Lin Yanchao's words made Sun Chengzong and Guo Zhengyu fall into excitement, and after the ups and downs of the two, they returned to rationality.

In the hot summer, Lin Yanchao ordered someone to bring cold sour plum soup and put it on the table.

The transparent ice cubes collided with the white porcelain bowl, making a refreshing sound, but in the face of this bowl of good soup to cool off, no one's mind was on it.

Sun Chengzong put down the bowl, wiped the soup on the side of his beard, and then said directly: "With the status of the teacher today, if there is a day when he is a supreme minister and holds the authority, it is enough to look forward to it, this is by no means slim. ”

"But if it is said that the study of merit should become a prominent study, it is not easy, and it is a national policy to establish scriptures, and there are only three schools of Legalism, Huang Lao, and Confucianism for thousands of years."

"As for this dynasty, it is based on Cheng Zhu Lixue in Confucianism as the national policy."

Guo Zhengyu just finished drinking a bowl of sour plum soup at this moment, moistened his throat and said loudly: "Today's Confucianism is authentic, although my school of work is a lineage of Confucianism, but when it comes to Taoism, it has been criticized by many people in the government and the opposition today. ”

"How?" Sun Chengzong asked.

Guo Zhengyu's learning is a combination of reasonable learning and meritocracy, so there are often Confucian critics who criticize merit learning and reach his ears.

Guo Zhengyu said: "From the perspective of the Taoist system expounded by the teacher, Confucius is recognized by the three schools of science, mind and merit, needless to say. ”

"However, the science is Yan Yuan, Zeng Zi, Zi Si, and then Mencius...... Then there are Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Zi, and Zhu Zi. As for the study of the mind, Lu Jiuyuan once said that he inherited the learning of Mencius, which was quite reluctant. ”

Although Zigong was praised by Confucius as the instrument of Hu Lian, his style of doing business was regarded as a profit-oriented move by later Confucianists, and it was far inferior to Yanzi, who was poor and happy."

Sun Chengzong recalled: "But Zi said, back is also very good, and it is empty. The gift is not ordered, and the goods are colonized, and hundreds of millions are repeatedly hit. (Yan returned to the poor clanging bell, but Zigong was not arranged by fate, he made money in business, and the pressure was heavy, and finally to the point of 'family accumulation')"

Guo Zhengyu said: "However, Shiru thought that his teacher advocated trade and benefiting workers, so he advocated Yanzi, but in fact, it was not. Zigong is no less than Yan Zi's high rank among the holy gates, so the sage Fang compares the two sages. ”

The sage once asked Zigong that he and Yan Zi were more virtuous, and Zigong said that he was not as good, Yan Zi knew ten when he heard one, but he only knew one and knew two. When the sage heard this, he said, "Neither I nor you are as good as Zigong." ”

"Later science takes Yan Zi as the Taoist system, and tastes 'Chonghui and depreciates the gift', Yan Hui is the disciple of the true transmission of the most saint, but the saint did not belittle Zigong. The sage intended that although Yanzi was poor, he could stick to poverty, which was really rare, Zigong was not ordered, and he was rich in business and self-reliance, and both of them were equally worthy of praise. ”

"Many corrupt Confucians think that Yan Zi's attitude of being such a gentleman and being poor is what the real Confucians do, so it is to praise one and depreciate the other, and one is wrong for the other, and the meaning of going to the saint is far away."

Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "Yes, the sage said bluntly that he and Zigong are not as good as Yan Hui." If the saint admires Yanzi more than Zigong, why do you say that I and you are not as good as Yanzi? ”

Seeing the two disciples, you and I said a word, Lin Yanchao drank the sour plum soup on the one hand, and agreed with the words of the two on the other, if Yan Zi is right in science, then Zigong must be wrong, and the reason why Zigong was not hacked is because he is a personal disciple of Confucius.

However, Yan Hui and Zigong should be tied in Confucius, but Lixue used the method of praise and disparagement to suppress Zigong's status.

"And Zixia!" Guo Zhengyu said angrily, "Zixia, Yanzi, and Zigong are tied for ten philosophers, but they are rarely mentioned. ”

At that time, Confucius once rebuked Zixia, saying that his learning was a villain Confucian, not a gentleman Confucian. Zixia was also compared with Zizhang, others asked Confucius which of the two students could be called virtuous, Confucius said that Zizhang was too much in etiquette, but Zixia was not as good in etiquette. ”

Others guess, then Zizhang is right. Confucius was wrong, and it was too much.

Guo Zhengyu said: "Today's Confucianism thinks that Zixia is far inferior to Yanzi, and he is not prepared in etiquette, so he is a villain's Confucian. ”

However, the teacher often teaches his disciples on weekdays that great virtues are not more than idle, and small virtues can also be in and out. This sentence is exactly what Zixia said. In the eyes of the Confucians, their Tao is like Mr. Xiao Cheng, and even the emperor has to admonish him to break a willow branch, so he ...... Therefore, they often criticize Mr. for his deeds as 'the Confucianism of villains'. ”

After the death of Confucius, Confucianism was divided into eight schools.

