Looking at the crowd, Wang Xiaolie emphasized his tone and said: "In fact, since the distinction between name and reality has declined, people have developed an illusion that the world they know is the real world. This illusion may not exist at a certain stage. But one day, it will bring people into a desperate situation. To understand the world, you must always remember that the world you already know is not the real world."
"The biggest difficulty for what you are going to do in the future is to keep a clear mind. When recording the world, especially the people at the bottom, what you often encounter is that their ideas are simple and their language is vulgar. Sometimes, you may even feel that They are very old, but they don’t know much. They think and do things as ridiculously as children. There is no way, the world is like this. We can only rely on the government to make more people literate and learn knowledge, isn’t it? It happens overnight. However, no matter how simple the people seem to be, when they gather together, it will not be simple anymore."
"We must understand that the real world is not one plus one equals two. One person plus one person, or even one thing plus one thing, does not simply become two. In addition to two, there will be something more and something less. .Looking at the people in a village individually, they all think the same and do the same things. But there are always differences between people, and these differences may be big or small. When the whole village is put together, you can find the differences between the villagers. The whole thing is very different. This difference is not that most people say planting melons, and a few people say planting beans, which is bigger than smaller. But outside of daily life, you will find some things that are not found in daily life. What is it, I am now I can’t explain it, I can only rely on you to slowly solve it in practice.”
"The difference between individuals and collectives is particularly noteworthy. In the past, except for officials and businessmen, people had less contact and had simpler ideas. But when people have more contact with each other and have a wider knowledge of the world, the differences will become bigger and bigger. This is not Because there are collective interests, or things that are easy to explain clearly, but it is not clear. At least it is not clear now. Whether it can be explained clearly in the future, God knows."
"To find out the destiny from the people, it is not simply to know what the people see and hear, but more importantly, to know what the people think. It is difficult to know what the people think. Don't think simply. What do the people think? , related to their personal experience, related to what they heard, and related to the knowledge they learned. In addition, it is also related to how people discuss with each other, and it is related to many things. On the one hand, we must We know that people are watching, but on the other hand, we can never rely solely on people watching. How to do it depends on you."
At this point, Wang Xiaolie stopped, took a sip of tea, and was silent for a while. After a while, he said: "The government wants to do this or that because they think it is right. Why do you think it is right? In other words, where does the correct knowledge come from? It mainly comes from practice. It is based on past practice. Summary, analysis of current practice, and prospects for future practice. Of course, this is not all. Human beings are different from other animals because there are always some things that cannot be explained clearly. If you cannot explain it clearly, you cannot explain it clearly. , don’t force yourself to explain things clearly. Many mistakes are caused by pretending to know something even though you don’t know it clearly. You must pay attention to this in your work in the future.”
"The reason why Tao is Tao is that it cannot be explained clearly. First of all, admit that Tao cannot be explained clearly, and then seek the knowledge that can be explained clearly. The knowledge we have established becomes a theory when connected. We must remember that all theories They are not based on the real world and have limitations. Don’t think that just because a theory makes sense, it will last forever and think you have found the truth. In other words, today’s human beings do not have the conditions to know the truth. All Truth and theories are limited to one time and one place. There are many theories that seem very reasonable. But if you follow these theories and go all the way to the end of time mentally, you will find problems. In the end of time At the end, some theories are actually dead ends and cannot find an exit. Or they are things that are not in line with our knowledge, which is also unacceptable."
"Clearly understanding the difference between the real world and the world we know is the basis for understanding the world under the guidance of Tao. Whether it is the real world or the world we know, it is all caused by the limitations of human beings themselves, no myths. Frankly speaking , it’s not scary to have gods and Buddhas all over the sky, but it’s wrong to make the gods and Buddhas all over the sky a myth. I believe in this god, and you believe in that god. If we believe in the same gods, we should get closer. If we don’t believe in the same gods, we will live and die. Why bother? Under the Tao , the gods and Buddhas all over the sky have to stay away. It is precisely because of this that the government has the status of the gods to retreat. People and gods are all under the management of the government. Why? Because the government that governs the world according to the Tao is what we call it. Destiny.”
