Chapter 455 Two worlds
Looking at the crowd, Wang Xiaolie emphasized his tone and said: "In fact, since the distinction between name and reality has declined, people have developed an illusion that the world they know is the real world. This illusion may not exist at a certain stage.
What, but one day, it will bring people into a desperate situation. To understand the world, you must always remember that the world you already know is not the real world."
"The biggest difficulty in what you will do in the future is to keep a clear mind. When recording the world, especially the people at the bottom, what you often encounter is that they think things are simple and speak slang. Sometimes, you will even feel that
They may be old, but they don’t know much, and their thoughts and actions are as ridiculous as children. There is no way, the world is like this. We can only rely on the government to make more people literate and learn knowledge, isn’t it?
Things happen overnight. However, no matter how simple the people seem to be, when they gather together, it will not be simple anymore."
"We must understand that the real world is not one plus one equals two. One person plus one person, or even one thing plus one thing, does not simply become two. In addition to two, there will be something more and something less.
.Looking at the people in a village individually, they all think the same and do the same things. But there are always differences between people, and these differences may be big or small. If you put the entire village together, you can find the differences between the villagers.
The whole thing is very different. This difference is not that most people say planting melons, and a few people say planting beans, which is bigger than smaller. But outside of daily life, you will find some things that are not found in daily life. What is it, I am now
I can’t explain it clearly, I can only rely on you to slowly solve it in practice.”
"The difference between individuals and collectives is particularly noteworthy. In the past, except for officials and businessmen, people had less contact and had simpler ideas. But when people have more contact with each other and have a wider knowledge of the world, the differences will become bigger and bigger. This is not
Because there are collective interests, or things that are easy to explain clearly, but it is unclear. At least it cannot be explained clearly now. Whether it can be explained clearly in the future, God knows."
"To find out the destiny from the people, it is by no means simply to know what the people see and hear, but more importantly, to know what the people think. It is difficult to know what the people think. Don't think simply. What do the people think?
, It’s related to their personal experiences, what they heard, and the knowledge they learned. In addition, it’s also related to how people discuss with each other, and it’s related to many things. On the one hand, we need to
We know that people see people and listen to people. On the other hand, we can never rely solely on people see people watching. How to do it still depends on you."
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie stopped, took a sip of tea, and was silent for a while. After a while, he said: "The government wants to do this or that because it feels that it is right. Why do you think it is right? In other words, it is right.
Where does knowledge come from? Mainly from practice. It is a summary of past practice, an analysis of current practice, and a prospect for future practice. Of course, this is not all. Human beings are different from other animals.
, because there are always some things that cannot be explained clearly. If you can’t explain clearly, don’t explain it clearly. Don’t force yourself to explain clearly. Many mistakes are caused by pretending to know even though you don’t know clearly. In the future, you must do this in your work.
Pay attention to this."
"The reason why Tao is Tao is that it cannot be explained clearly. First of all, admit that Tao cannot be explained clearly, and then seek the knowledge that can be explained clearly. The knowledge we have established becomes a theory when connected. We must remember that all theories
None of them are based on the real world and have limitations. Don’t think that just because any theory makes sense, you should not think that it will last forever and think that you have found the truth. In other words, today’s human beings do not have the conditions to know the truth. All
Truth and theories are limited to one time and one place. There are many theories that seem very reasonable. But if you follow these theories and go all the way to the end of time mentally, you will find problems. In the end of time,
At the end of the day, some theories are actually dead ends and there is no way out. Or they are things that are not in line with our knowledge, which is also unacceptable."
"Clearly understanding the difference between the real world and the world we know is the basis for understanding the world under the guidance of Tao. Whether it is the real world or the world we know, it is all caused by the limitations of human beings themselves. There is no need for myths. Frankly speaking
It’s not scary to have gods and Buddhas all over the sky, but it’s wrong to make the gods and Buddhas all over the sky mythical. I believe in this god, you believe in that god. If the gods we believe in are the same, we should get closer. If we don’t believe in the same gods, we will live and die. Why bother? Under the Tao
, the gods and Buddhas all over the sky also have to stay away. It is precisely because of this that the government has the status of the gods to retreat. People and gods are all under the management of the government. Why? Because the government that governs the world according to the Tao is what we call it.
Destiny."
"There is another question that needs to be clarified. Does the Tao change without change? "The Book of Changes" is about change, and because it is difficult to understand, it has a high status. To be honest, I have not done much research on the Yi, so I won't express much opinions. But the Tao
The issue of change and immutability can still be discussed. Since ancient times, there have been various opinions on the Tao of change and immutability, so there is no need to elaborate. As mentioned before, the Tao cannot be explained clearly. Since it is not clear, how can one know the Tao?
