Chapter 067: What is the Law of Governance?
(This chapter is too capricious, and I don't know if it's good or bad, so I'm nervous to upload it.) οΌ
What is the fundamental law of governance?
This is a difficult problem in the Great Wei State, and the Great Wei ideological circles, where a hundred schools of thought contended and a hundred flowers bloomed, put forward a variety of plans for governing the country, but in the end there was no unified and convincing answer.
Confucianism advocates benevolent government, advocating governing the country with etiquette, subduing people with virtue, emphasizing education and light punishment.
Mohists advocate both love and non-aggression, and advocate Shangxian, Shangtong and non-attack.
Taoism advocates the rule of inaction, advocates quiet and inaction, guards the female and the soft, and overcomes the rigid with the soft, and the ideal governing plan is a small country and a widow, and all things are naturally born.
The Yin-Yang family put forward the theory of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, explaining the "five elements" with the "five virtues", and advocating the statecraft of lacking what attributes to supplement what attributes.
Soldiers advocate raising troops to rejuvenate the army and govern the world with the art of war.
Legalists advocate the legal system, advocating that there should be no intimacy with each other, no distinction between the noble and the low, and one rule of law.
In the concept of Lin Wan'er and Zhao Gan, "governing the country according to law" is the fundamental law and feasible law, but the imperfection of the legal system in the Great Wei State has caused huge differences in governance, and many literati giants have criticized the lack of "human nature" in the legal system, and some laws and regulations are too strict, but the reason for this situation is not that there are loopholes in the legal system itself, but that the starting point of the laws of the Great Wei State is "reason" rather than "people", and the hundred schools of thought also have their own concepts of governing the country, so the fundamental law of the entire Great Wei State has always been in a state of intense and chaotic state.
As a master of Buddhism, Allati put forward the doctrine of "governing the country with Buddha", advocating devotion to Buddhism and doing good deeds to accumulate virtue. There are many brave generals in the Hun Left Tent Palace, but there are not many learned people, and the national teacher Anlati is not only the national teacher of the Left Tent Palace. And according to the Central Plains, he is also the prime minister of the royal court.
Chen Nuonuo, as a famous talented woman of the Great Wei Dynasty, is the daughter of Chen Xian University, and originally thought that her daughter would inherit her father's business and advocate Confucian benevolence, but in this law discernment, she actually took the "Legalist" doctrine as the starting point and advocated "governing the country according to law", which Chen Xian University Scholar showed a strong tolerance. Ignore it.
Allati sat down on the futon. Stretched out his hand to signal Chen Nuonuo, who also bent his knees and stood on the futon, and lightly raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for the national teacher.
Lin Wan'er sat in the distance. Looking at the harmony between the scenes, I was a little disappointed, and I thought that this matter of distinguishing the law should be intense, and when it comes to the excitement, I should do it big, and then I can watch the excitement myself. But looking at today's scene, that is, in the end, the two should still be so harmonious.
Along with Lin Wan'er, there was also Princess Roujia. Princess Roujia was quite nervous when she saw Angelati and Chen Nuonuo coming out, and couldn't help but hug Lin Wan'er's arm, but when she saw the two of them sitting down politely, Chen Nuonuo also poured a glass of wine for the monk. Most of the interest suddenly disappeared.
National Master Allati smiled slightly, nodded and spoke, not talking about governing the country but talking about Buddhism: "Poor monks have been suffering since childhood. Born under the Bodhi tree, I don't know what my parents are. The life is bleak, and he was resentful when he was young, but he recited the Dharma all day long, had Buddhist scriptures by his side, and found a comfort place in his heart, since then the poor monks have seen through the rich and poor, and are determined to carry forward the Buddhism, so that the people all over the world can also find a peace of mind. β
Everyone shifted their eyes from the national teacher of Allati to Chen Nuonuo, who started with his own experience and told the quiet and calm that the Buddhist scriptures brought to him, and then promoted it to the world, leaving a foreshadowing for the rule of the country with Buddha. Lin Wan'er and Princess Roujia didn't understand the mystery, so Zhao Qian explained in a low voice.
Chen Nuonuo also smiled slightly, and said: "What the national teacher said is true, Buddhism is calm, but it is also necessary to be wise, most of the people in the world are trapped by food, clothing, housing and transportation, and preaching and reciting Buddha is even more distant, not to mention that Buddhism pays attention to self-discipline, not external constraints, and lacks judgment standards." The Legalists are different, dividing the world into circles, formulating rules, acting according to law, and not crossing the thunder pond for half a step, the world can be peaceful. β
Chen Nuonuo responded calmly, so that everyone was happy and convinced, and then asked: "National teacher, Nuo Nuo has something unclear, please give advice, Buddhism pays attention to accumulating good deeds, everyone in the world is equal, dare to ask Zhong Ming Ding Food House to pave bridges and build roads, and the donation of three taels of copper plates from poor people, which is better?" β
Allati raised his cup of tea and replied, "No matter whether you are high or low, whether you are high or low, you can talk about cause and effect, and re-creation, and you can be good in your heart, and you can be sincere in your heart." The poor monk has a question, the Legalist family is not close to each other, not the noble and the lowly, a break in the law, Mr. Chen also said to draw a square circle, set the rules, but the poor monk does not know who made the law, and who broke the law? β
Chen Nuonuo replied: "The law is the law, and the law is the law." β
Allati shook his head and chuckled: "Mr. Chen's words are a bit too sharp. β
Chen Nuonuo didn't care, but asked rhetorically: "Dare to ask the national teacher, who determines this Buddha, and who writes this Buddha?" β
Allati seemed to recall the past, as if he remembered the past many years ago: "The poor monk traveled west to Tianzhu, and saw the towering temple stupa standing in the sky in the desert, and the monk walked barefoot in the middle of it, only then did he understand that there is a true Buddha in the world." Of course, this Dharma is determined by the true Buddha in heaven, and the Buddha is written by the true Buddha. β
Hearing this, no one did not believe the words of Allati, there was no need for this national teacher who was skilled in Buddhism to lie, he must have seen the heavenly temple stupa in the desert. Lin Wan'er snorted, understanding that what the national teacher of Allati saw was just a mirage, caused by the refraction of light, not a temple pagoda in the sky, and she just didn't know how Chen Nuonuo responded.
