《巨婴国》触及了哪些红线？ “巨婴”一词为何能够出圈？What red lines did "Giant Baby Country" violate?

Summary

在这个视频中，Anthony 探讨了吴志宏的《巨婴国》一书及其引发的争议。这本书指出，许多中国人虽然成年，但心理发育停留在婴儿阶段，体现在三大心理机制：共生、全能自恋和偏执分裂。吴志宏的观点引发了广泛的社会讨论，但不久后这本书就被出版商下架，相关讨论在网络上被删除。Anthony 分析了书籍被禁的可能原因，指出它敢于触及中国政治和社会的敏感话题，提供了一个心理学视角来解读中国的社会现象。此外，他还分享了自己对这本书的看法和对中国社会心理状态的思考。

Takeaways

• 📚《巨婴国》一书因探讨中国社会心理机制问题而引发争议。
• 🔍该书使用“巨婴”一词指代成年身体却具婴儿心理发展水平的成人。
• 🧐书中通过精神分析和客体关系理论，概括了“巨婴”心理的三种机制：共生、全能自恋和偏执型分裂。
• 🇨🇳指出“巨婴”心理机制在中国社会中广泛存在，并与多种社会现象相关联。
• 📈“巨婴”成为网络流行概念，但该书不久后被出版社下架，宣称“质量问题”。
• 💡与中国政治和社会评论相关的出版物受到严格审查。
• 📖比较了《巨婴国》与孙隆基《中国文化的深层结构》的不同视角。
• 🚫分析了《巨婴国》被禁的可能原因，认为其对家族权威和孝道文化的批评，并非主要原因。
• 🎯书中对中国政治、历史事件的评论触及敏感话题，可能是其被禁的直接原因。
• 🤔提供了对《巨婴国》禁令背后的深层次社会和心理分析，展示了作者对此话题的深刻理解和批判性思考。

Q & A

《巨婴国》一书是由谁撰写的，以及首次出版时间是什么时候？

《巨婴国》是由吴志宏撰写的，首次出版时间是2016年12月。

《巨婴国》一书为什么会引起广泛争议？

《巨婴国》之所以引起广泛争议，主要是因为作者将中国人描述为心理发展水平处于婴儿阶段的“巨婴”，这一表述非常大胆且具有争议性。

《巨婴国》一书中提到的三种心理机制是什么？

《巨婴国》一书中提到的三种心理机制包括共生、全能自恋和偏执型分裂症。

《巨婴国》为何会从书架上撤下？

《巨婴国》从书架上撤下的官方理由是出版质量问题，但实际上可能与书中敏感的政治话题和对中国社会的批评有关，这与中国政府对出版物的严格审查制度相符。

《巨婴国》一书与《中国文化的深层结构》有何关联？

《巨婴国》一书在前言中提到，《中国文化的深层结构》及其作者孙隆基对吴志宏有很大的启发。不同的是，《中国文化的深层结构》主要采用哲学和宗教视角，而《巨婴国》则从心理发展的层面进行解释。

为什么《巨婴国》尽管被撤架，其概念仍广为流传？

《巨婴国》尽管被撤架，但其概念之所以仍广为流传，是因为它提供了一个简单而粗糙的解释来描述中国社会广泛存在的社会现象，这些现象是每个中国人都经历或目睹过的。

《巨婴国》在批评中国社会现象时，主要采用了哪种理论框架？

在批评中国社会现象时，《巨婴国》主要采用了心理分析的客体关系理论框架。

《巨婴国》被禁的主要原因是什么？

《巨婴国》被禁的主要原因可能是书中对中国政治、历史和社会事件的评论，触及了一些敏感话题，违反了中国政府对出版物内容的严格审查制度。

《巨婴国》与其他批评中国家庭文化和孝道文化的书籍有何不同？

与其他批评中国家庭文化和孝道文化的书籍相比，《巨婴国》不仅批评了家庭权威和孝道文化，还深入探讨了这些现象背后的心理机制，并且书中对中国政治和历史的评论更为敏感和直接。

