Chapter 5 Doing it all
Xie Fuzi didn't say anything more, still lying in his chair. After Xie Xiang saw Xia Xueyi go out, he thought about today's events and what Xie Fuzi asked Xia Xueyi, and thought about it over and over again. But he had no clue but to continue to stand where to pretend to be a mushroom.
It's clear that my father is in a bad mood today, and he doesn't want to touch his head. Anyway, since he was left here, there must be something.
Sure enough, about a stick of incense passed. Xie Fuzi used a somewhat difficult voice, as if he was asking Xie Xiang, but he seemed to be asking himself: "What is the purpose of studying?" ”
"Didn't my father teach me, study and self-cultivation, rule the country and level the world, establish a life for the people, and open peace for all generations."
Xie Xiang said righteously, why the question of why reading varies from person to person. If you ask him, there are many high-sounding reasons like this, which are guaranteed to be beautiful and touching. But in fact, he has always been willing to study, and the real reason is to avoid being inferior.
He Xie Xiang is such a practical person, there are no great people for the country and the people.
Maybe when something comes to the end, he will pick it up on one shoulder, but crying and shouting to serve the country is absolutely impossible for him.
But of course Xie Xiang wouldn't be stupid enough to say that, as far as he knew, his father was a standard ancient scholar in his bones, proud and loyal, loyal and patriotic. If what you say is so vulgar, you may be taught a lesson.
So it's better to be well-behaved, as for what you think in your heart, it's enough to know yourself.
"For the people...... Life, open for all generations...... Taiping...... Hehe, hehe. Xie Fuzi's voice was a little depressed, "How can it be so easy, this world, everything is out of people!" ”
Xie Xiang had nothing to say, he naturally knew that it was not easy. If it were easy, Xie Fuzi would not be teaching in a small village now.
Seriously, since Xie Xiang learned that he couldn't practice martial arts, and his father and mother were bent on taking the road of the imperial examination by himself, he had thought about some things carefully. Anyway, he is a descendant of China and a man. He has an unshirkable responsibility to the country. But there are also several types of people who serve the country.
One is on paper. If a person wants to serve the country just with enthusiasm, he does not connect with reality and has no theory. Such a person is only suitable for talking on paper, if he really wants to serve the country and the people, then it is the society that is bad.
One is that there is no dust under the eyes. When the water is clear, there are no fish, and there is no human affection.
If a scholar wants to serve the country, he must get involved in officialdom, and officialdom is a place where filth and dirt are hidden.
If you are too impressed, then it can only be a piece of flawless jade, and jade is broken jade. This kind of person can only have a good name. It may awaken people's conscience, but it may be too small and too costly. It was not beneficial to the society at that time.
One is the unity of knowledge and action, the unity of knowledge and action in Wang Yangming's psychology. There is only one person who is good at patience, good at dealing with people, and good at perseverance. In order to truly serve the country and the people. Just like Xu Jie in the history of the Ming Dynasty, he used patience to gain the trust of the emperor, and also used persistence to get rid of Yan Song in one fell swoop.
And Xie Xiang will neither be one or two kinds of people, nor can he know that he can't be a third kind of person. What he asks for, only he knows what it is. He will do his best to serve the country, but it is impossible to do everything he can.