How to treat animals?

How do Qin Mugong and Chu Zhuangwang treat animals and people?

In recent years, "dog lover" has become a derogatory term. Many people refer to "dog lovers" with contempt and ridicule. They don't understand why some people compare dogs to people, and treat dogs better than their compatriots, because this is actually incompatible with our traditional culture.

In China tradition, dog is not so high in the hearts of "dog lovers", but a very ugly word. Dogs are just one of the six animals. What are six kinds of animals? "Zhou Li Heavenly Officials Love the People": "The hand of loving the people * * * six animals and six birds, distinguish their names." "Twenty-five Years of Zuo Zhao Zhuan Gong": "Six animals, five sacrifices, three sacrifices and five flavors. Du Yu pointed out, "Six kinds of animals: horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and tapirs." . There is also a saying in The Sacred Amethyst edited by Wang Yinglin in the Southern Song Dynasty: "Horses, cows, sheep, chickens and dogs. These six kinds of animals are fed by people. "Hundreds of Family Names and Thousand-character Works are both necessary literacy textbooks for children and Mongolians in the old society, so the word" six animals "is well known to women and children.

In other words, dogs, horses, cows, sheep, chickens and pigs are collectively called "six animals", ranking fifth among the six animals. In the Zodiac, dogs only rank 1 1, and their status is very low.

Six livestock: horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs.

In people's minds, dog is also a very unpleasant word. This can be seen from some idioms: collusion between government and business, pigs and dogs are not as good as dogs, dogs take mice, mind their own business, dogs fight against the people's potential, dogs lose their property, dogs chase mink, dogs fly, cats and dogs, crows and thieves, dogs bite Lv Dongbin, dog skin plasters, dog heads and strategists, dogs climb over the wall, sheep selling dog meat cruelly, dogs putting on airs, chickens and dogs are friends' dogs. Dogs look at people, thieves and rats bark, and painting tigers is not an anti-dog. When you hit Reservoir Dogs, dogs call horses, pigs are not as good as dogs, soil dragon pigs, pigs point at dogs, mud pigs and dogs follow dogs, dogs don't eat, dogs bark at the wrong side, mink dogs belong to the same family, dogs bark at the wrong side, and dogs and pigs don't. Burying dogs and stealing, wolves howling, dogs hitting their asses?

When people curse, they also like to use words such as "dog thing", "dog slave" and "dog bastard".

It can be seen that in our traditional culture, dogs are really not good goods, and people give them everything they hate.

Be a bully under the protection of powerful people

Eating dog meat has always been a tradition in many parts of our country. "Every time I fight for justice, I kill more dogs." Many courageous people, from time to time, hit a few vicious dogs, which can be regarded as killing the people. Jigong, a living Buddha in China folklore, likes dog meat best.

In history, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu, loved dog meat best. Liu bang's family is poor but good at food, and he especially likes to eat dog meat. In addition to cooking at home, I often go to the street and eat at the home selling dog meat. There are several dog meat vendors in his hometown of Pei Yi, and he ate them all. He especially likes eating at Fan Kuai's house. If you can't afford dog meat, you are on credit. Fan Kuai asks him for dog meat almost every day. If you owe money for a long time, you will become a free meal. In order to avoid this rogue eater, Fan Kuai once moved the dog meat shop from one side of the berm river to the other. In less than two days, Liu Bang crossed the river for dinner. Liu Bang owed Fan Kuai a large sum of money for dog meat because he often owed money. The dog meat shop in Fan Kuai is booming because the director takes the lead in eating. Later, they became good friends.

When he was in Song Huizong, a minister flattered him and said, "Your Majesty is a dog, but in Kyoto, people actually kill dogs for a living. This is disrespectful to your majesty and should be banned. " . Song Huizong actually agreed to ban killing and eating dogs. In order to ensure that this ban is implemented, he also specially allocated 20,000 yuan to encourage violators to report. It is easy to issue a ban, and it is difficult for ordinary people to change their habit of eating dog meat for a while. In the past, dog meat butchers switched to killing sheep and still killed dogs and sold dog meat in private, resulting in the landscape of "hanging sheep's heads and selling dog meat". Soon, the Northern Song Dynasty perished, and dog meat became popular among the people.

