Facing the "incompatibility" of "rich and poor"

Detailed explanation: The above two chapters both talk about the incompatibility in the face of "rich and poor", but they all start from the perspective of "poverty" and "happiness". But it doesn't mean that poverty is good, and wealth is bad. "Rich and poor" are "phase". For a gentleman who practices the "sage's way", there is only one problem of how to face the "rich and poor", and there is no good or bad problem. "Poverty" and "wealth" do not affect the practice of "sage's way", which is a kind of avenue and not the patent of a certain kind of people. No matter rich or poor, they are all equal, and no one has priority.

"Poverty" and "wealth" will exist in any real society, which is related to everyone, especially in a society with unfair distribution of wealth. However, the corresponding understanding here cannot be limited to wealth. For example, there is also a problem of "rich and poor" in knowledge, and there are similar problems in power and power distribution. Any realistic society composed of realistic people cannot be absolutely equal in all aspects. As long as it is unequal, it will inevitably face the problem of "rich and poor", which is inevitable in terms of wealth, knowledge, power and rights.

However, in this chapter, "difficult" has been regarded as two tones since ancient times, and the corresponding sentence has actually become "poor without complaint, difficult; It is easy to be rich but not arrogant. " For example, Zhu and others regard "difficulty" as "difficulty" in this way. This sentence means "if you don't complain, you will be poor, and if you are not arrogant, you will be rich". If this is human nature, then this statement will become nonsense, but in fact, this explanation is not even nonsense, but it can only be deceptive. The reality since ancient times is that the poor are often happy, but the rich are arrogant and unreasonable, trying to kill the poor. This chapter, since ancient times, has been wrong in sentence breaking and explanation. The correct sentence should be "poverty without complaint;" Rich but not arrogant. "

Say "resentment" first. Those who are "resentful" and "resentful" are "enemies". This "resentment" in ancient times contained the meanings of "resentment, resentment and hatred". The key here is "difficult", not two sounds, and "easy" does not mean "easy". Because of "resentment", "difficulties" will arise. What is "difficult"? "Difficult" means "hostility, rebellion and disaster". What is "enmity", "hostility" and even "rebellion" caused by "resentment"?

"Pride" originally meant "robust". Rich people think they are "strong", so they are "proud" and then "arrogant", even "arrogant", and finally reach the level of "strong". This "arrogance" included the meaning of "robust, proud, arrogant, arrogant and powerful" in ancient times. "Yi" does not mean "easy", but its original meaning is "giving".

The rich people think that their "wealth" is "given" by heaven, or "bought" by their own talents and efforts, which leads to "contempt and neglect", and finally this opposition "spreads" in society. "Give, exchange, despise, ignore and spread" are all included in Yi.

The way of a gentleman and the way of a saint is to turn a world that one doesn't know into a world that one doesn't care about. The premise of "people don't care" is that "people don't care about each other". In concrete social existence, the broad sense of "rich and poor" including wealth, knowledge, power and rights is the biggest "relationship" in society. And this "phase" between the rich and the poor, in any "unknown" society, is reflected in "being poor and complaining; Rich and arrogant. " The first thing a gentleman has to face is how to distinguish between the rich and the poor in order to be poor without complaining. Rich but not arrogant. This is an "incompatible" plan to face the "rich and poor".

Let "be poor and have no complaints; Rich but not arrogant. " This is not enough for authorities, leaders, etc. Put forward initiatives or preach, not to mention transforming people into "poor without resentment, rich without arrogance." New ideas can't hide the reality and the "phase" of "rich and poor". Instead, in the reality of the existence of "rich and poor", various realistic economic, political, legal and cultural means are used to achieve "poverty without resentment, wealth without arrogance". "Out of phase".

For the Analects of Confucius and Confucianism, "no phase" is the only way from "people don't know" to "people don't care". "Non-phase" means "phase but not phase", not "phase". First of all, we can't deny the existence of phase. It is precisely because of the existence of "phase" that we need "non-phase" For example, for the "rich and poor" phase, its existence is objective, and denying this existence can only be a cover-up, but a serious "phase". The real "disharmony" is to face up to the existence of this "rich and poor" phase and apply it to social economy, politics, law, culture and other aspects, rather than the "disharmony" between the rich and the poor, and then the "disharmony" between the rich and the poor.

What is "incompatibility" between "rich and poor" in social economy, politics, law and culture? It is fair and equal treatment, and neither "poverty" nor "wealth" is a reason for favoritism. And "poor" or "rich" should also be "incompatible" and should be treated equally.

We must resolutely crack down on those who are "rich and heartless", because those who are "rich and heartless" regard "wealth" as their phase, so we must "disagree" with them and give them a "rich" phase; For those who are poor and feel inferior, they should be rich and expensive, because those who are poor and inferior regard poverty as their phase, so they should be "different" and give up their "poverty" phase; Resolutely crack down on "poor thief", because "poor thief" takes "poverty" as the phase, and if you don't agree, you have to give it away.

It must be explained again that the "rich and poor" here refers not only to wealth, such as the so-called "rich and poor" in power, but also to the so-called "officials and people", and the "rich and poor" in political status is the so-called ruling class and the ruled class. We must finally realize "poverty without resentment" in the broad sense of "rich and poor"; Rich but not arrogant. "No phase", really can be "no phase". Otherwise, it can only be "the head of the city is replaced by the flag of the king". However, this issue involves a wide range, and there are a large number of chapters in the Analects of Confucius involving this issue, which we will discuss one after another.

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