Why traditional culture is being eliminated in contemporary society

Because there are too many misunderstandings about it

Misunderstanding 1: The Three Principles and Five Principles are the theories of the ruling class to enslave the people, and they are feudal dregs.

First, let's talk about the Three Principles. In the eyes of many people nowadays, the principle of the ruler is the principle of the subject, which means that the ruler oppresses his subjects; the principle of the father is the principle of the son, which means that the father oppresses his children; the principle of the husband is the principle of the wife, which means that the husband oppresses his wife; this is clearly the meaning of the word, and they do not know the basic content of the Three Principles, and they are so arrogant as to use their own philosophy of struggle to evaluate their forefathers that they are full of fallacies without realizing it, and they criticize and curse their forefathers without any justification, which is a typical manifestation of bias and arrogance. This is a typical manifestation of prejudice and arrogance. What is so difficult about learning more? How much can it cost to look up the relevant information?

The three programs are as follows: the king is the program of the minister, the king is not right, the minister to other countries; the country is the program of the people, the country is not right, the people rise up to attack; the father is the program of the son, the father is not kind, the son ran to other places; the son is the father's hope, the son is not right, the righteousness of the family; the husband is the program of the wife, the husband is not right, the wife can be re-married; the wife is the husband's assistance, the wife is not good, the husband will be repudiated.

See, the correct understanding should be that the monarch should be the example of his subjects, the father should be the example of his son, and the husband should be the example of his wife. When one is in a certain position, one has to bear the corresponding responsibility, and to be righteous is to be righteous first. Instead of slavery and oppression, the Three Principles are a constraint on those in higher positions. The Three Principles are not set for ministers, sons, and wives, but for sovereigns, fathers, and husbands!

As for the Five Constants, they are Love of Benevolence, Righteousness of Righteousness, Rites of the King, Philosophy of Wisdom, and Love of the Same Faith. Spring is the birth of all things and become benevolence, autumn is just right and profit harvest and righteousness, ritual is the form, wisdom is thought, faith is guarantee, these are good things, right, misunderstanding of the three principles is understandable, if even these are against, then your Excellency is too cynical, right?

Misunderstanding two: three from the four virtues is discrimination and oppression of women

Contemporary people are always accustomed to hate to look at the problem, always a bitter and hateful mentality, and do not understand the objective reality of the situation, with their own inertia to the thinking of the rigid set, it is clear that this is the use of tinted glasses to look at the world, to see the color of the eyes rather than the color of the real world. The misperception of the three subordinates and four virtues is a typical example of this problem.

Similar to what happened to the Three Principles, the idea of obeying one's father before marriage, obeying one's husband after marriage, and obeying one's children after the husband's death is interpreted to mean that one must obey one's parents if one is not married, obey one's husband if one is married, obey one's children if one's husband is dead, and that, in short, women are discriminated against and oppressed throughout their lives...is that really so?

The ancestors are not like what we think of as unreasonable, who do not want to couple love ah, this is the people of every era are aspiring to pursue things, husband and wife have a party to be discriminated against all day long, this day there is no harmony and happiness of the reason? Ancient people are not so stupid. In fact, the heavens will be divided into men and women, there must be a reason, yin and yang and each other and is the way of heaven, there are differences between men and women is a very normal thing. And women due to physiological reasons, is often the weaker side, especially in the physical labor dominated the ancient times, it is more so. Women can not be as men to bear the high intensity of physical labor, and to bear children, inevitably need to be protected and cared for. And protect his wife and children, is a man must fulfill the obligation, otherwise, even they are ashamed to call themselves a man it! As a woman, she must also play to her strengths and take care of her father, husband, and son who is a man, and what a good thing to do! Without men or with less women, such a family is not destined to be happy!

Men and women each have their own division of labor, have their own responsibilities, then, three from the fact is to the majority of women to provide very good welfare ah: as a child can get the father's protection and care, married can get the husband's protection and husband, the husband unfortunately died after the son's protection and care. When women were unable to work independently, they had something to fall back on throughout their lives, and that was a very good thing! Although it is true that women's social status at that time was lower than men's, but this is also caused by the laws of nature, in this regard, after all, can not be perfect, the ancestors have done a good job.

As for the four virtues: women's virtue, women's speech, women's appearance, women's work. Good morals as much as a woman's talent, good words do not become a street shrew, good looks is the modern woman will not object to it, good women's work, each era has different specific content, anyway, female compatriots hope that they can be dexterous it! With the four virtues, still worry about not becoming a good woman, if even these are opposed, I'm afraid that can no longer be measured by normal human thinking.

Finally, I would like to emphasize that the observance of these rules was proposed by Ban Zhao of the Han Dynasty, who was also a woman, and would not have given the female compatriots any disadvantages to eat! In addition, she is a talented woman, but has a vision, a great wisdom of people oh!

Myth 3: Ancient kings were dictatorial and unanimous.

Dictators have existed in both ancient and modern times, but that doesn't mean that before the emergence of modern civilized societies, they were all dictators. Even in centralized authoritarian societies, the kings didn't do whatever they wanted to do, and they did whatever they wanted to do. In the West, there is a divine right to constrain, while in the ancient Eastern country of China, the king is subject to the constraints of the patriarchal system. The fact that the king's power can be limited to a certain extent is a necessary condition for the normalization of social order.

For example, we often see such a scene on TV, the eunuch shouted the holy decree to, and then is the emperor's edict by the emperor of the sky, as if the emperor is to say nothing, do not know that in ancient times, there is a special official called the province of the Chinese, when it is found that the emperor's holy decree, the word of mouth, when the problem, have the right to modify it. In other words, although the imperial decree was issued by the king, it was the result of the weighing of all parties in the entire governmental power machine. In this way, the negative effects brought about by the dictatorship of the monarch would be minimized. In addition, the ancient historians are also very cattle, the emperors are most afraid to offend is the historian, do things to pay attention to, can not be too out of the ordinary, no one wants to stay a dim tyrant of the ancient name, even Li Shimin want to sneak a look at the historians wrote their own what, have touched a nose. For the official is more nonchalant, no mercy, often the emperor red in the face and red in the face but also to its helplessness. In ancient times, the criminal law, law enforcement officials have the right to make their own decisions on the case, and not subject to the jurisdiction of the monarch.

The emperor, who was the Noble One of the Nine or Five, wore a dragon robe and made a dragon chair, but still called himself the Son of Heaven, meaning he had to be governed and constrained by the ways of heaven, and often had to issue edicts of sin and honor heaven and earth. The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, being in the position of the emperor means incomparably great responsibility, that is, the heavy responsibility of decision-making, but also for the world to do a good example of moral righteousness