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]
http://tw.fgmtv.org/fgm/gb/artcontent.asp?artID=10019
(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 about | the society
or | concerns
towards the society isare // somewhat | different than the norm. They try
to always be thoughtful of others first and not pursue
various desires like fame or profit, so their behavior is more effective in
improving the state of society.his
effect to change the society is more active | and more efficient // This
is the
path I | have gone throughtaken and | based on my feelingexperience.
So,
especially with my past friends, I of course didn’t am not thinking
that what they have are doingne havedhas no effect. However, now I understand that in the
past like I felt my previous biggest pursuitng
or | goal iswas social justice.
But what is realtrue
justice is explained | in?
Falun Gong has explanation, || . If you’ve contactestudied Falun Gong you will know what justice
is. Human
life is really very
fair. ||youYou
will know this principle if you practice Falun Gong.” // (Professor ofat Economy the Department of Economics in Taiwan
University, Dr. Zhang Qingxi).
(Female narrotor’snarrator’s
voice at 16:04 – 16:30, around 26)
According
toFrom what Prof. Zhang Qingxi has has said, “Falun Dafa” changed his opinion towardsoutlooks on life, on the
world and on the universe. Why For such
an outstanding scholar in the area field of Economicsy Academy // Research, why did
he choose to join take up the practice
of Falun Dafa? // How did the principles of
Falun Dafa || |enlighten
him and| // influencinfluenceedhelp him? Did hHe really, after
serious thinking and reflection,
make athe
rational choice after thinking and judgment?
(Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s voice at 16:30 – 18:51, around 50)
// “It was
not very easy | for me tTo start toWhen I began to practice learn about Falun Gong at first, I, also went
through an uneven pathhad a difficult time of it, because.
I feltthink that
scholars have their
own mental barrierobstacles. || ||Later, because as I continually listened
to Teacher’s Master Li’sthe Lecture
audiotapes, I gradually knew learned the
contents of
Falun Gong. I know discovered that the Teacher is very righteous, n. Not savinghoarding money, not saving holding on to thingsmaterial possessions,
and
not pursuing fame or profit. To
practice Falun Gong, We
almost spent nothing except foraside from maybe
buying books or tapes, there noare no other
expenses .
You can even get the books free from the internet or listen to the lectures online. HHe requires you to
start from off by being a good person, || |of course there
are ideas of higher level | this kinds of spiritual rewardbenefitsing. However let’s just say that even if you do not recognizebelieve thatis, at least you will be a good person. You should start by trying to be a
good person according to Truth, Compassion and Tolerance, and then try and be even better and better. So
there will not be any lost’s nothing to lose. just thinkis But it
still took me several months before
Ito finally really decideddecide
to practice Falun Gong myself.
// As
for academic Economy[a10]the study of Economics, it
is
knowledge, principles, theories, and propositions. // As longBecause as economists
or other theorists could justify themselves,
hypothesis in economy | could explain a phenomenon and make some predictions the
future, it could becaome a distinct
doctrinetheory. If someone’s theory has a
wider scope, // he
is then a biggreater scholar. As for
Nobel Prize winners, in fact, many of
their the theories // have very narrow scopesy ranges of many scholars, including many Nobel Prize winners are very narrow. Then, even | withusing the
current definition about scientific definitionsce to look at Falun Gong or the book “Zhuan Falun”, one finds that it is in fact a very
very broad science, and Whereas Falun Gong, or this ‘Zhuan Falun’, is in
fact a very very broad science. he is a
supernormal science, because ithe
talksed about many things that modern
science could cannot yet explain or daredoes not even to touchapproach, in such a level.
