.Chapter 35: The Soul of China (End)

"This is the inevitable direction and inevitable result of patriarchal culture. (Update the latest chapter of this book) As the first volume of the Western Philosophy Hegel Lecture on the History of Philosophy: 'The philosophy that speculates in him (Confucius) is nothing...we cannot obtain anything special'. Rousseau, France, said, 'There is a great power in Asia, in which academia can be a tool for a man to climb the dragon. If academia can truly make people have pure morality and if it can truly educate people to shed blood for the motherland, then the Chinese must be wise, free and inconquering. But in fact, they will commit any evil and all the crimes are very common in them. If the talents of his ministers, or all the wisdom of his laws, and even the common people, cannot defend the country and be surrendered by the foolish barbarians, then what is the use of all such wise men?"

"The so-called saint learning is nothing more than a shameless literati like Zhu Xi who flatters power for happiness, or "makes words and passes on the world". He uses the guise of respecting elders as a guise, but it is nothing more than to use this to attract the favor of those in power to become "explicit learning". However, rulers of all generations have vigorously promoted them with their unique characteristics of "respecting elders" and "respecting saints", turning Chinese people into slaves of thoughts and systems, and worshiping power infinitely. When literati are castrated, they become completely cartilage monsters. Such people are born with vain and good reputation, relying on the powerful and wealthy to seek shortcuts to become rich first, willing to be the dogs of those who are power, and are extremely greedy and cruel to the common people..."

"...China's backwardness actually began from the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and Emperor Gaozu of Ming Dynasty could not be blamed. At that time, the West was the Renaissance, abandoning the darkness of the medieval era, restoring the principles of mankind, and opening up the wisdom of the people. Therefore, science and democracy prospered, and modern civilization was developed, and society progressed thousands of miles a day. China, China, was oppressed by the power of the country, bound by Neo-Confucianism, and became more and more ignorant. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, Western scientific democracy had long surpassed our country, and Jiannu took advantage of the decline of China to usurp China, which was aggravated..."

"The new learning in this world promotes human rights, opens up the freedom of human thought, and restores the natural rights of human beings, so that the "small people" can receive enlightened education and popularize knowledge, which is no longer the patent of a few people. And everyone can participate in politics and make politics deprived of the worms of the Four Books and Five Classics to use this to fool the people, oppress the people, and turn the "country" of a few families into a country that all the people."

"Scientific democracy has no borders or anything. Western people like freedom and equality, hate the superiority of their origins, and believe that they can understand the world and transform the world. People in the East are born slaves and foolish people? My Chinese people are born to be so servile? People in the East cannot stand among the world's nations with an open-minded attitude, free thoughts, and self-esteem and self-confidence?"

"Today, those who advocate so-called sages, under the guise of national justice, are nothing more than a lucky move, trying to imitate Zhu Xi to cater to the best of his wishes and restore his inherent privileges and status. I awaken the Chinese people to fight for this kind of ambition. From this day on, the author should use a pen as a sword..."

As soon as this article was published, the "retro Han faction" was in a state of enthusiasm and shouted that "Those who stand out will be foreign slaves, not Chinese humans." Many indignant people even surrounded the headquarters of the China Times. If the police department had not sent a large number of police forces, they would have to "seek justice."

Before the "retro Han school" could react, another bombshell exploded.

"Fuhua" published another article in the "Huaxia Times", which clearly stated: "The world changes and times change, and patriarchal ethics can be practiced in the Middle Ages, but not in the present world."

Hu Hanmin, who works in the Department of Sociology at Imperial University, wrote: "...The inherent ideological model of our country, in a nutshell, is the so-called 'Celestial World View' with itself as the center of the world and the pinnacle of civilization, and will never change forever. In summary of traditional culture, its core world view is nothing more than five points:"

"First, China is a country that is located in the center of the earth, with a vast sky above. Second, China is not only geographically located in the center of the earth, but also culturally. China's writing, morality, etiquette, and system are all superior to the four barbarians. Third, China is the center of politics. When we come to pay tribute to the four barbarians, the four barbarians are submissive; Fourth, China has abundant resources, self-sufficient economy, and has no need to seek outside; Fifth, it likes ancient times and likes to sanctify itself. China's moral principles are valid for all people. The words of ancient sages and sages are truth, which is insurmountable. Today's people will never surpass the ancient sages, and can only be infinitely close."

