Chapter 2399 Don’t Be the Best
The girl opened her eyes wide and didn't quite understand. She had just woken up and didn't know what had happened to her brother.
Duran explained: "Your brother was very brave to fight against the entire social system. You should understand how much he hated that cannibalistic society, that world that didn't treat people as human beings. Because no matter how hard he fought, he still couldn't save you. Then all mankind was petrified, cities disappeared, civilization regressed, and the world returned to the level of the Stone Age. Your brother was resurrected first, and then he thought that he never wanted people to restore the old society, but someone opposed him, hurt him, and deceived him..."
The girl was only twelve or thirteen years old and didn't fully understand, but she knew very well how anxious and hard her brother worked to treat her disease. He always showed an apologetic look with his wounds, as if he hadn't tried hard enough.
However, the girl obviously had different ideas from Duran: "My brother is always like that. In fact, there are many pitiful people in the world. He doesn't have to be like that. I think I am very lucky. I can still live in the hospital and have a brother who cares about me. Even if I can't recover, I will be very satisfied. My brother just pushed himself too hard." "I have seen many patients in the hospital who are more miserable than me. I really hope that my brother can understand."
Duran said: "You are his sister. It is right for him to love you. He must love you first before he can focus on other people."
The sister said: "The adults that my brother hates should love themselves and the people around them first. My brother and I have no relatives or friends with them, so they naturally don't have to help us."
This is love with difference.
Duran took a look at his sister and found that she and Shishi Wang Si were really completely different children. It can be seen that she also loves her brother, so she is willing to give up her life in exchange for her brother's safety, so she would rather give up treatment than want her brother to take risks.
"Although it is right for everyone to love their relatives first, adults should have their own sense of social responsibility. They have the responsibility to make society better and make it run more smoothly. As beneficiaries of social rules, they have the obligation to let you receive education and treatment. If they refuse, then it is their dereliction of duty." Duran said.
The girl didn't say anything else. Obviously, she didn't believe it very much, because there are so many poor people, and there are many people who are more pitiful than her. Even if someone is really willing to help them, how much can they help? She doesn't think anyone can help all of them, because these patients should be eliminated.
This is a heavy topic, and the girl doesn't want to continue: "Can you tell me why my body has recovered?"
"Oh, this is the side effect of petrification. Although petrification turns you into stone, it can also treat your diseases and wounds. It feels good, right?"
"Yes."
Duran saw that the girl didn't want to continue the previous topic, because if she continued, she would have to bring up Confucius, Mencius, Mozi, Yang Zhu's theory, Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Han Feizi, but these people didn't discuss what society should be like best.
In the end, although Confucianism won and was promoted throughout the country, it does not mean that Confucianism is superior. It is just because the rulers at that time chose Confucianism and completed the promotion work that Qin State did not complete.
If Qin State could hold on for a few more years and allow Qin officials to promote Qin law to the grassroots, then it would be the world of Legalism. There would be no Confucianism, but unfortunately Qin State collapsed in the middle of the road, and the promotion work of Legalism ended in vain.
Duran believes that the reason why the emperor chose Confucianism is because the promotion cost of Confucianism is low. Because it is a differentiated love, it is easy for everyone to accept it, which is in line with the family system maintained by blood at that time, and it also ensures that the emperor passes the throne to his son. Because you have to love your family first, and you don’t love the wise or the capable first, so even if your son is stupid and stupid, since he is a family member, you have to love him and pass on your best things to him.
The promotion cost of Mozi’s universal love and non-aggression is too high. If everyone is required to love equally, if people are so generous, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period would not have appeared. Moreover, the internal structure of Mozi's Mohist school is more like a combination of military and religious organizations. It is not maintained by universal love, but by a strict organizational system to make the entire Mohist school a highly combat-effective organization. The punishment within the Mohist school is quite harsh, and it seems that it emphasizes punishment over love.
The rule of law of the Legalists is the closest doctrine to victory besides Confucianism. During the war, it can be said that it turned people into farmers and soldiers very efficiently. However, after the unification of the six kingdoms, this set of laws had great defects. Although most of the content was progressive for the six kingdoms, a small part of the backward laws was too lagging, seriously not in line with the times, and greatly affected the speed of promotion. In addition, the nobles of the six kingdoms rebelled and the Qin Kingdom collapsed, so the Legalists lost.
Zhu Yang's theory was very popular during the Warring States Period. It emphasized taking nothing and taking nothing. In fact, it was an extreme retro. The war in the Warring States was about everyone grabbing money, food, women, and territory. Therefore, Zhu Yang's theory proposed that even if it belongs to oneself, it will benefit the world. You cannot give it to yourself. Even if someone asks you to be a king, you cannot agree to it. What you pursue is extreme self-sufficiency, just like a primitive person who does not interact with the outside world and is closed to the country. Obviously it is not in line with the times. Although there are many people who listen, there are very few people who can do it, because of the law of 'really fragrant' and the law of 'although I want to refuse, they give too much'. We can get nothing, but we can’t get nothing. So this theory became popular, but it has long been misinterpreted.
Lao Tzu's teachings are somewhat complicated and cannot be accepted by ordinary people. Although there are few words, it is too troublesome to explain and is not suitable for comprehensive promotion. Even if it is promoted, there will definitely be ambiguity and the cost will be too high.
Zhuangzi emphasizes self-preservation, which means taking care of yourself, surviving in troubled times, and protecting yourself. It is a pity that this theory is only suitable for a few people, and it requires one or two well-meaning kings. If it met a tyrant, Zhuangzi would have been arrested and beheaded if he rejected him. Therefore, the method of self-preservation finally became a method of protecting oneself wisely and making compromises. It is only useful in special circumstances, and naturally it is impossible to promote it.
In fact, the subsequent popularity of Buddhism and the rise of Protestantism were both inseparable from the cost issue. At the beginning, Buddhism in the Central Plains also followed the practices of its birthplace, retaining practices such as yoga and sitting meditation, and believed that only by doing these actions can one become a Buddha. Therefore, only rich people can have time to practice yoga when they are not busy with production. Ordinary people The cost for people to learn Buddhism is too high. Then Zen Buddhism appeared later. It talked about enlightenment instead of yoga. It just meant eating and drinking. Suddenly one day, if you achieve enlightenment, you will become a Buddha. This cost will be instantly reduced to the point where every ordinary person can accept it. , so Buddhism was officially promoted.
The same is true for Protestantism. It has seized the right to interpret the Bible from the priests, so as long as they hold the Bible, everyone can interpret God's thoughts according to their own understanding. Therefore, there is no need to go to church or find a priest to believe in religion. The cost It's low. However, precisely because everyone has their own way of explanation, it is easy to breed cults and breed psychological changes.
Cost, Dulan couldn't help but think that human beings don't actually want the best, they just want the lowest-cost psychological comfort. Therefore, the girl and her brother neither thought about how to make the world better, but found someone who could comfort themselves. The way.
As long as you can live your life, why bother thinking about those complicated things.