《巨婴国》对于理解当代中国社会有何重要意义？

《巨婴国》通过心理学视角深入分析了中国社会的许多现象，揭示了背后的心理机制和文化根源，对于理解当代中国社会的复杂性及其面临的挑战提供了重要视角。

Outlines

00:00

📖《巨婴国》引发争议

本段视频介绍了吴志弘于2016年12月出版的《巨婴国》一书，该书因用“巨婴”一词评价中国社会中普遍存在的成人身体与婴儿心理水平的现象而引起广泛争议。书中从心理分析的角度，探讨了中国社会中普遍存在的三种心理机制：共生、全能型自恋和偏执型分裂症。此外，书中还探讨了这些心理结构如何反映在中国的夫妻关系、亲子关系、习俗以及政治等方面。《巨婴国》的出版迅速让“巨婴”一词在互联网上流行开来，但2017年1月，出版方北京磨铁图书有限公司因所谓的“质量问题”发出下架通知，相关推广的文章和节目也被删除，这本书在电商平台上变得难以寻找，尽管如此，书籍并未被完全禁止。吴志弘本人也分享了自己的观点，指出当前中国出版审查的不透明性，以及政府对涉及社会问题出版物的不满。

05:01

🚫为何《巨婴国》遭禁

第二段深入分析了《巨婴国》被禁的原因。许多人认为，该书对年轻一代的反孝文化和原生家庭的批评是其被禁的主要原因。然而，视频提出了不同的观点，认为中国历史上对家庭权威和儒家忠孝伦理的看法是微妙的。特别是在中国共产党取得政权后，采取的措施在很大程度上破坏了传统的家族结构，而改革开放后虽有所缓和，但市场化和法治改革使得家族文化难以恢复。此外，该视频指出，《巨婴国》不仅仅是对家庭和个人心理的评论，更触及了对中国政治、历史和社会事件的敏感评论，这可能是其被禁的真正原因。作者通过书中的一系列观点，探讨了中国人的个体自我如何未能发展，导致了各种社会混乱和相互伤害的情况，这种分析触碰了中国政治审查的红线。

10:02

📚《巨婴国》的社会影响

在最后一段中，视频作者讨论了《巨婴国》对中国社会的深远影响，尽管书籍遭到了禁止。该书不仅引发了对个人和家庭心理问题的深入思考，还促使人们探讨中国社会和政治中存在的更广泛问题。作者提到，《巨婴国》虽然在评价中国政治和意识形态方面较为粗略，但依旧触及了许多敏感主题，展示了个体心理学视角对理解中国政治和历史的巨大价值。最后，视频作者通过分享个人经验，鼓励观众探索政治运动对中国人心理创伤的影响，并在视频末尾提供了与观众互动的渠道。

Keywords

💡巨婴国

《巨婴国》是吴志宏在2016年发布的一本书，通过心理分析的角度，批判性地审视了中国社会的多个层面，包括家庭关系、政治、以及文化等。这本书使用了“巨婴”这一概念来描述中国社会中普遍存在的一种成年人身体、婴儿心理的现象。视频中提到这本书在中国引起了广泛的争议，最终被出版社下架。

💡心理机制

心理机制是指人的心理活动中，用以应对内外环境压力、解决心理冲突的一种无意识的过程或方式。在视频中，吴志宏通过分析“共生”、“全能型自恋”和“偏执型分裂症”三种心理机制，来解释中国社会中“巨婴”现象的心理基础。

💡共生

共生指的是个体之间缺乏界限感，无法区分自我与他人，表现为过度依赖或控制。视频中将其作为分析中国社会中个体心理发展问题的一个关键心理机制，暗示许多中国人在情感、思维上与他人存在过度的融合状态。