Like Evonne in Song Huizong, he once forbade people to eat dog meat, hence the idiom "selling dog meat by hanging sheep's head".

Zheng Banqiao sells paintings in Yangzhou. As long as someone gives him a bowl of dog meat, he will return a small painting. However, it depends on his face if dignitaries and wealthy businessmen want to buy his paintings for 1000 yuan. If they are unhappy, they won't care. A big salt merchant refused to ask Zheng Banqiao for paintings. Later, when he learned that he was addicted to dog meat, he set a trap and cheated Zheng Banqiao out of his paintings. Later, he was caught by Zheng Banqiao. In a rage, suing the government caused a sensation in Yangzhou and became a joke after dinner.

Li Hongzhang also likes to eat dog meat. 1897, when Li Hongzhang visited Britain, General Gordon, who had fought alongside him, gave him his dog to commemorate the old friendship. A few days later, Li replied with a thank-you letter, saying: Thank you for your dog. It's delicious. I ate a lot. This statement was published in British newspapers, causing a sensation and an uproar. There was a time when it was a joke and an anecdote. In fact, this is also the difference between eastern and western food cultures. Westerners regard dogs as loyal friends of human beings and don't eat dog meat. However, from Li Hongzhang's standpoint, eating dog meat has existed since ancient times, and it is only natural.

Since eating dog meat is nothing at all in China, and there are no folk activists who can't say for sure about raising dogs, why do we need a large number of people to tell us how to treat this traditional custom in modern times?

This has to start with the cultural differences between the East and the West.

Due to the long-term backward fishing and hunting culture, hunting has become the most important source of life, and dogs are one of the most suitable hunting companions among all animals. This is completely different from China's farming culture, and China's farming culture regards cattle as a vital animal. In ancient China, killing cattle was forbidden. It was stipulated in the Song Dynasty that killing cattle was a crime, while Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, did not eat beef.

Since modern times, the west has successfully led the advanced civilization of mankind. Today's world is almost completely westernized. Everything, whether it is the education system, the political system, the medical system, government agencies, etc. , is almost completely copied from the west. In some so-called "civilization" concepts, many people in China have also "westernized".

Among them, overseas Chinese bear the brunt. These China people are far from their motherland. Although they have yellow skin and black eyes like their compatriots, the cultures they come into contact with are all western, so they naturally accept dogs as friends.

After they came to the mainland of the motherland, it was hard for them to accept that their compatriots wanted to catch, kill and eat dogs. So I stood up and called on everyone not to eat dogs, saying that we should be kind to dogs.

This is of course understandable. After all, they just appealed, not forced. However, some compatriots in China took over and even went to extremes.

The most fundamental reason for this is the lack of confidence in one's own cultural tradition. Yes, modern China really lags behind. Many scholars who think they are far-sighted, such as Tan Sitong, Lu Xun, Qian, Chen Duxiu and Cai Yuanpei, all advocate abolishing Chinese characters and adopting Latin characters. Lu Xun even said: "Chinese characters don't die, China dies!" "Chinese characters are the sharp weapon of the policy of ignorance of the people", "Chinese characters will eventually be abolished. If they exist, the text will be abolished. If they exist, people will die. In this era, there is no way to be lucky. " "Chinese characters are also a tuberculosis of the working people in China, and the germs are hidden in it. If you don't get rid of it first, you can only die. " Waiting for such extreme remarks.

Portrait of Lu Xun. He once proposed the abolition of Chinese characters, showing extreme contempt for China culture.

In fact, the root of China's backwardness is not Chinese characters at all, nor is it all cultural inheritance. There are indeed many bad things in China culture, but obviously Chinese characters are not among them. And these self-righteous literati are not confident in their own culture at all and prescribe drugs indiscriminately. Fortunately, the later government didn't listen to them, otherwise we would be rootless duckweeds now, drifting with the tide.

