Chapter 17 With Remembrance 33

Now there is a group of people who are good at talking nonsense, and they hate science the most, because science can teach people to understand the truth, to teach people to think clearly, and not to fool around, so they naturally become the opponents of the nonsense.Therefore, the person who tells nonsense must find a way to get rid of him. The most ingenious of these is making trouble.First of all, science is rambling here and there, mixed in nonsense, making it unclear what is right and what is wrong, and even science has a demonic air: for example, a high-ranking official [2] wrote a philosophy of hygiene, which said——

"The point of our first birth is actually from the navel, so the root of the old man is in the navel. ... Therefore, the abdomen under the navel is the most important. Taoist book So it is called Dantian. "Comparing a plant to a human, the root is the stomach, but the navel is just a stalk. It doesn't matter if you leave it alone. But this is just a strange metaphor, and the most terrifying thing is—— "The spirit can affect the blood. In the past, Dr. Cobb in Germany invented the cholera (Tigeria) bacteria. There were two doctors Oppose it, take the germs it cultivated, swallow it in one gulp, and you will not get sick. "As far as I know, it was Dr. Koch [3] who discovered (finding out something unknown before is called a discovery, and creating an appliance and method unknown before is called an invention) the bacteria of St. I also found one. Koch said he was not. He swallowed his bacteria, and then he didn’t get sick, which proved that what the man discovered was indeed not a germ. Now it’s reversed, and it’s regarded as “spirit can transform the body.” Is it not the danger of the example?

What made the trouble even more serious was the "Illustration of the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds" [4] by a child prodigy.He took the dross of Confucianism, Taoism, monks, and Christianity, made a mess, and inserted nonsense densely.He said that he could see the situation in the sky and the earth. Although the "earth stars" he saw were not very different from what we know, when he went to other galaxies, they were all kinds of things.Because he has clairvoyance[5], he is superior to scientists.He started by saying— "With the invention of modern scientists, if you want to observe astronomy, you can use an astronomical mirror...but you still can't use this to observe heaven and hell.

The way of learning is like the sea, and you must not enter the sea to drink a drop of water, and you will be self-sufficient. "Although he couldn't tell the difference between ideas and inventions, his theory of knowledge was quite reasonable. But what happened to the sea of ​​knowledge? He said—— "Chijing Heaven...a poisonous fire pit, cover it with crystals. If a certain planet is about to break down, go to the crystal of a certain planet If it is covered, the poisonous fire will explode and the people's belongings will be burned. " "The stars...are roughly divided into three types: fixed stars, planets, and meteors....According to Western scholars, there are thirty-five stars.

Tens of millions, as a kid, no less than seventy million. ...there are a total of one million large systems of planets. ...there are as many meteors as on the planet. ...Its orbit around the sun takes about thirty-three years, and it can travel sixty-five miles per second. " "The surface of the sun is pure fire....Because of its great heat, people cannot live, so the sun star lives here." There are many other strange words; The only one who talks about hell is the "Jade Calendar Biography" [7].This child prodigy is bad!In addition, there are words of emotion, saying that science has harmed people.The preface of the above article "Zhang Yuanxu, the real person of Zhengyi, the sixty-second generation of heavenly masters in the Sihan Dynasty", is particularly straight-forward, and clearly states——

"Since the boxers pretended to be ghosts and gods, causing the disaster of the coalition army, and almost destroying the country and the species, those who know it are heartbroken. Just in time for the spread of Europeanization to the east, and focusing on the autumn of material civilization, so this scientist said that the world has no emperor and god to govern, and the human body has no soul reincarnation , regarded as the country's right, so that it can be spread and printed in everyone's brains, it is self-righteous and the hearts of the people are absolutely in awe.Absolute awe, but morality has no roots to grow

born!Let go of evil and extravagance, be unscrupulous, fight for power and profit, and fight with each other day by day, the disaster will be worse than that of boxers! ..." This simply means that all evil depends on science, and morality depends entirely on nonsense; moreover, it is not as good as the Boxers[8] than science. In the past, the rejection of foreign academics and ideas was mostly dependent on the emperor; from the Six Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, anyone who attacked People in Buddhism often say that he does not worship the emperor and is close to rebellion. Now that there is no emperor, he finds a big hat of "morality" to see how powerful he is. Don't be wary of an unexpected "Education Magazine" in Shaoxing. An essay written by Mr. Gu, "Education Emphasizes Science Rather than Morality" [9] The original text of Ning is the same, which is suspected to be a taboo [10]. He said——

