Chapter 33 On the Relationship between Fiction and Group Governance (November 14, 1902)

If you want to renovate the people of a country, you must first renovate the novels of the country.Therefore, if you want to update morality, you must update novels; if you want to update religion, you must update novels; if you want to update politics, you must update novels; if you want to update customs, you must update novels; , Bixin novel.Why?Fiction has an incredible power to rule human history. Let me now ask a question: the commonness of human beings, why do you love other books less than your love for novels?The answerer must say: because it is simple and easy to explain, because it is fun and interesting.Of course.Although, not enough to do their best.Novels are not necessary if the text is shallow and easy to understand; ordinary women and children's letters and official documents are not rare for difficult readers, who cares about them?The only thing to worry about is that a person with high talent and learning, who can read tombs and excerpts, can comment on insects, fish, plants and trees, he should have no choice between ancient and easy-to-understand prose, so why is he so addicted to novels?It's the first thing to say.There are many novels whose purpose is to entertain the eyes and the mind, but such indifference is valued by the world. The most popular ones must be shocking, shocking, sad and touching. Reading them will give birth to countless nightmares and wipe out countless Tears also.Husbands are addicted to this because of their desire for pleasure, but why do they choose to take things of this inverse proportion and suffer themselves?It's the second thing that I haven't said enough.I meditate on it and think about it poorly. There are almost two reasons: the nature of ordinary people is not self-satisfied with the realization of the realm; It is limited; therefore, it is often desired to have indirect contact and reception in addition to direct contact and reception. This is the so-called body outside the body and the world outside the world.Such consciousness and thinking are not only found in sentient beings with sharp roots, but also in sentient beings with dull roots.And to guide its roots to make it more blunt and more beneficial, its power is no greater than that of a novel.A novelist often guides people to wander in other realms, and changes the atmosphere that they often touch and feel.This one.People's constant feelings, in the imagination they embrace and the realm they read, often they don't know what to do, and they don't know what they are accustomed to.Whether it is sorrow, joy, resentment, anger, love, horror, worry, or shame, if you know it but don't know why; if you want to describe the situation, your heart cannot explain it, and your mouth cannot express it. A pen cannot be self-biographical.Someone, who confesses everything, thoroughly and reveals it, will beat the case and exclaim: "It's so good! It's so good!"So it is!The so-called "what the master said, I have sympathy for me."It is deeply touching, nothing more so.This second.These two are the true meaning of the article and the ability of the pen and tongue.If one can criticize and guide this point, no matter what kind of writing it is, it will be enough to move people.Among all the writings, there is no one who can be extremely wonderful and skillful.Therefore, it is said: novels are the best of literature!From the former point of view, idealist novels are more important; from the latter point of view, realistic novels are still more important.Although there are many kinds of novels, none of them can fall outside the scope of these two schools.

There are four kinds of powers to suppress the human way of novels: one is fumigation. Fumigation is like being in the clouds and being baked by it, like being near ink and vermilion and being dyed by it. For knowledge, turning knowledge into wisdom" all rely on this power.When a person reads a novel, unconsciously, his eyes and consciousness are confused, his brain is shaken by it, and his nerves are energized by it. Today changes one or two, tomorrow changes one or two, moment to moment, moment to moment, After a long period of time, the realm of this novel enters its spiritual platform and takes hold of it, becoming the seed of a special essence.Because of this seed, in the future there will be more contact with the recipient, and once it is smoked, the seed will become more abundant, and it will smoke others, so the seed can be destroyed in the world.The reason why all the world of objects and the world of sentient beings come into existence and live there is because of this cause and condition.And the novel is the one who possesses this mighty virtue to manipulate all living beings.The second is immersion, Xun speaks of space, so the size of its power depends on the width of its boundary; immersion is based on time, so the size of its power depends on the length of its boundary.The one who soaks is the one who enters and transforms with it.When people read a novel, they often can't feel relieved for several days or tens of days after the end of the volume.Those who read "The Red Chamber" must have more love and sadness; those who read "Water Margin" must have more joy and anger.Why?The force of immersion dictates that.It is also a good work, and the more complicated the volume and the more facts, the more immersive it will be!It's like wine: if you drink it for ten days, you will get drunk for a hundred days.My Buddha started from under the bodhi tree, and he said the huge book "Avatamsaka", just like this.The third is stabbing, the stabbing is the meaning of stimulation.For the power of fumigation and soaking, use gradually; for the power of stabbing, use pause.The power of fumigation and immersion is to make the feeler unconscious; the power of pricking is to make the feeler suddenly aware.Those who stab are able to enter those who suddenly have a strange feeling but cannot control themselves.I am kind and friendly, but I read Lin Chongxuetian Sanjie and Wu Song Feiyun Pu'e, why did I suddenly point my fingers?I was happy and happy, but when I read that Qingwen left the Grand View Garden and Daiyu died in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, why did I burst into tears?I am solemn and serious, but I read Shifu's Qin Xin, Rewarding Jane, Dongtang's Mianxiang, and Fangcui. Why did I suddenly fall in love?If so, it is called stimulation.In general, the more sensitive the brain, the faster and more intensely the person is stimulated.What is needed must be in proportion to the size of the stimulus contained in the book.One of Zen's sticks and drinks, all use this stimulating power to save people.For the use of this power, words are not as good as words.However, the power of language cannot be broad or long, so we have to rely on words.In writing, classical Chinese is not as good as its common sayings, Zhuang Lun is not as good as its fables, so the one with the greatest power is not the end of the novel!The fourth is lifting, the power of the first three is poured in from the outside; the power of lifting is released from the inside, which is the highest vehicle of Buddhism.Anyone who reads novels must always enter the book as if he transformed himself into the book, and become the master of the book.Those who read "Ye Sou Expose Words" must draw up Wen Suchen; readers must draw up Jia Baoyu; those who read "Flower and Moon Trace" must draw up Han Hesheng Ruowei's idiotic pearl; those who read Liangshanbo must draw up black whirlwind Monk Ruohua; although the reader argues that he is innocent, I don't believe it.Since the husband transforms his body into the book, when he reads this book, this body is no longer his own, and he will go to this world to enter the other world. The so-called Huayan pavilions are full of imperial nets, and there are trillions of pores in one pore. The lotus flower, with a flick of a finger, hundreds of catastrophes, words move people, so far!However, if Washington is the protagonist in my book, readers will become Washington; if Napoleon is the protagonist, readers will become Napoleon; if Sakyamuni and Confucius are the protagonists, readers will become Sakyamuni and Confucius.There is no other way to save the world than this?Those with these four powers can be Lu Mou I, the poisonous group, the reason why the leader can establish a religion, and the reason why a politician can organize a political party is all right.If a writer can get one of them, he will be a great writer; if he can get four of them, he will be a sage.If you have these four powers and use them for good, you can bless billions of people; if you have these four powers and use them for evil, you can poison thousands of years.And these four powers are most easily transmitted by novels.Lovely novel!Terrible novel!

