Chapter 38: The fate of mankind should be in its own hands.
There is a way and righteousness. It can be said that he is eager to learn.
YesAchievements after gaining wisdom.
Dao:The interaction of internal and external laws.
While:Proven experience.
Positive:Through adjustment, restraint and management, the standard of behavior that conforms to the law is formed.
Then.
Shuowen", "Guangyun" and "Bird Classic" all associate this word with birds. In addition to depicting birds, these commentaries also have the height of expressing the thoughts of talents.
"Bird" was used to describe a person's talent, wisdom, ideals, and pursuits in ancient times.
For example, the bird, the bird, the crow, the phoenix, etc.
For example, "a thousand mountains and birds fly away" is that people with life ideals in the whole society have withered to the point where they can't even see a single bird feather. The ancients turned corners and cursed people at a very high level.
Why did the "bird" become a kind of totem in China?
This is the consensus formed by our ancients' idea of "everything is reasonable".
For example, when humans see birds, they can generate high and distant information to capture associationsWhen you see a horse, you will invent the skill that allows humans to break through the barriers of ground space;Seeing wild beasts, poisonous insects, birds, and birds nesting will give humans the skill to build houses;When you see plants and vines, you will have associations of weaving, weaving, and ropesSeeing natural disasters will make human beings learn to unite and help each other;When you see fish and shrimp, you know that drinking water with fish and shrimp is healthier;Owning a dog can teach it the quality of loyalty;If you have a cat, you can experience the nobility of life.
Everything on the earth is providing sufficient guarantee and wisdom enlightenment for the survival, development and progress of human beings. In the West, this kind of knowledge is called "biomimicry", and we call it "the correlation of all things".
Our ancestors never told their children that "natural selection" would only tell their children that "everything has a spirit". We are a human world, so we never say "the law of the jungle", but constantly emphasize that "the benevolent are invincible".
Our ancients compared birds to talents, representing pursuit and breakthroughs, and there are many similar commentaries in our exegesis. Those annotations are not what we understand them today.
The meaning of these commentaries is that one's ability to see the future determines the level of development of a thing.
The theory of foresight comes from such an ideological foundation.
Therefore, the "heavenly hanging image" in "Yi" does not specifically refer to "heaven", but all things.
Observe the movement of all things, and know the direction of heaven. This was an important way for the ancients to gain wisdom.
The Jade Chapter is interpreted as: "Anye, doubtful also;."Language, has been the word, yes also. ”
The supplement to the Jade Chapter also mentions "Ann." ”
Guangyun also notes a mood particle. It is probably that in many articles before the Qin and Han dynasties, the word "Yan" appeared, which was understood as an expression of tone.
Therefore, today we have extended this commentary.
In fact, the word "Yan" has a great relationship with our spirituality, and the spirituality of our ancients called it music.
Poetry, calligraphy, rituals, Yi, music, and music in the Spring and Autumn Period refer specifically to the study of spirituality.
This is also the reason why the ancients paid attention to "music".
"Music" is actually today's ** culture.
The ancients systematically studied the spiritual needs of human beings very early on, and found that most human beings live in the pursuit of a comfortable and peaceful life, but a person cannot eat and sleep, work after waking up, and eat after work.
It's like a person can't be as quiet and alone as a robot. With a lot of extra life and time, how can we ensure that everyone can spend it in "happiness" and "pleasure"?
That's what "Music" does.
In ancient times, the scope of "music" was very wide, such as singing, puppets, miscellaneous plays, hand tricks, shadow plays, loose music, sumo wrestling, miscellaneous plays, knife dropping, brute cards, calligraphy and painting, jokes, oral reading, etc., as many as 100 kinds.
It is worth noting that diet, which we ancients have created for us today, is more profound than Western nutrition. The research goal of nutrition is the relationship between material elements and the physical needs of life, and our ancients studied the relationship between material elements and the physical body of life, combined with the relationship between the invisible material and the human spirit.
