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When we talk about traditional Chinese culture and nationalism, we basically have to go back to the pre-Qin period of the hundred schools of thought, and therefore the interpretation of the pre-Qin period of the hundred schools of thought has to go back to the historical context of the era, the historical background, in order to truly understand what they really think, what they are saying. Therefore, we might as well call the culture of the pre-Qin period "original" culture.

In the pre-Qin period -- that is, from the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shun to the Xia, Shang and Zhou, to the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, people especially respected the road and the law, do not talk about what moral norms and other empty dogma, the Shangshu, the Zhouyi in the word "virtue" are In Shangshu and Zhouyi, the word "virtue" is the meaning of "law", and Laozi and Zhuangzi, in particular, talk about the road and the law very thoroughly, so people's ideology at that time only had the concept of the road and the law. King Wen of Zhou believed that everything has its own path and law, and a person must have his own path, and different paths have different laws, the key depends on how we walk our own path. As for Laozi and Zhuangzi, they even repeatedly discussed the issue of roads and laws. They believed that man's path and law must follow and refer to the path and law of heaven and earth (nature), and that if one does not follow, or goes against, nature's path and law, then there is bound to be no good result.

Confucius, on the other hand, talked about human concepts, and he believed that one must establish one's own fundamental concepts, "the essence is established and the way is born", and after the concepts are established, the way will naturally come into being. With a clear conception, after determining one's own path, this life of a person will be much easier, and one will be able to seek one's own happiness and joy.

The Great Learning was written by Zeng Zi, a student of Confucius, who believed that the most crucial issue for a person to stand up and walk on his own path in life is, to cultivate his own body. Only when one amends oneself well, can he or she be able to unify the family, rule the country, and pacify the world. If you don't amend yourself well, it is wrong to say anything.

The Medium is written by Confucius' grandson - Zi Si, who believed that a person who stands up and walks on his own path must keep the medium needs and demands on the way of life.

The Mencius is even more interesting, Mencius believes that the ultimate goal of man is to be happy and joyful, and the meaning of life is to pursue happiness and joy, and that seeking happiness and joy requires a variety of methods, because happiness and joy do not come of their own accord. Therefore, it is concluded that to seek happiness and joy, first of all, we must improve interpersonal relations, to comply with the social norms of behavior, the key is to choose the best way to behave, to be wise, to seek truth from facts, honesty, and to gain trust. As long as you follow the principles of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trust", you will be able to achieve happiness and joy. Therefore, the book of Mencius is dedicated to discussing what kind of life path to take and what kind of behavior to choose in order to seek happiness and joy.

So, to roughly summarize, in the original culture of the pre-Qin period, people were all about pursuing the paths and laws of life, and were all about exploring the purpose and meaning of human life. Therefore, exploring happiness and joy is the main theme of the original culture.

Because of the years of war during the Warring States period, the seven kingdoms competing for supremacy, the unification of the Qin state and its immediate demise, and the distortion and utilization of Confucianism by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhongshu, after more than three hundred years of war and chaos, people only demanded to survive, and they were no longer interested in the purpose and meaning of life. This phenomenon has continued up to the present day. People's primary goal is to survive, but as they age, they forget the purpose and meaning of life. After Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty established the status of Confucianism, people restarted the inheritance and study of Confucianism, however, due to the imperial autocratic rule, people in all dynasties lacked free thinking, although many skeptics of Han Confucianism emerged in Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, such as Liu Xiang, Liu Xin and his father and son, Yang Xiong, Huan Tan, Ban Gu, Wang Chong, Zhang Heng, Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Liu Zhiqi, Sun Fuxi, Liu Xian, Wang Anshi, Wang Bo, Jin Qixiang, Huang Zongxi, Mao Qiling, Dai Zhen, Jiao Chuan, etc., pointed out the blind faith in Han Confucianism, so that people recognize that the main content of the "reason" of the Cheng-Zhu School of Reasoning is the modification of religious theology, and there is no essential difference between the two. The problem of righteousness and profit, the good and evil of human nature, and the relationship between reason and desire are all issues that have been debated for a long time in the history of Chinese thought.

The three hundred years of war between the Warring States period and the beginning of the Han Dynasty also led to confusion between the written and spoken language, and the road became the mysterious "Tao", the word "virtue" was no longer a law but became "morality", "righteousness" and "justice". The word "virtue" is no longer a law but has become "morality", and the word "righteousness" has been ambiguously used by the people and has become the antithesis of "profit". The concept of "thirty years old" has become the concept of starting a family and establishing a career, and the idea of "no descendant is the greatest" has become the idea of inheriting a family business or property. A book of "Zhou Yi", which is a record of the history of Zhou Wenwang, has become a book of divination, and the entire "Analects of Confucius" has been fragmented into a "corpus of discourses".

And because the Warring States period and the Han Dynasty literati were busy inheriting the Confucian "rites", compiled a lot of "Rites of Passage", "Rites of Passage" and other books, so that the original in the pre-Qin period of the original culture of the social norms of behavior of the "rites" into a The "rites" of the original culture of the pre-Qin period, which encompassed the norms of social behavior, became the rules and regulations of rituals and ceremonies, and was finally criticized as "cannibalistic rites" in the Qing Dynasty.

The destruction of the original culture of the pre-Qin period and the formation of a cultural fault caused by war, dictatorship, the establishment of authority, and official examinations are the sorrow of the Chinese people! Therefore, it can be said that since the end of the Warring States period, people have lost the pursuit of the path of life and the exploration of nature and the laws of life, which is very regrettable.

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