These words, along with the slaps, scolded many people present.
However.
These words made the dean of Yingtang Academy's eyes light up. This person had always hated Long Yan's exaggerated writing style and his pile of obscene words. He asked: "What Liu Zhizhou said is that the heart is the law of heaven.
Is there any end to reason in that day?”
Liu Zheng replied: "The principles of heaven are not fixed, and are naturally endless. Just like good and evil, they are also endless. Saints are like Yao and Shun, but above Yao and Shun, the good is endless. Evil is like Jie and Zhou, but under Jie and Zhou, the evil is endless! Let Jie and Zhou not stop.
Wouldn't it be better for evil to stop here after death? When all good has come to an end, why did King Wen 'look at the way but fail to see it'?"
Someone else asked: "If there is neither good nor evil, how can we judge whether to do good or avoid evil?"
Liu Zheng replied: "It is the law of nature to have good thoughts in mind. This thought is a great good. Why should we consider other things? Since this good thought is not evil, why should we get rid of any evil? This thought is like the bud of a tree, which is determined.
People will always be sure of this good idea. Confucius said, 'Follow your heart's desires without exceeding the rules.' What do you think, sir?"
"Liu Zhizhou believes that you should know before you act, or act before you know?"
"Nowadays, people's knowledge is only divided into two parts: knowledge and action. Therefore, although a thought is not good, but it has not been done, there is no prohibition. Now I say that knowledge and action are one. I just want people to know where a thought is initiated, and then do it.
. If there is any unwholesome thought in the origin, then this unwholesome thought must be overcome. It must be thorough and thorough to prevent that unwholesome thought from lurking in the heart!"
"Then according to what Liu Zhizhou said, we can also become saints?"
"The saints, heaven, earth, people, objects, Confucianism, Buddhism, Laoism, and Zhuang are all for my use. This is called the Great Way!"
boom!
in this way.
The literati present asked and answered questions one after another.
The atmosphere in the whole place became lively.
If it can be said that when these scholars came to Liangzhou Mansion, they came to find trouble with Liu Zheng, and were gathered here specifically to find trouble with him. Now, they have completely forgotten their original intention of coming here!
Yes.
For literati of any era, nothing fascinates them more than the collision of ideas.
The key is...
At first, they didn't think Liu Zhizhou could come up with any decent theory. However, they no longer think so.
This is a monster!
This is a genius!
I can carefully analyze everyone's questions and then answer them.
And it can always be positioned accurately, leaving people speechless!
Subversion, and inheritance exist!
Confucianism seems to have become more advanced with him!
"Conscience is just a mind of right and wrong. Right and wrong are just likes and dislikes. Just likes and dislikes means everything is right and wrong. Just wrong means everything can change."
"There is nothing outside the heart, nothing outside the heart, no reason outside the heart, no justice outside the heart, and no kindness outside the heart!"
"A gentleman loves his relatives when he is virtuous, and a villain enjoys and benefits from them!"
"If you think about the good when you see them, if you look at yourself when you see the unworthy, you will not be too responsible for yourself, and you will have strict self-governance!"
Boom boom boom!
Bang bang bang!
Hundreds of thousands of people present stood up at the same time.
They looked at Liu Zheng on the podium in disbelief.