Chapter 16 Ten Virtues Contrary to Complementing Righteousness (June 16, July 6, 1901)

"The Doctrine of the Mean" said: "All things grow together without harming each other, and Tao runs parallel without conflicting." What a big statement!The so-called morals in the barbaric age have simple and often incompatible purposes; the so-called morals in the civilized age are very complex in nature and each has its own use.And what we should study and use most is that all kinds of morality have a wonderful appearance, that is, from the perspective of form and quality, they are clearly standing on opposite ends; from the perspective of spirit, they are purely from the same body. consistent.For example, in mathematics, where there is positive, there must be negative; in electricity, where there is yin, there must be yang;Those who are good at studying Tao can prepare for its complicated nature and make use of it, just like what the Buddha said in the Huayan School, what is said is that there is no hindrance to appearance, and there is no hindrance to entering each other.If there is any success, then use it to be good for your own body and be good for the whole body, and be good for the world and be good for the world.

Zhu Zi said: "Teaching is like helping an intoxicated person. When you help him to the east and west, he falls down again." Those of our generation who aspire to self-government and enlighten the world must repeat this statement.There are inherently good principles and excellent titles in the world, but those who advocate them fail to follow the law, and thus become extremely corrupt.It is still possible to talk about abuses, and because of the abuses, the vulgar population has confirmed it, and criticized this principle and name; even those who are sincere and knowledgeable may suspect that it will do more harm than benefit and dare not repeat it.Then it creates resistance to the popularization of axioms, and the opportunity for civilization evolution is suffocated.Zhuangzi said: "The beginning is simple, and the end is huge." Are you not afraid?Can you be careless?Therefore, when our generation discusses axioms, we must calm our minds and share our measures. We must not take advantage of the vulgarity to draw on ourselves, and we must not surprise the world for self-gratification.It is called slavishness to defer to the vulgarity, and it is called politeness to amaze the world with self-joy.

Based on what I have learned from reading and thinking today, I feel that there are ten kinds of virtues. Their shapes and qualities are opposite, and their spirits complement each other. They are indispensable for all human beings.Now try to discuss them separately: Independence and gregariousness Independent Ho?Those who do not rely on other people's strength, but often go alone to do the world alone. (The Doctrine of the Mean) The so-called "neutral without leaning" is its righteousness.This is what makes man different from beasts, and what makes civilized man different from savages.The reason why China has not become an independent country is because the people lack the virtue of independence.Language learning relies on the ancients, and political speech skills rely on foreign countries.The officials depend on the monarch, and the monarch depends on the officials.The people depend on the government, and the government depends on the people.Even the people of a country each give up their responsibilities and only rely on them.Ultimately, there is no one to rely on.For example, a group of blind people walk together, A supports another by the shoulders, and the second leads by the sleeves of the third. To the extreme, it is nothing more than the fact that the blind depend on the blind.Corruption in a country is rooted in it.Therefore, today's treatment strategy is to promote independence.Everyone breaks off their dependence, like a lone army trapped in a heavy siege, with the heart of fighting for oneself, as an act of borrowing from the city, the common people can sweep down the barriers of slavery in the past thousands of years, and can escape the sinking of the four hundred trillion slaves in the future.People who talk about independence in today's world may say "independence by rejecting the interference of foreign powers", or "independence from the yoke of Manchuria";Therefore, if you want to talk about independence today, you should first talk about the independence of the individual, then you can talk about the independence of the whole; if you talk about moral independence, you can talk about the independence of the situation.The danger is so small!Is independence in our country?

