History will not repeat itself, but it is always strikingly similar

Historical laws, each one appears again and again, as if like a curse, causing the Chinese nation to experience suffering again and again . Nowadays, although it is a new era, these five laws are still worth pondering! The reason is simple: it might happen again!

First, if we stay together for a long time, we will break up, and if we stay apart for a long time, we will unite!

Everyone is familiar with this sentence. In fact, if you take a closer look at Chinese history, you will find that this statement is very reasonable! The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Troubled Times of the Three Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, etc. are all famous for their long-term unity and inevitable division. But there is no doubt that any "division" once it lasts for a long time will eventually lead to "merging"!

In fact, from the current point of view, the view that long-term separation must lead to unity is more obvious. For example, European integration and regional integration are all manifestations of "long-term separation must lead to unity." Of course, it’s hard to say whether this kind of integration will be challenged and collapse in the future!

Second, misfortune caused Xiao Qiang and brothers killed each other!

There is a classic saying, that is: a strong fortress can only be breached from within! In fact, the Chinese nation has always had a strong fortress, but why have it been breached by foreigners many times? The reason is very simple, because Xiao Qiang caused trouble and killed brothers, giving the alien race a chance!

The Eight Kings Rebellion and the Five Husbands Rebellion in the Jin Dynasty, Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the significance of Li Zicheng's existence to the Qing army... You can find countless examples of this. If everyone could unite, how could there be so much humiliation in Chinese history! Isn’t this also true of some of today’s situations?

Third, the winner is the king, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy!

In game theory terms, this is called a "zero-sum game", which means that the winner takes all and the loser loses everything. For example, in the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, there were two people, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. If Liu Bang became the emperor, then Xiang Yu would lose everything, and even "his reputation would be ruined" - he would become a bandit.

This idea is deeply ingrained in the minds of Chinese people. More importantly, history has shown this point countless times. The winner can go to great lengths to slander the loser. The most typical example is the Qing Dynasty’s all-round smear campaign against the Ming Dynasty. Of course, many similar incidents have occurred in the past 100 years. thing!

Fourth, the more chaotic the times, the more prosperous the ideas!

You may wish to think about the four most active periods of ancient Chinese thought: (1) the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, (2) the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, (3) the late Song Dynasty, and (4) the late Ming Dynasty. During these four eras, society was very chaotic, but thinkers emerged in large numbers.

However, you can see that the more unified China becomes and the more political it becomes stable, the more its thoughts stagnate. The most typical example is the Qing Dynasty. Under the literary prison, the entire country could no longer think. Therefore, the turmoil of the current situation may incubate or give birth to immortal ideas!

Fifth, the cycle of controlling chaos is like a curse!

In ancient society, every dynasty had a curse, namely: the cycle of chaos. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they all managed well, but in the middle and later periods they declined rapidly, as was the case with the Tang Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, etc. In the later stages, it was almost in ruins. For example, the Qing Dynasty was conquered by more than 4,000 British troops.

About this, it seems like reincarnation. Therefore, Hegel commented: China has no history, no spiritual progress, only a cycle of disasters.

The so-called cyclical disaster refers to the "circulation of chaos", which always repeats over and over again!