Hello Debate Opponent 2 EP21
Hello.
Take a seat.
How can I help you?
Marital infidelity.
You must be
my five o'clock patient.
What?
Here's your medical history.
Your name is
Yao Shen.
It's written here
that you have multiple personality disorder.
That's very rare in our country.
It's worth some
intensive study.
Now,
we'll chat to all of
the personalities inside you.
OK, let's chat.
It's written here that
you have a personality called
Wang Jiajia.
A girl born
in Xi'an in 1990.
Right, I'm a girl
from Xi'an.
When we were dating, When we were dating,
I was too
self-centered.
I pushed a lot of work I pushed a lot of work
I should have done myself
onto you.
I didn't think about it from your perspective. I didn't think about it from your perspective.
I feel like I should apologize to you,
Hao.
Sorry, Hao. Sorry, Hao.
I'm sorry.
I smacked him in the face, I smacked him in the face,
then I pulled him up
and kicked him in the butt.
Then I dragged him over and smacked him.
Wow.
So, just now
that was Shi Hu,
40-year-old security guard from Northeast China.
Very interesting.
Hey,
maybe that's enough for today.
I, I'm tired, really.
No!
There's still one more.
This one's even more interesting.
He's called Huang Daxian. He's called Huang Daxian.
Thank you, doctor.
Right, Huang Daxian is…
Here. Here.
This old man has calculated,
you'll be met soon with…
Ma Nan?
What are you doing here?
There are birds in couples on the trees. There are birds in couples on the trees.
An anxiety disorder?
Right.
After I broke up with Hao, After I broke up with Hao,
I discovered
I'd been relying on her a lot.
When all of the work
she'd been doing for me she'd been doing for me
all piled
back on me again,
I went crazy.
I really can't imagine
how she took care of how she took care of
so much work alone before.
Not only did she have a lot of work stress,
but actually,
I've also realized I've also realized
I was always…
Frankly, I was always
taking advantage of Hao.
So I really blamed myself. So I really blamed myself.
During that time, I was really
anxious and couldn't sleep.
It got progressively worse until now. It got progressively worse until now.
I'm actually seeing a psychiatrist.
I never thought
you'd become like this. you'd become like this.
It has nothing to do with you.
It's my problem.
After that the doctor told me After that the doctor told me
I need to
face up to
the mistakes I'd made,
so I asked
Hao to come with me Hao to come with me
to this session.
It's also a way of me making a break
from my past.
But this is really
the very last time
I bother Hao.
Sorry for the trouble.
And sorry for worrying you. And sorry for worrying you.
Huh?
Hao didn't tell you
probably because she was afraid you'd get the wrong idea.
We…
Don't worry. We're fine.
Then…
I won't bother you two. I won't bother you two.
Alright.
Take care of yourself.
Hao.
Goodbye.
Yeah.
B-Bye. B-Bye.
Don't waste your energy explaining.
If we are just regular friends,
you stalk me you stalk me
and pretend to be crazy…
What was that for?
That's a good question. That's a good question.
I…
Not long ago,
someone someone
taught me a lesson
that
people should live
the lives they want to live,
and do the things they want to do, and do the things they want to do,
and not worry about what others think.
He made me brave and confident He made me brave and confident
but when it is the moment
he needs to be brave,
he hesitates. he hesitates.
Honestly,
I'm a little disappointed. I'm a little disappointed.
That guy's just like that.
Strict on others, lenient on himself. Strict on others, lenient on himself.
He should fix that.
He will.
Fix it quick.
Hurry up.
- We two are so close. - Look… - We two are so close. - Look…
Over here.
How are they taking so long
to change clothes?
They're probably They're probably
using this time
to go through their points again.
But why am I
so flustered?
Don't worry, Hao.
We'll definitely win.
But, looking at these points,
I keep thinking it's too unpredictable.
Here they are.
Hello.
Welcome
to today's "Xingyuan"
Tripartite Debate Tripartite Debate
competition.
Let me first introduce
each of the debaters.
Firstly, Team A is
Team 235.
