Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, never thought about death. On the contrary, he even talked about promoting Tao in the form of commercial transactions. Zigong, who was very successful in the shopping mall, asked Confucius, "Is there any beautiful jade in Sri Lanka? Is it hidden?" Seek good and sell good? Confucius simply replied, "This is for sale!" Sell it! I treat Jia Zhe also. "If this sentence is interpreted by later Confucian scholars as the sage's eagerness to popularize Taoist thought, which does not represent a judgment on the market, then Confucius also said:" It is also rich to seek. Although I am a whip, I will do it. If you can't ask for more happiness, just do what I mean. "This clearly shows Confucius' attitude towards wealth, which is beyond doubt. "But the ideological emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business generally went through a long period from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, especially the Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, which rarely accepted businessmen and operated only for food and clothing. Fortunately, in the Ming Dynasty, businessmen became more and more active, and lower-class scholars began to do business one after another. Wang Yangming even suggested that "four people go their own way" and treat businessmen equally with scholars, farmers and workers. Coupled with the prevalence of selling officials and titles, businessmen have become scholars in disguise and entered official positions with silver, so the accumulation of wealth is very eye-catching. But at this moment, businessmen still have not given up the cultivation of benevolence and morality and the pursuit of becoming sages. They undertook social undertakings such as compiling genealogy, building ancestral temples, establishing righteous villages, building academies, repairing temples and bridging rivers, and even donated money to help the army and cast city walls in an attempt to provoke the great cause of national defense.

Although the above is separated by a long passage, their spirit has spread far and is admirable so far. However, I still can't help asking, why didn't such a talented businessman finally become the backbone of the country? What is the answer to Weber's question that Yu Xiansheng tried to answer?

Confucianism can't provide enough support for the rise of capitalism in China, or a new social form can't be formed by moral strength alone. Confucianism was nationalist from the beginning. He overemphasized his loyalty to the country, and at the same time repeatedly organized and institutionalized family relations into social relations, making people's sense of identity a cultural instinct. If we can't fully understand such cultural and institutional genes, it is undoubtedly wishful thinking to pray for the revival of Confucianism in today's society! Although I prefer such an evaluation to be a crude fallacy.