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The country is small and not humble, the strength is small and not afraid of the strong, the rude and insulting neighbor, the greedy and clumsy, but also the death. - "Han Feizi. The Fifteenth Sign of Death
Today's article does not talk about who is right and who is wrong with Ukraine and Russia, but about how the situation in Ukraine broke.
The opening excerpt from "Han Feizi" best explains the reasons for the war between Ukraine and Russia. To explain this passage in general:
If a small country does not humbly serve the big country, if the national strength is not strong, if it is not afraid of the strong country, if it does not have the courtesy to insult and disrespect the powerful neighbors, if it is rigid and self-serving and not good at diplomacy, it will destroy the country
Compared with Russia, Ukraine is only one-tenth of Russia in terms of land area, military strength, weapons and equipment. Ukraine is a small country with few soldiers and a small number of generals, Russia is undoubtedly a powerful neighbor, and Ukraine cannot defeat Russia on its own.
The most important thing is that Ukraine's strategic position is important, it is a strategic stronghold for NATO's eastward expansion and Russia's westward expansion, and Ukraine itself accounts for half of the Black Sea ports, if Ukraine really joins NATO, Russia's European influence will be greatly constrained.
Ukraine's new president Zelenskiy is a comedian, really played the president in the TV series, since he took office, I don't know what to do, no fear of Russia's strong neighbor, no compliments, dare to say anything, full of mouth running trains, completely do not put Russia and Putin in the eyes. The main thing is that he visited the United States as soon as he took office, and left Russia aside, and actively applied to join NATO, Russia repeatedly warned that Ukraine should pay attention to its words and deeds, and if Ukraine continues to jump, Russia will take the necessary measures.
Zelenskiy certainly hadn't read Han Feizi, couldn't understand Russia's advice, and continued to jump around, and then there was the current situation in Ukraine, Russia directly sent troops to Ukraine, Zelenskiy counted on NATO to give only verbal support, and then there was no more.
If you can't fight and scold, how should Ukraine break the situation in the face of such a situation? Let's take a look at how the ancient Chinese handled it
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy was once a comedian
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China more than 2,000 years ago, there was also such a small country situation similar to Ukraine, which was zheng guo.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng Zhuanggong used the influence of the zhou dynasty's ruling ministers and his own genius to fight some victorious battles, known as the Spring and Autumn Xiaoba, but the Zheng state was surrounded by large countries, with the Jin state in the north and the Chu state in the south, whether the Jin state went south or the Chu state went north, it had to pass through the Zheng state, for example, the important tiger prison pass from the east to the west was in the territory of the Zheng state.
In order to compete for hegemony, these two superpowers in the Spring and Autumn Period wanted to make Zheng Guo, who was extremely strategically important, submit to themselves.
King Chu Zhuang, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, led his troops to fight 24 times in his lifetime, and fought Zheng Guo 12 times, of which the Battle of Chu and Jin, which King Chu Zhuang dominated because the State of Chu attacked the State of Zheng, and the State of Zheng asked for help from the State of Jin.
In the 13 years of the climax of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, the Jin State attacked the State of Zheng 5 times, the State of Chu attacked the State of Chu 7 times, almost every year there were wars, sometimes the State of Jin just withdrew the Chu army came, the Chu army just retired the Jin army came, the whole Zheng State was anxious, did not recruit anyone who did not provoke who was beaten all day, do not know how to be good.
Zheng Guo's strategic position is extremely important
In fact, Zheng Guo was very unwilling, because he was more "rooted in Miao Hong" than he was in both the Jin state and the Chu state, zheng huangong, the founding king of the state of Zheng, was the last brother of the king of Western Zhou who had the monarch Zhou Xuan, absolutely closest to zhou Tianzi, and had the most righteous state, and although the founding prince of the Jin state was the son of king Wu of Zhou, the state of Jin was a small emperor who replaced emperor, which was simply a chaotic vassal, and the state of Chu was even more hateful, and a small feudal state, who dared to claim the title of king, was simply a traitor.
If you talk about blood relations, Zheng Guo naturally likes the Jin state, after all, hundreds of years ago it was a family, and the Chu state is different, the Chu state is the southern barbarian, the barbarian who is the most despised by the Zhou people.
But strength is strength, and Zheng Guo has to take sides if he can't fight. However, the struggle for hegemony between big countries has a characteristic, although the big countries have destroyed countless countries, but the small countries between the big countries and the big countries cannot directly perish into their own territory, and the reason is to let the small countries become a buffer zone between the big countries, and the vassals of the small countries must be small, weak, and obedient.
The anxious Zheng Guo was beaten for decades, and he summed up the experience, neither the Jin state nor the Chu state will be destroyed by a military defeat, no one between the two countries can destroy anyone, if only loyal to one of the countries, the other country will definitely attack again, so zheng guo is more sleek, who comes to crusade will listen to whom. If the Chu army came, Zheng Guo sent emissaries with a large amount of gold and silver treasures to the Chu army and then said to be the little brother of the Chu state, the Chu army left, the Jin army will definitely come, and then Zheng Guo concocted as the law, with gold and silver treasures to the Jin army to show that he was the younger brother of the Jin state.
This kind of wall-headed grass practice really made the two great powers of Jin and Chu unable to do anything.
In the context of this great power struggle for hegemony, Zheng Guo ushered in a great statesman, which was praised by Confucius as the "legacy of ancient love".
Childbirth
The children's work was justified and well-spoken, and they not only achieved their own goals, but also won the understanding of the big countries many times.
The son was erudite and talented, and was very well researched on Zhou Li. However, he was by no means obsessed with Zhou Li, such as arguing on the basis of reason when paying tribute to the big countries every year, so that the Jin state took the initiative to reduce the tribute of Zheng Guo
Zi Chan never insulted any country, did things fairly and did not take sides, during his reign, although he fell to the Jin state, but when the Chu army came to the city, he immediately agreed to fall to the Chu state, and then sent someone to explain to the Jin state that he immediately fell to the Jin state. In that chaotic Spring and Autumn period, the small country of Zheng Guo unexpectedly appeared in the scene of ZTE.
To put it bluntly, Ming Xiangzi will never fall to one side one by one, nor will he demand an equality with a big country, nor will he disrespect the rulers of a big country.
Zelenskiy is still far from it, and I would say that Ukraine should choose a sleek president, be good at handling relations, and must not be clearly on either side in national policy, and the best thing is to remain neutral, and if it is not neutral, it is better to be close to Russia and handle relations with the United States. The pressure given by Russia will be subordinated to Russia, and the pressure given by the United States will be subordinated to the United States.
For example, Ukraine is obviously submissive to the US side and has taken the initiative to join NATO, which is to find a beating
Of course, Russia will never destroy Ukraine, but it wants to make an alliance with Ukraine, so that Ukraine's president loyal to the United States will step down, and the best outcome of Russia is to support a Ukrainian president loyal to Russia