Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Korean history dramas teach so much...

I love Korean history dramas. I find so many good lessons for life. I can also learn what kind of background this people are coming from. I'm deeply inspired by many points. Here's one:

I hear so many times they say, "songo hamhida" (may spell wrong, but they say this when they apologize) "chugi shipshio" (please kill me--as a punishment)
One story I heard before. Somebody compares Japanese culture and Korean culture. If somebody cheats somebody, this is Japanese response: "The person who cheated was evil/bad." and that's it. But the Korean response to this situation is: "The person who cheated may be bad, but the one who was cheated is not good, either." What I feel out of this is that some kind of sense of human responsibility lies in Korean culture. If someone cheats you, it is my fault to be cheated. I am the one to repent and take responsibility for the concequence. I am not in the position to blame anyone, including the one who cheated me. Whatever happens, I am the one who is responsible and I am not in the position to blame anyone. (even if somebody still have to be blamed from an ordinary perspective) This way of thinking inspires me. If you want to influence people and win the people, this is the way to go. You would even put your worst enemy (someone who so hates you to the point of killing you) into natural surrender by following this way.

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