Their motion is
"In life,
first you must learn to go for it". first you must learn to go for it".
Let's give them a big welcome.
Hello everyone.
I am the commentator of
this debate, Lao Xu.
I'm Dalong.
Today we'll be Today we'll be
commentating on this
competition for
Dry Mango Video users.
Right now, we introduce Team B. Right now, we introduce Team B.
The steady as a rock
Nanxiang Technical School team.
Their motion today is
"Let go". "Let go".
And lastly, Team C.
They have been a star in the debate circle
for the past two years.
They just merged into
the new DUFE Team. the new DUFE Team.
Their motion is "Leave it to fate".
This motion,
hearing it, I feel like
there's a problem there. there's a problem there.
Because it appears to make sense,
but doesn't actually have any points.
Right.
Next, let's begin
with the speeches. with the speeches.
We'll start with the first team.
Each side has three minutes
for their speeches.
Any debater can speak. Any debater can speak.
After 30 seconds of one side speaking
the other two teams
can ring the bell to express disagreement
and contend for the right to speak first and and contend for the right to speak first and
proceed with their speech.
This will continue until the time runs out.
If two sides ring the bell at the same time
or no side rings the bell, or no side rings the bell,
Team A, B and C
will speak in order of A, B, and C.
Now the competition begins. Now the competition begins.
Hello everyone,
firstly, let's talk about
this debate topic.
What does "go for it" mean? What does "go for it" mean?
Is it a description of
our abilities?
I can do this.
I can do that?
Obviously not.
The true meaning of "going for it" The true meaning of "going for it"
is being brave enough to go for it.
In life, going for it
is being brave enough to take on and challenge
and chase the things you want and chase the things you want
to chase.
Think about it, in our lives,
aren't there so many
honors, duties
and responsibilities you want to go for?
This allows us to This allows us to
overcome all of the obstacles
on the road of life
that led up here today.
In the face of difficulties,
we must keep going for it
to solve them. to solve them.
The first time on the debating stage,
I have to get up there and not be afraid of embarrassing myself.
As my parents slowly grow old,
I have to take the responsibilities of my family.
When faced with love, When faced with love,
I must have the courage
to go for it,
instead of giving into
my fears
or avoiding it, thinking I'll leave it to fate, to or avoiding it, thinking I'll leave it to fate, to
make excuses for my mediocrity.
Thank you.
That's the point. That's the point.
Hey.
That point.
That's a wise point, friends. That's a wise point, friends.
The first debater from Team A intentionally
exposed a flaw
for Team C.
That was very smart.
Once Team C steals the floor, Once Team C steals the floor,
Team B will go next
and they're bound to refute
Team C as their opening statement.
Then in the first round of speeches,
the focus will be shifted the focus will be shifted
from Team A to Team C.
So the tactic
choice is critical.
If they don't steal the floor, there'll be trouble. If they don't steal the floor, there'll be trouble.
Come on.
Team B has taken the floor.
They wanted to trick us?
Nice try.
Team A told us that in life, Team A told us that in life,
you have to keep forging ahead and struggling,
you have to strive hard to get
everything you want.
That's all true.
But they're using a straw man argument. But they're using a straw man argument.
In summary, it's that life
is about constantly
going for it, as you say,
in order to get more. in order to get more.
But must we go for everything
and take it all?
My opponent,
your name is greed. your name is greed.
Impressive.
All of a sudden, the mood
has changed.
She's trying to win them over with a soft approach.
And getting everything isn't really And getting everything isn't really
an easy thing to do.
"I long to return, riding the wind high,
yet, of the jade mansions I'm afraid so".
"If we despair in our lifetime of all affairs,
tomorrow let us sail away with loosened hair". tomorrow let us sail away with loosened hair".
These poems
are all about facing the helplessness
and bitterness of all those things
in life we want but can't have. in life we want but can't have.
Is gaining
the norm in life?
No, losing is the norm in life. No, losing is the norm in life.
We're always losing things.
Losing time. Losing opportunities.
Losing the people we love.
And life makes us And life makes us
experience anguish and difficulty
in the midst of all this repeated loss.
