财富之道

近二十年来，或者是中国大陆的「黑猫白猫论」，或者是亚洲四小龙的「爱拼才会赢」，构成了以英美为首的全球化架构底下，华人透过出口与代工贸易进行财富增长的主要心理动力。

造成今天华人经济发展的，是来自一个比较不被仔细讨论的脉络。千年以来，福建与广州海商早就跟全球市场接轨，他们发挥创意精神，以灵活多变的姿态跟世界不同文明背景的商人往来，以中介者的角色，成为古代世界全球化贸易的要角。。他们拥有虔诚的海神信仰：凡是在妈祖庙所在的地方，就会是历史上的通商口岸、殖民地首府、租界，乃至当代的加工出口区、特区。

这样的历史现实，造就了今天华人资本积累的基础，但同时，是否也造成什么样的困境？对于资源的、对于品牌的、对于农村的、对于生态的？

For the past 20 years or so, with the “white cat or black cat” theory from the Mainland China or the philosophy of struggling to win or taking the second place from the Four Asian Tigers, the Chinese people have made their fortune through exports and processing trade under the globalized framework in which Britain and America takes the lead.

As a matter of fact, what has led to the current economic development among Chinese societies is something that has rarely been under discussion. For the last 1000 years or so, businessmen from Fujian and Guangzhou have been integrated into the global market. With great creativity, they have played the role of middleman in dealing with businessmen from various cultural backgrounds, thus becoming a major player in the global trade. They devoutly believe in the Goddess of the Sea: wherever there is a Matsu temple, it is either a trading port, capital of the colony, a concession area in history or a current Export Processing Zone and a Special Economic Zone.

Such kind of a historical reality have formed the foundation of the current wealth of the Chinese people, but at the same time did they also bring some problems related to natural resources, brands, rural area, or the ecology in the process of following the western industrial civilization and becoming prosperous?

从我个人的探索而言，这部影片是接续2001年《绿色硅岛首部曲》对于经济、社会与文化之关系的初步探讨。

说是接续，因为比之于前阶段，《财富之道》在历史与文化的深度上，走得更远，它企图以一种韦伯式的提问方式，来追问华人地区资本主义发展的背后文化与精神因素。这其中最重要的是“妈祖信仰”；我深信，不同于内陆儒家思想的“妈祖信仰”体系，形塑了沿海地区商业活动的现实主义精神，但同时也造成其局限。

我出生于商人家庭，老家旁边就是妈祖庙。对于这两个我既熟悉又陌生的领域，我既非全面拥抱也非全面批判，而是希望透过对它们进一步的探索与厘清，来界定自己的生命经验。

影片还有许多不足之处，比方说，没有提出最终解决之道。或许可称之为一个伏笔吧；我相信，还会有第三阶段的探索。

Personally speaking, “Ways of Fortune” is the second film work after “Green Silicon Island” of 2001, both exam the relationship among economy, society and culture.

This second exploration attempts to answer a Weberian question about the spiritual and cultural factors behind the economy and capitalism of Chinese societies. For me, the most important is the belief of “MaZu”（Sea Goddess）which dominate the Chinese coastal area. This religious belief, different from inland Confucianism, is the core value for Chinese maritime economy therefore pass onto contemporary development.

As growing up in a merchant’s family and living next to MaZu temple, for me this film is also a quest to clarify my own position in this lifetime as well as in the ongoing history

However, this film doesn’t answer the question of to where we should go then. That might be left for the third exploration, which I hope will happen in near future.

网管(创建者)