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"Shangshu" talks about human attributes from natural materials, from government affairs planning to the laws of celestial phenomena, and then introduces the supreme ideal - "Huangji", which is used as the guiding principle of the country, that is, the people form the country to embody absolute justice.

Then, from the Three Virtues to "Jiju", from "Common Concubine" to "Five Blessings" and "Six Extremes", for the ancients, the role of this belief was tantamount to the stabilizing force of religion.

But the question is: if the "Emperor loses his moral character" and is unable to maintain justice, but instead becomes domineering and oppresses the people, what will be the consequences?

In fact, it was precisely because of this reason that the etiquette broke down and the music collapsed, and the world was in chaos. Only then could there be a "philosophical breakthrough" and the establishment and promotion of Confucianism and Taoism.

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Only three times out of ten, the king visited Jizi.

Wang Naiyan said: "Oh! Jizi, but the people under Tianyin Zhao live in harmony with each other. I don't know the relationship between Yi and Lun."

Ji Zi Nai said: "I heard that in the past, the floods of Gun and Zhi poured out their five elements.

The emperor was furious and refused to let Hong Fan Jiuchou and Yi Lun Youchuo.

Gun then died, and Yu succeeded.

The sky is tin, Yu Hong fan Jiuchu, Yi Lun Youxu.

"The first day is called Five Elements, the second day is called "Five Elements", the third day is called "Agricultural Use", the fourth day is called "Xie Yong Wu Ji", the third day is called "Jian Yong Huang Ji", the third day is called "Righteousness and Use of Three Virtues", the third day is "Ming Yong Ji". Doubtful, the eighth step is to use concubines to conquer, the ninth step is to use the five blessings, and the six extremes of authority."

In the thirteenth year of King Wen of Zhou, King Wu asked Jizi for advice. King Wu said: "Ah! Jizi, God protects the people and helps them live together in harmony. I don't know what rules God has prescribed for governing the country."

Ji Zizhi replied:

"I heard that in the past Gun blocked floods and disrupted the arrangement of the five elements of water, fire, wood, and metal. The Emperor of Heaven was furious and did not give Gun the nine great ways to govern the country. The common sense of governing the country was destroyed."

"Gun died in exile, and Yu stood up to inherit his father's legacy. God then gave Yu nine great laws, and the common sense of governing the country and ensuring peace was established."

The first is the five elements, the second is to do five things carefully, the third is to work hard to handle eight kinds of government affairs, the fourth is to use five timekeeping methods, the fifth is to establish the highest law, and the sixth is to govern with three virtues Subjects, the seventh is to use divination wisely to eliminate doubts, the eighth is to carefully study various omens, the ninth is to use the five blessings to encourage the people, and the six extremes to punish sins. "

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Ji Zi believes that governing the country and ensuring peace is the primary responsibility of a politician. Regardless of whether he subjectively really wants to govern the country in an orderly and prosperous way, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and be happy, as long as he wants to stay on the throne, he has to consider How to govern a country.

This principle is just like that in order for a businessman to make money and keep his business going for a long time, he has to make his products genuine, otherwise he will lose his job.

There are rules to govern the country and the country, just like there are rules to games.

Where do the rules come from?

According to "Hong Fan", it is given by God, and God also chooses when giving rules.

Anyone who can't act according to the rules will not be taught and will be dismissed from get out of class. This is the case with Gun.

This statement was very effective for the ancients who feared God and destiny, but to us today, it seems a bit absurd.

Because the so-called God is nothing more than some kind of superhuman existence imagined by man. It is essentially the externalization of man’s own will.

From this point of view, the law of governing a country given by heaven is the same as the law of governing a country taught by man.

Rules for governing a country are made by people and must be implemented and followed by people.

Using God to explain all this is probably to add a bit of mystery and authority.

The difference between a tyrant and an enlightened monarch is that a tyrant values ​​his personal will above all else and is above the rules. He is lawless and does whatever he wants, such as King Zhou of Shang (doubtful).

An enlightened monarch respects the rules and pays attention to acting according to the rules. In today's terms, it means acting in accordance with the law and making his words and deeds conform to the rituals, such as King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.

Jizi took a fancy to King Wu and awarded Hong Fan Jiuchou because he was a rule-abiding person, because any rule is meaningless to a person who despises the rules.

The best way to deal with people who don't follow the rules is to not follow the rules.

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"Shang Shu·Hong Fan" starts from the point of view of human beings as a small universe. Its theory holds that heaven and humans are of the same kind and respond to each other. Heaven can intervene in human affairs, and humans can also respond to heaven.

In ancient times, it was believed that if the emperor violated the will of God and was unkind and unjust, heaven would send disasters to condemn and warn; if the government was harmonious and harmonious, heaven would send down auspicious signs to encourage.

Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and believed that disasters were caused by the monarch's lack of morality.

Confucius once said: "When a country suffers from severe drought, will it not mean that all punishments and virtues are lost?" He also advised the king to "rectify punishments and virtues in order to serve heaven."

The reason why "Spring and Autumn" emphasizes disasters and disasters is because Confucius believed that there is a reciprocal relationship between heaven and man. Human behavior will be influenced by heaven, and heaven will respond to people according to the good, evil and evil of human behavior. The way the world responds to people is It is to use disasters and strange phenomena to condemn people and make them reflect and correct their mistakes.

"When a country is about to prosper, there must be auspiciousness; when a country is about to perish, there must be monsters. See the turtle moving around its four limbs."

Those who are virtuous will be able to influence heaven.

“A house that accumulates good deeds will always be blessed, and a house that accumulates bad deeds will always have disaster.”

On the other hand, Confucius emphasized that "if you are guilty of a crime, there is nothing to pray for."

For example, "Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan·Xi Gong's Fifteenth Year" says: "Ji Ji returned to Zuo. Ji Mao, Hui, shook Yi Bo's temple. What is the dark one? Ming Ye. What is the shaking one? Thunder and lightning struck Yi Bo's temple. Who is that? Who is Yibo, who is Hewei? Ji family's Fuye. Ji family's Fu is small, how can he be called Yibo? Big one. Is Hue big one? Heaven prescribes it, so it is big. Why write? It’s different."

"Spring and Autumn Gongyang Zhuan·Xuan Gong Fifteenth Year" says: "In winter, locusts are born. There is no mention of locusts being born, so why do they say locusts are born? If locusts are born and they don't write, why should they write? It's lucky. Who is lucky?" It is said that it is accepted. What is it that is said to be accepted? Changes in ancient times are common, and there should be natural disasters. How can the various principles be changed here?"

He Xiu's "Gongyang Jiexe" annotation says: "It is said that Duke Xuan changed the ancient system of public land and taxed acres. It should be that the ancient changes caused natural disasters and the people were hungry. It is said that after the natural disasters and hunger, Duke Xu could After being transformed and enlightened, returning to the old ways, and having a great year in mid-winter, the beauty of this is greater than the absence of disasters, so the gentleman is deeply happy and lucky."

And locusts are insects, now called brilliant insects. The first generation is called the locust, and the larger one is called the insect.

According to the common practice of calligraphy in "Spring and Autumn", there are many bookworms but no bookworms are born, because the first born pests have not yet caused a disaster.

As for the changes in the Spring and Autumn Annals, Confucius was lucky enough to write them down because Xuan Gong was able to reflect on his reform after the natural disaster.

The "Biography" clearly states that Xuan Gong changed the Ancient Yi and the heavens responded to it and there were disasters, which is the meaning of the reaction between heaven and man.

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To be continued

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