💡全能型自恋

全能型自恋是指个体追求绝对的控制感和权力欲，认为世界应当按照自己的意志运转。视频中提到这种心理状态在中国社会中广泛存在，解释了人们在遇到挫折和不满时，可能产生极端反应的心理基础。

💡偏执型分裂症

偏执型分裂症在视频中指的是一种极端的心理状态，个体只能以全好或全坏的极端方式看待世界和他人。这种心理机制被用来解释中国社会中极端主义倾向的一部分心理根源。

💡中文社会现象

视频中通过《巨婴国》一书，回顾了中国社会的许多经典现象，如夫妻关系、亲子关系和政治等，指出这些现象在很大程度上反映了“巨婴”心理结构。这种批判旨在揭示中国社会特定心理状态与社会行为之间的联系。

💡审查制度

视频提到《巨婴国》被下架及相关内容在网络上被删除，归因于中国的出版物审查制度。审查制度在此背景下指的是政府对出版物内容的审查和控制，尤其是涉及敏感政治话题的内容。视频通过作者的亲身经历来阐述在中国发布涉及社会议题的出版物所面临的挑战。

💡意识形态红线

意识形态红线在视频中指的是政府设定的关于可接受的公共讨论范围和内容的界限。视频中提到，随着审查的加剧，这些红线变得越来越多，对于那些想要探讨社会问题的作者和创作人员来说，这构成了一大挑战。

💡政治敏感性

政治敏感性是指某些话题或内容因可能触及或批评现行政治体制而被视为敏感。视频中分析《巨婴国》触及了一些政治敏感话题，如对毛泽东和周恩来的隐喻，这是该书被禁的一个重要原因。

💡心理创伤

心理创伤在视频中指的是由历史事件或社会现象引起的深刻心理影响。通过《巨婴国》一书，视频尝试探讨政治运动对中国人民造成的心理创伤，及其如何影响今日中国社会的各种现象。

💡家族权威与儒家伦理

视频中提到中国官方对家族权威和儒家伦理的态度是微妙的。尽管《巨婴国》被认为是因批评家族和儒家伦理而被禁，但视频作者认为这并非主要原因，因为中国历史上的政权更迭常常伴随着对社会和谐和儒家价值的重新强调。

Highlights

Wu Zhihong's 'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' sparks controversy with its bold title and concepts, highlighting psychological immaturity in adults.

The book uses psychoanalytic object relations theory to describe Chinese society's psychological mechanisms: symbiosis, total narcissism, and paranoid schizophrenia.

'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' analyzes widespread phenomena in Chinese society, criticizing its national character.

The concept of 'giant baby' becomes a popular online term, signifying a lack of maturity and responsibility.

Despite its initial success, 'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' gets removed from shelves by Beijing Motie Books due to 'quality issues', hinting at censorship.

The ban of 'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' does not prevent the term 'giant baby' from becoming a societal buzzword.

Official media uses 'giant baby' terminology, showing government recognition but also misuse of the concept.

Critics argue that the book's criticism towards filial piety and family values contributed to its ban, reflecting societal and governmental complexities.

Wu Zhihong's blunt criticism of historical and contemporary Chinese politics suggests a deeper reason for the book's censorship.

Comparisons between traditional Chinese dynastic relationships and modern political figures in 'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' highlight sensitive issues.

The book addresses the lack of individual identity in Chinese society, leading to social instability and the cycle of 'collective self'.

The cultural and psychological analysis in 'The Kingdom of Giant Infants' touches on ideologically sensitive subjects, leading to its censorship.

The transformation of family and clan structures in China over time, discussed in the book, provides context for the current state of Chinese societal norms.

The book's exploration of the psychological impacts of political movements in China offers a unique perspective on historical and contemporary issues.

The author connects the concept of 'giant babies' to broader social phenomena, providing a critical but controversial explanation for certain behaviors in Chinese society.

Transcripts

Hello everyone, I'm Anthony

Welcome to subscribe to my channel

some time ago

A netizen mentioned in the comment area of ​​my channel

Why was the book "The Kingdom of Giant Infants" removed from the shelves?

