Chapter 60 behind six o

It’s time for this little book to end. When I think about talking about life from all aspects, thinking about it, and no matter how well it is discussed, I should always ask, is it worth it?If you don't ask, you can't help but feel pitiful, even ridiculous.Talk, pitiful; what is more serious is the talk, that is, life, which is equally pitiful.We don’t know why there is life. We don’t know why.Willing to live, but unable to do so, nature, destiny, or even more miraculous, God, why this evolution, or arrangement, we still don't know.We are weak, we can only accept our destiny, move or stay still, and wait for death.Death, as Zhuangzi said, "Stop me with death", logically it can be settled once and for all, right?But no.Take two people with different heights in ancient and modern times as an example.Wei Wu, at least in this regard, is like ordinary people. He also ushered in the imminent death. He dictated his will before his eyes, and he did not forget his concubines.But not long after entering the tomb, the concubines were moved to King Cao's harem, where they went to drink and laugh.Another nameless person, no hero, but fortunately or unfortunately, has a little property, and lived a long life. He was still alive during the "Cultural Revolution". He believed in tradition and was willing to be buried in a coffin.This is also the nature of the will, but like Wei Wu, he failed to fulfill his wish, because he was eliminated by the heroes of the Red Guards.These two examples both show that even if one has bowed his head and accepted death, there will still be a poor tail.

This poor tail is about the afterlife, and thus raises the question of how to deal with the aftermath.Obviously, it first depends on how you think about the situation behind you.Qin Shihuang built the terracotta warriors and horses because he speculated, or believed, that he would still be an emperor after death, so he still needed force to conquer the big people outside the borders and suppress the small people inside the borders.Ordinary ordinary people do not need terracotta warriors and horses, but they still need to spend money. Seeing little ghosts, the example of the quasi-mortal world, has to be embarrassed. When passing by a wine shop, it is inevitable that they want to drink a few sips, so they are frugal and frugal, and they also need to put some in the coffin. Copper money, burn some paper money outside the coffin.This is the belief that there is still knowledge after death, or that the soul is immortal after the death of the body.If this is the case, like Qin Shihuang, who made a large number of terracotta warriors and horses, like many high-ranking figures in the past dynasties who forced concubines to be buried, like ordinary people, paper (money) flies into white butterflies during the Ching Ming Festival, etc., it is right.Not only right, but also very good, because in this way, our world will become formal, and our life will not be extinguished, or in other words, if we long to live, we will really get what we want, although this fulfillment needs to be discounted, that is, we need to change the way. .But there is still another form of existence behind the letter, which will also cause a lot of emotional troubles, just to mention two.One is domestically produced unchanged. For example, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to commit suicide. Before he died, he said that he saw his ancestors underground without a face. Is this because he believes that the ancestors still exist underground, so they will exist forever and remain unchanged? If so, for example, the first The ancestors of the benevolent generation lived short and died at the age of twenty. The ancestors of the third generation lived long and died at the age of eighty. , is too bizarre?The other is imported from (India), and it will be reincarnated after death, that is, it will change, for example, the change will not be large (the human world has not fallen into the animal world), from Mrs. Zhao to Ms. Qian, and it will still be to Mrs. Zhao during the Ching Ming Festival. What's the point of burning paper money on my wife's grave?That is to say, even if one believes in the immortality of the soul, dealing with the problems behind him is rarely logical.

If it cannot be done logically, Tao Yuanming's method can also be used to deal with it without asking for a deep understanding.For thousands of years, people have handled it like this. For example, for the deceased, the widow burns paper money on a seasonal basis, and uses real food to offer. Take it back, eat your own belly, and don't delve into how the dead can satisfy their hunger without eating.This is also good, Zheng Banqiao has a cloud, and it is rare to be confused.Unfortunately, the spread of Western learning to the east, first it was just a general Mr. Sai, and then it broke in from extragalactic galaxies to small elementary particles.That is to say, scientific knowledge shows that the world we live in is not a formal world, in which expectations and fantasies can be accommodated, but a cold chain of causal chains, in which everything is preordained, and one of the most personal and regrettable is , at least as far as the individual is concerned, life is only once, and death will no longer be aware, and everything will become nothing (that is, to be sure that the world will not be destroyed because of self-destruction, and it will always have nothing to do with oneself).

