Chapter 345 The dispute between Confucianism and Legalism
"Yes, teacher."
"Be good! Everyone, sit down!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
A group of students sat down, and their eyes, which were fierce and evil just now, turned into extremely resentful, just like the resentful woman in a deep boudoir.
These rising stars have actually seen what tricks Zhang Fei is playing, but they have no choice but to call him "teacher".
There is no way!
Because they really wanted to prove that Zhang Fei was not qualified to be their teacher.
And Zhang Fei took advantage of their psychology to preemptively strike.
Because according to Confucian knowledge, this etiquette is the most basic. If they don't even teach the most basic etiquette, no one will look down on them no matter how high their knowledge is.
This is what Yan Fu said just now.
Morality and character are the most important. People who are talented but have evil intentions are the most terrifying.
So the more they want to prove that Zhang Fei is not worthy of being a teacher, the first thing they have to prove is that they are a good student who respects his teacher and has excellent moral character and learning.
Otherwise, it’s just crooked melons and cracked dates.
This time Zhang Fei easily grasped it.
The atmosphere is very awkward!
Yan Fu, who was outside the door, praised openly and secretly: "The art of Er's pen is really powerful!"
This is Erbi's usual psychological warfare.
Sima Guang glanced at him and said nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was not easy to suppress this group of people, especially for a person with no reputation like Zhang Fei. He never thought that Zhang Fei would be able to do it easily when he came up.
Even if it’s the art of Erbi, it doesn’t matter!
Zhang Fei glanced around and saw their expressions of dissatisfaction and helplessness. He felt secretly happy. He came to the edge of the lecture table, leaned gently on the lecture table, and said in a relaxed and comfortable manner: "I was just joking.
, Don’t be surprised. In fact, I know that you are all the proud sons of heaven and the pillars of the country in the future. It is indeed wronging you to let me be your teacher. If I were you, I would do the same.
angry.
So, don’t think of me as a teacher, don’t think of this as a class, just think of it as an academic exchange, we happen to be about the same age, what do you think?”
Everyone's eyes lit up and they were overjoyed. This was what they had expected. If there was a teacher-student gift attached to it, they would really not be able to perform well. However, they were full of suspicion and made eye contact with the others.
It seems like they are asking each other, is there a trap here?
Zhang Fei, who had already had the upper hand, suddenly took a step back and gave up this advantage. It was really confusing.
Yan Fu, Sima Guang and Fu Bi were all a little surprised.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Isn't it good?"
Cai Jing suddenly held up his hands and said, "Students should obey the instructions of their teachers."
The others also gave up.
You said this yourself.
If anything happens later that is not very respectful of teachers, I will follow your instructions.
Zhang Fei gave Cai Jing an approving look, nodded and said, "Very good!"
"Give me first!"
"excuse me."
Everyone looked around and saw two men dressed as servants walking in carrying a wooden board.
It is Li Si and Long Wu.
What is this for?
Everyone inside and outside was curious.
"Put it here!"
Zhang Fei pointed to the edge of the podium.
The two put down the board and left.
Zhang Fei did not explain the purpose of this thing, and said loudly: "Anyway, I was ordered to come here to teach you the law, so today we will exchange your views on the law."
As he spoke, he took out a charcoal pen from behind the wooden board and wrote the word "法" on the wooden board.
Zhao Xu suddenly realized, "It turns out that this wooden board is used for writing!"
Ye Zuqia suddenly asked: "Teacher, what is this word?"
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, "Fa."
Ye Zuqia said: "It turns out to be Fa, but the students thought it was Qia."
"Was my writing that bad?"
Zhang Fei couldn't help but took a few steps back and took a look. This was obviously a method!
He really doesn't have much confidence in his handwriting.
Suddenly there was a burst of laughter.
Yan Fu and his group of scholar-bureaucrats shook their heads. This was not a class at all. The Imperial Academy classroom looked like a marketplace. What a shame.
Wang Anshi gloated: "I have asked this boy to practice calligraphy a long time ago, but he just doesn't listen. He really deserves to be laughed at."
"Hey, he's just an Erbi, so he can't ask for too much."
"Who can write better with an Er pen than him?"
"Xu Zhongtu, your son-in-law's handwriting is like this, why don't you teach him a lesson?"
".!"
Xu Zunzhen was shot while lying down.
Little did they know that this was Zhang Fei's superb performance, because it was not written with a brush, it was still neat, but he shouldn't have been in the Imperial College, and for this occasion, the writing was really ugly.
You must know that in the Northern Song Dynasty, poor writing of this word was even more disgusting than being disheveled.
Take Wang Anshi, for example. He writes well and has good calligraphy. Although he is a bit sloppy, no one says anything.
Zhang Fei coughed and said, "This board is a little uneven, please make do with it."
Suddenly, disdainful glances were directed at Zhang Fei.
It's because the wooden board is uneven, even if it were written on stone, it wouldn't be written like this.
Zhang Fei quickly changed the subject and asked: "When it comes to the Fa, what is the first thing that comes to everyone's mind?"
"Han Fei!"
"Li Kui!"
"Shang Yang!"
Hearing this series of names, Zhang Fei couldn't help but rolled his eyes and thought to himself, it turns out that they are all a group of infant-level players. But he said: "Han Feizi, Shang Yang, and Li Kui are all the founders of Legalism. It seems that
The first thing everyone thinks of is Legalism.”
