Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 454 Red Dust Dojo ([-])

If you don't know what Tao is, what it looks like, what is the use of Tao?The purpose of Dao is to summarize the nature of Dao bit by bit, and slowly draw an outline.From this, I know that doing so is in line with the Dao, and doing that is against the Dao.

Following the Tao is the foundation of Chinese civilization.Why did you do this?Doing so follows the avenue.It is not because of which god said to do it, which sage said to do it, nor how others did it.

As a political figure, what is Tao?Wang Xiaolie couldn't speak very clearly.But one thing is certain, the Tao of the new China is different from the Tao of the old China.The core of the old China's political way was the destiny, and the core of the new China's political way is the people.Politics in old China was a set of political theories derived from the Mandate of Heaven, and Wang Xiaolie should have derived a set of political theories from the people.

What kind of political theory this is, it is not clear now.It must be practiced and summarized before it can have an outline.People always think that there are truths and absolute correctness in the world, waiting for people to discover them.Actually the world is out there, that's all.When people realize it, it can only be said that the world should be like this.In fact, it is only when you realize it that you know the world is like this.

This way of understanding the world is different from Europe and the United States in that it does not require the existence of an omniscient and omnipotent God.The Dao is there, and the world is there too, not created by anyone, but gradually recognized by human beings.

I learned all kinds of knowledge in my previous life, why do I still do this?Isn’t it clear why China is lagging behind and how to catch up?
From the Opium War, China was opened by the British warships and cannons, and the Chinese people suddenly discovered that we were lagging behind.After that, foreign wars failed again and again, and many people found that not only could they not defeat others in wars, but their culture was also lagging behind.

There are many reasons behind.Wang Xiaolie couldn't tell why.But I clearly know that what I learned in my previous life is incomplete.At this time, the Song Dynasty was not behind.What you have learned in your previous life cannot actually be used directly.

The biggest problem of the Song Dynasty was its military backwardness.Since the founding of the country, compared with Khitan in the north, it has not had the upper hand in military affairs.After the founding of the country for more than 100 years, Kaifeng Mansion was breached by the Jin army, two emperors were taken away, and a large number of clan ministers were taken away.Such humiliation is rare in history.

Why is the Song army not strong in combat effectiveness?History textbooks do not give the answer.But in the field of history, there is a very popular saying that it is because the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military affairs.Because of the importance of literature over military, generals are not motivated, and of course they cannot win battles.For various reasons, this kind of statement not only has an important position in the history circle, but also has been widely spread among the people, and many people even think it is so.

of course not.It would be making a joke of history if the fatal flaws of a dynasty could be summed up so simply.And not only in the Song Dynasty, but also in the later Ming Dynasty, there were still such problems.One of the conclusions of the Qing Dynasty on the Song and Ming dynasties was that they emphasized civility over military affairs, which led to the collapse of the dynasty.In fact, the Qing Dynasty, which did not place more emphasis on culture than military, did not perform better than the Song and Ming dynasties.

It is not necessary to cite domestic and foreign examples to explain why the summary of emphasizing civility over martial arts is wrong.Taking such a frivolous attitude towards such a major historical issue first shows that historians have no respect for history and their academic attitude is not correct.

The military weakness of the Song Dynasty shows that after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the court's positioning of the army has undergone unfavorable changes.As a result, military mobilization, organizational systems, management systems, training, and command have all degraded.There are many reasons for this degradation, and various opinions can be put forward, but it is difficult to simply attribute it to a certain policy or system.

People in the Song Dynasty also realized that there were military problems.One of the important contents of Wang Anshi's reform was the reform of the forbidden army, gradually changing from the recruitment system to the Baojia system.However, the old and new parties struggled, and after the old party came to power, the Baojia Law was completely abolished.In the words of the people of the Song Dynasty, after the party struggle, the forbidden army was abolished, and the Baojia was also abolished, and the national army became a mess.

It cannot be thought that if Baojia is not abolished, the military strength of the Song Dynasty will become stronger if the reform is successful.Due to the limitations of the times, people at that time did not have a mature understanding of the army.And there is a lack of practice, and a really suitable method has not been found.

But it must not be believed that the weak military strength of the Song Dynasty was due to the emphasis on literature over military.Such a frivolous statement can't explain anything except that the attitude of historical researchers is not correct.

This kind of frivolity towards history is not limited to academic summaries such as "emphasizing literature over martial arts".In fact, after the Opium War, a large number of scholars generally held such a frivolous attitude towards the study of Chinese history, Chinese tradition, and Chinese culture.