So,
we need to learn to let go. we need to learn to let go.
It's the only way we can
put our limited
energy and resources
towards the more important towards the more important
choices in life.
Then we'll know
what are things we must go for,
what is worth daring to go for. what is worth daring to go for.
Then we'll have the power
to face this world.
Team A's proposition of going for it
was inspiring.
Team B's argument of letting go
was thought-provoking.
However, today our side's position is:
"Leave it to fate".
It seems like we should just go ahead It seems like we should just go ahead
and sit back down.
Win or lose, we'll just leave it to fate.
That's right.
No. No.
But if I just sit and wait for the results,
that's not leaving it to fate,
that's giving up, right?
Aside from religious interpretation, Aside from religious interpretation,
we believe
leaving it to fate isn't about not making a choice,
it's about not forcing one.
Adapting to the time and place, Adapting to the time and place,
that's really leaving it to fate.
It's a wise philosophy for life.
Just like if I want to eat braised pork,
but the cafeteria only has fried vegetables but the cafeteria only has fried vegetables
and Kung Pao chicken left.
Team A would drive ten kilometers
to eat at a restaurant,
wasting time and money.
Team B would tell themselves to
let it go, let it go,
but in their heart,
they'd be a little disappointed.
However our side believes
on the long road of life,
we must first learn to we must first learn to
choose whichever is better between
the fried vegetables
and Kung Pao chicken
and accept this choice. and accept this choice.
When you learn to leave it to fate
you won't
run out of energy
from wanting too much
or become despondent from or become despondent from
being forced to give up.
It's a delicate balance
between realism and idealism,
because now you
understand the most important
principle. principle.
It depends on the circumstances.
Do what you can in the circumstances.
This is the proper philosophy for life.
She beat down both the attacks
from Team A and B in one blow!
Right, usually,
in the first round of speeches,
everyone will focus on
refuting one side refuting one side
to create a partial advantage.
But with DUFE debating this way…
Aren't they just making trouble for themselves? Aren't they just making trouble for themselves?
Or are they just too confident?
Should we try to take the floor? Should we try to take the floor?
Ma Nan.
Wait.
Do you think they should go for it?
I don't think they will.
Team C is antagonizing everyone.
The best method is to exploit the victory The best method is to exploit the victory
and let Team B and C go first.
We should go for
the final spot to do the speech to
consolidate our advantage in this section. consolidate our advantage in this section.
So today,
our viewpoint is
that in life we must first
learn to leave it to fate. learn to leave it to fate.
Thank you.
We just said,
the norm in life is loss, the norm in life is loss,
and with your side's leaving it to fate
an important prerequisite is
if fate doesn't allow me something,
I give up.
In your example of the In your example of the
braised pork,
our side also argued to
let go of that pork that we
craved, didn't we?
And make rational choice
between the options. between the options.
Only then, you can go with your
"it depends on the situation"?
So this is our first point.
Letting go is a prerequisite. Letting go is a prerequisite.
Team B is focusing their attack on Team C.
Now's the time to act.
Why?
Shouldn't they let those two Shouldn't they let those two
tear each other apart?
If they give this chance
to Team C,
it'd be easy for them to make
a rebuttal.
Stealing the floor is basically Stealing the floor is basically
stealing the points of Team C.
Get it?
Got it.
My opponent said
letting go is a prerequisite of
going for it.
But if I
can't go for anything, can't go for anything,
what do I have to let go of?
If my hands are empty,
am I letting go of thin air?
If we're hesitating at the
starting line, starting line,
let's take a look
at life's finish line.
Imagine,
in the twilight of our life, on our deathbed,
what are the things what are the things
that can make us calm
and we can let go of?
It's after we've achieved our dreams,
the trophies filling up the shelf,
it's after we've taken on responsibilities,
the grandchildren filling up the house.
Only if we keep
going for it again and again,
will we have these memories to look back on will we have these memories to look back on
and that true serenity.
Life is like
beating a game. beating a game.
Some of the levels are really hard.
