Chapter 48 Discussion on Retro Thought Trends (July 20, 1915)

My friend Lan Jun, who tasted the absurdity of breaking the old, published the first issue of (Greater China).People in the country read it, and they are so horrified by Khan Qiaohe. Even if I see it for the first time, I can't help being pale and surprised. I think there is a compromise, but it is as follows: I think that what Lan Jun said is cunning and aggressive but misses the point, so I can't argue with it.However, since this kind of treacherous statement happened today, there are some people who made it happen, so we have to think deeply about it.The most appalling of Lan Jun's theory is that he has some doubts about loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, and he seems to be dissatisfied with worshiping Confucius.This is because his arguments are sincere and partial and not enough for training.The essence of the virtues of loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and righteousness has nothing to say in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign countries.People in the past did not say that the goodness of the world is one.All moral abstract nouns, such as wisdom, benevolence and courage, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, respect, incorruptibility, and even ruthlessness, although their connotations are wide and narrow, partial or different, but they are the same as virtues, there is no difference. Yi Yi.Covering the two sides of good and evil, for example, it is like light and darkness. Those who discuss the truth can debate and analyze how to be the standard of light, and how to study how to make the glow of light continue. To respect the light and respect the darkness is not only to sting the reason, but to touch the emotion.That is to say, the four virtues of loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and righteousness are not unique to our country, nor can foreign countries be abandoned alone.In ancient times, it was respected as Dian Yi, so how can Lai Zi lose its contempt?Husband regards loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and ancient times as one story, and he has made all kinds of theories, and he has not hesitated; because he hates ancient times, he doubts loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness.Ruofu Confucian teachings, the reason for cultivating human personality, is prepared in a hundred times, and it is universally applicable, and it is inexhaustible for life.If what Mencius said is a collection of great achievements, and what Zhuang Sheng said is that the big and small are fine and rough, and their luck is perfect, then there is no such thing as Confucius.Confucius can be destroyed, although Si Zhen wants to kill himself, how can he hurt the sun and the moon!And try to think about the history of our country. If Confucius is taken away, what color will it be?And if there is no Confucius in China, it is unknown whether this nation can be integrated into one.Gore, what has China been like for the past two thousand years?What's more, the teaching of Confucius, in the real time, is not like the tree of other popes, rejecting others, and enshrining them with the wisdom of imprisoning others.However, living today and teaching people to recite the Dharma of Confucius, how many people are there who are insignificant enough to be an obstacle to the progress of the people?Therefore, Mr. Lan's theory is really deceptive and exciting and misses the point. If his theory is prosperous, it is harmful and unreliable. I definitely can't argue with it.

