Are pigs born stupid?

for a long time. . . In the past, pigs were the smartest animals in the world! In people's minds, the pig is probably the most honest domestic animal. Unlike the dog, it is not an elf, understands the master's mind, follows the master before and after, and does its best to please. The pig has a chubby, chubby and honest appearance. He sleeps when he eats and eats when he is hungry, which shows his honest duty. The laziness of pigs is famous among animals. The reason why pigs grow fastest among all domestic animals is that they have little activity. Apart from exercising during eating, it is rare for pigs to do much exercise, not to mention worrying about fatigue. The pig's dirtiness is also well known. Although there are objective reasons for its unsanitary behavior, it almost eats, lives, pulls, scatters and is covered with shit all its life, giving people a disgusting feeling. Due to the above characteristics of pigs, they often become synonymous with stupidity, laziness, greed and ugliness. When it is used in human cultural life, it has a deep derogatory color. You Zhu is contemptuous. Xia Yan, a well-known film playwright, wrote in the reportage "The Contracted Worker" that the foreman always called the contracted worker "pig", which showed their discrimination and personal insult to the contracted worker. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, a large number of China people were sold abroad as coolies. These overseas Chinese workers were called "piglets". Shipped abroad, I was a slave and worked hard for mining, and there was no hope of returning home for life. Then, is the cultural symbolic meaning of pigs all derogatory and can only ridicule the shortcomings of human beings? The answer is of course no. The pig is used in a derogatory sense entirely out of people's superficial observation of it. For example, pigs are dirty, mainly because they avoid heat. According to experts' research, when the temperature is below 48 degrees Celsius, pigs in the circle usually put their own places, but once the temperature rises above 48 degrees Celsius, they will be foolhardy in their own circles. As a result, the higher the temperature, the dirtier they will become. Therefore, we should realize that the idea that pigs are dirty livestock mainly refers to their appearance, but the nature of pigs is not really dirty. Fraser, a famous anthropologist in modern times, said: "Like all so-called dirty animals, pigs were originally regarded as sacred animals." This argument is very reasonable. In ancient times, the cultural significance of the pig did not contain any derogatory meaning at all. On the contrary, the pig was a measure of courage. Not only did "home" mean to raise pigs in the house, but even social activities at that time were centered on things related to pigs. For example, "things" Oracle Bone Inscriptions was like catching pigs or wild boars with a long handle net in both hands. And people's quality is also measured by the pig, such as the word "dare", which means to catch pigs with bare hands to show courage, so it is cowardice not to catch pigs. . Domestic pigs are so docile and honest, because they have been domesticated by humans for a long time and have lost their nature, while wild boars are violent and good at fighting. Therefore, based on this feature, pigs mean "going forward". Speaking of the bravery of pigs, let's first look at a real modern anecdote: one day in early autumn of 1984, Sun Tou, an old farmer collecting herbs in Heilongjiang, carried a bamboo basket to collect herbs in Daxing 'an. Suddenly, a drop of water the size of a soybean fell on the back of your head, and the drop contained some blood. When I looked up, I saw a hungry and shriveled Siberian tiger squatting on a big stone, drooling at him! My head was taken aback. The tiger gave a "whoosh" and came head-on. My head jerked away. The tiger found a fat wild boar one meter away from his head, and was bending his head to dig roots there. The wild boar did not show weakness with this sudden mountain king, so both sides stared at each other viciously. After about two or three minutes of confrontation, the tiger suddenly jumped and rushed at the wild boar. They fought for about fifteen rounds, one by one, one by one, one by one, and the tiger made a trick and bit the wild boar's hind leg. The wild boar howled loudly in pain. Suddenly, yellow smoke billowed in the Woods, crying everywhere, and dozens of wild boars roared and rushed to this side, fighting hard. The tiger fought alone and struggled hard. In the blink of an eye, the tigers roared and the pigs howled, and the fighting in the Woods was dark. A few hours later, the tiger was dripping with blood and gradually exhausted, alas. Only then did the surviving wild boar slowly and angrily leave the scene. The Woods were stained with yellow sand, a dozen wild boars and a tiger fell to the ground, and two wild boars who were about to die were still convulsing! The old grandson hid in a big tree and watched the thrilling pig-tiger war from beginning to end. Wild boar is so brave that the term "pig" is often used as a person's name in Japan. Japanese people use "pig" to name their children, not to feed them well, but to appreciate the pig's courage to move forward and never retreat. Europeans have a similar understanding. They think that wild boar, although it has no horns, is the most fierce animal among mammals. Its fangs are sharp and tough, which can easily stab the enemy; It often rubs the shoulders on the trunk, making it a strong shield. Therefore, many heraldic designs in Europe take pigs as patterns, indicating that bravery and invincible. For example, the badge of Charlie Wang III of England is two pigs guarding the shield, and the badge of Duke Yage of Scotland shows the dignity of pigs with their heads above the pattern. As a domestic pig, it is so simple and honest, it never harms anyone, and it brings people economic prosperity and becomes a "cornucopia" for farmers and people. Every organ in its body, from beginning to end, is a delicious food that people can never get tired of eating. Therefore, in China culture, pigs have many other meanings and symbols. It is said that since the Tang Dynasty, palace examination and his Jinshi met, and if one of them became a leader in the future, he would ask the calligrapher of the same branch to use the "Zhu Shu", which was named Yanta in red ink. Because "pig" and "Zhu" have the same sound, and "hoof" and "title" have the same sound, the pig has become the mascot of to be no.1, a young student. Whenever someone rushes to the exam, relatives and friends present braised pig's trotters, wishing those who rush to the exam a "calligraphy title". Later, this habit gradually expanded, and people gave each other hams in the New Year, because hams were baked with pig's trotters. Folks also think that the "fat pig arch" is auspicious, and the fat pig has become a messenger to convey blessings. Therefore, there is a saying: "The pig is the treasure of the family, and the manure is the gold in the ground." In a word, in our life, pigs represent stupidity, laziness, gluttony, lewdness and filth on the one hand, but they also symbolize courage, kindness, loyalty, caution, honesty and tolerance on the other. The naturalist Hessen said: "Pigs are not as suspicious, timid and obedient as horses, cows and sheep;" Not as reckless as goats, fearless, hostile as geese, condescending as cats; Nor is it like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy. "