Looking at everyone, Wang Xiaolie emphasized his tone and said: "To learn knowledge and do things, you must first learn to clearly say that you don't know what you don't know. Don't pretend to know that you don't know, which will harm yourself and others. This

You must pay attention to one thing. At work, you must also observe, and stay away from those who clearly don’t know anything and still like to talk eloquently. Our yamen talks about such a spirit. To put it simply, it is seeking truth from facts. The four words "seeking truth from facts",

It's easy to say, but difficult to do. Officials can try it themselves and seek truth from facts when it comes to specific things they encounter, and everything will be different."

"Your job is different from that of administrative officials. It is easier to seek truth from facts. What you will do in the future is to collect what people say, think, and think about society. Don't think this is very simple. In fact, it is very difficult. People

What they say, or even what they say orally, is probably not what they are thinking. Many times, they even don’t know what they are thinking. Destiny is unpredictable, and it is a difficult task to find out the destiny from the people’s mouths.

. But one thing is that if you change the things that people are generally tired of and oppose and promote the things that you agree with, you will never make a big mistake. This is basic. How to find out the destiny later depends on your actual work."

In fact, Wang Xiaolie has not thought about how to find the destiny from the people. It is just that Wang Xiaolie believes that it can be done. If he cannot do it for a while, as long as he persists, he will be able to do it one day.

People living in the world are not just individuals, but also belong to various collectives and have multiple identities. Who are the people? This question is difficult to answer. Don’t select some people from society as the people, and don’t regard the collective as the people.

, and don’t count them as the people in proportion. In fact, if you define the people, you will become farther and farther away from the people.

This is the essence of the middle way of Chinese civilization. The definitions and laws summarized by human beings are always applicable in one moment and are not eternal. Once you think that something is eternal, you are on the wrong track.

on the road.

More than 2,000 years ago, elites of civilizations emerged in large numbers from all over the world, and most civilizations made their mark at that time. The mark of Chinese civilization is Tao, which is the unknown. What you don’t know is that you don’t know, so don’t guess.

Wang Xiaolie doesn’t know what other civilizations are like. European civilizations know a little bit because they have heard too much. They think that the world knows itself. What should we do if we can’t explain? Put an omniscient and omnipotent God there.

.

No matter what European theories are about, they all think that they have discovered the truth and are close to God. God can have various names and appearances, but if you follow these theories to the end of time, he will always be there. No matter it is

Believe in God or be an atheist, no matter what these theories say about not believing in God, if you follow the theory, God will always be at the end of time.

After sorting out his thoughts, Wang Xiaolie said: "To govern the world, when doing something, there must always be ideas as the source. In Chinese affairs, everything is inseparable from the word Tao. Government offices are always inseparable from the destiny.

If I have time today, I can explain it more clearly."

"What is the Tao? We can't explain it clearly in the Tao Te Ching, so we call it Tao. Confucius said that if you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening. In other schools and sects, no one can explain it clearly.

This unclear explanation is the biggest characteristic of Tao. After the pre-Qin Dynasty, many people felt that they could explain it clearly, and there was even Taoism, which transformed thousands of gods. If they think they can explain it clearly, it is no longer Tao."

"We are human beings, living in the secular world. To observe all things in nature, we rely on seeing, hearing, smelling, and tasting. Can we detect natural things clearly? In fact, we cannot. By relying on

In human understanding, we give various names to all things in the world. These names are connected to form various kinds of knowledge. This knowledge creates a world that is different from the real world. What is this called? The ancients called it

This is the distinction between name and reality. In the pre-Qin period, the distinction between name and reality was very popular. The most famous ones are famous people, such as Gongsun Long, Deng Xi and others. Later generations always think that they have understood the issues discussed by famous people.

Can solid white be separated? Is it really clear? I can't see it. The distinction between name and reality cannot only depend on what they are arguing about, but must be seen in two worlds. One is the real world, and the other is the real world.

A world created based on the real world. The connections and differences between the two worlds affect people's thinking all the time."

"Is Tao the real world? Or the world of that name? In fact, it is neither. It is neither one of these two worlds, nor a simple sum of these two worlds. It should include these two worlds, and there are some other things we say

There is an unclear existence. We can explore it from the real world, the world of names, the relationship between the two, etc."

"It is precisely because the Tao is clear and the Tao is unclear, so in the world of Tao, many times we have to understand. If you understand, you understand, if you don't understand, you don't understand, and you can't pretend to understand. So I feel that the creation theory of the past and present is

It’s weird. Whether it’s Tai Chi creating two physical phenomena, or one Qi transforming three pure things, the more general it is, the more it makes sense, and the more detailed it is, the more it feels like it’s just old farmers talking.”

The biggest characteristic of Tao is that it cannot be explained clearly. Later generations think that they can explain it clearly, which is delusion. Including in later generations, many people think that they have learned many theories and understand science and can explain it clearly, which is still delusion. As for some people who say that Tao is a law,

It's the principles and so on, I just don't understand.

Under the principle of Tao, the science of later generations also has another face. It’s just that no one knows what it looks like.

The science of later generations grew up in European civilization and must bear the European imprint. Along the path of science, there will always be people who wonder whether the world was created by God and whether there is a God? This is inevitable and does not

Change based on what you believe.

In Wang Xiaolie's previous life, most people believed that science and human society had only one look. If it was different from what they imagined, they were backward and had taken a detour. There was no way, it happened from Europe

The achievements of the Industrial Revolution are so dazzling that they give people illusions. Some people even think that human society should be like this, proposing global village, globalization and so on.

How can human society look the same under different civilizations? Some places with poor civilization may not be able to change human society after they develop. But areas with profound civilization like China will inevitably look different after industrialization.

When China falls behind and is beaten everywhere, people of insight actively learn from the strengths of developed civilizations. This is a necessity. As long as there is an opportunity, civilization must absorb the achievements of other civilizations. However, learning is learning, and we cannot forget the fundamentals. When learning

In the process, some people not only learned the strengths of European civilization, but even wanted to learn everything. They even summed up a set of theories, starting from prehistory, especially ancient Greece and Rome, saying that Europe did not lead China after the Industrial Revolution, but

From ancient times to the end, it has been the leader. It was precisely because of the light of reason passed down by ancient Greece that it led to the Renaissance in Europe and allowed them to have the Industrial Revolution first.

This is wrong. The summary of history must be realistic and cannot belittle or exaggerate. In fact, civilizations with great influence in the world all have their own shining moments. When this civilization has the upper hand, let’s talk about this.

Civilization is excellent. So if you live in the highlight moments of other civilizations, do you have to change your view?

When China lags behind, it is said that China's civilization is poor and its culture is not good. What about China catching up? When studying these, we must not break away from reality and make imagination. Instead, we must insist on seeking truth from facts and taking the right path. Otherwise, we will
Chapter completed!