Doubt: Do foreigners also have zodiac signs?

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has been committed to the reform of the Security Council since he took office. In recent years, this topic has been discussed in every session of the United Nations General Assembly, but it has been difficult to understand it because of the ups and downs of the interests of all parties involved. However, a group of wise men appointed by Annan will formally present their research report in June+February, 5438. It is foreseeable that the reform of the Security Council will inevitably lead to more intense discussions.

It is reported that the enlarged Security Council will have more permanent or quasi-permanent seats to reflect the current situation more effectively.

At present, eight countries have signed up for the competition in the forum of the General Assembly. Among them, India, Germany, Brazil and Japan even formed a United front and promised to support each other's efforts to become permanent members. If they advance and retreat together, they are likely to win. In Africa, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt will strive to become permanent members respectively, and another Indonesia will emerge in Asia.

With so many countries in the world, it is really nerve-racking who to choose as a permanent member of the Security Council. Just as there are so many animals in the world, the ancients took great pains to choose the birth year of the people represented by the zodiac.

The cat and the mouse turned against each other.

The zodiac originated in ancient times when people matched twelve kinds of animals with twelve earthly branches for dating, namely, rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs. There is a saying that the birth of the zodiac has an astronomical background. Another way of saying it is that the selection and arrangement of the zodiac is determined according to the daily activity time of animals.

The choice of the zodiac has also produced a variety of folklore, including funny jokes and fables to suppress evil and promote good.

The most popular folk story is that at the beginning of the spring equinox, the Jade Emperor ordered a herd meeting to select twelve genera according to the twelve branches. The first twelve animals will be regarded as the number of twelve years. On the day of the herding party, the mouse arrived first, so it ranked first in the Year of Animals, followed by cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens and dogs. The pig finally arrived. There are no cats in the zodiac.

Another chapter of this story is about why cats and mice become enemies. At that time, the cat and mouse were good friends and agreed to go to the election together. Before going to bed, they agreed that whoever woke up first would wake each other up. However, the mouse got up early the next day and went to the meeting quietly without waking the cat. By the time the cat woke up and hurried to the meeting, the jade emperor had allocated the figures for twelve years. Since then, the cat and the mouse have formed a deep hatred.

There is such a passage in the previous story: After the Jade Emperor chose the zodiac, he patted his ass and walked away happily. As soon as the Jade Emperor left, the order of the zodiac was controversial, especially when the scheming mice and cows were fighting for size, they tricked the cows into "listening to people's comments".

As a result, the zodiac came to the downtown area, and the ox walked through the crowd. People just say, "What a strong cow!" Horse sutra is out of date, people just say, "What a tall horse!" When the mouse passed by, people exclaimed, "What a big mouse." Everyone shouted at the mouse crossing the road, but it also won the first place.

There is also a little-known story. It is said that several years later, the gods came down to earth and told the jade emperor to hold another ranking of the zodiac. At this moment, the mouse is sleeping. It usually has a bad relationship with people, so people don't tell it. The cat learned its lesson and went to the queue early this morning and won the first place. The remaining 1 1 zodiac animals were re-elected.

The mouse knew this hasty jump, but later he reflected modestly and understood why everyone hated it. So he made up his mind, apologized to the cat, tried to atone, and hoped to be a "person" when he reelected the zodiac next time.

The zodiac order varies from country to country.

In fact, the zodiac is international. An article on the origin of paper-cutting of the zodiac points out that the zodiac in Thailand is headed by a snake and ends with a dragon, while the zodiac in Cambodia is headed by a cow and ends with a mouse. The zodiac is also very popular in India, Vietnam, Egypt and Babylon.

The New Century Chinese Dictionary published by the Commercial Press records: "There are six China zodiac signs in Mexico: tiger, rabbit, dragon, monkey, dog and pig, which are the same as those in China; India's zodiac animals are rats, cows, lions, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, goldfinches, dogs and pigs. The Vietnamese zodiac is closest to China. There are cats and rabbits, and everything else is the same. "

Of course, members of the Security Council and the Chinese zodiac can't just sit in the right place. However, countries that are interested in competing for additional permanent members of the Security Council have to use their skills like the zodiac, and it is up to the "people" to judge who is truly qualified to be elected.

Germany and Japan play the "resource card" and India plays the "population card". Brazil boasts of being the largest country in South America. However, Italy opposes Germany's election, and Mexico, which is also a big country in South America, will not support Brazil.

China has indicated that it does not support Japanese becoming a permanent member. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan criticized Japan for playing a greater role in international affairs and "having a clear understanding of its own historical issues."

Some scholars in Japan also believe that making Japan a permanent member is tantamount to inviting wolves into the room before Japan thoroughly reflects on its aggression in World War II. Japan has no support from South Korea, North Korea or Malaysia.

Although the United States expressed its support for Japan to become a permanent member, it has reservations about whether Germany, Brazil, India and other countries should become permanent members.

Japan and India play dirty tricks.

Reform involves the balance of interests between and within continents, and public quarrels or behind-the-scenes bargaining and petty actions are inevitable.

Some analysts pointed out that Japan and India are both Asian countries (and Indonesia, which is eyeing up), and it is unlikely that they will be elected as permanent members at the same time. On the surface, the two countries support each other, but they are already playing dirty tricks in private. An article in China News Service pointed out that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivered a special speech on preventing the proliferation of chemical weapons at the United Nations General Assembly, that is, he warned those countries that have been harmed by Japan's abandoned chemical weapons so far, while Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi mentioned in his speech that Japan was harmed by nuclear weapons and is still a nuclear-free country, which obviously exposed the disadvantages of India's possession of nuclear weapons. Japan also stressed its strong financial resources, suggesting that it is richer than India and is more qualified to be elected as a permanent member.

However, since we are all civilized countries, I believe that no matter how noisy we are, we will not be regarded as "snot", "excrement" or "cow dung", and of course we will not call names and say who is "PLP".

No matter which countries are added in the end, the boss in the Security Council still seems to be inseparable from the United States. There are no American eagles and Russian polar bears in the zodiac. But America is more like a cow. It always pretends to be an international policeman, combining the characteristics of bullfighting, bullfighting, cattle raising and stupid cattle, and it can't be empty for a moment.

People who like or hate the United States agree that the United States is bull-tempered, but no one will scold it because of who it works hard for and who it is busy for: "Daniel is lazy."