Nine hundred and fifty-one chapters, the ambition of ram school (2)
"In the past, when the public took a rest and showed his courtesy, he plucked sunflowers and weaved them, and the world praised him for his kindness!" Hu Wusheng said slowly: "I can't agree with you!"
When the crowd of onlookers and Hu Wusheng's disciples heard this, the discussion suddenly increased.
"How dare he comment on Gong Xiuzi's matter?"
"How dare he say this?"
"Why did he say this?"
Many Confucian scholars were already restless just after hearing this, and their fists clenched loudly.
If it weren't for Taixue, the highest academic institution in the Han family.
I am afraid that some people have already stood up, refuted, and even pulled out the sword from their waists to decide whether to live or die with Hu Wusheng.
Of course, there are those who are angry, and there are also those who are applauded.
"Gong Xiuyi's elm-headed head should have been cast aside long ago!" Some people happily said to their companions or colleagues: "The world has been suffering from evil for a long time!"
For now, and even for Confucianism as a whole in the next two thousand years.
Gong Xiuyi, the prime minister of Duke Mu of Lu, was a sage regarded as the spiritual pillar of the Lu Confucian faction.
He left countless allusions to the world and Confucianism.
Among them, there is a story about "pulling out the sunflowers and weaving them".
Phrases that are closely related to this story include famous sayings such as "Don't compete with the people for profit", "Don't take advantage of the small" and so on.
Across the long history, this man had a profound influence on the entire Confucianism.
In history, even the Gongyang faction later adopted and accepted this person's ideas.
But now...
The Gongyang faction looked at the dying Lu Ru lineage, the former co-leader of Confucian spirituality, and they just wished that the other party would die as soon as possible.
So that he can become the leader of Confucianism and be the leader of Confucian discourse.
"Why can't I agree?" Hu Wusheng ignored the excited faces in front of him. He was still graceful and elegant, sitting still in the same place as an elder, gently shaking his feather fan, and slowly said eight words: "
His policies will bring disaster to the country and the people!"
These eight words were like a drop of cold water dropped into a boiling pan of oil, and a violent reaction immediately occurred.
"Huzi, I respect you as an elder, and I have always respected you as a disciple. But today, you said such rebellious and unethical remarks, deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors!" A Lu Ru professor couldn't help it, stood up, and bowed his hands:
"If Huzi can't explain it clearly, I..." He took out the sword from his waist: "My son and I can only live together!"
Hu Wusheng finally raised his eyes, looked at this person, and then smiled slightly: "Mr. Yang, please be patient!"
"Gong Xiuzi doesn't like fish. He has good conduct and is indeed a gentleman. No one can refute this!" Hu Wusheng commented lightly while shaking his feather fan, as if he was commenting that today's watermelon was indeed delicious.
This attitude dissatisfied Lu Ru and other people in the audience who were inclined to or respected the public funeral ceremony.
Gongxiuyi is not just a totem or an idol.
He, his actions and thoughts, and the entire system derived from him, have long controlled most of the discourse in the world, and even dominate within Confucianism.
The Simeng school was one of the representatives suppressed and excluded by it.
Let's put it this way, the public funeral ceremony and the thoughts and behaviors it represents are the projection of the nobles of the past dynasties.
Under the theoretical system of public rest rites.
Nothing matters.
The important thing is that personal morality is high enough.
As long as you have enough morals, you will definitely be able to govern the country and the world well.
"It's just..." Hu Wusheng said with a frivolous smile: "Plucking sunflowers to weave will bring endless disasters, and even harm the people of the world!"
"The book says: Gou Ri Xin, **** Xin, and also said: Although Zhou is an old country, its destiny is to be renewed!" Hu Wusheng stood up, with a solemn expression, and said with great sadness: "And Gong Xiuzi went to promote the old and eliminate the new.
Reluctant to adapt, and even divorced his wife for this reason!"
"Don't abandon a wife who is a chaff!" Hu Wusheng said seriously: "Wu Qi killed his wife to seek an official position, which will make him laugh for thousands of years! What should he do if his son divorces his wife to seek a reputation?"
Immediately, the Lu Ru people were restrained.
The others were stunned and then cheered.
Especially the Legalists!
Yes, Wu Qi of the Legalist family killed his wife to seek an official position, and was criticized for ten thousand years.
The founder of your Lu Ru sect, Gong Xiuyi, divorced his wife and ruined his career for the sake of his own reputation. What crime should he face?
Come!
Let us also curse for ten thousand years first!
"Mr. Gongxiu is different from Wu Qi!" Professor Lu Ru, surnamed Yang, raised his head and looked at Hu Wusheng, and said without changing his expression: "Mr. Gongxiu divorced his wife because he knew that her wife was immoral, so he left her!
