Xinshun 1730

Chapter 481 The metaphor of the blowfish

As long as everything is on the outline and on the line, the bones will be picked out of the eggs.

Liu Yu picked up the righteousness of "survival and death of famous religion" from tempura, which is also in line with the background that Japan, China, and North Korea have all banned Catholicism at this time.

This is not just a matter of Confucianism itself, but the common enemy of Chinese culture, its derived cultures and cultures that have been melted.

On Dashun’s side, “Dousi” is translated into Haotian God; on Japan’s side, “Dousi” is translated into “Dari Tathagata”; family status; on the Japanese side, Catholics and Buddhists used to burn churches and temples to each other...

As well as not being allowed to worship ancestors, not to worship Confucius, and not to be called a saint by the Duke of Zhou because the Pope's permission is required for canonization, etc. These few things have caused a strong reaction from the Confucian cultural circle.

There is no need for Liu Yu to find fault with Dashun for what he said. After all, the ally Dashun is looking for is France, which is known as the filial son of God.At least Japan is looking for the Netherlands, at least not a Catholic country.

But the Confucian scholars in Japan made use of the topic, reciting Xin Qiji's tide-watching poems to relieve the depression in their hearts, so they can't blame him for making use of the topic.

The officials on Dashun's side looked at Liu Yu quietly, wanting to laugh inwardly.Who in the court doesn't know that Ying Suo Bo knows the name of Wenhua?Whether you read the Thirteen Classics or not is unknown, so pretending to be the guardian of such a famous religion?
Apart from being slanderous, he also admired it in his heart. Xin Dao's ability to use this as an excuse is really worthy of the level of struggling in the court for many years.Although he has been away all these years, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he has learned some of these skills.

After all, the level of Confucian scholars in Japan is not as good. Even people like Arai Shiraishi, after going to North Korea, feel "cultural inferiority, self-confidence in military force, and diplomatic relations with North Korea rely on force to achieve equality."The Jieying Temple, where the contract was to be renewed, was filled with inscriptions and inscriptions left by North Korean correspondents.

After being put on the line by Liu Yu in such a way, he was immediately speechless.

There are many contradictory speeches and ideas within Confucianism, such as the theory of horse liver in the Han Dynasty.

King Wen and King Wu, is it a rebellion?Or act on behalf of the heavens?
In the end, Emperor Wenwen of Han came forward to instruct: no argument.

Horse liver is poisonous, but horse meat is not poisonous, just eat some horse meat for a while, but you have to eat horse liver to be considered a real horse eater?

What Liu Yu said today is something that cannot be debated.

This kind of similar debate was once debated in Japan more than 90 years ago.

At that time, Nagasaki practiced Yamazaki Masanobu. Seeing the chaos at the end of Ming Dynasty, he tried his best to collect information on the chaos at the end of Ming Dynasty. Among them, the ones that were copied to Japan include "Copying Li Thief's History of the Military Gate" and "Shi Kefa's Return to the Regent of the Qing Dynasty". , "The Edict of the Thieves and Ascension to the Throne" and so on.

On the one hand, it directly writes that Li Zicheng is a thief, but "heavy taxation, the people have the hatred of dying together. Si Haotian is poor and benevolent, causing the people to suffer from disasters. I take up the commoner...", which goes back to the original Ma Liver dispute, Shang Tang Zhou Wu is a rebellion?Or act on behalf of the heavens?

On one side is "Shi Kefa Hui Qing Regent Book", "Sincerely, His Royal Highness the Regent of the Qing Dynasty", "My General Wu Sangui borrowed troops from your country to destroy the rebels... These actions have revived the past and changed the present, and everyone who has done so The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty all knelt to the north, saluted and increased..."

This not only confuses the Confucian scholars in the Central Plains, wondering whether to stand on the side of the peasant army, or to directly vote for the great general Wu Sangui of the Duke of Ji in the Ming Dynasty to avenge the late king.