There are tough enemies that can
kill you in one hit.
What should we do?
Team B says let it go.
You can drop the game.
Team C would say to leave it to fate.
If you can't beat it, you can't beat it.
But,
I want to look at I want to look at
the view in the next level,
because I know
it's there.
Liu Yanze, take it if you have the guts.
Team A presented
a very interesting example of
playing a game.
As a player,
you can, of course, choose
to fight an enemy to the death.
But as a child, a parent,
an employee, a boss?
Can we really
keep fighting, no matter what?
Is it really possible to
go for or to let go of
everything
as I please in this world?
Then there wouldn't be things we can't go for or can't let go of.
We must make the best of the situation.
"Grow beans beneath the southern mountains".
"Do not be pleased by your gains, or saddened by your losses". "Do not be pleased by your gains, or saddened by your losses".
That's not passivity.
It's the wisdom of survival.
He's confusing objective principles
with leaving things to fate. with leaving things to fate.
Shame on him.
"Grow beans beneath the southern mountains."
Tao Yuanming is all well and good.
"Do not be pleased by your gains, or saddened by your losses." "Do not be pleased by your gains, or saddened by your losses."
Fan Zhongyan, too.
But aren't they
different from our
adolescent state of mind?
Young people are empty-handed. Young people are empty-handed.
They want to develop, to build,
to take the things that they want,
to take it all.
This is normal.
Is Team B supporting us? Is Team B supporting us?
Isn't he
supporting our point of view?
They used our idea
first to object and first to object and
make a rebuttal,
then drive a wedge between us
and Team C.
They're just
putting pressure on us. putting pressure on us.
They've definitely got another trick up their sleeve.
But do the desires of life
have no finish line?
We hate not getting what we want.
We hate not being able to pursue what we want.
I stayed up all night studying,
why couldn't I get into
the university I wanted to? the university I wanted to?
I starve myself to get thin,
why haven't I lost
any weight at all?
Don't we deserve to
be rewarded for our efforts? be rewarded for our efforts?
Do you see?
Your spirit will collapse.
Look, I was right. Look, I was right.
If you say that going for it
helps us constantly
build our lives,
it's addition.
Then letting go Then letting go
is stripping life
of unnecessary things.
It's subtraction.
This kind of stripping away and letting go
helps our lives become helps our lives become
simpler and purer.
It helps us to possess beauty of individuality.
But most importantly,
it helps us see clearly
what exactly is what exactly is
important to us.
Thank you.
Team B took the initiative to get to
speak first in the last round. speak first in the last round.
Isn't that bad for them?
You know,
in tripartite debate,
contending for speeches contending for speeches
gets very intense.
The most important
thing is
who gets to go last
and sum up what their opponents have said.
So in previous competitions, So in previous competitions,
there have been times when
no one contends.
Then they're in trouble.
That's trouble,
but Team B was right but Team B was right
to do the speech first.
If you're the second last
to speak,
that's the worst.
Right now what's crucial
is whether is whether
Team C steals the floor
to make a rebuttal on Team B
and get revenge.
Plan failed.
Hello everyone.
We might as well
follow Team B's speech
by saying
have we young people have we young people
really overburdened
our lives with
weighty responsibilities?
It doesn't seem like it.
In the rapidly developing world of today.
young people, one after another,
keep saying "whatever"
"sure" and "it doesn't matter".
Meaning, worth, dreams, hopes,
are things that they avoid,
words they don't talk about. words they don't talk about.
And then they feel satisfied
curled up in their corners.
In Japan,
this means low-desire society.
In the West, this is a lost generation. In the West, this is a lost generation.
Cynicism rules. There is no longer any meaning.
Young people are giving up.
They're all leaving it to fate.
So who's going for it? So who's going for it?
So, you're right,
our point of view means
always going for more.
We will throw ourselves
into our careers. into our careers.
In love,
we want to jump in headfirst.
We'll go out into the world to find our fortune.
That's our perspective.
Because today's world Because today's world
still needs every one of us
to have the skills, duties and responsibilities,
to go for it.
Thank you. Thank you.