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"What is wrong with the wife of a duke who divorces his son?" Without Hu Wusheng's intervention, a Legalist professor burst out laughing and retorted: "His wife has always been virtuous, good at managing the household, and a dignified minister of the country. She is the wife of a minister, but she is
Still sitting in the hall, weaving with a loom and a loom. Such a virtuous wife is rare to see even in three generations! How can I be called a virtuous person if my son divorces me without courtesy?"
These words immediately silenced the Lu Ru people.
If they were in the State of Lu, they would have picked up sticks to drive people away, and then declare victory themselves.
Unfortunately, this is Chang'an.
A place where even Confucians would bow their heads and be like grandsons.
Here, the Legalists and the Huang-Lao School are the masters.
Therefore, the Confucian scholar surnamed Yang could only move his lips and forcefully retort: "How can his wife be virtuous and virtuous? She uses tricks to harm the family and the country. When the father and son divorce her, it is for the good of the world!"
He forcibly sold out what Lu Ru had always stood for, and said bravely: "You gentlemen, don't you hear: if the intention is in the heart, it will be pure and unprepared, if pure and unprepared, the spirit will be uncertain, and the spirit will be uncertain.
, the Tao does not contain it!”
"That's why..." He looked at the Legalist professor and said fiercely: "The great road has passed, and the punishment and etiquette are thin. The people are scattered, and they are deceitful!"
"Mechanical fraud, you must be aware of it!"
His words received a burst of sparse applause, mainly from Lu Ru, several conservative Confucian factions, and some disciples of the Huang-Lao sect.
The other Confucian scholars and all the Legalist disciples looked at him angrily.
This is also the biggest contradiction and conflict between Lu Ru and some die-hards of the Huang-Lao sect, and the Legalists, Gongyang and some emerging schools.
but……
Everyone in the Legal family looked at each other, but no one dared to continue talking.
Because if you want to refute this statement, you have to face three major obstacles: "mechanical heart", "wonderful skills" and "mechanical decoration".
However, the current Legalists do not have the strength to overthrow any of these three.
It's not that they can't refute.
But he didn't dare to refute.
Because once you refute, you will fall into a trap.
So, everyone turned their attention to Hu Wusheng.
Probably only Hu Wusheng has the qualifications and position to speak out on this matter.
Hu Wusheng looked at the crowd, then put down his feather fan and said, "Lords of Lu and Confucianism are still the same as before, obsessed with the past, not thinking about making progress, and pretending to be the descendants of Confucius!"
Hu Wusheng was very clear about the story of divorce.
At that time, Gong Xiuyi was the prime minister of Lu, assisting Duke Mu of Lu in governing the country of Lu.
One day, when he came home after a long break, he saw his wife weaving.
So, without any warning or reason, Gongxuyi kicked his wife out of the house and divorced her. Later, Gongxuyi even destroyed and destroyed his wife's loom.
Why?
According to the public divorce ceremony, his own explanation was: My wife's weaving was so good that I was afraid that the people would go bankrupt because of her, so I wanted to divorce her and smash and destroy the loom she had improved.
The purpose is to give the people a way to survive!
These remarks spread, and the whole country of Lu was immediately praised.
It’s just that the logic of a public holiday...
It’s really weird!
Hu Wusheng has been thinking recently: How many pieces of cloth can Gong Xiuyi's wife weave in a day? How many people can she influence?
Just for this reason, he divorced his wife. This divorce ceremony was either an overreaction or an irritation.
As the number of history books and ancient books in Taixue's collection increases, more and more history books are collected.
Hu Wusheng now understands why Gong Xiuyi did what he did back then.
Because when Gong Xiuyi was in charge of the state of Lu, the king of the state of Lu was named Xian, and his posthumous title was Duke Mu.
Duke Mu was a rare leader of the ZTE in the history of Lu.
Moreover, he is a kind-hearted person who can tolerate all kinds of opinions. He also knows how to treat virtuous people and actively promote talents.
When Duke Mu was in power, he solemnly worshiped Confucius' grandson Zisi as his national advisor.
Well, it was Mencius’ teacher named Kong Ji.
At that time, the State of Lu could be said to have achieved a renaissance, with the government being well-organized and people being harmonious.
However, later, Duke Mu did something that made all Confucian scholars in Shandong jump in fear.
After reigning for more than ten years, Duke Mu formally and solemnly invited Mozi, a prominent scholar in the world at that time and competing with Yang Zi's theory, to enter the state of Lu to teach knowledge and accept disciples.
This is something recorded in history books.
Although there is no record of Lu Mo's final outcome in the history books.
However, it is recorded that Gong Xiuyi, the prime minister at that time, "plucked the sunflowers and went to weave".
