If you have studied my knowledge carefully and gained something, and if someone uses the Thick Black School on you in the future, you will understand it at once and can tell him directly: "You are a student in Class A of Adrian Li, and I graduated with you in the same class. Don't show off your tricks." Then classmates will be honest with each other, and the world will be peaceful from then on. This is the merit of the Thick Black School. Some people say: "Laozi said, 'The sharp weapon of a country should not be shown to others.' If you publicly talk about the Thick Black School, what if the traitors in the country translate it into foreign languages such as English, French, German, Russian, and Japanese, and spread it around the world? If the great powers get this secret, sort it out with scientific methods, and apply it to us, it is like improving the gunpowder invented by our country and using it to bomb us. What will happen?" I said: I am afraid that they will not translate it, and the more they translate, the better. The Song Dynasty appointed Sima Guang as prime minister. When the Liao people heard about it, they warned their border officials: "China has Sima Guang as prime minister, don't make trouble again." When the great powers heard that China had a master of thick black, wouldn't they be terrified? Confucius said: "Be faithful in words and respectful in actions, and this will work even in a barbarian country." Our country's foreign policy should be based on the word "sincerity." Now we can tell him clearly: "Our country now has schools of thick black all over, and the deity worshipped in these schools is 'the deity of the Great Sage and Teacher, King Goujian of Yue.' The leader of the thick black school has opened a correspondence school, publishes his lecture notes in newspapers every day, and has set a ten-year plan to subdue Wu. During these ten years, our country will agree to whatever conditions you ask for, and we will settle the accounts after ten years." We say this and actually do this, and we will never deceive him. But I would like to warn the traitors who are translating that when translating the Thick Black School, you must translate a paragraph that says: "At first, Gou Jian was a minister to the King of Wu, and his wife was a Concub!ne. Later, the King of Wu asked to remain a minister and his wife a Concub!ne, but Gou Jian refused and insisted on killing him, adding several times the interest. This is the doctrine passed down by our ancestors. Please prepare more interest in addition to the initial payment." In the past, Wang Deyong was guarding the border, and the Khitan sent people to spy. The soldiers asked to arrest him, but Deyong said: "No need." The next day, there was a grand military review, and the real situation in the army was shown to him. The spy went back and reported, and the Khitan sent people to negotiate peace. If foreigners knew that our country, from top to bottom, was studying the Thick Black School, they would know that they were not the enemy, so they would suppress their ambitions and not start a massacre in ten years. Then the Thick Black School would benefit mankind. This is the merit of the traitors' translation. Those who talk about benevolence and righteousness, how could they know it? It is said: "Fire is fierce, people look at it and fear it, so few people die from it. Water is weak, people are familiar with it and play with it, so many people die from it." Mr. Houhei is the incarnation of our Buddha Tathagata!
My friend Lei Minxin invented a most refined theory, which says: "There are two kinds of things in the world. One is that which can be done but not talked about, and the other is that which can be talked about but not done. For example, a couple can do things in their bedroom, but if they talk about it in public, it will become a joke. This is that which can be done but not talked about. Another example is that two friends use obscene language to tease each other, or insult one another's mother or sister. People who hear it will not think it is strange, but if they do it seriously, they will think it is very strange. This is that which can be talked about but not done." The theory of Minxin should be kept by all people in the political and academic circles. The thick black theory is that which can be done but not talked about. ...
The saying "you can do it but not say it" is a footnote to the saying "people can be made to follow it, but not to know it" in the Analects of Confucius. The saying "you can say it but not do it" is a footnote to the book "Mencius". "The Jingtian Chapter" and "Zhou Li". If Wang Mang and Wang Anshi had hired people's hearts as senior consultants, they would never have made the world so bad.
On October 18, 1911, a military rebellion broke out in Chengdu. The whole city was in chaos. Yang Xinyou was appointed as the chief of patrol police. He arrested and executed those who disturbed public order on the spot. The notices he issued imitated the style of Zhang Xianzhong's Seven Killings Monument, with the words "behead, behead, behead" written on them, which was very popular among the general public. Men, women, young and old in the city praised the name of Chief Yang. Later, when order was slightly restored, he published a "Manifesto of Yang Wei (Xinyou's name)", saying that he would practice enlightened despotism in the future. As a result, public opinion was boiling. The newspapers accused him, and the provincial parliament also criticized him, saying: "Now is the era of the Republic, how can we use despotic means again!" Little did they know that the means used by Xinyou in the past were purely barbaric despotism. Later, he changed to enlightened despotism, which was considered an evolution for Xinyou. It was only because he clearly stated the word "despotism" that he was widely criticized. People said: "There are things in the world that cannot be said." Xinyou's story is a good example. Looking at the story of Shen You, Confucius said: "The people can be made to follow it, but they cannot be made to understand it." This is the answer.
I have a general rule: "To use thick and dark means to seek personal gain is a despicable act; to use thick and dark means to seek the public benefit of all is the highest morality." Shen You is barbaric and despotic, and his heart is dark, but people praise him endlessly. Why? Because he seeks the public benefit.
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