warring states careerist

Chapter 98

The "Shan Hai Jing" that Mozi saw and heard was not a continuous story like the falsified "Mu Tianzi Biography", but more like a collection of geography and short stories.

The reason why I am full of hesitation about this book is because this book is completely based on the situation of overseas countries divided according to the so-called several paradises, and many things in it are a bit appalling and completely subvert people's perception of the world. know.

Rao is Mozi who has seen a lot, so he can only hesitate and make up his mind about this book.

He knew that this book might have been recorded when he was studying with the two hermits, because it was impossible for a shoemaker's son to write it.

He also knows the situation of overseas countries introduced in this book, so it should be correct.Although he has never seen it before, it is impossible to fabricate it so perfectly that it can withstand scrutiny.

At the beginning, Shi knew that Mozi was good at defending the city, so he first told the story of the battle of defending the city of Troy in the "Da Huang Xi Jing".

It starts with the ownership of a beautiful woman, and ends with the Trojan horse plan breaking the city.

After listening to this, Mozi commented: "If you talk about defending the city, I am definitely better than the Priam you mentioned. However, those who guard the city and the gates are not allowed to carry axes and awls. Is it strange to see Can the Trojan horse still be pulled into the city?"

Shi Shi echoed a few words, and then talked about the battle of Wenquanguan, which was a little exaggerated, so that Mozi was fascinated by it, and said to himself: "If you talk about it in terms of Yi and Di Zhuxia, this can be regarded as a righteous battle. If I bring three hundred Mozi and a few more Thousands of coalition troops can last for a few days. Now that we have the right ammunition, we may be able to defend it for more than a month."

However, he did not admit defeat, and when he heard Shi talk about the fact that the peasants led the way around the back, he commented: "I have already said in the "Order" and "Miscellaneous Shou" of the city defense that all the vegetation a hundred steps away from the Guancheng All the peasants who burned, shili, etc. were forced to be brought back to the city to be organized into a military force. At this time, one must not be soft-hearted, and if one is soft-hearted at this time, the regret will be ten times greater in the future... This will reduce the chance for the enemy to bribe the familiar locals."

Shi Liansheng agreed, and then used the excuse to talk about overseas countries.According to his prophecy that the social form is a paradise, unfold one by one.

Mozi also used his own understanding to listen to Shi's narration, compared with the Eurasian map roughly sketched by Shi, imagined the scenes of countries thousands of miles away, and listened to their stories and origins.

The classical Olympic Games with the armistice of Greece held every four years, Athens with national participation in politics, Sparta with collective slavery, Egypt with dictatorship, Buddhism, Jainism, and ancient India where caste system has emerged, has been in its heyday. Declining Persia...

These overseas countries let Mozi see a completely different world. Perhaps the Peloponnesian War he understood was a disguised form of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, but it did not prevent him from inferring whether what Shi said was true or fabricated.

Shi pushed everything to those two hermits, and Mozi didn't ask any more questions. He was deeply shocked after thinking about those overseas countries and those strange customs and beliefs that Shi said.

If it's just a shock, he won't hesitate.

The reason for the hesitation is because I made a guess at the end of this falsified "Shan Hai Jing".

This conjecture is perfect, so perfect that it can explain the so-called celestial phenomena of destiny such as lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, rotation of stars, spring, summer, autumn and winter, Yinghuo Shouxin, etc.

But this conjecture is too bold, too bold for ordinary people to accept, because it fits at the end of "Shan Hai Jing", saying that the ground under the feet...is a ball.

Mozi can understand things like the ecliptic, equator, and the inclination of the rotation axis that ordinary people can't understand, so the doubts are even deeper.

One day after Shi Shi finished telling the "Mu Tianzi Biography" to all the Mozi, Mozi made two spheres out of wood, used lamps and candles as the sun, and simulated solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and spring eclipses with his hands according to Shi's theory. The emergence of Xiaqiudong, and then called the past.

Shi understood what Mozi asked him to ask. If Mozi couldn't accept these things, I'm afraid the people in the world would be even less able to accept them.

After entering, Mozi was staring at the two wooden balls, and suddenly said: "That day you said that the shadow does not move, I said that experience is the first. Can this be counted as a debate?"

Shi replied: "Yes. This can be used as a debate topic, spread to the world, and invite famous people all over the world to argue. If they don't accept it, I will convince them with facts."

Mozi laughed and said, "It's difficult. You can explain that there is no destiny. I'm very happy. According to what you said about spring, summer, autumn and winter, if I go all the way north, there will be places where there are no nights and no days in summer, and no darkness in winter." day?"

Shi looked at the tilted wooden ball and the "sun" candle in Mozi's hands, admired him, nodded and said, "That's right."

