Chapter 622: The Distinction between Confucianism and Taoism

Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement; The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. ----------- Confucius's "The Legend of the Elephant"

It is said that Zheng Xuan spat on the podium and pat the stars and preached the "Book of Rites" for a long time, the content involved was profound, but the reason for the origin was the confusion and confusion of the ancients about all things in heaven and earth and mysterious nature. Because it can't be explained, they came up with the five elements of yin and yang to explain, and because the five elements of yin and yang seem to conform to some fixed natural laws, the ancients thought that they could refer to the mysterious rules to predict the occurrence of events, and use the observed movement of the stars to correspond to the direction of human destiny.

After Zheng Xuan raised the question of heaven and earth, he took a break in the middle of the lecture conference, which meant that after the nobles from the Rest Empire, Sassanid took the initiative to come to Chen Long to talk to him, and also let Chen Long understand that beyond the west of the Western Regions, there was still an infinite land, and there was still an infinite empire on the earth. These empires are also constantly generating external worries and internal strife, and the battles between various departments are no worse than those in the last years of the Han Dynasty, and because of Chen Long's crossing, whether it has brought changes to the entire world history is still a confused account.

The arrival of the Sassanid proves at least one thing, the Western world knows that such a prosperous and wealthy Han Empire exists, and has established a considerable trade route, that is, the ancient Silk Road. And there are countless large and small tribes sandwiched between several major empires, and no one knows which tribe will suddenly rise and become the new Xianbei or Turkic under the drive of ambition. Among them, there were those who were subordinate to the Roman Empire, and many who were attached to the banner of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, above the Hundred Ethnic Assembly, there are not a few foreign races who come to learn the advanced culture of the East, and what they bring may be trade, or maybe it is inflated ambition and covetousness.

Knowing about the world outside the Western Regions from Sasan's mouth, Chen Long secretly decided that since he had come to this world, as long as he could contribute to human society, as long as Sassanid could become a king who treated the people well, he might as well become a magic spear in Sasan's hands to help restore peace to the world outside the Western Regions, so as to obtain the greatest stability and peace in China's western border. At that time, the world was full of killing battlefields, and even if you die on a battlefield in a foreign land by killing, it is not in vain to pass through this life.

Zheng Xuan took the stage again, and Sasanan hurriedly returned to his seat, obviously he also had a background behind him to get the VIP seat. Chen Long saw that there was a masked young man behind him, and he couldn't see his face clearly after a few glances, so he withdrew his gaze and looked at Zheng Xuan intently, after all, the main task was to win the qualification to compete and recruit relatives.

Regarding the nature of heaven and earth, no one here knows better than Chen Long, and the difficulty is that Chen Long cannot say that the earth is round, and there is a new continent on the other side of the ocean, and so on, so he will only be identified as a madman on the spot. Just when Chen Long was considering the scale of answers, Zhang Ji, the little white-faced general who was the host, finally couldn't sit still, and after he stood up and saluted, he replied: "Master Zheng is above, and the apprentice Zhang Ji is willing to answer." ”

Zhang Ji called himself a junior apprentice, seemingly humble, but in fact he was arrogant, declaring to the bigwigs and scholars around him that his family had a good relationship with Zheng Xuan. Zheng Xuan smiled and didn't break it, only to hear Zhang Ji reply: "The apprentice thinks that Yi Zhi is the word from the sun to the moon, from the month to the sun." The sun and moon represent heaven and earth, as well as yin and yang. Zheng Xuan nodded slightly, as if approving.

