Chapter 58 Section 9 Analyzing the Mystery of the Ages

Let's start with why the Qin Dynasty perished.There are many explanations for the reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.For example: benevolence and righteousness are not enforced, but the offensive and defensive powers are different; Hu Hai is the king of subjugation; torture is strict and tyrannical; The rebellion of nature, coupled with the restoration of the nobles of the five kingdoms of Shandong.It is not my intention to distinguish right from wrong among these reasons.Doesn't it mean that history is written by the people? I would like to try to analyze this issue from the perspective of the collective unconsciousness of the people.

Qin Wang Yingzheng appeared in front of the war-torn people at that time as a savior. He unified the world and became Qin Shihuang.Considering the environment and situation at that time, such a savior came into being and was welcomed.Qin Shihuang is different from Moses.The reason why the Jews dared to kill Moses was because Moses was with the Jews every day. Heroes are common and ordinary people are common. Therefore, the light of Moses as a savior is dimming day by day.But Qin Shihuang knew the truth of deep self-sacrifice.He has always remained mysterious and kept a distance from the people.Distance produces beauty, and even more awe.All his life, he had been surrounded by such an aura of messiah.The common people may not love him, but they respect him, thinking that he is an unquestionable son of heaven just like Youchao, Suiren and Dayu.The saying of the Chosen One has no market today, but it was firmly believed by the common people who lived in mythology and providence at that time.Qin Wang Yingzheng's tyranny may be even worse than that of Moses, but until his death, the Great Qin Empire showed no signs of collapse.In his twelve years as emperor, he did not encounter any decent resistance.His position as the savior is secure and recognized by the public.

When Qin Shihuang sought immortality everywhere and wanted to live forever, I thought that not only Qin Shihuang believed that he could succeed, but also a considerable number of people believed that he could succeed.In their eyes, Qin Shihuang is a mythical figure who should be omnipotent.But when Qin Shihuang failed to become a fairy, but died, like an ordinary person, the people felt that they had been deceived, and they were angry.Naturally, these emotions occur subconsciously.Driven by this subconscious, they will choose revenge.But this motive is transformed by consciousness into other purposes.

Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin, could inherit his father's status as emperor, but he could not inherit his father's status as savior.Almost every dynasty will encounter such problems.Therefore, for each dynasty, the second emperor is usually the most difficult. The people hope to be rescued again, and to relive the process of being rescued again. When Chen She cut trees into soldiers and raised poles into flags, the whole world gathered to respond, and after winning food, King Cong, Shandong Haojun, then merged and died of the Qin clan carry on. Here is a question.Although the Qin Dynasty died in the second generation, many of the following dynasties can be passed on for more than ten generations.what about this?Not for anything else, because of the education of the people, especially Confucianism.

In the eyes of rulers, Confucianism has two views that are most worthy of attention: loyalty and filial piety.Filial piety means that you love your parents and brothers. If you love more, you will be suspicious. If you want to rebel, you must first consider the lives of your own family members.Loyalty means that if you are loyal to the monarch, you are loyal to the country. Rebellion is wrong, rebellion is bad, and rebellion is not good.Through the instillation of this kind of knowledge, it actually unintentionally plays a role of suppressing and crowding out the savior complex of the people, so that the savior complex stays in the subconscious for a long time and cannot emerge.The people have lost their expectation of a savior, so naturally they can only choose to obey the current regime.As a result, those emperors can sit back and relax, and can work hard, search for the fat and anointing of the people, and enjoy the wine pool and meat forest.

However, when the life of the people is really difficult, the savior complex will eventually awaken.This complex can only be suppressed temporarily, but it cannot be erased forever.Thus, a new round of star-making movement began again.Another savior appeared.He overthrew the old regime and established a new one.And the poor people, after all, still can't get rid of the fate of being sheep. Luo Guanzhong wrote in the opening chapter: Talking about the general trend of the world, the long-term division must be united, and the long-term union must be divided.This is a statement based on historical fact.The cause, however, is still at work in the collective unconscious.The people are eager to be saved, so they must unite for a long time.The people are eager to be saved again, so the long-term unity must be divided.

As the savior itself, it naturally refers to those monarchs who founded the country. If they want to escape the fate of Moses and not be abandoned or even killed by the people, there is another strategy for them to choose.That is to let the salvation continue, so that the people feel that they are constantly being saved.Qin Shihuang's many policy measures after Yingzheng unified the world can also be regarded as the conscious practice of this strategy to a certain extent.