Why do people who talk about "courtesy, justice and honesty" tend to be more "virtuous and suffer"?
The advocates of Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty are such people who talk about "propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame". Zhu advocated that there should be high moral standards to protect nature and eliminate human desires. However, we know that once the standard is set high, it is basically impossible to achieve it. Zhu can do it alone, but a group of people may not necessarily. What's more, why do you respect Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism? Do you agree with Master Zhu's point of view, or do you want to belong to this school and share a piece of it? Therefore, "preserving justice and destroying human desires" is a means to join the party, not an end. Why bother yourself about this? Nobody can do it anyway. Of course, it is not good to openly challenge Master Zhu. You must support him. So everyone thought of a very clever way: to preserve justice and eliminate human (emperor) desires. The Emperor is the supreme ruler of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Of course, he must have extremely high moral standards. No problem. Therefore, the Ming emperor suffered a lot, and courtiers and prostitutes were very happy, but the emperor must be frugal and abide by the words of saints. What if I can't do it? Write a letter to comfort or advise the dead. It is glorious to complete your name in history by the hand of the emperor! Of course, the development of Neo-Confucianism also has other drawbacks, so in the end, Wang Yangming's theory of mind came from behind and gained a large number of fans.