Chapter 13, up and down and the same

1. Cultural expansion is the root cause of war

It is already an indisputable fact that cultural expansion is the source of war. China's Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are the best examples of cultural expansion leading to war, and finally unifying culture in the form of war.

During the Warring States Period, every time Qin launched a war of aggression, it would attract condemnation, condemnation, and even joint counterattacks from all the vassal states. However, all this did not stop the Qin people from launching a war of unification, and finally the Qin people achieved the unification of the whole country, the unification of weights and measures, and the unification of Chinese culture.

Looking back at history now, everyone will think that the unification war of the Qin people was a progressive act of human development, and give a positive attitude. But in the eyes of the people at the time, the Qin people were thugs, demons who started wars, the culprits, broke the traditional world of stability and order, and were the source of trouble.

But when we look back and think about it, if it were not for the tyranny and greed of the Qin people, it would be impossible to achieve the unification of the six countries, and without a unified country, it would be impossible to achieve cultural unity, and without a unified cultural inheritance, how could today's glorious Chinese civilization come about?

Some people say, "There is no China after Yashan, and there is no China after the death of the Ming Dynasty." This sentence has appeared on the Internet from time to time in recent years, some people think that this sentence comes from Qian Qianyi in the late Ming Dynasty, and some people think that it comes from the Japanese during the Japanese invasion of China. But no matter who says it, this sentence is worth pondering for contemporary Chinese and even future generations of Chinese. Why do you say that "there is no China after Yashan, and there is no China after the death of the Ming Dynasty." "Is it really for the sake of the sentence, as some people say? Not really.

Looking back at Chinese history, contemporary archaeologists argue that the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of the Chinese, came from the West, and the culture brought by the Yellow Emperor gave rise to Chinese civilization, and the Battle of Zhuolu opened a precedent for Chinese civilization. In other words, the Chinese nation was truly born after the Battle of Zhuolu, ending the barbaric era of China's recklessness.

The Battle of Narujo ended the Xia Dynasty, gave rise to a slave state in the true sense of the Chinese nation, and opened a dynasty with written records.

The Battle of Makino, in which Ji Chang of the Zhou Dynasty waged war, and his allied forces fought with the Shang Dynasty army in Makino, which ended the Shang Dynasty rule after the Battle of Makino, and it is worth noting that this army came from western China.

The Qin people unified the Six Kingdoms and ended the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is now accepted by historians that Qin Shi Huang ended Chinese slavery and opened a new chapter in feudalism. It is worth noting that the Qin people also came from western China.

It can be said that before the Qin Dynasty, the pioneers of Chinese civilization were all from the west. Even before the Battle of Yashan, Chinese civilization was greatly influenced by the culture of the western region. However, after the Battle of Yashan, the pattern of Chinese civilization underwent a major adjustment, and the rise of the northern nomads ended the layout of China's east-west oval states, and began to progress to the north-south narrow land layout, so the influence of Chinese culture on the northern peoples began to increase.

Looking at it now, it is not unreasonable that "there is no China after Yashan", but it is just that the Chinese nation has lost part of its true character in the process of gradually realizing the integration of mankind. However, the roots of the Chinese nation are still there, so naturally there is no such thing as "there is no China after Yashan".

However, looking back at history, we should see that cultural aggression is the root cause of war, and the purpose of war of aggression is to export or import culture.

Therefore, what the Chinese ultimately solve is not "no China after the cliff mountain, no China after the death of the Ming Dynasty", but the problem of preventing the emergence of another foreign invasion, how to prevent it, and how to ensure the safety of the people's lives in the prevention, is the most important bottom line.

According to historical documents, during the period of "Five Hu Chaohua" period, the most ferocious of the northern Qiang and Xiongnu people fed on the meat of Han women. As military food, the Qi people called Han women "two-legged sheep", which were slaughtered and cooked.

According to the "History of the Mongols of Dosan", it is recorded that Genghis Khan decreed: killing a Han Chinese is equal to killing a donkey.

In addition, according to Qing documents, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, most of the Han people were killed, and there was a national disaster in Jiashen.

The history of the Qing army cut the pussy of the Han woman, and accumulated it into a mound, which cannot be counted. "Cut its yin flesh, test the place of merit, and accumulate into a mound and a mound."

