The robber boldly admitted that he was a killer. It was the beauty and fierce personality of the woman that attracted him. The woman who was ashamed after being raped begged him to fight with the samurai. He fought the samurai for dozens of rounds very bravely. Samurai killed.
The samurai's wife, who looked like a weak woman, cried and cried in the courtroom, and said that after she was raped by a robber, her husband looked at her as indifferently as he wanted to kill her. Passed out and woke up to find her husband had been killed.
The ghost of the samurai used the witch's body to tell why he died. After his wife was raped by the robber, he was bewitched by the robber's sweet words. He wanted to follow the robber to leave. Before leaving, he instructed the robber to kill. , and said that he could kill the woman if the samurai wanted, and the samurai felt that the robber could be forgiven. At this time, the woman got up from the ground and ran to the depths of the grass. The robber failed to catch up with the woman, and returned to the samurai. cut the rope. The samurai felt extremely sad in his heart, so he picked up a short knife and stabbed himself in the chest, falling to the ground and dying.
The woodcutter who reported the case witnessed the entire court trial. He couldn't understand the fact that the three had their own opinions, and felt that their kind heart was deeply challenged. In fact, the woodcutter is also lying, in fact he witnessed the whole process of killing, the robber is not as brave as he says, the woman is not so bad, the warrior is not so noble. The reason why the woodcutter lied was that he was greedy for money and took a dagger that was worth a lot of money at the scene to avoid getting himself involved in the whole case.
Why are even the dead lying? Because lying is the norm in our human existence. If we don't lie, how can we meet society's expectations for individuals such as bravery, kindness, justice, chastity, and nobility? In order to hide the opposite side of social values, lies have become the best tool to use. Therefore, the premise that determines the existence of lies is that society requires a set of values that everyone cannot do without.
For example, some parents treat their child as a blower, beat and scold them, but say nicely: "If you don't beat him, you can't beat him. I beat him because I love him." In this way, it will not be the target of public criticism. Think about it if the parents said To tell the truth: "I only beat the child to vent my anger." Then the crowd would definitely gang up and attack. For another example, a friend asks you to help him move on weekends, but you don't go because you are too tired, but you make an excuse: "I have to work overtime on weekends, so I can't leave." This way, your friend won't blame you. If you tell the truth, will your friends still treat you as a friend?
In the above two examples, the social values hidden behind the lies are that parents should love their children and show loyalty to their friends. Each of us is a hostage kidnapped by social morality, and lies are our best shield. Without it, we would have been killed by social morality long ago.
What is social morality? It can't see or touch, but it can kill without blood. It's just something that human beings invent that only exists in human minds. Is it true or false? Is it right or wrong? These fictions cannot be judged, and perhaps these social morals themselves are the biggest lies. The reason why human beings are different from animals is precisely because human beings have created a spiritual world with one more dimension than the material world.
I remember that there was a debate in "Qi Hua Shuo" called "If the world no longer has lies, do you support or oppose it". I want to say that if the world did not lie, then human society would cease to exist, and our family, society, country, nation, culture, and history would all cease to exist. Lies are human truths.
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