Chapter 38 Two, method

In July 1798, Napoleon led his invincible expedition to Egypt.Under the magnificent sunset of the Giza Heights, they saw the land as vast as the sea and as dead as the night, the silent and majestic pyramids, and the Sphinx, which was called "Sphinx" by the Greeks.Almost everyone was shocked.Napoleon, the "spirit of the times on a white horse," said solemnly: Soldiers, four thousand years of history are watching you! At this moment, a guy who didn't know good and evil fired rashly, and with one shot, he distorted the 1.75 meter nose of the Sphinx.This shot, I don't know if it was flustered, or the gun went off.

Anyway, the Sphinx's nose is missing, which makes its smile even more grim and proud. The story of the bombardment of the Sphinx has been widely circulated in Egypt for two hundred years, and it has also been continuously refuted by historians.Some people say that what made it lose its crown, holy snake, long beard, mane and nose is actually thousands of years of sun, rain, wind and sand.It is also said that it was a man named Shayim Teher who cut off its nose because he opposed idolatry.Others say that those who used its eyes and nose as targets for shooting practice were actually soldiers under the command of King Mamluk of Egypt.

But whatever the truth, those experiences didn't apply to me.Because I wrote "Chinese History" to examine "Chinese civilization in the world civilization", find "149 common values ​​in Chinese civilization", and finally answer the three major questions of "who are we, where did we come from, and where are we going?" . This must face the "mystery of the Sphinx".Only by clarifying the "logic of the country" can we know the "trajectory of civilization" and decipher the code of Chinese civilization.It's just that it's not okay to go head-on, and it's not okay to go around, let alone pretending not to see it.

The only way is to lift off. Therefore, after completing the "ice-breaking journey" of prehistoric culture, it is necessary to take a "global cruise" in order to see clearly the "national logic" of all mankind, and it is a "common logic". Only by knowing the "common logic" can we find the "common value".