it makes a lot of senses.
5. Both Spain and China are large export nations: in terms of export of human resources. Many young spaniards left their own country and earned a living in France, Germany or Britain in 1980s and 1990s because political suppression (under Franco then), low domestic pay and better career opportunities. There was a 10-year long housing boom between late 1990s to 2008, and many Spaniards are proud for that. But after the recent sovereign crisis, many Spaniards are fleeing to Germany and Latin America again.
In 1980s and 1990s, China has a massive exodus of young talents (e.g., Tsinghua U.). There was a small reversal after the American credit crisis, but I think as soon as China slows down again under a bubbling banking sytem, we will see exodus again.
6. Office culture: both Spaniards and Chinese are very hierarchical.
7. Spaniards, deeply in their hearts, are very arrogant and proud of their prominent global status in the 15th-17th century, just like Chinese are very proud of their former glory: we can read tons of such articles on this forum. Many people predict that Chinese will beat America soon in terms of economic/military power. Spaniards shared similar national pride as well.
Actually, Turks also share that kind of pride too. They would tell that a large chunk of today's Europe is just "my ancester's play ground".
8. BTW, Spanish culture is a very pessimistic culture: it was drawn from many frustrations this nation experienced in the last 500 years.
9. Spanish culture is a Masculinity culture: men are supposed to show off masculinary appearance, be assertive and be handsome. Spaniards could be quite superficial, if you know them well.
It is normal for successful men to have mistresses: this is quite similar to today's Chinese. Spaniards were devout Catholics, but now they are just Catholics in name. Chinese claim they have family values, but we also see a slow disintegration of family in today's China.
Both nations are evolving and today's facts could be quite different from their lip services.
关键是要说明中国不是欧洲理解的民族国家，而是一个文明国家。
欧洲土地略大于中国，人口是中国的一半，欧美全西方人口加起来也超不过中国。
中国那么多朝代更迭（国家兴亡），没有能够打断华夏文明的延续。欧洲埃及文明亡了，古希腊文明亡了，古罗马文明亡了。欧洲文明至今分裂为多个民族国家。而中国是一个统一的文明。有56个民族，有各种宗教信仰。
中国文化载体最重要的是统一文字。就语言来说，上海话和广东话的分别就和英语和法语的分别一样，广东话和潮汕话的分别就和法语和俄语的分别一样，欧洲各国语言就和中国各地方言一样，但是，中国文字不是拼音文字，语言不同，文字统一，所以，中国市场是全球经济中最大的统一市场。
高科技研发投入高，没有规模经济离开大市场就难以收回投资，所以，今天中国是技术产业化最商业可行的市场。这就是苹果咸鱼翻身的秘诀：高科技新产品一定要瞄准中国市场。技术发明要产业化，就拿到中国去产业化。公司研发部门一定要有中国分部，一定要接近中国市场，才能够降低投资风险，发挥规模经济效益。
只是互信有两个要素，其一曰友善，重点是双赢，共同利益；其二是力量，我说话算数，有资格发出声音。
对欧美人来说第二条才是重点，人家历史上就是强盗发家，对羊群似的和睦并不太感兴趣。所以老兄的课题只要能激起那些欧洲人想到中国来看一看的心思就成功一半了。谈一谈历史上马可波罗魂牵梦绕的东方理想国已经重现，在结合一下diamond的大作，估计会有效果。
厚德载物难讲，可以讲忠厚传家久，诗书继世长。
另外，王侯将相宁有种乎不好讲，可以讲众生平等。
以上胡说八道，请勿介意。
中国文化的精髓，毕竟还是姓孔。
是崇洋媚外呢，还是距离美的问题。
再说说中国人的契约精神，是纸上合同重要还是人情关系重要。
然后再说一下共党与教徒信仰差别
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4f868f2f0102eccv.html
最后说一下中国与世界的差距和发展潜力。
南方比北方讲制度 讲规则 讲行政服务转型多些 以人为本是逼出来的 但对外资一般本地政府都是宽容而且体贴的