Chapter 85 0080 [Discussing Tao under the mulberry tree]
"At the beginning of man's life, his nature is good..."
Lu Tixue read it carefully, nodded in agreement from time to time, and finally said: "This Mongolian text is indeed excellent and is conducive to children's learning, but it cannot be called a scripture, and it should be renamed "Three Character Classic"."
Zhu Ming didn't care about this, he raised his hand and said, "Thank you for the scholarship and the name."
Lu Tixue smiled and nodded: "Li Tong judged that you have mastered the Three Classics. I will give you a test now."
As soon as he said this, the twenty scholars from Xixiang County who were accompanying him all turned their attention to Ju Ming. There were doubts, disdain, jealousy... all kinds of emotions.
Understanding the Three Classics is not something that can be said casually!
If a young man understands the three classics, he can basically be sure that he is bragging.
Lu Tixue then said to Professor Qian and the scholars: "You can answer my questions."
"Please give me some advice without hesitation!"
Everyone bowed and bowed.
Lu Tixue stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the mountains and rivers in front of him: "What is Tao? What is a tool?"
A scholar named Yu rushed to answer: "What is metaphysical is called Tao, and what is metaphysical is called weapon."
Before this man could finish speaking, the other scholars were filled with regret.
What I regret is that I reacted too slowly and missed the opportunity to express myself. This is the original sentence in "Yi Zhuan" and it is very famous. Even if you don't study "Zhou Yi", you can answer it.
Lu Tixue looked at Ju Ming: "What do you think of success?"
Ju Ming understood what the other party meant. In the past, Bai Chongwen and Li Hanzhang used the content of the imperial examination as their starting point when they asked the magistrate to examine the scriptures, and they just asked Ju Ming to explain the scriptures.
Lu Tixue in front of him had already skipped the imperial examination and wanted to discuss theory with Ju Ming directly.
Ju Ming replied: "The Tao is the principle, and the implement is the matter."
This answer is similar to that of the scholar named Yu, but more specific.
Lu Tixue asked again: "What are Taoist tools for?"
"For Taoist weapons!"
"The Taoist tools are indistinguishable."
"The Tao is also a tool, and the tool is also a Tao."
"..."
The accompanying scholars rushed to answer. This time they had to seize the opportunity, and they all said big but empty mainstream views.
Zhu Ming thought carefully and did not speak. He was guessing Lu Tixue's thoughts.
Candidates who are good at reading comprehension all know that only by understanding the intention of the question maker can they get infinitely close to the standard answer.
Lu Ti asked Ju Ming: "Why don't you say anything?"
After contacting Lu Tixue's words and deeds before, he seemed to highly value miscellaneous studies. Ju Ming gave the answer: "Governing tools reveals the way."
Lu Tixue was startled when he heard this. After thinking about it seriously, he actually laughed happily: "What a man who shows his mastery of tools, he is truly one of the best in our generation!"
This is not only a standard answer, but also exceeds the expectations of the questioner.
"Governing instruments to show the way" is the thought of the meritorious school of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court experienced a series of disastrous defeats, and many scholars began to reflect. So they proposed to apply what they have learned. The pursuit of learning is to make the country rich and the people strong, and abandon those false and empty ideas.
They follow principles and seek truth from facts when doing things. They advocate equal emphasis on agriculture and business, justice and profit, and the use of kings and hegemons.
The environment in which the Shigong School of the Southern Song Dynasty was born, as well as the content they advocated, were exactly the same as the Practical School of thought in the late Ming Dynasty. Both countries were weak, and they abandoned empty talk and pursued practicality.
Of course, Lu Tixue was not a meritorious person, but he respected miscellaneous studies and they were compatible with each other.
Seeing that Lu Tixue was scratched, Zhu Ming took advantage of the victory and pursued it and said: "What fills the universe is nothing but things, and what is used in daily life is nothing more than things."
Lu Tixue tasted this sentence carefully, and he actually felt like a confidant, and at the same time he was a little jealous: I thought so too, why didn't I sum it up?
