Is the living the greatest or the dead the greatest?

I think there is no conflict between the statement that the living is the greatest and the statement that the dead is the greatest. It depends on the specific situation.

I agree that the living is the greatest. Just as our city is developing, we need the dead to make some concessions. As the saying goes, "Play in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and die in Quanzhou, Fujian", which means that Quanzhou's funeral is very developed. During the period of burial, it is very complicated from the Taoist priests and monks who handle affairs to the "filial piety of men and women" who are invited to mourn, or the shroud worn by the deceased, according to social status, children's situation, and even the various times chosen by fortune tellers. I used to think it was a respect for the dead. However, due to the scarcity of land and the development of social humanities, the bad habits of funeral and interment have improved a lot, and the most typical one is to change burial into cremation. When it was first put into practice, later generations thought it would destroy geomantic omen and prevent ancestors from being born again. However, through science education, we gradually accepted the concepts of "science", "hygiene" and "not wasting resources for future generations". Therefore, in this case, in the future development, when there is a conflict between human resources and the dead, I think we should uphold the principle of surviving first. Only in this way will we not be imprisoned by bad habits and our society will be more sustainable.

However, it is not absolute authority to say that the living are great. Sometimes we still have to respect the dead and make sure that the dead are the oldest. In that area of Jiangxi, there is a custom of getting married and becoming a shadow. There are two kinds of so-called yin marriage. The big yin marriage is the wedding of the living and the dead, and the small yin marriage is the wedding of the dead and the dead. Many criminals illegally steal bones for profit, and even kill women who are alone, and sell corpses for a living. These people are the most hateful, maybe they have to support their families, maybe they are also the pillars and heroes of their loved ones. But all this should not be based on humiliating bones or even committing crimes. On the other hand, this industry was born because of the families of the deceased. Many families of the deceased are afraid of loneliness of their loved ones or bad feng shui. For various reasons, they want to marry the deceased, saying it is good for the deceased. In fact, it is completely selfish. Because I am afraid that I will miss you, I must disturb the buried dead. Even turn a blind eye to the bones of some illegal channels and still buy them. The will and mood of the living are important, but the dead are big and really shouldn't do whatever they want.

There is another situation that is insulting. Some people insult other people's dead relatives or speak ill of the deceased for various reasons, such as contradictions or conflicts of interest. In fact, I think no matter what the cause of death is, the deceased is gone, and people should let bygones be bygones. Living people can only miss or fear in their hearts. We really shouldn't talk nonsense.

? Human beings are constantly evolving and society is constantly developing. Many things are far from black-and-white judgments. Because truth is not immutable, any truth is limited by facts and history. Therefore, when we argue whether the living are bigger or the dead are bigger, we should not kill them with a stick, but we need to make different explanations according to different facts.