Not bad.
What we're discussing today What we're discussing today
are attitudes to life.
Team A said to want more.
Our lives are about
addition. addition.
Team B said
letting go is a kind of stripping.
When the unnecessary are stripped away,
life has meaning. life has meaning.
It's about concentration.
It's like the question of whether it's better
to have a huge portion of seafood soup
or one that's delicious and beautifully presented? or one that's delicious and beautifully presented?
The answer is,
it depends on if we're hungry.
If one day I'm tired,
and my belly is grumbling, and my belly is grumbling,
then volume is
more important.
But if I have a date with a girl,
and I carefully prepared,
then its flavor and appearance become then its flavor and appearance become
paramount.
After all, if I take my dates to
a food stall that serves big portions,
it'd be easy for me to stay single forever.
Leaving it to fate is not a passive life.
It's not about just getting by.
If you know what's just right for the situation
then you can make then you can make
every day part of
a wonderful life amidst the
chaos of this world.
Thank you.
We still don't know what We still don't know what
their score is now.
I have a way.
So? So?
We're at 18 points.
Team C has 17.
We have one more than them!
Liu Yanze isn't targeting us.
I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised.
Although the tactic failed,
at least we're still ahead in the scores.
We got the opening down. We got the opening down.
We'll see what happens in the rebuttal.
This part is more about strategy.
Thank you to our three teams for Thank you to our three teams for
their excellent speeches.
Sure enough, during the first section,
they've all been going head-to-head
against each other.
So next up is our
rebuttal section.
This time we'll begin with Team A.
Choose any team Choose any team
or two teams to do the rebuttal.
There will be three rounds, each one two minutes.
Go ahead, Team A. Go ahead, Team A.
Xiaoyu will choose Team C.
I choose Team C.
Again.
Hello, my opponent.
Hello.
Between leaving it to fate and going for it,
which one is more likely
to get us love?
What does your side think? What does your side think?
Going for it, obviously.
Those who are willing to bravely chase after love
are the ones who deserve it, right?
Yin Nan can turn the attack
around in one sentence! around in one sentence!
How did Xiaoyu get it in her way again?
But it's no good if you force it.
What's the use of
courage alone?
I said that we must first go for it.
Whether it works
obviously depends on whether the two people
are compatible or not.
Compatibility is important, of course.
But sometimes people who are compatible But sometimes people who are compatible
are millions of miles apart,
and maybe not able to meet.
If you can't meet them,
then does your problem
not exist at all?
When two compatible people When two compatible people
just happen to meet,
what do we usually
call that?
We call it…
Fate, right? Fate, right?
So doesn't fate come first,
before we can go for it?
She fell for it again.
Déjà vu.
Get used to it. Get used to it.
That's fine.
Let's go to the next question.
What do you think is the essence
of going for it?
It's a can-do attitude.
But I don't know what the essence of But I don't know what the essence of
leaving it to fate is.
The essence of leaving it to fate is
not assuming anything.
If going for it is bravely trying something,
then are all things you can try
worthy of encouragement? worthy of encouragement?
No.
But I believe that in the face
of all life's opportunities,
bravely trying something is a good thing.
What if this opportunity is
something bad?
So it depends So it depends
on what the opportunity is, right?
Before the opportunity appears
there's no way to try it, right?
So?
That's exactly what my side said, That's exactly what my side said,
not making assumptions,
leaving it to fate.
Thank you.
Next is Team B's turn
for the rebuttal.
You also have two minutes.
Please. Please.
I choose Team C.
How do leaving it to fate and letting go
differ?
Letting go
is about immediately resigning yourself
to something.
Leaving it to fate is the surprise when "there seems no road beyond, Leaving it to fate is the surprise when "there seems no road beyond,
and among the willows and flowers another village appears".
OK, then please tell me
if Xiaoming doesn't do well in a test,
and tells himself, "it's fine,
I'll leave the score to fate," I'll leave the score to fate,"
how is that different from letting it go?
Xiaoming is only burying
his head in the sand.