Therefore, we pay special attention to color, aroma, taste, touch and melt. Color, fragrance and taste are the nutrients needed by the spirit.
In this kind of research, the West lags far behind the East. Of course, today's Western world is also gradually becoming aware of these problems, but their consciousness is based on the field of business functions. For example, food advertisements** are always very tempting, and at the same time, they are always untrue.
All these functions are aimed at "pleasuring" the spiritual world of man.
From the perspective of the "duality" principle of life, "Music" is a supplement to the "legal energy" of the human soul.
This is the most remarkable thing about Confucius, the West did not enter the systematic study until the 20th century, and Confucius formed a systematic and rational approach more than 2,500 years ago.
If you say something figuratively: today's film and television dramas, stage plays, **meetings, live broadcasts, games, short**, these all belong to the category of "Music".
In line with Confucius's "music", it is the spiritual food that serves the deep spiritual "law" of human beings.
The purpose of all today's "music" is to obtain "money, fame and fortune", so such "music" cannot provide effective "discipline" for the spirit, on the contrary, such anti-"music" behavior will only make people enter the source of "evil" of restlessness, fear, irritability, greed, fantasy, doubt, rejection, slander, jealousy, emptiness, helplessness, confusion and even mutual exclusion.
In this regard, modern and modern research in the West has gradually become systematic.
Today's research on human "music" focuses too much on commercial value rather than on the peace of mind of social groupsIn other words, today's "music" has completely fallen into utilitarianism, so the phenomenon of "etiquette and happiness" has appeared again in all mankind today, which will make us clearly feel the importance of "music".
War and death are not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that social groups have lost the beauty that they yearn for in their own beliefs.
The role played by the word "焉" is actually contained in phonology, and it is mostly used in the singing of ** performances.
Therefore, after the Tang and Song dynasties, there was more interpretation of tone.
At that time, "tone" was not the "tone" we understand today, and the "tone" of the ancients emphasized attitude. For example, is it a scrappy attitude?Or is it a suave attitude?
But the real starting point of word-making is the coverage of the whole spiritual realm. For example, I eat very happily, I am just fluttering, I can also sigh and say: fast, fine, second.
As long as it is carried out, it expresses an indescribable sense of spiritual detachment.
Therefore, Confucius's "Music" is not a simple **, but a systematic system of effective life construction produced by the sympathy between the human soul and the spirit.
This kind of civilization, the West also has.
For example: Dante Alighieri. He is one of the three heroes of the Renaissance, why did he become one of the three masters?It's that "Music" has made a great contribution.
It's just that everyone calls it differently.
The research of the hieroglyphs of the word "焉" is extremely vague, so it can only be interpreted in conjunction with the seal script.
The character is made by combining the lower part of the character "zheng" and the character "bird". That is, the word "Yan" is a word that combines the word "positive" as the head and the body of the word "bird" as the body.
The intention is very clear, that is, "I found the state under the password of the sky". In today's parlance, it can also be understood as: finding the subtlety.
Judging from the seal script, it is clear that the intention of such an expression is clear.
If during the Warring States period, we said that this person was very "bullish", we would say: "Strong and strong." "It is the meaning of the ox bgoing into heaven.
What kind of thoughts do you want to express in such a word?
Judging from the article in the Analects, the original meaning of the word "焉" is "to return to the position". It's the performance of something that belongs to it that is restored. This is the ideological value of the word "Yan" in this article.
Yan Zi Li: A highly matching state between phenomena and laws. In human behavior, it is "the right way to the place, and justice to the heart".
In the word making, the word "zheng" is used as the head, which means: "To achieve good development, a thing must be cultivated, corrected, and developed according to its laws through a correct understanding of the yin and yang laws of the thing." ”
The body of the bird word below represents the ideal, the pursuit, the goal, the loyalty, the graphic thinking tells us: no matter what the ideal is, no matter what the goal is, there is great instability, uncertainty, unreasonableness, must be practiced, corrected, restrained, and constantly improved to achieve.
That is, the final return to orthodoxy and righteousness.