The three massacres in Jiading, how many Han people died in Yangzhou in ten days, not to mention the Japanese war of aggression against China, Nanjing slaughtered 300,000 people at one time and died under the sword and gun.

It's hateful, looking back on history, the history of the development of the Han people is a history of blood and tears. We should ask ourselves why?

2. Politics is for the people

Since ancient times, since the emergence of civilization and the establishment of a country, politics has been closely related to the people. No matter what form of government you have, the political means you employ are those that serve the interests of the people. It can also be said that there can be no civilization without politics. The beginning of civilization is the beginning of politics.

Because what distinguishes humans from animals is that they are politically conscious. Human beings have three major minds, namely intuitive thinking, sensory thinking and objective thinking. It is precisely on the basis of these three major thinking that human civilization has opened up a human world that is different from animality, and a political pattern of human class consciousness superior to animality has emerged. It can also be reversed to mean that if human beings do not have politics, there is no human society, and there is no state, society, culture, and civilization. There is no difference between humans and animals, and human beings are still in the primitive age of barbarism.

Therefore, politics is closely related to the people, and all political intentions are related to the well-being of the people.

It follows that any culture is in the service of politics. It can also be said that any ideology and culture produced by mankind revolves around political civilization, and in the final analysis, it still serves all people, including all people at all class levels.

The times are developing, and human beings are progressing. Human civilization is developing gradually and gradually, and the entire history of China is a process of continuous integration and integration. However, we can't always move forward in the beating, we need to reinvent our values, find our own cultural flaws, and improve ourselves. Follow the development of world culture and learn from external cultures. No, we cannot, and we cannot, always hold on to one ideology, which will not change, and will eventually lead to internal fission and external aggression again. Putting the people in dire straits, causing their children to suffer from war. That's the key.

What the Chinese need to do is how to prevent such incidents from happening again. Although modern civilization has progressed. However, cultural aggression is still the root cause of war, and politics is always a machine that serves culture, and if politics cannot follow up with cultural development, it will inevitably be passively beaten, and this is an indisputable fact of cultural development.

Therefore, no matter whether it is Chinese culture or Western culture, as long as we respect human nature and rationally cultivate and apply it, we will achieve social fairness and justice in politics, the people will be free and democratic, the legal system will effectively guarantee state order, and the government will be tolerant and seek common ground while reserving differences. Well, this culture is worth having.

Third, the Chinese are in great need of wolf culture

Recently, a crosstalk joke was circulated on the Internet, which roughly means: Americans say that I can hit whoever I want, Russians say who wants to provoke me I will hit whom, Chinese say who wants to beat me I scold whom, although this is just a joke, but it shows a problem, China lacks the courage of a big country, lacks wolf culture.

China has been an agricultural and pastoral country since ancient times, mainly farming, and the people living in the Yellow River area are limited by natural conditions, and it is inevitable to produce agricultural culture, but a serious Confucian culture will hinder the development of society and produce a negative sheep culture. So you will see that China has not accepted self-transformation since ancient times, blindly following a fixed pattern of development and continuation, until the internal contradictions intensify, triggering internal wars, inviting external aggression, can change, but as long as the Chinese can settle down, they will immediately return to the original sheep culture.

Sheep culture is a kind of Confucian culture, flexible culture, talking about harmony, there is a harmonious coexistence of social life. As long as the herbivory is abundant, the relationship between sheep and sheep is interdependent, and there is no conflict. However, the flock culture lacks a sense of solidarity, and when the flock is attacked, it will immediately flee in all directions. Similarly, when there is a lack of herbivorous food, the sheep will fight for food, and internal chaos will be the trigger for external wolf attacks, and social unrest will follow.

The changes of dynasties in ancient China are all like this, over and over again, and constantly changing, but the changes are still the same, feudal rule, Confucian culture.

Some people say that if it is not broken, it will not stand. The demise of a dynasty cannot be equated with the demise of a nation. However, the repeated changes of dynasties have brought about the misery of the people.

The gradual disappearance of the wolf culture of the Chinese began after Emperor Wudi of Han, before whom the Chinese were magnificent and once glorious to the point of "Yi Hang Tou Street Barbarian Mansion to show thousands of miles." Those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away!".

However, since Emperor Wu of Han "deposed a hundred schools and respected Confucianism alone", the wolf culture of the Chinese began to gradually disappear.