Therefore I felt that
| even withgiven our current
definitions about
science, judging
Falun Gong based
on our definitions in science, it is very scientific, because it
talks about so
many things it talked about have nowithout
any contradiction. This is one a basic fundamental condition
that
for me to
I accept it. // Of course I also meet have some |
friends who theythat could
not accept it, as they are // dedicated to || || | so-called “theories” of the
academic world. // ordinary people’sThese
theories things tobasically blocked the
thing that lets them from considering truth beyond the scope of
the theories, or toeven from learning something as profound as
Falun Gonge,. Sometimes I feltelfeel very regret pitysad for
them. || My
own understanding is that it’s not superstition, it’s a very profound supernormal
science.”
// (Professor of Economy Department in
Taiwan University, Dr. Zhang Qingxi)
(Female narrotor’snarrator’s
voice at 18:51 – 19:22, around 26)
However,
Prof. Zhang’s The regrets towards for some of his academic the friends
in academicy areaaround Zhang Qingxi didoes not happen in don’t extend to his Zhang’s family.
Prof. Zhang’s only son // is 21 years old this
year. When his
his parents first introduced Falun Dafa to him,
originally hishe initial
held the attitude was of not to acceptto reject iting. // But, out ofdriven
by curiosity, when he
read
Falun Gong’s
founder,
Mr. Li Hongzhi’s // workbook “Zhuan
Falun” of Falun Gong’s founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi’s work,
and the broad and
profound and
broad content suddenly opened up his
mind. He, bBasedBased on his agreement acceptance
of with the principles, he he voluntarily became astarted to practice Falun Falun GongDafa
practitionerof his own free will.
//
(Mr. Zhang Zhongyi’s voice at 19:22 – 20:08, around 20)
“I want to | learn and I want to
cultivatepractice
Falun Gongpractice,
is because | from the book ‘Zhuan Falun’ I
found the |
meaning of life in the
book ‘Zhuan Falun’. // The meaning
purpose of the life
is not just to earning
make money or to pursueing status and material interests. || || // I understand tThe purpose isIt’s
to cultivateion, to returning to your true self. // I learn Falun Dafa |ItI don’t do this is not because my
body’s not feeling right, or my mind
has nowhere to go. I’m
not trying to find some things
to comfort myself. I genuinely
want to live with a heart of goodness, which is my true self.” // (Zhang Qingxi’s son, Zhang Zhongyi).
(Female narrotor’snarrator’s
voice at 20:08 – 20:22, around 26)
UsuallyOrdinary “|” people usually
put an equal
sign betweenequate the so-called cultivation practice andwith religions and temples, remote mountains
and middle
or senior-old aged
people, whether but does young Zhang
Zhongyi // also feelsfind the activities of
// studying
the Fareading
Dafa books and practicing the exercises boring? || || // He
has his own understanding.
(Mr. Zhang Zhongyi’s voice at 20:22 – 21:18, around 20)
“Comparingeing myself to
my friends, they always want | to do this, want to
do that. They have moremany “|”ir lustsdesires are huge. I’m sure I was once like that too. But after I completed reading the book ‘Zhuan
Falun’, I feel that it is not
to say // thatit’s not that | my life is
more boring than a regular, everyday, ordinary
people’s life; rather, it is
because my lust of
greedy lustdesires haved been reduceddiminished. My life is not more boring than ordinary people’s
life, // because
and as such I becameam comparatively easiery to satisfymore easily contented. IfSince my
you feel easiery to satisfysatisfaction is simpler,
mythe life could isbe happier,
because yI won’t am not always
thinking about what elsemore I
want. But as to
my friends,
// they
often feel | unsatisfied and always search for
something else. Their livfes
may seem | to | be colorfulmore vibrant than mine, but I am filling enriching myself and whereas they often
feel discontentcould thefill . So I feel that my life is meaningful.” // (Zhang Qingxi’s
son, Zhang Zhongyi).
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Proofread on Dec. 19, 2002 by Weijia Cui
(Female Narrative’s
voice at 21:19” – 21:40”) The three In this family, three
of them are all Falun Dafa practitioners in this family have experienced more kindness amongst themselves by . They following the Fa principles of truthfulness,
compassion and tolerance. They
first and // would checkcheck
inside whenever they encounter meet conflicts,
and try to find their own shortcomings. When some conflicts do occur, all of
them look to see
how their actions may have contributed to the conflict. So they will
check inside themselves doand
// will not shirk responsibility orand
shift the blames onto others. As a result, their
relationships
have gradually
become morebecomes harmonious gradually. For
this point, the hostess of this family has most of the experience.