This sentence comes from the words of Chen Liang in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhu Xi and Chen Liang were good friends, and both were fanatical and militant factions, but their academic ideas were incompatible. They both tried to persuade each other, but neither could do anything to defeat the other, so they had to fight to decide the outcome.
"Success comes forward!"
Lu Tixue was so happy to see Hunter Xin that he completely ignored others and asked Ju Ming to go with him.
After walking for a while, the field ridge was slightly wider and there was a mulberry tree.
Lu Tixue didn't mind that the ground was dirty. He sat down under the mulberry tree and waved, "Come and sit."
Then, Zhu Ming became more relaxed and relaxed and sat down next to Lu Tixue.
Such a situation made the accompanying scholars go crazy with jealousy, wishing they could kick Ju Ming away and replace him.
Who told them they couldn’t examine the questions? They would start answering questions as soon as their brains got hot.
For this kind of test, it doesn't matter whether the answer is correct or not. What matters is whether the person asking the question likes it or not.
"Bring the wine!" Lu Tixue shouted.
The two soap officials quickly came forward, set up wine cups, filled them for the two of them, and spread the silk cloth on the floor and sprinkled them with preserved fruits.
Lu Tixue chewed the preserved fruit and took a sip, then asked: "Er Cheng said, 'Preserve the laws of nature and destroy human desires'. How do you view success?"
"The principles are good, and there is nothing to criticize," Ju Ming said. "Eating well, wearing warm clothes, marrying a wife and having children are the natural principles. Overeating and eating too much, concubines in groups are human desires. The natural principles should be preserved and destroyed.
Human desire.”
Lu Tixue was unhappy: "How can one destroy human desires?"
Zhu Ming smiled and said: "So the truth is right, and we should advise the world in this way. But in practice, we can only abide by it ourselves and cannot force it on others. There are even hypocritical people who treat others harshly and are lenient to themselves.
You only let others destroy human desires, but your own human desires do not reject anyone who comes."
"Well said, there are such hypocritical people," Lu Tixue raised the wine cup and said, "Here, drink!"
Ju Ming also said: "This has to do with temperament. Nature is the unexpressed emotion, while emotion is the expressed nature. Everyone has evil thoughts and malignant thoughts, and he is a gentleman if he can control them. Those who have the right emotions, anger, sorrow, love and hate, are
Tao, if it loses its integrity, it is desire.”
Lu Tixue felt strange. What Zhu Ming said was exactly what he thought, and he could explain it accurately.
It's very simple. What Ju Ming just said combines the best of Zhu Xi and Chen Liang, two enemies. How could the ideas of these two great Confucians of the Southern Song Dynasty not crush Lu Tixue?
Lu Tixue seemed to hate Taoism very much. He drank another bowl of wine and continued to criticize: "To study things to achieve knowledge, the second process is also wrong. What kind of numerology is there? Since we are studying things, we have to do things, things. How can we study things if we don't do things?
"
Zhu Ming deliberately followed the other person's intention and said: "Of course. To gain knowledge by studying things, one should act according to the circumstances and seek the Tao based on things."
"A good man who follows his own example and seeks the truth based on things," Lu Tixue liked what he heard. He raised his wine cup and said, "Have another bowl!"
Ju Ming smiled and clinked his glasses. He had already figured out the way to get the scholarship.
The current mainstream official thought is Wang Anshi's New Learning, which was promoted by Cai Jing and later inherited by Qin Hui. The New Learning was eventually abandoned and is closely related to Cai Jing and Qin Hui. What kind of good knowledge could the two traitors admire?
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At the same time, although Taoism was suppressed, it still had great influence among the people.
Lu Tixue, on the other hand, had a bit of "Song Gong School" thought and had nothing to do with the New Learning or Taoism. His ability to serve as a Tixue envoy was only because he was closer to the New Learning and was a mortal enemy of Taoism, so he was promoted by Cai Jing.