Zhang Ji was encouraged to continue: "The first sage Confucius's "Elephant Biography" said: 'Heaven is strong, and a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement; The terrain is good, and the gentleman carries things with virtue. It means that the operation of the way of heaven is strong and healthy, and the health is good, and accordingly, a gentleman should be like the heavens, striving for progress, perseverance, indignation, and never stopping; The momentum of the earth is thick and smooth, and accordingly, a gentleman should act like the earth, self-thickening virtues, sticking to the fundamentals, having great ambitions, and containing all things. The so-called Heavenly Dao. The law of its operation is that it is only suitable for change, that is, things change and there is constant, and there is constant change. Heaven is eternal and long-lasting, and in this constant long-lasting, there is a variable law that only changes are appropriate. The change of things follows the law of the operation of the Heavenly Dao, so everything in the world is changing, only the law of the Heavenly Dao itself remains unchanged, so the change of things must follow the law of the operation of the Heavenly Dao and change. ”

"As for the earth, since everything in the world changes with the laws of the Heavenly Dao, and only the laws of the Heavenly Dao itself remain unchanged, then the earth should follow the Heavenly Dao, not violate the heavens, and adapt to the changes of the times, so that the earth can be maintained for a long time." Speaking of this, Zhang Ji paused slightly, as if he was thinking about how to continue his train of thought.

Zheng Xuan didn't hesitate to interrupt and asked, "Then who should people who are between heaven and earth follow to change?" ”

Zhang Ji was speechless for a while, and only replied after a while: "As for the people between heaven and earth, they should naturally follow the golden mean, and operate in the middle of the natural way of heaven and earth, neither too much, nor too little. Be consistent with the times and act according to the laws of heaven and earth. After that, he looked at Zheng Xuan slightly proudly, because the so-called golden mean he said was the study of Confucian classics.

Zheng Xuan smiled and nodded, but continued to ask: "What is the difference between your explanation and the Taoist 'human law and earth, earth law and heaven, heaven law and Tao, and Tao law nature'?" ”

This involves some of the most fundamental differences between Confucianism and Taoism, Zhang Ji didn't expect that Zheng Shi would press and ask step by step, and he opened his mouth for a while, panicked in his heart, and was even more at a loss. At the moment of embarrassment, a white light suddenly flashed in the corner of his eyes, and Ma Yunluo, who was dressed in white and winning snow, suddenly stood up, opened his mouth and said, "Can the little girl answer for General Zhang?" ”

Zhang Ji couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Ma Yunluo come forward, and the beautiful woman helped her to relieve her embarrassment in public, which shows the importance she attaches to him Zhang Ji. Ma Yunluo saw Zheng Xuan nodding, and replied generously: "The little girl thinks that the understanding of heaven and earth between the two families of Qin and Confucianism and Taoism has a similar side, which is the so-called harmony and harmony. Harmony is a law or law, but also an ideal state, emphasizing that people should live in harmony and advocating "the unity of nature and man". However, pre-Qin Confucianism advocated that the heart was the master, focusing on the role of human power and morality; However, the pre-Qin Taoists advocated transcending the world, valuing the harmony of heaven, believing that the true nature of human beings is harmonious, and that they should take refuge in nature and follow the laws of nature. Therefore, although they both agree on the laws of the Heavenly Dao, the 'Dao' they follow is different. ”

After Ma Yunluo finished a few words, Zhang Ji bared his teeth and nodded his head, indicating that he also meant the same. Zheng Xuan glanced at Ma Yunluo deeply, and finally smiled: "Very good." General Xiao Zhang's family history and the relationship between heaven and earth are described very vividly, so he can naturally obtain the qualification to pursue the horse gang leader. ”

Ma Yunluo's face was immediately smeared with a touch of red, and he rolled his eyes at Zheng Xuan and sat down, and Zhang Ji was even more overjoyed, as if his pursuit of Ma Yunluo had succeeded. He forgot that it was not the era of free love, if it was a competition to recruit relatives, even if Ma Yunluo was willing, he still needed to defeat all competitors by force.

At Zheng Xuan's signal, the entourage was just about to write Zhang Ji's name on the whiteboard, when suddenly someone in the VIP seat was annoyed, and he stood up violently and said loudly: "Master Zheng, slow down!" ”

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