Chapter 80: The Tongue of the Warring States (6)

Kong Yingda immediately made a gesture to bow to Shi Bufan, and he did not forget that it represented the ancestor Confucius's salute to Shi Bufan. And Shi Bufan hurriedly supported Kong Yingda, how dare he do this! Because this Kong Yingda represents Confucius, and he declares in advance that he represents Confucius, if he dares to really accept this ceremony, he will really become a controversial figure. As a descendant, in this era when everyone in the world regards Confucius as a saint, no one can receive the gift of Confucius. And Kong Yingda is precisely qualified to represent Confucius, because he is a descendant of Confucius. So of course Shi Bufan is not stupid, of course he has to stop it, otherwise I'm afraid Shi Bufan will really be smashed.

"Mr. Shi, you must accept this gift this time, because it is you who mentioned that your ancestors washed away such stains. This stain has accompanied our Confucian family for countless generations, and our Confucian family cannot be washed away at all. Whenever I hear that the government and the opposition in the past dynasties have used the name of their ancestors as an excuse to attack the enemy, and even to kill people at every turn, it makes our Confucian family feel bad in our hearts for generations. No one can feel this kind of thinking of our Confucian descendants, when others keep using your ancestors as an excuse to kill people, what do we think? They borrowed the name of our ancestors to kill people, so that it may not be glory to our Confucian family, but it is heartache. This also makes us think that our ancestors are doing evil, that our ancestors have done something wrong, so how can we feel good? If so, wouldn't these 'karma' be counted on the ancestor's head, so how could his heavenly spirit be happy? To tell the truth, our Confucian family has also been quite controversial about this killing of Shao Zhengmao in the past dynasties. However, none of us in the Confucian family have been able to come up with a suitable explanation, and this time, thanks to you, Mr. Shi, you have solved this eternal puzzle for us. I think that even if the ancestors are in the spirit of heaven, they don't want future generations to use him as an excuse to fight and kill, and often use this as an excuse to kill. Our ancestors have always been guided by righteousness, so how can they approve of others using his name to kill people? In this way, the ancestors are not doing good, but creating evil! ”

"Whenever I hear someone kill someone on the pretext of using their ancestors, it really hurts my heart. It doesn't matter whether these people should be killed or not, but they can't be killed in the name of our ancestors, so although the ancestors themselves don't kill people, they are all karma left by the ancestors. Now, Mr. Shi, you have cleared up this grievance for your ancestors, which is a great kindness. I salute you on behalf of your ancestors, not as a senior to a junior, but as a person who has been wronged, and to be grateful to those who have wronged him. This is not about the academic predecessors and juniors, but about the gratitude to the benefactor who cleared the wrongs. Even if you are a saint, you can't have a favor without repaying it, right? ”

After speaking, Kong Yingda represented Confucius, bowed to Shi Bufan, and thanked Shi Bufan for clearing up the matter of him killing Shao Zhengmao for Confucius. Shi Bufan also probably knows the thoughts of this Confucian family, because Confucius killed this Shao Zhengmao, so that many descendants will use this as an excuse to kill those who disagree with their opinions, regardless of whether these people should be killed or not, but those people kill people under this banner, how can the people of the Confucian family be happy? Countless people have come to kill people in the name of your ancestors, how can you feel comfortable as a descendant? This makes people feel that "I don't kill Beren, but Beren died because of me". This is not only not an honor, but a burden for future generations.

Shi Bufan can be regarded as clearing the grievances of Confucius and clearing up this grievance for thousands of years. A person who has been wronged faces the person who helps him to clear his grievances, he naturally has to bow and thank, this is not about the so-called seniors and juniors, but about kindness, even if the saint has to know how to repay the kindness, right?

"See? Master Kong also admitted it! "Yes! Master Kong admitted the statement of Shi Xiao Shulang, Confucius did not kill Shao Zhengmao! "Confucius didn't kill, so isn't it ridiculous that you want to kill people on this ground?" "Hmph, it's obvious that I can't talk about others, but I misinterpreted the meaning of my predecessors, isn't this reasonable?" "Confucius's 'punishment' back then, but he condemned it with words, but he didn't want to kill people with a knife, but you yourself misinterpreted this sentence, isn't this insulting to your predecessors?" ……

Laiji's face was even more swollen, and he felt that his face was swollen, and Kong Yingda took the initiative to salute Confucius, thanking Confucius on behalf of Confucius. This represents the Confucian family's belief that Confucius did not kill Shao Zhengmao, and represents the Confucian family's official claim that Confucius did not kill Shao Zhengmao.

