Leaving the State or Dying for the State:Identifying and Correcting the Confucian Thought of"the King Dies for the State"
In The Book of Rites,there is a saying that"the king dies for the state,the doctor dies for the people,and the scholar dies for the order".From a ritual point of view,doctors and scholars can leave the state after three remonstrances,so they do not have to die for the country.Because of the notion that"the state and the king are one",the king is obliged to die for the state,which is also consistent with the saying in Gong Yang that"when the state is destroyed,the king must die".However,"the king dies for the state"is not an inflexible ritual rule and can be changed.If the king's virtue is like King Tai,he may also leave the country.In addition,"the territory of the Son of Heaven has no limits",so"the king dies for the state"does not apply to the Son of Heaven.
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