8=10
Can it be mathematically true?
You would say “no”.
But Han Chinese do the math everyday.
Usually, in free markets in mainland china, if the buyer wants to buy 1 Jin of some commodity, the seller gives only 8 Liangs of it. (1 Jin = 10 Liangs = 500 grams, 8 Liangs = 400 grams = 0.8 Jin ) And few feel strange. If the buyer gets angry, he/she will soon be under pressure from the seller and the bystanders, as if it was the victim who had offended the offender. The resisting buyer will get blamed “So serious!” “Narrow minded!” “You don’t want the seller to make profit?” “Give up!” “You break the market order!” …
The offender has all the reasons to offend, and along with the bystanders, they have all the reasons to oppress the resistance.
What a Han Chinese value!
