Chapter 114 Section 6 Confucianism

It was during the Eastern Jin Dynasty that Confucianism was first proposed.Mei Yi presented "Guwen Shangshu", with the "Preface to Shangshu" written by Kong Anguo, which said: "And Qin Shihuang destroyed the ancient books, burned books and buried Confucianism, and the world's scholars fled. My ancestors used it to hide his family books in the house. wall." At this time, the Pit Warlock was transformed into a Pit Confucian for the first time.Later, as the "Guwen Shangshu" was designated as an official book, the theory of "pitting Confucianism" was followed and became a conclusion.

For the "Guwen Shangshu" presented by Mei Yi and the "Preface to Shangshu" written by Kong Anguo, the predecessors had many doubts. Although the counterfeiters are very different, their mentality is completely the same, that is, they all hope to successfully deceive the world by taking the fake as the real.For example, people who counterfeit calligraphy and paintings will always work hard to forge the seals and inscriptions of famous masters after the forgery is completed, so as to flaunt the taste of famous masters and spread them well. Although the forgers of "Guwen Shangshu" are no longer known, their mentality is also the same. That's why they forged more "Preface to Shangshu" and put them under the name of Kong Anguo to make it real.

The counterfeiters changed "Kill Warlocks" to "Kill Confucianism", in fact, just to lead to the next sentence "My ancestors used to hide their family books on the wall of the house", thus showing that "Guwen Shangshu" has its own origin.Considering its original intention, it is probably just to sell its fake, and has no intention of pouring dirty water on Ying Zheng.It must have been quite unexpected for later generations to judge Confucianism as an iron case based on this. As Confucians who have mastered the right to speak in the mainstream, they have no intention of correcting this mistake.On the one hand, they sang the tune of returning to the old and learning from the past, but on the other hand, they are well aware of the truth that all history is contemporary history. As long as history is beneficial to the present, what does it matter if it is true or false?

Intellectually, they may doubt whether it is true to cheat Confucian scholars, but from the perspective of interests and emotions, they would rather believe that cheating Confucian scholars is a must. It is undoubtedly beneficial for them to turn warlocks into Confucians.In this way, Yingzheng has become a negative example that they can often recite. The purpose of their recitation is nothing more than to listen to the emperor at that time.You see, just because Yingzheng cheated the Confucian scholars, not to mention the rapid disintegration of the empire, he was also notorious through the ages.Therefore, Your Majesty is wise, and I don't need to remind you any more...

The cheating warlock has become a cheating Confucianism, which can also satisfy their emotional needs.This is not to say that they suffer from "paranoia of persecution", but that as a group, in order to maintain their unity and belief, in addition to the sage scriptures, they also need some martyrs and some saints.With the right to speak, it is natural to recognize martyrs for the group. Even if these martyrs do not exist, they can be created by modifying historical materials.With the existence of these martyrs, their Confucian group has added infinite glory and brilliance. The Confucian took the trickster to himself, dressed himself as a victim with peace of mind, and got great comfort from it.If you say that they were not the ones who cheated, they must be anxious with you, why don't you cheat us Confucian scholars, you look down on us or something?

However, with all due respect, in Yingzheng's mind at that time, the status of Confucian scholars was indeed far inferior to that of warlocks.Confucian scholars can only compare the past to the present, but warlocks can make him immortal. The importance of the two is naturally not the same.Given the status of Confucian scholars at the time, it was impossible for Ying Zheng to be so angry and kill him. Of course, the status of Confucianism has risen rapidly since the Han Dynasty.Today, Confucianism still exists as a commendatory term.For example, Confucian merchants, although they are actually merchants, have to put Confucianism ahead of merchants in order to be arty.However, the term Confucian businessman, like the post-modern term, is pure nonsense and incomprehensible.Confucianism and businessmen are not at odds, either Confucianism or businessman, how can we have both?