Southeast Asia is very rich in products, with no four seasons, hot climate, abundant rainfall and dense rivers. People in the East Asian Games never have to worry about food and clothing. Before the European colonists arrived in Southeast Asia, the indigenous people in Southeast Asia always lived a leisurely life with hunger and fruit on the trees.

And Southeast Asia is basically an island country. In ancient times, they didn't fight because of the inconvenient transportation. The sea is a natural barrier. Even if there is a fight, hundreds of people fight. Life pressure is small, and people have no strong demand and motivation for competition and struggle.

So there is a culture that is content with the status quo, enjoys it and is easy to satisfy. Under this cultural condition, the pace of people's life is slow, and of course there is no motivation for rapid change.

Since modern times, Southeast Asian countries have discovered a large number of mineral resources and rich tourism resources. Why do you have to work hard when you are lying down?

The situation in East Asia is much worse. If you don't sow in spring and harvest in autumn, you will starve to death in winter.

Coupled with the natural disasters and wars that broke out from time to time, it can be said that the history of East Asia is a history of war. History teaches us to fight against heaven, man and earth from an early age.

In addition, although there are many minerals in East Asia, they are incomplete and difficult to mine.

It has produced a strong sense of competition among East Asian people, and only competition can promote social and economic development.

The influence of Confucian culture

China, South Korea and Japan, three East Asian countries, are all in the Confucian cultural circle, including Singapore and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

Although there are many dross in ancient Confucian culture, there are also many essence parts.

People in the Confucian cultural circle have not yet started to struggle from kindergarten and compete with their peers.

This kind of struggle is a fear of survival, as if not struggling is a sin. If you don't struggle for minutes, you will be eliminated by society, and you will feel trampled on and looked down upon by others.

Many times, life is already good, but we are still struggling to die. It's really a struggle.

And the strangest thing is that this struggle has nothing to do with where you are and material conditions. For example, the rich in Southeast Asia are basically from China, while the most industrious people in the United States are mostly from East Asia.

Not that people in Southeast Asia can't struggle. They struggled very hard in those years. Like the four little dragons and tigers, it has developed rapidly. However, influenced by western culture and its own hedonic culture, it has fallen into the "developing country trap" and cannot extricate itself. Coupled with the great damage caused by the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990 s, they lost the heart to continue their struggle.

The struggle of Southeast Asian countries is like playing a game. They can fight hard and survive if they don't fight well. That's it!

Although all Confucianism has its limitations, it is still an excellent civilization at the core, which has shaped the spirit of hard struggle, unbelief in ghosts and gods and confrontation with heaven and earth, and has influenced more than one billion people in East Asia so far.

This is why East Asian countries are more developed than Southeast Asian countries.