I'm also very interested in this topic

So this video is going to talk about the content of this book.

By the way, comment

My opinions and views on the ideas of this book

December 2016

Wu Zhihong's work "The Kingdom of Giant Infants" was published for the first time

Immediately caused widespread controversy in Chinese society

One obvious reason is

The author made a very bold,

A very controversial title

"Giant baby" is a very offensive term

Used in China

"Giant Baby Country" believes that

Although most Chinese people have adult bodies

But the level of psychological development is that of an infant

So it’s a giant baby

follow this book

From the perspective of psychoanalytic object relations theory

Summarized the psychological mechanisms of three giant babies: symbiosis

Total narcissism and paranoid schizophrenia

Symbiosis means no sense of boundaries

I am one with the selves of others

undifferentiated, chaotic

There are no boundaries.

"Almighty narcissism"

Refers to people pursuing an absolute sense of control and desire for power

Believe that the world should run according to one's own will

If this narcissism is destroyed

Then I wish I could destroy the whole world

Or destroy yourself

This is paranoia and division

paranoid schizophrenic

Always take it in black and white

View the world from an extreme perspective

Others are either all good

Or it's all bad

"Giant Baby Country" believes that

These three psychological mechanisms

widely exist in Chinese society

follow this book

Many classic phenomena in Chinese society

Made a review

Wu Zhihong thinks

From the Chinese husband-wife relationship, parent-child relationship

Then to the customs of the Chinese people

Chinese good guys, Chinese politics, etc.

all to varying degrees

Reflects the psychological structure of giant babies

This kind of criticism of Chinese national character

It is easy for us to think of

another famous book

"The Deep Structure of Chinese Culture" by Sun Longji

Wu Zhihong himself also said in the preface

Sun Longji’s views gave him great inspiration

But when Sun Longji discussed the structure of Chinese culture,

Mainly adopts a philosophical and religious perspective

And Wu Zhihong’s book

It is explained from the level of psychological development.

With the release of Big Baby Country

The word "giant baby"

It quickly became a popular concept across the Internet.

December 26, 2016

Xinhuanet reprinted an article from China Youth Daily

"90% of our love and pain are related to the psychology of giant babies"

January 2017

The book was selected into the "Writer's Digest" best books list

but

It’s February

Publisher of "Big Baby Country"

Beijing Motie Books Co., Ltd.

A removal notice was issued

Called "Giant Baby Country"

One book failed due to quality

Request the dealer to remove the product from shelves and arrange a return

subsequently

Some online articles and programs promoting the book

was deleted

It cannot be found on e-commerce platforms such as Taobao and JD.com.

certainly

This book did not reach the level of being completely banned.

Entries like Baidu Encyclopedia still remain

Sun Longji's

Another book criticizing China's national character

"The Unweaned Nation"

There is not even an entry in Baidu Encyclopedia

One possible reason is

This book involves the "June 4th Movement"

Such a sensitive political event

Of course in mainland China

The so-called books have quality problems is just a cover

Chinese government censorship of publications

Extremely opaque

for example

I myself wrote a book on individual psychology

Still under review now

my editor told me

There are more and more ideological red lines now

The government does not like publications involving social issues

So they have been working hard to help me revise

But I'm in the book

Actually, I didn’t say anything politically sensitive.

At least it’s much less than in “Giant Baby Country”

So Wu Zhihong’s book is put in 2024

It won't pass the review at all.

Excuse me

Revealing a little too much about myself

Let’s go back to the topic

Although "Giant Baby Country" was removed from the shelves

But the word "giant baby"

did not disappear because of the ban of this book

Even in 2018

It was also featured in the magazine "Brief Words"

Selected as one of the top ten buzzwords of the year

But in my opinion

This kind of popularity

Not because people are interested in psychoanalysis

Or interested in object relations theory

And to a large extent

Because of

The social phenomena listed in this book are extremely broad

It is something that every Chinese has experienced or witnessed

And this book seems to give this kind of complex

A headache

An extremely simple and crude explanation:

Because everyone is a giant baby

In the context of most users

This word is related to curse words such as retarded, idiot, etc.

