Wang Liangyu took a while to recover, and looked down at the strong man at his feet, wondering whether to laugh or cry: "Please get up, I am just a seeker, how can I be your master?" After a pause, he said again, "
Besides, I have explained all the methods of martial arts practice, and you know them all, so there is no need to worship me as your teacher!"
When the strong man heard this, he did not let go. He shook his head and said firmly: "Martial Ancestor has shown kindness to us and taught martial arts. I respect you and want to serve you all my life!"
After hearing these words, Wang Liangyu's face froze instantly, knowing that something was wrong.
Everyone says that in the Spring and Autumn Period, rituals and music collapsed, but people in this era still retained pure moral concepts that would be unimaginable to future generations.
Therefore, there is "a scholar who is a confidant will die", there is Song Xianggong's "Battle of Hongshui", and there is Hua Bao's "It is a shame not to shoot more".
As expected by Wang Liangyu, as soon as the strong man finished speaking, several more people jumped onto the platform and knelt down directly in front of Wang Liangyu, just like the strong men, and asked to be their disciples.
Looking at the dozen or so people kneeling in front of him, Wang Liangyu had a headache. He opened his mouth to refuse, but he was afraid that these people would lose their minds and kill themselves and spill their blood on the Taoist forum.
At that time, Wu Zixu met a boatman on his way out of the Chu State and was helped by him to successfully cross the river. Later, Wu Zixu suspected that he had leaked his whereabouts. The boatman drowned himself to prove his innocence.
A boatman even chose to commit suicide because his innocence was doubted. How could these proud warriors who were accomplished in martial arts not commit suicide because they were rejected?
There is no doubt that such things abounded in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Wang Liangyu pondered for a long time, finally nodded and agreed, and took all the dozen or so people under his wing.
With the precedent set, more people jumped onto the forum and became disciples one after another.
Seeing this situation, Wang Liangyu knew that he could not refuse, so he simply accepted them all.
In just half a quarter of an hour, the huge Tao discussion platform was filled with Wang Liangyu and his disciples. Not to mention 10%, 90% of the martial arts practitioners present became Wang Liangyu’s disciples, and there were even hundreds of other disciples.
The disciples of the family are eager to try.
Wang Liangyu did not refuse martial arts practitioners, but he politely refused disciples from other schools of thought.
Because Wang Liangyu did not want to cause a dispute among orthodox traditions and compete for other people's disciples, which would be the most jealous of others.
A newbie in martial arts cannot withstand such a fight.
More importantly, Wang Liangyu had a bolder idea in his mind.
Once again rejecting a young man from the Guan Zhong school of Qi State, Wang Liangyu ousted all his disciples, and then raised his hands in all directions and said, "I'm sorry for delaying the discussion of Taoism due to my affairs. Please forgive me!" He paused.
After a pause, he took another breath and said slowly, "The martial arts foundation building skill is called martial arts foundation building, but it is actually a way to strengthen the body. I don't think it will hinder your practice, no matter what family or sect you are from.
To practice, you don’t have to come to my door.”
"Internal strength and acupoint nourishing methods may be different from those of other Taoist practitioners. You need to be careful and practice as appropriate to learn from each other's strengths."
Before everyone around him came back to his senses, Wang Liangyu continued: "The purpose of the Tao Discussion Conference is to discuss Tao and communicate with each other. If my martial arts is beneficial to you, beneficial to the world, and beneficial to the human race, it will be my great fortune to spread it to the nine states and the four seas.
My great wish!”
This sublimation made everyone sincerely convinced and admired Wang Liangyu's open-mindedness and tolerance.
After Wang Liangyu's opening demonstration, hundreds of scholars came on stage one after another to explain in detail the key points of their own practice, without reservation.
This lecture lasted only half a month, and the various schools of thought no longer had any hidden barriers, and they knew themselves and their enemies.
Almost all the secret practices of various schools of thought are made public, but none of them are just sleazy people. Even if they know the secret practices of other people, no one practices them privately. People who are really interested in them will still worship at the door.
Only after the middle school can you truly practice.
The exposition was over, and after a day's rest, the discussion stage was opened again.
Under Wang Liangyu's arrangement, various schools of thought sat on the Tao discussion platform and began to truly discuss Tao.
Wang Liangyu stood in the center of the forum, looked around, and said loudly: "A few days ago, we were here to explain our Tao respectively. You all know something about each other. I believe you will learn from each other in private and learn from each other's strengths to offset your weaknesses.
Did you get something?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent, and everyone felt a little embarrassed.
Looking at the silent scholars, Wang Liangyu smiled faintly and said seriously and solemnly: "The purpose of the Tao Discussion Conference is to discuss Tao and communicate. The purpose of the exchange is to learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths, complement each other's weaknesses, and make progress together!" As he said that, he pointed again.
He said with a smile, "Take my martial arts as an example. The method of internal strength is derived from Taoist Qi refining and military Qi gathering."
After saying that, Wang Liangyu turned to look at the Confucian group headed by Confucius, and said with a smile on his face: "To be honest with you, before the Taoism Conference, I asked Confucius and stayed in his residence for several months.
For a long time, I just wanted to study Confucianism to nourish Qi and create methods for cultivating Qi for martial arts."
"Inquiry into hundreds of schools of thought and lay the foundation for martial arts. This is my ambition and pursuit. It is supremely glorious and supremely great!"
"You don't need to be ashamed of this. Confucius asked Lao Tzu about it in the past!"
Hearing the words, all the scholars were enlightened and looked at Wang Liangyu intently. The eyes of the disciples were full of eagerness and reverence. Confucius, Sun Wu and other leaders of the hundreds of scholars looked at Wang Liangyu with more eyes.
A hint of praise and relief.
As soon as the words changed, Wang Liangyu brought the topic back: "As the saying goes, the more arguments are made, the clearer the truth becomes. Today's theme is debate."
"Debate the pros and cons of your avenues, discuss the strength and weakness of your avenues!"
As soon as Wang Liangyu finished speaking, a middle-aged man spoke first, pointing directly at Confucianism: "The etiquette of governing the world is simple and easy to follow; the etiquette of troubled times is troublesome and difficult to follow. The joy of ancient times is of quality but not sad; the joy of today is evil and evil.
It’s fornication. The people of ancient times were honest and simple; the people of this world are deceitful and do many things. So the people have more chaos and less governance. How can we talk about etiquette and justice!"
Looking at the middle-aged man who spoke out, Wang Liangyu frowned and recognized him as Fengrui, a disciple of Deng Xi, the founder of the "School of Name Identification".
The so-called theory of debate is what later generations called famous scholars. This is a school rich in debaters and debaters, the most famous of which is Gongsun Long, who is "a white horse but not a horse".
Of course, Gongsun Long was not born yet.
Although Deng Xi is not as famous as Gongsun Long, he is the founder of a famous school and the first person to clearly oppose the rule of etiquette. "The lawless king is not etiquette and righteousness." He is a mortal enemy of Confucianism, which advocates etiquette and righteousness.
Faced with Fengrui's accusation, the Confucian disciples were indignant, and Yan Hui stood up and argued: "Morality and righteousness cannot be done without etiquette; teaching the right customs cannot be done without etiquette; arguing about disputes and lawsuits cannot be done without etiquette; between kings and ministers, fathers, sons, and brothers, nothing can be done without etiquette."
Uncertain; when an official is a scholar and a teacher, it is impolite and disrespectful; when he is running the army, he visits officials to practice law, it is impolite and majestic; when he prays at the temple and offers sacrifices to ghosts and gods, it is impolite, sincere and disrespectful!"
After a few words, the two sides went from a simple verbal exchange to a serious argument.