演講者也提出了一個(gè)有趣的觀點(diǎn)，羊意味著軟弱，老虎因?yàn)槠獗┰?，都不被看好，那一年份的小孩出生率?huì)明顯下降，反過來想想，正因?yàn)橥荒瓿錾暮⒆由?，那么這些孩子長大以后面臨的競爭不就更少了嗎？也許正因?yàn)檫@樣，他們反而能更多地獲得成功的機(jī)會(huì)。比爾蓋茨、喬布斯可都是屬虎的哦。
Have you ever been asked by your Chinese friend,
' What is your zodiac sign? '
Don't think they are making small talk.
If you say, ' I'm a Monkey, '
they immediately know
you are either 24, 36, 48 or 60 years old.
(Laughter)
Asking a zodiac sign is a polite way of asking your age.
By revealing your zodiac sign, you are also being evaluated.
Judgments are being made about your fortune or misfortune,
your personality, career prospects
and how you will do in a given year.
If you share you and your partner's animal signs,
they will paint a picture in their mind about your private life.
Maybe you don't believe in the Chinese zodiac.
As a quarter of the world population is influenced by it,
you'd be wise to do something about that.
So what is the Chinese zodiac, exactly?
Most Westerners think of Greco-Roman zodiac,
the signs divided into 12 months.
The Chinese zodiac is different.
It's a 12-year cycle labeled with animals,
starting with a Rat and ending with a Pig,
and has no association with constellations.
For example, if you were born in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
Can you see your zodiac sign there?
Our Chinese ancestors constructed a very complicated theoretical framework
based on inner yang, the five elements and the 12 zodiac animals.
Over thousands of years,
this popular culture has affected people's major decisions,
such as naming, marriage, giving birth and attitude towards each other.
And some of the implications are quite amazing.
The Chinese believe certain animals get on better than the others.
So parents choose specific years to give birth to babies,
because they believe the team effort by the right combination of animals
can give prosperity to families.
We even refer to the zodiac when entering into romantic relations.
I'm a Pig; I should have perfect romance with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
Chinese people believe some animals are natural enemies.
As a Pig, I need to be careful with a Snake.
Raise your hand if you are a Snake.
Let's have a chat later.
(Laughter)
We believe some animals are luckier than the others,
such as the Dragon.
Unlike the Western tradition,
the Chinese Dragon is a symbol for power, strength and wealth.
It's everyone's dream to have a Dragon baby.
Jack Ma's parents must have been very proud.
And they are not the only ones.
In 2012, the Year of the Dragon,
the birthrate in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
increased by five percent.
That means another one million more babies.
With a traditional preference to baby boys,
the boy-girl ratio that year was 120 to 100.
When those Dragon boys grow up,
they will face much more severe competition in love and job markets.
According to the BBC and the Chinese government's press release,
January 2015 saw a peak of Cesarean sections.
Why?
That was the last month for the Year of the Horse.
It's not because they like horses so much,
it's because they try to avoid having unlucky Goat babies.
(Laughter)
If you are a Goat, please don't feel bad.
Those are Goat babies.
They don't look like losers to me.
(Laughter)
Tiger is another undesirable animal,
due to its volatile temperament.
Many Chinese regions saw a sharp decline of birthrate
during those years.
Perhaps one should consider zodiac in reverse,
as those Tiger and Goat babies will face much less competition.
Maybe they are the lucky ones.
I went through the Forbes top 300 richest people in the world,
and it's interesting to see
the most undesirable two animals, the Goat and Tiger,
are at the top of the chart,
even higher than the Dragon.
So maybe we should consider,
maybe it's much better to have less competition.
One last but interesting point:
many Chinese people make their investment decisions
based on the zodiac sign index.
Although the belief and tradition of the zodiac sign
has been over thousands of years,
the trend of using it in making major decisions
did not really happen until the past few decades.
Our ancestors were very busy surviving poverty, drought,
famine, riot, disease and civil war.
And finally, Chinese people have the time, wealth and technology
to create an ideal life they've always wanted.
The collective decision made by 1. 3 billion people
has caused the fluctuation in economics and demand on everything,
from health care and education to property and consumer goods.
As China plays such an important role in the global economy and geopolitics,
the decisions made based on the zodiac and other Chinese traditions
end up impacting everyone around the world.
Are there any Monkeys here?
2016 is the Year of the Monkey.
Monkeys are clever, curious, creative and mischievous.
Thank you.
只要把屬相一說出來，瞬間暴露年齡。看看，在這一點(diǎn)上，咱們的傳統(tǒng)的十二生肖就是那么科學(xué)。雖然現(xiàn)在比較流行十二星座，我小時(shí)候還是經(jīng)常讀到很多文字，屬相一樣可以預(yù)示運(yùn)勢(shì)，性格，事業(yè)，還有來年的運(yùn)程等。
貌似平日里關(guān)心生肖屬相的人少了，然而一到人生的關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，世界各地的華夏子孫還是會(huì)找出來掂量一下。特別是像生孩子這件事件，只要那年遇到孕婦扎堆，產(chǎn)科人滿為患，那肯定是趕上某個(gè)生肖里的“大咖年”了，類似龍年這種。因?yàn)橹袊讼嘈庞械膶傧嗑褪且疫\(yùn)一些。這么看來挑年份生娃也是能理解的。演講里還提到，馬云就屬龍，多有說服力吧。
事情真的是這樣嗎？扎堆出生的寶寶雖然趕上了好的屬相，但是換個(gè)角度想一下，他們以后面對(duì)的競爭也會(huì)更激烈啊，求學(xué)，擇業(yè)，擇偶都是壓力。反之，人們不太偏好的“虎寶、“羊?qū)殹矮@得了更寬松的環(huán)境。根據(jù)薛女士對(duì)全球前300的富翁進(jìn)行統(tǒng)計(jì)，排在前兩位的就是屬虎和屬羊的。這個(gè)佐證的科學(xué)性還是要吐一下槽。難道意思是因?yàn)槿A人中的屬虎的和屬羊的人少，所以對(duì)全球其他的富翁沒有威脅嗎。沒準(zhǔn)哦，咱們?nèi)A夏民族太強(qiáng)了。
事實(shí)上，因?yàn)橹袊藢?duì)生肖的各種偏好，從而影響我們的諸多決定，包括消費(fèi)和投資這些。所以說傳統(tǒng)的生肖文化影響著中國甚至全球的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況和需求也不為過。特別是在全球化日益加劇，中國經(jīng)濟(jì)騰飛，這種影響是世界范圍的。又回到前面的挑年份粉生寶寶，那一年的嬰兒用品，奶粉必然火上加火；可以預(yù)知的是，接下來幾年的早教市場也會(huì)需求旺盛，等等等等。所以，關(guān)注中國文化是可以起到推動(dòng)全球經(jīng)濟(jì)的效果的，那是在為整個(gè)人類做貢獻(xiàn)呢。矮馬，姐有點(diǎn)太膨脹了。還是先看視頻，學(xué)好英語，再傳播中國文化吧。
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