But in fact, it was Yan Hui, Zisi, Zeng Zi and Sun, and the rest died out.

Among them, Sun's learning is Zixia, Xunzi's learning, Li Kui (Shang Ying), Wu Qi, Li Si, and Han Fei are all from this school, but is Legalism Zixia, Xunzi's learning? Not really.

Guo Zhengyu continued: "If you say Zigong, Zixia is a student of Confucius, and Shiru also gives three points of face, but Xunzi is degraded to nothing. ”

"The phrase 'nature is evil' is like fire and water with Mencius's 'nature is good', not to mention other propositions of 'combining rituals and laws'."

And Dong Jiangdu proposed to abolish the hundred schools, respect Confucianism alone, and make Confucianism clear as a national policy, and establish it as the basis for political rule after a hundred generations. But this point is still not worth mentioning in the eyes of Confucianism. ”

Guo Zhengyu did have reason to be indignant, in the pre-Qin period, the Legalists served the emperor, the Confucianists served the scholars, and the Mohists served the common people.

But after respecting Confucianism, it is from the top down, otherwise how to say that it is a national policy.

From this point of view, Dong Zhongshu really contributed a lot to Confucianism, but because he tampered with many Confucian scriptures, he was accused by those 'fundamentalist' Confucian students.

Guo Zhengyu said: "Later, the school of merit created by Lu, Chen, and Ye in the Southern Song Dynasty became a school on a par with Zhu Xi's science and Lu Jiuyuan's psychology. ”

"However, the inheritance of the school of merit is from Wang Anshi's words 'for the use of the world and the country', but the teacher has repeatedly said that although the school of forestry advocates changing the law, it is not Wang Anshi's law, and the science often accuses this as a contradiction and cannot be justified."

Lin Yanchao thought about it carefully, and what Guo Zhengyu said just now was to extend three aspects.

First, Lin Yanchao ruled the Ming Dynasty.

Second, forestry has gained the status of a prominent scholar in the temple.

Third, the implementation of the law of merit change has won the support of the people.

These three are three-and-one, one-and-three relationships.

Now that the science of science is so fiercely opposed to the study of merit, will this affect the other two aspects?

Lin Yanchao said: "If I just proposed the study of merit, I was still like a baby in swaddling clothes, but now with the increasing influence of me and others among scholars, I am also in charge of the Nangong, and more and more scholars in the world are learning the study of merit." ”

"The Confucian students who have accepted the teaching of learning for many years have become vigilant, because the study of merit is different from the study of mind, and the study of mind has gradually changed from the study of entering the WTO to the study of birth, while the study of merit has always been the study of entering the WTO."

"This is not just now, for example, Confucius admired Yanzi more, or Zigong?"

"Zizhang and Zixia, too much of a dispute?

"What is the authenticity of Confucianism between the 'Simeng School' and the 'Sun School'?

"Sexual goodness and sexual evil between Mencius and Xunzi?

"During the Southern Song Dynasty, Cheng Zhu Lixue and Shigong School stood side by side, but everyone was still included in the national policy of the imperial court, so they were in the same boat. However, today the science of science has been in charge of national policy for 200 years, can I be allowed to have a place in the school of merit today? ”

Lin Yanchao's words made Sun Chengzong and Guo Zhengyu think deeply.

Guo Zhengyu said: "Teacher, there is also controversy in science. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "It is impossible to generalize, just like the two ways of science and learning, the two ways are also different." ”

Mr. Xiao Cheng persuaded the Son of Heaven not to even break a willow branch, but Mr. Da Cheng was much more open-minded, when the two Cheng went to the banquet there were prostitutes to entertain, Mr. Da Cheng was the one who came, but Mr. Xiao Cheng brushed his sleeves and left, but the next day Mr. Xiao Cheng asked Mr. Da Cheng. Mr. Dacheng said that yesterday everyone played on the spot, I have a prostitute, you have no prostitute, today there is no prostitute at home, but there is a prostitute in your heart. ”

"When the great Confucian Shao Kangjie was about to die, Mr. Xiao Cheng came to visit and said, Mr. is about to die, and there is no one to devote himself to Mr. Learning, I want to hear Mr. Say.

Shao Kangjie said that all his life's kung fu knowledge has ended here, but he has no opinions.

Cheng Yi continued to ask, Shao Kangjie shook his head and said, your knowledge is born from stubbornness, but it is also lost because of stubbornness (the original text is born on the ginger tree, and out of the ginger tree).

Cheng Yi finally asked, from now on, if you want to say goodbye to your husband, what else is there to teach?

Shao Kangjie's voice was weak, and he reluctantly raised his hands and said to Cheng Yi, leave the road in front of him a little wider, so that the people who come after him can also walk. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao stopped and said: "Will the science of science let go of the Gonggong school of life, as Shao Yong warned Cheng Yi, leave the road in front of you a little wider, so that later people can also walk?" ”

Guo Zhengyu hurriedly said: "Teacher, there are also many enlightened officials and scholars in science who think that the school of merit and science can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, but there are also many people who advocate ......."

