Chapter 397 Red Dust Dojo (2)
When I was a student, I learned political courses, analyzed history, society, and classes, and always gathered together. Speaking of what I had to do to change the tragic destiny of China in modern times if I returned to the ancient times.
This is a child playing house. Those who enter capitalist society in advance, sail in advance, occupy colonies in advance, and even launch world wars in advance. How to take the team in the world war to make the most profits? If they play house, they must not be taken seriously. Never take it seriously. Otherwise, they will be trapped in the thinking of primary school students and cannot get out.
The century-old suffering of modern China is different from the previous one. It is not just the difference in the sentence "The great changes that have not been seen in three thousand years" but is mixed with cultural backwardness, which leads to the surrender of a large number of literati.
The army surrendered and destroyed the country, and the literati surrendered?
Much of the world we know and the knowledge we learn is not the real world, and a lot of it is not the correct knowledge. Denying this will deny China's backward situation and deny reality. Only by understanding this will we correctly understand the world.
From childhood to adulthood, the Chinese traditions and Chinese culture we have heard about are probably not the real Chinese traditions and culture. European and American literati like to define, create new concepts, and establish new systems. This habit has been learned by some people, and they have also created new systems and talked about some new concepts. They used the methods learned from the West to analyze Chinese society and Chinese traditions, explain some problems clearly, and also confused some problems. China learned in this way is not the China that really existed in history.
The wave of society, the enthusiasm for revolution, and the alternation of the old and new worlds have produced many new ideas. Many of these new ideas are right, but some are wrong. This is normal. Many things must be matured through time.
Seeing that Wang Xiaoliu didn't say anything, Wang Qingxiu said, "What are you thinking?"
Wang Xiaoli suddenly woke up and said, "I was thinking that this world is like a temple for some people. Some people say that it is easy to practice in the yamen. Sometimes I think that it is really the same as practicing in the yamen."
Wang Qingxiu laughed when she heard this and said, "If you say this, can you become an official in the yamen and become a god?"
Wang Xiaoli shook his head: "No. I don't mean that. It means that doing things in the yamen is sometimes the same as practicing. It means seeing through all kinds of confusions, not getting stuck in the heart, and not being attached to things. Only by staying awake at all times can you do good things."
Wang Qingxiu shook her head: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Wang Xiaoliudao: "There was a prime minister during the Five Dynasties, named Feng Dao——"
"I know." Wang Qingxiu interrupted excitedly. "As long as you have read two days of book, who doesn't know this prime minister!"
Wang Xiaoli nodded. The Five Dynasties period is not far from the present, and people are indeed familiar with Feng Dao. He has been in office for several dynasties and was able to protect his wealth in troubled times. He was also a temporary figure. However, when changing dynasties, he immediately recognized the new master and became the prime minister. Many people were not ashamed of his character.
Wang Xiaolidao: "Feng Dao has a poem called "The Way of Heaven". This poem says: All things are based on your destiny, why bother sighing? But knowing and doing good things, don't ask about the future. The ice is gone in winter, and grass grows in spring. Please look at this principle. The way of heaven is very clear. From this poem, you can see the mind of this person. In Feng Dao's eyes, the way of heaven is something outside the body, dominating the heaven and earth. As a human being, just obey it."
Wang Qingxiu said: "Isn't it?"
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Wang Xiaoli shook his head: "Of course not. If this is the way of heaven, what is the difference between heaven and destiny? Everything is determined by heaven, why should people work hard? Since everything is determined by heaven, what is the right and wrong of man? Since everything is determined by heaven, what is the right and wrong of man?
Wang Qingxiu glanced at Wang Xiaoli, obviously distrustful. She felt that what his brother said was unreasonable.
Wang Xiaoliudao: "How can the word Tao be so simple? Lao Tzu said that Tao can be said, but it is extraordinary. Confucius said that hearing Tao in the morning can be done and death in the evening. If Tao does not need to be understood, and as long as ordinary people follow it, how can it be called Tao?"
Wang Qingxiu said: "You are talking about what Tao is? You can't explain it clearly even if you say it well!"
Wang Xiaoli smiled and said, "Sister, I just said that Tao is a good way, it is very Tao. As long as you say it, no matter how you understand it, it is not Tao. If we say Tao, it is impossible to explain it clearly. If a person understands Tao, it is not something that people say."
"You just can't explain it clearly, but others can't listen." Wang Qingxiu was a little disdainful.
Wang Xiaolei said, "It is true. Since the Tao is all-encompassing and my knowledge is limited, how can I speak clearly? People's language is limited. When I speak from my mouth and hear your ears, the meaning is different. How can I speak clearly in this way?"
Wang Qingxiu looked at her younger brother, feeling helpless and pitiful. She has been an official for several years and is thinking about what she thinks about. She doesn't feel comfortable here. She has to live a uncomfortable life, but she has to live on. It's really pitiful to think about it.
Traditional Chinese thought cannot circumvent Tao. What is Tao and how should we understand it? The sayings are full of pits and valleys, and there are all kinds of strange things. There is only one thing that can be sure of. As long as you say it, it will definitely be wrong. The clearer you say it, the more you make the mistake.
Tao is all-encompassing, and naturally there, people can only know it. This is the way that ancient Chinese people understood the world. Although I don’t know what the world is like, I know that this world is like. What does it look like? It is called Tao.
The explanations of later generations, saying that Tao is a law, saying Tao is a law, or what it is, are not accurate. Of course, Wang Xiaoliu couldn't explain it clearly. Wang Xiaoliu never felt that he could explain it clearly. Instead, he should know that this is the way Chinese civilization understands the world. People in later generations should not use anything. This is simple materialism, which is a simple dialectical method, and this inexplicable method of interpretation.
As for the origin of the world, what the world looks like, and how it developed, each civilization has its own views on each civilization. It has different views, but when it reaches this position, there must be many difficult to understand. For example, if Europeans believe that God creates everything, God can do everything. There is a famous paradox that God cannot create a stone that he cannot lift. There is no need to analyze specifically what this paradox means, where it is reasonable, and where there are flaws. How did Europeans explain this paradox? As long as they know, it is not easy to explain when talking about this issue.
This is how Chinese people understand the world and learn knowledge, thus forming their own civilization. It is enough to know this. There is no need to compare it with other civilizations like children. You see, this is how my civilization is, and you know it, I am better or behind you than you. In terms of civilization, the term advanced or backward is not appropriate.
On this basis, Wang Xiaolie needs to do a good job of sorting out his own civilization system, combining it with the general trend of the world's development, and finding a suitable path. The knowledge system learned in his previous life is not consistent with the real Chinese history. He thought that he had learned the truth, and everything that was not consistent with what he had learned was wrong and would make a joke.
If a situation is fundamentally wrong in guiding ideology, it will be chaotic. What is the future of a chaotic force?
Chapter completed!