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Chapter 35 Release of leather (December 14, 1902)

"Leather" also contains the ambiguity of Reform and Revolution in English. Reform, because of its inherent benefits and losses, is transferred to good, such as the Revolution of the British Parliament in 1832.The Japanese translate it as reform and innovation. Revolution, like a wheel, overthrows it from the root, rather than creating a new world, just like the French Revolution in 1789, which the Japanese translate as revolution. The word "revolution" is not an exact translation. The term "revolution" was first seen in China. Its Zai (Yi) said: "The revolution of Tang and Wu follows the sky and responds to people." Its Zai (Book) said: "Ge Yin was ordered." As far as it is concerned, it is not enough to be the meaning of Revo (save text, imitate this below).All the tangible and intangible things in the crowd have their Ref, and all of them have their Revo, not only in politics.That is to say, in terms of politics, there are those who do not have to change their surnames but have to be called Revo, and there are also those who have changed their surnames many times but still cannot be called Revo.Today, the revolutionary translation of Revo has caused the gentlemen of the world to stick to the literal meaning, thinking that when it comes to this meaning, they must be enemies of the current dynasty, because avoiding it is like killing themselves.And those who rely on power to take advantage of the situation will also say that it is not good for me, and they will suffocate and destroy it, so that a country cannot adapt to the general trend of the world to survive itself.If it's all wrong, it's harmful.Therefore, I would like to discuss the meaning of revolution with those who are knowledgeable in the world.

Ref is the gradual, Revo is the sudden; Ref is the part, Revo is the whole; Ref is the proportion of progress, Revo is the proportion of opposition.Its things are inherently good, but the body is not perfect and the law is not ready, or it has been practiced for a long time and loses its true nature, or it has little experience and is not very developed. If this is the case, use Ref.Its things are not good, harmful to the group, and stifling to change. If it is not advocating it, it will not be enough to eliminate the trouble, and it will not be enough to make it reasonable unless it is changed. If so, use Revo.Both of these are great meanings of the so-called "time of revolution" in "Yi".The former is called "reform" and the latter is called "reform".

A few years ago in China, what people with lofty ideals ran and called for was just reform.In recent years, foreign troubles have become more and more serious, internal corruption has become more serious, and the level of people's wisdom has gradually increased. They are infiltrated with the ideals of philosophy and forced by the general trend of the world. Therefore, they know that non-changes are not enough to save China.The so-called change cloud is the meaning of English Revolution.Those who advocate this theory are mostly accustomed to Japan, and the Japanese translate this term as revolution, and they call it "revolutionary revolution" because they follow it.I also saw the great changes in France in 1789, when the king was killed, the nobles were mowed down, and blood was shed all over the country. I thought that the so-called Revo must be like this.Therefore, the so-called revolution of replacing violence with benevolence in modern Western civilization and thought, and the revolution of replacing violence with violence in ancient China's barbarian world have become the same term, which is deeply rooted in everyone's mind and cannot be removed.However, it is appropriate to be jealous of the royal family, to be appalled by popular customs, and to be worried by benevolent gentlemen.

Xinminzi said: Revolutionaries are inescapable rules in the world of celestial performances.All things that are suitable for the external realm survive, and those that are not suitable for the external realm perish. Scholars call it elimination.There are two kinds of elimination: "natural elimination" and "personnel elimination".Those who are naturally eliminated are those who are always unwell because they are attacked by external trends, and they are self-defeating and unable to save them.Those who are eliminated in personnel affairs, those who deeply understand what is not suitable for me, so that they can be easily adapted to the end, and those who can survive by themselves.The elimination of personnel is the meaning of revolution.The outer realm does not change from time to time, so the elimination of personnel and events can never stop.Those who can see through this trend early will eliminate part of it today and part of it tomorrow, and their progress can correspond to the external realm at any time. If so, there is no need to change, but reform is possible.Otherwise, you are in a small world and have nothing to do with the overall situation. The current situation is rushing forward, but I am still behind, and it is enough to be willing to die here. If you are not willing, you are sincere. We must rush to catch up, so that Yihua can stand side by side with others who are suitable for heavenly performance.Husband and I have suffered from thousands of years of accumulation, all things, no big or small, no top, no bottom, and everything is contrary to the current situation, so those who want to change their discomfort should do it from the bottom to the bottom, not from the root. Of course, to clarify and explain it clearly, it is almost impossible!Wuhu Kezai!This is why the cause of Revolution (what the Japanese call revolution, what I call change today) is the unique way to save China today.If you don't follow the way, but want to survive with pictures, and want to be strong with pictures, you are grinding bricks to make mirrors, cooking sand to make food, and so on.

Husbands are eliminated and reformed, but it is only true in politics. Everything in the governance of the masses is inextricable.In terms of Japanese translation, there is a religious revolution in religion, a moral revolution in morality, an academic revolution in learning, a literary revolution in literature, a custom revolution in customs, and an industrial revolution in industry.That is to say, the constant sayings of today's Chinese Xinxue students are inherent in the so-called revolution in classics, revolution in history, revolution in literature, revolution in poetry, revolution in music, revolution in novels, revolution in music, revolution in writing, and so on.If this is the case, it has nothing to do with the imperial government, and it has to be called a revolution.People who hear the word "revolution" are horrified, but they don't know that its original meaning is just change.Revolution is terrible, so change is also terrible?Woohoo, he doesn't even think about it!

