The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Continuation, recent situation, science and new books

I mentioned before that Lao Huo will go to other places for treatment during this period. If he gets better, he will continue to write. If he doesn't, he will continue to write.

Well, the treatment failed.

This means that the disease will recur in the future. Fortunately, it can be controlled, so I have to go to the hospital frequently to avoid serious problems.

I won't say anything else. I really don't want to talk about this again and again.

In fact, I have been home for a long time. Although I occasionally cheer myself up, I am in a low mood most of the time.

I believe that many people have experienced the trough period. It's easy to say, but it's very, very difficult to get out of the trough.

Whether it's confusion or hesitation, in short, looking back now, I am completely in a stage of "Why was I so stupid at that time", and I have experienced this state more than once when I recall the past carefully.

What should I do when I am stuck in the mud? There is really no way. I can only go with the flow. I have been addicted to games for a long time. I have tried to continue writing Confucianism and Taoism, but I am always dissatisfied. The more dissatisfied I am, the less I want to write, forming a vicious circle.

As time went by, I felt more and more guilty, and I felt sorry for my readers. This is not a polite statement, because I have been reading online novels, and I hate the interruption of updates and the eunuchs. I know very well what it feels like to have my favorite books eunuched.

I blamed myself more and more, and gradually reduced my game time. I bought some books that I was interested in and helpful for writing from the Internet, such as psychology, political science, history, and many other books, and began to read them slowly. Of course, there are some books that I bought before but haven't read for a long time. Everyone knows that buying books is like a mountain falling, and reading books is like pulling a thread.

As I read, I suddenly found that reading is really enjoyable, much more fun than playing games, so I uninstalled all games. Well, life is so ups and downs. When it's bad, ten horses can't stop it, and when it's serious, there is no trace at all.

During this period, my mind was much clearer. I am actually good at self-reflection. I began to analyze why I couldn't continue writing, and soon found that it might be due to fear.

There is a psychological saying that our procrastination or laziness comes from the fear of something or some things.

After careful analysis, I have a fear of being scolded by readers, or I think all authors have this fear, hahahaha…

Another fear is that I am afraid of not being able to write the ending of "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism" well, because…I overturned the original outline, which should be the main reason why I didn't want to write some time ago.

However, I couldn't form a new outline in a short time, so I began to fear writing "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism".

In fact, I don't say it, all authors and readers can understand that for a novel with five million words, a bad ending is really acceptable. I'm not blackening our authors, there should be very few books with more than five million words and no signs of bad ending in the later stage.

I insist that when an author writes something, he must master a balance. This balance is simple to say, that is, the balance between "the author's expression and the reader's needs".

If a book is written "completely" for utilitarian purposes and is written completely to cater to readers, I think it is a failed work.

As an author, you should at least have a little impulse to write your own things.

However, if a book is written by the author "completely" about his own things, without considering the readers' feelings at all, there are only two possibilities for such a work, either it is great like a classic, or it is still a failed work.

I think I am a person who is a little idealistic and cunning, so I have to try to find a balance between the two.

At first, I was going to write about Neo-Confucianism, but later I gave up and wrote a new outline, but when I found that the new outline and direction would destroy my writing impulse and ideas, I gave up that outline, and the consequence was that I didn't know how to continue writing.

Fortunately, according to the standard of "three knowledges and three actions" in "The Doctrine of the Mean", I barely reached the level of "not knowing and not doing", so I gritted my teeth, re-read the books related to Confucianism, continued to take notes, and tried to improve the initial outline and direction.

In terms of understanding the Confucian classics themselves, I am definitely not as good as those sages or even the scholars in ancient times, but in terms of overall understanding, I think any modern person who has read those books will surpass them. After all, we stand on the shoulders of giants, and we have too much knowledge and information to sort out Confucian thoughts.

After reviewing the history of Confucianism a while ago, I sighed helplessly. Confucianism, especially since the Song Dynasty, has almost completely become a victim of political struggles, which have become more and more intense. However, this is also a kind of inevitability. As Marx said, all (class) struggles are political struggles, and any political-related thoughts cannot escape.

Of course, in the history of Confucianism, the scholars who truly inherited the Confucian tradition rarely served as officials. Most of them were those who wrote books and taught disciples in various places. They studied hard, and many people even resigned from high positions just to be able to pass on Confucian classics. What they sought was not ordinary fame and fortune, but the inheritance of one sect and one religion.

