China people may not learn politics very well, but there is one truth that can be learned without teaching-the golden mean. I suspect that Kong Sheng's holiness is partly because of it. Emperors of past dynasties immediately regarded this treasure as a national treasure, and the people immediately learned it-the emperor's old son told them to learn, and they could also test their fame. As a result, this national treasure saved the family, ruled the country and tied the world. All the scholars and people, except those surnamed Kong, were all laid flat. In fact, Kong Sheng is just a summarizer. From the ideology that people accept the doctrine of the mean, we can see that they are already the doctrine of the mean, and naturally they are more moderate in learning.
The golden mean is not pleasant to listen to. Let's change the name for the time being. It may not be appropriate, but we will certainly find some similarities-generosity and generosity, no matter what. This explanation is too beautiful and impeccable. However, this tolerant culture seems to be unable to withstand the distortion and abuse of some people on some occasions.
Just like the corrupt Qing government: foreigners come, or join hands with the state. Of course, the Qing government was unwilling to hand over the Yuanmingyuan and so on. However, foreigners who are familiar with China's philosophy have raised a sharp question: "You in China do not advocate a culture of tolerance. When you don't mind, let's make a small' request'! " If the Qing government is willing to argue with a trembling mouth at this moment: "China has never done anything to harm other countries and has always been polite." Even if we practice a culture of tolerance, if it is not good, you will rob us. Moreover, whether there is a problem with this "tolerant culture" still needs to be considered. Don't worry. "Foreigners can also be justified:" According to our western' cultural relativism', every culture is good and needs to be promoted. Your' tolerance culture' is very good, so we will help you prosper. "In this case, the Qing government probably won't say anything, and it doesn't necessarily mean nothing, but everyone grew up reading and feeling the golden mean and the culture of tolerance, and unconsciously became the golden mean. Similarly, ordinary people can't say anything.
But I didn't grow up reading The Doctrine of the Mean, or even read it. I want to say: "tolerance culture" has deteriorated in this way and has become a "connivance culture". When things have developed to the point where neither subjective nor objective can tolerate them, tolerating them again is connivance. Forbearance is primitive, and forbearance at all costs is unprincipled. Subjectively, you didn't always hit me: I was polite, but you hit me with a gun. Objectively speaking, if you invade my territory, my tariff will be decided by you. My people can't live and produce normally, and my economy can't prosper. This is forbearance, gentleness and tolerance, which is unprincipled and a mess.
The Qing government didn't want to be so "tolerant"-after all, it was related to their vital interests. But why is it still like that? It turns out that people have a strong ship and a strong gun. Why is the ship strong? Because they study natural science. China didn't learn natural science well, but the humanities became a set. This led to another major mistake. At the beginning, natural science came from others, and you closed the door without tolerance. Nowadays, it is impossible to indulge or not.
The article is a bit long, just to clarify the words "tolerance" and "connivance". But at the beginning or now or in the future, as long as people can grasp it clearly, history will not be as "wonderful" as the Qing government at that time.