Chapter 3: Qufu sacrifices to Kong Cang, and Tianyou is a precedent for virtue and loss

However, it was said that Sanniang, Lu Junyi, and Huang Wenbing went to Qufu to sacrifice Kong, and along the way, Lu Fang Guo Sheng led 3,000 guards and servants, and two female generals, Qiong Ying and Sun Erniang, led 500 female guards of the splendid battalion.

Along the way, Sanniang did not take a carriage, but only rode on the lion horse of Yuzhaoye, and walked side by side with Qiong Ying and Sun Erniang. Seeing that Qufu was approaching on this day, Sun Erniang suddenly asked: "Lord, what is the saint of this Confucian saint that is worth us to go to such great lengths to worship him?" And I heard that every year there is a sacrifice to Kong, and many people sacrifice to him, what is so good about this Kong saint? ”

Sanniang smiled slightly and said: "Sage Kong is naturally worthy of our respect, just because he taught us the principles of being a human being, taught us what is courtesy, righteousness and honesty, and clarified the true meaning of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith." The morality we usually talk about comes from him. Sun Erniang said with a sigh: "I see, we have been talking about righteousness for so many years, it turned out to be from his old man's house, it seems that this Confucian saint was also a good man back then." ”

After listening to Sun Erniang's summary of Sage Kong, saying that he was also a good man, Sanniang couldn't help laughing, and said seriously: "Exactly, Sage Kong was also a good man back then, sacrificing his life for righteousness, this spirit is indeed called a good man." ”

As he spoke, he was already close to Qufu, only thirty miles away from Qufu, but he saw that Confucius Mansion was from Kong Duanyou, and Qufu was close to the squire Fujia, and there were no less than 300 Confucian students from all over the country who came to participate in the sacrifice of Confucius, and came here to greet Sanniang and others.

It seems that the Confucian Mansion has reached a consensus on the woman Sanniang coming to worship Kong, and it is agreed that she will come to worship Kong. Sanniang got off the horse in front of a group of greeting people, Kong Duanyou and others stepped forward to salute, and Sanniang personally replied one by one. Seeing that the Confucian Mansion agreed to this female Xuanfu envoy to participate in the sacrifice of Confucius in person, the squires of Qufu and the Confucian students from all over the country also performed the ceremony.

But he didn't want to suddenly greet a green-shirted Confucian student in the team, pointing at Sanniang and shouting sadly: "The sky is not blessed, the world is declining, the people's hearts are not ancient, the country is dying, and there will be demons." I don't want the world to be reduced to Si, and the solemn ceremony of sacrificing Confucius is so courteous, groveling to invite a female generation to participate, the sage has knowledge under the spring, what do you think? ”

Kong Duanyou and others were taken aback, there was indeed a debate about whether to allow Sanniang to come to worship Confucius, first the controversy within the Confucian Mansion, and then the controversy among the students of the Confucian school in various places, but in the end, it was the Confucian Mansion that came forward to dispel the public opinion and promised Sanniang to come to worship Confucius in person. Kong Duanyou was afraid that some Confucian students would suddenly jump out to make trouble, and personally met with the leaders of various schools who came to worship Confucius one by one, knowing it with affection, moving it with reason, and finally convinced them one by one.

Kong Duanyou hurriedly made a look, and his brother Kong Duancao beside him hurriedly stepped back, pulled over a few older Confucian scholars and asked, "Which school student is this?" Didn't you already say it before? Why are you shouting here?! What kind of system? Several schools of Confucianism didn't know, but a Confucian student came forward and said: "This is Chen Dong, a student of the Tokyo Tai, just because a few months ago he led the Tai students to the imperial court and asked the court to severely punish the six thieves of the country, so he was expelled from the Taixue, and now he is just a wanderer." ”

I heard that it was Chen Dong, a student of Tokyo, Kong Duancao also felt a headache, this Confucian is indeed tough, not afraid of death, he personally put pen to paper, scolded Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Yu and other six important ministers of the court for the country's six thieves, and later Taixue wine personally discussed with him and taught him to withdraw the book, he also refused, and was removed from the row by Taixue and driven out of Tokyo. But he still posted books and posted them everywhere along the way, scolding the six thieves in the court, and he didn't give in at all.

Fortunately, Chen Dong has many teachers and students and friends, and sent him to Shandong Road to avoid trouble, otherwise I am afraid that Chen Dong would have been killed by Cai Jing and others. When he arrived at Shandong Road, Chen Dong scolded Cai Jing for the six thieves, naturally no one paid attention to him, and many people on Shandong Road scolded Cai Jing, so naturally they would not embarrass him. As for the people sent by Cai Jing and others to kill the mouth, as soon as they stepped into Shandong Road, they were targeted by Jinyiwei, and when they came to Shandong Road to kill people and kill people, Jinyiwei naturally would not agree, because without Chen Dong knowing, the people sent by Cai Jing to kill him were all sent by Jinyiwei on Shandong Road, and Chen Dong, a Confucian student, is still ignorant and does not know whether he is alive or dead.

Hearing that it was Chen Dong, Kong Duanyou also felt a big headache, just because Chen Dong offended Cai Jing and others, all schools in the world did not dare to admit that he was a student of their own faction, it was so ridiculous, there were so many Confucian schools in the world, no one dared to defend him out of justice, only for fear of getting into trouble. Since Chen Dong is not considered to be a school of thought, the Confucianists of all factions present cannot be restrained by him, and Kong Duanyou can only dissuade him personally.