"There is another question that needs to be clarified. Does the Tao change without change? "The Book of Changes" is about change. Because it is difficult to understand, it has a high status. To be honest, I have not done much research on the Yi, so I won't express much opinions. But the Tao The issue of change and immutability can still be discussed. Since ancient times, there have been various opinions on the change and immutability of the Tao, so there is no need to elaborate. As mentioned before, the Tao cannot be explained clearly. Since it is not clear, how can one know the Tao? Is it changing or not? So we don’t know that Tao changes and remains unchanged. If you don’t know, you don’t know. Don’t pretend to know. What has changed? It’s our understanding of Tao. In this world, knowledge is passed down from generation to generation, always Knowing more and more. In this sense, the understanding of Tao is changing. There are also some people who feel that they understand the Tao deeply and understand everything, so they say that the Tao is changing anytime and anywhere, or it may never change for eternity. Those How can the government control people who understand the Dao well? They say they can only let them leave the secular world and join other religions and call them outsiders."
"In this world, there are always people who think they know what they don't know. Does he know it? God knows. For things that only God knows, we ordinary people should not make random guesses and just ignore them. For example, the Buddha said that there are thousands The world, as well as the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the West. Taoism also has heavens, three pure gods, four emperors, and many immortals. Is this really the case? God knows, so we won’t ask more. But, it is not appropriate for the government to control these people, regardless of whether they are more It’s inappropriate. What should we do? We can only let them go outside and not affect the world.”
"No religion can affect the government's secular governance. Those who cannot go outside must be banned. Why? Because the theories of these people conflict with Tao itself. We cannot understand the world, they say I know very well, how can this work? Can the government be unable to govern? What should a normal world look like? We think it is roughly like this. No matter what it is or what opinions it is, it is concentrated in a certain place. , the further away, the smaller the number of people. However, is it true that the concentrated place is correct, and other opinions are wrong? Not necessarily. Therefore, the government’s approach is not to forcibly narrow this curve, but to guide this curve. The center of the curve is what we call the mainstream. It is easy to shout and kill different opinions, but it is much harder to guide the mainstream."
While talking, Wang Xiaolie drew a normal curve. This curve is not just a mathematical problem, it has a far greater impact on all aspects of human beings than many people imagine. In other words, this curve is closer to the real world.
Wang Xiaolie said: "If we draw the real world as a line on the picture, then the world we know is sometimes to the left of this line, sometimes to the right of this line, sometimes far away, but most of it Time is getting closer to the real world. This process of moving away or getting closer will have many similarities. - This matter may sound simple to say, but it is actually very complicated. You can discuss it slowly in the future."
Suddenly, Wang Xiaolie felt boring. A political power must first unify its thinking, and I have to say these things myself. But after I speak, how many people will listen? Perhaps, only if you rule for a long time will someone really study it carefully.
Any theory is inseparable from the study of practice. If you break away from practice and only talk about theory, you will leave the real world and enter the world built by human beings based on their knowledge and thoughts. It sounds reasonable at first, but in reality it gets further and further away from the real world. These two worlds are somewhat similar to the rational world and perceptual world that Westerners talk about, but they are just different understandings and expressions.
Chinese civilization itself neither prevents Chinese people from studying science nor prevents Chinese people from progressing in their thinking. In later generations, it was just an excuse for the Chinese to lose confidence because they were too far behind Europe and the United States.
In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Europe and the United States entered industrialization and invaded China on a large scale. So why is China lagging behind? First of all, we must study clearly the situation in China and the situation in Europe and the United States during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. The previous Qing Dynasty had lagged behind Europe, so we must carefully study the history of the Qing Dynasty and find out the reasons for its lagging behind. We cannot be confused about the history of this period and say that China's backwardness is due to Chinese culture.
The army cannot fight because it values civility over military force. The overall backwardness is due to poor culture. Such conclusions that completely ignore reality and are based on imagination are not acceptable. Once theory is divorced from practice, it will lead to outrageous conclusions.
The Song Dynasty was militarily backward because it valued culture over military affairs, and the Ming Dynasty was militarily backward because it valued culture over military affairs. So what about the Qing Dynasty, which came to this conclusion and did not value culture over military affairs? Ten to twenty thousand British troops could crisscross China, and tens of thousands of powerful coalition forces could easily occupy the capital. Was the Qing army considered strong at that time? The Qing army failed, and why?
China's culture is not good. It has been at the top of the world for thousands of years. How come you can't do it anymore?
If our country is backward, we should study in the West. But learning is to make the country rich and strong and to revitalize. For individuals, it is a personal choice to study abroad and stay abroad because of the treatment. But for the country, it is not to send people to study abroad just to keep you abroad, but to hope that you can learn knowledge and serve the motherland.
Just because you have learned some knowledge abroad, you cannot think that you have become a prophet. The people of your motherland are waiting for your enlightenment. The reason is simple. If it is an exam, each country has different test papers. Even if you study the answers abroad, it will still be wrong when you write them on your own country's test paper. Not to mention, there are not many people who really learn something.
