Chang'an.
Duling.
Xing Yong didn't seem to know how he returned to his temporary place of stay, but he felt that the things he heard in Qinglong Temple seemed to be rumbling in his mind all the time.
Those things were like awls, which made the heart hurt, and they were like a crowbar, pried open some closed doors.
"In ancient times, those who want to make clear virtues of the world should first govern the country; those who want to make the country should first consolidate their families; those who want to make the family should first cultivate their bodies; those who want to make the body should first correct their hearts; those who want to make the hearts should first be sincere in their intentions; those who want to make the intentions should first obtain their knowledge, and those who want to make the knowledge should be investigated..."
『Hahaha...It's really...』
Xing Yong shook his head and smiled a little nervously.
This is what Confucius said.
Confucius spoke very easily.
It seems that after studying things, you can know, and after learning, you can be sincere, and then step by step, you will eventually govern the country and pacify the world.
Xing Yong had always believed this before.
But he encountered many problems in this process.
There are many problems, and these problems cannot be explained, or in other words, in the words of Confucius, the relationship between Confucius' rule of the country and the world is not a necessary relationship with each other.
Because what Confucius said casually seems to make sense, but there is no logic.
There are corrupt officials, corrupt officials, and villains who can act as arrows when they have sex. There are too many people who are not moral, but they are holding positions in managing the local area and governing the country.
Similarly, there are also some who are well-educated scholars, honest gentlemen, who have no problems in their academic or moral character, but may not be able to govern the country well. Even ordinary counties are messy...
More importantly, how many emperors, who have practiced a series of cultivation in the past three or four hundred years, before they took the throne of governing the world?
So, what was wrong?
Xing Yong began to doubt, but he did not dare to doubt. Because doubting Confucius' scriptures was like doubting his own life. Therefore, Confucius could not make mistakes, but only others, or even himself.
The more you think, the more frightened you are.
The more frightened you are, the more you accumulate in your mind.
Then today, it was like a blocked toilet, with a thud.
It's transparent.
『Benevolence, righteousness, profit and harm…』
Xing Yong was excitedly circling around the courtyard, and he couldn't sleep.
Before today, most students studied hard and what were the standards for learning?
Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and pacify the world...
How many can do it?
There are always so many officials, how many people can become? In order to become an official, they forget what they have learned in the end, and try their best to climb up and step down desperately, just to ensure that the official hat on their heads will not fall off and that they can do anything disgusting.
And now, another way is coming.
Most people can do it and can do it.
No matter at any stage, no matter whether you become an official or not, you can do it and must do it.
"If it is beneficial to the world, do it; if it is not beneficial to the world, change it."
It has nothing to do with benevolence, loyalty, filial piety, etc.
It has nothing to do with how many books you have read or how many years you have been filial.
"Yes, benevolence and righteousness have nothing to do with interests!" Xing Yong laughed haha, and then couldn't help crying, "benevolence and righteousness are benevolence and righteousness, interests are interests, why do you have to mix them together? If you separate, don't you know everything? I read it wrong, wrong!"
In the future, you don’t have to say anything, and you will be interrupted and asked, are you kind and kind? Are you loyal and filial? Are you virtuous and filial?
One thing is one thing.
There is no need to be a shell of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness at all times!
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Xing Yong laughed loudly, feeling relaxed all over.
Then someone in the next yard shouted and cursed, "Melon peel! Filial pills?! It's not broken, but the horns are broken, what dares to pinch it!"
"Uh..." Xing Yong was interrupted and was obviously a little unhappy, but when he thought that the next door seemed to be a butcher, with a big, thick and thick face, he didn't dare to act rashly. He silently carried his hand back and went back into the house.
Look, sleeping is good, not sleeping is harmful, it is that simple.
Is it necessary to be linked to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?
Could it be that if we have a lot of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness with the butcher next door, we can stop sleeping?
ha!
sleep!
A clear mind!
…(?▽?)/…
Xing Yong felt that he had a clear mind and went to bed, but some people were unable to calm down.
