Should ordinary people care about politics? Listen to what this girl has to say

Should ordinary people care about politics? Listen to what this girl has to say

Qiao Zhifeng

As ordinary people, should we care about politics? To this day, this topic is frequently mentioned on the Internet, and sometimes it has triggered some discussion and controversy. So, should it be? Let's hear what a young girl said a thousand years ago.

According to Liu Xiang's "Biography of the Daughters of Lie", during the Warring States period, a young girl lived in a small town called the Lacquer Room in the State of Lu. Because I don't know her name, I call it "Lu Lacquer Virgin".

The "Lu Lacquer Chambermaid" has passed the age of marriage, but she has not yet married, according to today's words, it is a "leftover woman". However, at that time, people married very early, and the "Lu Lacquer Chambermaid" should not be very old, at most seventeen or eighteen years old.

Once, the "Lu Lacquer Chambermaid" leaned against the pillar and let out a series of sighs and sorrows, and everyone who heard it was saddened. There was a woman in the neighbor's house, the two usually have a very good relationship, often chat and play together, counted as "girlfriends", they came over and persuaded: "Are you so sad and sad because you are old and have not yet married?" Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to you and find a good man for you. ”

In this woman's view, the biggest problem of the "leftover woman" is to marry, so she uses this to comfort her. Unexpectedly, the "Lu Lacquer Chambermaid" sighed, "Alas, I used to think that you were very intelligent and wise, but now I find out that you are similar to other people, and you don't have much knowledge." How can I be sad because I can't get married, I am worried about the country's major affairs. Now, the monarch of our country of Lu is very old and confused; the prince is still young and does not understand anything. How can I not be worried? ”

The woman next door couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "The major events of these countries are the things that those high-ranking officials and dignitaries should worry about, and what does it have to do with us little girls?" ”

Lu Qi's roommaid shook her head and said, "Not so." You may not understand the truth here. With that said, she also gave two examples -

Once, a Jinguo guest came to my house and tied the horse to the vegetable garden. Unexpectedly, the horse escaped and trampled on our family's dishes, resulting in my family having no vegetables to eat for a year.

Another time, the neighbor's daughter eloped with someone, and her family asked my brother to help catch up. Unexpectedly, on the way, the rainy river swelled, and as a result, my brother drowned, leaving me without my brother forever.

Then, "Lu Lacquer Virgin" cut to the point: I have heard that the river is moist for nine miles, and there is a wet area of three hundred steps. Now, the monarch of our country of Lu is old and dim, the prince is young and ignorant, and there are many hidden dangers. If any calamity is caused, whether it is the monarch or the minister, it will suffer disgrace and will inevitably harm the people. Do you think that in this case, we female elites can be left alone and escape the disaster? Under the nest, there are eggs! I'm worried about that! How can you think that women have nothing to do with the affairs of state?

The woman apologized and said, "You have a far-sighted vision and a profound and long-term consideration of problems, and I cannot compare with you."

Three years later, the State of Lu did indeed fall into civil unrest, and the State of Qi and the State of Chu took the opportunity to attack. Men were conscripted into the army to fight in the war, and women had to take on the arduous task of transporting supplies and supplies, and suffered great hardships.

The judgment and concern of the "Lu Lacquer Chambergirl" on the national situation is undoubtedly quite accurate, and it has also been fulfilled one by one. This is exactly what it is: the daughter of the lacquer room, who is very calculating, who is in turmoil, who is in chaos, who cries on pillars, who is old and young, who is foolish and adulterous, who is disturbed by Lu Guo, who is in charge of the city. Men fight wars and kill women.

Let's go back and look at the two examples given by "Lu Lacquer Chambermaid". The meaning of the first example is: it is just a common thing for a guest at home, who would have thought that it would cause our family to have no food for a whole year? The meaning of the second example is that the daughter of the neighbor's family ran away, which had nothing to do with my family, and who would have thought that I would lose my brother? "Lu Lacquer Virgin" then deduced that even inconspicuous small things are closely related to our vital interests. What's more, the major events of the country and the direction of the times must be related to the fate of everyone. In the torrent of the times, no one can stay out of the matter and be alone.

Although "Lu Lacquer Virgin" did not explicitly say it, it was obvious that she had discovered that there were inextricable links between things, and things that seemed to be out of reach were actually often involved in the whole body, bringing unimaginable consequences.

Familiar? Isn't this the "butterfly effect" or even "system theory"? It was also very rare for a little girl of that era to have such a depth of thought. If I say that the prototype of the "butterfly effect" and "system theory" was proposed by a "leftover woman" in ancient China, I wonder if the international community can recognize it? (Just kidding, don't take it seriously)

Seeing this, do you have your own answer to the question of "should ordinary people care about politics"? In feudal society, people of insight still advocate that "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading and reading, family affairs, state affairs, and everything in the world are concerned", not to mention that now is the era of civilization and civil society. Every bit of development and progress in human society comes from the attention and efforts of individuals.