warring states careerist

Chapter 348
After listening to some of Shi's explanations, Grandson Gao felt many doubts that he had never had before.

Mozi had indeed talked about the relationship between inside and outside, mind and matter, love and interests, and the relationship between love and interests before, but Mozi did not talk about it so thoroughly and deeply.

It's not that Mozi himself doesn't understand, but that Mozi thinks too much about the comprehension of his disciples.

Grandson Gao asked suspiciously: "As you said, how can we explain mutual love and mutual benefit?"

Shi stretched out three fingers and said, "In my opinion, there are three explanations, and they all make sense."

"First, mutual love, everyone can achieve mutual love in their hearts, love others with self-love, so as to achieve fellowship 'gain'. Here love is inside, gain is outside, from the inside out, from the heart things. Unified love is the premise of benefiting each other.”

"Secondly, mutual love and mutual benefit is an ultimate goal. That is, everyone loves others with the heart of self-love, and everyone has the heart of aspiring to the world. Therefore, it is both love and mutual benefit inside. Outside, it is also gaining Received the love of others and benefited each other.”

"Thirdly, that is to say...Loving each other and benefiting each other...It's just an external manifestation. Because no one knows your heart, who do you love? Who do you want to benefit? No one knows if you don't say it. But, this Everything can be observed, and finally a future where everyone seems to love and benefit everyone. This can be observed intuitively."

These three classifications were not made by Mo Zi, but by himself in order to grasp the power of interpretation in the future.

The first is a purely spiritual fantasy of heaven on earth and the rule of three generations, which is completely divorced from materiality, and believes that everyone can reach a sufficient moral height spiritually to build a paradise on earth.

The second is an ideal.The ultimate unity of matter and spirit.

The third type... is to completely deny the role of the spirit.

The first one is logically feasible, and it was originally thought to be feasible in reality, but after the farce of the war of Shangqiu princes and the launch of the alliance of the Chu State, Gao Sunzi did not believe this at all. Things can be done.

So after listening to Shi's division, he murmured: "From this point of view, the second explanation is naturally better."

Shi smiled and said: "It's really difficult. You also know what the slogan of the volunteer formation is, right?"

When he mentioned the righteous division spear formation, Gao Sunzi naturally knew it. This slogan has been shouted since the formation of the army, and everyone knows the righteous division spear soldiers.

It is a very familiar sentence "all for one, one for all".

The phrase itself was first used by the spearmen of the spear formation, spread throughout the world in "The Three Musketeers", and Lenin first translated it into Russian when he launched the Saturday voluntary labor, and then adapted it to I also know this sentence.

So much so that in his last life, there was a very funny video of the empty-eared Russian Maslenitsa group fight. Lenin’s translation of these words is still beautiful, and it is translated into Chinese as the empty-eared sentence-Baidi Holy Sword, Royal Sword Follow me……

The spearmen of the spear formation are most suitable for this sentence, because the spear formation, which relies heavily on the integrity of the formation, is an extreme embodiment of "everyone for one, one for everyone".

Anyone needs to rely on the protection of the partners and teammates around him, and he is also protecting the rest of the partners and colleagues.

As soon as this saying was put forward, it not only became very popular among volunteer teachers, but also quickly became a common saying among Mohists in Peixian County.

Because, it sounds exactly in line with Mozi's theory of "universal love".I love everyone, everyone loves me, I am in everyone, so I love everyone, and I love everyone.

Hearing this, Grandson Gao seemed to understand a little bit, and said: "You mean to say that the people in the spear array may not necessarily love other people in their hearts. But in the eyes of others, they are loving other people, and they seem to be in love with others." Is it mutual love and mutual benefit?"

Shi smiled and said: "They are the group of people who are the easiest to believe that everyone loves me and I love everyone. Because from the perspective of utilitarianism, they can get real benefits by doing so."

"So, I always feel that mutual love and mutual benefit are the ultimate paradise. But this is a long scene, and it cannot be crossed in one step."

"The pain during the period is something that has to be experienced."

"There are nine layers of paradise, and it may be difficult to surpass."

"When the old suffering is removed, new suffering will appear. Only when mutual love and mutual benefit are achieved can all suffering be eliminated."

"But the giant once said, Quan, comparing big profits with small profits, big profits are harmful to small profits. Therefore, every progress is beneficial to the world."

One of the most important characteristics of Mohism is the comparison of utilitarianism, which can be seen from the attitude of Mozi about Wang Zilu: this person is not bad, but he is far from being a benevolent and righteous monarch.

In particular, Mozi attaches great importance to the word "quan", weighs the pros and cons, clearly points out that one must consider the pros and cons, and choose the one that benefits the most and harms the least.

In the end, this goes back to the concept of "benefiting the world" itself. With a clear concept, program, and future, it can be compared.

Mozi recognizes that "mutual love and mutual benefit" is the ultimate state of the world, but he is by no means a person who only relies on lip service to reason.

Said he was an absolute anti-violence pacifist?Mozi killed many people in his life, and he frequently instigated "drums to make people go to war and attack unrighteous countries", thinking that launching a war against unrighteous countries would benefit the world.

To say that he was a sympathetic Madonna?The rows of "cut", "broken", "judgment" and "family" in the city defense technique are even more vivid.