"For a long time, Chinese people have used these principles to build a barrier around their hearts to protect their inner sense of superiority, and use this sense of superiority to seek self-satisfaction in difficult life encounters. Whenever the country suffers and the family suffers misfortune, they will use these to tell themselves, 'The way of heaven flows, the five elements cycles.' These sufferings are just normal phenomena in history and will soon pass, and after the substitution is still a prosperous era, so they can endure all kinds of humiliation and difficulties with peace of mind, and have no concept of self-esteem and confidence. Because in their world of gods, this sense of superiority is deeply rooted and most important. With this self-satisfaction, you can face everything calmly."

"...This concept is common among the backward civilizations in the world, but it is just a 'ethnic-centric theory'. According to the Japanese, Japan was the first country built by God and the center of the world. The ancient Egyptians considered themselves the most special nation, and only they could call 'man' and the others were not 'man'. The Assyrians claimed that they were the smartest, bravest, and most powerful, and their God was far above the God of all other nations. The Hebrews believed that their land was 'specially beautiful' and 'the glory of all lands'. Their own nation was God's

The voters. The ancient Bos people believed that they were 'far better than all other humans in all respects, and they believed that other nations were as good as they were" and the title of Bos monarch was 'center of the universe'. The Greeks called a stone in the Temple of Delphi 'navel' or 'the midpoint of the earth. They believed that they were naturally a relationship between masters and slaves. The natives of Australia, each tribe regarded their hometown as the center of the earth, and they believed that the center would only take a few hundred miles to be the end of the world in any direction."

"... There is nothing strange about this, nor is it particularly superior. The continuation of Chinese civilization actually depends more on this patriarchal civilization that reached a height that nomadic and fishing and hunting barbarians could not reach during the Qin and Han dynasties, thus establishing a kind of superiority of civilization and gaining the superior status of East Asian civilization in the farming era. This patriarchal ethics civilization makes people surrender to authority and to their existing social status, which is very conducive to the rule of foreign invaders and ultimately assimilating them. Over time, the ethnic groups in East Asia have also been immersed in this master-slave philosophy and are willing to be slaves of power..."

"The world changes, and when society progresses to the era of industry and commerce, this ethics system based on farming natural economy, family and clans naturally becomes an outdated foot binding... In the new era, human beings are superior to gods, and human beings have entered the era of wisdom, and they have learned that and must use scientific attitudes to analyze society with their own wisdom, and are no longer limited to the words of some sages. People's freedom of thought, self-esteem, self-confidence, independence and enterprising constitute the foundation of the country, while patriarchal ethics that clamp down on ideas have become a stumbling block to social progress."

"The decline of China is actually the result of the backwardness of traditional culture, not the result of the invasion of foreign races, nor the result of the flow of foreign cultures. The reason why the late emperor was able to restore the country and maintain sovereignty and independence was also to introduce Western learning, create new learning, popularize education, and liberate the mind, so that our Chinese people can get rid of the ignorance, open their eyes to the world, and introduce the most advanced civilization achievements of countries around the world."

"The victory of our Chinese country is not based on sages and etiquette, nor is it traditional strategy. If there was no prosperity in industry and commerce, no railways and highways, no advanced military preparations produced by the advanced achievements of Western countries, no learning from the army and naval system established by the West, no modern tax system, no learning from Western media and newspapers, no imitation of the civil service system established by the United Kingdom, the Senate, multi-party supervision, and public opinion supervision, how can there be victory?