Those who form a group of clouds are those who combine the majority to form a group.Weighing it with the axiom of natural selection, the stronger and stronger its ability to form a group, the more dominant it will be in the world. This can be understood by those who have studied philosophy.Does my China call it "no group"?He is indeed a huge 400 trillion people, who have been living together for thousands of years.However, the development of local self-government is quite early, and there are countless small groups in each province; the organization of trade unions is quite dense, and there are countless small groups in the four peoples.However, those who are inevitably scattered in the end are because they have no virtue of gregariousness.People with the virtue of gregariousness are always willing to stand up to a group with one body; to deal with a large group with a small group, they are often willing to stand down from a small group to join a large group.The husband can then unite with the internal inherent group and use the enemy to invade the external group.But the current situation in China is different.Needless to say, those who don't know the righteousness of the group, even if there are people who are called new people, they call out to the world day by day as a group, and a meeting is set up in one place, and another group forms a party. Kill each other.Those whose power is weak will turn up and down, which is equal to nothing; those whose power is strong will lead to internal strife, which is a worry for the world.The reason for this is not entirely due to the selfishness of each person, because the people do not have the virtue of being gregarious, and they want to gather countless people who cannot be gregarious and force them to be kings.Therefore, what our generation should pay attention to most today is the matter of cultivating group virtues.Alone and group, treat the noun also.Is it shameful to rely on a group of people to sever dependence?Is it shameful to be alone in the crowd?In this gap, there were two groups of misunderstandings and those who pretended to be named.Those who are old and corrupt, take harmony with the light and the dust as the only way to get together, tame to the point of abandoning their independence, eunuchs to flatter the world; the young and vigorous, avoid the nickname of slaves, and specialize in ranking their peers, Soloism.According to the former, the group becomes the thief of the independent; from the latter, the independent becomes the thief of the group.If the two cannot coexist in the end.There are two words that our generation urgently needs to explain. The opposite of independence is dependence, which is not gregarious; the opposite of gregariousness is selfishness, which is not independence.Although people fight on their own, and the military order is self-connected and organized, it is only to support the group by itself;If you understand this meaning, you will have nothing to support it, and you don't have to use it to avoid it.For example, matter is like a combination of countless "atuns" to form a whole, which means to be a group; each "atun" has the full division of the essence contained in the body, which means to be independent.If so, it is called the independence of gregariousness.

Second Freedom and Sanctions Liberty is the proof of rights.There are two major requirements for a mortal to be a human being, one is life, and the other is rights.If one of the two is missing, time is not human.Therefore, those who are free are also the life of the spiritual world.Civilized citizens don't hesitate to throw away how much life in the physical world, and the most important thing is to change the life in the spiritual world.Does China say that it has no freedom?The freedom of communication cannot be restrained by officials; the freedom of residence and movement cannot be restrained by officials; the freedom of managing property cannot be restrained by officials; the freedom of religious belief cannot be restrained by officials; , Officials can't help it. (Although a part of it has been banned recently, it is far from the law, general, and Austrian countries of the previous century.) The formal freedom stipulated in the constitutions of all countries is almost universal.Although, I dare not call it a free person?There is the custom of freedom, but there is no virtue of freedom.The virtue of freedom is something that cannot be taken away by others, but something that I obtain and enjoy myself.Therefore, the enjoyment of freedom in a civilized country is not exercised by officials, but often adopted by the people.This is not the case in China. Those who are fortunate enough to enjoy the freedom of this custom today rely on the officials to not stop their ears. Once there is a ban, their freedom can be wiped out without a trace.The reason why officials can't restrain them is not because they focus on human rights and dare not prohibit them, but because their political skills are clumsy and their affairs are neglected, they have no time to deal with this.Officials cannot be restrained every day, and freedom cannot be destroyed without any day. If so, it is called the freedom of slaves.If freedom of thought is the mother of all freedoms, the government cannot restrain it, but society cannot restrain it.Therefore, among the 400 million people in my country, none of them can be called a perfect person, because they only have life in the physical world, but not the life in the spiritual world.Therefore, today, if we want to save China in the spiritual world, there is no reason to abandon the virtues of freedom!

