Chapter 26 2. What a big network
What is "ethics"?
Lun is a word that came very late.Neither Oracle Bone Inscriptions nor Bronze Inscriptions have "Lun".Its original character should be "Lun" (Lun), and the characters in bronze inscriptions look like fences.Later, single-person side was added, and it became "Lun", which has the meanings of analogy (unparalleled), rivalry (excellent), and orderly (incoherent).
◎The "Lun" in bronze inscriptions (assassinated tripod).
In fact, Lun is order and category.If not, it is called "nondescript".But the most important order and category is that of human society, called "human relations".According to later Confucianism, human relations include five kinds of interpersonal relationships: monarch and subject, father and son, brothers, husband and wife, and friends, which are called "five relationships".The principles, rules, and rituals that regulate the five ethics are called "ethics."
The core of ethics is "name".
Literally speaking, name is name and position.To put it bluntly, it is a person's social identity and social role, as well as the corresponding rights, obligations and treatment.Among them, those with a particularly high status include the Juehao and car suits, etc., which are called "device".The combination of name and device is called "name device".The name is different, and the instrument is also different.For example, the ritual utensils used for sacrifices, the emperor has nine tripods and eight cups, the princes have seven tripods and six cups, the doctor has five tripods and four cups, and the scholar has three tripods and two cups.For the music and dance during the sacrifice, there are eight for the emperor, six for the princes, four for the officials, and two for the scholars.The dress worn by the sacrifices is twelve for the emperor, nine for the princes, seven for the upper and lower officials, and five for the lower officials.旒 (read like stream), is a string of beads hanging in front of the crown.If there is no crown for a scholar, there will be no scorpion.
Names determine treatment, specifications, and spectrum.
Therefore, Chinese people in traditional society attach great importance to status.Of course, the wives will take strict precautions, and the concubine cannot be "unclear".For example, Hua Xiren in the movie was the first to sleep with Jia Baoyu.But because there was no "procedure", the result was not even a concubine.
Fame is simply the "lifeblood".
No one can live without a name.Without fame, there is no face.Face is a symbol of status, and it is also a person's face, or facial make-up.Putting it out is called "putting out the spectrum"; with it, it is called "you spectrum".This allows communication and "face-to-face".Otherwise, just "sorry".
No wonder we "death to save face".
In fact, face can be asked or given.The concubine is "supported" and the deputy is "turned to the regular", which is given in a down-to-earth manner; the concubine is called "Mrs. Ru", and the Zhima official is "Grand Master", which is given politely.But no matter whether it is a false name or a benefit, and whether it is a gift or a request, the premise is that you must agree with ethics and value fame.As long as you pay attention, all programs will start.Since then, you have become the data in the computer, which is processed by the software of Gangchang Ethics.
It's a spider's web, and it's very elastic.
Few people can escape this net.Are you a monk?There is a master in the temple.Are you in the grass?The cottage has a leader.You choose your own career?There are guilds in the industry.Are you wandering the rivers and lakes?There are sects in the rivers and lakes.You can't survive absolutely alone.As long as you belong to a certain group, you must have a status.As long as you accept the title, you are still in Wulun.So Su Dongpo "has always hated that I don't own this body", but after complaining, he went home to sleep as usual.What "Xiao Zhou passed away from now on, and the river and sea will spend the rest of his life" is simply impossible to do, and I haven't really thought about it.
This is really "Skynet is restored, sparse but not missing".The patriarchal ethics "sweeps all people in one go".
It is the "spider" who is cheap and good-looking.
Therefore, even though Qin Shihuang hated feudalism and Han Gaozu hated Confucianism, none of them objected to governing the country with ethics.Qin Shihuang's policy is to "govern the country according to the law" and "morality and etiquette", but both morality and etiquette are included in the law.Therefore, in addition to promoting "cars on the same track, books on the same text", he also required "walking in the same way".Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty asked the Confucian scholar Shu Suntong to reformulate the etiquette shortly after he ascended the throne.Since then, the ritual and music system centered on Gangchang ethics was not abolished because the state became an empire, but continued until the Qing Dynasty.
This is no accident.
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