"Rizhilu" Volume 13 "Politics" said:
Where there is national subjugation, there is national subjugation. Debate between national subjugation and national subjugation? Yue: Changing the surname and number is called national subjugation. Benevolence is an obstacle. As for attracting animals to eat people, people will kill each other, which is called the death of the world. ..... know how to protect the world, and then know how to protect the country. Defending the country, its monarch and its ministers, meat eaters seek it; In order to protect the world, the meanness and responsibility of ordinary people are not enough. "
In fact, Gu Yanwu is saying that the demise of Li Zicheng in the Ming Dynasty and the change of the country name are national subjugation, which is only related to the interests of meat eaters; However, it was the downfall of the world that the Manchu entered the palace, shaved their heads and reformed their systems, and led animals to eat people. Even the humble ordinary people had to rise up and resist. Lin Ting said that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", which was originally intended to call on the whole people to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the dominant position of the Han nationality.