On the occasion of the approaching first "China Tourism Day" on May 19th, recently, young mainland writer and cultural planner Zhang Yiyi sued the "Great Sage" Confucius, who has been dead for nearly 2500 years, along with his descendants, claiming that they have "restrained the development of China's tourism industry." He is demanding 25 billion yuan in compensation. This "shocking" move has sparked widespread debate among Chinese people at home and abroad once it was exposed.
The compensation amount set a record high in history.
Zhang Yiyi said that tourism is the world's number one industry, but because of Confucius' saying "While parents are alive, one should not travel far," Chinese people have had to stay at home enjoying their grandchildren for over 2000 years. They were unwilling and dared not travel far from home, which led to the relatively stagnant and backward development of China's tourism industry globally. "Confucius is definitely one of the culprits restraining the development of China's tourism industry." The huge compensation claim of 25 billion yuan made by Zhang Yiyi against Confucius and his descendants is considered to have set a new record in the history of world tourism.
Confucius' memorial tablet and descendants became defendants.
Since Confucius is deceased and obviously cannot appear in court, Zhang Yiyi creatively sued Confucius' memorial tablet and his descendants together. "As descendants, they can't just bask in the glory of their ancestors; since Confucius made mistakes, these descendants should bear joint responsibility," Zhang Yiyi stated. In response to the question of whether the compensation amount of 25 billion yuan is too large, Zhang Yiyi pointed out that there are now more than 2.5 million Confucius descendants spread across the world, and a compensation of ten thousand yuan per person isn't unreasonable. "In 2010 alone, China's tourism revenue reached 1500 billion yuan, and in fact, over the past 2500 years, the negative impact of this Confucian patriarch on China's tourism industry far exceeds 25 billion yuan."
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