Mo Zi sighed: "If this is the case, then it is reasonable. It is not difficult. If it really shakes the world, you can send people to the extreme north."

Shi thought that Mo Zi was supporting him, but he didn't want Mo Zi's last words, which completely stunned Shi.

"You followed the two hermits and learned a lot. Shangxian, Jianai, Feigong, Xingyi, Hetianzhi... I can see all of these. But I rarely hear you talk about ghosts and gods. You are here This "Shan Hai Jing" describes a huge world, and those countries do not worship the ghosts and gods here, and the ghosts and gods they worship are not known to us. So it can be inferred that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, is that so? ?”

Knowing that Mozi believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, when he heard Mozi's question, he was at a loss and didn't know how to answer.

He really didn't expect Mozi's reasoning to be able to deduce the thoughts that he didn't realize in his heart. If the world is not so big but so big, then the ghosts and gods worshiped here govern the whole world?If not, why can those countries that do not worship ghosts and gods here win or fail?

Seeing that Mozi couldn't answer, he sighed again and said: "I once said: People have committed rape, rebellion, and thieves. Other people's chariots, horses, clothes and furs think they are profiting. It is because they are not aware of ghosts and gods."

"That's why I say that even though there are deep streams and Bolins and secluded ravines where there is no one, you can't ignore it when you see it, and ghosts and gods will see it."

"I thought that if everyone believed that his every move was watched by ghosts and gods, then he would do good deeds and do righteous deeds instead of doing bad things and creating chaos. So even in the deep mountains, you can't be careless. I I think this is one of the ways to stabilize the world."

"People, shouldn't they be in awe of some unknowable things? If there is no fear...is it a good thing?"

"You can explain the earth under your feet and the unfathomable moon, but you don't say a word about ghosts and gods, so you don't believe in ghosts and gods, is that right?"

After thinking for a while, he replied: "Sir, do you think that ghosts and gods exist for the sake of world order? If world order and ghosts and gods exist, you can only choose one of them. Which one do you choose?"

Mozi smiled and said: "You don't have to ask me this way. I have no doubts about your qualifications to be a Mohist. There are many Mohist who doubt the existence of ghosts and gods, but there are no Mohist who are not righteous. I can tell which is more important. I I just thought that those two hermits would always know something, so as to solve my confusion."

Shi asked tentatively, "Are you really puzzled?"

Mozi replied: "If the princes and nobles believed in the existence of ghosts and gods, wouldn't there be unjust wars? The will of heaven I talk about and the will of heaven you talk about are sometimes different, but What you said is very reasonable, and it can be regarded as a kind of will. I told the princes and nobles to hear the will of heaven. It is: Heaven likes people to love others, does not like unjust wars, hopes that people love each other, and hopes that people will not be born because of their blood. And the grades..."

"If there is no such ambition, if there are no ghosts and gods... Before you became a Mohist, I have been hesitating about what to use to restrain these princes and nobles and let them do righteous things that are beneficial to the world."

Shi has already tasted a taste. Before he joined the Mozhe, it was the time when Mozi was seriously ill and the theory of ghosts and gods was doubted.

Mozi said that before he joined, he couldn't figure out how to perfect his ideas to restrain princes and nobles, and he emphasized that he had not become a Mohist before.

Mozi couldn't think of a reason for princes and nobles to happily accept the principle that everyone is equal and loves each other, so he wanted to use ghosts and gods to tell them that this is what God likes.

But in fact, Shi is very clear that if he wants the princes and nobles to accept the principle that everyone is equal, there is no "happy" way to accept it other than beating them hard.

It is absolutely impossible not to kill someone's head and flow blood into a river.It's impossible to be happy, and it's impossible not to bleed.

Furthermore, Mozi's theory of ghosts and gods cannot prevail, because he did not solve the problem of "where to go".

There is no heaven and hell, and everything is the retribution of this world. It is too easy to prove that it does not exist, and it is too easy to be questioned.

Heaven and hell are different. You can't prove that it doesn't exist in this world, but Mozi's theory of ghosts and gods strongly advocates retribution in this world.It is always said that there are gods standing three feet above their heads, but the problem is that those princes and nobles who fought in unjust wars lived well, and those who truly believed died.

So don't talk about princes and nobles, even most of the disciples don't believe it.Today, there are almost no righteous people left who believe that ghosts and gods only do righteous things when they like people to do righteous things.

Shi felt that at this time, it could be a proper showdown, and asked: "Sir, can't the law play the same role? If there is a rule to kill innocent people to death, then doesn't the law play the role of ghosts and gods as you said?" Does it work the same?"

