Chapter 189: The Unity of Knowledge and Action

Fang Renzheng said: "I'll listen to you for example." ”

Zhang Shitao said: "For example, when I see a beautiful woman, I can pursue her and appreciate her, but I can't think about her every day, right?"

Fang Renzheng laughed and said: "What you said is not entirely right, if you are in love, can you not think about her every day? If you don't think about her every day, then you are not in love." ”

Zhang Shitao said: "Then I don't understand, you say for a while, thinking about something every day, it's not right, and a while saying, it's okay to think about something every day, isn't this a contradiction?"

Fang Renzheng said with a smile: "When you fall in love, the goal is single-minded, thinking about the other party, this is your normal reaction, that's understandable, but if you just want to make an appointment with the other party, and then think about it every day, that's playing hooligan, can it be the same? No matter what, it's okay to just go out of the way and do it according to reason, but if you go beyond the reason and deliberately pursue something, then it's not okay, people can see feelings, but don't abuse emotions, that's the truth." ”

Zhang Shitao couldn't help but admire when he heard this: "Renzheng, you are about to become a master now, and what you say is not understandable." ”

Fang Renzheng smiled: "Do you know Wang Yangming?"

As soon as he said this, Lu Qingping interjected: "Mr. Fang, I know him." ”

Fang Renzheng glanced at him, then turned to Zhang Shitao and said, "Shitao, do you know?"

Zhang Shitao thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard of this person, but I can't remember it." ”

Fang Renzheng said: "That Qingping is stronger than you, you don't even know Wang Yangming, which means that you have read too few books." Wang Yangming founded the study of mind, Qingping, what do you say his mind mainly refers to?"

Lu Qingping said: "To conscience." ”

Fang Renzheng said: "That's right, what else?"

Lu Qingping said: "There is also the unity of knowledge and action. ”

Fang Renzheng said: "What do you mean by conscience?"

When Lu Qingping heard this, he suddenly said: "Mr. Fang, I feel that what you just talked about is to conscience, Wang Yangming's mind is not to destroy people's desires with heavenly principles, and human desires are also part of conscience. ”

Fang Renzheng smiled: "It's a bit interesting, it seems that you know a lot." Lu Qingping said: "Mr. Fang, I'm smiling." ”

Fang Renzheng asked again: "Then what is the unity of knowledge and action?"

Lu Qingping said: "You just know what it means to do it, right?"

Fang Renzheng said: "Then let me ask you, can people achieve the unity of knowledge and action?"

Zhang Shitao didn't wait for Lu Qingping to speak, so he intercepted and said: "The unity of knowledge and action is easier said than done, if you can achieve the unity of knowledge and action, then you are a saint." ”

Fang Renzheng laughed and said: "If you say so, Wang Yangming's theory of the unity of knowledge and action is useless, it is just a castle in the air, just for others to hear, and it is useless." ”

Zhang Shitao said: "That's what it looks like, how many people can become like Wang Yangming?"

Fang Renzheng said: "What is a master? A master is not the only one who can do something, but a master can make many people do something, if the theory is not universal, then there is no meaning of existence." ”

Zhang Shitao said: "Then you mean that we can all achieve the unity of knowledge and action? But how do I think that we know a lot of things, but there are few things that can be done, and our ears are about to grind out of cocoons when we listen to many truths, and we can't do it." ”

Fang Renzheng said: "You can't do it because you don't know enough, and you don't know what the true unity of knowledge and action is." ”

Lu Qingping hurriedly asked, "Mr. Fang, what is the unity of knowledge and action?"

Fang Renzheng glanced at the two of them and said, "I can't answer you directly about this, but I can give you an example to let you realize, after Shi Tao saw Liu Ying just now, he fell in love, may I ask, what is the situation?

As soon as he asked, he stopped Lu Qingping and Zhang Shitao at once.

Zhang Shitao thought for a while and said: "How do I feel that there is neither an ingredient of knowledge nor an ingredient of action here, I just feel that Liu Ying is beautiful, and then I looked at her twice, and I didn't do anything." ”

Fang Renzheng listened, laughed, and looked at Lu Qingping again, Lu Qingping thought for a while and said: "I feel that there is something to know about this, after Secretary Zhang saw Liu Ying, he knew that she was beautiful, so he fell in love." ”

Fang Renzheng laughed and said, "The reason why you think that the unity of knowledge and action cannot be done is because you have not yet understood what the true unity of knowledge and action is. Zhang Shitao is a normal person with cognition, so after seeing Liu Ying, he immediately wowed, this woman is so beautiful, this is his knowledge, because he knows a thing, that is, this woman is so beautiful. And then, is there a line in this? It depends on how we understand the line. If according to the general understanding, Shi Tao must step forward to kiss the willow warbler a few times, this is called the line, in fact, this is not, if he really stepped forward to kiss the two willow warblers, he is playing hooligan, the premise of the unity of knowledge and action is to conscience, you don't even have a conscience, where is the line? Therefore, the line corresponding to this knowledge is, after you realize that Liu Ying is beautiful, you will like her, your heart is moved, this is the line, if your heart is not moving, you know that this person is beautiful, but you do not have any emotions, you are not good, because you are a non-human, understand?"

Zhang Shitao looked at him, but shook his head and said: "I still don't understand, if I like her, but I don't take any action, how can it be considered okay? Renzheng, what you said is unreasonable, I don't think what you said is right." ”

Fang Renzheng smiled: "Let me ask you, does psychological action count as action?"

Zhang Shitao was taken aback for a moment and said, "Can psychological action be regarded as action?"

Fang Renzheng said: "Who stipulates that psychological action is not action? The difference between human beings and animals is that there are psychological actions, and human psychological actions are still very rich, can only external actions be regarded as actions?"

Zhang Shitao was speechless for a while. Fang Renzheng knew that he didn't quite understand it yet, and said, "I can give you further analysis. ”

Zhang Shitao said: "How else to analyze? The more you talk about us, the more confused we become." ”

Fang Renzheng smiled: "What's so confused?"

Zhang Shitao said: "If psychological action is also action, then aren't we talking on paper? For example, if I know how to fight a war, and then I calculate and calculate it in my mind, what is the use? Historically, Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper, and it was best to fight a big defeat, and we can't ignore this lesson, right? Therefore, what you are talking about now about the unity of knowledge and action is very much like talking about war on paper. ”

As soon as he said this, Lu Qingping nodded again and again beside him.