Those who sanction the cloud will be treated freely.If there is a subject of sanction, there must be an object of obedience.Since it is said to be obedient, is it still considered to be free?Gu Wu has seen the precedents of all countries, the nation that respects freedom the most will always be the nation that is the most sanctioning.Why?The common law of freedom says: "Everyone is free, and the freedom that does not invade others is the boundary." Those who sanction control this boundary; those who obey, obey this boundary.Therefore, citizens who are truly free must obey three points: one is to obey the axioms, the other is to obey the laws set by the group themselves, and the third is to obey the resolutions of the majority.That's why civilized people are the freest, and barbarians are also the freest, and so on. The difference between civilized and wild people lies in whether they have sanctions or not.Freedom without sanctions is the thief of the crowd; freedom with sanctions is the treasure of the crowd.Those who are not allowed to enjoy the right of freedom are not allowed to enjoy the right of freedom, because they cannot be self-governed, and there is no sanction.The same is true for citizens. If they want to enjoy complete freedom, they must first organize a solid self-government system.The higher the level of civilization, the more complicated the law, and the stricter the obligation to obey the law, so that there is almost no freedom without sanctions.I don't know that among a group of people, no one can invade the freedom of others, that is, no one has been invaded by others. This is the so-called true freedom.Otherwise, those who steal one or two catchphrases, are tyrannical, disobedient to the law, disregarding the public interest, and casually shout to the public: "I am free." The disaster of freedom will be worse than the flood and beast.In the past, the United States once built a republican government, and its foundation was inextricable. It developed day by day, continued to grow, and has continued to grow until today; , and the prosperity of civil rights so far is not as good as that of Britain and the United States, so the sanctioning power of the French nation is far lower than that of the English nation.However, if the virtue of self-government is unprepared, if you talk about freedom in vain, you will delay it if you want to be anxious; if you want to benefit it, you will harm it.Therefore, freedom and sanctions not only do not contradict each other, but also treat each other and cannot be separated even for a moment.Speaking of liberals, we must give these three compliments.

The third is self-confidence and humility Those who have self-confidence are the source of great achievements.Xi Zhe said: "All people stand where they want to stand. Therefore, if you want to be a hero, you are a hero; if you want to be a slave, you are a slave." Mencius said: "Those who say they can't do it are themselves thieves." He also said: "Those who are self-violent should not speak with words, and those who abandon themselves should not be regarded with action." People in the world have excessive knowledge, thinking and discussions, and those who do not benefit the overall situation must have insufficient self-confidence.Those who adhere to a purpose at the beginning, any business, and are stimulated by external criticism, or are changed and abolished halfway, and those who cannot achieve their goal must have insufficient self-confidence.Living in today's China, it is necessary to break through 2,000 years of obstinate and absurd theories at the top, to fight fiercely against the customs of the four hundred million people who are blind, and to resist the fierce invasion of the five continents and the nations of the world. Bravery, great courage, how can we open a bloody road in this besieged country, so as to lead our people to the new world?Yi Yin said: "Yu Tianmin was the first enlightened one, and Yu general Yisi Daojue Si people, who is not Yu Jue?" Mencius said: "Husband Tian did not want to rule the world, but if he wants to rule the world, today's In the world, who else can I have?" How can you say so big and exaggerate, but how confident you are!Therefore, the people of our country think that the national power cannot be guaranteed, and it cannot be guaranteed; if everyone establishes the national power with self-confidence, who will win and insult the strong neighbor?The citizens think that civil rights cannot be flourished, so it cannot be prospered; if everyone fights for civil rights with self-confidence, who will win and suppress them?And if you want the confidence of all the people, you must first start with the self-confidence of people with lofty ideals!

Or ask: I see that there are stubborn people who hold the ancient meaning of one or two Chinese classics, saying that they can smash foreign countries and shape the world. If so, is it because of their self-confidence?I have seen some young students who pick up one or two new theories and theories, and then they are self-sufficient, abandoning their studies and talking high-spirited, and they are arrogant. If they are, they are not self-confident?According to the former, there is nothing more self-confident among the Chinese than King Duan and fortitude; from the latter, it is like Glanston who learns from others, and Nai Duan's self-confidence is not the result of his self-confidence. Doesn't matter?Said: Evil, what are you talking about!Confidence and humility are opposite and complement each other.Those who can have self-confidence must have a grand vision and great courage. Since they are destined to a destination, they must seek to achieve it.And when you first seek this destination, you must choose the leader of the school; if you continue to travel to this destination, you must gather together to plan it.Therefore, those who are more self-respecting dare not belittle the people of the world, and those who are more persevering are less afraid to look at the world's affairs easily.The sea is tolerant to all rivers, and the task is heavy and far-reaching, and it is inevitable.Therefore, he sees that those who are self-appointed and happy with themselves show that the traces of their small and easy-to-fill are in the world.Just like Hebo, when he sees the sea, he will eventually look at the ocean and feel discouraged; like Liao pig, when he goes to the east of the river, he is ashamed and does not go forward;Therefore, self-confidence and pride are different: self-confident people are always calm, while proud people are often floating; self-confident people are sovereign, while proud people are polite.Therefore, the heroic man, who takes from others, always thinks that three people must have my teacher as his heart;Husband is the self-confidence of the so-called humility.