(Ms. Cao Huiling[u11]’s voice, Zhang Qingxi’s wife at 21:41” -- 22:23”) “Before practicing Falun Gong,
the three of us all hadve
different
personality traits characteristics. My husband hads
a quick temper, // while my son was is very
slow to anger,
and I was caught kept in the middle. The
tension wouldill
occur because // we failed to co-operate with each
other. I feel that after we began to live by the principles of to practice Falun Gongpractice cultivated, //
my husband becameomes thoughtful not
that quick-tempered, and patienthe would always be
patient enough to
wait. // When we feelfelt that we hadve coaome
across a difficult
situationsomething that we cancould not
pass, or we feltfeel uncomfortable in some way, whenever
we sensed it, we wouldwill quickly change our attitudegive
it up and will no longer have that kind of uncomfortable
feeling. If this
happened before,For me at the previous time, I willwould feel uneasy make
myself uncomfortable for a long period of time. Now I will no
longer be like this. So all of us have changed ourselves for the betteradjusted
well enough.”
(Female Narrative’s
voice at 22:24” – 22:53”) // Since both Zhang Qingxi and Cao Huiling have
changed tremendously both physically and spiritually after practicing
practicinge cultivating Falun
Gong, // they
make use of their spare time to tell others aboutto participate
in promoting Falun Dafa, hoping that more people who
are predestined will also benefit from practicing it. We can
always findsee
them // ininvolved in many
activities promoting the Fa. They even opened upvacated
their own home to have the nine-day group study of the Fa
and exercise practice of
the exercises. They also set up a practice site to help people to learn
more about Falun
Dafa.
(Ms. Cao Huiling,
Zhang Qingxi’s wife, at 22:54” – 23:33”) “Falun Gong || can really change
people. When Wewe holdhave
(Master’s) // a nine-day showing of the lecture
videosvideo lecture to teach people,. You may we find that the change
is really incredible both physically and spirituallymentally. People’s // attitudes and
behaviors keep improving within a very short period of time, // changing
for better. So I will try my bestall my best to promote
the Fa, to let other and // let the world people
know that this practice practicecultivation way is very goodrighteous,
and that you one canwill improveupgrade youroneself very quickly., and live a more peaceful lifeso that one You will
live much at ease.”
(Female Narrative’s
voice at 23:34” – 23:58”) // The couple of Zhang QingxiFrof. Zhang and his wife
expressed that every Falun Gong practitioner over the world has
the responsibility // to clarify the truth of Falun Gong to
world people., fFor example “Wwhat
on
earth is Falun Gong? // What do the Falun
Gong practitioners practice cultivate? What is the meaning of How to practice cultivatione? What is the connotation of cultivation? They also share the Also
the facts that Falun Gong brings improved to
people health and well-being. peacefulness of mind
etc.
W For all these facts, we should let the
world
kindness
people of the world have a correct understanding.
(Zhang Qingxi, Doctor
and professor of Taiwan University, at 23:59” – 25:40”)
“As
a Falun Gong practitioner, a Dafa disciple, we hope to clarify
two things to the world people of the world.
