Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1389-W994

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1389-W994

Release Date: June 1, 2021

发布日：2021年6月1日

Topic: The Greatest Contribution of the 1989 Democracy Movement to China -- Wei Jingsheng’s Speech at the "June 4th" 32nd Anniversary Global Network Video Conference

标题：1989民主运动对中国历史和社会的最大贡献 -- 魏京生在2021年「六四」32周年全球网络视频纪念大会上的发言

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The Greatest Contribution of the 1989 Democracy Movement to Chinese History and Chinese Society

-- Wei Jingsheng’s Speech at the "June 4th" 32nd Anniversary Global Network Video Conference

June 1, 2021

A sentence once said by German philosophers was translated into Chinese as "what exists is reasonable". This sentence is often quoted by Chinese and foreign scholars who defend the June 4th Massacre by the Chinese Communist regime. In fact, this poor translation is wrong. In context, what the philosophers meant is that everything that exists has a reason, or there is a reason for its existence. This concept is completely different from rationality.

For example, in the case of the June 4th Massacre, the event happened with a reason but without rationality. I remember when I was watching the activities of the students in the Tiananmen Square while in the prison, the old guard in charge of my cell stomped the floor with me and said: The students are too stupid, and the Communist regime definitely will open fire to shoot them. What I'm talking about here is an understanding of the laws of the Chinese Communist regime, not to justify what the Communist Party did as reasonable. The premise of this sentence is: the students' behavior was reasonable and legal, but they did not understand the laws of the Chinese Communist regime, so they would surely suffer.

Why did the old guards have the same opinion with me? They were the old policemen who were selected to control me, a counter-revolutionary. Under normal circumstances, their position was of course on the side of the Communist regime. But this time they agreed with me because even they could see that that 1989 movement was a movement to change China thus everyone’s destiny, thus it was a movement that would increase happiness for everyone. So all the people were standing together with the students in Tiananmen Square, unconsciously stood on the side of anti-communism, including the so-called Red Second Generation, who was denounced by the media in Hong Kong and Macao.

This movement concerning the interests of all the people in China failed, yet in another sense it did not fail. It was suppressed by the brutal massacre on June 4, but it sowed the seeds of democracy and freedom in the hearts of the people across China. It sowed antipathy and hatred against the Communist regime, and made most Chinese recognize that the Communist regime is the enemy of the Chinese people. This laid a solid foundation of public opinion for China to move towards democracy and freedom.

Therefore, it was a glorious defeat. This is the greatest contribution of the 1989 democracy movement to Chinese history and Chinese society.

Video of this conference (Wei Jingsheng’s speech from 27:55 to 30:15):

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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article: A1389-W994

魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1389-W994

Release Date: June 1, 2021

发布日：2021年6月1日

Topic: The Greatest Contribution of the 1989 Democracy Movement to China -- Wei Jingsheng’s Speech at the "June 4th" 32nd Anniversary Global Network Video Conference

标题：1989民主运动对中国历史和社会的最大贡献 -- 魏京生在2021年「六四」32周年全球网络视频纪念大会上的发言

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1989民主运动对中国历史和社会的最大贡献

-- 魏京生在2021年「六四」32周年全球网络视频纪念大会上的发言

2021年6月1日

德国哲学家说过一句话，被中文翻译成“存在的就是合理的”。这句话经常被那些为中共六四屠杀辩护的中外学者所引用。其实这个蹩脚翻译是错误的。联系上下文，人家的意思是凡是存在的事物，就有它存在的道理，或者说理由。这与合理是完全不同的两个概念。

例如对六四屠杀来说，就是个有它的道理但并不是合理的事件。记得我在监狱中看学生们在天安门广场上的活动，看管我的老警察和我一起跺着脚说：学生们太傻，共产党一定会开枪的。这里说的就是对中国共产党规律的认识，却并不是替共产党辩护说他们的行为合理。说这句话的前提是：学生们的行为是合理合法的，但他们不懂共产党的规律，所以一定会吃亏。

为什么老警察都和我一个观点呢？他们是被挑选来管制我这个反革命分子的老警察，一般情况下立场绝对是站在共产党一方。但这次他们和我观点一致，是因为连他们也看出来，这场运动是为了改变国家以至于每一个人命运的运动，是会增加每一个人幸福的运动，所以全民都站在了学生们的一边，不自觉地站在了反共的一边，包括被港澳媒体痛斥的所谓红二代。

这场关系全国人民利益的运动失败了，但也没有失败。它被残酷的六四屠杀镇压下去了，但它在全国人民心中播下了民主自由的种子，播下了对共产党的反感和仇恨，让大多数人认清了中国共产党是中国人民的敌人。这为之后中国走向民主自由，打下了坚实的舆论基础。

所以说，虽败犹荣。这是一九八九民主运动对中国历史和社会的最大贡献。

相关视频（魏京生先生的发言：27:55-30:15）

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O2Sc1kRM-Q&t=2s