"What's the matter, lord?"

Liu Lan said angrily: "What's the matter? Go with me to see Zhang Zibu, and when the time comes, you have to sincerely apologize to him! ”

Zhang Fei's charcoal-like face immediately stretched long like a bitter melon, and he was sad like a little daughter-in-law who had suffered from her mother-in-law's troubles: "Lord, I didn't do anything wrong, why should I apologize, besides, even if I went, he may not accept my apology, you don't know how bad that old boy's temper is, when I went to see him some time ago, he only gave me a cup of tea, I didn't even say a word of fart, he drank the tea, twisted his ass and left!" ”

"And this?" Listening to his colorful description Liu Lan snorted and laughed, he could think of Zhang Fei's deflated appearance that day, and his feelings were enmity because of this, so it seems that it is useless to apologize, he has to think of another way!

"Lord, according to me, this old boy can't give him a good face, give him a big stick, I don't believe that he is disobedient!" Zhang Fei gritted his teeth and said, as if the two of them had a deep hatred.

"This kind of person can't be subjugated by force, we can be subdued by virtue!" Liu Lan said on his lips, but in his heart like the most shrewd businessman began to calculate, at a certain time, suddenly remembered what Zheng Xuan said at that time, and instantly had a solution, laughed, and said: "Let's go, let's go and meet this hard bone now!" ”

Of course, Liu Lan can't kick open the middle door like Zhang Fei, go straight into the mansion, politely hand over the sticker, wait for a long time before being taken to the living room by the housekeeper of Zhang's house, the hall is elegantly furnished, especially one of the more kiln green glaze hollow three-legged smoker attracted his attention, the smoked body is a sphere, the upper part is a two-week leaf window, the top is a bird-shaped button, the bottom and the bearing plate are each pasted with three legs, and the whole body is glazed. The shape is delicate and exquisite. Exquisitely made, it is a rare and excellent work.

After admiring it for a while, Zhang Zhao's sound came from outside the house, and soon he saw him walking into the hall quickly, and said to Liu Lan very politely, "I don't know that Duke Deran is here." If you are sluggish, you can still look at Haihan! ”

"Brother Zibu is polite!" The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then sat down separately, Liu Lan smiled and said, "I don't know how Brother Zibu is doing recently?" ”

"Deran should be clear." Zhang Zhao took a sip of tea, sneered, and said: "I forgot to say, Deran Gong, you only have the kung fu of a cup of tea, if you have anything to say, just say it, you don't have to go around the bend!" ”

Zhang Zhao naturally knew why Liu Lan came. But it is impossible to let him go out now, he has to wait, or even delay, only if he delays until Sun Ce enters Lujiang, then he will have a complete showdown with him, if Sun Ce can't take Lujiang, then it is not too late for him to go south to Jiangdong at the right time and even commit to Liu Lan, of course, the best plan is to go out to Liu Lan. In this way, not only can he be named a virtuous person, but also make his style and bones praised by the world. It's a win-win!

Liu Lan also learned from him to take a sip of tea, not slowly, and said: "I have long heard that the Zhang family in Pengcheng learned the Confucianism of Zisi and Meng, and later I heard that Mr. Zibu is even more dedicated to the moderation, which is everyone here, and the Zheng family of "Shangshu". "Ancient Texts" Kong's "Zhou Yi" Wang's, "Zuo Chuan" Du Shi is the one who is in charge of the world today, the kid is not talented, although he governs Mao's poetry, but he also has a little dabbling in the study of the mean, but my mean is not Mr. Zibu can be explained! Saying that, Liu Lan closed his eyes quite arrogantly. Squinted slightly, he looked at him a little defiantly, wanting to see if his reaction was as he guessed.

"It's ridiculous, what about your mediocrity, but let's talk about it, the old man will explain it to you one by one!" Zhang Zhao's face flushed, if he said that he didn't dare to speak wildly about other classics and classics in the world, but this mediocrity was by no means just Liu Lan could stump him!

