Family of Three, of Mr. Zhang Qingxi,
a Professor in the Economics Department of Economy at ofThe Family of a Professor at National
Taiwan University[wjl1]
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(The caption reads: Time: 4:30am, September 2, 2000. Location: Front Door of Zhang Qingxi’s home)
At 4:30 am in the morning when most
people are still dreaming in their sleepsleeping in their
dreams, yet here
in this house the lights are already on. For the past three years, DMr. Zhang Qingxi, a Professor inof the Economics Department of Economics of the, National Taiwan
University
(or NTU), and his wife
have been
gettinggotten
up very early in the morning for the past three years. They have never missed any
day. They
have forgotten about their At this instancetime, their academicscience reputations, social status, and all kinds of dazzling positions in the everyday worldrays of lights became become dimmer and dimmerwent out. TAt this moment, in the academic field and their status
in the society. Not only do they do not only consider themselves as scholars and
professors, they
also cbut also all themselves “Falun
Dafa” practitioners. Just like the
one hundred million
Falun Gong practitioners all over the world do in the morning,
they are glad to attend morning
morning group practice and
welcome the day in a most sincere wayst way.
(The caption reads something like: “Stories of Falun Gong Practitioners, the Academic Elites
and Scholars (1)[wjl2])
(Female Narrator’s Voice. Time: 01:05-02:01)
Dr.Prof. Zhang Qingxi is a renowned
economist in Taiwan and in the facultya faculty member of the NTU[wjl3] Department and Graduate Institute of
Economics. He has been teaching in NTU for a long thirty
years. He was
the teacher ofhas taught countless students who have also gone on to becoame scholars andor experts,. ///and has published
more than 40-50
articles/writings
in his professional field. Back in the early years, Taiwan’s academic community
was full of [wjl4]textbooks originally written in in English, however oneyet one of the books written by Prof. Zhang Qingxi was
designated as as an Economics textbook of Economics
for all the universities in Taiwan. It was the first Economics textbook of Economics for
universityies
students which
was made published in Taiwan. HTherefore, his
textbook was unprecedented at the time and his academic status becamewas even more well
recognized by the academic community.
(Female Narrator’s Voice. Time: 02:04-02:46)
Cao Huiling wasused to be
an Assistant Professor in Soochow
University[wjl5]Dongwu University
for more than ten years. Currently she is a full-time housewife. They both have
impressive academic backgrounds
and records. However, once they attained
all the things thatowned everything they had beenspent their lives pursuing for all their
lives--likefor example, fame, status and
wealth—suddenly they were shocked to realize that in the process of pursuing
their goals, they had unknowingly lost their physical health and peace offul mind. This kind of
post-midlife-crisis is indeed difficult to describe mentality is
indeed hard to describe it all.
(Gender: Female in her 50’s. Name: Ms. Cao Huiling. Role: Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s wife. Time: 02:47-03:55)
It has
always beenwas very painful for me to be liveing in thise world as a human being
and be affected by this external
environment. I have lived
an uneasy life. It didn’t matter if I felt’s joy, anger, sadness
or happiness, they all made me feellt uncomfortable. I wanted to get go beyond it, so I read a
lot of books. I even practiced instudied religious and non-religious schools
of thoughtteachings. However, wWhy did I choose this
“Falun Gong” then?
Actually I had practiced other self-improvement methods, yet my mind was still
unable to be peaceful. I wondered,
would I ever be able to
reach my goal
after all? I really didn’t know. I had questions in my mind about all those
methods and wasn’t convinced about their teachings. of /// It was not
until I read the book Zhuan Falun that my
mind started to settle down. The method taught by Falun Gong is very simple:
you just get right into ito ahead to
experience and practice truthfulness, compassion and forbearance
in your day-to-day life. How you deal with everything is related with how you
understand these principles
of Falun Gong. I feel that taking
this path wais
very natural. With the other cultivation methods that I used to practice, they
taught you to do this or that, or they asked you to follow some precepts or
rules, none of them gavemade my mind peaceful me a peace of in mind. However, nNow, however, my mind and my body are at ease.