In a sense, those sages who resigned from office to study were essentially very similar to Taoist and Buddhist practitioners. Whether they were pedantic and paranoid or ignorant and stubborn, their spiritual realm was extremely high.

Therefore, we cannot only look for Confucian spirit from those bureaucrats.

In addition, the more things I see, the more I feel that Confucianism and Taoism in China are actually the relationship between the palm and the back of the hand. When the time comes, I will write a separate article to talk about the relationship between Confucianism and Taoism.

Back to the point, I thought for a long time and finally decided to continue writing about science in my book.

I gave up writing about science before, mainly for two reasons.

First, no matter what Neo-Confucianism is like in reality, in the impression of almost all Chinese people, it is backward, dark, inhumane, and other thoughts that can only be described with various negative words. If I write about Neo-Confucianism, it is almost like calling back the souls of the feudal dregs and ignorant thoughts.

Second, I am too lazy and feel that it is troublesome to write this thing.

By the way, Neo-Confucianism actually includes three theories: reason, heart and qi. The three are of the same origin and mutually affirm each other. The three schools are only arguing about the priority.

However, no matter what Neo-Confucianism is like, it has indeed had a great negative impact on China, and even made Confucianism the first scapegoat in Chinese history.

In fact, there is one thing that Neo-Confucianism cannot get rid of, that is, it really restricts people's thoughts.

This is a defect of "reason" itself, which can never be solved within Confucianism. But in the system of the Hundred Schools of Thought, in a world where the Hundred Schools of Thought have not been abolished, this problem of Neo-Confucianism is no longer so fatal.

So, I had a very bold idea a long time ago, or I thought I could solve some problems of Confucianism in Shengyuan Continent, but I have been hesitant about whether to write it.

Actually, I decided to continue writing a while ago, and I also listed a new outline, but I still couldn't update it immediately.

Ahem... Because I was not focused, all kinds of ideas and creativity came up mainly in the process of reading books. In recent times, I have been constantly thinking about various new ideas and new books, so my instinct is to make a list of books to buy and read, and then take notes to accumulate knowledge, and at the same time list the outline and the settings... But all new ideas and new books are a process of constant negation, a bit like a blind bear picking corn.

Fortunately, I controlled this impulse and continued to write "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism".

As for new ideas, I think slowly and accumulate slowly. Only when I can't deny myself, I will determine it into a formal idea.

In fact, I now have several finalized ideas, but I am not sure about the order, helpless.

I decided to continue writing "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism", and there is another stubborn idea, that is, I must finish writing what I think is different from Confucianism and other schools of thought. Only after I finish writing the reason or Tao in my mind, I will feel at ease.

The theme is the theme, the thought is the thought, the Confucianism and Taoism theme has been revealed long ago, but the thought or concept I want to write in the end will only be formed at the end. In fact, this concept has been running through the whole book, but it has not been formally pointed out so far.

In fact, the previous struggles were not fierce. After leaving the Burial Valley, Fang Yun’s struggle for the Holy Way officially began, it was not only fierce, but tragic.

Only after I finish writing what I want to write in this book, can I continue the next book related to the ideas of the Hundred Schools, and continue the next concept that only our Chinese bloodline can understand and have. Of course, that will be another story, within the Hundred Schools system, but a different new world.

However, the world of the new book is larger than that of "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism". The list of related books is initially more than 50 books, and at least 30 books must be read. So this idea needs to be polished and read to enrich myself. As for whether to write the next book or the next one, I have been hesitating and having a headache.

So, I don’t think about anything else now. I will continue to write "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism" while reading books.

I am not a sociable person. All the readers in the group should know that the reason I said so much is to speak openly about what I think and do, to apologize. I did not deliberately stop updating or anything else before. It really took a lot of effort to cross that threshold and regain the mountains and rivers in my heart.

I failed to update all the time, which disappointed everyone. I am very sorry!

At the same time, I would like to thank every reader very much! This book will continue to be written!

People are actually very fragile. If they can overcome some difficulties and grow, they are strong enough.

I am writing books, living, and practicing.

Finally, I hope that every reader can become a better self.

Lao Huo pays homage.

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