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The Chinese name of Seoul, the capital of South Korea, was officially changed from Seoul to Seoul on June 65438+1October 19, 2005. Seoul, which has been shouting for so many years, will disappear from China's files.

On the surface, Seoul changed its name to connect with the international community. Lee Myung-bak, mayor of China, said: People in South Korea call Washington, London and Moscow, all of which are marked in Chinese with similar pronunciations. Only Seoul was called Seoul according to its ancient name, which caused great confusion.

This reason is a bit far-fetched The geography textbook of China Middle School clearly tells everyone that Seoul is the capital of South Korea, but people with a little culture know this. The biggest trouble is that when learning English, it is often difficult for people to connect Seoul with Seoul, but this is only China people's own trouble.

Seoul was renamed Seoul, rooted in nationalism. In fact, a similar "de-China" move has been going on in South Korea for many years. In South Korea, the dispute about whether to keep Chinese characters and how many Chinese characters to keep has never been broken. The last time was on February 265438+2 1 day, 2004, and South Korea decided to replace all the existing 759 legal texts with Korean. The degree of "de-China" is closely related to the improvement of South Korea's strength, the style of South Korean leaders, the wrestling with different factions in South Korea, and even the relationship between China and South Korea.

Worryingly, the name change of Seoul may also highlight the deficiency of China's "soft power" from one aspect. The neighboring countries, which are deeply influenced by China culture, have been changing their place names since ancient times, which shows that the attraction of China culture has further weakened in the face of western culture.

China's economy is developing rapidly and its strength is rising steadily, but the promotion of cultural soft power is far from matching its economic strength. Teenagers in Southeast Asia can be crazy about F4, and they can worship Hong Kong movie stars. TV stations in South Korea broadcast TV dramas from Hong Kong and Taiwan almost every day, but the influence of mainland cultural products abroad is relatively insufficient. In Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan culture has great influence; On a global scale, many people regard Japanese culture as the representative of oriental culture. At that time, China was a "paradise". In fact, its splendid culture and civilization have great attraction. Today, only by carrying forward our traditional culture and making innovations can we be truly charming.

South Korea and China belong to the East Asian cultural circle and have been greatly influenced by China culture in history. However, under the current situation that European and American civilizations prevail in the world and occupy the mainstream, it is understandable for South Korea to get rid of or reduce the influence of China culture and take the road of cultural independence. The problem is how to deal with it. China has always pursued a policy of mutual respect and non-interference in each other's internal affairs in its foreign affairs. A country's renaming of its own city belongs to "internal affairs" and naturally cannot interfere; But this "internal affairs" will affect all aspects of China, documents of foreign-related organizations, travel agencies and education departments. You have to make a series of changes, so it seems that it is not purely "internal affairs."

China must first understand the name change of Seoul: South Korea used to be a vassal state of China, and now the two countries are equal partners. On the basis of understanding, China should also support it. China implements the policy of "being good neighbors and partners", so there is no need to do unpleasant things in naming cities.

In addition, the name is just a symbol, and caring too much is a sign of not being confident. Just as we don't need people to change "Chinese" into "Chinan" (in English, adding "n" to a country's name is a commendatory term, and adding English is a derogatory term), we can make the word "Chinese" a commendatory term and a respectable word through our own efforts. In this respect, blacks should be respected. At first, they were called "blacks", which was a derogatory term. But in the process of fighting for civil rights, they confidently told the world that "I am black". Over time, "black" became a commendatory term, and "Negro" became a derogatory term.

In this sense, it is not important to change the name of Seoul, what is important is the improvement of South Korea's strength; It doesn't matter what China people call "Seoul", what matters is what image "Seoul" is in our hearts.

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