For example, Zheng Xuan.
In the hall, a slightly dim candlelight was shaking.
Zheng Xuan sat in the hall and looked at Guoyuan who was serving respectfully, and couldn't help but remember that when he was studying with Ma Rong, he was like Guoyuan, who was dedicated to his heart and responsibility.
Ma Rong, he also taught Zhou Li, but he did not follow any so-called "ritual". This guy is famous for "teaching students in front and listing female musicians in the future", so when Zheng Xuan was looking for Ma Rong to study, some thoughts would inevitably arise in his mind, but at that time, Zheng Xuan forced himself not to think about it.
Now Zheng Xuan also understood it early, but he just didn't dare to say it.
Good knowledge does not mean good morals.
This is obvious.
On the other hand, it is also true, so knowledge and morality are all two different things, and there is no connection between them at all.
So Ma Rong is good at learning and is he in conflict with Ma Rong?
But why did Zheng Xuan think that people with good knowledge should be better for morals and private practices at that time?
『Zinni…』
Zheng Xuan spoke.
"Master." Guoyuan drove forward and stood with his hands down.
Zheng Xuan looked at his hand, and under the dim candlelight, he looked dry and old. He quietly placed his hand on his knees, and then said gently: "Today, you have heard it in Qinglong Temple, what do you think?"
Guoyuan didn't know what to say for a moment.
The candlelight swayed and burned itself, and it seemed that it was still slow, neither anxious nor impatient.
But if the candle is really so calm, why would it cry again?
Is it sad for the candle to burn itself, or is it sad for the inability to expel the darkness?
Guoyuan was silent for a while, then bowed his head and bowed, "Master, if you spread the opinions on benefits and disadvantages today, you will inevitably be morally corrupt and you will only know how to pursue interests, so that your loyalty and filial piety will not exist!"
Guoyuan put his knees on the ground, pressed his left hand on the back of his right hand, and then pressed it on the floor in front of him. He slowly leaned forward and touched the back of his left hand with his forehead. He performed the most standard and solemn gift, "Master..."
Although Zheng Xuan has not done anything yet, it is very likely that Zheng Xuan has no way to do anything, because this involves something at a higher level, is a political direction, and is a brand new future.
But only Zheng Xuan can do it.
In the great Han Dynasty, knowledge is priceless and is also contaminated with countless blood.
Every time the student school is determined, the lowness is endless corpses.
Therefore, Guoyuan's worship was not only worshipping Zheng Xuan, but also the things he insisted on before worshiping him and Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan bowed to Guoyuan and sighed slightly.
In the hall, the light and shadow of the candlelight swayed, as if countless battlefields of light and darkness were unfolding, fighting, and devouring each other and annihilation.
There is a silence like a dead silence, and time passes by indecisively.
I don’t know how long it took, Zheng Xuan’s somewhat muddy gaze gradually became transparent and clear again. The old man slowly raised his palm and looked quietly. His face was calm and he could not see any other expressions in his eyes. "Zi Ni, look..."
Guoyuan raised his head, not understanding his intention.
『Your hand…』 Zheng Xuan signaled Guoyuan to raise his hand, and then put his hand and Guoyuan's hand together, 『Did you see...I'm old...』
『Master!』 Guoyuan moved forward and held Zheng Xuan's hand, 『Master…』
"The cavalry's plan is not in the Han Dynasty, but in the four directions of China." Zheng Xuan said slowly, "No one has done this thing in the past four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. No one has done it in the Former Qin Dynasty, and no one has done it in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period... And I am old, probably I can't see that day..."
"I arrived at Youfufeng back then. I thought that the west of Longxi was the west of the Han Dynasty," Zheng Xuan seemed to be sighing, "Now, the Western Regions, Anxu, the Great Qin, and even the west of Taixi... and the northern desert and the south of Jiaozhi, could Confucius think of these things? Did he know that there was a general of the cavalry in the Han Dynasty at the moment? Did he know where the borders of the four directions of China, east, west, south, north, and north?"
