The issue of corruption is related to the destiny of the country no matter what dynasty. When we read history, we can find a phenomenon: any important figure in history has not one or dozens of people, but a class. How is this person corrupt? The entire class he is in is corrupt. Corruption is the "evil" in the national destiny, and the national destiny is the "competence between good and evil". If the good wins, the country will become strong; if the evil wins, the country will decline.
The word "national destiny" is often mentioned when discussing the rise and fall of history with people. When we talk about national destiny, we have nothing more than three aspects: one is about the future development trend of the country; two is about the fixed number of national development; three is about the regular description of the country's development that either rise, stabilize or decline. One is objective, two is subjective, and three is subjective, both subjective and objective, and they are relatively in place. If it is too subjective, it is easy to fall into the historical thinking trend of "the world's general trend will be together for a long time, and if it is together for a long time, it will be divided." It seems to be correct in historical practice, but it has no operational value for reality and the future.
The thinking of unity of subjective and objective is in line with the rational judgment of future development. This trend description is precisely through the "life cycle of everything" to deduce the "national life cycle". Professor Qin Hui of the history community once proposed the most famous " Huang Zongxi's Law ", which is only a factor that constitutes the national destiny, not the national destiny law. In addition, what we often say is the "law of the rabbit dead and the dog cooking", the "law of the surround", the "law of the party", and the "law of the power bullying " are not the laws of national destiny, but the law of power.
often can be called the law of affecting the fate of the country:
One, Du Mu "Abang Palace Fu" says: "Alas! Those who destroy the six kingdoms are the six kingdoms, not Qin. Those who clan Qin are Qin, not the world. Alas! If the six kingdoms love their own people, they are enough to reject Qin; if Qin loves the people of the six kingdoms again, they can be kings for three generations, but who can get the clan to be destroyed? The Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourn them; later generations mourn them but do not understand them, so that later generations mourn them and mourn them again." This means that the destruction of the six kingdoms is not Qin , but the six kingdoms themselves. The people who destroyed the Qin Dynasty were not the people in the world, but the Qin State itself. If the six countries each love their own people, they can rely on the people to resist Qin. If the Qin Dynasty loved the people of the six countries, it would be passed on to three generations and could be emperors for generations. Who could destroy it? Qin people have not had time to mourn himself, but later generations mourn him; if later generations mourn him but do not use him as a mirror to learn lessons, it will only make later generations mourn him again. Chinese people love to read history, but never learn from historical lessons. This is just as Mr. Huang Yanpei said in : "Its rise is brisk, and its fall is sudden."
Second, Mencius said: "A gentleman's greed is killed for five generations, and a villain's greed is killed for five generations." This means that the gentleman's greed is cut off after the lingering of , five generations, and five generations, and five generations, and all the villain's greed is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after the linger is cut off after "Wealth is not rich for three generations" comes from this; there is also the saying "morality is passed down for more than ten generations; farming and reading are passed down for families; poetry and books are passed down for families; wealth and honor are passed down for families, but only three generations".
What exactly determines the national destiny? The issue of national destiny can have several perspectives: First of all, from the perspective of heaven, everything is vast and has its own number of days. Second, from a moral perspective, all those who establish a foundation of kindness and virtue and establish a dynasty with righteousness are long-lived dynasties, and vice versa. Third, from the perspective of imperial power, a family cannot ensure that generations of descendants are virtuous and upright, which is almost impossible. It is quite excellent to have three generations. It seems that only can be used for seven generations. Han Dynasty .
The so-called Western democratic system cannot ensure excellent rule from generation to generation. There are examples like this in the United States and Europe. These are all restricted by the law of national destiny. Therefore, the national destiny under all systems will be affected by two levels: the vast number of days and moral education. The two are mutually useful. Once morality is lost and lack morality, demons and ghosts will appear in any system, and the country's fortune will decline; once morality is accumulated and virtue is transformed into virtue, any system will emerge in many sages and wise men and the country's fortune will flourish.
The passwords of destiny, family fortune and national fortune we often talk about are hidden in the "Three Programs" of " University ": the way of university lies in the clear virtue, in the closeness of the people, and in the end of the ultimate good. "The best" is the order of the universe, and the order of the universe is the most good. This is our usual "number of heavens"; "clear virtue" and "friendly people" are the order of moral education, and moral education is the order of social order and personnel.
Human Resources and social order must follow the order of the universe and understand the ultimate good. As long as we do this, our destiny, family fortune and national fortune will be more balanced and will run longer. At the same time, the gentleman's way and aristocratic spirit of our Chinese are also hidden here, which is worthy of our careful understanding.
The worst and most unjust dynasty in history that established a country, a dynasty, and a dynasty were the Jin Dynasty . What puzzles us is why Sima Yi has such a high IQ, and his descendants are either fools or perverts? This is the power of vast numbers of days and moral education!
