"What knowledge should be taught to students in the classroom?"

"Do you need to ask? Of course, it is a Confucian classic, such as "The University", "Analects", "Mencius" and so on are all good textbooks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Except for Wei Shuo, the other three are all descendants of Confucianism, so they are naturally Confucian. Don't look at the decline of Confucianism since the Wei and Jin dynasties, but the number of Confucian supporters has not decreased, and there are many great Confucians in various places who live in seclusion and escape from the world, and specialize in opening museums to accept apprentices and spread Confucianism.

"Confucian classics are naturally taught, but I think that students should not only be taught classics such as the University and the Analects, but also new ideas should be imparted to students. As we all know, since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties, the situation of Confucianism's 'exclusive respect' has been broken, but other schools such as Huang Laozhi and Buddhism have gradually become active. ”

Hearing Wei Shuo say this, Yang, Yao, and Yin's faces became very ugly, but they also knew that this was true, so they did not refute it easily.

"Shuo has always believed that any knowledge should keep pace with the times and constantly improve and develop with the changes in the situation. For example, during the time of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, Dong Zi absorbed other theories and developed into Neo-Confucianism after reintegration. ”

"At this time, Confucianism must show the courage to break through the kettle and integrate and innovate again in combination with the new situation, so as to be reborn from the ashes."

"Yes...... But, alas! In fact, we also know that Confucianism is currently in a desperate situation, but we don't have the talent of Dong Zi, how can we dare to easily change the teachings of the sages? If we go astray, won't thousands of students in the future be doomed by us? ”

In fact, people who really understand Confucianism know that Confucianism has never been complacent, and knows how to 'keep pace with the times', and even in order to cater to the 'foreign' rulers, even the of "entering the country is the same, and entering the summer is the summer" can be invented.

It can be seen that the spirit of innovation of Confucianism has never been extinguished, as long as they have the opportunity to see the seams, see the wind and rudder, and then rise again and stand in the world.

It was precisely knowing the urine nature of Confucianism that Wei Shuo took the initiative to guide this change, hoping to lead Confucianism into the right path.

"In fact, it is not difficult to improve Confucianism, first of all, we need to understand where the defects of Confucianism are?"

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo solemnly bowed his hand to Yang Han, Yin Jing, and Yao Hao: "Everyone, now we are planning for Confucianism in the next hundred or even a thousand years, Shuo hopes that everyone can be open and honest, do not have any taboos, only find out all the shortcomings of Confucianism, and then correct them, in order to make Confucianism have a better future." ”

"That's it, that's it, even a little descendant of Zhiyuan dares to break the old and establish the new, what else does the old man have to worry about? Speaking of Confucianism since Dong Zi came to power, the biggest flaw is that virtue is too important, which is not that morality is not important, but that virtue has been raised to an overriding height. ”

"As a result, people only know how to pursue false fame, but not practice, resulting in officials everywhere are all rhetorical scholars, and they don't know how to govern the local government and develop people's livelihood."

"The excessive promotion of the rule of virtue has led to a lax rule of law, because the Confucian children believe too much in the effect of virtue and despise the deterrent effect of the law, so that when Confucian ethics and the letter of the law conflict, the former can override the latter."

"In the late Han Dynasty, the trend of revenge for personal revenge prevailed, among which avenging one's father and avenging one's friends were widely praised because they conformed to the Confucian concept of filial piety and righteousness.

"In fact, Confucianism does not reject the role of the rule of law, Zi said: 'If the government is lenient, the people will be slow, and if it is slow, it will be violent.' If you are fierce, the people will be disabled, and if you are disabled, you will be lenient. Wide to help fierce, fierce to help wide, government is to peace. (Left Pass? In the twentieth year of Zhao Gong), Mencius and Xunzi both proposed both ritual and ritual methods. ”

"It's just that although Dong Zi's neo-Confucianism absorbed some Legalist thoughts, it did not attach importance to Legalist thoughts."

"If changes are made in the future, the idea of the rule of law should be raised to the point of being on a par with the rule of virtue."