"Confucius just had to climb Mount Tai..."
"Little world, this world is actually not small..."
Zheng Xuan held Guoyuan with his back hand, "If someone else talked about his pros and cons, instead of talking about benevolence and righteousness... but this is the cavalry..."
"Master!" Guoyuan was a little excited, as if he wanted to express his mightiness and inability to bend.
But Zheng Xuan didn't want Guoyuan to say it, "Let me ask you, what is benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety?"
『Benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety...』
Guoyuan suddenly became a little dazed because he knew that Zheng Xuan was not simply asking about the meaning of these words, and according to the scriptures, who doesn’t know what it means?
But what the scriptures say is really "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness"?
Confucius was the Grand Secretary of the State of Lu, but Confucius was from Song. So should Confucius be loyal to Song or Lu? Is he loyal to Song? Confucius did not do anything to Song or Lu? When the Lu internal chaos, Confucius did not stand up and turned the tide and saved the country and the king, but ran away.
When Confucius' father died, Confucius was only three years old. He was forced to leave his hometown. Even when he grew up, he specially married a Song daughter to his wife in order to go home to worship his father. So has Confucius ever been mourning filial piety? How long has he been mourning filial piety?
Confucius declared to King Jing of Qi that there must be rules, which is "the ruler, the ruler, the minister, the father, the son". The so-called king is the main body of the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. As a result, someone in Qi wanted Confucius to kill him. Confucius looked for King Jing of Qi, and King Jing of Qi said he could not control it, and then Confucius ran away without saying a word. So did Confucius follow the rules, or did he not follow the rules?
Duke Jing of Qi also said that he wanted to grant Confucius a piece of land. It was considered that he was full of benevolence and righteousness, and he was favored? But Confucius abandoned Duke Jing of Qi because of his own safety. Is this considered benevolence and righteousness, or is it not benevolence and righteousness?
『Everything is illusory... nothing...』
Zheng Xuan said slowly.
"Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness... Actually, there is nothing..."
Hearing this sentence, Guoyuan was silent for a long time. Then he raised his head and looked at Zheng Xuan and asked seriously: "Doesn't loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness come from the heart, and practice it in action? How can it be illusory? How can it be said that there is no?"
"The so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the thoughts. The idea is loyalty, which means loyalty, either loyal to Lu or loyal to Qi. When loyal to Lu, it may not be beneficial to Qi, and when loyal to Qi, it may not be harmful to Lu. Therefore, this loyalty is not real, but is empty. Loyalty is like this, and filial piety is like this, all of it is like this."
Zheng Xuan sighed and said, "Confucius also knew that seeking profit and avoiding harm. A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone all living beings? Therefore, if a gentleman did not establish a name, he would make the common people establish it. If so, why should such loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness be necessary?"
『Therefore, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are all rituals.』 Zheng Xuan raised his head, looked over the Guoyuan, and looked at the dark night.『And this "ritual" means that one does not "ritual" first, and then understands that "ritual" may not necessarily follow its "rituals". Now, it is just a matter of opening up, and it is not a matter of ruling loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. What should be there or there should be...』
…(???)…
Late at night, some people sleep soundly, and some people can't sleep.
If you can't sleep, you get up and drink tea.
Anyway, I can't sleep.
The firepower of the red mud stove is not high, and the speed of boiling water is naturally not fast.
The gurgling sound of water was particularly loud in the middle of the night, just like the remarks that kept shaking in the ears during the day, hitting the eardrums and colliding in the mind.
Neither Sima Hui nor Sima Yi spoke.
I don’t know if it’s because the quiet night can’t bear to break it, or because the faint fragrance of tea makes people calm, or just that both of them are thinking, but they haven’t found any clue yet.
Sima Hui claimed to be a hermit, but he did not really see through the world, but pretended to see through the world. The real hermits were basically hidden in the mountains and forests that were rarely visited, or were waiting to die in remote and dilapidated old houses. He would not show up in front of ordinary people, let alone meet the emperor's uncle.