If you follow this result, it is exactly the other way around. Confucius's "punishment" is to use language to condemn and refute the other party, so that he can't refute others, so he actually wants to incite the scholars to kill Shi Bufan, isn't this very shameless? Even, if it is serious, it will be charged with slandering the saint. Originally, they borrowed the name of a saint, but now that Shi Bufan has put forward this argument, and the Confucian family has also admitted it, then if he still wants to use this reason to kill Shi Bufan, the Confucian family will not forgive him, and even regard him as an enemy. And when the time comes, a charge of slandering a saint will be on his head, which is not small, and he can't afford to wear this hat.

Lai Ji hurriedly said: "Wait, according to what you said, this 'punishment' is certainly the meaning of condemnation, but it is also not without the meaning of killing!" According to what you said, even if Xunzi's period is the Warring States Period, he may misunderstand that 'punishment' means killing. But there is another book, a book called "Confucius's Family Sayings". It shows that Confucius once killed Shao Zhengmao, and also carried out a violent corpse. And this Confucian family saying was compiled by Confucius's disciples, is this a fake? ”

Shi Bufan laughed even more and said, "Laiji, how can there be no fake books in this world?" The first time Confucius's family language appeared in history books was during the Han Dynasty. And the Han Dynasty was even farther away from the era of Confucius, could there be fake books? Can't there be so-called fake books, you know, this method is actually very simple. First of all, there is no real author of this "Confucius's Family Sayings", and no one can come forward to recognize that he created this book. And, even if most of it is true, can't you mix it with something you want? There are many people who do not hesitate to tamper with books in order to realize their ideas, and rely on the wisdom of the ancients to increase their persuasiveness. I look down on this kind of person very much. Everything has to be done in ancient times, so how can we human beings progress? ”

Laiji felt that his face was twitched, but this Shi Bufan scolded him around the corner! Just now, he didn't leave Confucius in three sentences, and he thought that without Confucius, he would not be able to add convincing power to his arguments, isn't this deliberately ironic?

When Lai Jigang wanted to continue to scold back, Shi Bufan continued: "As for maybe some of them are true, but I know that the best way to deceive a person is to add a false sentence into the nine truths, so that no matter how powerful people are, they will be convinced." As for you saying that this Confucius family language cannot be forged? But I want to tell you, there are a lot of fake books in this world. Even the most widely circulated "Book of Shang" has adulterated ones! ”

Shi Bufan's words made everyone present feel like a bolt from the blue, Shi Bufan actually said that the current "Shangshu" was adulterated, which made many people at the scene almost faint. Shangshu is a book compiled by Confucius, and it is an important classic in Confucianism, but the Shangshu that is now circulating is also adulterated, which is terrible. If so, what is the Shangshu that everyone has learned so far? Could that be a fake, when the time comes, what you learn is not the real knowledge of a saint, and this is the most terrible.

If so, it would be enough to cause another huge earthquake in academia. Many people at the scene also discussed regardless of their identities, even those teachers from the Guozijian began to talk about it, which was really shocking. Today, everyone also feels that this debate in Guozijian has not come in vain, and this debate is really a fierce revelation that has begun to be exposed. First of all, Shi Bufan said that Confucius did not kill Shao Zhengmao, and then it was revealed that this "Shangshu" was adulterated, which shocked everyone.

"Shangshu originated from the anthology compiled by Confucius in those years. However, since the Qin Dynasty, a large number of books have been burned. Later, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, those Confucian scholars excavated a lot of Confucian classics from various places in order to preserve books. Of course, some of them were written orally by the surviving Confucian scholars, and then they were recorded, which is the modern study of literature and classics. The ancient classics and the modern classics were once two schools of thought, which conflicted with each other during the Han and Han dynasties. However, since the Yongjia Rebellion, the ancient and modern texts have also been lost. At present, the book we left behind is the book dedicated by Shi Meizhen in Yuzhang during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But according to my observations, there are probably more than 20 fake books, I don't know who made it, maybe it was Mei Zhen or someone else, but in short, it was forged. If you don't believe me, I can point it out to you, and you can speculate for yourself! Shi Bufan said.

