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\n\t\t\tsh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n
\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

Lately, the organzation has often been using \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(x\u012bn\u00b7l\u00edng\nheart \u00b7 spirit [\u2192 [spiritual]]<\/span>\n\u5fc3\u7075\n\u5fc3\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> (MEotW post<\/a>) where it used to use \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>. I noticed that in at least one of the videos presented during this year\u2019s Mandarin convention, for example. However, a recent search<\/a> on the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY for \u201c\u5fc3\u7075\u6218\u4e89\u201d (\u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(x\u012bn\u00b7l\u00edng\nheart \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual]<\/span>\n\u5fc3\u7075\n\u5fc3\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, a possible translation for \u201cspiritual war\u201d) returns no results at all. Searching<\/a> for \u201c\u5fc3\u7075 \u6218\u4e89\u201d, with a space between the two words, returns some results, but not for the complete expression \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(x\u012bn\u00b7l\u00edng\nheart \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual]<\/span>\n\u5fc3\u7075\n\u5fc3\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>. So, it seems like for now at least, \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(x\u012bn\u00b7l\u00edng\nheart \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual]<\/span>\n\u5fc3\u7075\n\u5fc3\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> is not an officially used thing. However, a search<\/a> on the WOL for this week\u2019s MEotW, \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>, did return some fairly recent results, including one from the May 2018 Watchtower<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It may just be that the English expression \u201cspiritual war\u201d has not come up in the organization\u2019s production pipeline for translation into Mandarin for a while. I suppose time will tell if \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(x\u012bn\u00b7l\u00edng\nheart \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual]<\/span>\n\u5fc3\u7075\n\u5fc3\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> eventually becomes a replacement translation for \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>. For now at least, it seems that \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i> is still a relatively currently used official translation of \u201cspiritual war\u201d.\u2014Ephesians 6:11, 12<\/a>; 2 Corinthians 10:4, 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Note, 2023-07-26:<\/strong> While searching the WOL for \u201cspiritual war<\/a>\u201d returned limited post-2018 results, a more advanced search suggested by a reader turned up some more recent results, with some interesting Mandarin translations that are different from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i><\/span>\n(sh\u01d4\u00b7l\u00edng\n{(in the) category (of)} \u00b7 spirit \u2192<\/span> [spiritual (nwtsty<\/i>-CHS Appx. A2 notes change from \u201csh\u01d4l\u00edng<\/i>\u201d to \u201cx\u012bnl\u00edng<\/i>\u201d, etc.)]<\/span>\n\u5c5e\u7075\n\u5c6c\u9748<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nzh\u00e0nzh\u0113ng<\/i><\/span>\n(zh\u00e0n\u00b7zh\u0113ng\nwar \u00b7 contending \u2192<\/span> [war; warfare]<\/span>\n\u6218\u4e89\n\u6230\u722d<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d<\/i>. For more information, see the next MEotW post<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Know the Enemy<\/h4>\n

Speaking of war, many would agree that there is wisdom in this quote<\/a> from \nS\u016bn Z\u01d0<\/span>\n((S\u016bn\n{Grandson (surname)<\/span>}<\/span>\n\u5b59\n\u5b6b<\/span>)\n(Z\u01d0\nSon\u2019s; Child\u2019s; Offspring\u2019s<\/span>\n\u5b50)\n\u2192<\/span> [Sun Tzu\u2019s]<\/span>)<\/span><\/i>\n\n\n<\/i>\t\t\tB\u012bngf\u01ce<\/span>\n(B\u012bng\u00b7f\u01ce\nSoldier\u2019s \u00b7 Way \u2192<\/span> [Art of War]<\/span>\n\u5175\u6cd5)<\/span>\n<\/i> (\u5b6b\u5b50\u5175\u6cd5, The Art of War<\/i>):<\/p>\n

\nIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With that in mind, let us consider a hypothetical scene from the command centre of Satan and the demons for their spiritual war against Jehovah and against the truth, taking place some time in the early part of the 21st century:<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