This does not mean that Sima Hui is a hypocritical person or a moral villain. But most students of the Han Dynasty and even the children of the gentry in the Wei and Jin Dynasties had such a thought. The more he was, the bigger his reputation, so why not he was "hidden"? The more he abandoned his official position, the higher he was, so why not abandon his official position?
There is a shortcut to Zhongnan, why do you have to work hard to climb the mountain?
Until one day, an emperor was angry with these people who were "hidden" and said a few words and issued an edict to "hidden" and "discarded" and would not be hired again in his life...
Then after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, gradually there were no hermits, or in other words, hermits did not become a custom or a trend in society.
Unspoken rules are unspoken rules.
The more hidden the hermit, the greater the official position, the longer the filial piety, the more filial it is. As for what makes money, the less silly it is, etc., they are all unspoken rules, all of which are gold to put on your face and placebo to your heart.
『The water is boiling...』
The sound of water boils.
The brewed tea is not as strong as the ones that are cooked, but it is less bitter and has more fragrance.
The uncle and nephew each held tea bowls and drank, guru, and guru.
"This is said to be turned on..." Mr. Shui Jing habitually said a few times, "Okay, it's okay if you say to be turned on..."
Once the unspoken rules are revealed, they will naturally not be able to continue to become unspoken rules. And most unspoken rules are not good things.
Sima Yi put down the tea bowl and hesitated a little, "Uncle, the cavalry...is it...?"
Sima Hui raised his long eyebrows slightly, "What do you want to say?"
『Well...』 Sima Yi raised his head, 『Uncle, although these words were said by Pang Shizi,... but... this is saying "benefiting the world"... but it is not said that it is beneficial to the emperor... Besides, this benefit is profit and harm, loyalty and righteousness is loyalty and righteousness. The two parties will talk about it separately, and they will no longer be discussed... Does it mean...
Mr. Shui Jing was silent for a while, nodded, "Nothing is wrong."
The two of them fell silent again. After a while, Sima Hui said: "Actually, it's a good thing to talk about."
Sima Yi nodded, "It's a good thing, let's talk about it first, it's better than talking about it then... After all, Guanzhong is now very different from Shandong..."
Sima Hui nodded, then picked up the tea bowl, "That's right, it's like this tea...the tea of ​​the cavalry...If it weren't for the cavalry, who would have thought of drinking tea like this? Essence, dregs, haha, good..."
'It's true. Not only this tea...' Sima Yi said, 'There are many things, the lord almost alone, pushing the world...weapons, farming, spices, and...this serious explanation, all directions of China...'
"What are the four sides of China... Zhongda, do you know? How many of them are true and how many are false?" asked Mr. Shui Jing.
Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "In addition to the many scholars in Taixi, the rest are all true. A few days ago, Li Mancheng of Yinshan also fought against Ding Ling and defeated a group of troops, and won a lot of them. In the near future, the prisoners will be escorted to Chang'an. The Northern Region Protectorate first defeated the Xianbei and then drove Ding Ling. Now most of the Mobei are all belonging to the cavalry... Although Yi didn't know much, Liu Xuande did defeat the Shishi and advanced to Rinan. It is said that he is building a passage from Jianning to Jiaozhi to transport all north and south supplies..."
Of course, Sima Yi, who is a middle- and senior executive under the Cavalry, is clear about these things.
『Therefore, the "Confucian and Mencius" in Taixi are mostly real?" Mr. Shui Jing said, 『Yanhuang, the Five Emperors, the Sons, the Hundred Schools, the Pre-Qin, the Han Dynasty... um... hiss...
Mr. Shui Jing suddenly took a breath of cold air and his eyes turned rumbling.
Then Sima Yi didn't understand at first, but then he was shocked and stared at each other with Sima Hui.
『Could it be…』X2
Both of them saw their own guesses from each other's faces.
Chapter completed!