世俗道德哲学特别是儒家，有着致命的缺点，不足以撑起人类道德的天空(中英文版)

Some people may say that there are various philosophers and philosophical schools in western society, but hundreds of schools were deposed in ancient Chinese society, and Confucianism was respected as the only morality. Can Confucianism become an irrefutable absolute truth and moral code? This opinion is correct at first glance because Confucianism is pervasive in ancient Chinese society. Its moral code is similar to the Bible, impeccable, detailed, and easy to observe and implement. However, Confucianism is not a religion because Confucianism only talks about worldly life regardless of death, “respect ghosts and gods and stay away”, and “unknowing life, how to know death”, so it is not a belief system. However, if morality is not for faith, immortality, and eternity, or to enter heaven and the ultimate world, why should we sacrifice our material interests and even life to pursue it? Confucianism does have many moral concepts, such as wisdom, benevolence, faith, courage, and righteousness, but they are only some virtues and empty concepts that remain in people’s hearts and subconscious. Schopenhauer sharply pointed out that virtue is the suppression of the will to life and the action of self-sacrifice. Under normal circumstances, people have no motivation to pursue virtue. Therefore, Confucianism is just a door opener to win fame and wealth and a tool to seek benefits. It is also what people often say, “there is a beauty like jade in the book, and there is a golden house among the book”. Since it is a door opener, it will be thrown away when used up. Since it is a tool, people could not practice it. Therefore, Confucianism has never been a practice system that must be exercised, and it is difficult to become a moral code. Confucianism is often associated with hypocrites. They pursue virtue at the expense of temporary interests only to obtain greater honor and wealth.

Lu Xun wrote, “I opened the history and found that there was no age in it. ” benevolence, righteousness, and morality “were written on every page.”

“I couldn’t sleep, toss and turn. However, after looking carefully at these words finally in the dead of night, I saw that the whole book was written the words ” eat people “.

Although Lu Xun had countless faults, I still respected him very much; he spoke out about the real morality of secular society.

At this point, I have to talk about the “luozhi Sutra”. Now it is considered a confession of cruel officials, a villain’s Sutra, and a book of framing crimes, but I think it is a unique book for thousands of years, comparable to Machiavelli’s “The Prince”. It directly confesses the human heart is sinister, and officialdom is dangerous. Bai Yang, a famous scholar in Modern Taiwan, ④ also commented on the “Zizhi Tongjian”: “the Wuzhou Dynasty has appeared in history for just 16 years, and its greatest contribution to human culture is the “luozhi Sutra”!”.

In order to better evaluate this book, let’s take a look at some paragraphs in the “luozhi Sutra”.

“Many people’s emotions are fake, and many customs are hypocritical. How can we believe it? Confucius said, ” Zuo Qiuming thinks it is shameful, sweet talks honey words, kind and pleasant countenances and the utmost deference, and I think so.” What’s shameful is that they have resentment toward you in their hearts, but on the face, but they friend you.

“If a man has something he desires, use them to lure him; no one can’t be subdued. If a man has something to fear, coerces him with it, nothing that he can’t accept. A man has talent and can employ. If he has no great harm, you should secretly tolerate it. If a man can’t be tamed and is excellent, you should kill him. Don’t be stingy with rewards that destroy man’s will. Punishment should be appropriate in time so that others can be warned. Grace and intimidation work together, and ability and character act in concert. If this has not produced an effect, is it God’s will?”

“Subordinates rely on their superiors to achieve their ambitions, and the superiors depend on their subordinates to get fame. Subordinates are greedy, too; they naturally ask for a promotion. However,they should be promoted slowly. If too soon, they will be satisfied. If the boss expected to use the subordinates, he should be kind and polite to them. If he denies doing it, no one will help him.”

Moreover, although the patriarch had great power in ancient Chinese society, his actual interests were not enormous. There was no need to use such “luozhi Sutra” because it was too vicious. In the Tang Dynasty, it was said that the “luozhi Sutra” only Tien Si, the presented scholars, could read it. Only in bureaucrats can these scholar-bureaucrats who have read all the books of Confucian sages can use it because officialdom is like a battlefield. The senior official can crush countless people and bring countless vanity and interests so that any means can be used. The “luozhi Sutra” also truly reflects the ancient Chinese society and the essence of Chinese Confucianism, which is extremely hypocritical, cruel, and ruthless. I don’t have any records that later scholar-bureaucrats must read the Luo Zhi Jing. Still, in terms of the social situation I have come into contact with, I can confirm that the Luo Zhi Jing is the real moral philosophy of ancient Chinese society. It is unfair to pin the hypocrisy and cruelty in the bones of ancient Chinese society on Lai Junchen alone. Lai Junchen alonely could not bear the evil of ancient Chinese society. It can only be said that this is the inevitable result of a society without faith and the inevitable trend of secular moral philosophy. I think Lai Junchen has been stigmatized countless times. The reason may be that he tore off the mask of Confucian sanctity and completely exposed the essence of Confucian hypocrites. In fact, Lai Junchen should be sincere and frank compared with others. At least he summarized these hidden rules into a book to inform the world and warn future generations. Unlike Zeng Guofan, he only circulated them in the family in the form of family letters, and his intention was more sinister.

As a doctrine full of ideals comparable to Christianity, Mohism is utterly inconsistent with secular experience, life practice, and hidden rules. Mencius attacked Mozi and said: “Yang Zhu, for themselves, there is no monarch in their eyes. There is no father in Mozi’s universal love. Without monarch and father, they seem to be animals?” (2 Mencius Teng Wengong). Mencius’ views are very representative. Mohism runs counter to the secular society and hidden rules. That’s the reason why it is difficult to persist without relying on religion and as a belief, and the secular wave must swallow it up. This is what I have always emphasized; real civilization can only exist, persist, and last forever invincibly by relying on faith.

This is the reason although Nietzsche and Sartre’s theories have far-reaching influence, human society has not collapsed yet. Because they are just secular theories, few people practice their ideas. Human society mainly depends on religious beliefs, and most people pursue the morality attached to religion. However, human society will inevitably be corroded and corrupted under the erosion of these theories year in and year out. Looking at today’s western society, we can see that all kinds of ugly phenomena rampage, and it is no longer a pure Christian society at all. I want to remind everyone that the theories of Nietzsche, Sartre, and others encourage people to vent their desires and indulge in orgy, while Confucianism is a morality that requires people to suppress their desires. Therefore, Confucianism has less influence on society than Nietzsche, Sartre, and others. Personally, I also believe that after the collapse of Western society, it should first pursue the “Luo Zhi Jing” ‘s hidden rules because these are the real moral philosophy without faith in secular society. With the character of Westerners, it is entirely possible to put the hidden rules of the “Luo Zhi Jing” on the table and publicly advocate them.