"Westerners have spent hundreds of years of scientific efforts to bring about this great war. . . . What is science like? It is often seen as a cripple The thief is humane! " "If you focus on science, you will focus on knowledge and ability; if you focus on morality, you will focus on deception. If you focus on deception, you will stop disaster As far as deception is concerned, it is more important than knowledge and ability, then deception cannot be understood by yourself! "Although ghosts and gods are not said to be the foundation of morality, as for declaring the death penalty to science, the two religions are actually on the same mind. Therefore, the leaflets of the Boxers clearly stated——

"Confucius Master Zhang Tian said that he came from Shandong, so he hurried to the master, there is no lie! "(The original text of Fu character is like this, it is suspected that the word is wrong.) According to them, how can such a hateful scientific world be saved? Mr. Yu Fu answered Mr. Wu Zhihui's book [11] in the "Journal of Lingxue": "If the theory of ghosts and gods is not spread, the fate of the country will be promoted!" It can be seen that Zhang's theory of ghosts and gods is the best.Ghosts and gods are the foundation of morality, and there is no conflict with the opinions of Zhang Tianshi and Mr. Fang Gu.It is a pity that the Beijing Qitan recently published another book "Gan Xian Li Ming Lu" [12], which contains the questions and answers of the former Beijing City God Bai Zhi and Master Di Xian——

"Master Yun: The matter of making a vow is indeed important.... This time I came from the south, and I heard that Jigong came to the altar somewhere, and what he said , it is hard to believe.Jizu is an arhat, seeing that his thoughts and confusion are exhausted, he must not do this. ... I don't know if the person who will come to the altar is Ji Zu ?Ask for instructions. "The shaman said: Make a vow according to the edict,...keep in mind the words. A certain altar has spirit ghosts attached to its ears. You must know that spirit ghosts are the way of demons. After knowing this, you should make a vow to drive away these ghosts. "The City God couldn't understand the vow of "Shiyun"; but he first fought for the orthodoxy with a certain society. From this point of view, the fate of the country has not been extended, and the ghost soldiers must fight first; morality is still unfounded, and science should still survive .