Immediately, Guozijian's teachers went to the library and took out these "Shangshu", because this was simply a great historical discovery. In particular, this is the history that will change Confucianism, so everyone has to pay attention to it. There are no other things in this country, but there are a lot of books. Soon, someone brought this Mei Zhen version of the "Book of Shang", and then explained a few errors and omissions to them, and more than a dozen articles obviously did not conform to the characteristics of the Spring and Autumn Period, and even the Shangshu in it was obscure and difficult to understand, which made people very difficult. Perhaps, this obscurity is also deliberate, deliberately made like this, so that everyone can not be able to discern carefully.

"Oh my God!" Kong Yingda gasped.

Everyone's faces couldn't hide their surprise, this book was actually forged, this is simply too funny. Shangshu is a very important document, the meaning of this "Shangshu" is not the same, and even the Shangshu Province of the imperial court, the position of Shangshu of the Six Shangshu is from the name of this book. Therefore, this Shangshu is an irreplaceable position for many people, and now it has been proved that more than 20 articles are forged, which is simply terrifying.

The scene was completely silent, and everyone was here to analyze whether this Shangshu was forged, which surprised everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after our preliminary research, there are definitely forgeries in this Shangshu, but we will continue to invite Confucian scholars from all over the world to conduct research, and we can currently confirm that there are forgeries in the Shangshu." Kong Yingda said.

Everyone is also silent, this Shangshu has actually forged something, so what else in this world can't be forged? Compared with "Shangshu", what is the Confucian family language? In the academic circles of Confucianism, Confucius's family language cannot be compared with this "Book of Shang" at all, and Confucius's family language is at most an ordinary material, not even mainstream. However, this "Shangshu" is a real high-level classic, and anyone who studies Confucianism will inevitably hear of it. As for the Confucian family saying, maybe some Confucians who don't read much don't know this book at all, which is also the difference in status.

"Laiji, what do you think? Even the "Book of Shang" has been adulterated, so what book can't be adulterated? Shi Bufan asked.

Laiji's face was dark, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't answer at all. Shi Bufan actually deliberately threw out this claim of adulteration of "Shangshu" this time, which is actually an out-and-out sophistry. Shi Bufan used this adulterated "Shangshu" as an excuse, and then "proved" that since even "Shangshu" can be adulterated, why can't other books be adulterated? He knows that he is also an out-and-out sophistry, which is actually the practice of using the common methods of sophistry to "secretly change concepts" and "appeal to authority". Shi Bufan used the adulteration of this "Shangshu" as an excuse, and then thought that this Confucius family language was adulterated, which was actually just sophistry. Shi Bufan took advantage of the authority of the "Book of Shang" in Confucianism, and then proved that the "Book of Shang" was adulterated, and then explained that the "Confucius Family Language" was adulterated. In fact, this is not the case, even if Shi Bufan can prove that the "Book of Shang" is adulterated, it does not mean that the "Confucius's Family Sayings" can be proved to be adulterated.

This is a fallacy in jurisprudence, and this is like proving that a certain leader is a corrupt official, and then determining that his secretary must be a corrupt person. In fact, law cannot say that, everything must pay attention to evidence, and it is not possible to think that the secretary must also be corrupt because the leader is a corrupt element, and when there is no direct evidence to prove it, it is impossible to make such a direct conclusion, this is a fallacy in law, and even such so-called evidence will not be allowed in law. This evidence is actually the same fallacy as the father is a thief and the son must be a thief.

However, Shi Bufan used sophistry here, took advantage of the authoritative position of the "Book of Shang", and then again said in disguise that the "Confucius's Family Sayings" was adulterated by means of stealing concepts. Unfortunately, in this era, especially those of you here are not legal experts, you naturally cannot use legal theories to refute them. In fact, as long as a person who has studied law a little in later generations will be able to refute Shi Bufan, but there were not many people who attached importance to law in ancient times, and there were not many people who specialized in legal theory, so they were confused by the fallacy of Shi Bufan, and as a result, Shi Bufan's sophistry succeeded.

Ren Yaxiang immediately mended the knife and said: "Come to Ji, you see that the "Book of Shang" is adulterated, what is the Confucian family language?" Is it possible to prove that the compiler of Confucius's family sayings is not adulterated? ”

Lai Ji suddenly scolded: "Let's go!" ”

Laiji knew that he had lost this time, and the loss was a mess, no matter what mess he raised, he was also made worthless by Shi Bufan. He can't get any benefits here in Shi Bufan, especially this war of words, he lost completely.

"The coming day is long, we'll see later!" Lai Ji thought.

However, none of you present thought that this debate would have an impact not only on academics, but also on academic, political, economic, social and other aspects in the next 20 years, and even on the political situation in the next 20 years.