Chapter 24: The Darkest Hour
Wang Anshi's life is extremely complicated, and there are many special works, so it is really difficult to tell the demeanor of this prince with very few words.
Therefore, I will no longer tell Wang Anshi's specific deeds and his famous allusions, after all, there are too many of them, and 100,000 words can't be beaten.
Therefore, if you use two Chinese and foreign characters to talk about Wang Anshi's demeanor from the side, it may not be in place, but, alas...... That's it.
In "Mencius Tengwen Gongxia", there is a very important article, first of all, directly translate the original text, talk about why this article is very important, and the original text will not be remembered.
Gongduzi said: "Others say that you love to argue, teacher, what is the reason for this?"
Yasheng replied: "I love to argue? I have a last resort! The world has been born for a long time, and it has always developed alternately in the great rule and the great chaos. When Yao was the leader of the world, the monstrous flood was raging in the central country, and the dragons and snakes had a place to live, but the people didn't even have a home! The people in the low-lying areas built a nest in the trees, and the people on the higher ground dug a hole to live in. "Shangshu" says that the water is more than a flood, and the meaning of this water actually refers to the flood. Therefore, in this kind of crisis when the people are not able to make a living, there is Dayu to control the water. Dayu dug a canal to guide the flood, injected into the sea, and drove the dragon and snake into the swamp, and finally the flood that raged the world in the past became today's river, Huai water, river water, and Han water. In this way, all the hardships and obstacles will be eliminated, and all the birds, beasts, and evil animals that harm people will disappear, and then the poor people can settle down on the flat land and continue to multiply. After taking a breath, Asheng continued.
"After the death of the two kings of Yao Shun, the political path of the saints gradually declined, and those tyrants were replaced. They corrupted the court and turned it into a foul pond of filth, but the people could not multiply in peace, and they destroyed the farmland to build a royal garden for their own pleasures, while the people were pitifully short of food and clothing. All kinds of bad thoughts and all kinds of violent behaviors have been admired, and all kinds of harmful beasts have emerged in an endless stream. By the time of King Yin, the world was completely in chaos. So, King Wen and King Wu sent troops to kill King Su one after another, and finally destroyed King Su three years later, and drove the monster Fei Lian to the sea to kill him. King Wen and his son destroyed 50 countries, and drove away the tigers, leopards, rhinos, elephants and other wild beasts that harmed people, and all the suffering people in the world applauded. Therefore, it is recorded in the "Book of Shang" that Pi Xianzai, Wen Wang Mo, Pi inheritor, Wu Wang Lie, bless my descendants, and Xian is upright. After chanting in admiration, Yasheng shook his fist fiercely and shouted loudly and angrily.
But today, the way of the world is declining again, and bad ideas and atrocities are beginning to be widely admired again. The minister brutally killed the king he assisted, and the son brutally killed his biological father! In the face of these terrible and ruthless things, the saint finally became afraid, so he wrote "Spring and Autumn". However, the book "Spring and Autumn" can only be written by the Son ......of Heaven! , the sage reluctantly said, the people who understand me are because of the book "Spring and Autumn", and the people who blame me are also because of the book "Spring and Autumn". After preaching this helplessly, Yasheng let out a long sigh and continued in a depressed mood.
"Now, the Sage King Ming has not appeared, the princes are unscrupulous, and those scholars who have never been officials are still blindly and unreasonably shouting every day! Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai's remarks are spreading all over the world. The dominant ideology in the whole world is not the ideology of the Yang Zhu School, but the ideology of the Mo family! Relying on ——!the Yang and Zhu schools to preach that self is precious, the king is bullshit; the Mo family pays attention to the idea of hello, I am good, everyone is on an equal footing, everyone loves each other, this is just a fucking disrespect for their father's family status! Oh, you are on an equal footing with your father, but what about your mother? This kind of thinking that doesn't care about the sage king and doesn't care about his own family is a fucking beast——! Gong Mingyi said that the nobles have fat meat in their kitchens and fat horses in their stables, but what about the people, but they are all yellow and thin! The wilderness is full of people who are dying of hunger, this is ...... , leading the beast to eat man——!" After shouting with great anger, Yasheng continued to preach in a deep voice with a determined gaze.