The wolf culture of the Chinese was still retained and developed in the Tang Dynasty, because Tang Taizong Li Shimin came from the western region of China, influenced by the western culture, and the early Li family dynasty was full of wolf culture, but after the emergence of several great Confucians such as Han Yue and Liu Zongyuan, the wolf culture of the Tang Dynasty disappeared.

The times progressed to the Song Dynasty, due to Zhao Kuangyin's suppression of martial arts, the situation of strong and weak literature was in full swing, and the subsequent Cheng Zhu Lixue was a cultural product developed in accordance with the background of the times at that time, and the martial spirit of the Chinese was completely destroyed, and the social atmosphere was fully transferred to the spirit of sheep. By the time of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang fully used Cheng Zhu Lixue, and Confucian culture was pushed to the peak, and since then the Chinese no longer have wolf nature to speak of.

The wolf culture is a symbol of unity, and the sheep culture is a symbol of harmony. Why?

Because, in the process of hunting, wolves use group attack measures. The wolf nature is characterized by the fact that a wolf is a sheep and is extremely aggressive. But when the three wolves are together, the group aggression of the wolf nature is revealed, the spirit of unity and struggle is greatly strengthened, and the wolves are not afraid of tigers and leopards, which is the wolf culture.

But when you look back at the flock, you will find that one sheep fights alone, fierce as a tiger wolf, but if you let three sheep fight the wolves together, you will only be eaten. Why? Because sheep nature talks about peaceful coexistence, harmony, and reason. The first thing that the three sheep who talk about harmony think of together is not to attack the enemy, but to talk about harmony, reason, and peaceful coexistence.

Therefore, people with sheep culture are also slaughtered and cooked by tigers and wolves sooner or later.

Fourth, cultural identity is more important than blood identity

Confucius said, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise." Quite simply, it shows that women and villains are very realistic, and both women and villains have clear requirements for economic needs. As a parent or financial leader, you must have a clear and unambiguous agreement, otherwise, "it is difficult for women and villains to support".

This problem is not only seen by Chinese, but also seen by Westerners, but Westerners start from the contractual relationship and look at this problem democratically with an open attitude. Westerners attach great importance to the spirit of contract, for the relationship between people, Westerners have a clear contract law, for the relationship between husband and wife, Westerners clearly define marriage in the contract law, the marriage relationship itself is a contractual relationship, and the master-servant relationship is an employment relationship, which is attributed to the enterprise rules of the contract law.

If you do this, will it still be "difficult for women and villains to raise"? Some things are not the first to be recognized by Chinese, but Westerners have recognized the existence of this problem thousands of years ago and solved it through political means. In terms of master-servant relations, the Greeks knew the importance of democracy for a long time, and the master-servant relationship was not something that could be solved by repression. The servant's appeal comes from his labor cost, this cost is the master you have to pay the price, as long as you deal with the master-servant relationship in the spirit of the contract, the "villain" is still very easy to raise, you use the servant's labor cost, from which you get a fruitful fruit, naturally you pay labor remuneration in accordance with the spirit of the contract.

What reason do we have to resist such a democracy and not want it?

But when China sees this problem, how do the Chinese deal with it? The Chinese focus on closed thinking and suppress the other side with a tough attitude. So women and servants in ancient China were the objects of oppression, and there was no ego at all, let alone democracy.

"Democracy, fraternity, equality, and freedom" is the principle of the founding of the country, and in fact, it is also the philosophy of doing things between people.

Culture has no borders, and there is no need to divide culture into Eastern culture and Western culture, as long as it is beneficial to the continuation and development of mankind, no matter what culture we must absorb and have.

So Shi Guopeng said when teaching students in the classroom: "No matter how ugly and dark you see, be yourself, you are a bright spot in this society." China's future is in the hands of all Chinese, and China does not care whether it has or does not. You are China, and China is what you are. … What kind of world we leave to our children and grandchildren depends on what kind of children and grandchildren we leave to this world. This passage is worth pondering for all Chinese.

However, some people shouted that "the development of the world in the future depends on **, not **".

How can a nation that has set up a firewall on the Internet and blocked its connection with the world can stand at the top of the world's culture?

The development of the human world does not depend on the economy to determine social development, but on cultural development to determine social development, because no matter how strong the high-rise buildings you build, they cannot withstand hundreds of years of wind and rain, and no matter how strong your ships and cannons can fight, you cannot stop the penetration of culture, and you do not have a long history of cultural inheritance.