The meaning is similar

Those curse words that contain regional discrimination and gender discrimination

have their own specific audience

Not easily accessible to everyone

But the word "giant baby"

In principle, it can be applied to any group

This just caters to the potential hidden in Chinese society.

Violence everywhere

Everyone can learn from this book

See someone you hate

Even the "People's Daily" public account uses this

May 15, 2020

The newspaper’s public account published an article

"The Giant Baby Meets the Hero"

The guy jumped off the rooftop for two hours"

It tells about a young man who is about to commit suicide by jumping off a building.

The story of being saved by the police

Of course, this also attracted criticism from many netizens.

They hate the condescending tone of official media

belittling the weak

In fact, if we follow the point of view of "Giant Baby Country"

People’s Daily shows this lack of empathy

Maybe it’s closer to the giant baby’s original intention

So

"Giant Baby Country"

Why was it banned?

Many people think

This book is for young people

Antipathy towards filial piety and family of origin

That's why I got banned

Including an article in the New York Times

I think so too

But I don't agree with this view

Because Wu Zhihong has written many books before

Criticizing filial piety culture and family culture

For example, "Why Home Hurts People" etc.

Chinese officials treat family authority

and Confucian ethics of loyalty and filial piety

The attitude is rather subtle

in Chinese history

Whenever an organization takes over the world through violence,

They often output hatred from

Shift to emphasize social harmony

The so-called "conquer the world immediately"

But you can’t “rule the world right away”

After winning the world

There is still a need to apply the Legalist practices

Be a little more restrained

Bring out the Confucian principles of benevolence, justice, loyalty and filial piety to consolidate rule

but

In 1949, after the People's Republic of China established its political power

Mao Zedong et al.

But they adopted the idea of ​​"ruling the world immediately"

That is to say, continue to advocate the logic of war and the logic of revolution.

This is because times have changed

today's world

It is no longer the world of traditional China

in the world

There are many countries with different ideologies from China

Therefore, in Mao Zedong's view

whole china

Still need to maintain the fighting spirit of the war years

Because "the revolution has not yet succeeded"

So in the Mao Zedong era

The government’s organizational structure upon which Confucian ethics rests

In other words, the clan was uprooted.

The ancestral hall was demolished

The family tree was burned

Ceremonies such as ancestor worship are also prohibited

Instead

To Mao Zedong himself

and the worship of communist ideology

The Communist Party will make the family

regarded as an obstacle to the expansion of state power

So red ethics replaced family ethics

Red collectivism replaces Confucian collectivism

After reform and opening up

Party loosens control over ideology

Confucian ethics exists

A resurgent trend

However, marketization and legal reform

It makes it difficult for clan culture to recover

Clan rights and rules that were once overthrown

It’s also difficult to recover

nationalism

rather than familialism

is the mainstream trend of thought in China today

Therefore, if only in the field of psychology

Criticism of parental authority

Reflect on the problems of the original family

In fact, it is not easy to attract the attention of the authorities.

This is also the Chinese psychology community

The reason why there seems to be a sense of division

in personal and family spheres

Psychologists can boldly cite

The most avant-garde Western theory

Emphasize the value and true self of free-minded individuals

However, when it comes to social and political topics

psychologists

Completely put away that image of progress and freedom

and often remain silent on professional grounds.

but

"Giant Baby Country" is an exception

In general

This book has a profound impact on Chinese politics

Commentary on historical and social events is very fragmented

And because of censorship

The expression is also relatively general and vague

But in fact, it can be seen everywhere in the whole book

And many of them touched on relatively sensitive topics.

So this should be the main reason why it was banned

for example

In the section "The Other Side of the Big Baby Dream"

The author said: "In many Chinese-style pictures,

All have such meaning

An almighty mother who has no regrets and no desires.

