Mencius asked questions and replied leisurely: "Why is human nature hypocritical? It's for righteousness! Why are people the most expensive in the world? It's for virtue too! If people have no virtue and no righteousness, they will not be able to survive, and they will know that the power of people is not as good as an ox, and they are not as good as a horse, and cattle and horses are used by people, why? It is that people can be grouped and others cannot be grouped. How can people be collective? Divide also! How can it be done? Righteousness also. Therefore, righteousness is divided into harmony, harmony is one, one is more force, more strength is stronger, strong is better than all things, is the most noble in the world. It is also beneficial to the world, and the 'righteousness' is also that everyone can be Yao Shun. Therefore, people are born without a group, and if there is no group, there will be contention, if there is chaos, if there is chaos, if there is chaos, if you are separated, if you are separated, you will be weak, and if you are weak, you will not be able to win all things, so why is it the most expensive in the world? It is to respect the Zhou rites and benefit the world, and all things are in harmony. Giving up the Zhou system and abandoning etiquette and music has caused the world's benevolence and virtue to be mourned and chaotic, and it is also sad! ”

Mencius means that people can survive precisely because of benevolence and righteousness, otherwise people can't outrun horses, and their strength is not as great as that of oxen, and if there is no morality, it is impossible to survive, so people are social animals, and people can only live if they gather together, so people can't live without groups, and the meaning of groups is to gather together, so they must also "divide", and the meaning of division is to distinguish a group of people who gather together. The identity between people, with a hierarchy to clearly divide the identity and status of each person, do not distinguish the identity of the more than the identity and mix together will inevitably cause chaos, chaos is separation, separation is weak, weak can not win all things, and how can people come from the most expensive remarks in the world? Therefore, we must obey the weekly etiquette, so we must implement the system of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and music.

As soon as these words came out, the face of the originally excited drama changed, and the hundreds of schools of thought were stunned for a while, and the faces of the audience were all wonderful. And Meng Fuzi on the seat was smiling.

"Mengfuzi, Cai!" Led by Confucian children, the hall was full of applause wave after wave.

Meng Ke's words are a Jedi counterattack!

"How magnificent it is that the Master turned the tide in an instant in a desperate situation!" A Confucian disciple looked at Mencius with adoring eyes, excited, excited.

Mencius was puzzled, why Lin Mu's expression still did not change at all, and he looked like he was in his chest, but he didn't think so, but said with great joy: Meng Fan, Meng Fan, I can't imagine that you, a Legalist scholar, have done me a great favor to Confucianism today, which made me suddenly enlightened, I don't know how you feel now?

Is this composure a disguise of your inner turmoil and remorse?

No wonder Mencius laughed out of shape, because Lin Mu's sentence "Human nature is evil, and its good is hypocritical", just nine words helped Confucianism completely solve the foundation of human nature, good and evil, so that Mencius told everyone why they should respect Zhou etiquette, so that they could react in such a short time, Mencius is indeed worthy of his name.

Since you Meng Fan said that there are both good and evil in human nature, and that the evil side is human nature, and the good side is artificially created, then good, I Meng Ke admit it. If there is good and evil, why? Now I, Meng Ke, will tell you that people are good because they are righteous and virtuous, and it is precisely because they are moral, benevolent, and have the heart of the four ends that people are the most expensive in the world, otherwise what is the difference between them and beasts? How can we talk about the most expensive people in the world? Because of this, it is feasible to teach the people to be virtuous in the world.

If people have no morality, no benevolence, and no four-end heart, it is impossible for them to survive, because people are not as fast as horses, not as strong as oxen, and they are no better than these animals, but it is precisely because people have benevolence, benevolence, and four-end hearts that people can be grouped. Therefore, cattle and horses are used by people, so people are the most expensive in the world.

And human nature is evil, so we must respect the Zhou rites, and educate the people with ritual music, so the Zhou metric system of ritual music is the world's great determination, on the other hand, today, it is precisely because of the fundamental reason for abandoning the Zhou rites, so it has created a situation of chaos and endless disasters in the world, so it must be polite and happy, and it is not necessary to govern the world in the way of Confucianism.

