Chapter 450: The pros and cons of Mohism
It was said that Chen Long was trying to benefit Mo Xiu, and Mo Xiu couldn't help but weigh it in his mind. The Qinglong Army occupies half of the country in Chang'an, and there are unparalleled monarchs and powerful generals. No matter how you look at it, it will be of great benefit to Mo Xiu without any harm. Even if it was gambling, I should bet on the Blue Dragon Army to win.
Mo Xiu imagined the battle between heaven and man in his mind, and the hand that clenched the wooden sword finally relaxed. Chen Long knew that he had convinced Mo Xiu, so he smiled slightly, stood up and said, "This Qinglong flag is a token. If you go against the rules, not only will you lose your money, but you will also be electrocuted by the Lord of the Qinglong."
Mo Xiu couldn't help but shuddered as he thought about the scene of his own body being splashed around, thinking that he couldn't scare himself. He knew that Wang Yue was injured. He heard that the old boy was even incontinent. He didn't want to suffer torture like thunder and lightning in his life.
Chen Long picked up his wooden sword and felt that the tentacles were lubricated. Apparently the owner often held it in his hand to play with it, but it was very heavy. Mo Xiu hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't stop him. Chen Long thought that the time had come to deepen his impression. He slowly used the group breath skill, and the wooden sword made a rattling sound. Mo Xiu couldn't help but pay attention and look closely. He saw a faint white air appearing on the wooden sword, giving it an illusory feeling, as if It is the effect of reversing time and space, especially like being shrouded in fog.
Mo Xiu was shocked, even with Mo Sect's own internal strength, it was nothing like this. Seeing the wooden sword in Chen Long's hand slowly swinging, it hit the heavy wooden table in front of him.
The wooden table was fine for a moment, but after a few seconds, it clicked twice and began to scatter like powder. Among the fans, Mo Xiu's shocked face appeared and asked: "Can this hero leave his name?"
The moment Chen Long stepped out of the gate of the Mo family's courtyard, he sighed in his heart that among the children of the Mo family, there would be a wealthy man like Mo Xiu. This shows that not everyone can resist the temptation of material conditions.
Mohist theory is definitely a wonderful flower in the treasure house of ancient Chinese philosophical thoughts. Mozi's thoughts involve philosophy, ethics, logic, education, astronomy, mathematics, physics, engineering technology, military and other aspects. It can be said to be rich in content. All-encompassing. In that era full of unreasonable phenomena such as big countries attacking small countries, everyone usurping small families, the strong bullying the weak, the mob tyrannizing the minority, deceit and stupidity, arrogance and inferiority, and the prevailing trend of killing and killing, Mozi, as a great A great humanitarian, a great philosopher, social activist, educator and advocate of pacifism, from a humanitarian perspective that transcends classes, he proposed a series of policies and policies to solve social crises for the benefit of the general public. Measures, such as "Strengthening the foundation and saving expenditure" is the advanced economic thought of Mohism. "Strengthening the foundation" emphasizes the objective necessity of human production activities. In order to survive, people must work hard and weave to produce sufficient food and clothing. Otherwise, they will Will face survival crisis and threats of extinction. Mozi once said, "Every grain is something that the people look up to, and the king feeds it. If the people don't look up to it, then the king won't feed it, and if the people don't have food, nothing will happen." From this, it can be seen that production is the relationship between the people and the people. The king's life depends on it and is the foundation for the development of many national undertakings. Only by vigorously developing production can the people be safe, the country's political cohesion, military and national defense strength, and diplomatic influence can be strengthened, so that the country can be peaceful and the people are safe, and the country can be strong. "The basic Mohist view of economic production.
"Frugal use" puts material production and frugal consumption on the same level. The two are inseparable. "Eating is indispensable, land is indispensable, and use is indispensable." He believes that frugality can bring many benefits, the biggest benefit is that it can increase the country's wealth. He opposes any extravagant behavior of excessive consumption. The Mohists strongly advocate the idea of frugality and consumption concepts, which is very important for us who are in the primary stage of socialism. For China, promoting frugality and using frugally means moderate consumption, and opposing extravagance and waste still has strong practical relevance. What is related to Mo Xueqiang's thoughts in this section is Mozi's idea of reasonable distribution. Mozi emphasized everyone's production and opposed eating without working and getting something without working. He hoped for a fair and equal distribution system under the premise that everyone worked, "reward for hard work, and distribute salary according to merit." From the Mohist economic thought on distribution, we can see a very important principle, which is to "take into account both fairness and efficiency". If we simply emphasize a certain aspect, society may develop abnormally.
