Feng Guofang sat on the pu mat, waved his long sleeves, and bowed his head slightly, "Gentleman, in Mingmingde." Ge Wu Zhizhi, know and then sincerity, sincerity to the body, since the cultivation of the country, the prosperity of the country can level the world. This is from the Book of Rites. The University is addressed to those who want to express their ambitions, and I will tell you about it now. ”

"If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be aware of things and not be ashamed to ask questions, so that you can understand the way." Feng Guofang said slowly, "Where does the truth come from? Is it from a book? This is a standard answer, but do you come to the academy because everyone is the same? No. Four hundred and thirty-nine students came from different places, experienced different things, and had different appearances and qualities, but they all came to the academy. ”

"The farmers in the fields, the hunters in the mountains, and the raccoon girls in the rivers, they are called "people", commonly known as the common people, and contemptuously called "untouchables", referring to the same kind of people. ”

He paused in his tone, "The Four Books and Five Classics have been supported by previous dynasties, and they have ordered the world's scholars to read them together, and they are also elegant works in the hearts of many people, and they cannot be clear to those who are not upper-class." But most of the records in the book are the lives of the people. Many of the poems in "National Style" are collected from folk songs. Moreover, the theory of the hundred schools of thought also comes from the observation of their lives. For example, in the Legalist writings, the rule of governing the country with prescribed provisions originated from the rules agreed upon by the common people. ”

"So, maybe most of the books you study say that self-cultivation is a personal thing, which is a theory, but I hope you can understand why people want self-cultivation? It is because they can see whether their behavior is in line with a norm from the reaction of the outside world, so it is a process of communication, not self-care. ”

Feng Guofang looked around and saw a young man who was a little hesitant, and smiled slightly, "You can have opinions, just say it, don't worry, this is a academy, you don't dare to say it at the bottom of the mountain, you can say it here." ”

The man sat on the eighteenth seat, leaned over and saluted, and looked at Feng Guofang, "I am Dali, the cave master once said that self-cultivation should be related to others, but there is an old saying: do not be happy with things, do not be sad with yourself, cultivate yourself as your body, take your body as yourself, forget everything in heaven and earth, do not rejoice because of the joy of things, do not suffer because of your own sorrows, and cultivate your own mind and body, which is the real self-cultivation." Dare to ask the cave master, why is this? ”

Feng Guofang straightened his waist, stroked his long sideburns, and showed a hint of appreciation on his old face, "Very good, that's why I've stayed in the academy." You are different from the students under the mountain, most of them recite the Bagu text, and take Zhu's annotations as a canon, but they pity Zhu Xian's generation of Confucians, but in the end they are unexpectedly reduced to pretentious scriptures. ”

He looked at Dali, "Not to be happy with things, not to be sad about yourself, is the way to self-cultivation, but not the source of self-cultivation, have you ever experienced it?" ”

Dali's round head shook with a puzzled expression, "Disciple... I don't understand, and I hope that the cave master will teach you. ”

"If you are not for the outside world, not for yourself, then it can be said that you are beyond the world and do not eat the fireworks of the world, but that is called cultivating immortals, and it is no longer self-cultivation." Feng Guofang said slowly, and the mellow voice spread throughout the school, "The small is hidden in the forest, and the big is hidden in the city." The ultimate purpose of self-cultivation is to better preserve the original intention of one's heart while adapting to the world. Some of you may enter the academy in order to follow the golden lacquer signboard of the academy, and after graduation, you will enter the hall and enter the house, and the countries will seal the borders, dare to ask me if I am right? ”

A few students in the school lowered their heads, Jiang Yun's eyes were blazing, and his admiration for Feng Guofang was even more. In many private schools under the mountain, the master does not focus on the truth itself, but requires the people who have learned to memorize a lot of words and sentences, learn how to do eight shares, and the only purpose is to pass the imperial examination.

The cave master of the academy is really explaining the truth, not for the fame of the imperial examination, but just to let the students understand the reason.

"These are normal thoughts, I also had such thoughts when I was young, thinking of being a big official, so that my relatives and friends would envy me, and I had a sedan chair in and out, calling the wind and rain, so uncomfortable." Feng Guofang waved his hand, "As a student of the academy, it is easy to be an official, and it is not difficult to be a big official. ”

"But how many of you, after embarking on this path, can you keep your original intention?"

As soon as these words came out, the thirty-five students in the school hall were all stunned, and then their brows furrowed, and their faces were contemplative.

"Those who are officials are meant to be parents and officials, to seek benefits for the people of the world, to build civil works, to open rivers and canals, to pay taxes lightly, and to be exempt from forced labor. However, all the way up, businessmen compete to make friends, and every time it comes to the festival, there is an endless stream of property. Then in the face of the boss, he was envious, and in the face of his subordinates, he was arrogant. Between every move, tens of thousands of people speculated, and there were all kinds of honor guards in and out. ”

Feng Guofang looked very calm, as if he was just stating a trivial matter, "Do you dare to say that there has never been a trace of longing for the position of the boss in your heart, there has never been a desire to wantonly exercise power for the people below, and there has never been a requirement to consolidate your position?" ”

The students were silent, their eyes were blank, and they couldn't stop worrying.

"As a general, he has the power of life and death, and in the battlefield, human life is just a mustard, and over time, can he maintain the reverence for life? Or is it just indifferent, as if the head falls to the ground, and the body is in a different place? ”

Feng Guofang looked at these thirty-five students and sighed lightly, "For more than twenty years, I have seen too many amazing and beautiful people, and some of them can even be said to be far beyond you, which makes me amazed. I thought they were the reincarnation of Ganro, and they would go down in history and be praised by the world forever. ”

"But after so many years, they have all finally become a handful of loess, or died from thousands of arrows piercing their hearts, or their bodies are gone, and even the people who cultivate history are secretive about their narratives." He put his hand on the low table, "I forgot my original intention, I wanted more and more things, and I deviated from my original wish." In this way, how can a person who can't even cultivate his own mind and body be able to govern the country and pacify the world? ”

"Therefore, self-cultivation is the most fundamental and important way to govern the country and level the world. You must be in constant contact with the outside world, and even if it is the ugly side of this world, you must not avoid it because of disgust. Because whether you are hidden in the mountains and forests or living in the temple, you are facing the whole Dayan, including her day and night. ”

"If you see the world from the dark to the dark, and the deep world is sophisticated, you can reach its body, go up to the court, go down to the field, there is no place you can't go, no place you can't do anything!"

"May all you encourage you!"