Do you think
letting go and deceiving yourself
are the same thing? are the same thing?
I understand…
It doesn't seem like it.
In the same way,
leaving it to fate is about
making the best decision
in the circumstances.
If Xiaoming hadn't deceived himself,
and chosen to accept his current and chosen to accept his current
failure,
and thought he had a better
chance to
plan out his future studies, that
would be leaving it to fate.
I understand what your side means by leaving it to fate, I understand what your side means by leaving it to fate,
it's to make us
react without
any emotion and from a
purely objective standpoint.
No, it's about reason.
Leaving it to fate isn't without emotion, Leaving it to fate isn't without emotion,
and it's not driven by pure emotion either.
It's about using reason to analyze situations
and make choices.
Ma Nan.
I suddenly thought of a problem.
What problem? What problem?
Team C's point.
What's wrong?
Team C's argument is so simple that
apart from the definition, they have no points.
Their definition of leaving it to fate
is not assuming anything.
To judge according to the circumstances. To judge according to the circumstances.
And their point
is precisely that
adapting to circumstances
is the best philosophy
in life. in life.
That's…
So sly of them. So sly of them.
I'll do it.
Maybe I should do it.
I'm more familiar with the argument structure. I'm more familiar with the argument structure.
I'll do it.
OK.
Next is the final round of inquiries.
Go ahead, Team C.
I want to rebut I want to rebut
Team A and Team B.
No way! No way!
Is that against the rules?
It's not.
But, it's very rare.
Team A and B are likely Team A and B are likely
to come together to
refute Team C.
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Team A,
is it possible to go for
everything in life? everything in life?
My side means that you must
first go for something to be able to let it go
and leave it to fate,
so most things are like that.
Team B,
is it possible to let everything go? is it possible to let everything go?
It's not.
My side is saying we must first learn to let go
in order to face life better.
Then, Team A,
how can you go for the letting go how can you go for the letting go
Team B describes?
Team B, how can you let go of
the going for it that Team A describes?
That's simple,
my side would just go for
Team B's letting go. Team B's letting go.
So Team A's going for it is wrong.
My side is also trying to convince them
to learn to let go.
But life is often about going for something
and letting go. and letting go.
There appears to be no space for your side's
leaving it to fate.
My side agrees with this perspective.
In this round, why don't we two
go against each other,
and Team C just leave it to fate? and Team C just leave it to fate?
I'm sure both sides have heard before
the story of Sisyphus.
He was punished by the gods
to push a huge rock up a mountain, to push a huge rock up a mountain,
but as soon as the rock reached the top
it would slide back down the mountain,
endlessly going back and forth
between going for it and letting go, between going for it and letting go,
just like what Team A and B agreed.
Are you sure this painful life
is what we're pursuing?
That's just your opinion. That's just your opinion.
Camus's play
"Sisyphus"
criticizes this kind of
nihilistic attitude.
And like Sisyphus,
fighting against the fighting against the
tragedies of fate and
absurdities of life.
That in itself gives life
a noble value.
Why must our lives be Why must our lives be
so tragic?
Is living a normal life
necessarily cowardice?
So Team B rejects this moral abduction. So Team B rejects this moral abduction.
Team A doesn't want
young people to give up fighting.
So actually
both sides are
telling us
that leaving it to fate is the best that leaving it to fate is the best
choice for most young people.
Right?
No, because…
Amazing!
He did a rebuttal on both sides, He did a rebuttal on both sides,
and still won.
To be honest,
I've seen thousands of debates,
but I've never seen this before. but I've never seen this before.
The advantages of their speeches have been levelled.
And the inquiry strategy of this round
was totally lost to the other side.
We're at 16 points.
Team C has 18 points.
Team B has 14.
It all rests on the free debate.
That's fine, we just need to keep steady.
Next we'll move into the
nerve-wracking and intense nerve-wracking and intense
free debate section.
In this section each team
will speak for three minutes.
Each side can speak freely Each side can speak freely
until their time runs out.
First, we'll ask Team B
to begin. Please.
