During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, politics was very chaotic, the country was very chaotic, and the Han people were very miserable, especially in the north, the Han people were even worse than slaves in the slave era.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a noun appeared, called "two-legged sheep", which is what northern ethnic minorities used to describe the Han people. What does it mean?

It’s just sheep. What is sheep used for? It’s just for eating. This is the role of the Han people, and the most delicious one is naturally women. It has many functions, you know.

But just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the chaotic political situation brought prosperity to culture, which is a big feature of Chinese culture. The most prosperous period of culture is generally a period of war and chaos in the country.

For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, during the Song Dynasty (the country was not truly unified at this moment), and during the Republic of China period, they were all prosperous times of culture.

Of course, there are some cultures that look weird now. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the most "weird" one was the male style. Some men in this era were like women, and they were so weak that they could not help but greet them. They greeted them all, and even made Broken Back Mountain.

In addition, the two most dazzling pearls of this era are metaphysics and Buddhism.

Metaphysics is a science that combines Taoism and Confucianism in this era, which mainly focuses on Taoism, emphasizes the unity of man and nature, and returns to nature. For example, the famous Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest are the representatives. Things like going out naked are not uncommon in this era.

Because Taoism advocates an extremely individualistic school, they have many selfish remarks, such as the most famous saying "If you pull out a hair and benefit the world, you won't do it."

It means that if a hair is pulled out, he can save the world. He will not do anything that harms others and benefits himself, but he will not do things that harm others and benefit others. For example, if you don’t wear clothes, the inner simple logic is that you wear clothes yourself to make others look comfortable, but you don’t feel comfortable, so you don’t wear them.

Of course, this idea was very brilliant at the beginning, but it gradually changed.

In this era, Taoism was formed in China's local religion, and Taoism was very different. Although they all praised Laozi, there were many Taoist celebrities in this era, and various heavenly masters appeared in this era as if they didn't need money.

In order to improve martial arts, Chen Kan also studied Taoist teaching and even became a disciple of Ge Hong. However, Chen Kan gave up later because Taoism emphasizes "centrality and peace", which is contrary to Chen Kan's martial arts that are vigorous and brave, and Chen Kan can only use it as a reference in the end.

But it is not to say that Chen Kan has no gains in this era.

This era is a harvest season for Chen Kan. When Chen Kan passed down his martial arts, he finally achieved results. Tens of thousands of warriors used their wisdom to help Chen Kan explore martial arts, Ge Hong, Zhang Daoling, and Bodhidharma and other geniuses explored the martial arts path that Chen Kan had never seen before, giving Chen Kan a huge inspiration.

The biggest winner of this era was not Taoism, but Buddhism. Buddhism entered the land of China during the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it had little influence at that time, and it really blossomed and flourished in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and so many towers in the mist and rain.

This poem tells the grand scene of Buddhism.

When Chen Kan was studying, he couldn't figure out a question. For this question, Chen Kan also visited Buddhist scholars and Buddhist monks in the real world, but he did not get Chen Kan's very satisfied answer.

This question is how Buddhism spread in the land of China. You should know that the mainstream thoughts in the land of China were family thoughts based on Confucianism.

The body and skin were received by their parents, and Cao Cao could even cut his hair instead of his head. No matter what the purpose was, this practice soothes the morale of the army. This shows the ancients' views on hair, but Buddhism requires shaving.

There are three types of unfilial piety, and there is no descendant. Buddhism must eliminate the seven emotions and six desires, and cannot marry a wife and have children. This is the greatest unfilial piety.

There are three types of unfiliality. The second is that the family is poor, the elderly, and the family is not a servant, which means that the family is poor but does not become an official and pay a salary to support their parents. This is the second type of unfiliality. Buddhism emphasizes becoming a monk, which is exactly contrary to it.

Such an alien theory that violates the ethical principles of Confucianism is also why Buddhism could not grow in the Han Dynasty, but why did Buddhism sprout everywhere in the Southern and Northern Dynasties like taking drugs?

Chen Kan used his own personal experience to witness how a "fallac theory" gained a foothold and grew in a region with different cultures. He simply talked about the plasticity of Buddhist theory itself, which enabled Buddhist teachings to rely on metaphysics. At the same time, he carried out localization reforms and finally gained a foothold.

Early Buddhism called Buddhism a branch below metaphysics, which was a branch of metaphysics. In this regard, Buddhism has natural advantages. In this era, metaphysics emphasizes "nothing", but Buddhism has a more profound core called "emptiness". "emptiness" is higher than "nothing". Through continuous debate, Buddhism has gained a firm foothold in theory.

As for those practices that violate Confucianism, Buddhist monks are also smart. They no longer compete in such small things, but directly rise to the core point of view and compare their own theories with Confucian theories.

Simply put, whether it is Buddhism or Confucianism, we emphasize governing the country and pacifying the world. We want to change the world. Our essence is actually the same and we want to benefit the people of the whole world.

This is completely different from Taoism. Taoism is highly self-interesting, but both Buddhism and Confucianism emphasize an altruism that sacrifices oneself for others.

At the core, Buddhism has a foothold, such as shaving a head and not getting married, are all about saving the people. What is sacrificing the ego for the sake of the big self?

At the same time, some communication methods similar to those of modern society are used to conduct rapid and crazy missionary missions, and open up openings among the lower class people.

Not only that, Buddhism also used the frequent dynasty changes in this era to constantly find new and stable political support. In addition, Buddhist teachings are indeed beneficial in pacifying people's hearts. They were recognized by the rulers and eventually developed.

After standing firmly, they formed their own school. At this point, the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were established together, and some capable people began to seek the possibility of the unity of these three religions.

This was accompanied by countless wars and chaos, after the three religions were truly united, the land of China also ushered in unification, and time entered the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

After the war, there was a prosperous era. This was a vicious circle. The Sui and Qin were like the ones, and soon it was over. Then a prosperous dynasty comparable to the Han Dynasty - the Tang Dynasty.
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