Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 17 The Suffering of the Land of China
"The world is like a chessboard, all living beings are like chess pieces, and saints are chess players, playing games with the world; what kind of terrifying state is this?"

"Short sentence, directly made my scalp numb."

"Lao Tzu's realm is as high as nine days, and we mortals can only look up."

"I can't believe that in that era of low productivity, why was such a great sage born through the ages?"

"Otherwise, how can I say that Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is my Chinese masterpiece for thousands of years?"

"Yes, although the study of writing began in the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, it should be developed from the "Tao Te Ching". Since then, various literary masterpieces have emerged one by one. Lao Tzu is the pioneer."

"Thanks to our Chinese civilization, there is such an old man."

In the live camera.

Lin Feng said bluntly that he was taught, and with his back to the last ray of the setting sun, I raised his glass and drank, and said leisurely:
"Young man, according to what you said, the "Tao Te Ching" written by the old man has been passed on to future generations. I ask you, this illusory word "Tao"? Can it solve all the problems of future generations?"

this problem.

It is estimated that it is also the most important problem that has plagued Lao Tzu for a long time.

Why did he stay away from the world, stay away from the city, why did he go west of Hangu Pass alone?
Perhaps his ideas are incompatible with the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.

Tired, he chose to leave.

The program that goes back to China is a dialogue with ancient sages.

There are questions and answers.

Now Lin Feng wants to answer the question raised by Lao Tzu, which is also normal. You, a modern person in strange clothes, whose face, clothes, language, habits, etc. are all different from ordinary people, suddenly appeared in ancient times, who can not be confused?
For example, if an old man from the pre-Qin period appeared in modern times?
I believe that modern people will also be full of doubts.

In front of the camera.

Most people instinctively think of one word for Lao Tzu's question: "Yes!"

Most people think that the word "Tao" is all-encompassing, contains endless essence, and can solve all problems in the world.

But what?
Lin Feng was shaking his head, and replied, "The answer of this junior is no!"

Lao Tzu looked slightly stunned and said, "What do you think?"

Lin Feng said, "According to the younger generation's understanding, Dao talks about governing by doing nothing, letting nature take its course, and following the way of heaven. If it is placed in a country, this kind of concept is not applicable most of the time."

"How is a nation formed?"

"In an ideal environment, if everyone follows the general trend, it is naturally feasible, but human nature is evil. In the face of interests, the ideal becomes a reality."

"The establishment of the country, in the eyes of the younger generation, requires Legalist reforms and military struggles before the founding of the country. In the early days of the founding of the country, the Taoist recuperation strategy can be implemented, and the farms are the mainstay, farming and harvesting food to develop the economy, and then use the Mohist philosophy to improve with technology. People's livelihood, in the mid-term, we will use Confucianism to maintain etiquette..."

This is Lin Feng's answer. He uses the ideas and concepts of various schools of thought to explain a country's operating strategies in different periods.

Legalist reform.

Fighting for military strategists.

Taoist recuperation.

Farm farming.

Mohist technology.

Confucian etiquette.

……

All the thoughts about various schools of thought at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period can be reflected in one country. It has to be said that Lin Feng put in a lot of effort for this program, forgetting to eat and sleep.

Laozi was thoughtful, but he didn't comment, he just asked again:

"Will future generations still respect governance by doing nothing?"

Lin Feng replied, "Yes, but not!"

Lao Tzu frowned and said, "Why not?"

Generally speaking.

The great sages of the ancient times should not ask such questions.

It can only be said that no matter how high the realm of Lao Tzu is, he also belongs to the ancients of the pre-Qin era, with limited vision.

Lin Feng didn't hesitate. Before crossing over, he had obviously thought it over, and replied immediately:
"Our land of China is not the center of the world. This world is very big. Apart from us, there are countless other races living. It can be said that this is a real world where the weak prey on the strong."

"As the saying goes, if you are not of my race, your heart must be different."

"It is not easy for us future generations to keep the land of our ancestors and our own culture."

"We in China have to develop a higher civilization, we must fight, fight, and throw our heads and blood."

……

For Lin Feng's answer.

Lao Tzu thought for a while, staring at Lin Feng, he obviously thought of something from Lin Feng's words, so he asked, "Did the later generations of China in this land encounter a lot of suffering?"

Lin Feng nodded, and with a swipe, a huge screen appeared in the air, the light danced, and images emerged.

Lin Feng said, "This is the Opium War. Our people in China have been poisoned by foreign poisons. The people have nothing to do, and the people are in dire straits."

The screen in the air flickered, showing the most realistic background of the Opium War. In the black and white footage, people were naked and hungry. In the smoky smokehouse, many people were puffing and weak.

What about the street?

The common people walking one by one, with thin faces and dull eyes, are like walking corpses.

From the shore of the sea.

It was a foreign ship, with cannons erected horizontally, aiming at the apprentices on the shore. Those people on the ship held their heads high, with contempt in their eyes, contemptuous of the land of the East, and even treated all Orientals as sick men, viciously whipping, driving, and selling...

Cities everywhere were burned, killed and looted by these western barbarians. The Chinese people could only cry and bleed.

Gray-black sky.

against the earth,

Everything looks so withered and decrepit. This piece of land that once gave birth to civilization for thousands of years now looks extremely decayed and lifeless.

In the world, there is only endless mourning.

This nation seems to have no hope.

……

In front of the camera.

Countless viewers who watched the live broadcast were gasping for breath, their faces flushed, and they were all clenching their fists, filled with righteous indignation for the suffering that China suffered at that time.

"These things, which are not as good as foreign animals, dare to mess with our eastern land, it's really abominable!"

"The ancestors back then were really suffering."

"Looking at these images, the disasters suffered by those people back then are even more terrifying than those recorded in the books."

"Western savages, die badly."

"How can this history be forgotten?"

"Thinking about our young people today, it's really sad. It's really sad and angry. This is the West they chased. They killed countless of our compatriots on our land back then."

"Who says no, look at the streets, how many people are showing off and belittling their own country for a Western product."

"More young people should be allowed to watch this show!"

……

With the emergence of this wave of real historical images, the Internet is full of discussions, and the ratings of the live broadcast are skyrocketing.

Many people who play games, broadcast live, watch western movies and TV dramas, and want to buy foreign products.

Some people stopped their steps.

Start the live broadcast.

Lin Feng used the "time and space development" skill to restore the most realistic scene of that period.

Both are descendants of Yan and Huang, who can not be moved?

Lin Feng's eyes burst into murderous intent, and he said word for word, "This is a massacre that cannot be written down."

In front of Hangu Pass.

The screen in the air changes.

It presents the scene of the massacre of tens of thousands of people by the Japanese invaders.

Is this still a city?
The blood flowed into a river, and the blood drifted on the scull.

Every inch of the corner was filled with the breath of death.

The streets of the city were stained red with thick blood, and endless corpses were floating in the blood, the wind was blowing, and the resentment was soaring, just like hell.

There are countless broken limbs hanging on those high walls, and no one is crying or screaming.

Because everyone in the city is dead.

Suburban venues.

Filled with demon-like laughs, those ferocious Japanese invaders, holding butcher knives, are killing unarmed ordinary people, taking killing for fun.

Bloody lives are falling down.

Even young children were brutally murdered and could not escape. They fell in a pool of blood with their parents and died young.

Seeing blood dripping from the heart, screaming in pain.

this day.

They were all dyed the scarlet color of death.

The most authentic image, this is not a restoration, this is the most authentic picture of the massacre that year.

At this moment, who can say nothing?

Then he is not a descendant of Yanhuang.

(End of this chapter)