Gu Yiwu knows that Lan Jun is a gentleman and a beautiful man.Do you want to follow the theory of Confucius?And try to recite it in the world (see "Yongyan Bao").Today, because of my actions, there is such a strange theory of guilt and fallacy, and after the theory is released, some people in the country may still have the meaning of forgiveness amidst the horror and blame.I observe the changes in the world silently, and feel that they are very small, but I can't help trembling with fear because of the turmoil of reverse thinking, so I have to compromise and correct the two. Husband advocates the old morality, (there is no such thing as old or new in morality, the word "old morality" is really not a noun, but the convenience of writing, let me take the name of the current fashion.) Rather than seeking to know the country and the foundation.However, why this theory has suddenly become popular today must be observed.Since the pre-Qing period, the whole world has competed to talk about new policies and new learning, and the old disciples have a lot to say, but the barriers cannot be strengthened by themselves, and they are becoming sluggish every day.Although they wanted to suppress them, those who sought to suppress them did not hesitate to die. They forced things to be suppressed with an unstoppable momentum, so they were aggressive and decisive, so that there was the Revolution of 1911.It is also the result of restraint, and its tendency to migrate is not in the right direction, so none of the phenomena it evolves can satisfy people's expectations.In the meantime, the cunning and frivolous people take advantage of this gap of transformation and scrambling to indulge in lust and defeat, which is beneficial to arouse the disgust and suffering of the society and give people a target.In the past year, it is also the time for the expression of its extreme reactionary force.That's why our generation has been advocating the old morality since the past, but the fundamental arguments of those who advocate the old morality in the past year seem to be different.We think that morality can be despised from time to time, and there is no difference between Chinese and foreign, old and new.Just as we are enamored of new learning and new policies, we feel more valuable the old morality; we are just practicing the old morality, and feel more intolerant of new learning and new policies.In today's words, the old morals are not the same.When he sees the current state of disintegration in the society, he never deeply seeks the reason for it, and does not know that it is the result of a combination of various complicated reasons, and everything is blamed on the new learning and new policies that he does not like.Its meaning is as follows: If the world is disturbing, it is this generation who is sitting on the table and discussing the officials, making waves, making words and making troubles, and those who don't agree, our country today is still the same as the three dynasties of Tang and Yu.And if it is said: My country has its own way, so it can be cultivated without waiting for anything outside. Now that I am suffering from special problems, I can't go back to my old ways. If I can't do it, what else can I ask for!This is not a profound statement because of me. To test the conscience of the majority of the elders, is there any one who has these two views firmly in their minds and is really inextricable?This kind of view turns into absurdity, so I often feel that new learning and new policies are things, and they are always associated with immorality; if I want to thwart the flames of new learning and new policies, but it is difficult to challenge them, I often use moral issues to oppress them.Because of this, it has aroused doubts among some new scholars. It is also said that the theory of morality and the theory of ancient times are closely related. Anyone who advocates morality falsely thinks that it is an old-fashioned place. .Therefore, it is different from each other to stimulate each other.

But is there any incompatibility between the new trend of thought and the old morality?What is the relationship between moral theory and ancient theory?Please get it and talk about it. In today's metropolis, scholars and bureaucrats live in groups and talk to each other. Every time they swear, they often talk with each other because of the corruption of people's hearts and customs.Those who corrupt the cloud are inferior to the cloud of the past.I think that the customs of the majority of ordinary people in the country do not dare to say that they regard the past as good, nor have they seen the past as bad. There are gains and losses, and we can't make false accusations.But today, do you think it's bad news because of the custom?Said: The very bad ones, but my Cao, who is known as a scholar-bureaucrat, has a lot of ears.Gai day after day rests too much on the person whose mind and customs are corrupted, that is, the one who actively corrupts the mind and customs.And like my Cao, who doesn't recite the books of Confucius and obey the precepts of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, but the deeds he creates are counterproductive?For example, a certain medicine can ward off epidemics, and the house where the medicine is always stocked is the bush that spreads the epidemic.The medicine that must be prepared may not be genuine, or it may be prepared but not taken, or it may be taken in a wrong way, or other bad daily life and food will cancel the medicine.If we don't explore the source to cure it, but talk about using medicine to prevent the epidemic, the epidemic cannot be prevented, and it will only make people suspicious of the medicine.Who doesn't know that advocating morality is the basis for improving customs. However, given the atmosphere around today's society, the influence of political means, and the temptation and threat of Chinese and foreign situations, Gou Wudao can solve the symptoms and explain the obstacles, even though he mutters with moral arguments every day. Why is it effective before the public?In vain damage the value of morality itself!What's different is that the old ones tend to regard morality as their monopoly, so the relationship between old bureaucrats, old celebrities and moralists seems to be a trinity.And those who want to cure the disease of moral degradation after the revolution will use the old bureaucrats and old celebrities as their holy medicine, and this generation will hardly doubt it.In my generation, there are many people with pure conduct, how dare I make false accusations.To put it bluntly, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, most of this generation already occupied a superior position in society, and their words and deeds had the capital to be popular. If this generation is cheating, how can China have what it is today?