Qi Li already and love him Doing it for me, self-interest, selfishness, the ancient Chinese definition of evil virtue.Is it really evil?Said: Evil, what words!There is no moral law in the world that is established without self-interest.For animals, advocating the righteousness of self-preservation and knowledge of the species is self-interest, and the reason why human beings can dominate the world depends on it; for other races, advocating the righteousness of patriotism and conservation of species is self-interest, and the reason why the people can progress and prosper Those who depend on it.Those who have no self-interested thinking will give up their rights and slack off their responsibilities, and eventually they will be unable to stand on their own.There are all kinds of people competing to exist in the Tianyan world as equals. Those who can benefit themselves must be superior and win, and those who cannot benefit themselves must be inferior and lose. This is a common law in life.There is a Western saying: "Heaven helps those who help themselves." Therefore, the great trouble of being a human being is that if you don't help yourself, you hope others will help you, and you don't want to benefit yourself but want others to benefit you.Since the husband is called a human being, is there anyone who is willing to help me and benefit me?Is there anyone who can help me and benefit me?If a country does not strive for self-improvement and expects the other countries to protect itself, and if the people do not self-govern themselves and expects the rulers and relatives to promote and reform for me, then they all lack the virtue of self-interest.In the past, China's Yang Zhu set up a religion "for me", saying: "Everyone does not pull out a hair, and everyone does not benefit the world, and the world will be governed." There are many books whose titles coincide with Yang Zhu's; and the completeness of their theories is enough to help the people develop and advance the civilization of the people.The foundation of Gaixi country's politics lies in civil rights, and the consolidation of civil rights is due to the people's competition for rights, and they refuse to give up an inch.From this point of view, we know that Chinese people claim to be self-interested, but they are not really self-interested.If it is really self-interested, why do others deprive oneself of one's rights, control one's own life, and calmly let it go, never caring about it?Therefore, not only the invention of Mo Di's theory is enough to save China today, but the invention of Yang Zhu's theory is also enough to save China.

The questioner said: But the righteousness of loving others can be renounced?Said: No.Self-interest and love for others are not both.Modern philosophers say that human beings have two kinds of self-love: one is the original self-love, and the other is the disguised self-love.Those who love themselves in a disguised form are those who love others.Mortals cannot stand alone in the world, so there are groups.They are in a group and live together with their spouses, so they cannot enjoy exclusive benefits regardless of whether their spouses are harmful or not.Therefore, those who are good at benefiting themselves must first benefit their group, and then their own benefits will also advance accordingly.In terms of a family, if my family prospers, I will be blessed; if my family is replaced, I will suffer disaster; in terms of a country, the country will be strong, and those who grow in it will be strong, and the country will perish. Those who grow up in their country will never perish.Therefore, those who can really love themselves have to push this heart to love family and country, and have to push this heart to love family and countrymen, so the righteousness of loving others arises.Whoever loves others for the reason is also for me.Therefore, Gou Shen understands that the two names have the same origin, so there is no need to talk about "universal love" as a high name, and there is no need to say "for me" to deceive yourself.But if you practice self-interest, it will naturally become an act of loving others; if you love others, you will naturally receive the effect of self-interest.

