Chapter 30 Six, home world

Or look at Egypt first. After the tribes of Egypt became a country, the world was soon unified and centralized.Moreover, it is unified under the banner of God.The supreme being is the sun god, who is the common protector of Upper and Lower Egypt, and corresponds to the common monarch of Upper and Lower Egypt, Pharaoh, whose name is another matter.Below the sun god, there are national "aspect gods", such as the god of the Nile (Osiris), the god of crafts (Ptah), and the god of women (Niferesus).They correspond to the various departments of the central government, which is equivalent to China's "six ministers".

Locally, firstly, Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt each have a patron saint, and then there are patron saints in each region, corresponding to the local officials.In other words, the gods of Egypt also have "administrative levels".Their level will be adjusted with the change of dynasty, and even their image will change accordingly. Obviously, the political system of ancient Egypt was "the same structure of man and god". The question is, why is this happening? Because we, like Egypt, went directly from tribes to nations.We did not, as the Greeks did, blow up the kinship organization and then "divide the population by district" and reconstitute the country from the citizens.However, we did not turn totems into gods like the Egyptians did, but into ancestors.Therefore, after the ethnic groups become nationals, they are still "four generations under one roof" and "recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors".

In fact, the establishment and management of ancient Chinese states have always been family-style.From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, there were three levels of families: the royal family of the emperor, the public family of the princes, and the clan of the officials.They are also called the royal family, the public house and the clan house respectively. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the royal family and the royal family remained.But in the local area, especially in the vast rural areas, there are still ancestral halls everywhere, and the family tree continues to be passed down.If a person wants to live and work in peace, he has to rely on his parents and fellow villagers.

This is called "the world is family", also known as "family world", or "family-state system". The Chinese family-state system is such a "higher form". So, is this system the best? Sorry, there is no best in the world, only the most suitable.For Chinese people in traditional society, it may be appropriate.This system lasted from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, which is proof.However, after the disintegration of the traditional society, the Chinese people lost their minds, lost their minds, their morality declined, and they didn't know where to go, which is also proof.

It seems that Hegel is right: whatever is reasonable is realistic.And vice versa.Therefore, if something has existed for a long time, it must have its rationality.Likewise, it must be irrational if it could be destroyed.What's more, nothing in this world is eternal.This sentence carved on the wall of Rome is not wrong at all. Obviously, the question is not "why" but "why". Let’s look back at Xia Shang Zhou!

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