Tai Shigong said: "The political pursuit of loyalty and honesty in Xia Dynasty made people disrespectful and lacked etiquette. Therefore, the Yin Dynasty inherited the Xia Dynasty and pursued humility. The disadvantage of modesty is that people believe in ghosts and gods. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty inherited the Yin government and followed the etiquette. The disadvantage of etiquette is to make people pay attention to literary decorations and feel thin and dishonest, so the disadvantage of saving dishonesty is to pursue faithfulness. ……"
After reading this passage, I found that the traditional virtues of "faith", "respect" and "ceremony" also have disadvantages:
An honest man is honest, but he is easy to be reckless and lose his mind.
A respectful person is humble, but he is often silent and resigned.
Polite people are polite, but they gradually become hypocritical and whitewash peace.
What about those honest people? Honest people are real, but not realistic. Hey! Come to this conclusion.
Notes on Historical Records II: The Lovely Emperor Xiaowen
Notes on Historical Records II: The Lovely Emperor Xiaowen
Emperor Xiaowen is the son of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and the grandfather of Emperor Wudi. I say he is cute because he is not the son of heaven, but he is the son of heaven, but he doesn't look like the son of heaven.
I've only read one-third of the biographies of filial piety in Historical Records. I'll list what I've seen first. As for his life, I'll make it up next time:
The law of "sitting together" has been abolished. The so-called "sitting together" means that one person commits a crime and the whole family is convicted.
The charges of "slander" and "bad words" were abolished, and subjects were encouraged to "offer good words".
Emperor Xiaowen is the second son of high-impedance Liu Bang. After the death of Gaozu, the Lu family attempted to launch a rebellion and was destroyed by court officials. Finally, ministers plan to call Liu Heng, who is still king, to Chang 'an and make him emperor, later Emperor Xiaowen.
Quoted from Emperor Xiaowen:
"Criminal law has achieved the goal of breaking people's limbs, destroying people's skin and making people unable to recover for life. How painful it is not to emphasize kindness, how can it meet the purpose of being a parent for the people! Corporal punishment should be abolished. "
"... I heard that everything in the world will not die when it germinates. Death is the law between heaven and earth and the natural attribute of matter. What's so sad? In today's era, people are fond of life and hate death. Heavy burial of the dead will ruin the family business of the living, while heavy mourning will hurt the livelihood. I strongly object to this. ..... An order should be issued to all officials and civilians, so that after only three days of the funeral for me, everyone will be exempted from the rest of the funeral. Don't forbid people to marry women, hold various sacrificial activities and drink and eat meat. No one who should attend the funeral should go barefoot. ..... Inform the world that everyone knows my wish. The landscape around Baling remains the same and should not be changed. In the harem, at least all the ladies below were sent home. ……"
After Emperor Xiaowen died, his son Liu Yuxin succeeded to the throne. Known as emperor xiaojing.
Emperor Xiaojing said in his imperial edict: "... Emperor Xiaowen came to earth to clear the bridge, and there is no difference between distance and discrimination. Abolish the crime of libel, abolish the corporal punishment of cutting off limbs and peeling off skin, reward the elderly, adopt and care for loneliness, and raise all beings to take precedence. He cut down his hobbies and selfish desires, refused to accept the contributions of courtiers, and did not seek personal interests. The criminal's wife is not implicated. She doesn't kill innocent people. Cancel castration, release harem beauty, be cautious about the severance of human relations and the succession of father and son ... "
For the king of the season, but often for the king of literature. Taibao is a human being. Jing is righteous, so it belongs to thousands of households and becomes.
What needs to be explained in this sentence is "Man Jing" and "Juwu". Suoyin: Jing, formerly known as Chu, is called Jing in the country. Quite a battle, Fujian also. The name of Nanyi; Pretty is also called Yue. This theory comes from the numeral Wu, whose name comes from Taibo, and there was no such name before the Ming Dynasty. This land is on the border of the State of Chu and Yue, so it is called Man Jing. Sima Zhen's explanation is very reasonable. Jing is the old name of Chu or Chu, and it is a place name. Man, also known as the people, is the general name of all ethnic groups in the south, and Man, also known as Yue, is a national name. "Man Jing" refers to a branch of the South Vietnamese people living in the Jing nationality area.
Literally, the sentence "the word Hao Juwu" should be the country name. Pei Zhi explained, "Juwu is the place name where Taibo lives." Explain that Wu is the place where Taibo and his tribe finally settled, and later Wu is the name of the country after the development of the tribe. What is the truth of history? The following historians have argued about this.
Yan Shigu notes Han Shu, uses Yan Wu's "sentence", speaks a foreign language, and also speaks "Yu Yue". This sentence "Wu without sentence" should be interpreted as. The original name of the person who is cited as a place name is "Who lives in a strange place, who lives in a strange place, who moves to a sentence of Wu". Song Dynasty saw the article "Taibo has a sentence of Wu" in Historical Records, and explained that Biyun was the place name where Taibo began to live. Pei cited it, but I'm afraid it wasn't his intention. Fan Li has his place. Why doesn't General Wu know the truth? Wu people don't know that other cities have ever said Wu, so it's hard to rely on this article. Wu Diji said, "Taibo Kingdom is fifty miles north of Helu."
If according to Yan Shigu's explanation, Wu is not a place name, we can get an explanation of a place name from Historical Records. However, there is no record of juwu in all previous dynasties, and there was no city called juwu at that time. Then, to explore the truth, we must start with Wu. When did Wu have a clear title? Pei Jian explained: "The surname Wu originated in Taibo, and there was no surname Wu before the Ming Dynasty. The land is at the boundary of Chu and Yue, so it is called Man Jing. " Uncle Tai didn't have the title of Wu before. At that time, Chinese people called the nationalities here Yue, Jing, Min and so on in the Central Plains. And the locals call themselves sentences or something Whether this is the case remains to be verified.
"Man Jing was honest, so he returned to more than 1000 families and became Wu Taibo." Sima Qian said this. Taibo came to a place where hundreds of Vietnamese people lived together, and all the young and old in the tribe lived together. After settlement, it was recognized by local people and gradually integrated, and a large number of local people joined. According to Sima Qian's records, more than 3,000 people joined the Taibo tribe. What attracts local people? The author thinks that the farming culture in Central Plains is the main inducement. Because Taibai Baiyue people are still in the primitive commune period, living a simple life of fishing and hunting, and their basic survival is difficult to meet. This is the arrival of the Taibo tribe, not only the migration of a large number of people, but also the migration and spread of farming culture in the Central Plains. It has brought advanced production tools and modes to the local area, and greatly improved the level of productivity. This is the real reason for returning to more than 1000 households.