The first one is that Falun Dafa is
athe
righteous teachingFa,
and it is really indeed good for people’s body and mind. The
second thing is that it is not right to // persecute and ban Falun Gong in || Mainland
China. It is good both physically
and spiritually to p Practice e cultivating Falun
Gong is good not just because it improves for the body and mind. || Of
course it has not only this effect. In my understandingTo me,
if something doesit
does not have a complete set of principlesteachings, I don’t think I
will keep on doing practicing it. The teachings of Falun
Gong are based on the universal principles of- truthfulness, compassion and forbearance - these apply to everyone. So actually it makes me
understand a lot in the Fa principles. So I hope | people all
around the world will at least go and learn know that Falun Gong is goodabout
Falun Gong. || Many Many lies have been fabricated against Falun Gong
in Mainland China. Actually all the other countries around the world hold Falun Gong in high
regards ave
very high and speak positively about positive comment for it
Falun Gong. // Falun GongIt requires a personthe
practitioners to start with being apractitioners try and be a
good person either
// in his one’sthe workplace, his one’s familyat home, or theand in society to fulfill his one’s responsibilities,
seeking no reputation and no profits. This will bring benefits
to any
country in any society. // If you go and read the
book of Zhuan Falun, or if you go to meet practitioners, contact the
practitioners, and to contact Dafa, you will understand this
truth. ”
(Female Narrative’s
voice at 25:41” – 25:56”)// Zhuan Falun is a book written by the founder of Falun Gong,
Mr. Li Hongzhi. // The principles expounded in this book is are simplewide
and profound. Around the world, after reading this book, there arehave
been over one hundred million people who understand the true
meaning of being a human being and the existence of life after reading this book..
(Mr. Zhang Qingxi’s
voice at 25:57” –27:09”) // “I solemnly introduce Zhuan Falun to all of you. It talks
about the phenomenona
and nd principles
from
the perspectives of life, the universe and all matters.
It of course also includes the
supernormal science and also discusses thethe losses
and gains of afor
human being. // For me, this is a supernormal Fa
principle. // It providesbuilds up an outlook
for thea
universal e view of life. // I found my own outlook view forof life from this
book. I had questions such asThat
is to say // “Wwhy are human beings
were
born inon
this world? What
is a person’s life all about will he want to do?
// Why
do we live here?”
The principles are talked explained very clearexplicitly
in this book. // I had tens of years of life experience,
and have some observation and learning from personal life. For something when
you we have experienced lots enough, you we will have a kind of inference. But it is
fragmentary and intermittently. Zhuan
Falun In
this book, tprovideshere is a
complete framework to
help us to
understand our life.
(Female Narrative’s
voice at 27:10” – 27:43”) Some people wonder ifWhether
Falun Gong is superstitious or if it really is a supernormal science.?
// Why
are around the
world, there are over one hundred million people all over the world learning
Falun Gong? //
If it is really something as mentioned in the Chinese government’s reports
as ignorant superstition, // how can it stand the test by such
a large group of people for so such a long a period of time? //Are
the principles expounded in the book of Zhuan
Falun really that encompassingwide and
profound?
// How can it attract the advanced intellectuals in all fields
who have read the books so widely? //Please read the book
of Zhuan Falun, and you
will find the answers yourselvesin it.
Note to editor: Please add a note
on the screen that says: To read the book over the internet, please go to
www.falundafa.org
Translated on December 4, 2002 from the edited version of
EDITED http://tw.fgmtv.org/fgm/gb/artcontent.asp?artID=10019
By Liu Baohui, bhcathyliu@ziplip.com
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[wjl2] This is my temporary translation. I think the editor already had an official translation for the title. I’m just reminding you what the caption is about
[wjl3] E.g., National Taiwan University
[wjl4] Original Chinese is “swamped”
[wjl5] It took me hours to surf the net to find hhis official English name of Dongwu University in Taiwan. The official English name is not Dongwu University as you might insist or think. But the thing is if you pronoun it as Soochow university, the Taiwanese will be confused too since the Chinese name is pronounced as Dongwu university. Here I’m just using the official English name.
[.6]Make sure this is correct I don’t know if he has a reddish complexion now and in the past
[.7]Make sure this is correct I don’t know if he has a reddish complexion now and in the past
[a8] Should this be “activism” here and in one or two other spots…
[a9] Should this be “activism” here and in one or two other spots…
[a10] I am not sure if this is the correct term in English
[u11]Please help with the Pinyin of the names, if they are required in the Taiwan style.