Zhuangzi said: "It's a thing, Zhuangzi said: "It's a thing,
that accompanies all others,
when they are overthrown
and obtain completion.
It's tranquility,
amid all disturbances,
that lead to its perfection".
My opponents,
isn't this a kind isn't this a kind
of higher realm?
My opponent,
please use modern Chinese
to translate.
Is a translation needed?
According to your opinion, you can According to your opinion, you can
leave it to fate whether you understand or not.
Starting off with Zhuangzi.
It didn't get much of a reaction from the audience.
Maybe they slipped up. Maybe they slipped up.
A good debater perhaps shouldn't
rely too much on literary quotes.
The higher the realm
the longer it takes to reach.
Hasn't my opponent forgotten Hasn't my opponent forgotten
that our debate question is how
we should
live the first
part of our lives?
You're saying we shouldn't
assume too much, assume too much,
but also ask everyone to assume
an attitude-less attitude.
Aren't you
self-contradictory?
A double negative means a yes,
my fellow debater.
Zhuangzi's philosophy is to recover one's original simplicity. Zhuangzi's philosophy is to recover one's original simplicity.
Why can't this become
our guide to life?
Isn't Mencius's "I go against thousands"
a kind of go-for-it
attitude? attitude?
The Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius
ruled in China for two thousand years.
May I ask what Zhuangzi's theory
was doing then?
Isn't Mencius's bravery
based upon letting go based upon letting go
of one's own fame and fortune
and even life itself?
That's still letting go first, right?
According to what Team B says,
daring to move forward is daring to move forward is
letting go of what's behind you.
Daring to work hard
is letting go of comfort.
So going for it is always
letting go in disguise?
Then can we say that
letting go is also
going for it?
So stop fighting, you two.
Leaving it to fate leads.
Like finding a partner,
isn't it mostly about fate?
She's so cocky. She's asking for a fight. She's so cocky. She's asking for a fight.
My fellow debater,
today we're talking about
the big things in life,
please don't get hung up on things like please don't get hung up on things like
finding a partner.
If you don't find a partner,
your genes will end
with you.
My fellow debater,
you might not know that
the ratio of men to women in China the ratio of men to women in China
is 117 to 100.
That means for every
117 men
17 of them will be single.
My opponent, you leave it to fate,
and you'll be alone! and you'll be alone!
I think that makes a lot of sense.
Going for it is a kind of trying something. Going for it is a kind of trying something.
If you never try, you'll never know.
If everything must be
tried once,
my opponent probably needs
another 500 years to do it.
Who has that many opportunities Who has that many opportunities
for trials and errors in their lives?
I have a friend who
used to be very afraid
of the 800-meter running test.
But when she finally
went for it,
she was able to pass it. she was able to pass it.
What's wrong with pushing
yourself in life?
But as the upper limits are being pushed,
so are our lower limits.
How many people cheat in order to get a better score How many people cheat in order to get a better score
and are eventually kicked out of school?
My opponent, pushing yourself
will eventually get you in trouble.
We're talking about how we should act
at the start of our lives.
But what for? But what for?
What is the true meaning of life?
Everyone has different
goals in life,
but we have to let go
in order to find
true freedom. true freedom.
Our goals in life are different,
the flexibility of leaving it to fate
allow for the variability of people's experiences.
Isn't it the most suitable?
"Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,
all happy families are alike".
Your side can't just look at the similarities,
and not the dissimilarities.
Surely your side isn't pursuing
unhappiness?
All roads lead to Rome.
Rome is Rome,
but if you're in the West, you need to go East,
if you're in the South you can't keep going South. if you're in the South you can't keep going South.
The path to happiness
depends on your situation.
If you don't leave it to fate,
you might end up
further and further away from Rome. further and further away from Rome.
Oh my!
I'm out of breath.
They're evenly matched in the free debate. They're evenly matched in the free debate.
Looking at the whole competition,
only Teams A and C have the
strength to contend for the first prize. strength to contend for the first prize.
Right.
Team C
has a slight edge.
Let's see next if they
can consolidate their positions can consolidate their positions
in the closing arguments.
