Temple of rocks.

In any era, human moral level should match the times. Excessive moral level and excessively low moral level are themselves manifestations of violating humanitarian order...

If the civilization of an era develops to a sufficient level, then the moral level must be at the level of matching with civilization, otherwise, the humanitarian order will naturally collapse...

Whether it is too high or too low moral standards, in a sense, it is an anti-human phenomenon!

The so-called humanity, essentially, means that everyone does things that match their own identity, and everyone has a moral level that matches their own identity. If this level can be reached, humanity will reach an extreme...

Returning to the original topic, like the so-called Zigong's act of redeeming people, it is actually an anti-human behavior...

Although this behavior itself is a good intention, it will inevitably raise the moral standards of society. The fact that it raises the moral standards of society itself is an act that is anti-human and violates human nature...

Many people always think that kind-hearted behavior and kind-hearted ideas always make the better, but in fact, kindness must be based on conforming to social standards. If it exceeds the standards of social standards, kindness will naturally turn into evil...

Just like Zigong’s story of redeeming people, Zigong is certainly a kind, noble and wise wise man, but in the issue of slavery, the wise and capable he showed has become a factor that hinders the development of humanity!

The reason is very simple, because he raised the moral standards too high!

The story of Zigong's slave redemption is actually very simple...

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were many people in Lu State who were slaves in foreign countries and became slaves. After discovering this, the monarch of Lu State felt very worried, so he ordered that all Lu people, who saw the compatriots of Lu State who were slaves, should redeem them for these Lu people who were slaves, so that the people of Lu can gain freedom. Of course, in order not to increase the burden on Lu people, the money needed to redeem slaves is borne by the king of Lu State...

Since the announcement of this policy, many people have implemented it, and after returning to Lu, they received compensation from the King of Lu...

After receiving compensation from King Lu, the people praised King Lu's kindness, and the people of Lu who redeemed their slaves were also praised, believing that their behavior was noble and full of justice...

As a result, the people of Lu worked hard to redeem their compatriots in various countries, and this policy also received unanimous praise...

The King of Lu was considered a kind king, and those Lu people who saved slaves were also considered to be righteous gentlemen with noble character and righteous hearts...

However, Zigong did something at this time...

His family is very rich, so he doesn't care about money. So after redeeming several slaves from Lu, he did not accept compensation from King Lu, that is, he chose to redeem those slaves from Lu at his own expense...

There is no doubt that his behavior was of course kind, and his behavior was also out of good intentions...

However, after hearing about this, Confucius severely criticized Zigong for his actions...

What is the reason?

It’s actually very simple, because Zigong’s behavior is actually a kind of destruction of policies!

After the news that Zigong had redeemed slaves but did not receive bounties, people naturally praised Zigong's noble personality on the one hand, and on the other hand, those Lu people who had saved slaves but still received compensation were not as respected as before. Some people even felt that they did not do well enough and did not act noble enough. They should be like Zigong. Even if they paid for their own money, they should have to redeem slaves. After redeeming the slaves, they should not ask King Lu for compensation...

The so-called "not afraid of not knowing the goods" is just afraid of comparing goods...

In this world, many times, people need to compare to reflect their "pros and cons".

Zigong's behavior is naturally noble. Compared with Zigong's behavior, those Lu people who redeem slaves but ask for compensation seem less noble...

Noble and unnoble are often just relative concepts!

After comparison, noble and unnoble seem to become clearer...

The actual result of this situation is that most people are unwilling to redeem their compatriots!

The reason is very simple...

Things that benefit others and others are always willing to do, and when others are harming themselves, there are always some people who are willing to do it, but things that harm oneself and others are not willing to do it!

Before Zigong did this, King Lu's policy was undoubtedly a matter of benefiting others and self-interest. Rescuing his compatriots was naturally a matter of benefiting others and not having to spend money on his own, but he could gain fame without having to spend money on his own. Naturally, it was also a matter of self-interest. For King Lu, despite the money he paid, he could gain reputation, which was also a matter of benefiting himself...