"The second defect is that the name is valued and the practice is neglected, which leads to the mismatch between the name and the reality, and the reality does not match the theory! Confucianism lacks the spirit of practice, and in the future, Confucianism should be revised to integrate knowledge and action. ”

Yao Hao is worthy of being a Confucian family, commenting on the gains and losses of Confucianism since the Han Dynasty, talking eloquently, listening to Wei Shuo's eyes shining and bowing.

Since Yao Hao started, Yang Han and Yin Jing no longer hid it, and analyzed the disadvantages of Confucianism very thoroughly, so that in the end, the three couldn't help but sigh: "In such a way that the world has fallen to this, Confucianism has to bear at least half of the responsibility." ”

"The three of them don't need to be like this, the world has become what it is today, not only the responsibility of Confucianism, but also the accumulation of various contradictions in all aspects. And from another point of view, it may not be an opportunity for Huaxia to be reborn. ”

Having said that, the old man's heart still hurts faintly! Moreover, we have only found out the defects of Confucianism, and we have not yet found a way to improve it, and this is the most difficult. ”

"Yes, things are often easier said than done!" Yang Han sighed.

"Everyone, please see, this is a Confucian work brought by the kid from outside the territory, let's see what is worth learning from?"

Saying that, Wei Shuo presented the "Biography" of Wang Yangming's works in the Ming Dynasty that was copied from his mobile phone, which recorded Mr. Yangming's quotations and academic letters, and contained Wang Yangming's main philosophical thoughts.

Originally, Yao Hao and Yin Jing, the two great Confucians, were quite disdainful of the works from the barbarian land, and they were shocked after careful study.

Wei Shuo took out Wang Yangming's mind is not a last resort, first of all, this is the only school of Confucianism that he has seriously understood in modern times, and he knows the root of this, so as not to be taken into the ditch by the current Confucian students; Secondly, although Wang Yangming's view of mind still has many shortcomings from a modern point of view, it is very forward-looking to place it in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties hundreds of years ago.

Wang Yangming's philosophical body is the "ontology of the mind", that is, what you see, hear, feel, think, and everything in your mind constitutes your whole world. There is no other world for you. In other words, there is another so-called objective world that has no meaning to you.

In this regard, there is a famous joke about flowers, which says that once, Wang Shouren and his friends traveled to Nanzhen together. At this time, it is the spring when the flowers are in full bloom, and along the way, I saw clusters of gorgeous flowers and trees disappearing in the mountains, wafting with bursts of fragrance.

My friend couldn't help but point to the flowers and trees in the rocks and asked, "You said that there is nothing outside the heart in the world, but these flowers and trees always bloom and fall spontaneously in the deep mountains, what does it have to do with my heart?" ”

Wang Shouren replied: "When you don't have such a flower tree, the flower tree is in the same silence as your heart, and it doesn't matter about the flower or the heart; Now that you look at this flower, the color of this flower is suddenly understood in your heart, and it can be seen that this flower is not outside your heart. ”

Specifically, before you see the flower, you can't be sure of whether the flower exists or not, and it doesn't mean anything to you. Now that you see the flowers, the flowers leave an impression in your heart and make you feel very happy, and then the flowers are the ones that exist and are meaningful to you.

In this way, what you see, hear, feel, and think makes up the whole of your world, so is it true that the more you see, the bigger your world becomes? Not necessarily.

According to Wang Yangming, what is your real world? The world you can grasp is your real world. It's not that bigger is better, it's not that more is better, it's that the higher the certainty you grasp, the better, the higher the more real.

For a blind person, his real world is certainly different from that of a clear-eyed person.

In addition, the unity of knowledge and action is Wang Yangming's most important philosophical viewpoint.

Wei Shuo feels that the most lacking thing in Confucianism at present is 'line', why is Confucianism often ridiculed as a mouth cannon in later generations? In fact, it is said that Confucianism always despises practice, which eventually leads to low eyesight and mastery.

The unity of knowledge and action can avoid overly lofty arguments, and can also test the authenticity and feasibility of "knowledge".