For Chinese thought, after a brief introduction, adjectives such as simple materialism and simple dialectics are often added.Those who added it felt that it was to honor traditional Chinese thought, which actually showed that the attitude of the researchers was not correct.Adding these adjectives means that these researchers are more intelligent than those who proposed, inherited, and developed these ideas, and they think they know more.

As for other things, there are many theories about which period the blood of the Hu people was taken to enhance the strength of the Han people, and why Yu was a worm.In fact, it shows that during a certain period of time, historical researchers generally showed contempt and disrespect for Chinese history.

After the Opium War, Chinese intellectuals found that China was lagging behind, and set off a vigorous campaign to study abroad.Learn from the West, from the East, as long as it is foreign.After studying for more than [-] years, I have achieved great results, so naturally it cannot be denied.But there are always some people who go too far in the process of learning and forget why they started.

Some people think that after learning foreign knowledge and seeing the foreign world, they don't need to understand China, so they can come back and guide the Chinese on what to do.Many people even think that the so-called development means that China is gradually becoming a foreign country.Because of backwardness, they first become what they used to be, and then slowly become what they are now.What about the future?Of course, the future still lags behind foreign countries.

With the advancement of science and technology and the development of the economy, the concept of a global village has emerged, ushering in a vigorous globalization movement.In the eyes of many people, national borders will no longer matter in the future.People are not from any country, but from the earth.Many people have a consensus that the development of all countries should be the same, and the future should converge.

Is that so?Wang Xiaolie can only say, God knows.Don't guess at things that only God knows.At least the world we live in is not like this. It is still divided into countries, nations, and civilizations.The development process of other civilizations can only be used for reference, not copied.Copying is not acceptable, no one can succeed.

If you fall behind, you must learn.Don't think you are too high when you are obviously behind, and refuse to learn and change.Learning is to learn the good from others and get rid of the bad.Learn what is useful to you, and develop what suits you.so as not to lag behind.Just because you are behind, you can't think that the half-knowledge copied from scholars is better than your own.Not only to learn well, but also to use well.If you want to use it well, you must not only learn the excellent things of others, but also have a clear understanding of yourself.

According to the normal law, this process should be to find that we are behind, and at the same time criticize our own old ones and learn others' new ones.After learning the useful things from others and criticizing the old ones, we should understand why we are behind.At this time, we should carry forward our original excellence, so as to form a new culture and a new society.No longer lagging behind, learn from other civilizations and learn from each other.

However, there are always some people who feel that they have learned only a little knowledge from foreigners, and when they return to their motherland, they should be invincible in the world and admired by thousands of people.Those who have never been to a foreign country should listen to themselves in everything.

Some people always think that if you have studied foreign countries before, you must still learn foreign countries in the future.What you will look like in the future will be nothing more than what the foreign country once looked like.The foreign past is your future.The present of a foreign country is what you should become in the future.

There are also smart people who think that you don't need to know history to analyze your civilization.Why lag behind?Because you are Confucian civilization, so Confucianism is backward.To save the country, Confucianism must be eliminated.Not only to eliminate now, but to knock down all the Confucian figures in history and step on one foot, and they will never stand up again.Chinese civilization naturally lacks the gene of scientific research, only technology but no science.There are also Confucians who believe that science and technology are miraculous skills and obscenities, and suppress them.

More intelligent people look for reasons from the root of civilization.It must be Greek and Roman, Socrates, Aristotle, Democritus, Pythagoras, what a powerful thought, how advanced it is from the root.

Deduction and induction should also be mentioned, especially the rational world of Greek philosophy.How come from this rational world...

Where does this follow.It's true.

China began to show signs of falling behind the West in the late Ming Dynasty, and completely lagged behind the West in the Qing Dynasty.If you don't study the history of this period carefully, it will make people feel magical if you do something about it.

There is no problem with the existence of these people.In a normal civilization, there must be all kinds of people and all kinds of ideas.Not only must they be allowed to exist, but they must also be allowed to develop normally.The only problem, for too long, has been dominated by these people, by ideas like this.When they occupy the mainstream, they guide the mainstream ideological tendency of the society and make too many people take detours.

What is the rational world?In the real world, people cannot fully understand it, only a part of it.This part of knowledge, coupled with the need for mutual communication and inheritance, forms systematic knowledge.This system knowledge, from the very beginning, does not match the actual reality.The world deduced and deduced from this knowledge naturally does not match the real world.Some people think that this deduced world also exists, which is the rational world.

Under China's civilization system centered on Taoism, there is no room for the existence of a rational world.

The knowledge Wang Xiaolie learned in his previous life is the history he told in a non-serious manner under this situation.Such history cannot be taken as real history.In particular, the conclusions in it should never be taken as true.

(End of this chapter)