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Traditional Culture: "Wei Sorcerers" and the CCP's Golden Shield
(Clearwisdom.net) The book Guo Yu records that Emperor Li of the
Western Zhou Dynasty (878-841 B.C.) was a tyrant who ruled over his people
cruelly and greedily. A noble courtier named Zhao warned the Emperor, "The
people cannot tolerate your rule anymore. They will rebel." Emperor Li
neither heeded the advice nor feared an uprising. Instead he became infuriated.
Emperor Li hired several sorcerers from the Wei nation at a high price to quench
the public uproar. These sorcerers used dark magic to closely monitor Li's
people and reported all those who held grievances against the Emperor. Emperor Li appointed a wicked courtier to oversee the disposal of dissidents,
all of whom were beheaded immediately following their arrests. Most people under
the tyranny of Emperor Li feared even speaking in public. Passersby on the
streets would only nod at one another or exchange glances to communicate their
discontentment. The Emperor gloated over the effective oppression, "I made all criticism
against me disappear. Now no one dares to speak against my rule." Zhao
replied sorrowfully, "You have used the wrong method to quench public
opinion. The consequence of damming the people's voices may turn out worse than
that of damming the Yellow River. Once the dam cracks, the surge would burst
with high power and bring disaster to the country. You may not even have a
burial place. Successful water-control requires a thorough survey of the river
and appropriate measures to direct the flow and to remove silt. A successful
Emperor should get the people's input and respond to public needs. People have
to voice their concerns, just as streams have to flow. Sovereigns should heed to
constructive inputs from the subjects." Emperor Li refused to listen and continued to oppress dissent. No one dared
to talk about the Emperor. Finally, people of the Western Zhou Dynasty rebelled
against the Emperor and banished him from China. Li went into exile in a desert.
The Wei Sorcerers were beheaded, of course. These sorcerers were instrumental to
Emperor Li's oppression of dissidents, but nonetheless, their fate is closely
linked to that of the brutal Emperor. A traditional Chinese adage says, "When one goes on the stage, one
should plan for getting down from the stage." Today, the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) wants to control people's minds and to extend its villainous reign.
To accomplish these goals, the CCP has invested huge amounts of money and
resources in building the Golden Shield, which is the largest Internet police
force in the world. The Golden Shield and its foreign contributors, including
Cisco, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google, are the modern-day Wei Sorcerers. History
repeats itself, and accomplices of the CCP, who receive their share of benefit
now, will also get their share of punishment in the future. The China that
emerges after the CCP will certainly remember and prosecute these corporations
for their partnerships in crime.
Posting date: 7/6/2006 |