1. Democracy is not freedom, democracy is not capricious, democracy is only consultation

Chinese culture originated in Xia, and the emergence of Xia was the beginning of Chinese politics and civilization. The establishment of the Xia dynasty inaugurated China's first hereditary dynasty. Legend has it that the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, commanded his tribal army to conquer Dongyi and Jiuli tribes, and the Yellow Emperor fought a decisive battle with Chiyou on Zhuolu, and the first battle determined China, unified the Chinese tribes, and opened the political era of Chinese civilization, also called the cultural era.

In the Battle of Mingtiao, Shang Tang led the Shang army and the Xia army to fight a decisive battle in Mingtiao, and Xia Wei was defeated, and the second hereditary dynasty recorded in China was opened. Chinese culture officially began the process of civilization development. At the same time, it also opened a precedent for revolutionary forces to overthrow the old dynasty, and opened a blueprint for later generations of uprising movements and dynastic changes.

The starting point of China's truly documented political civilization began after the Battle of Mingtiao, and the starting point of Chinese cultural civilization also began after the Battle of Mingtiao.

Most of the contemporary literary and historical circles believe that the starting point of Chinese culture is in "Lianshan", "Guizang", and "Zhou Yi". There are eight hexagrams in the scriptures, and there are four in sixty. ”。 This shows that before the Zhou Dynasty, "Yi" was an important political document at that time, which was in the hands of Taibu. Taibu was the Jiuqing before the Zhou Dynasty, and was the minister who helped the king to make decisions and deduce the future of the country, and his duties were equivalent to those of the later Ministry of Rites. Responsible for national sacrifices, funerals, relocation of the capital, conquest and other matters, whenever there is a major matter, the king must refer to Taibu's divination in the temple and make decisions, it can be seen that the Yi Shijia in ancient China is today's civil servant, and the status is extremely high.

"Lianshan", "Guizang", and "Zhou Yi" are actually the metaphysics of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. However, in Qin Shi Huang's book burning pit Confucianism, "Lianshan" and "Returning to Tibet" were burned and lost.

Judging from the few words that have been handed down later, "Lianshan", also known as "Lianshan Yi". Zheng Xuan's "Notes on Zhou Li": "The name is even a mountain, and it seems that the mountain comes out of the inner qi." "Yi Zan" and "Yi Lun": "Those who connect the mountains are like the clouds of the mountains endlessly." Jia Gongyan Shu: "The name is Lianshan, like the mountain out of the inner gas, this Lianshan is easy, its hexagram is headed by pure Gen, Gen is the mountain, the mountain is the name of the mountain, the cloud is out of the mountain, so the name is easy for the mountain." ”

Judging from the few words that have been handed down later, "Lianshan Yi" should be the ancestor of Feng Shui and military science.

"Zhou Li, Chun Guan" said: "Taibu palms the method of three changes, one is called Lianshan, the second is Tibet, and the third is Zhou Yi." There are eight hexagrams in the scriptures, and there are four in sixty. This shows that "Lianshan Yi" is also sixty-four hexagrams. At the same time, he said that "Lianshan Yi" had formed a complete culture before "Returning to Tibet".

The legend of "Returning to Tibet" comes from the Yellow Emperor, of course, this statement cannot be verified, but it shows that Chinese culture and politics are highly related, and it is almost a political proposition. So you will see that Chinese culture has not been a logical culture since ancient times, and it does not promote logical thinking ability, and here's why. Because in the eyes of the right class, intuitive thinking is simple and crude, and sensory thinking is direct and deep, so there is no need for logical thinking to participate and disrupt the situation. Logical thinking has objectivity, belongs to the position of a third party, and has the element of democratic consultation. And for the kings of a demand forecasting culture, for political purposes, the kings don't need a third party to disrupt the situation. As long as the king's decision-making is obeyed by his subordinates, what should he do with democratic consultation? Therefore, China has been a country with developed intuitive thinking since ancient times, and its political culture attaches importance to sensory thinking and emphasizes dualistic thinking.

Even today you can feel the influence of dualism everywhere. For example, China's systems of industry and commerce, quality supervision, urban management, transportation management, and traffic management are all fruits of dual thinking.

Taking traffic management as an example, the traffic management system has been increasing supervision and control in recent years, and the measures and means have not been improved, but the legislator is a one-man man, and the legal system with the participation of the whole people is formulated behind closed doors, completely ignoring the ideas of the majority of participants.

Respecting the law is the obligation and responsibility of every citizen, and everyone will abide by good laws, and they will naturally become excellent legal models, and everyone will consciously have a sense of awe for such laws. However, there must be a precondition for all this, that is, the legislator, the law enforcer, and the law enforcer must form a tripartite relationship, and determine the content of the law through democratic consultation, so as to determine the responsibilities and obligations related to the justice of the three parties. That's good political culture.