"In this case, Nalan will be ugly, but before talking about the mean, we have to start with the distinction between ancient and modern, not to mention the eight schools of pre-Qin Confucianism (there are Zizhang Confucianism, Zisi Confucianism, Yan's Confucianism, Meng's Confucianism, Qidiao's Confucianism, Zhongliang's Confucianism, Sun's Confucianism, and Lezheng's Confucianism. From the perspective of historical development, it is mainly Mencius's faction and Xunzi's faction that have the greatest influence. It is only said that since the first emperor burned the book, some old Confucian students recited some scriptures from memory, recorded and sorted out them with official books, which is called "Jinwenjing"!

Later, Liu Xiang, Liu Xin, father and son, the school secretary, discovered a "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" written in ancient Chinese characters, plus the "Yili", "Ancient Wenshangshu" (Guwenshangshu is a forgery, recognized by the world), and "Mao's poems" obtained by Confucius became the main classics of the ancient scriptures. After a hundred years, Confucian scholars who studied the modern scriptures were called the modern literature school, and those who studied the ancient scriptures were called the ancient literature school.

However, due to the differences in the ancient scriptures and the great difference in views, the two factions commented on the scriptures and accepted disciples to give lectures according to their own views, and thus became incompatible, and in the end they even began to accuse and debate each other, and attacked each other like enemies. Later, because of the prosperity of family learning, one family and one classic, the Zhang family found a unique way, did not understand the ancient and modern, and wrote the mean.

Although the golden mean comes from Zi Si and Meng's learning, but in the two schools it is a subordinate technique, but because of Pengcheng Zhang's rule, there is no shortage of scholars, but with the migration of the times, especially the emergence of the Zheng family, he is erudite in the six arts, the beginning of the school, the length of the hundred schools (not to say that Confucianism and Taoism are vertical and horizontal, but the integration of various Confucian classics), the influence has expanded rapidly, just like a Mount Tai Beidou momentum to stand proudly in the world, in this way, compared with the ancient times to fall inferior to the golden mean, since then it has completely declined, and will never be the same scenery again!

"Everyone knows this, but what's the use?" Zhang Zhao had already drunk half a cup of tea, and after putting the tea cup down, he said, "Liu Yuanjun, you still have half a cup of tea!" Although he said so, but his heart was already very dissatisfied, if it was time Hongru everyone criticized the mean, he would naturally devote himself to seeking advice, in front of these Confucians, Zhang Zhao is also a Confucian who can listen and think, but a martial artist like Liu Lan is ashamed to say that his Zhang family's learning is inferior to the ancient scriptures, how can this make Zhang Zhao, who is eager to protect the calf, not angry.

If it is said that there is a place to be criticized, he does not deny it, but it is said that compared to the present and the ancient, it is the benevolence and the wisdom of the wise, what a scenery it is to stand side by side in Xuzhou and the ancient and the ancient, if it is said that it is the ancient school that falls down, if it is not for He Xiu and Zheng Xuan, his family's moderation will not fall to the point where it is now!

"Since there is still half a cup of tea time, then I have to hurry up and talk to Zibu about this golden mean! In fact, the golden mean was born from Zichengzi and Mencius, since Zibu believes that the core of Confucianism is benevolence rather than propriety, then let's talk about this benevolence, the so-called benevolence. Naturally, the benevolent love the benevolent, the benevolent government, and the thin taxation. So what really made the Zhang family determined to govern the mean is probably that a school of scripture like Dong Zhongshu masters current affairs and follows the Confucian law, right?

The so-called etiquette 300 (system and code of conduct), prestige 3000 (criminal law), so that etiquette is above benevolence. In Zibu's view, this has been detached from the way of the sage, and in Zibu's view, the way of the sage should be to transform the world, so that everyone in the world has a benevolent heart, rather than using strict laws to restrain people's hearts like Xunzi and his students Han Fei and Li Si.

Therefore, at this point, the rule of the Zhang family is similar to the idea of the students of the modern literature, so the ancient literary school of the ancient literature of Mao Shi Shang Xunzi is bound to become the object of your criticism.

