To the Esteemed Elder of Five Millennia of History
To the Esteemed Leader of the great Chinese Communist Party, we note with reverence your daily commitment, undertaken with the full resolve of “Pounds Bones and Smashes Body” (Fěngǔ Sùishēn / 粉骨砕身), toward achieving the grand goal of “The Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.”
Having recently taken note of your profound statements regarding a Taiwan contingency, and having observed the “charming modesty” of the “Pounds Bones” warning issued by your younger officials, I, a mere Japanese junior, have presumptuously undertaken an analysis of your nation’s “strategic endeavors.”
From our shallow perspective, the recent conduct of your nation appears to be excessively “self-sacrificial,” presenting itself as a truly “charming devotion” that involves “smashing long-term national interests for the sake of short-term self-satisfaction.” Therefore, to aid your nation in conveying this “historical achievement” to posterity, I humbly offer two new maxims, fitting for the five millennia of Chinese wisdom.
1. The Chain of Contempt Caused by “Pounds Bones” Devotion
The “Pounds Bones” devotion displayed by your nation, unlike the true Japanese meaning of “devoting one’s body and soul,” appears to function as “smashing one’s own dignity.”
1.1. The Folly of “The Elementary School Stature” and Failed Intimidation
The “Pounds Bones” warning issued by your defense officials was indeed a “difficult word disproportionate to the user’s status.” This spectacle resembled an elementary school student overstretching their stature in a vain attempt to project authority, only to be laughed at by the international community as an uncultured barbarian.
- International Assessment: The intimidation was “memefied” across Japanese and Taiwanese internet platforms, leading to the definitive decline of your nation’s solemnity.
- Strategic Loss: Far from intimidating Japan into submission, this exposed a lack of cultural understanding and diplomatic clumsiness to the world, resulting in a counterproductive outcome.
1.2. Structural Devotion: The Self-Amputation of Limbs
Furthermore, what your nation is “smashing” with its “Pounds Bones” effort is not an external foe, but its own long-term growth foundation. By sacrificing the fiscal base of local governments and the livelihoods of its future workforce (the youth concentrated in cities), your nation is pursuing a self-sacrifice best described as “the hungry octopus eating its own limbs.”
This is an “awe-inspiring devotion,” whereby the colossal long-term interest of “national sustainability” is smashed for the small gain of short-term regime maintenance.
2. Two Maxims Offered: Inscriptions on Strategic Self-Binding
Given the nature of your nation’s “devotion,” which deserves to be recorded as a lesson for posterity, I humbly present the following two maxims:
2.1. The First Maxim: “Self-Shooting Binding” (Shè Yǐng Zì Fù / 射影自縛)
Meaning: To become so preoccupied with shooting at the shadow (virtual enemy) one has created, that one ends up binding one’s own hands and feet (the neutralization of allies), rendering oneself immobile.
- The Sacrificial Act of Imperial Insult: Your nation’s “devotion” to allowing the desecration of the Shōwa Emperor’s image—an intentional triggering of a “landmine in the heart of the Japanese nation”—was undertaken purely for domestic nationalist gain.
- Strategic Outcome: Your nation thereby extinguished the opportunity to divide the Japan-U.S. Alliance, which was crucial for your Taiwan objective. This is the epitome of “Self-Shooting Binding”—binding your own strategic advantage by obsessively shooting at a “shadow.”
2.2. The Second Maxim: “Loss for Applause” (Shī Yǒu Dé Lùn / 失友得論)
Meaning: To acquire temporary domestic discourse (applause/political support) at the cost of losing a friend (or a potential neutral party).
- Leadership Priority: The choice by your leadership to prioritize “domestic political advantage” over diplomatic rationality resulted in turning a potential neighbor into an adversary.
- Historical Irony: Should the “final gamble” of a Taiwan invasion fail, all the harsh rhetoric and misapplied warnings your nation employed to garner “short-term domestic support” will be historically remembered as the perfect realization of “Loss for Applause,” having permanently forfeited “long-term national interest and international trust.”
Conclusion: Sincere Concern from a Junior
I sincerely worry that should the esteemed elder of five millennia fail to grasp the lessons of “Self-Shooting Binding” and “Loss for Applause” before initiating the “final gamble” on Taiwan, the resulting outcome is likely to be an “exceedingly charming and modest demise,” a confluence of the political chaos of the Soviet collapse and North Korean-style extreme poverty.
I fervently wish that your nation may steer clear of this self-destructive “Pounds Bones” path and pursue a truly great rejuvenation.
Respectfully Yours