To pull sunflowers means to pull out the sunflowers grown at home, and to weave means to smash the looms at home.
These two things happened at the same time point and led to the same consequence: divorce!
Considering that agricultural technology, farming technology, and weaving technology were all developed and promoted by the Mohists at that time, farmers had not yet separated from the Mohists.
When people take off the sunflowers and weave them during public holidays, who is they targeting and who are they speaking to?
There is no doubt about it!
Only in this way can the logic make sense.
After all, Gong Xiuyi is not an idiot or a lunatic.
but……
Hu Wusheng had no intention of exposing this window covering and telling the world the bloody truth.
After all, after all, Gong Xiuyi is one of our own, while the Mohists are enemies on the opposite side, or at least competitors.
"I disagree with what Mr. Yang said..." Hu Wusheng said with a faint smile: "Because the examples and remarks Mr. Yang cited come from Huang Laoxue's theory!"
"What Huang Lao said is indeed a lot of good advice, but it is not my Confucian theory!"
When the Confucian scholar named Yang heard this, he quickly lowered his head in shame.
What Hu Wusheng said is correct.
The remarks and attitudes of the Lu-Ru faction on this issue are strikingly similar to some factions of the Huang-Lao faction.
"Moreover, Zhuangzi's words are absurd and unfounded, and cannot be trusted!" Hu Wusheng immediately followed up.
"What you are discussing comes from the story of Zigong contained in "Zhuangzi. Heaven and Earth"..."
In fact, the rise of comments like this among Lu Ru, or some factions of the Huang-Lao sect, was very short-lived.
Although, as early as in the time of Zhuangzi, there was already such a statement.
However, this kind of speech will not flourish until after the Zhulu Rebellion and the Qin Dynasty is destroyed.
From that time on, everything related to Qin was labeled as an alternative.
It was also from that time on that mechanical fraud, uncanny skills and mechanical decoration became the main firepower of the world's public opinion against Qin.
Rather than saying that similar remarks are the meaning of the sages, it is better to say that they are the meaning of today's people.
And it is a momentum created for political purposes.
If you look at the logic, you will see that it is confusing and inconsistent.
What scheming, pure white, it’s just like Zhuangzi.
However, because Zhuangzi pulled out Zigong and treated him as the protagonist, when the Confucians saw it, they felt as if they had found a treasure, and then it became their own...
If everything remained unchanged, Hu Wusheng would not bother to take care of it.
After all, as a scholar, he also has to talk about politics.
If you don't talk about politics, you will be abandoned by politics. A school that is abandoned by politics is tantamount to self-destruction.
Now, today, what do you want to do?
It's not a secret at all.
He may have the same hatred and hostility toward merchants as the emperors of all generations.
But for machinery and craftsmen, the emperor showed unusual enthusiasm.
He revived the Mohist family and asked the ministers to establish Baigongyuan to vigorously promote and develop various new machines, new methods and new technologies.
It was enough for Hu Wusheng to realize that people today have been dissatisfied with the so-called "mechanical heart", "mechanical decoration" and "wonderful skills and tricks" for a long time.
Moreover, today's people still don't like representatives of Qingliu like Gong Xiuyi.
Since the emperor has expressed this.
As an ambitious and ideal student.
Of course Hu Wusheng knew, what should he do?
Of course, I am relieving your worries and taking the lead for the king.
Hu Wusheng looked at the crowd and explained: "Zhuangzi wrote the "Heaven and Earth" chapter, and the story of Zigong contained in it is not named in the book or seen on the slips. The description is doubtful, and the result is that it is Zigong.
From what I can see, Mr. Zigong is too stupid! It doesn’t match Zhongni’s evaluation of Zigong at all!”
Among the seventy-two disciples of Confucius, Zigong, Yan Hui, Zi Lu and Zi Xia were all outstanding ones.
What did Confucius say back then?
The result is the fruit, the gift is the achievement, and the seeking is the art.
Since (Zi Lu) has the ability to be decisive, (Zi Gong) is given to be reasonable, knowledgeable, and Qiu (Ran Qiu) is versatile.
How could a reasonable person end up in a situation like that in Zhuangzi's "Heaven and Earth"?
What's more, throughout Zhuangzi's text, he uses another person's voice to describe the so-called mechanical changes.
Moreover, its so-called mechanical changes seem to be more of a philosophical issue than a practical issue.
"What's more, today, gentlemen, please see: Who in the world today does not use waterwheels for irrigation and machinery for power?" Hu Wusheng said decisively: "Have you ever seen any household that uses waterwheels?
So you have deceitful intentions and want to bring disaster to the world?"
"Zhuangzi's theory is absurd, divorced from reality, and cannot be relied upon!" (To be continued.)
