Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Jin Ni Ge said that Pang Di recommended me to Long Hua Min, saying that he was an official and gentry who was close to Westerners and was baptized into Christ..."

Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows, intuitively telling him that this matter was not that simple.

In fact, although Westerners' missionary work in the Ming Dynasty started very early, it did not go smoothly.

The Western doctrine that is self-centered and that all non-believers are heretics cannot make the people of the Ming Dynasty believe in it.

Because the people of classical China did not believe in any gods or Buddhas.

Rather than saying that the Chinese people are superstitious, it is better to say that it is the transformation of gods and Buddhas!

Don’t you believe it?

When you go to worship God and Buddha, what do you say in prayer?

"A certain god is above me. Please bless me no matter what. As long as my wish comes true, I promise no matter what..."

is not it?

This attributive word for worshiping gods makes the whole country unified!

No matter what you believe, this is the attributive phrase for praying to God and worshiping Buddha!

For example, my couple’s wish to worship God on New Year’s Eve——

"Publish, adapt, make a lot of money, promise to fulfill your wish and offer long incense..."

Do not laugh!

This is what we in China call "superstition".

Not only do we worship gods, when we visit our ancestors’ graves, we also pray for their blessings and promise to burn more paper money!

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Do we believe in God?

letter!

Believe when your wish is fulfilled.

Did you see that the prerequisite is to fulfill your wish!

Whether it is a god or a ghost, the prerequisite for Chinese people to believe is the exchange of benefits - such as: health, safety, money, and luck! !

Rather than saying that we believe in gods and are superstitious, it is better to say that Chinese classical culture is enslavement to the gods!

The God of Wealth has blessed me with wealth.

The land bless peace.

The Kitchen God blesses health.

The god of medicine heals diseases...

The 365 lines have been arranged. Okay, let’s find another Jade Emperor to take charge of the gods and Buddhas all over the sky!

If God does not act, he will violate the law of heaven!

Not to mention these high-altitude gods.

Even the dragon in the river must bear the responsibility of making clouds and rain for us!

If you don't fulfill your wish, then find a god to kill you for dereliction of duty...

Brothers, look through classical myths and legends and listen to the ghosts and strange things in the countryside, isn’t that so?

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When we worship foreign gods, in the eyes of others, this is called seeking medical attention in a hurry!

That is to say, you will change your faith only when you are desperate.

I don’t usually burn incense, so I’m just doing it temporarily!

You know, the people of the Ming Dynasty were not comparable to the corrupt and incompetent Qing Dynasty.

The people of the Ming Dynasty, except for the special period of natural and man-made disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, had a sense of happiness that overwhelmed the whole world.

If you want to make a comparison, it is like the mold in the 70s and [-]s after World War II. You have to enlarge it at least ten times.

I went to Gucheng during the summer vacation. Because of the special nature of my work, I passed cigarettes to a local old man and asked about some past events during the conversation.

A local old farmer said a saying - a saying left by our ancestors: If Hexi Province is not flooded for three years, the big yellow dog that looks after the door can marry a young wife.

I couldn't verify the specific time when this sentence was produced, so I tried to analyze its causes from the environment:

Gucheng is located between the Qinling Mountains, Daba Mountain and the Han River. The geographical environment is a desert.

Traditional land transportation is inconvenient.

Before modern society, this kind of terrain was often characterized by a high degree of local autonomy, and the power of the government was quite weak.

The Chinese people are the most industrious race, and getting rich through diligence and frugality is a traditional concept that goes deep into their bones.

As long as the politics are clear and the society is stable, or where the government's capabilities are weak, the people's lives will be easy.

This can be seen from the history of the inaction in the early Western Han Dynasty, which actually made the country stronger.

Throughout the long feudal history, as long as the society was stable and the government decentralized power, a prosperous period would be formed.

This covers almost all the causes of prosperity.

So, by analogy, the Ming Dynasty was stable for more than 200 years, and taxes were not high. (Except for the special period of three wars in the late Ming Dynasty.)

What will happen to the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty?

Is it the saying that the old farmer in Gucheng told me - a big yellow dog who looks after the door can also marry a young lady?

How could a wealthy Akito believe in heresy?

Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the missionary work started by Westerners has never yielded results!

At this difficult time for Westerners to preach, a man appeared - Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci carefully studied Chinese beliefs and then gave Christian doctrine a skin.

He told his men that they would say this when preaching in the future——

Don’t the Chinese people believe in the “Haotian God”? Then tell them that Jesus in the West is called “God”. The traditional Chinese “Heaven” and “God” are essentially the same as the “only true God” spoken of by the Catholic Church. Jesus is just another name for the Chinese God in the West.

As long as Chinese people are willing to believe in Western religions, it doesn't matter even if they worship their ancestors and gods!

And he set rules for Western missionaries - they must wear Ming Dynasty clothes!

This is the “Matteo Ricci Rule” in the history of Western missionary work!

Under the auspices of Matteo Ricci, Western Christ changed its face and finally succeeded in opening up the situation in the open and inclusive Ming Dynasty.

It was under Matteo Ricci's operation that he met Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao and Yang Tingyun.

And successfully tricked three people into joining the religion.

Then, Matteo Ricci opened his mouth to deceive, and named these three people the "Three Pillars of the Western Holy Religion."

With the leadership of these three people, the missionary work in the West finally gained a new lease of life.

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What is a pillar?

An official name in the Western Han Dynasty, he was the second deputy official of Taipu Mu Ling.

According to the explanations in "Book of the Later Han" and "Three Kingdoms":

He is an expert, a man of authority, a senior general and a pillar of the country.

The body is solid, straight from the inside to the outside, and has the function of entrusting one's life to others. It can be said that it is a pillar and a minister.

This is the definition of pillar in Chinese classical culture.

Not to mention Xu Guangqi and others who were big officials in the Ming Dynasty, even a scholar who aspired to take the imperial examination knew this definition!

And who is Xu Guangqi?

The Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion!

It is also commonly known as the second assistant.

Cabinet ministers in the late Ming Dynasty were usually promoted to the first rank and became de facto prime ministers.

Wenyuan Pavilion usually also adds these names-President's National History Jade Certificate, Tongzhi Zhigao's Daily Living Sutras and Banquets, and Tongjia Attendant!

Some people may say, second assistant, second assistant, as long as you bring a second assistant, your fart will not make any noise!

Bachelor Wenyuange also has another important task - the custody of the "Yongle Dadian"!

The greatest encyclopedia in human history, "Yongle Dadian", is stored in the East Pavilion of Wenyuan Pavilion!

(The whole book consists of 95 volumes, 2 volumes, approximately 930 million words, and contains more than 3.7 kinds of books.)

In other words, Xu Guangqi, the second assistant, is the only person who can come into contact with the "Yongle Dadian" without asking for holy orders or alarming the courtiers!