In all fairness, the bad atmosphere in China in recent years is only two or three times worse than frivolous new theories, and seven or eight times worse than the old atmosphere that is hard to get back.Today's commentators often say that the heresy of freedom and equality is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and will lead the world to the beasts.Orders and proclamations, recitation of words repeatedly, sitting on parody, gathering arrows together, if one can only clarify this poison, then curing the vulgarity can immediately lead to clarity.During the two or three years between the turn of the Husband and the Ding Dynasty, this kind of madness was indeed invincible for a while, and we are heartbroken, and we don't see much of the current theory.Today, the flames are completely extinguished, but what is it like to rule the customs?Due to the bad atmosphere today, its evil causes have been created. Since the past twenty years, those people who live in Tianjin have often taken advantage of human weaknesses to run around the world with snobbery, wealth and honor, trying to destroy people's integrity and shame, and make them come within my range.The society has no respect for integrity, and being lured and threatened by this, the benefits follow the trend; the theory of emphasizing corruption and deceit is regarded as a creed by those who govern affairs, and people take advantage of it, and one after another they rise to the top of the cloud; their arrogance gains and loses The act of joy is big enough to stir up the old customs, and newcomers are envious of imitating them, and the fire continues, and it grows day by day.The vulgarity is very bad, and this is the reason for the job.Therefore, in the general agricultural, industrial and commercial society, the quality of life is not much different from the previous ones, but the so-called scholar-bureaucrats are reduced to concubines and beasts every day.The disease is in the country, and its severity and depth. How about the heresies of freedom and equality that are pointed out by the public?Husbands who pretend to be free and equal in the name of immorality are only a few young people with uncertain blood, and their power is not enough to influence society. If they are so-called scholar-bureaucrats who live in a high-level place, talk about Confucius and keep their mouths on etiquette, in fact, they will follow each other and corrupt customs. source.Those who seek the country today are following the same mistakes of the past twenty years every day, and the currents are used to raise waves, but they only raise Fang Yanguang's facade, saying that they respect Confucius and those who maintain ethics, and reward them with fans, hoping that this will be effective.Those who don't know these words, the so-called scholar-bureaucrats today, everyone is good at speaking, and they don't give them a fan award;However, if you want to rule the customs and clear the source, you have to look at the true likes and dislikes of the superiors as prayers, and take righteous attacks, and I am afraid that there will be no one who can help them.

Readers don't doubt that I say that this kind of fan award is possible. I am a person who is engaged in fan award every day, which is common in the world.Gu Wu said that the way of fan award is to use it as valuable as possible, but if you rely on it, there will be a lot of disadvantages and accidents will always occur.For example, the appearance of trees, the size of the appearance is measured by the measure, and the obliqueness of the shadow is measured by the length. This is the most important thing to be careless.Now referring to the fact that the Daoist intends to go back to the past, he must argue with himself and say: I have tried it.However, the trend of the facts cannot be concealed.It is not for me to enumerate them one by one, but I ask readers to close their eyes and think about it. In the past one or two years, there have been many administrative measures taken by various ministries and ministries in the past one or two years. What did you do in the second year of the first year of the Republic of China?However, it was only the second year of the Republic of China. At the turn of Qing Dynasty and Xuan Dynasty, almost all the plans and constructions were abandoned, changed and stopped.The husband's light and Xuan's politics are not sincere enough to satisfy people's expectations.At the beginning of the Republic of China, Yuan’s government was honest and not enough to satisfy people’s expectations. But why should the essence of the government be absolutely inapplicable to China?Since it is absolutely necessary to adopt a certain system in the future, and there are disadvantages in the previous practice, we can only seek the location of the disadvantages and change the ears of remedies.If it is combined with the system and completely destroyed, the world would rather have such a policy?For example, the democratically elected parliamentary system is common to all countries in this world, and it is especially indispensable for the republic. The previous parliament was not improved, so it is possible to correct its electoral law. It is possible to directly or indirectly improve the political parties, and it is possible to determine its authority. Also, if it is to go away with the council and other things, can you see it?For example, the independence of the judiciary is the common sense of the world. The court was not good before. It is possible to change its hierarchy, change its procedure, and change its appointment method. ?Push all kinds of policies, all of them are the same.

