What are the Taoist views in the play Ming Dynasty 1566 ?

Looking at history from a modern perspective means basing ourselves on reality and keeping a distance from history, so as to see the limitations of historical figures. Only by taking such a view of history can we be more calm, can we understand why Jiajing takes the national wealth for granted as the private property of the Zhu family, and can we understand the tragic <> of Hai Jui's sacrifice within the ruling group

In feudal society, especially in the Ming Dynasty, the distribution of social interests was seriously problematic due to the lack of distinction between the imperial court and the family and the country. In terms of numbers, the emperor, **, and commoners formed a pyramid; However, from the perspective of benefit distribution, the benefits obtained by various strata have become an inverted pyramid. The ruling class is at its own level, exploiting at every level, and it is the people who suffer the most.

Even Shen Yishi can thoroughly understand the disadvantages of current politics: "If you spend extravagantly, you will plunder the people; The people's uprising is in business", Hai Rui is not invisible. However, exploitation is a social phenomenon for generations, and Hai Jui's desire to "stop the whole social apparatus from turning" with the power of an individual can be imagined.

He sees the crux of the problem, but he doesn't see the solution. In a society governed by man in which all kinds of policies must be implemented with determination from above, he wanted to change everything by relying on the "law of the ancestors" and "the way of the ancestors." He unconsciously challenged the feudal system, but he wanted to start with the fundamental imperial power of the feudal system to save the people from fire and water.

Imperial power is the root of the evils of the feudal system, and it is also the root of the interests of the feudal system. "Improper founding of the country" makes "seeking the country" contradict "doing the right thing", and "loyalty to the monarch" and "loving the people" contradict it. "If you want to save the people, you have to resist", but even if you resist, you can't save the people.

Therefore, it was in vain for hundreds of officials to give advice to the cabinet, and it was also in vain for Hai Rui to give death to the emperor. Hai Jui himself is a product of this system, so the inevitable result of his struggle is that "the strength of individual morality cannot remedy the shortcomings of organization and technology." It is unknown whether what he did was for fame, and the final effect was indeed just to make a name for himself.

The battle of officialdom is not only for profit, but also for power. "It is always difficult to fill the desire of the bird", this desire includes both the desire for money and the desire for power. Therefore, the evils of officialdom lie not only in the greed for ink, but also in the endless factional struggles.

It is easy to get rid of greed, but it is difficult to get rid of private parties. Everyone who struggles in the political maelstrom has his own self-interest, so it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treason. This Tai Chi is the Tai Chi of Chaos, which represents the complex and ambiguous political relationship of Qiwu.

A completely selfless person like Hai Jui is an extreme and a very small minority, so he is not quiet or can know the advance and retreat with the changes in the situation, and <>

Only with a "simple dualism of good and evil" to recognize right and wrong. People like the Yan father and son who are greedy and cover the sky with one hand are also extreme. What they are doing has come into conflict with the interests of the civilian community as a whole.

Whether out of yin or yang, the civilian clique cannot allow them to do whatever they want.