When Su Yonglin promoted the second great purge, some Confucian scholars once shouted loudly.
They said that Su Yonglin's use of strange skills and ingenuity to replace the teachings of saints and pass them on to later generations would inevitably lead to the severance of Chinese culture and the rupture of the country's cultural context, and China would no longer exist from now on.
Su Yonglin scoffed at this statement, feeling that these people were just joking and had no idea of the pulse of this era.
But at that time, many officials in the country secretly agreed with this statement and were worried about the future of China. Even Su Yonglin had heard about this news and had to take it seriously.
So Su Yonglin wrote an article about this, starting from deposing hundreds of schools of thought to only respect Confucianism, and mocking the double standards of Confucianism.
If cutting off Confucianism is called destroying Chinese culture, then when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, didn't he also cut off the ancient Chinese culture?
During the pre-Qin period, the idea of contention among a hundred schools of thought flourished. Isn’t the culture of a hundred schools of thought not Chinese culture?
In the end, only you Confucianism was left, and the hundreds of schools of thought declined. According to this, aren't you Confucianism the main culprit in cutting off the orthodox culture of China?
Contrary to you, our New Culture Movement not only retained some Confucian-related content in the imperial examinations, but also added content from other schools of thought. It is inclusive, tolerant and flexible. This is the true way to develop Chinese culture.
The culture of the Ming Dynasty is the real Chinese culture, and now is the time to bring order out of chaos. Stop pretending to be Chinese culture with your Confucian ideas of three obediences and four virtues!
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That article caused widespread repercussions in the Ming Dynasty. Since then, Confucianism has started to be ridiculed by the whole people. When everyone has nothing to do, they will use Confucian hierarchical ideas such as the three obediences and four virtues to criticize and ridicule. Confucianism has officially entered the society. state.
However, the centipede does not die. From time to time, some people in society still try to overturn Confucianism, believing that Confucianism is the guardian and continuation of Chinese culture. These things Su Yonglin does will eventually destroy Chinese culture.
Hierarchical order and rules are the way to stability, and Su Yonglin's arrogant move to break everything will definitely lead to the complete collapse of the Ming Dynasty. Su Yonglin must bear historical responsibility for this!
Of course, under the new situation, there are basically no people who listen to their arguments. Collective farms and state-owned factories have replaced the original feudal clan system and have completely eradicated the economic foundation on which the development of Confucianism has taken root.
In short, Confucianism is outdated.
Now, Su Yonglin has decided to completely eliminate the reason for the existence of this crazy and boring rhetoric by using the Republican Annals method, and rectify the name of Ming Dynasty's new culture from the cultural and political levels.
On the eve of the birth of the Ming Democratic Republic, this is a necessary preparation.
It is very likely that the Central Representative Conference and the People's Representative Conference will be held at the beginning of the 13th year of Hongwu. Counting from the first year of the Republic to the 13th year of Hongwu, it is 2,015 years.
So Su Yonglin suggested that after the Ming Dynasty became a democratic republic and before the completion of the Chinese Era project, the Hongwu Era should be temporarily replaced by the Republic Era.
The thirteenth year of Hongwu was the two thousand and fifteenth year of the Republic.
Su Yonglin's suggestion was brought up for discussion at a meeting of the nine-member group. The nine-member group had mixed views on it. Some people thought that the Republic Anniversary was good, while others felt that it was unnecessary.
One of the views is that the new era was brought about by the Ming Dynasty, not by those feudal dynasties. Culture can be inherited and passed on, but history still needs to be clearly divided, and the previous ones can be discarded.
Instead of using the name Republic, it is better to use the name of the Ming Dynasty to mark the year to show that the Ming Dynasty was completely different from the past.
Such a suggestion was put forward by Xin Qiji.
As a revolutionary who transformed from a traditional scholar in the old era, he made more radical demands to completely cut off the past and demonstrate the justice of the Ming Dynasty.
He is one of the people who most supports Su Yonglin's promotion of democratic republican reforms. He also feels extremely disgusted with everything in the past. He believes that it is a scar in the country's history, a history of oppression and exploitation, and must be denied.
"By adopting the republican chronology and including all past history, is it asking Ming Dynasty to acknowledge the two thousand years of oppression and exploitation in the past? I think this is an incorrect behavior and should be completely denied."
His views were recognized and supported by some people.
Su Yonglin expressed a different view on this.
"I adopt the suggestion of the Republic Chronicle, which recognizes history, not oppression and exploitation. We should look at pure history and the past of oppression and exploitation separately. History is years, and oppression and exploitation are sins. Time and sin, I think it cannot They are the same as one, what do you think?"
Even Xin Qiji did not deny Su Yonglin's view.
So Su Yonglin continued to express his opinion.
"Years are two thousand years of real existence. They are the real years of existence that our ancestors and our generation have passed day by day, month by month, year by year. It cannot be denied in any case. of.
If we deny the years, are we still the descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants of China? Could it be said that the descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants of China have also become symbols of oppression and exploitation? I think this statement cannot be accepted in any case. What do you think? "
Everyone still had nothing to say and no way to refute.
Yanhuang and Huaxia are both symbols of civilization and key nodes in ancient China's transition from ignorance to civilization. To deny them is to deny everything about oneself and deny one's own roots.
If you forget where you came from, no matter where you go in the future, you will be rootless duckweed.
"So, remembering the years, remembering where we came from, and remembering all the glory and glory that these two thousand years have brought to us are an inseparable part of us as the descendants of Yan and Huang and the sons and daughters of China."
Su Yonglin looked at Xin Qiji's calm face, nodded, and continued: "But remembering the glory and glory does not mean forgetting the darkness and sin, the deep suffering that oppression and exploitation have brought to the Chinese people for two thousand years. We must also remember.
Not only must we remember it, but we must also publicize it to let the public know how our ancestors were treated like cattle and horses for two thousand years, and at the same time were easily ravaged and abandoned as straw. Only by remembering can we not forget.
I think that any glorification or forgetfulness of the profound suffering our ancestors suffered means the most serious betrayal. Without that kind of suffocating oppression and exploitation, why should we revolutionize? Why should we overthrow the imperial power and establish a democratic republic?
It is precisely because of the two thousand years of oppression and exploitation of these upper-class gentlemen, and their two thousand years of squandering every penny and using it like sand, that they finally led to our revolution and the birth of the Ming Democratic Republic. . "
Su Yonglin stood up and clenched his fists.
"We must not only remember the sufferings of the past, but also publicize the sufferings of the past, so that everyone can remember the sufferings of the past and never forget the sufferings of the past. Only in this way can our revolution be meaningful, our revolution just, and Ming Dynasty democratic Only a republic will have incomparable justice!"
After Su Yonglin finished speaking, he initiated another motion vote and took the lead in raising his hands.
Of the remaining eight people, six raised their hands one after another.
Kong Maojie, who was returning to Zhongdu with Su Yonglin, once raised his hand and then put it down again, which surprised Su Yonglin.
Xin Qiji, who had the most determined attitude, sighed after long consideration and did not raise his hand after all.