Chapter 101: The Selfishness of Human Nature
Yang Zhu spent another three days talking about the fate of people and mankind.
He believes that people are going to die after all, and no one can avoid it! In his prophecy, he also believed! The fate of human beings, like that of other animals and plants, is that they are born at the right time and die at the wrong time.
Under the podium, there was a panic!
As soon as his "theory of death" was exported, many people were frightened.
Don't know why? People are afraid of death, although death is unavoidable, although life is worse than death, but people are willing to "die better than live".
Under the podium, there was a sea of people. On the hillside, it was crowded.
The early summer sun shone brightly on everyone's heads.
In the crowd, there were two small heads that no one noticed. One of the small heads is Song Yu from Songjia Town. Another small head is the later famous originator Hui Shi.
Song Yu left the home of his cousin Song Zhe and came to the Mojia branch in Mengxian County to find his teacher. Hui Shi was also kicked out by his son Song Zhe and came here.
But? Both of them looked down on Zhuang Zhou, thinking that Zhuang Zhou recognized the thief as his father and did not come to Zhuang Zhou.
Seeing everyone panic, there is no way! Yang Zhu spent another three days talking about why people live and what they are living for, pulling everyone up from the shadow of death.
In fact! Life is just a process, a short process, but it is also a very beautiful and rare process. Because! Life is a one-time opportunity for everyone. Compared with the fungi and plants that die in the twilight of life, and some animals, human life is longevity, and a person can live for at least a few decades.
A person's life contains many contents, from being conceived in the mother's womb, to a newborn baby, to childhood, adolescence, adulthood, marriage, conceiving children, and enjoying the twilight years, how many unforgettable things will happen, how can it be said that life is meaningless?
After listening to these lectures, Zhuang Zhou has understood a lot. What Master Yang Zhu said is much more specific and detailed than what Master Gong Yu said is also true. Master Yang Zhu made him understand the truth that everyone is going to die, and accepted the reality that everyone is going to die!
Under Master's explanation, he especially longed for himself to grow up, to experience a complete life, to complete the process of this life, and to yearn for his own wonderful life.
Under Yang Zhu's explanation, people feel that life is beautiful. Although life is short, it is better to live than anything else, and one by one is greedy for life. From being afraid of death to thinking that life is meaningless, and then to thinking that life is a beautiful place, so as to covet life, and then to being afraid of death!
The level of Yang Zhu's speech can be seen from this! It can also be seen from this! He had a deep, thorough, and mastery of Taoist doctrine.
Yang Zhu spent another three days repeatedly explaining life and death, explaining how beautiful life is, consolidating everyone's concept and understanding, and allowing everyone to return to reality.
Next! He began to explain the roots of social ****.
Yang Zhu believes that social turmoil mainly comes from people's greed for life and fear of death! Everyone wants to enjoy life in their lifetime. Thereby! Ignoring others, not caring about their lives and feelings.
Care! Everyone has a common idea and wish, that is, "we all want to live well and live our lives to the fullest".
So! When others only care about their own pleasures and feelings and do not care about you, when you only care about your own pleasures and feelings and do not care about others; When you affect the survival of others, when others affect your survival, contradictions arise and society is chaotic. Everyone is here to survive and have fun, so! And a struggle began.
If you don't let me live, I'll make you no better, I'll let you die! The root cause of social chaos is as simple as that!
Why is this so?
Yang Zhu thinks! Human nature is selfishly! All things are selfish!
Yang Zhu believes that selfishness comes from the instinctive need for human growth and survival! It is also the instinctive need for the growth and survival of all things! Without selfishness, we cannot form people, all things, and the universe!
In later generations, some people concluded: "If people are not for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" theory.
If people are not selfish, they cannot grow and survive. Human beings are formed through the union of men and women, and the conception of women, which is an external condition. If this union (fetus) does not absorb nutrients and attach itself to the mother according to the needs of its own growth, the fetus cannot form and grow! Therefore, without selfishness, there is no prototype of man!
Society is a combination of people!
In fact! Society is also a selfish entity, and the selfishness of society stems from the selfishness of people. Because, society is a combination of people. People are selfish, so! The whole of this society is also selfishly!
The various vassal states of the Great Zhou world, they are also selfish. Because! They belong to the princes and kings, not to the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty, let alone to the people.
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The family is also selfish because! It is a combination of a man and a woman. It is impossible for a man and a woman to come together if they are not selfish.
Having children and raising children is also selfish!
Why do men and women have children? Simply for the sake of future generations?
Not really! It's to grow your team! Increase your own power! So! It's selfishly!
Not having children is also selfish, because they are only interested in their own pleasure and are not willing to give.
So! Man, like all things, is selfish!
Everything is selfishly! Selfishness is the root of all existence!
The essence of selfishness is the need for self-growth! It's for the needs of life!
Selfishness is the root of chaos!
So? How do we survive in this selfish society? So! If we want to survive, we have to be selfish! Survival is the goal! Only selfishness can survive!
Yang Zhu spent another three days explaining selfishness in detail! Let everyone recognize the essence of society! The essence of man! And then! He is about to begin to explain his theory of "plucking a hair and benefiting the world".
These days! Inside and outside the Mojia altar, it looks chaotic. Everybody's talking about selfishness! Especially those Confucian disciples, they are even more coaxing. They think that Yang Zhu should not talk about selfishness, they think that human nature is selfless! Only by being selfless can society be harmonious.
That night, Yang Zhu called Zhuang Zhou to his side, touched Zhuang Zhou's head lovingly, and said, "The battle between Weishi and the Mo family is over, but the battle with Confucianism has just begun!" Every time I preach, when I talk about the selfishness of human nature, the Confucian disciples will inevitably come out and make trouble!
On the Confucian side, they preach that human nature is good, and people should be selfless! But they don't understand the relationship between selfishness and selflessness at all? If you don't recognize the essence of human beings first, what are you doing to 'hide evil and promote good'? You're harboring evil intentions!
Only after recognizing the essence of human nature can we preach selflessness! It's like a person who doesn't admit his mistakes and doesn't know where his mistakes are, how can he be a teacher? ……”