For example, my dream was astrophysics, and I really discovered the laws of the heavens, and I started advocating for an artificial universe.
The question is: my understanding must not be sound, what if I am not careful, the artificial universe destroys the earth on which human beings depend?
In the process of realizing this ideal, once an accident occurs, mankind will face complete extinction.
I think that human beings in the future are likely to master the technology of artificial planets, but we must keep a clear understanding, that is, any technological progress is accompanied by *** If we do not fully understand its negative effects, the more advanced the technology, the greater the disaster for mankind.
It is not alarmist or groundless that human beings will even be completely wiped out of the earth because of technological progress in their ignorance.
This can be seen very clearly from the collective behavior of human beings today, and it is very clear that human attributes contain such potential possibilities.
At no time should mankind relax its attention to human desires and greed, which are the enemies of mankind's long-term struggle in the future, and even if there are sound laws, reasonable "happiness" and wise beliefs, we should not despise ignorance driven by human desires.
Therefore, the progress of a technology must be accompanied by various laws, regulations and constraints of the technology, until it is fully mature to recognize the laws in the technology, and then apply it to the human collective.
This is the core idea of the word "Yan".
The ancients saw the infinite arrogance of human beings, so they made "Yan" to warn future generations.
Our ancient culture is the instruction manual of the rules of heaven.
In the future, it is likely that our culture will become the standard of human culture, depending on our efforts today and the level of future generations.
I do not advocate that national sentiment trumps facts, and that our culture is indeed superior to today's Western system, but that our inheritance is biased.
There is a way and righteousness.
These five words, emphasized:People who really make achievements are built on the basis of respecting the laws of nature and correctly understanding the laws of nature, and only on the basis of the correct understanding of the laws can human beings develop steadily, positively, healthily and reasonably.
What is the correct recognition of the law?
All-round perspective thinking. Only by standing on the summary of past experience and accurate judgment of the future can it be regarded as the opening of all-perspective thinking.
Here I take the word "while" as a basic understanding, which refers to the cognition derived from past experience, which is called cognitive foundation.
This sentence corresponds to the previous content, that is to say, the law of respect here is the law of social development and the law of humanitarian rules. Only by adhering to the law of social development and correctly understanding the law of human nature can we formulate a system, culture, and education that are in line with human development, and ultimately form a benign and positive social civilization.
The "righteousness" here can also be directly understood as: "the formation of a high-level social civilization that conforms to the rules of humanity." ”
When we interpret ancient texts, it is more important to pay attention to the spirit of them.
We must not be like today's culture, where everything is a fixed, dogmatic, and immutable standard answer, which is not in line with the law of development of things.
Of course, the phenomenon that does not conform to the law of the positive development of things is also a law.
Behind these solidified standards is the barrier protection of the interest chain, so as to facilitate long-term stability and benefit from it. This is clearly a rule for those with vested interests.
To interpret ancient texts, it is also necessary to understand the author's philosophical thoughts through the meaning of single words.
The meaning of the word is:The basic elements of cultural cognition are the rules or rules of civilization.
Of course, this kind of ability can only be done by King Wen, Duke Zhou, and Confucius, and the sons after Confucius are at most just an ideological interpretation and application.
The primary basis for learning Chinese characters is the principle and application of radicals, which are similar to words in English, and our more complex and philosophical ideas are more sophisticated.
For example, 廴, this side is pronounced as yin;From the exegetical commentary, it can be understood as: walk and act cautiously;Carefully initiating a thing has the effect of triggering.
After this understanding is constructed, with this partial word, combined with its basic meaning, we can easily interpret the original meaning of his word.
If we have this level, at least we can clearly grasp the principle of sentence breaking when we read ancient texts.
For example, this side reading zuo, its word origin is the word "again". The word "have" evolved from this side. It means finding the source of things and forming a relatively stable cognition of laws.
Therefore, there are words, which in ancient times first represented the following: to obtain a certain ability. It is the ability not the achievement, the ability to implement into the society, and have a positive impact, is called "for".