Mencius laughed and lost his temper, precisely because he found the core of Confucianism at this moment, and found the final answer for why Confucianism advocated governing the country by virtue, why it should restore the old system, and why it respected Zhou etiquette.

And this answer is found from the representatives of the Legalists, how absurd and exciting!

Obviously, Mencius's words are equivalent to picking up the stick in Lin Mu's hand and hitting Lin Mu's head fiercely, just like before, how Lin Mu attacked and how to fight back, and it is so powerful, this fierce counterattack is really the way of others, and also governs his body, the so-called feng shui rotation is nothing more than that.

However, this rival debate is not over, it is not over, Lin Mu's ultimate counterattack came, I saw him say: "The master tried his best to advocate the restoration of the old system, respect the Zhou rites and rule the world by virtue, but the world is in turmoil today, it is already clear, the old system of Zhou rites, no!" ”

What Lin Mu said makes sense, Zhou Metric Rites rule the world with virtue, if today's chaos doesn't it prove that Zhou Rites are not good? Of course, just saying this is not only one-sided, but also categorically unable to convince the public, so he said: "To be virtuous in the world, it is necessary to educate all the people, and if people can't do it, who can do it?" Saints too! Governing the country by virtue is actually ruled by people, and if the sage governs the country, the world will be governed, and the mediocre lord will be in charge, and the world will be in chaos! However, how many saints have been there since ancient times? Since the establishment of Zhou, after the Duke of Zhou, there has been a strong king and the people to compete for profits, and the princes of the Youwang Beacon Fire Opera are the beginning of the great chaos in the world, how absurd? It is to ask the sages not to stop the violence! ”

Yes, you Mengfuzi, your Confucian virtue in the world, everyone is virtuous, although it is beautiful, but it is not realistic, your Confucian rule of man, there is a holy monarch who rules the world, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but as long as there are one or two faint kings, it is the vast building will fall, and the world will be in chaos, which is the biggest drawback of the rule of man.

More importantly, how many saints are there in this world? Are there many saints? Or are there more mediocre people? Obviously, it's the latter, and it doesn't take too much, one or two can cause chaos in the world, and the number of saints is rare in a hundred years. Asking a saint to rule the world and perpetuate the world is just an unattainable fantasy.

In the final analysis, it is because human nature is evil, so it is impossible to govern people!

Therefore, the rule of law must be in the world!

So the question is, why must the rule of law be the world? You, Meng Fan, have to explain why you want the rule of law first, right?

In the end, Lin Mu answered this reason succinctly, and said: "Everyone has the heart of interests, so everyone seeks benefits and avoids harms!" ”

Lin Mu had previously used the Harmony Jewel and the Silver Pearl to refute the contradictory views of Confucianism, but this time he told two stories to illustrate the heart of stakes.

The story that Lin Mu told to his sons is a story about the king of Yue Cheng in the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Yue Cheng established Shangchen as the prince, and later regretted and wanted to abolish the prince of Shangchen and set up another son, Shangchen learned that the crown prince was not guaranteed, so he launched a coup d'état and killed the king and killed his father.

Lin Mu finished talking about the story of King Yuecheng, and at the same time told another story that was also in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the story of the famous Wu Zixu passing through the Zhaoguan.

Wu Zixu was persecuted by the king of Yue and fled from the country of Yue to run to the country of Wu, when he passed the customs, he was caught by the officials guarding the pass, and he was excited to send him back to receive the reward, so Wu Zixu said to the official that the king of Yue wanted to arrest me, because the king of Yue wanted the peerless treasure I treasured, but I lost him, if you take me back, the king of Yue asked me where the treasure went, I said that you swallowed it privately, do you dare to send me to the king of Yue? The officials were shocked when they heard this, and they were afraid of getting into trouble, so they pretended not to find out, and Wu Zixu successfully crossed the Zhao Pass and came to the state of Wu.