1. Why is history always strikingly similar? History never repeats itself, but it is often strikingly similar. Different times, different spaces, but because people are rational, they will make common decisions in the face of common choices, and because people's instincts are selfish, greedy and self-interested, which leads to the behavior of the ruling class. I have to admit that the feudal history in the past belonged to the upper class, so everything was not only conservative, but also innovative. So history has become like this. It is worth noting that documentary records are often the business of literati, and their views on right and wrong, especially those of China in ancient times, are influenced by Confucian ethics, so you can see that all the founding emperors are the same, and all the perishing kings are the same. There are different opinions about the origin of this sentence, and no one is the first to say it, because no one can jump out of history.

2. What do you mean by "history is always surprisingly simple and similar"? This is the development trend of things in philosophy.

It can be understood that the laws, directions and principles of history in the process of development are the same.

Because the development of human society has its own set of laws.

but

Specific to a certain historical period or dynasty, its specific performance is the same.

For example, history has ups and downs.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, it was very serious and prosperous, and then it degenerated until it perished.

The direction trajectory is similar, but the specific manifestations are different.

For example, Shang Zhou died because he was bewitched by da ji.

However, the Han Dynasty perished because of consorts and eunuchs.

There are ups and downs, but the performance is different.

This is a comparison of historical periods in vertical time.

Then the horizontal space is also compared.

For example, the comparison between the Roman Empire and the Qin Empire in China.

Things are developing along a spiral track.

Instead of drawing a neat circle

There is no repetition because he spirals up.

That's it in a nutshell.

I hope you are satisfied.

3. What are some examples of "history is always strikingly similar"? Hitler and Napoleon?

A Frenchman, a German, a man who wanted to turn France into a European empire after the Great Revolution, and a man who wanted to dominate Europe and even the world after World War I all failed in the anti-French alliance and the Allies. They all had the experience of invading Moscow, all were in trouble in Spain, and all had successes and failures on the Polish issue. These two European powers and two European strongmen.

Discovery 1804 Napoleon came to power, 129 Hitler came to power; 1809 Napoleon occupied Vienna, 129 years later Hitler conquered Vienna, 18 12 years later Napoleon captured Moscow, 129 years later Hitler captured the gates of Moscow. Napoleon was defeated at 18 16, and Hitler was defeated at 1945, with an interval of 129. They were 44 when they came to power, 52 when they attacked Russia and 56 when they were defeated.

4. History is always strikingly similar. Which western philosopher said it first? I don't know who said it first in modern Chinese. This sentence is only a modern explanation of what predecessors said. And it is necessary to talk about it. The ancients have said something similar. The fundamental reason is the problem of historical laws.

In Zuo Zhuan's Eleven Years of Zhuanggong, it is said that "Yu, Tang sinned, Chang became rich, Jie and Zhou sinned, and their death was sudden", which is understood as Dayu and Shang Tang; The rise and fall of Xia Jie and Shang and Zhou Dynasties is a historical trend. Although dynasties are different, the reasons for their rise and fall are similar, that is, they conform to historical laws. The understanding of this historical law varies with different historical views.

Later, Du Mu said in "A Fang Gong Fu": "Qin people have to mourn for themselves, and later people mourn for it; Later generations mourn without learning lessons, and let future generations mourn for future generations. " It is understood that the Qin Dynasty failed because it did not absorb the reasons for the rise and fall of the Six Kingdoms, and later generations failed because they did not absorb the reasons for the rise and fall of the Qin Dynasty, so later generations mourned their predecessors.

In order to better understand this sentence of Du Mu, he summed up a sentence: future generations have sorrow for future generations.

Du Mu

"History is always strikingly similar" and "Future generations mourn for future generations" are essentially the same meaning. The former is a question of historical laws, and the latter is always the same because it does not absorb historical laws. Therefore, some people have summed it up: a spiral summary of China's history.

So, what is the historical law? Luo Guanzhong's sentence "It is said that the general trend of the world, divided for a long time, divided for a long time.". In fact, this sentence is like truth. Everyone knows it is a fact, but it has no reference value. The historical laws mentioned now can be mainly divided into:

The law of power, such as the law of cooking after the rabbit dies, the law of encirclement, the law of cronies and so on.

The law of human nature, as Mencius said, "the kindness of a gentleman will be cut in the fifth." The popular language is "not rich for three generations", and literature is simply Mr. Bai Yang's "bottleneck law".

The law of tax reform, namely "Huang Zongxi's Law", was put forward by Mr. Qin Gui to the effect that every time the tax reform, the burden on farmers will be heavy once, and so on until the people are overwhelmed. Someone made an analogy: turmoil-founding the country-medium-term enjoyment-late troubled times.

huang zongxi

None of the above are purely historical laws. I think the law of history is the law of human nature first: history consists of: (the period of struggle between good and evil-the period of struggle between good and evil) ...) infancy-(the period of struggle between evil and right-the period of struggle between evil and right ...) growth-(the period of struggle between evil and right-the period of struggle between evil and right-) rest-(the period of struggle between good and evil.

Evil mainly refers to bad style of work. From a bureaucratic point of view, it means that those in power only pay attention to power struggle and personal enjoyment (including spiritual enjoyment and material enjoyment).

Righteousness mainly refers to integrity. From the perspective of bureaucracy, it means that those in power will pay attention to people's livelihood and how to maintain political power.

Steady, it includes two kinds. If evil is in the Lord, the country will not last long; If righteousness prevails, the country will continue.

The struggle between good and evil is coherent. As long as one of the links does not continue to circulate, the result will be the destruction of the country. Besides. The more times he went through the circulation process, the longer it took him to build the country.

5. What does "history is always surprisingly simple and similar" mean? This is the development trend of things in philosophy.

It can be understood that the laws, directions and principles of history in the process of development are the same.

Because the development of human society has its own set of laws.

but

Specific to a certain historical period or dynasty, its specific performance is the same.

For example, history has ups and downs.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, it was very serious and prosperous, and then it degenerated until it perished.

The direction trajectory is similar, but the specific manifestations are different.

For example, Shang Zhou died because he was bewitched by da ji.

However, the Han Dynasty perished because of consorts and eunuchs.

There are ups and downs, but the performance is different.

This is a comparison of historical periods in vertical time.

Then the horizontal space is also compared.

For example, the comparison between the Roman Empire and the Qin Empire in China.

Things are developing along a spiral track.

Instead of drawing a neat circle

There is no repetition because he spirals up.

That's it in a nutshell.

I hope you are satisfied.