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“The subjugation of the country and the subjugation of the world” was put forward by Gu Yanwu more than 300 years ago. In his “Rizhilu·Zhengshi”, he said, “There is subjugation of the country, and there is subjugation of the world. What is the difference between subjugation of the country and the subjugation of the world? Say: different surnames Changing the name is called the destruction of the country. The benevolence and righteousness are crowded, and as for leading beasts to eat people, it is called the destruction of the world. … Know how to protect the world and then know how to protect the country. Those who protect the country, protect the ruler and his ministers, and those who eat meat seek it; It’s cheap and responsible.”
“Subjugation of the country” refers to the subjugation of the government. In ancient times, it was the subjugation of the country. Before the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the country belonged to the kings, and after the monarchy of the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to the emperor. Modern countries are managed by the government, and regime change can generally be called subjugation.
“Death to the world” refers to the demise of culture, the substantial regression of the cultural industry, the demise of cultural exports, the stagnation of cultural development or even being replaced by other cultures, and the eventual seclusion of the country until it is eliminated by the world trend.
The destruction of the world will eventually lead to the demise of civilization. The main sign of the demise of civilization is the demise of writing. The civilizations of ancient Egypt, ancient India, and Babylon have perished mainly because the writings of those three ancient civilizations have been lost, and people today are basically unable to understand the writings of those ancient countries.
As Zheng Yefu said, Jiangshan has belonged to a very small number of people since ancient times. Fundamentally speaking, Jiangshan belonged to the kings before the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and belonged to the emperor after the monarchy of the Qin Dynasty. The bureaucrats who served the imperial power got a piece of the pie. The family that has been an official for several generations often says “the world receives the grace of the country” with tears. The ancients said: the rise and fall of the country is the meat-eater, and the whole world is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. It means that the change of surname in the country is a matter of a few people, and the decline of civilization is about everyone.
The so-called “every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world” refers to the protection of a country’s political power, which is the responsibility of emperors, generals and ministers of civil and military affairs; and the prosperity and demise of national culture and civilization is related to the interests of all people, and every common person has Unshirkable responsibility.
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