Taking care of a giant baby with desires

This is what Chinese military advisors and emperors are like

Chinese history in my opinion

They are all giant gangster-like babies who do whatever they want.

Created by joining forces with a desireless strategist

Classics such as Liu Bang and Zhang Liang

Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen. "

This passage is easily reminiscent of

The relationship between Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai

I believe that when Wu Zhihong wrote this paragraph,

I definitely think of these two people.

Mao Zedong was born in a remote mountain village in Hunan

Because of his father’s authoritarian character

and the influence of Huxiang culture

Mao Zedong developed a rebellious spirit since childhood.

Habits of reckless heroes

Zhou Enlai

He is a descendant of a wealthy family.

Deeply influenced by the cultural temperament of Jiangsu and Zhejiang

Raised by an adoptive mother from a scholarly family

The Confucian character of being gentle, courteous, thrifty and generous is everywhere

This kind of combination of monarch and ministers

It is indeed a very classic in Chinese history

In the early days of the founding of the Communist Party

and even for a long period of time afterwards

Zhou Enlai's status within the party was higher than that of Mao Zedong

But in the end, he and Mao formed a relationship between monarch and minister.

Zhou Enlai’s own forbearance and submissive character

is a key factor

The author uses giant baby and big mother

Analogy to China’s relationship between monarch and ministers

It's very insightful

In "Why We Have Become a Mutual Harmful Society"

The author of this section said: "The one who invented the collective heart

I also have selfish motives

Finally become a collective heart

It is used to unify the middle and lower classes.

The higher-ups knew this was a fool's errand

But even at the top

Initially, a collective self must be formed

Otherwise there will be no fighting ability

The reason why New China was established

It's because of that generation of leaders

Discovered the importance of a united front

and spare no effort to do this

It really unites the hearts of people all over the world.

Chinese history cycle

that is, the collective self is constantly constructed and shattered

The collective self is constructed

Will burst out with powerful energy

Everyone feels that "we" are together, one heart

When the collective self is completely shattered

The devil-like individual self will appear

The degree of mutual harm will reach its peak

This passage is from a psychological perspective

Explains the mechanism of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution

That is to say, the individual self of the Chinese people has never been able to develop.

leading to all kinds of confusion and mutual harm

And this situation

And people have to call for a new dictator

Come and stop all this

This is Chinese history

A fixed pattern of the cycle of fighting chaos

In "Ingratiation, Disqualification from the World"

There is such a passage:

"I am not qualified to see the true existence of Lei Feng

But if we look at it from the surface

It is also consistent with psychological principles

An orphan gets attention when he is a good person

Even the supreme leader’s attention

Then he will naturally be super persistent about it

Chinese style picture

For example, the Cultural Revolution, pyramid schemes, success studies, etc.

They all have such a background

Countless people with severe abandonment trauma

Desperately trying to catch something

Create a sense of presence

But at the same time, as long as there is solitude and silence

You will feel a terrible emptiness. "

This passage explains it very profoundly.

The psychological structure of a model figure like Lei Feng

Chinese official heroes

Especially the heroes of Mao Zedong’s era

Many have severe abandonment trauma

So once it is officially promoted as a model

Even if it's completely inconsistent with who you really are

I will also feel great honor

Willingly play that rigid symbol

There are many other comments like this

In general

Although "Giant Baby Country"

Evaluation of Chinese politics and ideology

It's relatively rough

But there are still many who have touched ideological red lines

At least it's easy to associate

And official censorship of publications

Much stricter than ordinary speech

A psychological perspective on Chinese politics and history

Especially to examine the political trauma of the Chinese people

In publications in mainland China

still very rare

This and the huge value contained in this perspective

is disproportionate

Of course, I very much agree with this interpretation.

For example, I published it in January 2023

These two videos are an attempt

That is to say, from the political movement

The psychological trauma caused to Chinese people

To explain the social phenomena in China today

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