Chapter 284: The Way of Statecraft (2)
The crowd applauded thunderously and cheered all over the room. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoPang Degong, Huang Chengyan, and Zhao Yun were inexplicably excited, and their appreciation was beyond words.
They secretly thought that if they could really achieve this great goal, Liu Chan would become a famous king through the ages.
In particular, Huang Chengyan was even more excited, because the Mo family deliberately abandoned and even suppressed because of the concept of public world, love, harmony, equality, hard-working, strict self-discipline, and the sense of responsibility to uphold morality and justice, and to defend the legitimate and equal rights and interests of the common people. Under their restrictions and blows, the Mo family is declining day by day, making Huang Chengyan, the former giant, sit on pins and needles, and he can't live in fear, for fear that the Mo family will one day die in the hands of him and Xu Shu, and he will not be able to redeem himself, and he will be ashamed of the giants and Mo people of the past dynasties.
Liu Chan saw Pang Degong's expression a little lonely, knew what he was worried about, smiled slightly, and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "To complete such a huge work, a thousand years of meritorious deeds, and famous weapons for thousands of years, in addition to the joint efforts of all sons and hundreds of schools, it is necessary to borrow the power of famous masters." Only by transforming tangible energy into intangible aura value can we make this grand cause become obsolete and famous. The power is accompanied by its momentum, and the virtue is followed. The merit is in the contemporary, and the benefit is in the future. Evergreen, the universe will leave a name! ”
Pang Degong really smiled, danced with his hands, and was as happy as a child, and nodded again and again: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" At that time, the famous artist will go all out to contribute to this great cause. ”
"Shigong is polite! Don't forget, Liu Chan is also a famous disciple! Liu Chan laughed.
"The prosperity of my famous family, the development of famous learning, and the inheritance of famous people have all been apprentices." Pang Degong also laughed. He secretly made up his mind in his heart to pass on his mastery to Liu Chan.
Seeing Pang Degong's elated appearance, Huang Chengyan was very envious, and also had the idea of letting Xu Shu accept Liu Chan as an apprentice, secretly thinking about how to make Liu Chan a Mo practitioner and use Liu Chan's power to revitalize the Mo family.
Liu Chan thought for a while, and then said: "Huang Lao, I heard that Ma Tan of the Taishi Company in the early Han Dynasty wrote "On the Essence of the Six Schools", which is very incisive, can you introduce one or two. ”
When Huang Chengyan heard this, he closed his eyes and thought for a long time, before he opened his eyes and said slowly: "Taishi Gong made a general evaluation of the characteristics of the six schools of thought with 'provincial but not provincial', and the criteria for judging the merits are simple and complicated, humble and profound, 'provincial' means simple and despicable, and 'unprovincial' is complicated and profound. In a word, it is simple and evil, and the noble and humble are deep. Hundreds of schools of thought, all for the purpose of governing the world, different paths to the same end, some simple and humble and easy to implement, some complicated and deep and difficult to understand. Confucianism repeatedly affirmed that the ethical hierarchy is immutable, but the doctrine is broad but rarely grasps the essentials, and the effort spent is seldom effective; Strong this section is used', but trivial and ancient, difficult to follow; Legalists do not distinguish between relatives and aliens, do not distinguish between noble and lowly, and break the law, but they are harsh and mean, and can only be used for a while, not for a long time; famous people are justified in their names, but they are meticulous and cumbersome, and entangled, so that people cannot seek their meanings, and everything is decided by the name of the concept but loses the general common sense. Only Taoism can advocate conforming to nature, doing nothing, and not doing nothing. Its practical propositions are easy to implement, and its doctrine is based on nothingness as a theoretical basis and as a practical principle. ”
Liu Chan took a sip of tea and said to Huang Chengyan: "Taishi Company's Ma Tan's views are indeed insightful, incisive and concise, and grasp the key points, needless to say. Liu Chan was taught. ”
After speaking, Liu Chan turned to Pang Degong and said with a smile: "Pang Gong, can you talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Confucian legalists?" ”