(Gender: Male in his 50’s. Name: Mr. Zhang Qingxi. Role: The main character of this program segment. Time: 03:57-05:18)
I am
already over have already passed my 50. I came across
Falun Gong after I was passedt middle age. I
noticed that after turning 40, a man’smy eyesight started to deteriorates start to change
and my eyes gradually
showed signs of presbyopia. The physical
condition of mythe
body gradually declined.
In the past, I didconducted myself based on understand
some philosophy or motto of life, or on biographiesy of great people. Those things all intend toI thought this would elevate one’sone’smy body mind and body mind, n. Nevertheless, what they talked
about iswas
very limited and incompletepartial. The wassystematic ic theories seem
empty or lacking in some way, which make them difficult to apply and
follow. After you practice Falun
Gong, it gives you a brand new visionperception of life. You understand that what
it teaches makes real good sensehonest-to-goodness sense. And because of that you feel a certainty that you can continue
practicing it. ///you will then
feel very fulfillingIt’s a very fulfilling feeling. Your mind and
body are at ease. Yet, it’s not just like thisthat’s not all. As a matter
of fact, it helps you carry out the purpose of your life in your day-to-day
activities. Therefore, you live everyday with a great sense of fulfillment. Because of
this, I think I’m lucky to have learned Falun Gong when I did was the t .
(Female Narrator’s Voice. Time: 05:19-06:33)
To beFeeling fortunate to have learned
Falun Dafa after he was pastpassed his middle
age was a turning point for Prof.
Zhang
Qingxi. Before 1997, Prof. ///what Zhang Qingxi felt thatconsidered as thethe important things inpurpose of his life was to eliminate
injustice in the world and to demand justice in society. ///In 1989, he formed
an organization callnamed
Clean
Organizationthe Clean Group with a group ofother professors in Taiwan. These intellectuals Clean
Organizationwrote political commentary, yet did not get directly
involved with politicsal activities. The
purpose of the organization was to promote and achieve a free, fair, democratic, multi-faceted and egalitarian modern
society. Based on their sense of justice and moral conscience, these twenty to thirty
members of the Clean GroupClean
Organization wrote the commentary based on their professional
knowledge. Among intellectuals
in the field, Tthey were looked up to as virtuous scholars among
intellectuals who were involved with political commentary. Prof. Zhang Qingxi assumed
the position of the head of the Clean GroupOrganization from 1997 to 1998. He
challenged the authorities and exposed their misdeedsmalpractice. He
condemned their
inappropriate policies made by public offices with his pensboth in speech and in writing.
He took a standstepped out
and marched on the street for minority groups. He That was a Prof. Zhang Qingxi who was in
high and elated spirits, and
also a . He was Zhangbut also Qingxi who waswith angery.
(Gender: Female in her 50’s. Name: Ms. Cao Huiling. Role: Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s wife. Time: 06:34-07:58)
He used to be an extremely impatient person. He was the kind
of person who took justice in society very seriously. So his whole appearance
looked very tense. Whenever he encountered something that didn’t live upmatch to his standard of
justice, his body would reflect it. H and he wanted to demand for
justice and would fight with otherslike that. Although he
didn’t have any illnesses, Bbecause of overworking himself for such a long time,his long-time overworking and exhaustion, although he
didn’t have any illness, you could see that his complexion was not
goodfeel,
and he looked exhausted. Now,
because he has been practicing Falun Gong, you can see that his whole face and
his whole appearance looks kind and gentle.felton Before, hHis complexion turneds reddish. [.6]He [.7]and he had a very short
temper;, and h. He
gaveput a lot of pressure on
others. It would be impossible for him to tolerate you someone if you they couldn’t meet his
standard of efficiency. For example, when I drove a car, he would sit beside me and complained
about my bad driving, and he would be very nervous. Or if somebody didn’t drive
fast enough, he would not be able tocouldn’t stand it. But now he
is not like that.
(Female Narrator’s Voice. Time: 07:59-08:20)
What about Prof.
