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Chapter 101
"Abstinence" was popular in pornographic literature in Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty regarded the Confucianism that came out of the "Gewu" in the Song Dynasty as the only one.During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jiyou, a Confucian scholar in Raozhou, just put forward a little different opinion on Neo Confucianism, which angered Zhu Dilongyan. Descendants".

After Zhu Di made such a fuss, the position of Neo Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty became more consolidated, and no one dared to shake it. Since then, it has created a precedent for Ming and Qing dynasties to ban heresies with Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism. Neo Confucianism has become a serious study, while other theories They have all become unrefined heresies, and once discovered, they will be banned.

It is far from enough not to let it be said, and it must be developed to the point that everyone must learn Neo Confucianism.The examination syllabus promulgated by the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty were all questions extracted from Neo Confucianism, so that candidates in the Ming Dynasty would work hard to learn Neo Confucianism and enhance their knowledge and understanding of Neo Confucianism.This move undoubtedly has a huge influence on the people.Like a baton, all the students are controlled and influenced by Neo-Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism’s biggest standpoint is “preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires.” dynasty.

But such absurd requirements that are almost strict are almost impossible. How can it be possible for people to have no desires?While the academicians of the Ming Dynasty were working hard for this lofty goal, different pornographic cultures continued to emerge among the people, including novels and paintings.

The most erotic novel "Jin Ping Mei" was born at this time. The description of eroticism in this novel has a profound influence on later generations.In addition to this great work, there are ten or twenty other works such as "Jiandeng Xinhua", "Happy Enemies", "Yichun Fragrant Quality", "Ruyi Jun Biography", "Love History" and "Sui Yang Emperor's Amorous History". Erotic works were very popular in the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of the literary value of these works, the bold and bold descriptions of "bed scenes" are enough to collapse the desire to destroy people in Neo Confucianism.

Why did pornographic literature continue to become popular when Confucianism was popular? If you want to find out the reason for this, you must start with the living environment of the Ming Dynasty literati.After Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he was in power. In order to leave a good environment for his descendants, he went on a killing spree, not only killing the heroes, but also killing all the Confucian scholars during his more than 20 years in power.

Anyone who writes poems or essays that offends Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo words such as "light, thief, and rule" will be killed.Afterwards, Zhu Di went even further, inheriting his father's career, killing literati and Confucian scholars, and if there was a slight mistake, the literati who were about to move their heads must not be able to persist in learning in such an environment. .They still have to worry about their own heads, but if they can't continue their studies, it's even more impossible to be an official. If they face the king every day, the chance of losing their heads is even greater.So, in order to eat and support their families, the literati had to find other ways to survive.

At that time, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the commercial atmosphere was already strong. At that time, so-called booksellers had already appeared. With the development of the publishing industry, scholars had to earn money to eat.As a result, popular literature became popular and became a pastime for people after dinner. In order to make money, booksellers naturally turned their attention to the largest consumer group, that is, the bottom people. Pornography.

Because "bed literature" can best touch the desire of human nature, it has become a bestseller.Sure enough, as soon as pornography appeared, it occupied the market.Liu Dalin wrote in "Ancient Chinese Sexual Culture" about the reasons for the prosperity of pornographic literature in the Ming Dynasty: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was licentious, and the officials also took the trend of taking aphrodisiacs, which played a leading role."

Although these leaders advocated Confucianism, they did not play a leading role, and although literary inquisition was rampant at the time, it did not spread to pornography.Pornographic literature became popular in the Ming Dynasty. On the one hand, normal academics disappeared under political pressure, and literati had no intention of learning, so they used women's bodies to express themselves.On the other hand, the emergence of the marketization of literature provides an opportunity for literati to make a small fortune, while the government's attitude of turning a blind eye and acquiescing also makes "preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires" Under the truth, people's desires have been endlessly spread.

In this world, money and carnal desires are the most capable of eroding people's souls. The reason why the Ming Dynasty fell was closely related to these two points. Sex and money desires are poisons that corrode people. For example, the Ming Dynasty The verse in pornographic literature, "The body of the twenty-eighth beauty is as crisp as a crisp, and the sword is put on the waist to cut off the fool. It is clear that the head does not fall, and the marrow and bones of the emperor are secretly taught." You know how toxic this poison is.

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