Chapter 42 6. Landing

Once you see the way of others, you can also see our ins and outs. What makes Chinese civilization unique is that witchcraft has not become a science or a religion, but has become ethics and art, that is, ritual and music.The totem has neither become a god nor a law, but has become an ancestor.From reproductive worship (Nuwa, Fuxi), to totem worship (Yandi, Huangdi), and then to ancestor worship, this is the road we have traveled. In other words, the identities of other nations rely on gods, laws, beliefs, or concepts. Only we "recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors."This is the reason why Qi Neng abolished the abdication system after Xia, and Yao, Shun and Yu would become Xia, Shang and Zhou.From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the monarchy was rock-solid, and this is the reason.

Only with "ancestor worship" can we have the "family-state system" and the 3,700-year history of civilization from Xia, Shang and Zhou to Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.Even what is "China" can be clarified.The so-called "China" is "the center of advanced culture at that time", and Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties are "Three Represents".They went on and on, constantly exploring, taking turns to sit in the village, and finally laid the foundation of Chinese civilization. The foundation is solid and the impact is long-lasting.Everything today can be traced back to that time, including characters, symbols and cultural psychology, ways of civilization and core values.

Therefore, compared with Egypt, Mesopotamia, Harappa, Maya, Persia, Byzantium and other civilizations that have been destroyed, interrupted, extinct, and lost successively, and compared with the constantly updated Western civilization, our civilization is "super stable." ".How to evaluate this "super stability" is naturally a matter of opinion.But it's probably more important to figure out why. That will be a matter for volume three, though. Now, the cruise is over, please straighten the seat back, open the sun visor, put away the tray table, fasten your seat belt, we land.

The next stop is "Zhouyuan".