But why did Zhang not oppose the ancient literature school in Xuzhou? Liu Lan asked himself and replied: "I'm afraid this has to start with sexual evil or sexual goodness, of course, Dong Fuzi said that we will ignore it today, and just say that the Zhang family's academic proposition and today's text are generally abandoned." And the ancient text pays attention to the temperament of learning, so I said, Zhang's Confucianism and the ancient text are compared, and the superior will be judged, and the ancient text talks about both etiquette and law, but there is a change in the meaning of this law, so from the tendency of later generations Liu Lan is more in favor of Xunzi and the queen of the law and the first king of the law.

Han Fei once said: What is the difference between the politics of the former kings and the people of the world who are waiting for the rabbit? And Xunzi said: The cry of children in the southeast and northwest is the same when they are born. But when you grow up, the customs are different, so this should be the result of education. We should promote the study of moderation, rather than abolishing the nature of learning, so that people always live in ignorance, so the etiquette in the ancient literature school, I think it should be the foundation of the righteous heart, and the law is the way to open up the atmosphere. It could have been to maintain the famous religion, but the general is to change the world. Only by taking etiquette as the body and law as the use, then the combination of etiquette and law will become a long-term way.

Zhang Zhao looked excited, and his face turned red and said, "Since you are the queen of the law." Then where did the tyrannical Qin come from? If there is no harsh law, how can there be violence? If there is no benevolent government, how can there be a strong man? ”

Don't be excited, sir, although the ancient text has its praise, but the present text is not without merit, just take the civil rights, Lan deeply agrees, so this ancient and modern are desirable, and there are dross, but the middle of the way that Mr. governs is too bad, contrary to the teachings of the saints!

"The shaft doesn't know the height of the sky, and he talks about the golden mean!"

Zhang Zhaoqi trembled, his palms trembled, and he pointed at Liu Lan tremblingly, and rushed to the crown angrily: "Zi Chengzi said: What is not biased is middle, and what is not easy is mediocre." The middle is the right way in the world. The mediocre is the theorem of the world. It is Confucius who teaches the mind. Zi Si is afraid that it will be bad for a long time, so the pen is in the book. to teach Mencius. The beginning of the book is reasonable, and the mean is everything. The end is compounded into one principle. Let it go, and it will be bridged. Volume, then retreat to the secret.

It is not easy to say that it is not biased, and it is not easy to say that it is not easy. It refers to not deviating from life and not changing one's goals and opinions. That's a consistent recipe for success. Confucius said: "The golden mean is virtue, and it is the best!" The people have been around for a long time. ”

The golden mean makes people righteous and peaceful. If people in the world lose their integrity and peace, they must be too happy, angry, sad, and happy, and the only way to cure anger is to be happy, and to cure joy is not to be polite, and the way to keep etiquette lies in respect. Only by maintaining integrity and peace can it survive forever, and it alludes to the good, and the mediocrity is used together, that is, it is used in the middle, then it is necessary to have a skill, to be a useful person, to stick to its own duties, the so-called in its position to seek its position, how is this contrary to the teachings of the saints? ”

"Since Mr. is modest, and he is not angry, then isn't Mr. now contrary to the teachings of the saints? Furthermore, isn't it contrary to the teachings of the saints to seek his position in his position, and in turn not to seek his position and not to seek his government? ”

"The sage said, "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your government. My generation has followed it, and there is no rebellion! ”

"What about the disaster of the party? If all the scholars in the world follow the teachings of the saints and dare not openly comment on the gains and losses of the government, then who can remove the disaster of the eunuchs and relatives? In today's mid-summer, the etiquette collapses and the happiness is broken, and the great Confucianism of the world like Zibu follows the art of the golden mean, isn't it against the teachings of the saints?

If there is a way in the world, you will see, and if there is no way, you will hide, but today the troops are rising, our generation should turn the tide and fall, and the building will fall, how can we hide from the world and sit and watch the cholera in the world? Could this be the golden mean that Zibu has learned?

