Chapter 43 [Case Analysis] <Is it reliable>

Mr. Lu Xun talked about such a thing in an essay: A: B, we regard you as a reliable person, so we did not hide several things about the revolution from you.How did you go so far as to inform the enemy? B: That's unreasonable!What a whistleblower!I said it because they asked me. A: Can't you just say that you don't know? B: What words!I have never told a lie in my life.I'm not such an unreliable person! ("The End of Qiejieting Essays": Banxia Xiaoji (5), page 107) In a specific context, the meaning of a concept is certain. The reliability mentioned by A means that a person has a firm stand and will never reveal the secrets of the revolutionary ranks to the enemy. B purposely substitutes it for a person who never tells a lie (including telling the truth to an enemy) in order to justify his betrayal.This is a wanton violation of the law of identity's requirement of certainty for concepts applied in the same discourse.

It is a common tactic of sophists to disguise evil deeds by subverting concepts.A few years ago, when someone in Japan was compiling history textbooks for primary and secondary schools in Japan, they actually described the Japanese army’s occupation of Chinese territory in 1937 as an entry, and the Japanese army’s overall invasion of China as an invasion of China. In order to overthrow the conclusive historical case, we will replace occupation and aggression with entry and attack.This despicable act naturally aroused widespread opposition from our people and international public opinion, and our government also lodged a strong protest against the Japanese government.From a logical point of view, what the small group of people in Japan did is a flagrant violation of the law of identity.