Confucian scholars in Japan also experienced severe ideological confusion, and the horse liver theory that had been "not arguing" was turned up again.Who is orthodox?Who is right and who is wrong?
Later, Dashun abolished the slogan of equalizing the land and exempting grain, and switched to the slogan of protecting the world. Nanming borrowed troops to form a bridge with Dashun, and then cut off any form of official communication.

Now Liu Yu has brought up a similar topic. Dashun is protecting the world, protecting the famous religion, and beating up Japan. Is it right?still wrong?

Confucian scholars in Japan can have doubts about "what should we do if Confucius and Mencius are the main generals and come to conquer Japan", because they have such doubts themselves, so they ask.If you don't have this kind of doubt, of course you won't ask.

Moreover, Dashun itself did not cede land. Tsushima and Oki Island were ceded to Ryukyu for the sake of "repaying grievances directly" for the virtue of Mingjiao, which happened to be twice as long as Ryukyu ceded the five northern islands.

Regardless of whether or not Ryukyu "voluntarily" handed over to Dashun in custody afterwards, Dashun did not cede Japan's land anyway.

The opening of the port was rented land, for renters.Nagasaki itself has Tangjincho, which is not a big deal.The opening of the port was to increase the price of rice in Japan and improve the lives of samurai scholars and farmers; the opening of the port was to allow the Japanese people to obtain sufficient goods.This is all very benevolent.

According to what Liu Yu said, it was the invasion of the Raksha Kingdom to the south, and Japan had no ability to fight against the barbarians. Dashun, as the Celestial Dynasty, had the obligation to fight against the real barbarians.

This kind of doubt can be said to be the embodiment of the ideological confusion caused by the expansion of Song Confucianism in Japan since the Tang Dynasty was sent to the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

And Liu Yu's sophistry and excuses are just the fuse to detonate this kind of ideological chaos.

From the end of Ming Dynasty, three different thoughts emerged among Japanese Confucian scholars.

This is not to say that there is a dispute between Zhu Zixue and ancient Confucianism. That dispute is actually a dispute between wanting to move forward under the pre-Qin banner and retreating under the name of Song Confucianism, and it still involves economic issues.

The three thoughts mentioned here are about the Huayi issue.

One group believes that since they are Yidi, they should work hard to learn Chinese culture and wish they were born in China.

One group believes that Japan itself can also be called Zhonghua, as long as it conforms to etiquette, is more advanced than surrounding nations, and has a vassal and tribute system, then the Central Plains can be called Zhonghua, and Japan can also be called Zhonghua.

China is a cultural concept. As long as Confucianism is respectful, it has nothing to do with geography. When calling China, it should be changed to place names such as Aurora and Zhiyona.Zhonghua is what China calls itself, and in Japan, China is what Japan calls itself.

Another faction believes that Japan is China, and China is not Chinese orthodoxy at all.

Because the Japanese family of Wanshi was shaped according to the etiquette of the way of heaven on the day of birth.Confucian etiquette is the way of heaven and earth, and all routes lead to the same goal. When Confucian righteousness came into being in Japan, it was much earlier than Duke Zhou, Confucius and Mencius.

The reason why Japan uses Chinese more often is that there are characters in Japan. It’s just that when Emperor Kotoku Taika reformed, all the Japanese classics were “ashes”, so now we can’t see the classics written in ancient Japanese characters.

If you can see it, you will be surprised to find that in fact, ancient Japan also had writing, and also wrote its own Confucian classics, which are the same as Zhou Gong, Confucius and Mencius.

It's a pity that because of Emperor Kotoku's Dahua reform and comprehensive Tang transformation, they were all burned.

The first two schools are still moving around within the scope of the Confucian view of the world. At most, they are "allegedly calling the two Chinas", and they are not outrageous to the extent of the third school.

When Yamaga Soyuki proposed the third school of theory, he was inevitably influenced by Buddhism, Jesusism, and Confucianism.

It’s like Song Confucianism, facing the influence of Buddhism’s formed cosmology of “where did it come from and where is it going”, had to come up with Neo-Confucianism to fight back, and was criticized by the ancient Confucianism in Dashun as “Confucianism was contaminated by Buddhism. without knowing it".