Although I don't practice the mean, but I also know the meaning of the mean, when I meet the strong and dare not resist, I often use the 'mean' to whitewash, talk about masturbation, the golden mean is to guide the people, maintain social stability, the corporal of the world knows that the mean is not beneficial, and the folk reckless butchers have no mean, only those small people are deceived.

And the wise man of the mean, like Zibu, will only protect himself in troubled times, and in the prosperous era of great promise, he will only mediate in the middle, be soft on traitors, and disdain to use unconventional means to grasp power for the benefit of the people, laying hidden dangers for the weakening of the dynasty. In the late stage, even if Zibu asks for the people's life all his life, I am afraid that the people will be "middle-classified" for too long, and they will shout, but if they really want to contribute, no one dares to respond!

There is also the point of the moderation and reverence of the ancients, which is its biggest fatal point, too conservative, not enterprising, that is, the generation of the water drain, you and other Confucianists do not see it to improve the well-being of the people and the harvest of food, only know how to laugh at it as a strange skill, if it is not for you, the Confucianism who respects Mencius, respects the moderation, I am dignified China, why was it enslaved by the Western powers!

The more Liu Lan spoke, the more excited he became, and he talked endlessly......

There was a short silence in the room, and Liu Lan didn't keep his mouth shut for a few words, but Zhang Zhao was an ancient man after all, how could he know what he was talking about, let alone Zhang Fei on the side, even Zhang Zhao didn't understand, and he didn't know.

After interrupting the brief embarrassment in the room with a dry cough, Liu Lan said: "The Confucians of this dynasty are all Lilu, high-ranking officials and lords, and they are obtained through the scriptures. People take a scripture, think it is a treasure, practice and figure it out, and see it as a secret art. Therefore, there are many sects and do not interact with each other, and over time, the disadvantages become more and more intense. As a result, the dance text is inked, and the ability to be carved is extremely smashed, piercing and chiseling, and distorting the original meaning of the scriptures.

Confucius Zeng Yun: "Women are gentlemen and Confucians, and there are no villains and Confucians." The villain Confucian, that is, the above-mentioned and the like, and the gentleman and the great Confucian, have the family and country in mind, look at the world, apply the scriptures, and do not mud the chapters. If it weren't for the six arts of the Zheng family, wouldn't this little Confucianism be the master in this world?

And the "Analects" says: "Reciting poems three hundred, giving them government, not reaching; In all directions, it can't be specialized, although there are many, but also ridiculed? "It can cure the Confucianism of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the study of the scriptures lies in being able to use them, not burying the head in the study, and the poor scriptures are also poor.

When today are all small Confucian, not long before in the Xinglin pulpit, cloud: the world, only the heart of the world, the second country, and then their own body (this body should be the family) is the gentleman Confucian, and Lan heard that the ancient hermit has no way to hide, there are troubled times and hidden, there are peaceful times and hidden, and today, chaotic, it is my generation to show their ambitions, for the people to ask for their lives, such as Zibu such a great sage really want to be the troubled and hermitted? (To be continued.) )

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PS: Poems, rituals, music classics lost (burned by fire), Yi, Spring and Autumn, books, for the Five Classics. According to the one-word stone scripture, the five classics of the Eastern Han Dynasty were changed into seven classics: Yi, poems, books, rituals, spring and autumn, filial piety, and Analects. The Five Classics of the Eastern Han Dynasty became the Seven Classics, and the Analects entered the Confucian classics at this point.

In the Tang Dynasty, Jiazhou Li, Liji, Ram Chuan, Gu Liang Chuan, Erya changed from the Nine Classics to the Twelve Classics, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Fuzi respected Mencius, so far established the Confucian classics Thirteen Classics.

And the Four Books and Five Classics as we know them, the Four Books refer to the Analects, Mencius, the University, and the Mean; The Five Classics refer to Zhou Yi, Shangshu, Shijing, Book of Rites, and Zuo Chuan! If it weren't for the loss of the Book of Music, it would be the Six Classics of Poetry and Books!