Why write such an article?
Two days ago, a friend confided in me about "getting along with my parents", and I believe that I have been facing this thorny and tangled problem all along, including me and other officials. Because of this, I have been reviewing and reflecting on the topic of "filial piety" in the past two days.
Forgive me, I can't tell my friend's story in the article, after all, privacy is involved;I also don't have the courage to show my "wounds" to the public, after all, in an environment that worships authority, "filial piety" has stood on the moral high ground and cannot be questioned for more than 2,000 years.
The reason why I wrote this article despite the "great condemnation of the world" may be that I chose a grander historical perspective!(I also had no choice but to slap my swollen face and become fat, and I dared to choose this angle to cut into the analysis.) Because there is no specific target, there will be less accountability for conscience. I hope that all the officials, after reading it, have some thoughts and gains, and can substitute yourself into it and sit down!
Let's start with "loyalty", "righteousness" and "filial piety", which are the three most cherished words in our traditional culture
loyalty" points to the institution (organization);"Righteousness" refers to friends;"Filial piety" refers to relatives. If you have a disagreement with the first two, most people will be willing to listen to your explanation and why, and maybe eventually give a rational judgment. However, if there is a disagreement in the last item, people's rationality will be lost in an instant, and you will be labeled as "unfilial", and you will have to be admonished.
The reason why people are like this is because of "blood relations". "Loyalty" - weak blood;"Righteousness" - in the blood;"Filial piety" - strong blood;"Loyalty" and "righteousness" may be unfavorable to you because of various interests, only "filial piety" will be unconditionally good to you because of "strong blood"!
Moreover, if you take 10,000 steps back, you may not have an organization to which you belong or a close friend, but you will always have parents and elders, and there will always be a concept that binds you.
This is the reason why the ancient ** rulers emphasized "ruling the world with filial piety", in addition to its wider coverage and being able to make people living at all walks of life recognized, the more important reason is that the essence of "filial piety" is "no violation", simply put, "obedience", and the end of obedience is slavery!
The so-called "filial son" of the ancient family was to completely and thoroughly "recognize the power of the elders". Let you have no "independent personality", lose "individual freedom", "subjective consciousness" and sleep, and surrender your rights to your elders in the family;In this way, in society, you will also unconsciously cede your rights to authority. Only by being a "filial son" in the family can you be a qualified and obedient citizen in society.
That is to say, "* is no longer just the exclusive property of a certain dynasty or an emperor, and the oppression of a person may be his parents, relatives, etc. - an "unofficial**" If feudalism is a top-down relational oppression, "filial piety" is an unofficial oppression from the direction of the social level. It is backed by a "normative cage" built up by social Xi.
Due to the "strong blood" relationship, the "unofficial**" is full of moral passion from beginning to end. Countless paths to "discord" are paved with unequivocal moral passions, and hostility is only an accidental consequence, not the initial cause.
When the banner of "for your good" becomes unquestionable, when "filial piety" becomes the only religion, the door of evil can be knocked open by the fingers of good ......