Zhang Qingxi
himself? What
does he think about his former selfHow does he think about the old himhimself in former days? ///The
man, who used to dare to roar at the political authority in power and who
rushed to take the lead toin stamping out corrupt officials on the ground with his feet,///
is now a Falun Gong practitioner. Comparing his past with his present, he shares hishas profound insightan especially deep feeling.
(Gender: Male in his 50’s. Name: Mr. Zhang Qingxi. Role: The main character of this program segment. Time: 08:21-10:00)
I had participated in and pushed through a lot of movements in
society. Yet I felt very helpless. It was very difficult to try
to do something to change the whole of society. Later, I told myself: it doesn’t matteranyway, it’s good
enough as long as I myself have
contributed and I couldcan answer account for to myself. Yet all these kinds of things,
whether it wais
doing academic research or participating
in social doing society’s movements,
weare actually very
tiring. ///I used to play computer games and watch TV to relax myself. I felt that that that was how I
could unwind morethat wasand save energy for the next
day. ///After I practiced Falun Gong I changed completely. Which means that Just fromby reading Falun Gong’s books and
practicing Falun Gong exercises, I noticed remarkable changes in how I
felt. Gradually, I no longer needed the games or TV to
relax. Besides, after I got rid of
those activities, I
started to have a lot of free time
that I can
docould use
for Falun Gong. ///Before I
practiced Falun Gong, sometimes my body became very tense because I was so busy
working. I could not relax. Even if I laid down I
was still not relaxed. Yet after I
started practicing Falun Gong, I gradually understood what relaxation iswas. ///When I lay down, I
can actually feel a lot of the mechanismsthe energy fromof practicing Falun Gong working moving in my body. Now I can actually feel comfortable and
be truly
at ease.
(Female Narrator’s Voice. Time: 10:01-10:32)
To rRelax,
doesn’t mean just relaxing the body.
ProfMr.
Zhang tells us his whole mind is also more at ease. In the past, he thought that whilesince he mamaintaineding justice ffor the human world and didn’t seek fame or wealth, he didn’t seek
for either fame or wealth, he should then be considered as
a good person. However, from
practicing However,
it was aFalun Gong, heand understood that he should regard
the nature of the universe, namely Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, as
the highest criterion to discipline his thoughts and conducts. Thus, that he really cametumbledcame to understand realize what a real, good
person really isis really about.
Translated by Wan-Jin Lin. Email: wzl_1@lycos.com
Proofread by Lisa Hou Email:
lisahou@comcast.net
Polished by Evan Mantyk: emantyk@umich.edu,
12/29/02
(Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s voice at 10:32 – 12:12, around 50)
“Falun Dafa’sThe highest
principles of Falun Cultivation
PracticeDafa are
‘Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance’. In the past | I
pursued ‘Truth.” actuallyIn fact,
academy academic
pursuitsing
also pursuing seek ‘Truth’,
but I even
sought Truth in
my social activities and
everyday daily life., I felt I’m I pursuing However, oOnAs for ‘Compassion’
and ‘Tolerance,’ could
not doI didn’t do very well, so I feel my major greatest change is onhas to do with
‘Tolerance’. Now feel I am not bothered by I could keep relatively
unmoved on about as
many things now, //
which is quite significant for me.
