"Seeking Holiness" in "Ghost Valley": Things are made in secret, regardless of good and evil and ethics
Although Oniguzi was a trance-like being, the "Records of History" did not write a biography of him alone, only mentioned in the "Biography of Su Qin" that Su Qin had taken him as a teacher, and there were also a small number of anecdotes about him in ancient books such as "Warring States Policy" and "On Balance", but later generations mostly regarded him as the originator of the Zongheng family and the Bing family, and was "seeking sainthood". Whether Oniguzi wrote the work herself, no one can verify, not even what his name is. Even if it is determined that the "Ghost Valley" and "The Seven Techniques of yin runes of the Benjing" were written by himself, history also lists such texts as forbidden books.
Look at "Ghost Valley" to know why this kind of book cannot be elegant. Any book has a "human design" and a positioning. The "saint" in "Ghost Valley" is the personality it advocates, that is, the ideal personality. We know that Ghost Guzi belongs to one of the hundred families of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and each of them has its own respected "saint", that is, the ideal personality. If it is said that the sages respected by the Taoists are "natural inaction", the Mo family respects the saints "self-discipline and love", and the confucian advocates that the saints are "benevolent and consistent", then the ghost valley mainly belongs to the Zongheng family, and the saints he respects are another image, to sum up in one sentence, that is, Zhuangzi said "no special exercises".
What does the Zongheng family do? Engaging in vertical and horizontal cooperation, good at using contradictions between countries to achieve certain goals, chaotic and capricious, whoever gives more benefits, who is the master. At that time, Mencius scolded Zhang Yi as a "concubine", had no moral concept, and had nothing to do with the "big husband". Therefore, the saint of "Ghost Valley" is actually a master of utilitarianism.
The Ghost Valley believes that saints can "look at the opening of yin and yang with the name of life, know the portal of survival and death, plan the end of all kinds, reach the truth of people's hearts, see the decay of change, and guard its portal." Such a saint knows the changes of yin and yang, knows life and death, has insight into human nature, grasps the laws of nature, and from a scholarly point of view, he is an encyclopedic school, and ordinary people really cannot learn it, but in his bones there is a mental technique that is difficult for ordinary people to perceive.
Such a saint considers only utilitarianism and effect, and ethics and morality have nothing to do with him. "Arrival" chapter cloud:
"The danger of the matter is also known to the saints, and they protect themselves alone."
When encountering a critical situation, the saint must perceive that it is important to save his life, and what "sacrificing his life for righteousness" is the act of a fool. This makes people wonder why the "saints" do not sacrifice themselves to save everyone? Because in the eyes of the Zongheng family, staying in the green mountains is not worrying about firewood, and there is no need for me to dedicate myself to a certain country.
"Ghost Valley" talks about power plots, and power plots are ulterior motives:
"The way of the saints is hidden and hidden."
The saint first learns to hide himself as a way to protect himself. It can be seen that the quality of the saints in "Ghost Valley" is more due to the professional needs of the group of vertical and horizontal strategists, and its purpose is to "achieve things", and it is completely possible to ignore the shackles of morality.
The "Ghost Valley" also believes that the reason why saints are "holy" and why saints can achieve great things is mainly because they have five ways to "accomplish things":
"There are those who are virtuous, there are those who are thieves, there are those who are faithful, there are those who hide, and there are those who are plain."
"Yangde" means to openly exert favors and make others grateful to help oneself achieve things; "Yinde" means that when the situation is unclear or there are hidden secrets that are difficult to say; when one's own strength is insufficient, it should be treated with "honesty" in exchange for the trust of others, and under the possible conditions, it is similar to "yin morality"; "concealment" is similar to "yin morality", that is, when it is not suitable for publicity, it should be carefully and covertly planned, so as to deceive and deceive the other party.
According to the view of The Ghost Guzi, the scheme does not care about justice or evil, it can use unscrupulous means to achieve the goal, and the use of means does not care whether to use conspiracy or conspiracy. In other words, "learning to write and martial arts, goods and imperial families", power schemes are also commodities, and proficiency in vertical and horizontal skills lies in maximizing their own interests. Understanding this, isn't it normal for The Ghost Valley Zi to be anonymous?