As he spoke, he added the word "家" after "法" and asked casually: "What do you think of Legalism?"
Ye Zuqia immediately criticized: "Cruelty and unkindness, harsh management of tigers, are barbaric studies."
Many people outside the room nodded frequently.
Cai Bian frowned slightly and said: "Brother Ye's words are too arbitrary. All schools of thought have pros and cons. The Legalists also have some golden sayings such as 'Don't separate relatives from strangers, don't distinguish between high and low, just stick to the law', which are good ways to govern the country."
Ye Zuqia hummed and said: "As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat its seeds. If you don't keep close friends and strangers, it is no different than a beast. This is an act of annihilating human nature. As for saying that there is no distinction between high and low, haha, in my opinion, in the Legalist family,
No one can do it. Didn't Qin Xiaogong and Qin Shihuang kill innocent people indiscriminately? But how did Shang Yang and Han Feizi deal with it? It's just a trick to fool the people, how can they talk about good advice and good ways to govern the country."
Wang Anshi was unhappy after hearing this and was about to make a move. Just as he was about to step forward, Sima Guang grabbed him and whispered: "This is not a court, it is a classroom. You will not be allowed to be presumptuous."
Wang Anshi glared at him angrily, "I have never been arrogant in court."
Zhao Xu heard this clearly and smiled without saying a word.
As a Dharmalogist, someone must talk about Confucianism. The debate between Confucianism and Legalism has been going on for a long time, and it is also debated endlessly in the classroom.
Zhang Fei was like an outsider. He stood aside and didn't listen to what they were arguing. He just watched them argue with red faces. He thought to himself, being a teacher these days is really not too fun. Just raise a controversial issue and then... Waiting for get out of class to end.
"I wonder what the teacher thinks about this?"
Suddenly I heard someone ask.
"ah?"
Zhang Fei was slightly startled, looked around, saw a young man, and couldn't help asking: "What did you say?"
The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "I wonder what the teacher thinks of this dispute between Confucianism and Legalism?"
As soon as these words came out, the class suddenly became quiet.
What just happened?
Why are we killing each other?
Didn’t we discuss it and make it unanimous?
Ah! This Xiaoerbi actually tried to alienate us. It is really unreasonable.
The students suddenly woke up and immediately stopped killing each other and all looked at Zhang Fei.
I didn't expect that there would be someone like me, wandering around. Zhang Fei looked at the young man and asked, "What's your name?"
The young man said: "The student's name is Cai Jing, with the character Yuan Chang."
"Cai Caijing." Zhang Fei blinked and thought to himself, is there any mistake? I am just attending a class, and I can meet this traitorous minister who has been notorious for thousands of years. It is indeed the Xining era, and I have acquaintances everywhere.
"Exactly."
Cai Jing asked: "Does the teacher know the students?"
"Well, I just think you got the name well." Zhang Fei said perfunctorily.
Cai Jing was confused and asked again: "I wonder what the teacher thinks of this dispute between Confucianism and Legalism."
Zhang Fei snorted: "I think Legalism is better than Confucianism."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence inside and outside the classroom.
Of those who argued just now, no one dared to say that Legalism was better than Confucianism. What they argued was true, and Legalism also had merits.
After all, Confucianism was very powerful in the Song Dynasty, and Legalists could only understand it but not explain it.
Sima Guang was worried. I asked you to teach legal studies, but I didn't ask you to deny Confucianism. If you do this, you will really not be able to continue as a teacher.
Cai Jing's face lit up, "Students are stupid and don't understand the logic. I hope the teacher can teach me."
Zhang Fei said: "I am from Erbi. I can't reason, I can only tell facts. As we all know, Legalism flourished in the Qin Dynasty. Since Shang Yang, there has only been one great Confucian who came to Qin to preach. Do you know who he is?"
"Xunzi."
"Exactly. But what's the result?"
"The result was unsuccessful."
"good!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "In other words, in the Qin Dynasty at that time, Confucianism was on the verge of extinction. I was wrong."
"What the teacher said is true, but based on this, it can be proved that Legalism is better than Confucianism? How can we talk about the demise of Qin?" Ye Zuqia asked.
"Don't worry, just listen to what I have to say." Zhang Fei said with a smile: "No matter whether the Qin Dynasty's demise was due to Legalism or not, the Qin Dynasty finally swept across Liuhe and swept away all the wastelands, relying on Legalism. Remember, it was the Legalism that completely destroyed the Qin Dynasty.
Complete legalism.
Correspondingly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also achieved great success, leaving Monan without a royal court. So the question is, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, his domestic law
Is family culture also on the verge of extinction?"
All the students frowned and remained silent.
The scholar-officials outside the house were also stroking their beards and thinking.
Zhang Fei waited for a moment and then said directly: "Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty had one law and one Confucianism, but the Qin Dynasty dared to completely exterminate Confucianism. As long as Confucianism supported it, he opposed it, even if Confucianism advocates the family relationship between father and son, oh, as you said before
In other words, this is human nature, and even Legalists dare to deny it. They want to only respect magic, the law is the father, and the law is the mother, but they can still achieve success. Do you Confucians dare?
Throughout history, which dynasties and generations dared to respect Confucianism just like the Qin Dynasty only respected magic. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. It was just a slogan and a slogan. In fact, during his reign, he used Legalist knowledge
, much more than using Confucianism.
Confucianism cannot be separated from Legalism, but Legalism can be separated from Confucianism. Which one do you think is better and which one is worse?"