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The method of spiritual victory[1] (simplified Chinese: 精神胜利法; traditional Chinese: 精神勝利法; pinyin: Jīngshén shènglì fǎ), or spiritual victory method,[2] strategy of spiritual triumph,[3] also known as the spirit of Ah Q, [4] is a concept that Lu Xun criticized in The True Story of Ah Q as a self-comforting method. [5] When Ah Q was beaten or bested, he would use this method to comfort himself. [6] It depicts the mentality of Chinese people in a satirical posture, and also has a derogatory meaning.[7]

Method of spiritual victory is a technique used to regain self-esteem by making oneself feel good through self-hypnosis, and self-anesthesia. Briefly, it is to describe those who have actually suffered losses, but can only shift to seeking self-comfort in spirit.[8]

Method of spiritual victory has gone on to be often referred to as a reflection of a negative characteristic of the Chinese national character.[9] It is broad in the sense that it is possible for everyone to use the spiritual victory method, even for self-comfort and to ignore the dissatisfaction of others.[10]

Lu Xun used the "method of spiritual victory" to satirize the spiritual anesthesia of Chinese people at that time. In contemporary Chinese society, it is still alive and well.[11]

See also

  • The True Story of Ah Q

References

  1. ↑ John Makeham (2014). Transforming Consciousness: Yogācāra Thought in Modern China. Oxford University Press. pp. 396–. ISBN 978-0-19-935813-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=7UesAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA396. 
  2. ↑ Kam Louie (20 November 2014). Chinese Masculinities in a Globalizing World. Routledge. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-1-134-65123-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=kTKLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA149. 
  3. ↑ Qian Suoqiao (12 November 2010). Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity. Brill Publishers. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-90-04-19214-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=sOB5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56. 
  4. ↑ "A loss, no bad thing or a blessing in disguise". 2019-11-08. https://stedu.stheadline.com/sec/article/22006/%E5%A1%9E%E7%BF%81%E5%A4%B1%E9%A6%AC-%E7%84%89%E7%9F%A5%E9%9D%9E%E7%A6%8F. 
  5. ↑ "Be brave and take responsibility for your decisions in the face of problems". Liberty Times. 2020-01-14. https://ent.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/3040250. 
  6. ↑ Wendy Larson (16 October 2008). From Ah Q to Lei Feng: Freud and Revolutionary Spirit in 20th Century China. Stanford University Press. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-0-8047-6982-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=y6xYeua2CycC&pg=PA77. 
  7. ↑ "The method of spiritual victory in contemporary society". Liberty Times. 2020-06-13. https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3197088. 
  8. ↑ "He perfectly interpreted what is "the spirit of Ah Q"". Stand News. 2016-03-10. https://beta.thestandnews.com/society/%E8%83%A1%E9%B4%BB%E9%88%9E%E5%AE%8C%E7%BE%8E%E6%BC%94%E7%B9%B9%E4%BD%95%E8%AC%82-%E9%98%BFq%E7%B2%BE%E7%A5%9E-20160309. 
  9. ↑ Michael Berry (25 July 2019). Jia Zhangke's 'Hometown Trilogy': Xiao Wu, Platform, Unknown Pleasures. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-83871-655-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=T6ECEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT48. 
  10. ↑ "The method of spiritual victory has not disappeared". Yahoo! News. Jan 15, 2020. https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E7%86%8A%E6%B5%B7%E9%9D%88%E5%86%8D%E5%99%B4-1450%E9%80%99%E4%BA%9B%E7%95%9C%E7%94%9F-%E7%B6%B2%E7%B4%85%E6%B7%A1%E5%AE%9A%E5%9B%9E%E6%93%8A%E8%A2%AB%E8%AE%9A%E7%88%86-100441884.html. 
  11. ↑ Kerry Brown. "Trump, China, and Ah Q". The Diplomat. October 12, 2018. https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/trump-china-and-ah-q/. 



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