Actually When encountering disagreements
or conflicts, | kinds
of t or
tribulation comehe adjustmentchanges I needed to
make to maintain a heart of compassion and kindness touched
is very deepI have
lots of feeling on the adjustment that I made. actually later | I gradually
realized inside somethat
for the personality
traits iesthat I thinkI
felt particularly good // about in myself,
there are still some things,
which are not very good reflected in them. // This is because the
standards used in theour ordinary human society
| haveare some substantially distances different from the standardsDafa’s
principles of ‘Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance’. // Actually,
In fact these tests principles
happen exist in
my everyday life and these tests areatiusually
onlevelsSuch as
on Therefore,
according to differentf one
has a deeper understanding of to the principles, one can see that
they apply in any situation. By
following I ‘Truthfulness,
Compassion and Tolerance,’ I learned to will have different behavior when implementlisten
to others first, to not insist others agree with my viewpoint, and to be kind
to others when expressing myself. ‘Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance’ //” (Professor of Economy Department
in Taiwan University, Dr. Zhang Qingxi)
(Female narrotor’snarrator’s
voice at 12:12 – 12:43, around 26)
The body getsis relaxed,relaxed;
the shape of the facefacial
appearance becomes gentlemildcalm, and the mind feels also becomegrows to be peaceful,
however. However, the
friends around youhis friends, // especially
those fighters who fought
shoulder to shoulder with him to resist all unreasonable policiesy and phenomena in the society,// started not to
get feel unused to of himlike they didn’t know him
anymore. Some people said
Prof. Zhang Qingxi had becoame passive
after he began practicinged
Falun Gong, and had|| || and he lost
his ambition to fight. Whereas However, for Zhang
Qingxi
himself. He feltthinks that after practicing
learning Falun
Gong, he paid more attention tois now more
concerned about the development of the whole entire human
society as a whole.
//
(Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s voice at 12:43 – 16:04, around 50)
“After
I joined the Clearance
CommunityCheng Society I ’ve alsohad beenbecame the leader chairman of Clearance Communitythe
society. AnywayNevertheless | many people think | in the past I used to
do thingshad done | verya lot || … for the righteousness
uprightness
of the society and had made
some contributions,
but laterin the
middle of it all,
I just started
to feelfelt
that in fact I could n’ot really do |
too muchanything, as if it’s itall it did was just making make meyself feel
better about myself.
After I practiced learned Falun Gong, I have
different opinions onthemy view pointviewpoint toon many things
changed. So This also caused some
of my old old day good friends,
these
good friends of
mine “||” to have
misunderstanding. // They
think that ‘you practitioners always restraint your selves, forwhen
anything happens
you always try look
inside for the to find reasons in you,
and pay little attention to the righteousness of the society.’ They even said criticized me, saying that when I was in thea
meeting I now sit quietly
for
two hours, whereas before I
used to glare at others with anger, argue with people others
and slap the table. . // NNow I not listen
carefullyany and,
and they foundeel that hard could
notto accept this.
They said
asked me whether
you
wereI was
still concerned about the society, and who wcould help fightthe
injustice. Actually after practicedBut since I started
practicing Falun Gong, I’m even in
fact more concerned about this society
and wenow think | how this is. Ifto really make the society better. The answer I found is that we really want the society to become better, then | we have
to change from people’s hearts hashave to
change. That is the real concernissue.
If people’s hearts remain
the samedon’t change, // all other things approaches won’t be
very useful. On the surfaceSuperficially
you can may change achieve
a little, or sometimes it there mayight be changes forat the moment,
but it is verythe effect is short-lived and it . In fact can only
have very limited the strengthand has limited strength is very limited. || Can that be considered an effective
change| ?
Actually many people who
are involved with social activities [a8] activism [a9] know that when they reach a certain point that and really can’t
find anyno
other ways
to work things
out, they have to go turn to
education. And education // needs to start frombegin during
childhood, because for adults it’s very hard
to change college students their’ minds and habits. Educating // one a person
from childhood until he or she becomes
matureenters in
the
society needs attakes least over ten or twenty years., // whereas Genuinely practicing Falun
Gong | changes a
person in for two
or three months could change a person, and . Wwithin several years thea whole opinions and views of
a person’s entire outlook
on life has getsis changedd. //His
behavior getshasiswill also
change for the betterd. tooPeople make noticeable
changes in their conduct soon after learning Falun Gong this , // so
from my point of view as a
professor, I think actually it is indeed and much more efficient than
standard education.
//|| I developed // a different
point of view about the society, it feelswhich is: || Iif
we really
want | to make our society or
country to betterimprove, there aexists a set of
we need some principles that can achieve this. Thise
principles areis clearly stated very in
Falun Gong as being Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. You will notice as long as you go to take a look at itthat // the peoplethose who practice Falun
Gong, their understandings