In politics, Mohist thought can be summarized in four words: "Advocating the virtuous and advocating unity." "Shangxian" means appointing talented people. Mozi believed that being worthy is the foundation of government and determines the rise and fall of a country. Therefore, a country's top priority is to select and employ a large number of talented people. Only by using talented people to manage the country and save the world and benefit the people can the country prosper. Mozi's idea of advocating merit reflects the subjective desire of civilians to improve their social and political status and participate in politics. It was impossible to realize it under the social conditions at that time, but it represented a progressive social ideal. "The Theory of Exalting Merit" The concept of "appointing people on their own merits" became the basic concept of politicians in the Spring and Autumn Period in pursuing political civilization. It reflected the idea of reducing talents in an eclectic way. It also became the Mohist idea that was most divorced from the reality of the time. Which aristocratic family was willing to serve as an official together with the untouchables, or even Under the command of a pariah? Even Chen Long had to find a non-existent former emperor's guard as his ancestor to gather the elites of the Chen family, Xun family, Guo family, and Zhong family under his tent to listen to orders.
The Mohist ideal of "Shang Tong" mainly refers to "unifying the world with benevolence and righteousness". It hopes to promote meritocratic politics throughout the country and allow worthy people to serve as leaders at all levels and serve as models for subordinates, thereby achieving the goal of stable social development. The basic connotation of the thought of Shangtong is to unify thoughts and actions from the bottom up, that is, to develop a certain degree of democracy under centralized guidance. This basically reflects that Mozi advocated centralized unity, and Mozi advocated Shangtong, but it does not It advocates that those below should unconditionally obey those above. The prerequisite for the same is that the superior must be a wise person recognized by everyone, and must understand the situation below and obey public opinion.
If you want to be an official, you must establish good official ethics, set an example for the world with your good conduct and practical actions, and influence and reverse bad social trends.
The chapter "Universal Love" in "Mo Xue" is the record of his speech by Mozi's disciples. The ideal of universal love runs through all Mozi's theories, and it is also Mozi's lifelong enthusiasm and persistent pursuit. The era that Mozi lived in was an era of great social turmoil and reorganization. The main purpose of Mozi's teachings was to provide good prescriptions for treating various social diseases. In his view, the reason why various evils appeared in society was The root cause of the disease is that people "don't love each other". "Everyone in the world does not love each other. The strong will cling to the weak, the rich will bully the poor, the noble will be arrogant and humble, the deceitful will deceive the stupid, and all the misfortunes in the world will be caused by resentment." . To realize. Therefore, he encouraged all "the wise to teach others". He also vividly compared people's education to dyeing silk. Through education, people develop good behavioral habits and are born. There are fewer good things and more evils. Only through Only through education and training can we become useful people who serve the society. In general, in his view, "education is an effective means to bring benefit to all people and eliminate harm to all people." He practiced it throughout his life, taught by himself, and used his perseverance to Spiritual teaching through words and deeds has reached the point of "subordinates make up all the people, and disciples make up half". In his life, Mozi educated the majority of civilians. In order to realize his social ambition of "promoting benefits and eliminating harms", he started from educating people and laid the foundation for transforming society. He believed that "Officials are not always high, and people are not always low. If you have the ability, use it." It advocates equality in education, equality in receiving education, and equality in being recommended. It is necessary to break the traditional "patriarchal" and other systems and give the people equal rights and opportunities to receive education.
The core content of Mohist military thought is "non-offensive". The basic characteristics of the Mohist military strategy and tactical thinking are based on the idea of "loving each other and benefiting each other". The main purpose of "non-offensive" is to oppose unjust wars of aggression and plunder. Mozi He believed that the wars fought at that time were all predatory and unjust wars. In Mozi's eyes, universal love can stop aggression and eliminate chaos. Universal love is the ethical and moral basis of non-aggression, and non-aggression is the inevitable result of universal love.
But despite all his brilliant thinking, Mozi kept things simple. In his place, the people seem to have only material needs and no spiritual needs; only economic interests but no political interests; only material civilization but no spiritual civilization. We don’t need any rights of thought or speech, because otherwise we cannot “remain the same”. "The power of the monarch is more important than the civil rights." The people hand over the rights of thought and speech to the rulers, and they only bear the obligation to reflect the situation and provide opinions. This is the biggest failure of Mozi's proposition, and it is also impossible to realize.
The moment Chen Long walked out of Momen, Shi Huan also returned to Cao Anmin. Cao Anmin's thin figure stood with his beard twisted and seemed to be able to see through everything. Shi Huan was slightly frightened. Should he tell the whole story about Chen Long letting him go?
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