The other system is a system that must be adopted sooner or later. Although it is abolished today, it will not be forced by the times, so it must be revived.When one is abandoned and one is revived, first, it will delay the progress of the country's fortune for several years; second, it will destroy the foundation that has already been laid, and it will be more difficult to start in the future; third, it will make the people confused and reduce the prestige of the country. .In the past, when the Wusong Railway was first built, the government bought and destroyed it with more than 200,000 gold.When it is destroyed, there are not many people who are happy!Thinking about it now, why do you come here?Husbands today have a system where everyone gathers their arrows. Looking at it later, we must feel the same as the Wusong Railway. It can be asserted. But if a fox buries a fox, what is the government in the world?Or they have some foresight and dare not blatantly discard their name, so they change their appearance and change their appearance, referring to a deer as a horse.If the method is based on the truth, it will still be false; if the method is based on the false, what will we do?Today, most of the hundreds of facilities are pioneering works, that is, they are not old-fashioned, and it is difficult to use them. If you go all out with sincerity, you will surely succeed, so that those involved will have a heart of peace and harmony, and the society will wait and see. Strider Mian, meritorious service from day one.Not today.For the things that they don't want, yin destroys the reality and yang paints the name. Those who suffer from it say, this is perfunctory to our ears, and I would rather respond to it perfunctorily.However, the concept of self-love and fulfilling duties is becoming weaker and weaker.The society also said: a certain enterprise, so perfunctory the ears of a certain type of people, first have a contemptuous heart for this enterprise; : I insist that this kind of system is unacceptable, and it is true today.Alas!The reason why everyone is dealing with all kinds of new policies today is that it's just a lie?It's not surprising that the onlookers are suspicious of the retro!

It is advisable to say that a husband and a man employ people, that at the turn of the century, thousands of streams come in, that the stomach of a sheep is like a sheep's head, and those who see it hiccup, so it is advisable to seek clarification.And to correct its disadvantages, it is the only standard for weighing talents in the past.When asked why, it is said to respect experience.Among the officials of the Qing Dynasty before my husband, there are many people who are clean, capable, and able to govern. I sincerely dare not rely on the views of masters and slaves to resist.Although, most of them are filthy, sly and sly, and the corruption of the late Qing Dynasty is not like this generation?The situation of the revolution, would rather not be encouraged by this generation?Especially those who are shameless will lose their official position in the morning, and join the alliance meeting in the evening, swearing at each other, threatening their shoulders, and turning against others when the situation changes. The class of food, even if it is given to you, is also enough for the high cabinet.Now they are all in the same circle, facing each other in the city, and they seem to presume to save the customs and preside over the Dahua, to be rewarded by the upper reaches, and to be accepted by the society, and they will not follow suit, and the evidence will be ruined. Find, follow the heels of the past.If you look at his so-called experience, you will be able to book books, hook and distance, and face thieves and thieves at night. Even the head of the finance department does not understand the meaning of the budget, and he is also a judiciary governor without knowing that there is a new criminal law.This kind of laughing stock is even more difficult to run out of, and it can still rise to fame. It is a year old and moves repeatedly. Looking down on the newcomer, it is nothing.Alas!Isn't it better to be the standard of today's mediocre talents?Then the onlookers are suspicious of retro, so why not!