The meaning of democracy is not freedom, and certainly not a closed and coercive dualistic structure, but an objective reflection of the tripartite equivalence, which exists in a logical relationship. For example, two people have their own opinions, and they have different opinions, and they cannot be unanimous, so a third party joins in, and the two people are touched to sit down and negotiate, and through negotiation, the goal of compromise between all parties is achieved, and the different opinions are reached to a consensus, which is democracy.

Democracy is not freedom, democracy is not capricious, democracy is only consultation, through open means, multi-party consultation, compromise, in order to reach an opinion acceptable to all parties, form a consensus that you are willing to do, and finally solve the problem, fall on the foundation of democracy, and establish a harmonious edifice.

Rather than simply and brutally using closed repressive means to protect the interests of one side, oppressing, suppressing the other side with a strong tone and coercion, and suppressing the other side with strength, power, or unnecessary political dogma. Such an approach can only be autocratic, not democratic. This culture has fallen behind, and anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that this political culture is bad and stale.

In fact, what is wrong with democracy? We have contradictions, and we can sit down and express our opinions, views, and understandings with an open mind. What's so bad about communicating with each other, reaching a compromise, and then forming an agreement, and building on the agreement, building an agreement that is in line with the intentions of multiple parties?

Is it true that only simple and crude suppression is the easiest way to resolve contradictions?

Simple and brutal suppression can indeed solve the problem the fastest and most economically, but this inhumane and rational way of thinking only solves the surface problem, and the actual deep problem is not solved, so the common people can only use a tolerant attitude to deal with the injustice from the strong side.

Chinese tend to adopt a tolerant attitude and accumulate resentment in the face of a strong culture, which is the source of resistance and the endless emergence of insurrectionary movements. The reason why Westerners resist and struggle, and why there are few uprisings and struggles, is because Western culture is a culture of consultation, a democratic culture in which many people sit down and talk openly, what is wrong with such a culture? What reason do we have not to accept it?

There is only one reason, and it is very simple, if the power class introduces a democratic culture, then they themselves will have to bow down and speak to the people, so that the upper life, the superstructure that they are striving for, will no longer exist, which they are not willing to accept in any case.

This is also the fundamental reason why China's culture is insufficient to lead the world trend.

Second, the well-being of the people depends on cultural development

Human culture and human politics were born at the same time, and there would be no culture without politics, which shows the importance of culture.

The starting point of human civilization is first of all political awareness, followed by cultural exchanges, and then through cultural development to strengthen the importance of politics.

In any country in the world, the well-being of the people depends on the quality of culture, do not underestimate the difference in culture, culture determines politics, and politics in turn determines culture. Culture determines the fate of a person, and it can also determine the fate of a nation.

For example, the fate of dynasties in ancient China has always revolved around a cultural phenomenon, turning over and over again.

The first is that the establishment of the dynasty met the conditions of the long-standing contradictions of the old dynasty.

When the social contradictions of the old dynasty intensified to the limit, internal wars broke out and civil strife began. Under the old system, in order to quell the conflict, the aristocratic class continued to intensify its crackdown, so that the old and new aristocratic classes would be divided, and the new aristocratic cultured people would unite with some of the old nobles to form a new resistance class, and war and peace would be broken.

In this environment, peace is dead, there is only war.

As a result, the oppressed people in the war are more united, and the alliance forces form a whirlpool state, in which case a new wolf king emerges.

Thus began to emerge the culture of consistency in ancient Chinese dynasties.

The process is the emergence of a new leader, the use of strategic partners to fight on the front line, and the use of Legalist partners in the rear to govern the chaotic base area, and consolidate the land that has already been obtained.

This process was the same in ancient China, from generation to generation, from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the way states were established was the same.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, first the soldiers retreated or forced to retreat, and even the Legalists would withdraw from the political martial arts, and then the Taoists appeared.

Why did the founders adopt Taoist culture? Because of the long-term war, the people were struggling to make a living, the financial resources were exhausted, and the people were extremely poor, and recuperation was a necessary choice for the new aristocracy.

After a period of free-range recuperation, the people began to regain their vitality, and society began to develop, so the problems arose, firstly, the corruption of the new aristocracy was highlighted, and secondly, the populace was scattered and disobedient to orders in a free-range state. So Confucian culture came into the picture.

Confucian culture is a culture of ignorance and a closed culture, and the main means are suppression, terror and deception. One of the most important means is to constantly enable the new upstarts to suppress the old, push through the old and bring forth the new, and use them for the king. In order to prevent any nobleman from forming a cohesive force that threatens the stability of the dynasty, the new people are enabled, and the new people are constantly used to suppress the old people, forming a political culture in which a gentleman has many courtiers and the new people constantly replace the old people.

In fact, there is only one purpose, to suppress, intimidate, and deceive the entire people, only for the sole rule of one king and the realization of eternal rule.

A good culture is the driving force for social development and human progress, and in the same way, a bad culture is also an obstacle to the development and progress of human society.

