Li Zongwu, one of the "20 Wizards and Strange Masters Who Influenced China in the 20th Century" and his "Thick Black Studies"

There are many doctrines in ancient China, among which there are the famous educators Kong Qiu and Mencius, who represent confucianism, which advocates the theory of sexual goodness, with "benevolence" as the core idea; there is also Xunzi's theory of sexual evil, which believes that the essence of human beings is "evil". The ancient sages used the way of Confucius and Mencius to correct themselves and strive to become "gentlemen"; however, the proposition of "Thick Black Studies" created by Li Zongwu was completely different from what gentlemen did.

In the first year of the Republic of China, Li Zongwu wrote an article "Thick Black Studies", and after sixteen years of successive articles, Li Zongwu believed that a person who wants to achieve great things lies in the thick face and black heart.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu were established, and Li Zongwu believed that the reason for this was because they each had their own strengths and weaknesses.

First of all, Cao Cao, whose strength lies in his black heart: he killed Lü Bu, killed Kong Rong, killed Yang Xiu, killed Dong Chengfu, and killed the empress dowager, desperately, and said to the world, "I would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me." Cao Cao's heart was extremely dark, and of course he could be called a hero.

The second is Liu Bei, whose strength lies in his thick skin: Yi Cao, Yi Lü Bu, Yi Liu Biao, Yi Sun Quan, Yi Yuan Shao, east and west, sending people to the fence, not ashamed, and he is good at crying in his life, doing the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he wrote a wonderful portrait, encountering things that cannot be solved, crying bitterly to people, and immediately turning defeat into merit, so as the saying goes, Liu Bei's rivers and mountains are crying out, which is also a hero with great ability.

In Jiangdong, Sun Quan, who conspired with Liu Bei and was a relative of Lang's uncle, suddenly seized Jingzhou and killed Guan Yu, and the blackness of his heart, as if Cao Cao, helplessly black, did not go to the end, followed by Xiang Shu to make peace, his blackness was slightly inferior to That Cao Cao,He and Cao Cao were shoulder to shoulder, on a par with each other, and suddenly became a vassal under Cao Cheng; the thickness of his face, as if Liu Bei, helplessly thick to the end, followed by a renunciation with Wei, and his thickness was slightly inferior to That of Liu Bei. Although he was not as black as Cao Cao and as thick as Liu Bei, he had both, and he was also a hero.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, you don't obey me, I don't obey you, all of them are thick and dark, so there is a situation where the Three Kingdoms are standing.

In Li Zongwu's view, thick black science is divided into three parts, the first step is: thick as a city wall, black as coal. The skin of a man's face is like a piece of paper, from division to inch, from ruler to ruler, and finally as thick as a city wall; the color of the human face is initially white, from white to carbon black, then blue, and then black as coal. At this realm, it can only be regarded as a preliminary kung fu, because although the city wall is thick, with cannons, there is still a possibility of breaking through, although the coal is black, but the color is annoying, and everyone is reluctant to approach him, so it is only a preliminary kung fu.

The second step is: thick and hard, black and bright. People who go deep into the thick black, no matter how you attack him, do not move at all, such as Liu Bei; people who go deep into the thick black, such as the fading paint signboard, the more black the buyers, such as Cao Cao.

The third step is: thick and invisible, black and colorless. Thick to black, heaven and the hereafter, all think that it is not thick and not black, this realm is not easy to achieve.

Li Zongwu's thick black learning applies not only to the officialdom, but also to management. However, we should give praise and not abandon the excellent traditional Chinese culture. It is reasonable to take its essence, remove its dross, and apply it freely.