Even the people of the country are so forgetful. "Records" has it: I don't know the coming, but I look at the past. "Isn't the old traces since the late Qing Dynasty still vivid in people's eyes and ears? If it can be manipulated to bring order to the country, then the Qing Dynasty has survived to this day. Twenty years ago, the so-called old law has lost its meaning. To maintain the function of the country, the people of the country are overwhelmed by its weakness, and they are appalled and clamored for renewal. Now that they are unable to overcome the new weakness, they are trying their best to restore it, so as to return to the old state twenty years ago. What was done twenty years ago Those who suffer together, if they forget it completely; it is not just forgetting, but even more inverting their admiration, thinking of it as a flourishing age and longing for it. (This is not my exaggeration, try to use the policy planned in the past year to compare with the twenty Compared with the political images a few years ago, I don’t know how many points they deliberately pursued. I will list and comment on it in the future.) Husband’s eyes have the same beauty in color. Twenty years ago, they were collectively accused of being very evil. Twenty years later, it can suddenly become very beautiful. This is not a strange thing in the world! Rather, it may be said that the death of the Qing Dynasty was not caused by its nostalgia for the old, but actually because of its desire for the new. The Qing court is not only new. Is it true that those who insist on the old will always stick to the old, how can the husband have today? If this is the case, it will not be reasonable to talk about what he said in the end. It is possible to say that the matter is probabilistic, especially knowing that the Qing court’s newness is not true. What does it want. If it is not what it wants, but it is a flock? The effect of the old system is exhausted, and the situation is driven by it, so it has to be out of it. For example, when traveling, the road that is followed is blocked by thorns, and it is time to change from the thorns. He is confused. Today, can the thorns on the other side be mowed down? Can you not be driven by the situation, but make a new move? It is impossible, and after several twists and turns in the future, the pawns will also be clear. It can be affirmed that the mistakes of the court's gyrations are the second, and the first is to repeat them. The husband of the Qing Dynasty died because of the newness? It is because it does not change the newness, and it is not just forced to be new by the general trend. Although the trend is strong In the new, but in the nature and value of the new, I really don't understand it, and I often hold it back with the spirit of nostalgia for the old, so the functions of the new and the old cancel each other out, and I lose ground. However, the authorities are absolutely unwilling to stand on their own feet. Although, if you try to examine their psychology calmly, how many of them are different from the psychology of the elders twenty years ago? What is the difference between the new and old functions of all the facilities? Consumers? This suspicion of the past, so even if you know how to argue, you can't explain it to the world.

Or it can be said: the disease needs to be treated with medicine, and the medicine only seeks to cure the disease.Although the theory of restoring ancient ways is debatable, how can you see that it is not possible to treat a disease that has been too much for new medicines for several years?Ying Zhi said: This is true, but one or two years ago when the symptoms of the disease were severe, taking it might not be a good medicine, but now the symptoms have changed, and if you continue to take it, the medicine will turn into a disease.Most of the occasional illnesses come on bravely, but it is easy to get rid of them; the chronic illnesses are not very vigilant, and they can't be cured after a long time.It is the common nature of human beings to love the old. When they are stimulated by the outside for a while, and they are too eager for the new, they are allowed to be natural without correction.For a long time, it must be dominated by the action of inertia, and it can return to its old state.However, after this inertial effect is rampant, if you want to revitalize it even more, I am afraid that it cannot be achieved without a thunderbolt.The husband is afraid of the new and the old, and the round head is connected, of course.What's more, our nation is especially good at Zhuji, and arrogance is a long-standing endowment, and it is best to talk about ethics and education, and to abandon academic skills, which is the most convenient for those who are empty-handed and embellished.If we analyze its advantages and disadvantages in detail, it is hard to know how effective this kind of strict and indifferent facade language is in correcting the most vulgar; and the inertia may increase greatly because of this, leading the people of the country to share Falling into a dying and lifeless situation, this is what I worry about because of the sputum.

Ruofu Lanjun's discussion is so shocking, I have not hesitated to explain it.Essentially, the two are just symptoms of social psychology, and the diseases cannot be restrained but often coexist with each other.If the theory of scorning the ancients is prosperous, then the theory of revival must take advantage of it;If the extreme meets the extreme, and the reactionary reaction is repeated, then the country and society will be disastrous.Meng said: "Born in one's heart, it harms one's government; it grows in one's government, and harms one's affairs. It is a gentleman who is cautious."