Therefore, without an advanced culture, how can we talk about leading the development of the world? Isn't this a fool's dream?

5. Annotate the same hexagram

The 13th hexagram of "Zhou Yi", the same hexagram (Tianhuo same person), dry up and down.

Original text of the same hexagram.

Coterie. Homo Yu Ye,Heng。 Li wade Dachuan, Li Junzizhen.

Together, together also. - "Sayings"

Note: Gay, like-minded people. Comrades go to the field, smooth. It is conducive to wandering away from the mountains and rivers, and is conducive to people who are determined to choose the right direction.

The elephant says: Heaven and fire, the same people, and the gentleman distinguishes things by the same race.

The Confucian said: Heaven and fire seem to be comrades. Like-minded people are divided by class, and they choose things to take.

The first nine resignations

The ninth day of the first month. Homo in the door, no blame.

Note: Like-minded people stand at the door, worry-free.

Xiang said: Go out with the same person, who is to blame.

The Confucian said: When comrades go out together, who will worry?

Sixty-two resignations

Sixty-two. Homo Yu Zong,Miserly。

Note: Comrades are people of the same clan, so they must be stingy and have choices.

Xiang said: The same person is in the sect, and he is stingy.

The Confucian scholar said: If comrades are people of the same clan, narrow-mindedness will appear.

Ninety-three resignations

Ninety-three. Fu Rong Yu Mang, ascended to his high tomb, and was not prosperous at the age of three.

Volt, bend also. Rong, weapons also. Mausoleum, Dafu also. Xing, rising. —"Sayings"

Note: The weapon was hidden in the wilderness, and then it rose to the high earth platform, and it was not violated for three years.

Xiang said: Fu Rong is reckless, the enemy is strong, he is not prosperous at the age of three, and he is safe.

The Confucian said: Hide your weapons in the wilderness, and meet a strong enemy. Three years have not been violated, stability also.

Ninety-four resignation

Ninety-four. Take advantage of its Yong, Fuke attack, Ji.

Ride, car also. Walls, too. Fergus, Jiao also.

Note: The chariot and horse attacked the castle, and the bow and arrow overcame its offensive, auspicious.

As it is said: Take advantage of its Yong, Yifuke also, its auspiciousness, then sleepy and the opposite.

The Confucian said: The chariot and horse invade the castle, and the righteousness is not taken, and its auspiciousness is sleepy and anyway.

Ninety-five words

Ninety-five. Homo,First cry and then laugh,Master Ke meets。

Note: Comrades, first shout or cry, then laugh, and the army will join the division in victory.

Xiang said: The first of the same people, to the middle of the straight. Masters meet, words are also restrained.

Confucianism said: Comrades go first, take the principle of neutrality, and the way of compromise is also. The large army met and announced victory.

On the nine resignations

On nine. The same people are in the suburbs, no regrets.

Remorse, hatred also. —"Sayings"

Note, comrades are in the suburbs, and there is no hatred.

Xiang said: The same people are in the suburbs, and the ambition is not obtained.

The Confucian said: Comrades are in the suburbs, and they have not achieved their aspirations.

This hexagram is to say team spirit, unity, and its benefits are gold. From the hexagram, it is consistent from top to bottom, depicting the scene of being together, uniting as one, and defeating the enemy. At the same time, it is pointed out that like-minded people of the same sect are prone to the natural manifestation of narrow-mindedness, which shows that the ancients of thousands of years knew the truth of avoiding relatives.

From this trigram, we can see that the ancient Chinese attached great importance to the principle of unity and made a clear affirmation of team spirit. But in the mouth of Confucianism, it became "the first of the same people, and the middle is straight".

Judging from the ancient commentaries of the "Zhou Yi" that have been translated, as long as it reaches the mouth of Confucianism, it is benevolence, righteousness, reason, benevolence, virtue, faith, righteousness, and so on, which completely distorts the original meaning of the original text and deviates to Confucian culture.

Judging from this trigram, whether it is ancient or modern, the wolf culture of unity is necessary, especially the contemporary Chinese need the wolf culture very much.

Here are four sentences to summarize this hexagram.

Like-minded and strong-willed,

Unite as one to fight the enemy.

Up and down and together to create a great victory,

The victory will be loud and earth-shattering.