Under this influence, many western cultures have been introduced, such as weddings. Originally, the wedding in our country is very humanized, with red as the main tone. Both husband and wife worship heaven and earth, worship the high hall and worship each other under the witness of relatives and friends. Red is also a festive color. Marriage is a great event in life and a happy event. It is natural to use such a color.

However, in the west, wedding dresses are white. The white wedding dress represents inner purity and innocence, and later becomes a symbol of virginity. At this point, the white wedding dress as a wedding dress has been basically passed down and gradually accepted by all countries in the world. Of course, the symbolic meaning of white is very good, but in our country it is the color of mourning. In our country, the main color of funeral is white. White wedding dresses are based on Christian civilization, but now, most people in our country wear white wedding dresses blindly before converting to Christianity, which is really a big record in the world!

But these people blindly believe that everything in the west is good, while the traditional culture in China is bad, so it must be eliminated quickly. Wedding dresses are like this, and so are dogs. They blindly believe that the attitude towards dogs is a sign of civilization! As we all know, China lags behind the West for only a few hundred years, while China has been ahead of the world for thousands of years. If China's culture is useless, then we China people should have been extinct long ago, and it will not be passed down for thousands of years! The root cause of China's backwardness is the blind policy of exclusion, imprisonment and ignorance of the Qing court and the plunder of people's wealth, which reduced China from a state of etiquette to a barbaric nation, not because of China's traditional culture. The culture of any nation will have defects in one way or another. It is an act of worshipping foreign things blindly and completely denying one's own culture, which will only make people feel ridiculous and generous.

Many people just can't see this. It is ridiculous to judge the progress and backwardness of a nation blindly by western standards and by loving dogs or not.

To say the least, even if you think that loving dogs is a sign of civilization, you should show your civilization. However, in real life, these dog lovers did not show their superior reason, civilization and rationality. They are all paranoid. They regard the law as nothing, besiege and even beat others. Without any evidence, he said that his dog was stolen, and even stopped a car on the highway, treating human life like dirt. Some people even pretend to be policemen and exercise law enforcement power that they don't have. This is to regard the law as nothing and despise the law! There are also dog lovers who value dogs over people. They ignore their relatives and families for loving dogs, their partners when they leave, their children when they divorce, and even sell houses and cars for loving dogs? Does a person who doesn't even love his relatives have the right to love dogs? The author is skeptical about this.

Dog lovers who stop cars are naked hooligans.

In any case, putting dogs above people and putting dogs' lives above people's lives is something I never agree with. In the history of our country, there are also some stories about the choice between people and things, the most famous of which are two of the "five tyrants" in the Spring and Autumn Period, one is Qin Mugong and the other is Chu Zhuangwang.

Once, Qin Mugong went out and lost his beloved steed. He went to find his horse by himself and saw someone kill his horse and get together to eat horse meat. Qin Mugong said to them, "This is my horse." These people all stood up in horror. Qin Mugong said: "I heard that people who eat good horse meat and don't drink will die." Instead of blaming them, he gave them drinks. All the people who killed the horse left in shame. Three years later, Jin Gonghui launched the Hanyuan War, attacked Qin Mugong and besieged Qin Mugong. People who used to kill horses and eat meat said to each other, "We can repay Mu Gong for eating horse meat and drinking good wine with death." So, regardless of everything, they marched forward bravely, defeated the Jin army and lifted the siege of Qin Mugong. Mu Gong escaped from danger, defeated the State of Jin and captured Jin Gonghui.

Statue of Qin Mugong. He won the hearts of the people with his brightness and nobility.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, another bully, Chu Zhuangwang, raised many horses. One of his favorite horses wears colorful brocade, keeps it in a magnificent house, sleeps in a bed with curtains and silk quilts, and feeds it with cut dried dates. It's a pity that this horse is getting fatter and fatter, and it won't be long before it is blessed and its leg is broken.

