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Chapter 17 Transition Dispensation Theory (June 26, 1901)

The China of today is also the China of the transitional era. Transition has broad and narrow meanings.In a broad sense, the human world has no time and no place, rather than a transitional age.The evolution of human beings is a step-by-step evolution, just like the current of water, the waves are continuous, so the progress is endless, that is, the transition is endless, and if there is no transition for a day, human beings may almost die.In a narrow sense, there are often times of stagnation and transition in a group.Mutual ups and downs, the waves continue the body, which is the transition phase; each wave has a foot body, which is the stagnation phase.In the stagnant era, the phenomenon of expansion force (that is, expansion force) is obvious; in the transitional era, the phenomenon of generating force is obvious.European countries have been in a transitional period for two hundred years, but now they are in a period of stagnation.China has been in an era of stagnation for thousands of years, but now it is an era of transition.

2 Hope in Transitional Times People in the transitional age are also the fountain of hope, the most rare and precious thing in the world.Where there is progress, there is transition, and without transition there is no progress.Before the transition, it stops at this shore, and the motivation has not yet been activated. It is unpredictable when its permanence will change; .But in the transitional era, it will be like Kunpeng Tunan, who can take a breath for 90,000 miles;Its current sphere of influence is pierced by seven arrows, and it swallows up ten thousand cows, who can resist it?Who can limit its future destination, the golden world, and tea brocade career?Therefore, the people of the transitional era are indeed the great stage for the heroes of the ages, and the only way for many nations to live from death, to recover from stripping, to master from slavery, and to become fat from barrenness.What a beautiful transitional era!

Three Dangers of the Transitional Age Suppression of the transitional era, but also the era of terror.If the green and yellow are not picked up, you may suffer from hunger; if the song is difficult to walk, you will be in a mess;Moses is wandering in the vast desert, Gelong is drifting in the Pacific Ocean, gambling ten thousand lives to win his life, cutting off the back road to face the former enemy, the world is dangerous, would you rather go through it?Moreover, the transition of the whole nation depends on the transition of the individual's life experience, and the relationship between its interests is even more important: if the goal is wrong, or throw a net to kill yourself; .Therefore, in the transitional era, there are boundaries between people who can live or die, can be stripped and restored, can be slaves or masters, can be fertile or fertile, and the disputes cannot be opened!

The experiences of four countries in transitional times Those with bumpy bows are the drums of freedom?The stern is comfortable, the flag of independence?In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was not the countries of the Far West who were linked together and supported each other, riding the long wind and raging waves to transition to the new world?Those who cross the river, are they English?The person who crosses the turbulent current, is it French?Those who crossed with the Ark team, including Germany, Italy, and Switzerland?Those who cross the Feng River with their arms, are they the United States or Hungary?Whoever crosses with the wind and sails, the brother of his family, Serbia, Greece?It cannot be contained by the Vienna Conference of Moderates, the Holy Alliance of the Three Reichs cannot be restrained, Napoleon's sweeping strategy cannot be stopped, and Metternich's tactics of sniping tigers cannot be prevented.Either cross once and reach Yan, or cross two or three times to reach Yan; or cross one pass and stop, or cross two or three passes and still not stop; In case of setbacks, he will make a comeback and die across Yan.I read, why Song Gongming broke Zhuzhuang?I read, why did Tang Sanzang go to the Western Regions?This is how I know the difficulty of transition, and this is how I know the difficulty of transition.I go to the high hills, I look to the other shore, the happy land, the first whip belongs to others!Returning back to returning home, the seat is still the same as yours!The sound of the horn moves the ground, raising the ears to call out the soul; the shadow of the scarf fills the sky, beckoning to invite Xie She.The Milky Way is clear and shallow, how much is it different?The water is full of water, and the pulse is speechless.Wangmen chewing, how can I do it!

China in the Five Transitional Era There are two most promising countries in the world today, but there are two in transition.One is Russia.Since Peter the Great and Alexander the Second, Russia has carried out reforms several times and imported Western European civilization. The so-called world justice has gradually become in the minds of its people. students of the school.People with little knowledge in today's world say that the time when Russia will reach the other shore is not far away.The second is China.For thousands of years, China has always stood in a certain difficult area, without advancing an inch, without moving a step, and it is unknown what the transition is like.Although it was rushed by the turbulent waves of the five oceans and driven by the turbulent flying sand in the 19th century, since ancient times, the bases inherited from the ancestors and deeply stubborn have gradually been destroyed and lost, and the nationalities of the whole country have also gradually fallen. It's not that the business is miserable, the trek is hard, and the transition is in the way.Therefore, the current situation in China today is really like driving a flat boat, leaving the coastline for the first time, and putting it in the middle stream, which is what the saying goes, when both ends reach the shore.If it is too big, the people are angry at the autocratic government of the people, the people, the thieves and the foolish people, and fail to organize a new political system to replace it. This is also a transitional era in politics; Opening up a new academic circle to replace it is also a transitional era in terms of learning; society hates the customs of the three cardinal principles and oppressive red tape, but fails to study new morality to replace it, which is also a transitional era in terms of ideals and customs.If it is small, the case has been burned, but there is no new code; the imperial examination has been changed, but there is no new education; the culprit has been punished, but there is no new talent;Over the past few months, almost none of the hundreds of initiatives, no matter whether they belong to the self-motivated or other-motivated ones, are not in the transitional era.Therefore, people in our country today can be divided into two types: one is the old and the old, who stick to their old fortresses, is the enemy of the transition, but is persecuted by tangible and invisible, and has to cry to make the transition; the other is the young Those who are in the flow, with great fanfare, are the pioneers of the transition, but they are stimulated by the outside world and the inside world, but they have not grasped it to open the way of transition.What is important is that China has increasingly entered the borderline of transition since now, and it is farther away from the old pace, rushing to the vortex, and looking closer to the other side. This is the inevitable thing, and there is no doubt about it!In terms of the phenomenon in the second section, it is lovely, but the China of today is almost terrifying, in terms of the phenomenon in the third section, it is the China of today!