?If it were the military household system of the former Ming Dynasty, the officers and soldiers were like servants, and they were all determined to be empty wages, the officers and soldiers were disloyal and moral, and the people were exploited. The officials only appointed to the top, bully the lower and be charmed, and there was no supervision from the bottom. The party within the government fought against other people to seek profit, and they all shouted the slogans of sages, and often attacked each other with the 'fear of the enemy' and 'being'. The whole country only wanted profit without any national concept, so what would you talk about national war?"

"When talking about Sun Tzu's art of war, it is a pity that in the late Ming Dynasty, everyone from scholars and officials to military generals were all catchy. "Ji Xiaoxin Book" is also familiar, but facing Jiannu's cavalry, many military tactics and muskets, they had no power to fight in the field. It can be seen that this art of war is not something extremely magical. It is the foundation of the country's strength, and it is the national root from material to god..."

"Since the Ming Dynasty, the low morale of the Chinese people, the rigidity of society, the regression of civilization, the closed thinking, and the officialdom were really getting worse. If the late emperor had not refreshed the cultural transformation of the country, when Western industry was changing with each passing day, China would have long been out of power and became a colony of the great powers."

"The late emperor was a wise man who had never been seen in the ages. He had known that the so-called traditional culture was corrupt, so he introduced Western learning... The political fu of our empire (actually when Chen Lei was in power) criticized Neo-Confucianism and moved Zhu Xi out of the Confucius Temple in order to get rid of Neo-Confucianism... It is a pity that the victory of the national war was originally a victory of the new culture, but it was carried out by some people from Neo-Confucianism to restore it. It is really a legend of eternal eternalism. It can be seen that these people are really suffering from the 'slave disease' and are irresistible..."

As soon as this article was published, the Emperor Han faction, who originally praised Fuhua as a "Mingdaren" because of the fact that he was in charge of war against Russia, immediately listed him as one of the "Five Tiger Generals of Foreign Slaves" and criticized him.

Zhang Binglin wrote ink and wrote four large Wei steles in the front page of "Han Feng" with straight lines, "The Shame of China". It is said that he also wrote them while pointing to the sky and scolding the earth, "If you don't kill this villain, you will not be a human being."

"... This thief does not know the yinyang and does not know the wonders of the five elements, how can he understand Rong's mechanism... The victory of our empire is actually a clear proof of the rotation of the five elements. The empire advocates the virtue of the earth, while the Qing Dynasty advocates the virtue of water, Kui Water in the north, Di in northern Russia, and the earth overcomes water. These barbarians naturally cannot defeat the prosperity of our earth-demon..."

As soon as Yao Lin’s masterpiece was released, the “retro Han school” suddenly became thrilling, and they praised him for his profound knowledge in Chinese studies.

But at this time, the "retro Han faction" had internal conflicts.

Gu Hongming, a professor at the Department of Chinese Studies at the Imperial University, who has always been regarded as the "grand master of Chinese studies" and "studying Chinese and Western studies", publicly criticized Yao Lin for being "absurd". This scholar who has always been a maverick and said clearly that "the theory of the five etiquettes is not seen in the Six Classics, but is an unreasonable discussion of the Yin Yang family. In essence, it can be said to be something along the way with prophecies and divinations, so it is not worthy of belief at all."

Gu Hongming further proposed, "Western civilization has its vulgar side, especially modern Western civilization has been transformed by ancient times and regarded itself as Roman and Greek inheritance, but these people are actually just barbarians outside the civilized world. When the Chinese created the Four Books and Five Classics and established counties, Greece and Rome had developed a complete democratic parliamentary system, and had a rule of law foundation such as the bronze table, the Germans were still sucking blood in the black forest." However, he changed the subject next, "But these nations, once they started, got rid of the theological ignorance of the Middle Ages, achieved today's achievements in just a few hundred years, and were at the top of the human world. It can be seen that this person was enough to forge a barbaric and backward ignorant group into an enlightened and enterprising power."