Yamaga Soko thought he was an "ancient Confucianism", but in fact the whole system was unconsciously influenced by the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Buddhism.

Continuing the debate between the Hayashi family and the Christian church in Japan, it is believed that the law of heaven is before the Creator.Then there is the law of heaven first, and then there is the universe. That being the case, since the law of heaven existed at the beginning of the universe, it is reasonable for Japan to have a "complete cultural system" and conform to the law of heaven at the beginning of the creation of the world.

Since the law of heaven is before the Creator, Confucianism also existed at the beginning of the creation of the world.It's just that Zhou Gong, Confucius and Mencius and others realized the Dao and spread it.But in fact, Confucianism appeared in Japan tens of thousands of years ago.

It's like when dark clouds are covering, it's not that there is no sun, it's just that the group of people on the west side of the sea are still in the wild at that time and can't see it.

The reason why Yamaga Soko was able to do this is mainly because...the Chinese history books are too detailed.

Myths are myths, and history books are history books.

And Yamaga Suyuki took Japanese mythology, compared it with Chinese history books, and said that if you look at the time, is it earlier than you?
His set of three hybrid monsters is still very marketable among the lower class samurai in Japan at this time.Among the top Confucian scholars, they were criticized.

This can be seen as a naive inferiority complex turned into a conceited prototype of nationalism, and it is the kind that stands invincible: Japanese Confucian classics that were earlier than Confucius and Mencius were burned in the era of Emperor Kotoku So I can’t see it now; you said you didn’t find any evidence of its existence, so doesn’t that just prove that it was burned clean at that time?
This is almost the same as the faction of later generations that "all history books have been tampered with, so history books cannot be trusted", and it is basically undefeated.If you cite examples from history books, he will also tell you that they have been falsified.

A big Confucian master like Arai Shiraishi felt culturally inferior when he went to North Korea.But what the big players do is to deconstruct the view of the world and concoct their own theory of Huahua, which is still of a certain level.

Yamaga Suyuki turned to conceit after being humbled, and came up with such a set of self-proclaimed things, which had a great influence on the lower-level samurai.

That kind of cultural inferiority is deep in the bones, and the lower the level, the easier it is to be bewitched by this kind of inferiority complex.

However, not everyone can be a theorist.Wanting to become a saint and claiming to be a sect, Yamaga Suxing still lacks a bit of fire.

According to the situation in Japan, he denied the orthodox concept of "heaven" and used "wu" instead.

Because if you don't use "wu" to find legitimacy, and only rely on "morality" and "ethics" derived from "heaven", Japan will feel inferior in front of North Korea.

But if it is "Wu" as the orthodoxy, you will not feel inferior in front of North Korea: If I can beat you, it proves that I am orthodox.

Therefore, Yamaga Soko took the "Tianqiong Spear" when Izanami founded the country as the head of the artifact. "When Gai is ignorant, it is necessary to eliminate violence and exorcise evil spirits to show the holy way."

This leads to the biggest problem in this system, just like the theory of Austrian painters: if the Germans are superior, then the result must be victory over the rest of the inferior nations; if the Germans are not superior, they deserve it exterminated by other peoples.

The Germans who win the game are popular and drink spicy food, lose the whole family, and the Germans who do not commit suicide at the last moment are all holiday Germans. Since they have proved themselves inferior, why not the whole family commit suicide to make room for the superior race?In short, the theory of racial superiority is correct, but it is not us Germans who are superior.

So Liu Yu practiced the navy for ten years, and after the Privy Council ordered Japan to be beaten up, the theory of the third school collapsed almost instantly.

Since "Wuwei" is a sign of orthodoxy, wouldn't it just prove that you are not orthodox if you lose?

"Wuwei" is not bad, but it should not be so ambitious, it can only win but not lose.

If you take out the mentality of "I am a barbarian, only Wuwei", there is no loophole.