This time, Chu Zhuangwang was heartbroken and ordered the minister to say, "Go and find the best coffin in the world, put it outside and bury it with the doctor's etiquette." Some ministers thought it was outrageous and suggested that the king of Chu should not treat animals like this. King Zhuang's face sank and he said, "Whoever dares to persuade me not to bury the horse, I will kill him!" " Ministers shrank their heads one by one and stopped talking.

At this time, the court actor You Meng burst into tears. Chu Zhuangwang asked strangely, "Why are you crying?" "I cried!" You Meng cried and said, "This horse is the king's favorite. What can't be done in an open Chu state like ours? It is still too unkind to bury it only with the doctor's etiquette. I think it should be buried with royal etiquette. "

King Zhuang asked, "How to bury it with the gift of a king?" Youmeng replied, "I asked for a jade coffin, and there was a big coffin made of purple wood outside." Send soldiers to dig a big pit, ask the people to carry the soil and provide its sacrifices with the best things. We also invite envoys from all countries to mourn. Hearing this, all the ministers knew that the king despised people and valued horses! "

Chu Zhuangwang didn't understand it until he heard it. You Meng didn't cry for the horse, but used clever language to convince herself not to value the horse too much. Feeling that he was wrong, he sighed and said, "Is my fault so serious? What do you think of this horse? " You Meng said, "Please bury this horse as six beasts-dig a earthen stove on the ground as a coffin coat, use a copper cauldron as a coffin, offer ginger, jujube and japonica rice as sacrifices, cook it with fire, and finally bury it in people's bellies. This is the best disposal method. "

Therefore, Chu Zhuangwang asked the chef to cook horse meat and give it to everyone. From then on, he no longer attached importance to animals and despised people. Moreover, he also purified people's hearts, and his subjects loved him more.

Chu Zhuangwang was one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Qin Mugong and Chu Zhuangwang are both people who like horses, otherwise, neither of them will go to find horses in person, and even one of them will be buried heavily. But they all have a bottom line: it can't be expensive and cheap!

Only man is the master of the world, and everything in the world is for people, so is the dog. As for some people who say that dogs understand human nature, this is actually a false proposition. Not only dogs know human nature, but horses, cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese all know human nature. Even if the dog is really the most human, it can't be regarded as a standard that values dogs over people! In fact, dogs are the most aggressive and harmful animals among these animals! Millions of people are bitten by dogs every year, and thousands of people are killed by dogs. This shows that China people are afraid of dogs, despise dogs, and even beat, kill and eat dogs for some reason.

It may be hard for some dog lovers to accept, and they will argue that my original intention is good, but why do some people scold me? I advise you not to talk about your original intention. There are few parents in the world who don't want their children to get better, but many parents can drive their children to a nervous breakdown, interfere with their children's freedom of marriage and force them to kill people. Is it true that these parents have ulterior motives? The wrong method will only backfire. The original intention is never the reason why you restrict the freedom of others or even commit crimes!

In fact, the efforts of dog lovers will only make people more disgusted, thus making people form rebellious psychology. They won't love dogs, but they will go to the opposite side. Have you noticed that it is precisely because of the interference of dog lovers that the originally unknown "Yulin Dog Meat Festival" has become a beautiful scenery. Diners from all over the country come here, but more dogs are slaughtered. Don't you see that those dog lovers adopt hundreds of dogs, and all of them are helpless in the end? These dogs have become stray dogs again, endangering public safety? Didn't you see that the internet is full of ridicule and abuse for dog lovers? Don't blame everyone for not understanding you. Poor people must have something hateful. It is precisely because of your extreme selfishness and indifference to your compatriots and relatives that blindly loving dogs makes the dog's situation even more embarrassing!

In fact, dogs are not friends of human beings at all.

A normal society must be a pluralistic society. You can love your dog, others have the right to eat his dog, as long as it is not illegal, no one has the right to interfere. Dog lovers can help dogs, but they must not interfere with the freedom of others and affect their own lives. Otherwise, "if the skin doesn't exist, the hair will be attached"? Instead of treating dog love as a joke, you put your whole life into it, which is not worth the loss.