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Chapter 625 In the Eyes of the Escaped Pawns (End)

"In ancient times, there was no emperor, everyone is equal, everyone gets what they need, everyone benefits, everyone loves to survive in the chaotic world, and avoid the suffering of wild beasts, famine and hunger..."

"The Hou Suiren watched the lightning strike the wood and realized the will of heaven to make fire, and the Youchao watched the birds build their nests and built a hut. Therefore, he was a sage and was elected as the leader to lead the people..."

This is the Mohist's description of the ancient world, which originally required a great deal of logical thinking to imagine and understand, but at this moment, it is so intuitive and clear.

The fugitive who was influenced by Yang Zhu's school thought to himself: "Isn't this the scene in the ancient times mentioned by the Mohists? If this person was in the ancient times, wouldn't he be someone like Suiren and Youchao? But he is just like me, a commoner Farmers and businessmen..."

"Everyone benefits under the so-called universal love of the Mohists. It seems that there is some truth to it? If I don't build a house, it will rain; if I pick the fruit and don't give it to those who build the house, it will also rain... "

"Doesn't it mean that in ancient times, when there was no emperor, it was true that the sages and the people plowed and ate together, and governed? The old way is no longer applicable at this time... But if it is like this, how did the Son of Heaven and the Kingdom come about? How did they become like this?"

With a lot of doubts, I can't remember how the Mohist explained it when I was in Linzi. It seems that the master heard the Mohist saying that the sages and the people work together and eat is no longer applicable to the world at this time, but only for the world. After that time, the master left angrily, thinking that he could not argue with him.

After thinking for a long time, I finally recalled a very ugly sentence that the Mohist said back then.

He remembered that the Mo family seemed to say the word "in", which made the master leave angrily. Afterwards, he also asked the master, what did the Mo family mean by being?
The master said: "Mohist debates have their own vocabulary. For example, when Mohist says Yu, in Mohist's debate, it means the space of east, west, south, north. You know what Yu is, right? It's just a roof. But in Mohist debate , Yu is four directions up and down, has its own definition."

"Zaizi, what the Mohists say: Yao's good governance has been in ancient times since ancient times. Since ancient times, Yao can't rule in the present. They call the meaning of the whole as being, which means that Yao's good governance is seen by people today. In the past, it was a good government to evaluate Yao by the standards of the past. But if Yao uses Yao’s government for the present, it is not only not a good government, but an evil government. It’s just that it’s too much to say, and the whole meaning of Mohism is Use the word "in" instead of..."

At that time, he still couldn't understand why Yao's good government is now a bad government. Could it be that good and evil can still be changed?

Later, after learning more about the principles of the Yang-Zhu School, I became immersed in the principles of "Madam, if everyone does not lose a single cent, there would be no Yao and Shun; if everyone would harm the world, there would be no Jie and Zhou; I can't extricate myself from the anarchic morality, and I have forgotten the incomprehension at that time.

Seeing this scene today, I couldn't help but think of the disputes I heard at the beginning, and said to myself: "Looking at this moment, if this was the case in Yao and Shun's time, it seems to be very good. The sages and the people farm and eat together. The Mohists say that since ancient times it has been in the present, so it is impossible for Yao to rule it?"

In doubt, the fisherman of Yuan Lou introduced before said: "I think there are fish in this water, which can satisfy your hunger. I am good at fishing, so why don't you share with me a few people to fish with me..."

There is no need to ask too much about this, and soon four or five people will be sent out to follow the fisherman in Yuan Louyi only to fish.

The potter in Yaodi next to him said: "I am good at mud and water. I have learned some techniques when making pottery. I can make it so that there is no smoke and fire. I can make some small utensils. I can cook fish..."

This divided another four or five people, and the rest were either picking or building houses.

The man said again: "Isn't this the so-called division of labor of the Mohists? In ancient times, Tao Zheng and Yugu were both official positions. Isn't this how it came about?"

Tao Zheng was still an official official in the Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally knew it. In addition, the Tian family was on behalf of Qi, and the ancestor of Tian Qi was Tao Zheng in the time of King Wen. Later, his son Ying married Da Ji and was granted the title of Chen. Linzi people know things.

The man thought to himself, now there are Taozheng and Yukui, but they are also very good. The sages work together with the people. Why did the Mohists say that it is inevitable that these people who work together later become princes and riches?I don't see it...

At this moment, I really can't see anything. He was a small trader when he was in Linzi. In theory, if he can trade in the market at this time, he is naturally a talent, but at this moment, his ability is useless. Let those people work together to mix mud and cut down trees to build houses.

If you do these things with doubts in your heart, you will inevitably have to watch more.

After being busy for a while, the person who was elected as the leader also felled trees and worked together, but something happened after a while.

The two guards outside ran back and said how many people had come, and the leader said: "You guys do it first, I'll go and have a look."

So he took two more skilled men and left with weapons, and everyone felt that it should be so, someone must come forward to deal with these matters.

When he came back, there were seven or eight more people, and the leader didn't come back to work immediately, but inquired about it, and it happened that "Yuku" asked someone to say how many people were missing, so he just made up for it.

After distributing these matters, and it was time to eat, the Yang Zhu schoolman suddenly understood, and secretly said: "Isn't this the origin of the so-called division of mind and labor in the Mohist school? But they were doing things together, and later when there were more people, it was easier to work hard. So when it comes to ancient times, how can there be any talk about bloodlines being high or low?"