So, who wins the prize…
Depends on the closing arguments.
I can't see. It's blocked.
There are still the closing arguments.
We still have hope.
But their
closing argument
will be made by Liu Yanze. will be made by Liu Yanze.
Everybody makes mistakes.
After this After this
lively battle of words,
next up is
the last section
of the competition, of the competition,
closing arguments.
Closing arguments will begin with Team C.
Each side has three minutes, please begin.
I'm sorry.
Our motion today
isn't an inspiring isn't an inspiring
battle cry
and it can't bring you
calm in the face of defeat.
We seem to only be able to tell everyone, We seem to only be able to tell everyone,
no matter if you win or lose
it's all down to fate.
Today the go-for-it side has Today the go-for-it side has
been telling us to challenge,
to break through, to redefine.
It makes me think that they're
capable of taking the Monkey King's weapon capable of taking the Monkey King's weapon
and sweep away the corruption of the world.
The letting-go side has
been telling us
to accept, to acknowledge, to accept, to acknowledge,
to face the moment calmly.
It makes me think
they're capable of letting go of all attachments,
and becoming a Buddha.
I'm confident that I'm confident that
after today's competition,
some of you here will
choose going for it
or letting go.
But what happens when these emotions recede? But what happens when these emotions recede?
In the dead of night,
can you really pick up a book
and focus on studying
until four in the morning? until four in the morning?
Will you wake up one night
and be able to break ties with someone you love,
and let go of that person
who's been with you for so long? who's been with you for so long?
For the things we go for and let go in this world,
can we truly see the results
in the moment
we decide to act?
Have you realized?
Holding the Monkey King's weapon Holding the Monkey King's weapon
doesn't mean you can sweep away the corruption of the world.
Letting go of attachments doesn't mean
you'll become a Buddha.
My fellow debaters believe that My fellow debaters believe that
if you go for it, you'll succeed,
if you let go, you can shuffle off this mortal coil.
But it's exactly the disappointment of life
that we can only see that we can only see
the start,
but not the results.
The bumps on the road. The bumps on the road.
All the sufferings.
At the start,
we can't see them at all. we can't see them at all.
In today's competition,
we've been tantalized by verses,
brainwashed by chicken soup for the soul, brainwashed by chicken soup for the soul,
encouraged by slogans.
But our judgement has also
been paralyzed.
I'm confident that among those sitting here I'm confident that among those sitting here
there are those who can go for it
and let go,
but there are certainly also those
who can't go for it or let go.
Since that's the case,
the successes reaped from going for it
are the trophies of only some,
the calm that comes from letting go
is also only the domain of
some of us?
Those who chose to listen Those who chose to listen
to the admonishments of Team A and B,
to chase these ends of
going for it and letting go
are merely using someone else's map,
to travel in their own country.
This guide
leads you home
but doesn't point out my path. but doesn't point out my path.
In life there's another time, another place
and right now and here. and right now and here.
Every landscape is worthy of
being treated with an
appropriate attitude.
But that requires us to
not make prejudgments
before we encounter it.
That's leaving it to fate.
There are many kinds of brilliant
lives in this world.
But there's only one kind of desolation. But there's only one kind of desolation.
That's following other people's stories,
and not living your own life. and not living your own life.
Thank you.
I have the results of this competition
right here.
I'm here to announce
that the winner of this competition
is Dongzhou University of Finance and Economics Team! is Dongzhou University of Finance and Economics Team!
Congratulation.
That was a great performance. That was a great performance.
Your points were great.
Alright.
You guys and Team C You guys and Team C
were neck and neck today.
Besides,
this year we'll get enough experience
and try again next year. and try again next year.
Right?
Do you want some milk tea?
Hot pot?
Fried chicken?
Yeah? Yeah?
I'm fine.
I'm just a little tired.
I just need to go back to the dorm and sleep. I just need to go back to the dorm and sleep.
Yeah.
You're so strong. I'm sure you're fine.
If you need anything just
come to the boys' dorm and get me.
I know.
We did pretty well today.
What a pity.
Just do your best.