Is it changing or not? So we don’t know that Tao changes and remains unchanged. If you don’t know, you don’t know. Don’t pretend to know. What has changed? It is our understanding of Tao. In this world, knowledge is passed down from generation to generation, and it is always
Knowing more and more. In this sense, the understanding of the Tao is changing. There are also some people who feel that they understand the Tao deeply and understand everything, so they say that the Tao is changing anytime and anywhere, or it will never change for eternity. Those
How can the government control people who understand the Dao well? They say they can only let them leave the secular world and join other religions and call them foreigners."
"In this world, there are always people who think they know what they don't know. Does he really know it? God knows. For things that only God knows, we ordinary people should not make random guesses and just ignore them. For example, the Buddha said that there are thousands
The world, and the Pure Land of Bliss in the West. Taoism also has heavens, three pure gods, four emperors, and many immortals. Is this really the case? God knows, so we won’t ask more. But it’s not appropriate for the government to control these people, no matter what they are.
It’s inappropriate. What should we do? We can only let them go outside and not affect the world.”
"No religion can affect the government's secular governance. Those who cannot go outside must be banned. Why? Because the theories of these people conflict with Tao itself. We cannot understand the world, they say
I know very well, how can this work? Is it impossible for the government to govern? What should a normal world look like? We think it is roughly like this. No matter what things are or what opinions are, they are concentrated in a certain place.
, the further away, the smaller the number of people. However, is it true that the concentrated place is correct and other opinions are wrong? Not necessarily. Therefore, the government’s approach is not to forcibly narrow this curve, but to guide this curve.
The center of the curve is what we call the mainstream. It is easy to shout and kill different opinions, but it is much more difficult to guide the mainstream."
While talking, Wang Xiaolie drew a normal curve. This curve is not just a mathematical problem, but its impact on all aspects of human beings is far beyond many people's imagination. In other words, this curve is closer to the real world.
Wang Xiaolie said: "If we draw the real world as a line on the picture, then the world we know is sometimes to the left of this line, sometimes to the right of this line, sometimes far away, but most of it
Time is approaching the real world. This process of moving away or getting closer will have many similarities. This may be simple to say, but it is actually very complicated. You can discuss it slowly in the future."
Suddenly, Wang Xiaolie felt that it was boring. A political power must first unify its thoughts, so he had to say these words. But after he said it, how many people would listen? Perhaps, only if he rules for a long time can he
Maybe someone will study it carefully.
Any theory is inseparable from the study of practice. If you break away from practice and only talk about theory, you will leave the real world and enter the world built by human beings based on their knowledge and thoughts. It sounds reasonable at first, but in practice it will be far from reality.
The world is getting farther and farther away. These two worlds are somewhat similar to the rational world and the perceptual world that Westerners talk about, but they have different understandings and expressions.
Chinese civilization itself did not prevent the Chinese from studying science, nor did it prevent the Chinese from progressing in their thinking. Later generations just made excuses because they lagged too far behind Europe and the United States, and the Chinese themselves lost confidence.
In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Europe and the United States entered industrialization and invaded China on a large scale. So why did China fall behind? First, we must study clearly the situation in China and Europe and the United States during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The previous Qing Dynasty had already lagged behind Europe, so we must carefully study the Qing Dynasty.
History, find the reasons for its backwardness. We cannot be confused about the history of this period and say that China's backwardness is due to Chinese culture.
The reason why the army cannot fight is that it emphasizes culture over military force. It is overall backward because of its poor culture. Such conclusions that completely ignore reality and are based on imagination are not acceptable. Once theory is divorced from practice, it will reach outrageous conclusions.
The Song Dynasty was militarily backward because it valued culture over military affairs, and the Ming Dynasty was militarily backward because it valued culture over military affairs. So what about the Qing Dynasty, which came to this conclusion and did not emphasize culture over military affairs? Ten or twenty thousand British troops could dominate China, while tens of thousands of foreign powers could
The coalition forces could easily capture the capital. Was the Qing army strong at that time? Why was the Qing army not strong?
China's culture is not good. It has been at the top of the world for thousands of years. How come you can't do it anymore?
If the country is backward, it is necessary to study in the West. But the purpose of study is to make the country rich and strong and revitalize it. For individuals, studying abroad and staying abroad because of the treatment is a personal choice. But for the country, it is not
They send people to study abroad in order for you to stay abroad, but they hope to learn knowledge and serve the motherland.
You cannot think that you have become a prophet just because you have learned some knowledge abroad. The people of your motherland are waiting for your enlightenment. The reason is very simple. If it is an exam, each country has different test papers. Even if you have studied the answers abroad, you will still have to write them in
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