Fifth Destruction and Establishment Is destruction a virtue?Destruction of medicine also.Medicines are used to cure diseases. If there is no disease and the medicine is used, the medicine will do great harm; if there is a disease, the medicine will do great harm.Therefore, when discussing medicine, one cannot generally discuss whether its nature is good or not, but must discuss whether the disease and the medicine correspond to it or not, and then talk about the nature of the medicine.Destruction is not a virtue at all, and it is not like the world from ancient times to the present. There are always many dirt and dirt, and it is not enough to make progress unless it is destroyed and cleared up from time to time, so the effectiveness of destruction is obvious.In today's China, there are thousands of years of chronic illnesses, combined with 400 trillion chronic diseases, entrenched in the blind, and their lives are dying.Unless the disease is eliminated, all the techniques of conditioning, nourishing and nourishing are useless.Therefore, the medicine of destruction has become the first requirement today, and the first virtue today!In the world, there are gentlemen who are deeply benevolent and fraternal, who are afraid of the sharpness and fierceness of destruction, so they stealthily want to make up for it and escape it.I am not afraid of destruction, I am afraid that if I do not destroy today, the destruction in the future will be inevitable, and it will become more and more severe.Therefore, rather than allowing nature to be destroyed and ultimately irreparable, it is better to add human-made destruction and still be able to do something.The destroyer of nature is a metaphor for death caused by disease; the person who destroys it is a metaphor for attacking disease with medicine.Therefore, destructiveism today is absolutely unavoidable.Said: "If the medicine does not cure the dizziness, the sickness will not fade away."The Western proverb says: "A civilized person does not just buy things for value, but also buys them for pain." Destructionists really break through the resistance of civilization and progress, sweep away the nests of demons and demons, and are the first to save the country and save the species.Those who are still afraid of talking about destruction in today's world are those who are conservative after all, want to introduce the new but not want to destroy the old, and have not seen its ability to help. Are destruction and establishment not incompatible?Said: No.Those that are incompatible with the establishment are the destruction of nature; those that are compatible with the establishment are the destruction of man.The reason why we are eager to advocate man-made destruction is that the husband will let him be corrupt and self-defeating, and there will be no hope of establishing it in the end, so we have to use the means of destruction to establish it.Anyone who destroys is established, so those who insist on destruction must first recognize this purpose.If you don't, the servile officials of the whole dynasty, the people who are drunk and dreaming of life and death in the whole country, are self-sufficient enough to do the work of destruction and have more than enough, so why use our generation's efforts?Therefore, when it comes to destruction today, we should do things as a last resort with an unbearable heart.The destruction of France at the end of the eighteenth century led to the establishment of the nineteenth century; the destruction of Japan seven or eight years before the Meiji era led to the establishment after the 23rd year of the Meiji era.Whether it is destroyed or established, one becomes two, and two becomes one.Of course, success in the world is difficult to reach the sky, but failure is easy to go to sea.Therefore, if one does not determine the purpose of the case, but only uses destruction as a tool for pleasure and as a way to vent one's anger, it may inevitably lead to unfounded destruction.For example, if the medicine does not cure the disease, but only leads to a quick death, the people of the world will criticize the medicine, and the trend of tabooing diseases and avoiding medicine will become more and more fierce.It is also a person with lofty ideals who must quit! in conclusion Alas, old people are insignificant!Today, those who regard the world as their own and are the people of the world belong to them are actually young people in China.Since my young man has published the new principles and theories he has studied to the world, he will wash away the old poisons of thousands of years, and will be willing to be the public enemy of the 400 million people who sit in peace and wait for the subjugation of the country, so we must not replace the old poisons with new ones , Don't let the enemy and us get the truth, don't make the bystanders reincarnate into confusion, and don't make the later comrades resist because of me.Then what is the reason?It is also said: If you know the independence of being in a group, you will be independent and not overwhelmed; if you know the freedom of sanctions, you will be free and not violent; Don't be partial; if you know that there is damage to the establishment, then the damage will not be dangerous.So the way to govern the body is right, so the way to save the country is also right!The world is big, the future is long, and half of the people who travel a hundred miles are in the youth!It's in our party!