"Although our Chinese made the world's first civilization in the Middle Ages, when the West opened it, our country fell into ignorance for hundreds of years. Our culture lacks logic, science, and the concept of equality and democracy. It is childish and innocent in the fields of natural science and social sciences. The essence of such kindness is certainly enough to make people proud, but it is useless to the country, and it is harmful to the people. If our Chinese cannot improve culture, turn from worshiping ancient times to enterprising, from conservatism to openness, and from ignorance to wisdom, then the decline of Chinese culture and even the extinction of the nation can be imagined..."

"On the contrary, if you do a move to open up the people's wisdom, encourage the people to be free of their thoughts, and be pioneering and enterprising, take these 450 million Chinese people as the foundation, and use the profound wisdom, the deep accumulation, the vast land, and who else can do the future of human civilization to be the one who holds the bull's ears but China..."

Gu Hongming poked the hornet's nest.

The first person in the Emperor Han sect to come out and mock him was Cao Qinxi, who directly made fun of Gu Hongming's origin, "... This old man was born abroad, and his father worked in the plantation of the British, which is the so-called comprador. His mother was a Frangier from Iberia (Portuguese). He also recognized the British as the Brown family as his adoptive father. He studied the learning of the barbarians in Europe, and had only a little understanding of our country's learning... These people are yellow-skinned and white-hearted, just as the Banana people, and the so-called Banana words are called Banana... "

Zhang Binglin was not willing to be outdone and bombarded Western learning: "...The theory of Western barbarians is the world's first false theory. The so-called equality and fraternity, looking at European countries, the rich have rich wealth and high status, and the poor seem to have the right to vote, but they are not those who are superior to others... In this case, why bother to abandon the roots and the ends, abandon the right path of Chinese monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, and learn the false learning of Western barbarians in different ways... The so-called Greeks, the land is nothing

There are only ten thousand citizens in a county; the so-called Rome is just a small country in Italy. As for the so-called English and France, it is just a small European country. It invades other countries with its temporary strong ships and cannons. It seems to be powerful, and it is strong on the outside and at the middle... Our China has a world of power, so why should we imitate the east... Since ancient times, there have been countless barbarians who imitate China, but have never seen that they have to seek foreign countries with great civilization... "

By this time, the debate had far exceeded the scope of the intellectual community.

Many people at the bottom have always regarded newspapers as the standard. Now, watching many "universities" promote "traditional culture", thinking about the family mottos passed down from generation to generation, thinking about the abominable "barbarians" and the abominable "barbarians", they couldn't help but touch their feelings and clamor. For a moment, voices of "restoring the Han Dynasty" from all over the country were everywhere, and calls for "eliminating all barbarians, destroying the barbarians, and noble China and depriving the barbarians" were everywhere. Many foreigners couldn't help but feel a little nervous, wondering why this originally enlightened and tolerant country suddenly became so violent and unreasonable.

In some relatively closed and conservative places, there has been a complex of "bullying life" since ancient times. The barbarians with "sexy appearance, strange clothes and strange behavior" are even called "monsters". The foreigners who come to do business are "like Western barbarians" because their business activities are "alike Western barbarians" and are also called "second sons". Because their words, behaviors and customs of these people are incompatible with the traditions passed down from the local area for thousands of years, many local residents were originally disliked, but now they have excuses and act immediately. Insults, beatings, and even false accusations. Even if the cattle dies in the neighbor's home, it is also caused by "barbarians who use evil laws and disrespect ghosts and gods." In some places, people were incited to petition the government and the Senate, "please demolish the church", believing that "the evil gods here are worshipped, angering the ancestors, so there are natural disasters. If they are not demolished, they will be afraid that water, drought, and locust soup will invade, and the common people will not survive."

At this time, some ulterior motives began to poke their heads out tremblingly to check the current situation. As the situation began to become subtle, many people also started to make their own plans. Some people were preparing to take the opportunity to incite the wind to seek benefits, some were damaged in some previous events and were dissatisfied with the current regime. Some people wanted to use the power to push the society to the side they expected, and some even did research on "Soviet**" and began to consider some extraordinary means to seek benefits.
Chapter completed!