If Yang Mo's doctrine cannot be carried forward if it is not a stop, the doctrine of the saints cannot be promoted! If their bad thinking has misled the people, then how can the doctrine of the saints who emphasize benevolence and righteousness be promoted? If benevolence and righteousness cannot be promoted, then the terrible era of leading wild beasts to cruelly eat people and people killing each other will be ...... This is the thing I fear the most in my heart, therefore, the way of the saints cannot be blocked, and we must also stop the Yang Mo and the two families from continuing to propagate those unbridled and useless remarks! There must be no bad thoughts, and if we have this kind of thinking in our hearts, we will inevitably do bad things and eventually affect the formulation of good policies! I dare to say this to you today, even if it is in front of the saints, I will definitely not deny my current remarks! After preaching here very domineeringly, Yasheng glanced at Gongduzi, who was already stunned at this moment, and finally said earnestly.
"In ancient times, Dayu suppressed the monstrous flood and returned the people of the world a peace. After the Duke of Zhou annexed Yidi and drove the beasts away, he returned peace to the people of the world. After the sage wrote "Spring and Autumn," he made those rebellious ministers and thieves dare not mess around! The Book of Poetry once said that if Rong Di was attacked and Jing Shu was punished, then no one in the world would dare to disobey me! If I didn't put my father and Ming Jun in my eyes, Zhou Gong would also raise his hand and slap him to death. Therefore, I also want to correct people's hearts, destroy all bad doctrines, and let me stop all those unbridled words and unbridled behaviors, and promote and inherit the thoughts of the Holy One. Do I like to argue in this way? I am a last resort——! only a person who can use words to resist Yang Mo's thoughts can be regarded as ...... , disciple of Confucianism!" After speaking vigorously, Yasheng never said a word again.
After reading this short article, the first feeling I gave people was that Yasheng was really domineering, and in order to promote his own doctrine, he was determined to rely on his own strength to directly overthrow the two schools of Yang and Mo, which is also a little too enthusiastic, right?
Therefore, can Yasheng's warlike thinking be regarded as gentle and honest Confucianism?
In fact, the answer to this question has been explained clearly by Yasheng in the process of telling.
First of all, the doctrines of the Yang-Zhu school and the Mohist school are not bad ideas, which can never be denied, and the reason why Yasheng wants to overturn these two schools is not because their ideas are not good, but precisely because the ideas of these two schools are too good, they are too marketable, and they have almost squeezed out the Confucian market, so they ...... , you have to overturn these two!
If you say that, doesn't that mean that Yasheng is really too bad and domineering?
No, if you read this short article and finally come to such a ridiculous conclusion, what is the difference between not reading it, and even not reading it.
The doctrines of the Yang Zhu School and the Mo Family are very good, but they are not of the slightest help to the peace of the world and the great unification!
How did the Warring States end, and which school of thought did it end, history has already proven, neither the ideas of the Yang Zhu school nor the doctrine of the Mohists, but the so-called Legalism founded by Han Fei, a traitorous disciple of Confucianism, ended!
Therefore, the fundamental reason why Yasheng wants to overturn these two schools is because he clearly knows that the doctrines of these two schools are useless for the current troubled times and for the people of the world.
Not only is it useless, these two theories are so good that if they occupy all the market, they will inevitably hinder the implementation of the real way of leveling the world, and it is completely pulling the hind legs of the people of the world and hindering the development of the times!
Therefore, Yasheng can't help but stand up, and with his own strength, he will definitely overthrow these two schools.
If Confucianism does not take out its own way of leveling the world and quickly push it to the market, then the world will only become more terrible, and the people of the world can only become more bitter!
The general trend of the world is always developing alternately in the great rule and the great chaos, and that period of great chaos is the darkest moment, at this time, someone must come forward and return the peace and tranquility of the people of the world.
And this kind of person who dares to fight against the darkness of the times is worthy of being called the leader of the people of the world.
In the ancient times when the flood was monstrous, it was Dayu who stood up; in the troubled times at the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty, it was the father and son of King Wen of Zhou who stood up; when the Zhou Dynasty fell and the Spring and Autumn Period began, it was the sage who stood up; and in the more terrifying Warring States Period, when Confucianism was about to be wiped out, it was Yasheng who stood up; ............ With the continuous development of history, whenever there is a troubled time, there will definitely be a leader who will stand up and lead everyone out of the darkness together.
This kind of great person, China has, foreign countries also have, "Darkest Hour" is a film about the World War II period, British Prime Minister Churchill in the early days of the administration, it is really a very good film, the starring performance is really wonderful, I hope that tomorrow Gary Oldman can get his own honor at the Oscars.
Wang Anshi is also this kind of leader, but he didn't give birth to ...... , belonging to his time.