According to reason, if you are convinced that this is the case, you can relax and let go.However, it is not the case.The clear and convincing evidence is that, if they are not caught off guard, they will either speak or write, more complicated or simpler, and make a will.Its meaning is like, how to deal with something.I feel at ease.If logic breaks in at this time, saying, peace of mind, you must first have a heart, and if you have a heart, you must first have someone. The fact is that if the person is gone, the heart will also be gone, so why is there any anxiety?It can be seen that the will-like peace of mind, asking the reason, is the desire to live radiated into the illusion of still knowing.Approving the essence is to seek satisfaction before death, even if I don't think so.Or to expand it, only living people can move; thus all gains and losses and all problems belong to living people; when people die, they no longer have needs and problems.Focusing on this topic, the so-called so-called behind-the-scenes are actually for the time of life; all wishes, seeking to be realized, and uneasy if they cannot be realized, should refer to the time of life before death.

This understanding of expectations and actions such as wills, if you lose something, you have to sacrifice the part behind you, because this part does not belong to you;But there are gains.Reasons are both practical and logical.Let’s talk about benefits first. Take Tang Taizong as an example. It is said that when the disease was getting worse, Li Zhi, who would inherit the throne, was asked to be buried with Wang Xizhi’s "Orchid Pavilion Preface". Of course, his son knelt down and obeyed.According to our argument above, if Wang Tie was really used for burial, Tang Taizong had nothing to gain, because there was no him at that time.But he has gained again, and it is very big, which is the gratification in his heart when the son expresses his obedience.In this way, maybe it is too idealistic?In fact, any so-called benefit in life, no matter how materialistic the source is, cannot be used without going through the road of idealism. Besides, the logical reason is the intruding logic mentioned above, so there is no intervention the land.Because moving the behind to the front of death, expectations, fantasies, gains and losses, peace of mind, etc. will all be settled, because the person is still there, and the perceiving heart is still there. It is tantamount to turning the problems of the underworld into the yangworld, saying that it is after death. You can spend painstaking efforts, but what you want is peace of mind when you are alive.For peace of mind, the range of galloping can be large. For example, no matter how Mr. Sai yells in his ears that there are no ghosts and gods, or believes that there will be a lot of money to spend after death, he will exchange more real money for paper money and burn it.The scope can be even wider, that is, to expand beyond oneself, such as making a will, so that children and grandchildren can also exchange real money for paper money, and continue to burn for themselves.For the sake of peace of mind, this is all justifiable, but turning it into action will touch on right and wrong, good and bad issues.The principle of judgment is still as mentioned above. All problems are related to living people, so all actions are good or bad.It all depends on whether there are more benefits and less harm to living people (including those other than oneself).

The following goes further, or narrows the scope, to say that seeking peace of mind for the afterlife is usually what to do, or what to do.It can be divided into two categories: one is more conservative and is "responsible"; the other is more aggressive and is "seeking fame".Naturally, this is just for the convenience of explanation, as far as a certain situation or a certain person is concerned, the two are often inseparable.Let me talk about being responsible first."Nineteen Ancient Poems" said: "If you are born less than a hundred years old, you often worry about a thousand years old." Xu Dachun, a Qing Dynasty man, wrote a poem like this: "There are really leisure days in life, and a hundred years old should be unfulfilled." Retirement, and a long life, will never feel that all the expectations have been met, all the debts of the heart have been repaid, and you can go to see God with ease.Also for the convenience of explanation, we call everything we should do and want to do as the debt of life.As far as those who are old and those who are not old are dying, everyone has debts.Some people have more debt and some people have less debt.Some people are heavily in debt, such as young and middle-aged people who die young, leaving behind their beautiful wives and weak children; some people have light debts, such as wanting to see Huangshan Mountain.Some people's debts are complicated, and they want to achieve peace with their own efforts; some people's debts are simple, like a book, and they want to finish it.The nature of the debt also varies.Some debts must be repaid, such as supporting incapable relatives; some debts are not yet repayable, such as wanting to take a supersonic plane.Some debts have a large impact, such as researching new drugs against certain viruses; some debts have a small impact, such as wanting to learn to play the violin.Some debts are easy to repay, such as wanting to write a novel about teachers; some debts are not easy to repay, such as translating the Twenty-Four Histories into vernacular.In short, if you regard what you want to do and what you want to do as debts, then there are infinitely many in terms of nature, and infinitely many in terms of days.Usually, a person's debts are never infinite.But it will not be so rare that it can be seen everywhere, and there are only a handful of them. How should we treat them?Naturally, I can only talk about principles.That is one, strive for early clarity, that is, do not push what can be done this year to next year, because what will happen next year cannot be predicted.Second, strive for more clearness, more clearness will lead to fewer regrets, which is conducive to peace of mind.Third, it should be prioritized. If the impact is large, it must be urgent, and if the impact is small, it can be slowed down. It should be urgent first and then slowed down.Fourth, unless it is absolutely necessary, it is best to reduce new debts.Fifth, try your best, if you can't achieve what you want due to objective or subjective reasons, you may as well use the Taoist attitude, that is, be content with life, and not blame others.

