The Art of Deception and Adrian's Tale Chapter 23

Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action" does not necessarily mean that you have to go to the patient to be considered as action. As long as you have the thought of seeing the patient, you have already done it. He said: "Seeing good looks belongs to knowledge, and liking good looks belongs to knowledge." In general psychology, there are three things: knowledge, emotion, and intention. This "liking good looks" is obviously emotion, so how can it be called action? Because once you have a thought, the force line is focused on the word "look", which is the beginning of action. Therefore, Yangming regards the word "emotion" as the word "action". His "unity of knowledge and action" can be said to be "unity of knowledge and emotion".

The human heart is like a magnet. We have learned physics and we know that all iron bars have magnetic force, but the magnetic force cannot be seen because the internal molecules are in disorder and the north and south poles cancel each other out. If you use a magnet to guide the iron bar, the internal molecules and the north and south poles will be aligned and magnetic force will be emitted immediately. The 400 million people in our country have great power, but they are bullied by the great powers because of the internal disorder. If we can align the internal force lines and the psychology of 400 million people is on the same line, how much power will be emitted? Question: How can the internal molecules be aligned? I said: You only need to study the thick black theory. The "thick black collection of words" I wrote is the magnet that guides the iron bar.

There are 400 million people in our country. If we can unite as one, it is equivalent to uniting more than a dozen European countries. We are now oppressed by Japan. Instead of crying and begging for help from the League of Nations, begging for help from Britain and the United States, we should cry and beg the people to eliminate their opinions and help the central government to expel Japan first, and then talk about the next step. People asked: How can we eliminate domestic opinions? I said: You can naturally do it if you widely publicize the thick black theory and let the general public understand the essence of thick black and how to use it.

I invented the Thick Black Theory, but most people have used it the wrong way. They use the thick word to deal with the great powers, fawning and begging for mercy, and using every possible means; they use the black word to deal with the Chinese people, ostracizing and oppressing them, and using every possible means, which has caused China to be in such a mess. I advocate using the opposite method. They use the thick word to deal with the Chinese people, making concessions in everything, accepting any anger, and not settling any old accounts; they use the black word to deal with the great powers, using every possible means to destroy the imperialists, not making any concessions, not accepting any anger, and all old accounts must be settled. However, this cannot be achieved with empty words. The starting point is to adjust the internal affairs, align the 400 million lines of force, and have each line of force directly hit the great powers. This is what I call "Thick Black Saves the Country."

People asked me: What is my stance towards the outside world? I said: I don’t care about my stance. Japan is a wolf that has entered the house, Russia is a tiger that is standing at the door, and the European and American powers are lions and leopards on the left and right sides of the house. I would like to ask you, in this environment, what should the people inside the house stand for?