Chapter 7 Section 7: Preface

The first thick black study preface In the first year of the Republic of China, I wrote an article, and since then I have written some words one after another. In sixteen years, I have engraved a volume called "Zongwu's Imaginary Talk", and there is an article in it called "My View on Solving Social Problems".In the seventeenth year, it was expanded into a single volume, called "Discussion on Social Issues".In recent years, I have some new thoughts. I dismantle the words written over the years, and write them together with the new thoughts in the style of essays, which is called "Hou Hei Cong Hua".Since August 1st in the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China, I have written one or two paragraphs every day and published them in the "Huaxi Daily" in Chengdu. There are about 20,000 characters in one volume. Every two volumes are printed in a separate form. Now six volumes have been filled. .I have nothing to do at first, so I write at will for entertainment. I don’t have a definite plan for how long I will write and when I will stop writing. If I am happy, I will write for a long time. If I am not happy, I can stop at any time.However, the diction is too loose, and the readers will tire of it. What most people like most is to listen to my lectures on thick black studies. Because the single edition printed in Beiping in the 23rd year has been slightly modified, it has been reprinted for public viewing.

Many people persuaded me to reprint "Zongwu's Conjecture" and "Discussion on Social Issues". I think there are many places in the second book that should be supplemented. They asked me to revise them one by one, but I found it troublesome. Readers only read Conghua, that is, there is no need to read the second book, because the statements of the second book and the points that should be supplemented have already been melted in Conghua. Li Jun Chengbo and Zhou Jun Yanxiang wrote in the 16th edition of "Zongwu Conjecture".The 17th issue of "Discussion on Social Issues", Wu Jun Yujiang, Hao Junde, Yao Junqinru, Yang Junziyun, all in order.It is also published at the beginning of the volume as "Summary of Houhei Conghua", so that readers can know the general content of Conghua, so that they don't need to read Conghua again.

Two copies of "Zongwu's Conjecture" and "Discussion on Social Issues" have been retrieved and deposited in the Sichuan Library. Since I remembered that there were still a few copies at home, I picked them up and mailed them to Nanjing, Beiping and other libraries for storage. The "Hou Hei Cong Hua" written now is still consistent with the thoughts of the past. Li Zongwu in Chengdu on April 12, 25th an introduction When I read Chinese history, I found many loopholes. I felt that the success or failure of a twenty-four histories was completely contrary to the judgment of the historian;I was very surprised, thinking that the successful people in ancient times must have special secrets, which are not from the sages and sages.I wanted to find the secret of it, but I couldn't find it. Later, I accidentally speculated about the characters in the Three Kingdoms period, and suddenly realized that the secret of the success of the ancients was nothing but a thick face and a dark heart.

From this point of view, the success or failure of a twenty-four histories, these four words can indeed include everything; so I made a humorous text, titled it, and divided it into three volumes: the first volume of Houheixue, the second volume The Thick Black Sutra, the second volume of the thick black biography.In March of the first year of the Republic of China, it was disclosed in Chengdu "Gonglun Daily".At that time, this kind of discussion was considered a novelty, and readers were in an uproar.Before the middle volume was finished, I stopped after being advised by my friends.Unexpectedly, from then on, the word "Hou Hei Xue" pervaded Sichuan and became a common noun; when I went to a place, someone asked me to explain it, and I explained it from the beginning.The listeners all nodded in understanding, and often sighed: "I failed in something because I didn't teach thick and black studies." Some people said: "A certain person has a great reputation because of his good research." People, after asking each other's names, he asked me in a very surprised tone: "Are you Li who invented Houhei?" Or someone else introduced him: "He is Li Zongwu who invented Houhei." What's even more ridiculous: When students do Chinese, they actually use this term, and it is conceivable that its spread is widespread.

Originally it was a kind of playful text, but unexpectedly this kind of influence would occur. I was also very surprised. I thought that the popularity of this kind of discussion must have something to do with psychology.So I continued to study and realized that the thick black theory originated from the theory of evil in nature, which is equal to Wang Yangming's "To Conscience" originated from the theory of good in nature.The ancients said: "Benevolence and righteousness are inherent in nature." I said: "Thickness and blackness are inherent in nature." Yangming said: "You will know filial piety when you see your father, and you will know your brother when you see your brother." shift.I said: "When a child sees the cake in his mother's mouth, he will naturally take it and put it in his own mouth. When he is eating in his mother's arms, when he sees his brother coming, he will naturally push him and beat him." , is unmistakable.Yangming's lectures are popular with ordinary people, so they are also popular with ordinary people.

There is Mencius' theory of good nature, and Xunzi's theory of human nature is against it, and Wang Yangming's three words of "to know good", this three words of "thick black learning" can also be opposed to it; how does human nature start? I really want to study him, look for some books on lectures in Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, and see that most of the principles he said are fragmented, tortuous, and difficult to understand, which makes people feel bored to death.So I put these books aside and used the method of studying physics to study psychology, only to realize that psychology and mechanics are interlinked.When we study human nature, we cannot determine whether it is good or evil, just as we cannot determine whether it is good or evil when we study the nature of water and fire.

Mencius' theory of good nature and Xunzi's theory of evil are both one-sided views. What I said is naturally even more biased, and the degree of bias is exactly the same as Wang Yangming's theory of "to know good".If readers don't understand this truth, they will fail in the end if they get serious about it. If you can read my book "Psychology and Mechanics", you will naturally understand the reason.But although we don't want to practice thick black, we must also beware of people who practice thick black in our name, so we have to know their magic.