The problem is that if one thinks of the Heavenly Dynasty, but does not recognize the virtues of Heaven but recognizes the power of Wu, then you can only win but not lose. If you lose, all the cornerstones of this theory will collapse.

There are flaws in any exercise, and it is necessary to find out the door.

If the Confucian of Dashun debates with Soko Yamaga at this time, it can only be a chicken and a duck: the Confucian does not believe that Japanese myths are official history, and all the foundations of Soko Yamaga are myths, and no one can argue with the other.

You said you had written evidence before, and I said that when Dahua reformed, all the books were burned, and all the ancients were burned. So this does not just prove my point, have all the ancient texts and ancient cultures been burned clean?

You say that your mythology is history, and you show evidence. I say that these are all recorded in books. If your books can be history, why can’t ours be?Let me ask you, is Duke Zhou Confucius not born before eternity?When Confucius was born, I can roughly deduce it from your history books.

The result of such a debate is that those who believe in the great Confucianism of Dashun still believe in the great Confucianism of Dashun, and those who believe in the practice of Yamaga still believe in the practice of Yamaga.

However, Wu Fangrui's raid on Kyoto, the big fire he set in Kyoto, Li Yan's smashing of the usurpation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and Dashun's benevolent trip to "compensate the people with tens of thousands of taels of silver" are hitting Yamaga Soko On the hood of this set of theories.

If the myth is true, then Wuwei is the destiny, and if you lose, it proves that the destiny is not in Japan.

If the myth is false, then Japanese culture is a derivative of Chinese culture, and derivative culture has no destiny.

After the criticism with weapons disintegrated the foundation of the system of the third school, the Japanese Confucian circle actually left the first two schools.

One faction considers itself a barbarian, while the other calls itself China.

But Liu Yu used "tempura" to play, and shattered the foundations of the remaining two factions.

The concept of Tianxia gradually expands with the means of transportation.When sailing ships connect the whole world, the era of closing the door and claiming to be the world is over.

Liu Yu used the topic of tempura to put forward the concept that the world is the earth and the earth is the world.

On the one hand, "complimenting" Japan is not a barbarian, but Westerners are barbarians; on the other hand, since the world is the earth and the earth is the world, the debate between Hua and Barbarian is different from the past, and there can only be one Hua.

Today's Confucian scholars all over the world should "respect Zhou and reject barbarians".

It can be recognized that North Korea and Japan are all princes of Zhou Tianzi. Anyway, they are not afraid of the Seven Heroes coming again. Anyway, this system will collapse sooner or later.

Before the disintegration, Dashun's path continued to go down, no matter how bad it was, it would not be so bad that it would be aspired to the top. At least before the concept of Tianxia disintegrated, there would be no danger.

North Korea can continue to have the dream of "the emperor is out of the earthquake", and Japan can continue to have the dream of "the heroes compete for the emperor". Whether it is competing for the emperor, in the end it depends on guns, population, and productivity.

If Zhou Tianzi still has the Sixth Division, who would dare to dominate?Qihou's body is still boiling in the cauldron, and the princes must have drunk the soup.

Wu Fangrui disintegrated the Japanese theory of "true China", Liu Yu's deconstruction of the concept of Tianxia disintegrated the theory of "each claiming China, the East and the West, and the two Chinas side by side". He is a barbarian Confucian scholar.

Now he is a person who doesn't believe in Confucianism at all, and here he is angry at the Japanese Confucian scholars for "this is too bad", and he even sprays and scolds.

Several Confucian scholars who considered themselves barbarians stared at the tempura thrown by Liu Yu on the ground, blushed and lowered their heads, thinking that if the world said so, they should really respect Zhou Yuyi.

Since the people of Tang were emperors, we are also princes, and we are no longer barbarians.Even if they were barbarians, they were still higher-level barbarians than Nanman.Chu did not pay tribute to Baomao, but the Son of Heaven collected it, and the Son of Heaven was not wrong.The Chu people are barbarians, aren't they a little bit more advanced than the southern barbarians?

To be a barbarian, there are also three, six, and nine grades.

(End of this chapter)