At that moment, Kong Duanyou made a look, and several companions of the Confucian Mansion immediately stepped forward and pulled Chen Dong aside, Kong Duanyou just wanted to teach him not to show his perverseness first, and then slowly persuade after Xuanfu and others entered the city. Chen Dong was grabbed and scolded, but he was covered by a few companions, so he got up and dragged aside.

Kong Duanyou saluted Sanniang, and said with a little embarrassment: "This is Chen Dong, a student of Tokyo, who has now been expelled and naturalized, Xu is uneven and mentally disordered, and he is talking nonsense, and he collided with the Xuanfu envoy, and asked the Xuanfu envoy to make a large number of Wang Han, so that he doesn't have to deal with his crazy son." I respectfully invite the Xuanfu envoy to enter the city, and we have prepared a wine feast in the house to catch the wind and wash the dust for the Xuanfu envoy. ”

Sanniang was pointed at and scolded by Chen Dong, and she was slightly surprised at first, but listening to Chen Dong's scolding was still quite a little level, so she was interested in seeing how this farce ended. Seeing Chen Dong struggling on the side, he didn't listen to the whining in his mouth, and after his heart moved, Sanniang said loudly: "I naturally won't have the same knowledge as him, but listening to what he said, I can't sacrifice to Confucius as a female streamer, as if he himself is quite reasonable, since this is the case, I will call him over, and I will debate with him to see who is right and who is wrong." ”

Kong Duanyou was embarrassed, just because he agreed to allow Sanniang to come to worship Kong, which was already a precedent, and he just wanted Sanniang to make a clay statue, not to be too high-profile in the matter of sacrificing Confucius, just like this, it can be regarded as not losing the dignity, but now if this female Xuanfu envoy and a Confucian student are above this official road, the public will have a verbal dispute, if Sanniang can't say that Chen Dong, lose face, the matter is small, the debate can't be, then the reason will be lost, and then the Confucian Mansion will agree to Xuanfu to continue to sacrifice Kong? Or not?

At that moment, Kong Duanyou hurriedly persuaded: "Chen Dong's mind is unknown, Xuanfu doesn't need to pay attention to it, and I will break it off later." Sanniang shook her head and smiled: "I don't know why, I think about this trip to my female stream to worship Kong, although many people are respectful on their faces, but in fact, they are afraid that they are still not very convinced, so taking advantage of Chen Dong's here, this Xuanfu envoy explained the words to calm everyone's hearts!" ”

Seeing that Sanniang's mind had been decided, Kong Duanyou was helpless, so he had to wave his hand and signal his entourage to let go of Chen Dong, although Chen Dong was helped, but Sanniang's words were still heard clearly, and he thought in his heart: "This female Xuanfu envoy still understands things, and the world is full of people, how can it just be blocked?" ”

At that moment, after Chen Dong sorted out his clothes, he stepped forward steadily, and said proudly: "Okay, since Xuanfu has such a bold belly, Xiao Sheng will dare to offend!" Sanniang glanced at him, and said: "You are indeed courageous, you are now white, and I am indeed a member of the Xuanfu envoy of the feudal town ordered by the emperor of the imperial court, are you such a deacent?" What is the ritual character that Sage Confucius taught you? Is there no distinction between dignity and inferiority? ”

Chen Dong was scolded by Sanniang, and he was also a little blindsided, so he couldn't help but respectfully worship according to his words, and then got up and said: "It's Meng Lang who is a little student, forget this section, and declare forgiveness." ”

Sanniang snorted and said: "You said that the country is going to die, and there will be demons, and all the women come to sacrifice Kong, I ask you, why can't women come to worship Kong?" Hearing about this festival, Chen Dong raised his head and said aloud: "Since ancient times, the male protagonist is outside, the female protagonist is inside, and the four o'clock sacrifices are all when men, not to mention the sacrifice ceremony of the Confucian sage Confucius, women are unclean, so naturally they can't teach women to be defiled!" ”

Sanniang sneered: "It's nonsense, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there were many women sacrifices, and the queen of Wuding in the Shang Dynasty had a good wife, that is, she had been presiding over the sacrifices of the Shang Dynasty, and Sage Kong also advocated the restoration of the ancient ritual system when she was alive, why couldn't women participate in presiding over the sacrifice?!" Can't teach a woman to defile?! Do all the princes think that women are unclean? Then I would like to ask, among you here, which one was not born of an unclean woman? Since it is said that women are unclean, then all the princes are born of women, is it also unclean?! ”

Before Chen Dong could speak, Sanniang continued aloud: "I thought that this ceremony of sacrificing Confucius, whether or not I could participate in it depends on whether there is a loss in virtue, if there is a loss in virtue and morality, such a person will also participate in the sacrifice to Confucius, and the sage of Confucius will know it, so he will insist on not allowing it." But if she is virtuous and praised, even if she is just a woman, I think Sage Kong will agree. I am an official of the imperial court, opening the town of Shandong Road, bearing the emperor's order, governing one side, now Shandong Road up and down, the officials are Qingming, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

After that, Sanniang looked around the scene and said loudly: "I have been doing the right thing for heaven all my life, eliminating evil and promoting good, and seeking the well-being of the people, and I have not done a single thing that is immoral!" All of you here, you feel your conscience and ask yourself, can you also say as openly and loudly as I do, I have no loss in virtue?! These words were loud, and the official road was suddenly silent, and many famous teachers and Confucians unconsciously bowed their heads slightly, feeling that Sanniang was very reasonable.