The meritorious sect had not taken shape at all, and there were only scattered scholars like this. Lu Tixue felt depressed because he couldn't find anyone to communicate with. He wanted to do things seriously but was hampered, so he just spent the whole day traveling around mountains and playing ball games.
Today, Ju Ming's brain waves actually matched his!
Confidant, absolute confidant!
But where can I have any close friends?
You talk to people when you see them, but you talk to ghosts when you see them.
No matter who comes from any school, as long as he is a scholar, Ju Ming can match the brain waves.
Under the mulberry tree, the two of them chatted more and more.
Drink and talk at the same time.
Officials, scholars, squires, farmers... all stood there stupidly, watching them talk nonsense.
Even Xiang Zhixian, a Jinshi in the second subject, had no room to interrupt.
Xiang Zhixian is not knowledgeable enough. Although he can understand it, he can't pick up the topic and speaking carelessly will make a joke.
The main reason was that the content of the conversation between Zhu Ming and Lu Tixue was so different from the mainstream thinking that Xiang Zhixian thought it was the unique opinion of some school of thought.
Professor Qian asked in a low voice: "Brother Weitian, what is the background of Zhu Chenggong? What he and Lu Tixue said seems to be unrighteous."
Xiang Zhixian didn't understand either, but he pretended to understand: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been countless sects of doctrine. Where did the righteous heretics come from? Since Lu Tixue regards Mr. Anding as the founder, he must be a branch of the righteous path."
As the principal of a county school, Professor Qian is also a Jinshi - the requirements for county schools are not high, only the principal must be a Jinshi, and ordinary teachers can hire candidates.
Professor Qian thought carefully, nodded and said, "I am ignorant, but I didn't expect Zhu Chenggong to be able to answer questions fluently."
After a long time, Bai Zongwang felt that his pigs should have been killed, so he couldn't help but said: "Lu Tixue, it's getting late, how about you go to my house and talk about it?"
"Noisy!"
Lu Tixue was unhappy that the communication was interrupted, but he stood up and said, "We'll talk tomorrow. I'll cook the pork first, and you guys can all come and try the craftsmanship."
When discussing Tao, we must not forget Dongpo Rou.
The scholar was escorted to Bai's house. He went straight to the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and started cutting meat.
Moreover, his movements are extremely swift, and his knife skills look like he graduated from New Oriental, as if he majored in cooking courses.
Scholars in this county could only stand and stare, with mixed feelings in their hearts. How could the academic envoy responsible for the education work on Lizhou Road look like this?
Shouldn't the envoys who are teaching students along the way behave elegantly and look serious?
I'm afraid this is just a false statement!
Zhu Guoxiang finally had the opportunity to communicate with his son: "What's going on with this man?"
Zhu Ming whispered: "Now the mainstream schools are Xin Xue, Luo Xue and Shu Xue. He is not from any school, but his work is close to Xin Xue and his life is close to Shu Xue. I guess I can't find anyone to communicate with, so I will join them."
Okay, I enjoyed chatting with him. I think we will continue chatting tomorrow. Today we only talked about the general direction, and I haven’t talked about the details yet.”
"Being in sync with one's thoughts is more advanced than giving gifts. Once the leader is happy, things will definitely get done," Zhu Guoxiang said.
Zhu Ming suppressed a smile and said: "I'm afraid if we chat for a few more days, he will introduce me as a confidant. Dean Zhu, you can also join in. This person's thoughts are very... well, modern."
"Modern?" Zhu Guoxiang didn't understand.
Ju Ming said: "He does not value etiquette and only pursues practicality. If this school of Confucian scholars continues to evolve, they will even have 'non-Confucian' ideas. You can simply understand that they belong to Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi's predecessor, but
Due to the background and personal qualifications of the time, I haven’t gone that far into my knowledge. You just need to talk to him about agriculture, and he will definitely like it.”
Zhu Guoxiang looked at Lu Tixue who was cutting meat, nodded and said, "Then let's wait and eat the meat."