Chen Nuonuo unhurriedly took out a silver hairpin from his sleeve and gently put it into the teacup water, and the silver hairpin seemed to be broken under the water. Promise Nuo pointed to the silver hairpin and said: "The silver hairpin enters the water, it seems to be broken, but in fact it is not broken, and the stupa of the temple in the air seen by the national teacher is similar to it." I want to come to the national teacher has also heard such strange things, the people who live by the sea often see the clouds in the sky, there are pavilions and pavilions imprinted in the eyes, beautiful, no other ears, only a mirage. β
Lin Wan'er couldn't stop nodding, and said that this Chen Nuonuo is knowledgeable, but I didn't expect that when I saw it today, it really deserved its name, and even knew something about physics, although the refraction and reflection of light were basic common sense, but in the feudal country of Great Wei, Chen Nuonuo was still able to understand, and it was not easy to be true.
Allati had an obsession in his heart, and he didn't believe what Chen Nuonuo said, but he was extremely cultivated, and he didn't feel that Chen Nuonuo's words were disrespectful, but shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What Mr. Chen said is absurd, in the desert wasteland, where does the sea water and waves come from, how can there be a mirage?" β
Chen Nuonuo replied: "The scenes in the world are strange, and there should be thousands of things that the national teacher has not seen. After Chen Nuonuo refuted the national teacher, he immediately asked: "Buddhism has a saying, good is good, evil is evil, I don't know how to distinguish between good and evil?" β
Chen Nuonuo's question is very sharp, this is something that is difficult for many Buddhist masters to explain clearly, and it is also a place where other hundreds of schools of thought are attacked, if Buddhism can't even distinguish between good and evil, how can it be used to govern the country and educate the people?
Master Allati replied: "Many believers have asked the Buddha about the difference between good and evil, but the Buddha never answered positively, but chuckled lightly, and everyone was puzzled. The distinction between good and evil is a refutation, justice is at ease in people's hearts, and good and evil are in the same thought. β
The answer of the national teacher of Allati was very general, not only did he shake his head, but even the students of the Guozijian couldn't help but whisper. The way to distinguish lies in confrontation, not to shy away, should compete with each other, you come and go.
The poor monk's answer is hard to convince you. The national teacher stood up, picked up the teacup, and slammed it on the ground, the teacup suddenly shattered into countless pieces, and the national teacher pointed to the fragments and said, "This is evil." Then he bent down and picked up the pieces piece by piece and said, "This is good." β
The meaning of the national teacher's words is very simple, the distinction between good and evil is nothing more than one point, and the judgment of people's hearts is beneficial to themselves. It is good to benefit others, and vice versa.
Everyone nodded, thinking that the national teacher's answer was wonderful.
But Lin Wan'er and Princess Roujia had different ideas, and the two were very distressed. Lin Wan'er felt sorry for the well-made teacup that was worth a lot of money at a glance, Princess Roujia felt sorry for her time, the sky outside the window was clear, it would be nice if she could go out to play, why bother listening to the two people bickering here, but just now I promised the third brother to hear the end, hey, it's really annoying.
The confrontation continued, Allati and Chen Nuonuo expressed their opinions, did not give in to each other, Anlati national teacher's "governing the country with Buddha" pays attention to accumulating goodness and becoming virtuous, everyone does good, poverty and suffering is a kind of tempering, people should be willing to eat, with the encounter, and should not try their best to get rid of.
Chen Nuonuo's "rule of law" advocates the rule of law, the law is higher than a qiΔ, the rules of the square circle are all stipulated by the law, and the attitude towards poverty and suffering is to try to get rid of it, and then talk about human nature after having enough food and clothing.
The disadvantage of the view of the National Master of Allati is that it is too emotional, puts the thinking consciousness above the material, and violates the basic cognition and needs of human beings in some aspects. However, Chen Nuonuo's views are too rational, cutting off human nature, and the legal meaning is too strong and lacks human flavor.
To put it bluntly, the views of the two are different from idealism and materialism. From today's point of view, materialism has stronger vitality and vitality, although materialism also has many contradictions, for example, there is a little naughty cat named "SchrΓΆdinger cat" that cannot be explained by materialism, but materialism is more systematic and can promote social progress.
"Governing the country according to law" is certainly a more effective method, but it is difficult to prove it in the Great Wei State, and Chen Nuonuo's ideas have a certain error, so the debate with the national teacher of Allati is getting longer and longer.
Lin Wan'er couldn't help but yawn, and looked up at the people in the hall, everyone's eyes looked at the two people in the field, but Lin Wan'er felt that the emperor's eyes were aimed at her from time to time, as if she was waiting for something. (To be continued)