Chapter 42 Mohist Techniques, the Confucian Golden Mean

There are steep slopes on both sides of the valley, and it is impossible to leap with the ability of the chicks.

Barbed wire fences are drawn over the flattened areas, separating the chicken farms from the wilderness outside.

But in just one day, nearly a hundred chicks were missing!

Li Changqing carefully surveyed the guardrail of the barbed wire fence and found a number of earth holes at the bottom.

The earthen cave is the size of an adult's fist and should only be accessible to small animals.

Li Changqing also found a few pale yellow hairs in the soil of the soil cave, and probably knew what was going on.

Weasels are the most common small carnivores in the mountains, often attacking poultry and sucking their blood before eating their internal organs.

Li Changqing found several earthen holes, which can prove that there is more than one weasel.

Even if the hole is blocked, the weasel still has a way to get in.

Li Changqing thought about whether to ask Li Changwu to borrow a few beast traps and put them near the soil cave.

However, the weasel is extremely vigilant and always maintains a state of deep alert, and it is difficult to catch it directly with the trap!

I thought about completing the Mojia task by myself, but I haven't submitted it yet, maybe there is a solution.

Entering the game of the hundred schools of thought, the bird slippery stood in the Tianji Pavilion and looked at Li Changqing with a smile.

"In just a few days, I have realized the deep meaning of "Non-Attack", "Love", and "Ming Ghost", which is gratifying!", Yu Huali praised.

"Pass the award!", Li Changqing reads and reads, and the efficiency of reading books is far more incomparable.

Moreover, the Mohist "Non-Attack", "Concurrent Love", and "Ming Ghost" are much less remarks than Confucian classics.

"In view of the outstanding performance of the little brother, I would like to present a copy of "Public Loss". ", Bird Slippery took out a thick book of books.

"Thank you for the book!", Li Changqing took the book and thanked him.

"Our Mojia organs are famous all over the world, especially for being good at defense. In order to prevent Chu from attacking the Song Dynasty, the teacher once debated with Master Lu Ban for three days and three nights, and wrote the results as "Public Loss". It not only contains many mysteries of Mohist mechanisms, but also a subtle elaboration of Master Luban's mechanism techniques!", Yu Huali explained.

"It must have been a wonderful day, but unfortunately I couldn't see it with my own eyes!"

The offensive and defensive duel between the two peak originators, Li Changqing can hardly imagine how mysterious it is.

"Hehe, if you have a chance in the future, I will send you three more copies of "Guiyi", "Gongmeng" and "Lu Wen"!" Yu Huali said again.

After Li Changqing chatted with the bird for a few more words, he withdrew from the hundred schools of thought.

Halfway up the valley of the chicken farm, there is a large tree with a canopy and a root that spers out of the soil to form a natural chair.

Li Changqing sat on a chair formed by rhizomes, took out "Public Loss" and began to study.

The sunlight filtered through the leaves and left dappled shadows on the books, and a gust of wind blew and swayed from side to side.

Some chicks climbed up the steep slopes of the hill and flapped their wings to fly, but they could only scratch a small patch of dirt.

Li Changqing slanted at it, and then sent the chicks back to the flat ground with the palm of his hand, and then continued to sit on the chair formed by the roots of the tree to read, enjoying the afternoon reading time at the chicken farm in the col.

The "Public Loss" given by the bird slippery is very different from the version that has been circulated, and the content in it is broad and profound.

Even Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan Mountain, and there were wooden oxen and flowing horses specially used to transport grain and grass.

Even Mozi spent three years making a wooden bird that could fly all day, and he was able to find a design solution in "Gong Lose".

Li Changqing looked very inspired, and the whole book "Public Loss" is equivalent to talking about mechanical engineering.

Generalize many invention ideas, and after comprehending them, you can draw inferences from others and create some other things.

Even some of these inventions are far beyond the level of science and technology today.

Advanced inventions such as the wooden robot Luban VII, driven by pure mechanical power.

Not only can he talk, walk, and fire weapons, but he can also talk to normal people.

The knowledge involved was extremely complicated, and Li Changqing couldn't understand the mechanical principles for a while.

A fiery cloud appeared in the sky, indicating that the weather would be exceptionally sunny tomorrow, and Li Changqing withdrew his mind from "Public Loss".

The feeling of reading "Gong Loss" is quite different from reading "Analects", "University", and "The Mean", and it is a two-style experience.

The former is to explore new discoveries with scientific principles, while the latter is to cultivate the inner and outer saints of the body and mind while listening to the teachings of the sages.

Li Changqing got a lot of inspiration from "Gong Lose" and planned to create a trap to catch the weasel himself.

The first invention of "Public Loss" was actually used to prevent weasels from invading the chicken coop, and it is estimated that no one ......

Li Changqing probably knew how to do it, but it was too late, so he had to go back to the cabin first.

The little squirrel had to pester Li Changqing to drink spiritual water every evening, and Li Changqing had no choice but to pour spiritual water for the little squirrel.

Li Changqing didn't read the book immediately, and the night sky and moon stars were scarce.

I can't help but think of the two poems in "Little Plum in the Mountain Garden", the sparse shadow is sloping, the water is shallow, and the dark fragrance floats in the dusk of the moon.

It is the eternal swan song of Yongmei, describing the plum blossom as extraordinary, beautiful and lovely, reflecting its quiet and fragrant demeanor.

Its original sentence is the remnant sentence of the Southern Tang River of the Five Dynasties, the bamboo shadow is horizontally oblique, the water is shallow, and the cinnamon fragrance floats in the dusk of the moon.

Write both bamboo and osmanthus, but do not write the characteristics of bamboo shadow, nor do they say the fragrance of osmanthus.

Li Changqing felt that if he planted some bamboo on the left side of the cabin, he would plant some osmanthus, orchids, plum blossoms, and chrysanthemums in front of him.

Wouldn't it be a great pleasure to hang a string of wind chimes in the bamboo forest and sit in it to read and admire the moon?

Li Changqing thought about this artistic conception in his heart, and felt very beautiful, and thought about putting this matter on the agenda.

Every inch of time is an inch of gold, and the current time must be cherished, Li Changqing began to read the third book of the four books, "The Mean".

"The predicate of the Mandate of Heaven is sexuality, the predicate of recklessness is the Tao, and the predicate of cultivation is teaching. ”

"Those who are in the Tao do not have to leave in a moment, and they can leave without the Tao. ”

Therefore, a gentleman is cautious of what he does not see, and fearful of what he does not hear. ”

"Don't see it, don't show it, so the gentleman is cautious. ”

For the first chapter of "The Mean", he introduces the topic from the Tao and emphasizes the issue of "prudence and independence" that has also been expounded in "University". It requires people to strengthen their self-consciousness, sincerely act according to their natural nature, and cultivate themselves according to the principles of the Tao.

It is only after this chapter that the category of moderation is brought up head-on and enters the theme of the whole book.

Zhong Ni said: The gentleman is moderate, and the villain is anti-modest. The gentleman is also the mean, and the gentleman is in the middle. The villain is anti-modest, and the villain is unscrupulous. ”

It is a vivid illustration of "gentleman and time", too much and not enough seem to be different, but their essence is the same, and they do not meet the requirements of moderation.

The requirements of the mean are just right, such as the son of the great beauty in Song Yu's "Deng's Disciple Lustful Fu": "If you increase one point, it will be too long, and if you subtract one point, it will be too short; ”

Just right is the mean, the highest moral standard of Confucianism.