Not everyone is willing to stay out of things and be a happy butterfly like Zhuangzi.
The Mohists, who had always wanted to join the world, had to make compromises with reality.
It should be said that it is not just the Mohist family.
Whether to join the world or to emerge from it, this is a problem that disciples of all schools of thought will face. This means that in the future they will struggle for reality or for ideals.
As a result, Taoism split into the Huang-Lao School and the Lao-Zhuang School.
Zixia said goodbye to Zeng Zi in the state of Lu and embarked on a road to join the world.
Mencius struggled to join the world all his life, but he was unwilling to compromise with reality. In the end, he had to return to Zou in despair and write a book. Hao
"Xiangli Feng is about to win." Lin Xiangru reminded in a low voice.
On the ring, Xiangli Feng stood up excitedly. His short coat highlighted his strong figure, and his eight-foot-tall body made him feel oppressive.
"The Jixia Academy of Qi was built, and you and other Confucian disciples flocked to it. Now that the Handan Academy of Zhao is built, you abandoned the Jixia Academy and came to Zhao. Is it beneficial? Is it righteous? Your Majesty is around the ring. Build a grandstand, collect tickets, and distribute the collected ticket money to you. You hold the money the king gave you in your hands, but you cursed the king for being greedy for money, which is not what a gentleman does. Is it profit? Is it righteousness?"
Xiang Lifeng smoothed his sleeves, he had a tendency to start a fight if they disagreed.
Under normal circumstances, everyone is a gentleman who uses words but does not use hands when debating.
But if someone gets excited and uses force, no one will stop them.
Because, fists are also a way to have the right to speak. Hao
"Is it for the benefit of the Mohists to come to Zhao State? Is it for righteousness?" Kong Qi also stood up.
"Righteous people also benefit." Xiangli Feng raised his head and said with a smile.
When Kong Qi heard this, his expression suddenly changed, he bowed and walked down the stage dejectedly.
"Are they arguing about justice and profit?" Zhao Kuo asked.
The debate between heaven and man, the debate between human nature, the debate between justice and interests, the debate between kings and hegemons, and the debate between name and reality are the five most famous issues during the period of the Contending of One Hundred Schools of Thought. Each school and each faction has put forward its own opinions on the issues, and each faction has different opinions. They are the same, even within the same faction, they are different, and some are even completely at odds with each other.
The most famous dispute in later generations was the dispute between Mencius' theory of the goodness of human nature and Xunzi's theory of the evil nature of nature. There was no result for thousands of years after the death of the two men.
On the other four major issues, in addition to the debate between name and reality, Xunzi and the authentic Confucius and Mencius schools of Confucianism are also very different. Hao
So... Xunzi was criticized as a heretic by Confucians. Xunzi called these Confucians rotten Confucians and despicable Confucians.
However, one of the two factions is extremely powerful, and the other has a large number of people and a deep foundation. Neither one can defeat the other, they can only spray words on each other.
"Confucianism advocates benevolence and righteousness, while Mohism believes that benefit and righteousness are the same. Benefit is righteousness, and righteousness is benefit. The so-called valuing justice and disparaging benefit is just hypocrisy." Lin Xiangru said.
"Everything in the world is bustling for profit, and everything in the world is bustling for profit. There is nothing wrong with profit. What is wrong is that there is no bottom line for profit and there is no limit to greed." Zhao Kuo said slowly.
"Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty."
After the debate ended, everyone noticed Zhao Kuo and came over one after another. Hao
"In informal occasions, you don't need to be so polite." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"Meng Hong, a common man, has met the king." At this time, a Confucian disciple walked up to Zhao Kuo and leaned down to salute.
"Who are you, Mencius?" Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Hong.
"He is the great ancestor of the grass-roots people." Meng Hong said.
"I have admired Mencius for a long time. I wish I could have been born decades earlier and listened to his teachings." Zhao Kuo sighed.
"If my great-grandfather knew about your great king, he would be very happy." When Meng Hong heard that Zhao Kuo admired his family ancestor, his originally stubborn aura instantly softened a lot.
"Hahaha, Mr. Mencius would not be happy if he saw so many Mohist disciples, Yang Zhu disciples, and Xunzi in my king's academy." Zhao Kuo laughed loudly. Hao
When Mencius was alive, Mohism and Yang Zhu were at their peak.
As the banner-bearer of Confucianism, Mencius naturally could not let go of the Mohists and Yang Zhu. He spent his whole life either madly attacking the Mohists and Yang Zhu, or on the road to madly attacking the Mohists and Yang Zhu.
Similarly, apart from Confucianism, the schools of thought that had the greatest influence on Mencius were Mohism and Yang Zhu.
After all, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must understand the enemy deeply, and in the process of understanding, your own thoughts will be led astray by the enemy.
Under the influence of the Mohist thought of equality and Yang Zhuwei, Mencius proposed that "the people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important" in the face of the strict Confucian hierarchy of "the king, the minister, the minister, the father, the son, the son."
After that, he even said, "A person who is a traitor is called a husband. I have heard of killing a husband like Zhou, but I have never heard of killing a king."
"If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit." Hao
To put it simply, don’t throw away those useless old dogmas. If you are good to me, I will be good to you. If you are not good to me, I will be bad to you.
Love is the embrace of two people, not the contribution of one person.
The same goes for monarchs and ministers.
In ancient times, especially in the face of the "monarch, king, minister, minister" promoted by Confucianism, Mencius's words were extremely shocking.
Such an idealist was destined not to be liked by the rulers. Mencius never became a high official in his life. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang even wanted to expel Mencius from the Confucius Temple.
Although everyone always puts Confucius and Mencius together, Mencius is undoubtedly ahead of the times in terms of the idea of "people-oriented".
"The king underestimates our ancestors. Our ancestors will definitely be very happy to see Xunzi and others, because his thoughts can take a step closer." Meng Hong leaned over and said.
"Yes, opponents will only make Mencius stronger." Zhao Kuo nodded and walked outside, "But after all, Mencius has been dead for many years. If you want to get his thoughts closer, you can't rely on him. , but it depends on you, the descendants. Isn’t that what the so-called glory of the ancestors is like?”
"That's what the king said." Meng Hong couldn't help but become a little anxious when he saw Zhao Kuo walking outside, but he couldn't stop him directly, so he had to follow him, "The common people will have a debate tomorrow about kingship and tyranny. I don't know, king." Are you interested?"
Zhao Kuo finally understood why Meng Hong stood up. It turned out that it was to promote Mencius' royal doctrine.
Mencius believed that kingliness is the opposite of hegemony.
The king's way is to implement benevolent government and convince others with virtue.
Domineering means using force to subdue others, but it cannot make people convinced.
Mencius once preached his royal way to King Wei of Qi, King Xuan of Qi, King Hui of Wei, and King Xiang of Wei, hoping that Qi and Wei could use their own royal way to govern the country. He also promoted his philosophy of governing the country to Song and Teng. Hao
But the result is obvious, everything failed.
Now Meng Hong obviously carries his great-grandfather's last wish and wants to go to Zhao Kingdom to preach the king's way.