These Taoist priests are so clumsy, why do emperors and princes always fall for it?

Taoist deception is not clumsy, and emperors and princes are not stupid. Taoist priests, like monks, have good and bad, real skills and fake tricks. Emperors were superstitious about Taoist longevity and believed in the theory of Elysium of western monks. Both of them once regarded these as national religions. Today's science proves that we should respect science and look at things rationally.

However, there are many levels of deception in ancient and modern China and abroad, including clever deception and poor deception, and a large number of people still fall for it. In the final analysis, it is two words "greed". It is greed that gives the liar an opportunity. No one is perfect and wants more. The greater the greed, the easier it is for them to be fooled by swindlers.

It is a common phenomenon that emperors and generals are easily fooled, and so are ordinary people. It's just that ordinary people don't get much attention. Even if they are cheated, few people stand up and do justice for them. They can only rely on luck or exposure together. The prince, on the other hand, has more power and wealth, greater greed, easier to be deceived and easier to be noticed. So people think that emperors and princes are always gullible.

The most famous is Qin Shihuang, who has made many achievements in his life, but he was cheated by Xu Fu. He believed the story of his elixir and gave him a lot of money and power. As a result, he escaped with 500 virgins. Qin Shihuang, a clever man and a stalwart talent, won the whole world, but he still had greed in his heart. He wanted to keep his position forever, so greed blinded his eyes and heart, and he was cheated.

Today's common sense tells us that all human beings are facing death, but we are always unwilling to face the cruel reality and want to live forever. The ancients wanted to live forever by becoming immortals, gods and buddhas. In modern times, we also want to live forever through medicine, science and technology, biology and other means. Some people are cheated by swindlers dressed as "scientists".

It can be seen that it doesn't matter whether the deception is poor or clever. As long as there is greed in our hearts, it is easy to be fooled and believe in liars. Therefore, we must restrain our greed in order to remain rational and stay away from being cheated.