Mozi asked: "Can the law be enforced? Even if it can be imposed on the people, then the princes and nobles who waged unjust wars, do they count as killing innocent people? Who will restrain them?"

He stared at Shi, and he felt that Shi knew that although the sword of the world that he mentioned last time moved his heart, but he could feel it from watching people for many years. Shi must have other ways, or the sword of the world. That's only half the story.

"Shi, I'm already very old. But I can't do what I want without breaking the rules like Zhong Ni, because I follow my heart, but my heart is not the norm of the world today. The sword of the world you said, Can it really be forged? The overseas countries you told me have different politics, but they all have their own disadvantages, but there is only one thing missing."

"Is there no country that believes in the existence of ghosts and gods, is omniscient and omnipotent, and believes that if you do something wrong, you will be punished?"

Shi looked at Mozi, thought of the countries that would exist in later generations, and replied solemnly: "Sir, there are such countries, but they are useless. This is based on experience. You don't know such countries. I do know."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head solemnly, and said firmly: "There is no great rule in such a country. On the contrary, the priests collect money and monopolize power, because the priests and witches are often the least believers in ghosts and gods."

It was the first time Mozi heard such a solemn answer, he let out a long sigh, and was speechless for a long time.

Shi asked again: "There is also the obscenity here. Do you not believe in the existence of Zhu Rong? Or do you not believe in those witches? If you just don't believe in witches, then do you know that ghosts and gods like you because you communicated with ghosts and gods?" What kind of sacrifice?"

Mozi didn't answer, and handed the bound volume of "Shan Hai Jing" to Shi, but Shi didn't dare to take it.

I don't know if this means that if you disagree with Juzi, please leave?Or is it that this book can spread the meaning of the world in the name of Mohist.

Mozi sighed, and said in a very solemn tone for the first time: "Pei's righteousness is the beginning of the sword of the world you said. I hope to see a great rule of Pei, and I also hope to see a Punish unjust Pei."

Shi replied: "Peijian is too small to make an appointment with the world."

"As long as you can make appointments with local officials and big clans, you can make appointments with people in the world. A group of fearless and fearless people like you, is it good? Is it bad? What does virtue come from? A group of fearless people Wouldn’t people be chaotic in the world? Wouldn’t the theory of ghosts and gods help to maintain order in the world and restrain the morality of all people?”

Mozi asked himself without answering, and then said after a long time: "You can read this book to them. I just ask, does the paradise you mentioned, all paradises, not require everyone's self-virtue?"

Shi Shi nodded firmly, and replied: "Morality is a shadow, and the paradise is a thing. The paradise changes, and the shadow will change. The virtues of the past will not be the virtues of the future. Therefore, the preferences of ghosts and gods are useless. If there are thousands of people in the world who believe everyone Mohists who are all equal ministers of heaven, princes and nobles believe it or not, they will eventually believe it. Because those who don’t believe will die.”

Mozi asked: "If there are no ghosts and gods who say that everyone should be equal, and if there is no Heavenly Emperor who likes everyone to be equal, then how can people believe that people are equal? ​​Because few people now believe that people are equal. Yes, then how can there be thousands of Mohists?"

Shi smiled and said, "Mr. thought of the simplest reason to argue, but if Mr. thinks of a more difficult reason, can't he argue?"

"A reason that does not require ghosts and gods to like it, but simply uses things, arguments, labor, the world, etc. to demonstrate the equality of people, the importance of covenanting with the king, and the source of power for the covenant between the monarch and his ministers... This is not more Is it hard to refute? Isn't it easier to believe? Isn't it easier to survive a thousand years?"

Mozi smiled and asked, "Can you?"

"Unknowable. This is a shadow, and things need to change before the world can understand. Therefore, it is still necessary to benefit the world first, do more things that benefit the world, and let the world speculate, let a hundred schools of thought contend, and let more people have the opportunity to recognize characters and use cursive. Silk, listen to lectures."

Mozi asked again: "It is difficult for the world to understand, can I understand it before them?"

Shi Shi thought about Mozi's thoughts other than ghosts and gods, nodded and said, "You can understand."

"Then wait for the autumn, you tell me first."

Shi took the order and withdrew with the "Shan Hai Jing", leaving only Mo Zi in the room, meditating on the two wooden balls.

　Time constraints.These things are boring, but they can't be avoided.Mozi understood what ghosts and gods are, but he also contradictedly believed that the theory of ghosts and gods could help stabilize society and make people awe-inspiring.But in the end, it's just a tool.In addition, judging from the expositions of the philosophers and the history books of the Western Han Dynasty, the level of rural autonomy in this era is frighteningly high, and it is completely grassroots that cannot be governed by the law. Things like murder, arson, poisoning, and robbery can always be recorded.

　　
　
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