Oh, people's hearts are not ancient.
Friends, have you ever felt the same way?
Or, listen to others hate iron and steel like this?
In fact, it is not only our modern people who feel this way, but also the ancient people.
Because, what we think of as the ancients, at that time, was the modern people.
Reading the Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty today, I saw that soon after the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne, he issued an edict:
(Qianlong stills)
The Discipline Chamber. The Encyclical: The way to govern the country is to be close to the family and change customs as the first priority. I went to the ancestral chamber, inherited the law of taizu taizong's house, and the customs were quite mellow. His respect for his relatives, his loyal religion, his super-super-common surname, and his heirs are contaminated by one or two unscrupulous disciples, so that now in the clan room, they are teasing each other, gradually despicable, excluding each other, not knowing the good, and the customs are ruined.
What does that mean?
It is that he thinks that we love Shin Kyora, originally it was quite honest, where do you know, there are one or two infected with bad habits, the result is a big piece of damage. ay...... It seems that it is not enough to talk about this matter without the Holy Will...
He mentioned that being close to relatives, being harmonious with the people, and changing those bad habits is the basis for governing the country well.
In order to let everyone see why he is so angry, Qianlong gave three examples -
That is, like Hongchun, Yi's father was imprisoned, and Yi thought he was happy. Honghui also imprisons Brother Yi as a pleasure. If a husband is not filial and not a brother, how can he be loyal to the country? There are also clans and others who disregard their conduct and focus on flattering the imperial dignitaries, which is really a matter of defiance.
The first two are not difficult for everyone to understand, and the latter one is interesting.
He said that those who flattered the courtiers were disregarding their conduct, and there was a defilement to heaven, and the subtext was not—
Minister Han, even if he is in a high position, he is inferior before you. Because you shed the blood of Aisin Kyora, how can you go and pat them on the ass?
Therefore, Qianlong was not allowed to "discipline the sect room" in the most solemn way.
Actually, he thought too seriously.
Because, an era has a custom of an era, and the previous generation always feels that the next generation is not good and may collapse;
The next generation, on the other hand, will prove with time that your worries are all too old-fashioned.
See:
At the time of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with the meticulousness of the remnants' self-styledness, he wrote in the "Miscellaneous Knowledge of Decoction":
Nowadays, customs have become even thinner. In the past, there were large shapes, small shapes, large shapes are full paper, small shapes are half paper, and now the thorns of the times are not big palms, which shows the thinness of the ceremony.
The letter mentioned in the text is not a letter of submission, and the "thorn" in his and the text should be the business card handed over by others when they come to visit.
(Pitched Stills)
He felt that the Song Dynasty was thrown into the door, no matter how small it was, there was half a piece of paper, and now what? Only the size of a palm...
Seeing this, it is estimated that some friends will dig out their own pockets...
Oh, my business card, only half the size of a palm...
However, this is normal.
In the "General History of Chinese Customs and The Volume of the Ming Dynasty", the special chapter mentions "changing customs and customs" - the place where I live now, in the Ming Dynasty, is directly called Yi Folk Township - it is said that many Song people think that it is vulgar, and in the Ming Dynasty, it is already a thick custom.
It can be seen that once a habit is changed, it has its law of development, and it is not subject to the will of several people.
However, the emperors and ministers of all dynasties and generations always felt that the burden of extravagance was increasing, and the simple people could not survive, and constantly issued various edicts to change customs and customs.
In the words of general history:
Improving customs is actually a major matter involving all aspects of society, and it seems easy to implement, but it is difficult to implement.
(Ming Dynasty stills)
For example, some people in the Ming Dynasty wanted to ban "racing and swimming in the spring", but some people said that rowing dragon boats and engaging in picnics would "damage the envy of the rich to make ends meet the poor", so that the poor could also live a life by doing some small business.
In a word, changing customs and customs every year, you can preach more and do not force it. Otherwise, it will be thankless, not only will it do useless work, but it will also increase the inconvenience of the people.