Chapter 16 power succession struggle

The theory of totem contradictions takes things too simply and human nature too ideally.The biggest characteristic of academic sociologists is that they only have the ability to find evidence in documents, and few people actually devote themselves to it.When a natural scientist researches a set of things in the laboratory, he always has to perform it outside in public. Only when everything is correct can he be considered a success.If you take it outside to perform in public, there is a bang, and your head explodes, even if you have been fluent in the laboratory, it doesn't count.But as long as social scientists cut and paste left and right in the study, they can talk about everything without any disadvantages.The bloody struggle in Mr. Yao Chonghua's family was interpreted as a totem contradiction, which is an example.Totem contradictions are of course possible, but not inevitable.In ancient times, it was popular to exchange marriages among tribes. Although there were conflicts, they developed into murders, and the murders happened again and again.If the bird totem can't get rid of the dragon totem without bloodshed, this is a big problem.Since Mr. Yao Xiang regards himself as a bird totem to protect people and fights to protect the signs left by his ancestors, then he married an old woman from another tribe, and this tribe uses the sun as a totem. If you hang yourself, you can't marry your sister in order to avoid other totem invasions and not marry other tribes.

Invasion by other totems is unavoidable, just like marriage with a different surname is unavoidable, so there is nothing unusual about conflicts because of it; but murder because of it is outrageously unusual.If he really hated the Tang tribe of the dragon totem so deeply, then killing the second daughter of the Yi family would cut off the pipeline and even promote the disintegration of the "United" cause.It seems even more inconceivable that without this picture, the root of the disaster is left, and only the seedlings are cut. Alas, property scrambles, totem conflicts, and political differences are all possible. It is also possible that the whole family's parents and brothers have been enchanted by witches and gone mad, but there is no inevitability, and the inevitability should lie elsewhere.

Obviously, this is a power succession struggle.This kind of struggle has been "wave after wave" in Chinese history, and it has never stopped for a day. It is called "seizing the heir" in history books.In a polygamous patriarchal society, when the king's power is transferred to the next generation, there are two major rules, namely: "Pass down the sons but not the concubines" and "Pass down the elders but not the virtuous".The eldest wife, that is, the eldest son of the original wife's wife, is called the eldest son, and the eldest is the "eldest son", and it is only natural to accept the power of the father.The following are "Second Son" and "Third Son".Among the sons born in groups of concubines, the oldest is the "eldest son of the concubine", and the following are the "second son of the concubine" and "third son of the concubine".This distinction between "concubine" and "concubine" is even clearer than the distinction between "black" and "white" in the United States.When Mr. Bo Yang was young, when his parents married their daughters, they first inquired about the birth of the other boy.Master readers must understand that the concubine is not a human being, but a child-bearing machine. The son they give birth to is not their son, but the son of the aunt (the eldest wife). Called "aunt".You don’t need to ask the textual researcher for advice, just take a look, and listen to the snobbish Ms. Jia Tanchun’s righteous talk, and you will find that there is a huge difference between the concubine and the concubine.