Chapter 167: The Unity of Knowledge and Action (II)

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"Master, the prophet's later deeds seem to make some sense, but in my opinion there is something inappropriate!"

Seeing the master talking endlessly, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but want to put forward his own opinions, so he decided to interrupt the master's lecture to Xiuniang. Bayi Middle School? Wenwang ? ≈≤.

As soon as the master was interrupted by Zhou Zheng, he immediately stared at Zhou Zheng.

"The old man is not right, is it because the old man reads more books or you read more books?"

Originally, the master wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to reprimand Zhou Zheng, but from Zhou Zheng's eyes, there was no sign of falsification, that is to say, Zhou Zheng did have a different opinion on his words.

Thinking of this, the master couldn't help but think of some of the theories that Zhou Zheng had said before, and suddenly had a desire to hear what Zhou Zheng had this time.

"Master, naturally, your old man reads a lot." Zhou Zheng did not question the master's intention at all, because the master was telling the truth, and it was true that the master had read more books than himself, which Zhou Zheng had to admit.

But relatively speaking, although Zhou Zheng read few books, they are all the words of the sages of the previous life, plus the cultural essence of thousands of years in the previous life, although the books Zhou Zheng reads are few, they are the essence of the essence, I dare not say that it is a great Confucian master or something, but it can still be done by taking it out and pretending to be one.

"But everyone has their own different opinion on certain things, so why don't you listen to my opinion?"

I didn't dare to refute what the master had just said, but it couldn't stop Zhou Zheng's opinion on the master's previous prophetic remarks.

"Then tell the old man what you think?"

The master didn't mind hearing Zhou Zheng's different opinions on his words, as a teacher in the school, the master still had this capacity.

"What does Master think is studying for?" Zhou Zheng did not say his words directly, but first asked the master an extremely simple question.

What is the purpose of reading, Zhou Zheng believes that everyone has a different opinion.

"Naturally, the purpose of reading is to understand the words of the sages of the ages, and then to follow the path opened up by those sages."

The master replied indifferently, in the master's opinion, there was no difficulty in the question Zhou Zheng asked, and no difficulty was exactly what Zhou Zheng needed.

After the master finished speaking, Zhou Zheng said in a hurry: "Master thinks that reading is to become a sage, but there are so many scholars in the world, some people study to become great officials, some people read just to glorify the lintel, and even some people read just to be literate, and the master's knowledge and deeds often cannot represent the knowledge and deeds of others!" ”

This is the first point that Zhou Zheng wants to put forward, although the explanation is a little unsatisfactory, but it finally expresses what he wants to express.

The master was a little stunned, according to Zhou Zheng's words, what did he mean, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't really refute his remarks, so he could only say that he was crooked.

"What you said sounds reasonable, but if you think about it carefully, there is no truth at all, everyone who reads has their own ideas, how can this be related to this knowledge and action?"

"Master, the so-called prophet comes after acting, is there no scholar who wants to do it when he knows? Otherwise, why are the purposes of these scholars so different when they first start reading, and why are they already prophetic before they read? ”

Zhou Zheng can be regarded as a set for the master, and the prophet of the master said that only after reading the book, he went back to think about what to do next, but often ignored people's hearts.

Some people have already thought about what to do after reading a book before reading a book, and at this time, simply reading a book cannot change the will of this kind of person, or the original intention.

And those who do the prophet and then do it, in Zhou Zheng's opinion, are just nerds who read and read dead books every day, without any thoughts of their own to speak of, and wait for the book to finish reading before doing it, I am afraid that they will be called nerds like a fool.

Speaking of this, the master had the feeling that Zhou Zheng was mocking him, but after listening to Zhou Zheng's words, he felt that Zhou Zheng's words were not without some truth.

"You mean that there is knowledge and action, but what is the difference between this and the prophet's action?" The master has a little understanding of Zhou Zheng's words, but he still doesn't understand where the truth of the unity of knowledge and action put forward by Zhou Zhengyu is, such an example cannot make the master waver!

"Knowledge" mainly refers to people's moral consciousness and ideological ideas.

"Action" mainly refers to people's moral practice and practical actions.

Therefore, the relationship between knowledge and action, that is, the relationship between moral consciousness and moral practice, also includes the relationship between some thoughts and practical actions.

In Zhou Zheng's view, there is action in knowledge, knowledge in action, and knowledge and action are the same thing, which cannot be divided into "two sections".

Because from the perspective of moral education, moral consciousness is inseparable from moral behavior, and moral behavior is inseparable from moral consciousness. The two are inseparable from each other. Knowledge must be manifested as action, and failure cannot be regarded as true knowledge. Moral knowledge and moral consciousness must be manifested in moral behavior, and if we do not act, we cannot be regarded as true knowledge.

Conscience is incompetent, and conscious action is also knowledge. Knowledge is action, knowledge determines action, and all this determines not the knowledge in books, but the human heart.

"The Master knows what he does, and what he does, and the two cannot be separated, so there is no order. And it is impossible to separate the lines from them or to tell a sequence! ”

Zhou Zheng searched out a basket of words according to the impression in his mind, and then said what he wanted to say.

"People have a process of understanding, and these understandings can indeed be obtained from books, but if you don't do it while knowing, you will end up knowing a lot of things but don't know how to do it.

Zhou Zheng didn't know if his explanation of the unity of knowledge and action was correct, but he always refuted the master's theory of the prophet and the latter.

Looking at the master's pensive appearance, Xiuniang, who was listening to Zhou Zheng and the master's words, looked at Zhou Zheng with both eyes at the moment.

"Sure enough, it's still Brother Zhou who is the most powerful, and the teachers can't refute what Brother Zhou said." Regarding the communication between Zhou Zheng and the master, Xiuniang didn't understand, but she felt that Zhou Zheng was more powerful, otherwise how could the master be refuted by what her brother Zhou said.

"It's a good unity of knowledge and action, but in the end, it's the human heart!" After a long time, the master came back to his senses and said with some shock.