As a novel, it is easy for everyone to be like that, and it is also easy to touch people for its use. Therefore, the generality of human beings is not as good as their love for novels. This is the natural function of psychology, not the result of human effort. And easy also.This is also the case for all flesh and blood in all countries in the world, and it is not the people of Shenzhou in Zhiwuchi County.The husband is already addicted to it, and addicted to it all over the place, and the novel is like the air like a bean in a group. You can't avoid it if you want to, and you can't hold it if you want to hold it.Here, if the air contains filth, if the bean and millet contain poison, then those who eat and breathe here will wither, wither, die tragically, and degenerate. .If you do not purify the air here, and do not choose other bean and millet, even though ginseng is used as bait every day, and knives are given every day, the people in this group will eventually be unable to be saved from old age, sickness, death, and suffering.Knowing this meaning, then we can understand the general root cause of corruption in Chinese group governance.Where does the thought of my Chinese champion prime minister come from?As for the novel, where do our thoughts on Chinese people's talents and talents come from?Novels too; where do the thoughts of Chinese gangsters and thieves come from?Novel also; Where does the thought of Chinese witches, witches, foxes and ghosts come from?Novels too.If so, how can there be someone who can lift his ear and teach him, pass on the bowl and teach him?From the bottom to the butcher, Cuan, traffickers, women, children, and childish, to the adults and gentlemen who are highly talented and learned, all these thoughts must be in the same place.Mo or make it, if or make it.The power of dozens of novels can poison people directly and indirectly, that's all.There are those who are not good at reading novels, and such novels have gradually collapsed in society and become a trend; they have inherited this inheritance before they were born;Even though he is virtuous and wise, he cannot extricate himself, so it is called indirect.Today, the people of our country are confused about Kanyu, confused about fate, confused about divination, confused about praying, because of Fengshui, they block railways, stop mining, fight for tombs and fight with each other, kill people like grass, spend millions of dollars every year because of the meeting to welcome the gods, and waste money. Things happen from time to time, and those who consume national power are called novels.Today, the people of our country are as obsessed with high ranks, eager to be noble and lucrative, servile and servile, shameless and shameless, only thinking of ten years of snowflakes, evening buds, easy to return to their arrogant wives and concubines, arbitrarily determined country music, and then become famous. Those who sweep the floor to the fullest are said to be the reason for novels.Today, the people of our country disregard faith and righteousness, plot tricks and cunning, cloud and rain, harsh and indifferent, tame to the point that everyone is scheming, and the whole country is full of thorns, it is only because of novels.Today, the people of our country are frivolous, addicted to sensuality, lingering on the bed, singing and weeping in the spring flowers and autumn moon, killing their youthful and lively spirit; Sorrow and illness are a major cause, there is a lot of affection for children, and there is little turmoil, and what is even worse, it is an act of immorality, which is poisonous all over the society, and it is only because of novels.Today in our country, there are heroic people everywhere, there are Taoyuan worshipers every day, and Liangshan alliances are everywhere. The so-called "big bowl of wine, large pieces of meat, weighing gold and silver by scales, and wearing clothes" are full of ideas. In the minds of the society, it became the elder brother, the big sword, etc., and the soldiers rose up like righteous and boxers, fell to the capital, and summoned foreign soldiers, which is only the reason for the novel.Alas!The novel's fascination with the crowd, and even so!Even so!If the great sage Hongzhe's tens of thousands of words are not enough, the Huashifang Jiayi and two books have corrupted more than enough!The more this matter is disdained by elegant gentlemen, the more it has to be left to the hands of Hua Shifang Jia.And its nature, its position, is like the air, like the bean, and it is something that cannot be avoided or screened in a society. Therefore, Hua Shifang Jia has the sovereignty of a country and manipulates it.Alas!If we live long like this and end up in ancient times, how about the future of our country?Can I still ask?Therefore, if we want to improve the governance of the masses today, we must start with a revolution in the novel world!If you want to be a new citizen, you must start with a new novel!