Therefore, this matter can naturally spread in a short period of time, forming a sufficient scale effect...

However, Zigong's behavior raised the so-called moral standards, so it turned the matter that benefited others and self-interest for the vast majority of people into a matter that harmed others and benefited themselves...

Either you lose money and get praise, or you should save someone and be despised. In this case, people will naturally be unwilling to do the original good things...

Because if you have to bear the losses if you do good things, then for most people, such good things can be said to not do them...

For King Lu, it was originally a good thing that could allow him to gain a lot of reputation. With Quilt Gong destroying him, the reputation he gained would be divided up a lot, and it could be said that it became a bit thankless...

In a sense, although this kind of Zigong's behavior itself is good-willed, the results of this kind-hearted behavior are very, very bad...

By the same token, many things in this world may have been for the purpose of kindness at the beginning, but the result is not necessarily good intentions...

Just like the moral level of being honest, most people cannot achieve it. Because of this, blindly advocating this moral level is actually an anti-human and anti-human behavior...

Moral level is always improved with the abundance of material life. Before material life is enriched at a certain level, it advocates moral level that exceeds material living standards. This is itself a wrong concept...

Compared to the fact that people who pick up money are not ignorant, those who pick up the wallet are qualified to ask the owner for some of the fees as reward for picking up the wallet. In fact, in a sense, this system is more realistic, and such behavior is also more selfish and beneficial to others...

After all, the act of losing a wallet itself is a mistake of the owner, and no one will need to pay for his mistakes...

By the same token, the process of finding the owner of the person who picks up his wallet actually requires spending his time and energy to obtain certain compensation, which is actually an understandable thing...

It is one thing to not need compensation, but whether it is ethical to ask for compensation is another concept...

If you ask for reasonable compensation after picking up something, it will be considered an immoral act, then most people will not choose to return the owner after picking up something...

This is the law of humanity itself...

The same principle is like smoking is harmful to health, but in fact everyone knows...

In real life, there are always some people who will become volunteers who promote smoking bans, committed to helping people realize the harm of smoking through publicity, and let people avoid smoking as much as possible...

Such behavior is naturally kind...

However, if this kind of goodwill is extreme, then goodwill will also turn into malicious intention!

Just like there are a very few volunteers who can't stand other people smoking at all. When they see others smoking, they can't help but snatch the cigarettes from other people's mouths and put them on the ground to stomp them out, which is called helping the other party...

I'm afraid that for most people, such help is thankful for Bumin...

After all, smoking is a matter of harming health, but since cigarettes are still being sold legally, cigarettes are the private property of every smoker. Every citizen has the right to decide whether to smoke or not. Any act that forces others to accept their own ideas is essentially a robber logic...

In fact, in reality, there are actually not a few such robber logic...

Just like some vegetarians in reality, they choose to eat vegetarian food because of their belief in Buddhism or various reasons. Most vegetarians are pure-minded people. They are unwilling to kill animals and believe that all sentient beings are equal. Killing other animals and serving as food is an unacceptable concept...

In fact, this type of person is not a small number in real life. Most people may be carnivorous, but they do not exclude these vegetarians. Instead, they will feel that their morality and moral cultivation are higher than ordinary people and are more worthy of interaction...

After all, the moral level of this part of the people is actually higher than the average level, but as long as this part above the average level does not exceed the scope of humanity, it is worthy of admiration...

But what if it is a zealous vegan who exceeds this scale?

Then the situation is different!

Many fanatical vegetarians not only want to eat vegetarian food themselves, but also always strive to persuade others to choose vegetarian food. When they meet those who eat meat, they always like to look at them with a pity, think they are very pitiful, and think they don’t know how to live at all. So they always talk to them with an attitude of wanting to save them, and always persuade those people to eat vegetarian food in a high tone...

Some very extreme people among them will always say that the earth is on the verge of destruction now, and only those vegetarians who are determined to be good can survive. If they don’t eat vegetarian food, they will have to go to hell and will eventually have a way out...

Such people are actually typical anti-humanity and anti-humanity...
Chapter completed!