Author: Hsiung Bing-yuan Posted on Oct 14, 2009 Apple Daily
Translator: Welson Xiong (Oct 18, 2009)
In distinct fields there are different issues to be dealt with; however, the representation of each issue seemly diverges tremendously, yet ways of its analysis are often interlinked or identical.
Epitaph Thinking for Planning
The similar concept also exists in both mathematics and economics. It is based on initial conditions to compute in a dynamic system the most desirable outcome, then to reverse step by step the process at each critical point of time to determine a sequence of optimal actions, which composes a responsive track to the end of a problem or situation. The terminology for this algorithm is named “backward induction.” Abstractly speaking, it is virtually “Epitaph Thinking.”
One of the most significant ordeals that confront Chinese community,
For so many years I have been speculating on this issue, to which, as far as I know, only Nanfang Shuo(南方朔), a pseudonym of Wang Hsing-ching(王杏慶), a social commentator and thinker, has addressed his remarks. His viewpoint is to take the relations between England and Scotland as a reference coordinate,—in short, the northern Scotland and southern England, with different backgrounds of language, history and culture, had fought each other for centuries; nevertheless, influenced by various interaction forces, the two countries finally have formed an excellent coalition and become the main members of the United Kingdom. Nowadays,
Other than Nanfang Shuo’s analysis, I would also like to share my humble opinion here: Cross-strait relations, while reaching a stable and long-lasting state, would resemble the case of
What I mean is from the perspective of historical background, an intimate relationship between
Jump out of Blue and Green Antagonistic Frame
Certainly, the examples, Scotland/England and US/Canada, enumerated for cross-strait relations as reference coordinates might not completely appropriate. After all, both sides, disconnected by land, are not to merge into a commonwealth with one parliament. On the other hand, in terms of scale and master-slave relationships, Taiwan/Mainland China could not be compared with US/Canada. The main function of reference coordinates is to provide the point of force application for thinking, using a ready-made framework to speculate on the extremely urgent issue.
In any case, it is better to open up horizons and widen the scene than to spin in circles within the Blue and Green antagonistic frame. It is not drawing lessons from history, but setting the future as a starting point. It is based on the ideal state of the distant horizon to find out the path toward one’s whereabouts for settling down and pursuing well-being.
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