The nobles of the court are jealous, the customs are appalling, the benevolent and gentlemen are worried about it, they think it is to cover the nest and let the pigs hang their heads too white, which is called the east gate.I don't know why this is enough to be revolutionary.Those who change the cloud will definitely change their mood of group governance, so that they will be different from the past.Today is like that, and it can be called a revolution, but for thousands of years in China, there have been hundreds of revolutionaries.And ask whether the governance of the Han Dynasty is different from that of the Qin Dynasty, whether the governance of the Six Dynasties is different from that of the Han, whether the governance of the Three Tang Dynasties is different from that of the Six Dynasties, whether the governance of the Song and Ming Dynasties is different from that of the Tang, and whether the governance of the current dynasty is different from that of the Song and Ming Dynasties?If this is the case, it can only be called the struggle of dozens of thieves, and it cannot be called the reform of the people of a country. It is obvious!Therefore, for thousands of years in Western Europe, hundreds of kings have changed their systems, but historians have never given it the name of Revolution.It was named after the Battle of England in 1688, followed by the Battle of America in 1775, followed by the Battle of France in 1789.The nineteenth century is called the Age of Revolution by historians.For the countries that stand in the world today, each of them has passed through this era only once, and it is not like the so-called revolutionaries in China before, one or two uprights are given to the top, and a hundred foxes and rabbits are in conflict with the bottom. To take the name of noble and noble civilization.Therefore, if the revolutionary translation of this meaning is used to make readers all over the world regard benevolence as violence, the group as independence, and the public as selfishness, then his words will not only mislead China, but also insult the term.

Changing surnames is not enough to be Revolution, and Revolution does not need to change surnames.In the 19th century, historians commonly call it the era of Revo, and except for the frequent changes in the sovereignty of France, since the rest of the European countries, the kingship remains the same.From the perspective of superficial people, don't you think it is reform rather than reform?And those who inquire about the current affairs, who can say so.Why?Those who change the cloud mean that the people of a country take their previous phenomena and change them completely. The so-called "everything in the past is like dying yesterday; everything in the future is like being born today" (Yuan Leofan's words), its relationship The person is not about one thing, one thing, one surname and one person.If this is only a negotiation between the old ruler and the new ruler, then what is that ruler?Its position in a country is only one in a billion, so what is its glory like in a country?What is its dryness to the country?One Yao went and one Jie came, one Zhou was abolished and one Wu prospered. They are all so-called "this is my family matter, and you should not tell me about it." The moon hangs on the teeth and the rest of the theory.Therefore, the so-called reformers in the world in the past hundred years have nothing to do with the monarch. However, if the monarch follows the trend, he will be more tolerant, and if he goes against the trend, he will go away.Is it only the monarch who is obedient and tolerant, and whoever is rebellious and hoes away? All people in a country will meet him in this way.If so, the national revolution and the dynastic revolution are not related to each other, and it is more natural.

Do those who hear it hesitate to say what I said?Please ask for more in Japan.Japan boasts of a long line of emperors, which is known to those who have read a little bit of Eastern history; its emperor is safe, rich, honorable and inviolable today, and it is well known to those who have traveled to Eastern lands.Those who once knew why they are today, are they really the gift of a Revolution?Japanese modern language refers to the revolutionary era when it refers to Keio and the turn of the Meiji era; when it refers to the actions of respecting the king and setting up prefectures, it refers to the revolutionary cause; The ancestors of Zhou all refer to them as revolutionary figures.This is not what I said. Anyone who travels to other countries, reads his books, and picks up his people can be recruited by anyone.

If we must use China's Tang Wu, Taixi's Collinwell and Washington, and start calling it a revolution, then how can Japan be called?And Wu Zhiqi said that before the Meiji period, it was the heaven and earth, and after the Meiji era, it was the heaven and the earth, and their phenomena were reversed, which is no different from the English at the end of the seventeenth century and the law at the end of the eighteenth century.This is the real person who can give a revolution, and it depends on one person who is more than ten thousand! From this point of view, those who are afraid of revolution and worry about revolution can also be relieved.Today's China must not pick up one or two small sections and imitate the so-called reformers in Europe, the United States, and Japan, so as to be able to deal with the future.All of them have undergone great changes once, and they took a large part of the most corrupt before, and pulled them out with painstaking pains.What is wrong with me?Taking cloud reform as the abolition of stereotyped writing as policy theory, it can be called a reform, but what should we choose between policy theory and stereotyped writing?Going further, the imperial examination may be abolished as a school in the future, which can be said to be a reform, but what is the choice between the school and the imperial examination?One thing is like this, he knows everything.Reform cloud, reform cloud, read it for ten years, or for a hundred years, and if it is true, you have heard it.A poisonous snake is in his hand and he is afraid of breaking his wrists, and a jackal is in charge and asks a fox, what is the responsibility of the person whose corpse is still alive?The most embarrassing thing is that our country will be eliminated by nature, and it will sink under the circle of heaven forever, and it will never be heard again!If the country is ruined, what good will it do to the monarch and the officials in power?How can the honor of the people be harmed by the monarch and the officials in power?My old saying: If the people want to survive on their own, they must start by advocating and implementing big changes on their own; if the monarch and officials want to attach themselves to the people to survive themselves, they must start by not being afraid of big changes and agreeing to big changes.

Alas, politics is the only thing that needs to change China, but politics cannot be changed, let alone the rest!Alas!
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