Let's talk about the aggressive category, asking for a name.There is no ultimate meaning for a person to leave a name, and a geese to leave a sound, just like having a life and living a life conscientiously.Talking about the behind here has already affirmed the value of peace of mind before death, so you don't have to dig into the metaphysical stuffy gourd and ask for trouble.Not metaphysical, that is, to trust common sense. We all believe that it is better to be famous than unknown, and to be famous is better than to be famous.There are good and bad names. For example, according to historical evaluation, both Yue Fei and Qin Hui are famous. The former is good and the latter is bad.The historical period is long, and it is inevitable to change, so the judgment of good or bad will become uncertain.The most prominent example is that not long ago Confucius was reinstated as the most holy teacher. Here, we don’t have to go out and just say that the so-called name refers to the fragrance and does not include the legacy, then we will think of a kind of The situation is asking for a name, and it becomes even more urgent when I think about what's behind me.There are two reasons: one is that time is running out, and the slow accumulation must turn into rush repairs; two, thinking about the end of life makes us cherish the eternal life even more.Liufang, even if you don't seek to be ancient, it is not easy. How hard should you work?The ancients had the saying of establishing virtue, meritorious service, and establishing words, and one of the three can be immortal.It is not impossible for us to come to a two-in-one, saying that if you get fame, you will have greater achievements in the cause of benefiting people (or benefiting society).Take the two things about two people in ancient and modern China and foreign countries as an example.Sima Qian has been famous for thousands of years because he wrote "Historical Records".Washington has also been famous through the ages because it won independence and created a democratic system for the United States.Passing on the name to future generations also depends on chance, such as Concubine Yang, because she is beautiful and happens to have an emperor who loves her.It is more difficult to get a name by chance, so the safer way is to think more about ways to build morality, meritorious service, and reputation.Of course, once again, the so-called posthumous fame, the famous person is the real guest, no matter how much the benefits of others and the society are, but what I get can only be the comfort of my current mood.

There are two other issues that are closely related to my death, burial and will, and I would like to talk about them.Let’s talk about burial first. In the past, people believed in the immortality of the soul, and they were willing to burial generously for the sake of fame (richness, filial piety, etc.) and profit (enjoyment after death). .In this way, with the king as the leader, the rich and the noble follow, and the common people are like the wind on the grass, there will be too much waste.Now that the soul is gone along with the body, if there is a rich burial (buying a cemetery, erecting a monument, wearing luxurious clothes, holding various commemorative ceremonies, etc.), it will be just seeking fame without profit.But it will not completely avoid the question of profit.That is to say, every extra penny spent for the dead means that the living loses every penny more. Based on the principle that all the above problems are for the living, it is unreasonable to consume what the living can use for the dead.Also, the so-called fame is nothing more than being rich and willing to spend it. What is there to show off, so it should be buried lightly, the thinner the better, and the saved property, time, energy, etc. should be used by living people.As for the issue of leaving marks after death, I think it can vary from person to person.A very small number of people, those who have truly lived forever, and of course many future generations will miss him (or her), so they should go to the cemetery and erect a monument, because future generations need it.As for ordinary people, their names are unknown, and their merits are not recorded in the annals of history. Even if they have money, it seems that they don’t need to buy cemeteries or erect stone monuments, because this can reduce many kinds of burdens for the living (spending money, occupying land, until passers-by have to take a look) , etc.), it can also be counted as doing a good deed for the future.In recent years, there is a new method of donating the body to the hospital. It is said that it does not even cost a penny, and it is beneficial to the society.

Besides the will, people, even if they live a long life, will inevitably have some unfinished business, so if there is time, it is better to have a will.The situation of people is very different, and the situation is also very different as to what should be said in the will.However, considering what is required, the principle of handling is single, and everything must be for the benefit and convenience of the living concerned.Taking the inheritance that should occupy an important position as an example, the principle of taking advantage of the largest and fair care can be used as the distribution principle. For example, if the amount is large, first propose a part to sponsor public welfare undertakings (establishing schools, setting up scholarships, etc.), and the rest to relatives , and poor friends, etc., and the distribution is completed in advance of the birth date, which can be said to be perfect.It is also based on the principle of all living beings, and some things that are not very relevant should be clarified.If everything is kept simple in the funeral and the will is not stated, the living may have to deal with it.Who will be notified after death, and it is best to list it clearly, because in life, if you treat others with loyalty and forgiveness, there will always be some heart-to-heart bonds. If you leave without saying goodbye, they will feel at ease.Another point is that the living person has a good heart, or according to the trend of the time, the coffin will be concluded, and he will say some beautiful words that the speaker appreciates, that is, stereotyped eulogy. If you don't like to hear it, it is best to bring it in your will In a word, I said that I still have self-knowledge, so please don't make a fuss about it.