What we have today can be firmly said that we do not need to thank Confucius in China, but we need to be grateful to Western philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, because it is they who separate science, politics and religion to form the knowledge that we learn, apply and accept today, and it is their efforts to lay a solid foundation for today's social development and civilization progress.

It can now be said that without these Western sages, there would be no world civilization today.

If the Chinese still use Confucian culture as a metaphysics, it can be asserted that China cannot be the powerful China it is today. If the Chinese do not learn from the West and rely solely on Chinese culture to support the social development of today's China, I am afraid that they will have to go back to the thirteenth century.

Therefore, the well-being of the people depends on the development of culture, and culture is the common product of human progress, which everyone can have, why should we choose to reject it?

Democracy is not freedom, nor is it capricious, democracy is just consultation, is it so scary?

3. Annotate the 14th hexagram of Zhou Yi

The 14th hexagram of Zhou Yi, the great hexagram (the great hexagram of the fire sky), is away from the top and the bottom.

There is a great hexagram in the original text

Great. Won Heng.

Big, many, number also. There is storage, savings, too.

Note: There is a lot of storage, savings, and first of all, smooth.

The elephant said: Fire is in the sky, and there is greatness. The gentleman curbs evil and promotes good, and retires his life with the sky.

Note: If the fire is in the sky, why is there so much? And why is it that a gentleman stops his life by curbing evil and promoting good, and rests with the sky? The fire is in the sky, the scorching sun, the sun shines and the summer harvest, and there is a lot of abundance. Why should a gentleman stop evil and promote good, and take a break from heaven? Propagate benevolence, righteousness, and morality, and talk nonsense.

The first nine resignations

The ninth day of the first month. If there is no harm, there is no blame, and if it is difficult, there is no blame.

Handed over, handed over shin also. ——Eastern Han Dynasty Xu Shen, "Shuowen". Bandits, bamboo.

Note: No communication will be harmful, bear the pressure of the bamboo basket together, worry-free. Work together and share the weight, although it is hard, but there is no worries!

Xiang said: There is a big first nine, and there is no harm.

Note: This is, it doesn't make sense.

Ninety-two resignations

Ninety-two. The cart is carried, there is a future, and there is no blame.

Note: Abundant reserves are carried by cart, although it is moving slowly and leisurely, but it is worry-free.

Xiang said: The cart is loaded, and the accumulation is undefeated.

Note: The abundant reserves are transported by trucks, and there is no loss in the transportation of materials.

Ninety-three resignations

Ninety-three. The public is the Son of Heaven, the villain Furk.

Fergus, Jiao also. "Sayings". grams, shoulders also.

Note: The material reserve is shared by the citizens of the Son of Heaven and is smooth. Children and women are pretentious, and the burden is the responsibility of the king and society.

Xiang said: The public is in the Son of Heaven, and the villain is harmful.

Note: The material reserve citizens share it with the Son of Heaven, and the children and women are pretentious, and they are also harmful. Children and women are the main body of responsibility for the Son of Heaven, and today it is said that children and women are the responsibility of the government and a social obligation, so how can they be harmful? It is simply nonsense and a complete bandit culture.

Ninety-four resignation

Ninety-four. Bandits, no blame.

Peng, drums too.

Note: The bamboo vessel filled with material cracked with a bang, worry-free.

Xiang said: Bandit Qipeng, no blame, clear and clear.

The bamboo, which was filled with substance, was cracked, and there was no worries. Be clear. (It's like a human saying.) ）

Sixty-five remarks

Sixty-five. Ji Fu Jiaoru, Wei Ru, Ji.

Syndication, hair stone also. "Sayings". Fu, credit. Such as, from the follow-up. "Sayings". The power is also. Warring States Lü Buwei "Lü's Spring and Autumn Swinging Soldiers"

Note: Hold your breath and exert your strength, quarry stones in the cliff, follow the people who speak with the faith, and follow the people with strength to quarry, Ji.

As it is said: "If you are lucky, you will be able to believe in it, and if you are lucky, you will be unprepared."

Hold your breath and exert your strength, quarry stones in the cliff, confidence comes from those who have aspirations, and the power is added to those who go with them, auspicious, and the changing situation is mostly from unprepared people.

On the nine resignations

On nine. Since the heavens, there is no disadvantage.

Note: Heaven is safe, auspicious and ever-safe, and invincible.

Xiang said: There is great auspiciousness, since the heavens are also.

Having abundant material reserves is an auspicious thing, and it is also a blessing from heaven.

This is a hexagram that admonishes people to stock up on supplies. From this hexagram we can see the ancients attached importance to the spirit of unity and cooperation, and from the whole article we can see the importance of unity and cooperation to bear together, and at the same time emphasize the truth that credit is the source of power.

Here are four sentences to summarize this hexagram.

Abundant reserves of grain,

A bamboo basket of extortions.

Integrity is always power,

Shuntian is auspicious according to the time.