Six Characters of the Transitional Age Rather than the necessary virtue, the times make heroes, and heroes make the times?Heroes of the current situation, hand in hand is the cause, hand in hand is the fruit?Although we are not heroes, we think of heroes every day, dream of heroes, and pray for heroes. There are different types of heroes, but the most important thing is to be suitable for the times.Therefore, I don't want to talk about the heroes of the old world, nor dare to talk about the heroes of the new world, but I only hope that there will be heroes of the transitional era who rise in the center of the old and new boundaries.I humbly think that the indispensable virtues of such a hero have three ends:

One is adventurousness, which is indispensable at the beginning of the transitional era.Transition means improvement.Those who innovate cannot maintain their old form, and those who make progress must abandon their old steps.If you want to climb a tall building, you must first leave the ground; if you want to live in a foreign country, you must first go to your hometown; this situation is the easiest to understand.Of course, those who are conservative and nostalgic are the permanence of human beings. "Biography" says: "All people can be successful, but it is difficult to start with a picture." Therefore, it is not easy to open a transitional situation.The benefits of Gai Fan's transition are for the future.However, when the past is gone and the future is the future, it is the most embarrassing situation in life.For example, there is a thousand-year-old house that cannot be re-lived unless it is renewed. However, if you want to renew it, you must first abandon the old one.When the old ones are broken and the new ones are unfinished, they are often in a mess of rubble and utensils are scattered. The desolation of the phenomenon is ten times that of the past.Ordinary people look at the small harms at present, but ignore the great benefits in the future, or use all their strength to carry them out; that is, one or two people with a little knowledge, or lack of courage, take long-term considerations but care about them, and dare not take them lightly. .In the past, the ancient countries made little progress and regressed a lot.Therefore, there must be the power of boldness and ax to be able to absorb the power of blue strands; there must be the ability of thunder and lightning to create the momentum of thousands of miles.If so, there is no reason to take risks.

The second is patience, which is indispensable in the middle of the transitional period.Those who are in transition are those who can progress and cannot retreat, and those who are difficult and easy to retreat.Moses led the Jews out of Egypt to move to Canaan. They wandered in the desert for forty years, fighting the weather, fighting wild beasts, and barbarians. He complained about slander, his great cause was not accomplished, and his hair on the temples was already white.This ordinary hero is the most embarrassing and short-lived.And the bigger the husband's ambition, the harder it is to achieve; the farther he goes, the later his destination will be, the common law of things.Therefore, those who advocate and lead the people to go through this transitional era will always encounter countless internal and external resistance, setbacks and setbacks again and again, and after decades or centuries, those who cannot see their success are the same.It's not just that you don't see the success, or you are scolded and scolded, even though you have a tongue, you can't explain it yourself.Therefore, those who do not have extraordinary patience rarely turn back without halfway.There is a saying: "It takes half ninety to travel a hundred miles." Digging a well for nine feet is still an abandoned well; the mountain falls short, so there is no success;Therefore, those who are patient are also those who carry out the purpose of transition.

The three alternatives are indispensable at the end of the transitional era.All the people value the transition not only because they can go to the old world they hate, but also because they can reach the new world they want.Therefore, he took all risks and endured all humiliations without hesitation, so that the happiness he would gain in the future would be more than enough to compensate for each other.Therefore, those who advocate leading the people to take this way, if they do not choose the best and most suitable destination for them, they will really be a burden to the people.There are many ways to govern the world, and there are also many ways to suit the people.Things in the world are inherently impossible in theory, but in fact they are absolutely impossible, and there are also those who can get excellent results in other places and other places, but reverse the bad results in this place.The beginning is also simple, and the end is also huge.Therefore, sitting in a mansion in a small room to talk about fame and reason, and being in the turbulent waves to respond to changes, the way has to be completely different.Therefore, people in the transitional era should have the soul of a soldier and the soul of a statesman.What is the soul of a politician?Alternativeness is already.

All these three virtues can be possessed by one person; a group of people, each with one virtue, form a group and help each other, or the second best.Sigh!Heroes make the times?Times make heroes?The current situation, the current situation, rather than today?Heroes, where are you?I also heard that the progress of a country is initiated by the majority of its citizens, and if one or two representatives are enlisted as assistants, nothing will be accomplished; The majority of the people think that those who help the movement are seldom undefeated!Therefore, what I think and dream about is not the hero who is unique, but the hero who is equal to everyone!

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