That's why we always say "promising" and "promising".
For example: 凵, this side reading kan, in fact, this pronunciation can see that the origin of this word is similar to the hexagram of the Book of Changes, and the basic meaning is to fall into it. For example, the word "fierce" is because of some kind of improper cognition, which leads to some kind of predicament.
Therefore, the "fierce" in the Book of Changes is not the meaning understood today, but refers to the meaning that the law is covered up and the cognition is blinded. Remind the person concerned that he has fallen into some kind of predicament and needs to recognize his past behavior, rethink, analyze, and make timely adjustments.
For example: , this side reads ji. The character 嚚 (yin) and the word instrument evolved from the character "".
This side is made up of four mouths, which basically means a variety of different sounds.
When you understand this principle, and then understand the "instrument", you will not think that the "instrument" is as simple as a container, but a high-level expression with broad inclusiveness.
The ancients did not make words for a thing that has no thought or meaning, and in the process of sorting out 5,142 characters, I have not found a single word that belongs to meaningless mimesis and mimicry expressions.
For example: worm, this side in our exegesis, does not mean worm, read hui. When everything recovers, all kinds of microorganisms and animals are full of life.
"Barbarian" is not demeaning, but all things are full of vitality, so "south" can only use "barbarian".
冂, read jiong, table break through barriers;If there are spoken words inside, it means that the way of speech is unimpeded;Inside, it is to join after breaking through the barrier.
灬 reads "biao", and today it reads "huo" sound, which is actually "biao" sound, and the rhyme must contain "ao", so the derived word prosody will have a generative rhythm.
The meaning of fire is not water.
Therefore, there is this side word, which is generally related to light, fiery, passion, and abundant strength. Of course, if the word above is a negative behavior, then the word becomes a negative expression.
And so on, our people today are actually the generations who don't understand Chinese culture the most, and we just know simplified characters. And when expressing a thought, it needs to be extremely verbose and complicated to describe a thing or a thought clearly. The ancients expressed their thoughts clearly in three or five words.
For example, you come and ask me how to solve this matter now?I'll say one directly: retreat. It's very clear.
According to today's people's understanding, it means to retire and stop working.
However, from the minds of the ancients, these two words mean: "Don't rush into action yet, your solution is not the best solution, stop and study it carefully to find the best solution." ”
These two words express the brilliant ideological cognition. Han Yu's word is "retreat".
Many of our names today are very humorous, and some are cursing themselves with a lot of fun. Ay.
The symbol that represents one's own spirit is actually a spell, can this kind of person's life be good?
It's equivalent to someone calling your name every day, just scolding you and cursing you, what a poor child, ruined by ignorant parents.
Today, some children have already read "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Warring States Policy", etc. when they are teenagers, can they understand it?Thoughts do not come from memory, but from perception and thinking in practice.
Perception belongs to association, and thinking belongs to the process of theorizing association.
The poems since the Tang and Song dynasties, the translation makes people cry and laugh, if the author is alive, hearing the interpretation of today's people, he can regret why he wrote such poems at that time.
Our culture today has also entered a state of extreme utilitarianism for profit.
Our ancient culture is the responsibility of the people in the world, and it is a high-level information carrier to live on the road of life ideals.
If our culture learns the radicals, and then understands the structural principles of Chinese characters, we can understand any wisdom without being told by others, which is the characteristic of Zhou Confucian culture.
The fundamental reason why people today are unable to understand ancient texts is that they have lost their understanding of the principles of character creation and the meaning of radicals, so they have completely fallen into the situation of empiricism that is taken for granted by our ancient culture.
Dao blindness. Silent pause.
The remnant sun returns to the west. Cold dew drink month.
Looking east, I choked.
The childish essay when I annotated our words three years ago can also be regarded as my time footprint, maybe in the future there will be a lonely night walker like me, to you, if we are fortunate enough to resonate with each other, look east, as a trumpet to you.
It is best to have a surname of Lu.
End of chapter. 