"Tang ping is made up of people who refuse to be pressured by modern Chinese life and the work hours system “996”, which means you work from 9 AM to 9 PM, 6 days a week. Tangpings choose to escape the hyper-productive and competitive culture created by their predecessors. They renounce the productivity ideology. They put psychological well-being first."
"“Quiet quitting” (doing only what one's job demands and nothing more) can be one example of tang ping at work. It can be a permanent lifestyle or just a way to pause and rest from society. Tang ping is something that I never would've had time to research if I hadn't decided one day this - I want to be lazy today."
"What happens when you allow yourself to do nothing. Be lazy? Why does it sound almost criminal? As someone who, unfortunately, has to open LinkedIn once in a while to answer messages, I feel like my field - or at least my feed - is filled exclusively with hyperachievers."
Tang ping, or lying flat, is a movement in China where people refuse pressure from modern life and the 996 work-hours system. 996 requires working from 9 AM to 9 PM, six days a week. Tang ping participants reject the productivity ideology and place psychological well-being first. Quiet quitting can be one form of tang ping at work, involving doing only what the job demands and nothing more. Tang ping can be a permanent lifestyle choice or a way to pause and rest from society. The movement contrasts with hyperachiever culture that dominates social feeds and professional networks, where constant achievement is emphasized.
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