The Other Side of the Mandarin Front<\/h4>\n

Satan:<\/strong> Our hated Enemy Jehovah is raising up more workers for the Mandarin field. What is the state of our defences in this largest language field of all?<\/p>\n

Demon:<\/strong> There is a useful government in place in China, where about 95% of all the earth\u2019s Chinese people live. This government is intent on and efficient at suppressing all conceivable threats to its power, including religions like that of Jehovah\u2019s people, that refuse to obey it rather than their God. This government even has a project underway to rewrite the Bible<\/a> so that it serves their interests, those cheeky darlings!<\/p>\n

Culturally, many proud, long-standing, personally inhibiting traditions are in place, making it difficult for many Mandarin-speakers to accept the truth, or to progress spiritually or otherwise as individuals if they do. (The well-known English expression \u201csave face\u201d was, after all, derived from a Chinese expression<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Speaking of defences, one outstanding set of proud Chinese cultural traditions that serves as a highly effective fortification blocking the way to potential Mandarin-speaking sheep is the Great Wall of Chinese characters. This inhumanly complex system imposes extraordinary costs in the time and effort required for the simple, everyday tasks of reading and writing Chinese languages like Mandarin.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Chinese characters even put unnecessarily heavy mental loads on native speakers, causing even them to sometimes be unable to remember how to read or write even certain common characters<\/a>. Unsurprisingly, then, this delightful ball and chain made of human tradition is especially highly effective at making things difficult for any whom Jehovah raises up from other language fields to work in the Mandarin field, poor unfortunate souls who have not<\/em> already been learning characters all their lives.<\/p>\n

We have observed that only about one in ten of such ones is able to cope well with the unnecessary difficulties imposed by characters. The rest struggle along at greatly reduced spiritual combat effectiveness, and the Great Wall of characters even ends up completely filtering out many who try to serve in the Mandarin field, causing them to eventually leave it and become Mandarin field casualties, as viewed by Jehovah\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Satan:<\/strong> How about these efforts by some in Jehovah\u2019s organization to get through and around the Great Wall of characters by making and using P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> resources? It seems that Jehovah\u2019s organization now uses P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> more than any other organization on earth.<\/p>\n

Demon:<\/strong> That may be so, but overall, the Great Wall of characters is holding. The traditions around Chinese characters are among the most deeply entrenched human cultural traditions in existence. So, Chinese characters remain the entrenched default writing system for Mandarin-speakers worldwide, and, as you know, the vast majority of humans simply accept the default systems that are presented to them, and don\u2019t bother to think about how it could be worthwhile to find better ways of doing things. This works out great for us when people just unthinkingly adopt the religion of their parents or the morals of their peers, and it works great for us when it comes to the Great Wall of characters too.<\/p>\n

As a result, even though P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> works fine as a simple and easy-to-use full writing system for Mandarin, and even though some in Jehovah\u2019s organization have made extraordinary progress in making advantageous use of P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span>, P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> remains a cultural outlier, and P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> users continue to be ridiculed and pressured by the great majority whom we have successfully brainwashed regarding characters. Pride, tradition, and peer pressure continue to be highly effective spiritual weapons of mass destruction for us in the Mandarin field, as they are in other fronts of the spiritual war.<\/p>\n

Satan:<\/strong> Excellent. There will always be pesky upstarts among Jehovah\u2019s people who challenge the human traditions that serve us so gloriously well, and Jehovah may even help them, but it deeply satisfies my great unholy anger to see that we are keeping them suppressed so effectively. Carry on.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t like seeing Satan\u2019s spiritual war plans working out in the Mandarin field? Then fight back with spirit and truth and reject obstructive human traditions that make it much harder than necessary to serve God in the Mandarin field, \u201cso that we may not be overreached by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his designs.\u201d\u2014John 4:23, 24<\/a>; 2 Corinthians 2:11<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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