The lineage of the most holy master, the elder brother is with me
There have been a total of five Confucians in this world. The first-class sages have five Confucian sages that can be learned and followed by Confucian scholars all over the world.
The concept of benevolence and righteousness of the most holy teacher.
The concept of benevolence and sage’s nature is inherently good.
The sage’s view of etiquette.
Dong Sheng’s harmony between heaven and man.
And more recently, Zhu Sheng's self-denial and restoration of rituals, preserving the principles of nature, destroying human desires, etc.
Generally speaking.
The closer one is to the current saint, the more he has the most apprentices.
For example, in the current Zhou Dynasty, more than half of the Confucian scholars follow the main philosophy of Zhu Sheng's self-denial and restoration of etiquette.
Of course, this does not mean that they will not follow the rules of other saints.
It's just that when they write books and establish theories, they all proceed within the general framework of Zhu Sheng, preserving heaven's principles, and destroying human desires.
This will happen.
In Gu Changsheng's opinion, it is also the influence caused by the rules of Confucianism and Taoism.
In Gu Changsheng's view, Confucian practice in this world is actually building a house.
The saints lay the foundation.
The sub-saints and semi-saints under the saints are building walls and bricks.
Gentlemen and Confucian scholars who are under the rank of semi-saints add various furnishings and layouts to the house to make it look more gorgeous.
The Holy Master proposed the concept of benevolence and righteousness and the principle of teaching without distinction.
A framework is delineated and a foundation is established upon which sanctification can be achieved.
The seventy-two disciples of the Most Holy Master added many new things to this foundation, such as not being ashamed to ask questions, being sensitive and eager to learn, etc.
But after returning to the new, I have not jumped out of this framework. I am still making adjustments in this house named [Renyi].
But even so.
The introduction of these things is still enough for the seventy-two disciples of the Holy Master to become great Confucians, gentlemen, and even semi-saints and sub-saints.
And after this.
The theory of human nature proposed by Ren Sheng is similar to nature and habits are far apart, etc.
In addition to the holy foundation, a new framework has been laid.
This way.
The disciples of Rensheng, and the Confucian scholars who were close to Rensheng in that era.
Facing two foundations, one is already almost filled in by the Holy Master and the Confucian scholars of the era close to the Holy Master, and it is difficult to come up with something new [the doctrine of benevolence and righteousness].
One is the "Theory of Nature's Goodness" which was newly proposed by Rensheng and does not have much new content.
Which foundation you choose will make it easier to achieve semi-holy status or sub-holy status.
Isn’t it something that can be seen at a glance?
Yes.
Whenever a saint is born.
His teachings will surely lead the trend of literati for thousands of years until the next saint appears.
And now, this saint is the fifth saint, Zhu Sheng, who has established the framework and foundation of preserving heaven's principles and destroying human desires.
In such circumstances.
Naturally, the number of Confucian scholars who chose the path of other saints became much smaller.
Even if there is.
More, they are all choices. The teachings of Dong Sheng are only a thousand years earlier than Zhu Sheng.
Like the great Confucian who established Qingshui Academy, there are very few people who choose the teachings of the Holy Master.
But, precisely because it is rare, once it is achieved.
It seems even more rare!
As for Gu Changsheng, he understands many rules of Qingshui Academy.
Although I have never seen the great Confucian's demeanor back then, I can still feel that this great Confucian is a person who truly understood the concept of teaching without distinction.
It is said that there is no distinction between education and distinction.
It’s not just Qingshui Academy that recruits students free of charge.
At the same time, the money needed for the daily operations of Qingshui Academy.
On the one hand, it comes from the righteous land left by the great scholar, and on the other hand, it comes from the donations from officials who have come out of Qingshui Academy over the years.
However, the names of the officials who made these donations will not be announced.
Until they either died of illness in office or retired and returned to their hometowns.
Only then will it be announced and engraved on the monument of Qingshui Academy!
Do this for no other reason.
It is to enable the students of Qingshui Academy to study and study cleanly!
Not many students who graduated from Qingshui Academy became officials, and even fewer became senior officials.
But the number of great scholars who came out.
But it is Nankang Mansion, the one with the most of the three major academies. Even Nankang Academy is somewhat beyond its reach!
Yes.
For students from Qingshui Academy.
The literati at Nankang Academy also have more respect.
Gu Changsheng is naturally no exception.
Moreover, he also has a good impression of Qingshui Academy's ethos and rules.
Seeing Gu Changsheng admit his identity.
Bai Ren suddenly became excited.
He quickly said with a smile.
"I won't hide it from Brother Gu. In fact, the reason why I was so excited when I saw Brother Gu is because I have a question that I haven't been able to answer. I want to ask Brother Gu to help me solve my doubts."
Hear Bai Ren's words.
Gu Changsheng was confused.
Although I know that most of the scholars at Qingshui Academy are straightforward in character, this one's eyes have the clear and stupid style of the college students in his previous life.
But I didn't expect it.
The other party was actually so direct.
Bai Ren's so-called request for advice was not as gentle as it seemed on the surface.
For Confucian scholars, this kind of asking for advice has another name, that is, "debating scriptures".
The five sages, with their respective ideas, are gathered into a book.
It became, "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", "Collected Commentary on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books".
These five scriptures.
This is the classic of Confucianism.
Each Confucian scholar, according to the different paths of saints he has chosen, selects the corresponding classics for further study and study.
This is the path of cultivation for Confucian scholars and also their path of learning.
But, as the saying goes, thousands of people have different faces.
Even saints have differences in their ideas.
For example, between benevolence and sage and ritual sage, one is based on the theory of good nature and the other is the theory of evil nature.
How much more is it an ordinary Confucian scholar?
so.
Debate also came into being.
He was talking about asking for advice.
But in fact, it is a very complex and difficult problem, and there are often many text traps.
Come and ask other Confucian scholars.
If you can't answer the question, the other party's reputation will be tarnished.
but.
Just when Gu Changsheng thought that the Bai Ren brother in front of him was naturally dark.
But he found out.
Bai Ren's expression was extremely sincere.
My heart moved.
Gu Changsheng felt that he might have thought too much.
"Brother, do you want to debate scriptures with me?"
Gu Changsheng thought for a while, but decided to ask the question clearly before speaking.
Bai Ren was stunned when he heard Gu Changsheng's words.
"Debate?"
"Brother Gu, what do you mean?"
Gu Changsheng silently held his forehead.
This is the opening banquet, and the guests are all outstanding literati from various counties. They can be called the Nankang Prefecture, the leaders of Confucianism and Taoism in the next hundred years.
Some of the people coming in may be young.
For example, there were several geniuses not far away who came from another large county academy and looked to be less than eighteen years old.
But no matter how old or young you are.
Even Jiang Xue looks like a martial artist.
His heart and mind are all real, and his behavior is quite mature!