Pang Degong thought for a quarter of an hour before he said slowly: "The essence of Confucianism, politically, advocates the royal road, advocates great unification, great harmony in the world, and the people are noble and the monarch is light. The great unifier, the six contract winds, Kyushu coherence also. Big, valued, respected. Unified, under a unified legal system. Confucius Day, harmony and difference, the world is one family; Culturally, it is mainly in benevolence, courtesy and moderation. Benevolence loves others and the implementation of benevolent government can enable all social strata to enjoy the right to survival and happiness, so that the people will not have to rebel. Etiquette is a moral order, and the method of moral education is used to make all classes recognize and position themselves, so that the people have no moral basis for rebellion. The true meaning is the unity of benevolence and propriety, and if only courtesy is not benevolent, the people will rebel against its rule. If the people are not disciplined by morality, they will despise their rule and rise up in rebellion. The integration of benevolence and propriety complements each other to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country; In terms of morality, he convinces people with virtue, pays attention to education, practices loyalty and filial piety, the golden mean, cultivates himself, unites his family, governs the country, and equalizes the world, becoming a gentleman with a sense of social responsibility and ethics and morality, and then cultivating into a sage, and finally becoming a saint of the inner and outer kings. Inner saint is the height of one's own self-cultivation. The outer king is the social function of man; In terms of the relationship with the way of heaven, it advocates the harmonious development of man and nature, the human heart and the way of heaven, and the unity of man and nature; In terms of education, we pay attention to civilian education, equal opportunities, educational fairness, and education. ”
Liu Chan couldn't help but interject: "However, the flaws of Confucianism are also obvious. The first is to emphasize the spirit and ignore the material. Emphasis on morality, light on skills. Emphasis on theory, light on practice; the second is to advocate the Three Principles and Five Constants, the supremacy of the emperor, the absolute correctness, and the fate of the whole people and the country on one person, but there is no mechanism for the generation and correction of emperors and sages; the third is to emphasize moral probation and not pay attention to the construction of the system; Fourth, it emphasizes strict hierarchies, advocates that punishment is not done by doctors, divides people who are equal to all beings into three, six, nine and so on, and suppresses equality, freedom, and democracy; Fifth, it only emphasizes people's social obligations and suppresses individuality and people's rights; Sixth, there are defects in the way of thinking, conservative and unenterprising; Respect the Holy Scriptures, eat the ancients, do not pay attention to logic, hate science, stifle heresy, and inhibit innovation. Seventh, the understanding is one-sided, emphasizing the inherent goodness of nature and ignoring the evil of human nature. ”
Pang Degong looked relieved and nodded: "Your words are quite insightful. ”
"The essence of Legalism lies in the rule of law, the enrichment of the country and the strengthening of the army, the respect for the king's way, the promotion of meritocracy, the hegemony, and the queen of the law. Law, potential, and technique provide a strong basis for the implementation of the centralized system. Law refers to the sound legal system; Power refers to the power and prestige of the monarch, who must be in charge of military and political power; Techniques refer to the strategies and means of controlling the ministers, holding power, and enforcing laws and regulations. Politically, he advocated abolishing the division of feuds, setting up counties and counties, using power and technology, and governing according to law; Economically, it advocates the abandonment of well fields, the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business, and the reward of farming and warfare; In terms of ideology and education, he advocates taking the law as the teaching and the officials as the teachers. He advocated the courtesy of the villain, the punishment of the doctor, and the impartiality of the punishment, opposed the hereditary privilege of the aristocracy to monopolize economic and political interests, and demanded the private ownership of land and the granting of official positions according to merit and talent. He put forward the lawlessness of the past, not the present, opposed the conservative retro thinking, and advocated determined reform. The drawbacks of Legalism lie in exaggerating the role of superstitious laws, using punishment to eliminate punishment, emphasizing heavy punishment to govern the country, and heavy punishment for minor crimes. Pang Degong continued. (To be continued.) )