Chapter 33: The Keynote of Lao Tzu's Speech
Seeing that Dai Zi ignored him, Peng Zhou had to listen carefully.
For everyone, it is not easy to listen to Lao Tzu's sermons (lectures), but it is also a great honor. Lao Tzu is very busy, where do you have time to open a small stove for everyone. So! Only when there are more people attending the lecture will he hold a workshop and explain it uniformly.
The people here today are not ordinary people, they are all historical celebrities. And! They are all from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. No! It is a hundred schools of thought.
Daiko! It's not everyone, but! He was also a person who followed Song Rongzi and Zhuangzi to learn the Tao. In the eyes of Song Rongzi and Zhuangzi, he can also be regarded as one of the "three hidden".
Taoism has three hidden: the big hidden in the court, the middle hidden in the city, and the small hidden in the wild. Dai Zi is a little hidden, hidden in the wild. So! He's also the number one person.
Others came to visit Lao Tzu and asked Lao Tzu to preach. And he! It was accidentally bumped in. Outcome! He came at an inopportune time, just in time for Lao Tzu to prepare for a lecture. Because he stirred up the peace, he delayed Lao Tzu's lecture. So! was punished by Lao Tzu for standing, and was punished for "standing aside".
"Since everyone thinks so highly of me, then! I'll tell you about it. Today is a good day and a good opportunity! All of you representatives are here, okay! A hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend! There are only a few of you who can compete until now! Right! ……”
On the podium, Lao Tzu gave a lecture.
This Lao Tzu is not the Lao Tzu who scolds people, and he is not the "Lao Tzu" who wants to be someone else's father. But! Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.
After listening to Lao Tzu's speech, Peng Zhou roughly heard it: there is only one main purpose of Lao Tzu's speech: what is the one where a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend?
Lao Tzu means: No matter what culture you have? Are you Confucian culture, Taoist culture, Mohist culture, Legalist culture, peasant culture, military culture, merchant culture, Yin-Yang culture, or nonsense, it's all just to survive!
Everyone's purpose is the same, just to live, to live better. Isn't it?
Confucian culture requires the society to have a rule of conduct and norms, and the world must abide by the weekly etiquette. That's the only way! Only then will society be respectful and orderly, and coexist in harmony.
The same is true of the Mo family? He put forward their standards for governing the world, believing that only by their methods can they govern the world, make society harmonious and the people happy.
Legalism is the same, it is the same as Confucianism, isn't it? Confucianism has to abide by the Zhou rites, while Legalism wants to break the Zhou rites and establish new social rules, isn't it? Isn't it the same? All for the sake of ruling the world?
So! It can't be Confucianism, Mohistism or Legalism, they all want to change the face of society and let the people live a good life.
There is also a peasant culture, advocating farming, isn't it? It's the same, huh? Encourage everyone to farm, farm and feed themselves, and don't expect anyone else. Don't be an aristocratic idler, don't be an exploiter who doesn't get something for nothing. This is also a cultural concept put forward in response to the current situation of society, right?
Opposite to the farmhouse culture, it is the business culture! Merchants believe that if there is no business market in the world, there will be no circulation, and the society will be very closed and will not be able to develop. Without the circulation of goods from merchants, where would the necessities of life such as salt, clothes, and pottery come from? How to make life convenient and enriching?
In fact! Businesses also only see the current situation and phenomenon of society, but do not see the whole picture. Plainly! It is also the hope that the people will live a happier life. Isn't it?
And the soldiers! The soldiers believed that the soldiers should be used in troubled times, first unify the world, and then govern. In fact! This is also an idea, and it is also put forward in combination with the current social situation and facts. Especially in today's troubled times, if you don't unify the world, if you don't have military power, you can't manage the world! You don't have military power and strength, and others don't listen to you at all! Barbarism and forcible three-point reasoning, no one will hang you for the big reason you preach!
So! What the soldiers see is only a social phenomenon. The theory put forward by the soldiers only said that they would use force to unify the world, and as for how to govern society in the future, they were only one family.
As for the Yin-Yang family, Lao Tzu criticized it.
Lao Tzu said, "Don't take superstition for science!" Don't fool the ignorant! Your set is engaged in 'sideball', and it is actually nonsense under the banner of science. You are not for the people, but for the purpose of cheating money, and the purpose of cheating money is to make your own life better. So! You are a culture of change! A culture of selfishness just for yourself. ”
As for those who are talking nonsense about the name of such and such culture, Lao Tzu made a harsh criticism on the spot. To say that these people are more hateful than the "Yin-Yang Family" is not a good culture at all.
"Now! The task of our people is: to promote the unification of the Great Zhou Dynasty and end the struggle for hegemony among the princes as soon as possible! Of course! This is my personal opinion! You don't have to listen! Also refer to! "Finally! Lao Tzu said.
"You saw it too! Since the princes fought for hegemony, the people of the world have not lived a good life anymore, even if you are a nobleman, you don't have many good days and peaceful days, don't you? There is that feeling of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, isn't it? really responded to that sentence: The king takes turns, who will he go to next year?
Personally, I think! It's a notion of becoming too much! So! We must curb the continuation of this notion. It is an erroneous ideological concept, and it must be curbed!
As long as a vassal state is rich and strong, they want to compete for hegemony. Or! I want to take revenge on others. What others did to them before, they will take revenge on the past and turn over all the old accounts of the past and recalculate them. And the result! When is the time for retribution? Endless!
Personally, I think! How to end the princely rivalry? The only way is! Take the soldier's approach! First use force to dominate the world. And then! Let's talk about how to govern the country. Personally, I think! The policy of the Qin State is very good! The Qin State after the Shang Dynasty changed the law is very good! ……”
Someone from under the podium interrupted, "So! May I ask Lao Tzu? Are you supporting Qin's domination of the world? ”
"What Mr. means, is that to support the Qin State in its struggle for hegemony?" Someone else asked.
Interrupted by these people, Lao Tzu's speech ended and entered the big discussion.
Seeing that everyone had misunderstood what he meant, Lao Tzu interrupted: "I mean! Qin's governance policies can be used as a reference! But it's not the only way! Don't misunderstand me! Personally, I think! Governing a country is easy. ”
"Ahh When the crowd heard this, there was an uproar.
Nature! I dare not compliment Lao Tzu's words. How is that possible? How easy is it to govern the country? If it were that easy, history would have come to this day, and society has not been well governed?
If it were so easy to govern, the world would not be what it is now.
Lao Tzu pressed his hands down and explained: "Use soldiers in troubled times! How to rule the world! Confucianism in the prosperous world! Taoism heals the heart! In fact! No matter what stage history is in, Taoism is needed to heal the mind. If people's hearts are not cured, people's hearts will be chaotic, and the world will be in chaos! Cure the heart! It is the foundation of governing the world! The root of chaos! ”