Mozi weighs the pros and cons in doing things.Of course, there needs to be a standard for pros and cons, and this standard is the world, but how does the world count as a benefit?What does the world include?The Mohists have their own explanations.

When Mozi said things like "Everyone, old or young, high or low, are all ministers of heaven" and "the covenant between the ruler and the subjects", the concept of the world must include "the peasants, the businessmen, the slaves, the nobles, the princes"...

Therefore, pros and cons, under the weight of utilitarianism, become a comparatively small addition and subtraction: the interests of the vast majority of people in the world are benefits, and for this reason, the interests of a small number of people can be destroyed.However, people in the Mohist concept are equal and include farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, so whose benefit is it to benefit the majority?That goes without saying.

Since it is said that the Mohist thinks that a hair can be plucked but the benefit of the world needs to be plucked, then the nobles of Shiqing are unwilling to take the initiative to pluck them, so they have to use violence to make them withdraw from the stage of history to benefit the world.

There may be some things that are not what Mozi thought, but are corrected appropriately.

However, the Mohism left behind by Mozi is based on logical reasoning, so there are infinite possibilities left.According to the series of things given by Mozi, it is easy for Shi Shi to deduce the result he wants.

When Shi Shi talked about big benefits, small benefits, and big harms, Gao Sunzi finally couldn't refute immediately.

Shi Ze seized the opportunity and asked anxiously: "It's like... the current system of Pei County is for good governance, benevolent government and righteous government in the world. If it is in the era of Yao and Shun, is it okay?"

There is no need to answer this question, nor does Gao Sunzi think about it immediately, because Mozi has already given the answer.

Zi Mozi said: Yao was good at governing, and it has been in ancient times since today.From ancient times to the present, Yao cannot govern.

Mozi said that when Yao and Shun ruled the world as good governance, they looked at the past from the present point of view, and considered Yao’s policies in line with the good governance at that time, considering the historical limitations at that time.

However, if Yao's policies were directly copied and brought to the present, it would be impossible to govern the world.

The original meaning of this sentence is on the philosophical level, but when it comes to the appropriate place, it is easy to combine with the rhetoric that "Nine Paradise Paradise" and productivity determine the relationship of production.

Grandson Gao was silent.

Shi said again: "Why has Yao not been able to rule since ancient times? Because the world has changed. In Yao and Shun's times, as Duke Lu Yang said, bridge barbarians had only stone tools as tools, so Yao's policies were in line with the situation at that time. That was the paradise of the time.”

"If we go to the Yao era with the current policy of Peidi, but there is no ironware, cattle, and seeds in Peixian County...then there will be great hunger and chaos in the world."

"Is that so?"

Grandson Gao nodded again.

Shi took advantage of the victory to pursue and said: "Zi Mozi also said: If one person has one righteousness, two people will have two righteousness, and ten people will have ten righteousness. If there are many people, the so-called righteousness will also be numerous. Because people are righteous, Because of inhuman righteousness, friendship is wrong. Fu Ming understands that the reason why the world is in chaos is that those who have no government are born, so they choose the most worthy people in the world and establish them as emperors."

"Yao was the Son of Heaven and practiced good governance. It can be seen that the 'righteousness' at that time could benefit the world."

"However, Juzi also said that since ancient times, Yao has been unable to rule. That is to say, Yao's 'righteousness' at that time is different from the 'righteousness' that can benefit the world now. Is that so?"

This is a perfect logical chain. Gao Sunzi learned from Mozi, and naturally got used to the logic of Mohism. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "This is irrefutable. But although righteousness is different, benevolence is the same. Yao and Shun must have hearts. Only with a heart that loves the world can we formulate good governance that benefits the world."

"When they lived at that time, they would naturally use the righteousness of that time. If they lived in the present, they would naturally use the righteousness of the present. Righteousness changes, but love does not."

Shi clapped his hands and said: "What you said is very true. However, the 'righteousness' that conforms to the utensils of the world can be deduced rationally. That is to say, any formal disciple of the Mohist school can know the world in the Yao and Shun era. How to govern is the good governance of the Promised Land at that time. Is this right?"

Grandson Gao nodded again, startled, knowing that the moment he nodded, he fell into Shi's trap.

Sure enough, Shi asked: "If a person returns to the time of Yao and Shun at this time, and rationally deduces the "righteousness" administration that conforms to the time of Yao and Shun, is it good governance? The benevolence in his heart cannot be compared with that of Yao, and the benevolence in his heart His righteousness is consistent with what Yao thinks, so the policy will not be good government because he is not as good as Yao Ren?"

Gao Sunzi was silent, but he did not give Gao Sunzi a chance to organize his words, and immediately said: "You talk about benevolence, but you also think it is correct to eliminate the nobles of Shiqing. Your benevolence, isn't it also that you have not imposed Is it on the princes and nobles?"

Gao Sunzi immediately retorted: "But the nobles of Shiqing are a minority in the world, not a majority. Although I have no love for them, I love people other than them. You just said that you have to weigh big and small profits, and you have to weigh them." How much is the world..."

Shi laughed loudly and said, "Yes, we have finally talked about how much."

"If you talk about contradictions, there are contradictions between the nobles of Shiqing and those farmers on Lutian. The two are like black and white, and they cannot benefit from each other. There are also conflicts between those who are rich in land and those who rent land. .”

"So, which kind of contradiction is the mainstream in the world?"

(End of this chapter)