In fact, since the so-called Restoration, China has really had science.Now Confucianism and Taoism, however, directly transfer the evil results of blindly mischief and failure to manage human affairs in history to science, and do not ask what morality is or what science is. They just talk about it and make troubles; Full of evil spirit.The words quoted above are just a few black shadows picked up at random; besides, there are many strange stories from Dabu to remote places.But these few items are enough to speculate how dark and terrifying the air around us and the future will be. In my opinion, to cure China, which is "nearly destroyed", the method of "Confucian sage Zhang Tianshi rumored to come from Shandong" is completely wrong, only the science of the enemy of this nonsense! — not superficial real science! —What is the reason for this?There is a story in Chen Zhengmin's "[辶鸡] Zhai Xianlan" [13] (the original book has not been seen, it was written according to [14], but this is all a rumor fabricated by Taoist priests, it is not true, and now it is only regarded as him. Metaphorically speaking) Well said—— "Yang [Mian Li] suffered from an abnormal disease in his middle age; every time he uttered a word, there was a small voice in his belly, which gradually grew louder. A Taoist saw it and said: This respondent is also!But read "Materia Medica" and take what you can't do to treat it.After reading Leiwan, I should not respond, so I took a few pills and healed. " What I said above about eating germs is probably also wrong, but there is no book at hand.maybe K When Dr. Och discovered Tigerella bacteria, Dr. Pfeffer thought it was not a true fungus and swallowed it face to face. Later became ill and almost died.In short, no matter what, this case can never be used as an example of "spirit can transform the body".one Added on September 24, 1925. [1] This article was originally published on October 15, 1918, No. 4, Volume 5, of "New Youth", signed by Tang Qi. [2] Refers to Jiang Weiqiao, a native of Wujin, Jiangsu. In the early years of the Republic of China, he served as Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education of the Nanjing Provisional Government, and was then a counselor of the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang Government.In 1914, he published the book "Yin Shizi's Meditation Method", advocating "meditation".In the book "Principles", there are such words as "the root of a person is in the navel", "the dantian is also known as the sea of ​​energy, and it is in the abdomen below the navel".In his translation of the "Causes of Disease" section of "Philosophy of Longevity" written by Suzuki Miyama in Japan, he quoted the German "Dr. But when the spirit is correct, it will never become a disease", exaggerating the role of the spirit to an absurd level. [3] Dr. Koch Dr. Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist.Regarding the matter of swallowing bacteria, the "remarks" of this article have been corrected, but there are still mistakes. Dr. Pfeffer should be Dr. Pettenkofer (M. von Pettenkofer, 1818-1901).He was an old-fashioned disease theorist, who believed that disease was caused by the deterioration of bodily fluids and had nothing to do with bacteria.He swallowed the cholera bacteria cultivated by Kohe, and the result was diarrhea. He did not get cholera, but this only proved that there must be physiological conditions for the bacteria to cause disease. If the body is healthy, even if the bacteria invade the body, it can resist. [4] Child prodigy refers to a child named Jiang Xizhang in Licheng, Shandong at that time.It is said that Jiang Xizhang was less than ten years old, and he wrote "Four Books Vernacular Explanation", "Stop War", "Daqian Tushuo" and other books. In fact, they were all written by his father Jiang Zhongxiu and others.Chinese reactionary forces and imperialists touted him as a "child prodigy" and made use of him.In addition to manipulating the World Moral Association to publish the book "Stop War", Robert Richard Lee, an American imperialist, wrote a preface to the book, saying that he "has the attitude of heaven and the ambition to defend the way", "a boy who can Harmonize the teachings and plead for the nations of the world." "Illustrations of the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds", also known as "Illustrations of the Great Thousand Worlds", was published in 1916.The author said in the book that he founded the "theory of the three thousand great thousand worlds" in view of "recent materialists who created the theory that there is no heavenly emperor, ghosts and gods. ", threatening to make "everyone in the world respect and fear the sky".The passages quoted below are respectively found in the book's "Overview of the Great Thousand Worlds", "Chi Jing Tian", "Overview of the Galaxies", and "Sun Stars". 〔5〕Tianyan understands the Buddhist language, one of the so-called "liutong" (six kinds of vast "supernatural powers"), that is, it can see things that ordinary people can't see with their eyesight. [6] "Ten Continents" is "Ten Continents in the Sea", one volume, the old title was written by Dongfang Shuo in the Han Dynasty, and it was actually written by the alchemists of the Six Dynasties.The content is about absurd fairy tales. 〔7〕The full name of "Yu Li Chao Zhuan" is "Jade Calendar Zhibao Chao Zhuan", which has eight chapters. It is a book that promotes feudal superstition.The content is about the situation of the so-called "Ten Temples of Hell" and promotes karma. 〔8〕Boxer was a contemptuous term for the masses of the people who participated in the Boxer Movement.See note [8] on page 165 of this volume. [9] Monthly "Education Magazine", edited by Shaoxing County Education Association, founded in 1914. The article "Education Emphasizes Science Rather than Morality" was published in the twenty-fifth issue of the magazine in August 1918. [10] In the feudal era, the use of characters to avoid the same names as the emperor and elders was called "taboo".Emperor Xuanzong (Daoguang) of the Qing Dynasty was named [上日下文] Ning, so the Qing people and veterans changed "Ning" to "Ning". [11] "Psychology Journal" should be "Psychology Congzhi", a publication that promoted superstition at that time, edited by the Shanghai Spiritual Society, and published in January 1918.Yu Fu, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, was one of the important figures of the "Spiritual School" at that time.In October 1917, he and Lu Feikui and others established the Shengdetan Fushi in Shanghai to organize the Spiritual Society, and he presided over the "Lingxue Congzhi".His "Answer to Wu Zhihui" was published in the first issue of the first volume of the journal.Wu Zhihui (1865-1953), named Jingheng, was born in Wujin, Jiangsu, and was a reactionary politician of the Kuomintang.In his early years, he joined the League and claimed to be an anarchist.After 1927, he actively supported Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist and anti-people activities. [12] "Gan Xian Li Ming Lu" should be "Xian Gan Li Ming Lu".The "said words" in the following quotations, the original "said words". [13] "[辶鸡] Zhai Xianlan" written by Chen Zhengmin in the Song Dynasty, originally fourteen volumes, now lost. In the thirty-second volume of "Shuo Yu", there are more than forty articles. "Ying Sheng Chong" article said: "Yang [Mian Li], a scholar in Huaixi, said that he had a strange disease in his middle age. Every time he spoke and answered, there was always a small sound in his belly; it became louder in a few years. Some Taoists saw it and were shocked. Said: "This answering insect is also; after a long time of death and extending to the wife, it is advisable to read "Materia Medica". If you encounter an insect that is not suitable, you should take it." A few grains will heal." 〔14〕The works of pharmacology written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, with a total of fifty-two volumes.words quoted in the text