Guo Zhengyu didn't say anything about this, Lin Yanchao knew that the rest of the Confucians advocated 'wearing their own shoes and going other people's ways, so that others have no way to go or wearing other people's shoes, going their own way, and letting others find shoes.' ’

Lin Yanchao said: "Therefore, there will be a competition between the school of science and the school of merit in the future. This controversy lies in the hearts of the people and in the temples. ”

"The temple is a dispute over national policy, and the people are obedient to the people, and from this point of view, the learning of merit is still the last step."

"The last step?"

Guo Zhengyu and Sun Chengzong both showed an unbelievable look, and Lin learned to this day, everyone feels that they are high and look up to him, like a wall of masters.

But Lin Yanchao said that his knowledge was still one step away.

Sun Chengzong couldn't help asking, "Teacher, what is this step?" ”

Lin Yanchao asked rhetorically: "Childish, if others ask what Confucius's life is about?" What would you say? ”

Sun Chengzong said without hesitation: "It is self-denial and revenge, and it is the way of loyalty and forgiveness, but these are just physical uses, and after all, it lies in the word benevolence." ”

Lin Yanchao asked Guo Zhengyu again: "Beautiful life, if others ask you what Yangmingzi's life proposition is?" What would you say? ”

Guo Zhengyu said: "It depends on when you ask, before the age of thirty-eight, Yang Mingzi will say that it is 'the unity of knowledge and action', and after the age of fifty, it will be said that it is 'to conscience', but in the end it is not as good as Ming Yangzi's last 'four sentences of heart learning', these four sentences have exhausted the ontology and kung fu, and they are the knowledge of Yang Mingzi's life." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "That's right, if you ask Lao Tzu with this sentence, Lao Tzu will say that I have no opinion, because 'Tao is very Tao'." ”

"Lao Tzu did not advocate it, but put 'Tao Ke Tao is not very Tao' in the opening meaning of the first sentence of the first chapter of the Tao Te Ching. Just as you can see from reading easy, there is no reason in the world that is immutable, but this is the only constant truth in the world. ”

"Before Wangling went to Zhejiang, he asked me with this sentence, and I can only say that I don't have the kung fu to learn, only in the middle of the school, because 'I can use my work when I go to school, I can say it, but I can't say it, I can't work hard'.

This is like Confucius saying to a student, "You have to understand my proposition and read the Analects." Wang Yangming said to the students, "You have to understand my ideas and read the biography." Therefore, Shao Kangjie can only say to Xiao Cheng that his kung fu knowledge has ended here, but he has no opinion, not that he doesn't talk about it, but he really can't say it. ”

"If I don't get into words, I can't take this last step!"

Sun Chengzong and Guo Zhengyu were about to speak, but then stopped.

What is the essence of forestry?

Such as 'merit', 'the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband', 'practice brings true knowledge', 'read a hundred books, become a family dialect', 'use the king and hegemony together', 'the unity of righteousness and benefit'.

They all felt that any sentence could be summed up, but which one was used, and they felt that it was a pity to throw away the other words.

In the department of the Shigong school that has really been inherited from Zigong and Xunzi, where is the last proposition? One where?

None of them are just for physical use.

Guo Zhengyu and Sun Chengzong said: "The teacher will one day realize this and become a sage!" ”

Lin Yanchao then smiled again: "It's difficult, but it doesn't hurt if you don't break it, because there is no science, so the current focus is still on the temple dispute, who is the national policy?" ”

Sun Chengzong and Guo Zhengyu nodded.

At this time, Guo Zhengyu asked: "Teacher, there are many scholars who support the study of merit, so what should I do next?" ”

After Guo Zhengyu finished speaking, Sun Chengzong said: "Teacher, the next step is to exert influence on the temple, it is better to try to enjoy the holy temple in Xunzi!" ”

Enjoying the Confucian Temple is the glory of Confucianism's life.

Worthy of enjoying the Confucian Temple, there are a total of four saints and twelve philosophers, as well as more than 100 Confucian sages who worship in the east and west.

The four sages are Yanzi, Zengzi, Zisi, and Mencius.

And Zigong, Zixia is among the twelve philosophers, but Xunzi, the great Confucian who is as famous as Mencius, is not even qualified to be a priest and rank in the east and west.

In fact, it was not nothing, but it was removed in the seventh year of Jiajing.

This is tantamount to being directly expelled from Confucianism.

That's right, Xunzi taught Li Si and Han Feizi, two Legalist disciples, who presided over the opposite of Mencius's theory of sexual evil, but his learning was a Confucian school, and his learning was also a branch of Confucianism.

Even if Xunzi can't reach the status of the Four Sages and Twelve Sages, he won't even have the qualifications to be enshrined.

PS: These two chapters of theories are a bit much, maybe many book friends don't like it, and I don't usually write theories, but once I write that theories are a very critical part of this book, just like the previous chapter on Taoism, they are all related to the important logic in the book, and the future direction, please understand and forgive me for this.