"So, in the struggle between strength and fate, isn't strength winning and fate losing? There is no life in the world, and it all depends on strength?"

The struggle between life and death is also a huge difference between the Mohist school and the Yang-Zhu school. In the later period, when Mohism, Yang, and Confucianism are three pillars, each of the three parties has its own perspective. Only when there is a third party and can criticize each other, Obviously, it is impossible for the three parties to be in conflict with each other, but they can form alliances with each other at any time.

The Mohist "Fate" believes that people can change everything from the will of heaven with hard work.Confucianism and Yang Zhu stand by fate.When fighting for life, Yang Ru is the same as the inkjet family.

The Mohist school is appraised as "thrifty and abolishing courtesy", but it is not inhumane, but Yang Zhu's school is so-called tenacious, so in terms of benevolence, righteousness and love for others, sometimes the Mohism and Confucianism criticize Yang Zhu together.

The essential question involved in this life-and-death struggle is "Why are rich people rich?"

If there is destiny, then everyone is a minister of the Emperor of Heaven, regardless of age, high or low, and everyone is equal.

But if there is no life, how can we explain the different reality of high and low today?
All this has been debated countless times in the streets of Linzi. The Mohists began to discuss the origin of the country in ancient times, and concluded that there is no high or low. It is only because of strength that one can become a sage. For the sake of "hereditary inheritance", the world is made like this.So the reality of the world is not reasonable, not to say that fate has defeated power...

In just one or two days, the fugitive of the Yang Zhu School witnessed the magnificent history of selecting a sage as the emperor, from the sage and the people farming and eating together to the division of hard work, relying on what he heard in Linzi before. Those enlightenments were confirmed here, and it also gave him an intuitive understanding of many issues that he did not understand and required rigorous logical thinking.

When it was time to eat, although there were fish and wild vegetables, they were not enough for everyone.

Dozens of people stared helplessly at the food in the clay pot without saying a word. When they were silent, the former Sima Chief with a Sima team said first: "In the past few days, all the food will be divided equally. violated..."

He drew out a small sword and said: "If you violate it, you will be slaughtered."

He is not the leader who was pushed out, nor is he Tao Zheng or Yugu, but he has more than 20 fellow villagers. As soon as he said it, more than 20 people stood up and said: "Chang Sima is right, everyone is out." If you work hard, it will be divided equally."

More than 20 people stood up, and the rest of those who did not have swords in their hands, who were not particularly brave and majestic, who were not promoted as leaders, or who were only laboring hard, also stood up and said: "That's right, everyone has It's one-hearted, just wait until the battle is over. Split, split!"

Most people want to share equally, and the leader also said: "Naturally."

So I divided the food equally, there was no difference, there was not enough to eat, so everyone shared some, but after a day or two of starvation, the warm food was really comfortable to eat.

Everyone enjoyed themselves, and it happened to be raining after dinner, so they warmed up and chatted with each other in the thatched hut that was still leaking, talking about hometown affairs, the current battle situation, future plans, and the principles of Mohism.

The fugitive of the Yang Zhu school stared at the fire and remained silent, thinking: "Now that it is like this, is this considered universal love? Or do individuals have to love and be equal for their own self-interest? Could it be that in ancient times, universal love You and yourself are two ends of one body?"

Universal love and self-esteem originally sounded like irreconcilable contradictions, but as the morality of the Mohists was revised, because the Mohist distinctions of "Jian" and "Body" were able to be rounded up.

This is a difficult logic to understand, but after several days in this small hut, there is no need to think logically, but to show all this in the most authentic expression.

The more he thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense, and the man thought again: "If you're talking about yourself, if I'm the leader, I should think about eating more."

"But Chief Sima has a lot of fellow villagers. If I say to eat more for the leader, they will definitely not allow it, and they may beat me up or kill me. It is not a noble person to die for food."

"In this way, the valued self in ancient times is the one that is not valued now? The universal love in ancient times is actually just selfish interests at this time? What was good in ancient times and can’t be cured today is a similar reason?”

I had already thought of this section. If there are people from the Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School by his side at this time, it is equivalent to adding another fire to the boiling water, and he can become a Mohist.

However, when it was time to sleep, he still listened to too much of the Yang Zhu school, and he "woke up" again in this chaotic thinking.

I thought to myself: "No, no, what the Mohist said is wrong, there is nothing inevitable."

"What I just thought was wrong. Everyone doesn't take a cent. If I am the leader, why should I want to take more food? As long as everyone respects himself, everyone doesn't take a cent, everyone doesn't pluck a hair, everyone If you don’t occupy others, and everyone doesn’t want to occupy others, then there will be no Yao and Shun, no Son of Heaven, no country and world... So what Mohism said about necessity is not correct. It’s not inevitable, but it’s just because not everyone It’s caused by not taking a penny from everyone.”

Thinking about it this way, those chaotic principles suddenly became clear.

He thought, it turns out that the essence of the problem is that people's hearts are not right or wrong, and it is not the inevitable development from ancient times to the present as the Mohists call it. It only needs to change people's hearts, and the world will naturally change.But the Mohists want to change the world first, and then think that people's hearts will change naturally, which is wrong...

After I figured it out, I finally fell asleep in a down-to-earth manner, without the torment and pain of many mental thoughts.

(End of this chapter)