"Shixiao Shulang is discussing Confucian classics with Master Kong!" Li Lizhen said outside the door.

And Li Wanrou was also surprised: "Yes! Bachelor Kong is a famous scholar in the world, and he actually came to discuss the Confucian classics with Shi Xiaoshulang? Moreover, you see that Mr. Kong seems to be refuted, and he can't refute Shi Shulang at all. You see, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he was trembling all over, and he didn't know what he had heard that was terrifying, and he was afraid to be like this? ”

"Yes! It seems that Shi Xiaoshulang is really knowledgeable and talented, and he can actually refute Master Confucius like this, which is really amazing! Li Lizhi said with stars in her eyes, obviously admiring Shi Bufan, who was able to refute the Confucian masters of the current dynasty so much that he had nothing to say, and he was so poor that he trembled and broke out in a cold sweat.

In the fine house of this Xiuwen Pavilion, Kong Yingda trembled, and then his head was in a cold sweat. And now his thinking logic has fallen into a strange circle, because on the one hand, he thinks that he is a son of a saint and should be noble. What's more, he is a descendant of Sage Kong, so he should naturally be more noble. In the past dynasties, Confucius was respected, and the status of the nobility was improved, and then with the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and later in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the freak of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system greatly improved the status of the scholars, and almost monopolized the power of the world. Therefore, it caused the pretentiousness of the scholars to look down on those ordinary working people. That's why there is a situation where there is no cold family in the upper grade and no scholar in the lower grade.

But now, although Kong Yingda is a scholar, although he is also a quasi-official, his scholarly composition is much higher than the identity of a scholar and an official. He devoted his life to academics, especially the study of Confucian scholarship handed down by his ancestors, and even became a recognized master in the world. And his identity as a descendant of Confucius has added a great aura to it. So everything he did was based on the knowledge of his ancestors, but now there was a huge hole in his thinking.

In fact, after so many years, the so-called Confucian ideas have long been changed beyond recognition by a large group of people, and Confucianism has become a tool for rulers to rule the people. And since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty accepted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion to respect Confucianism alone, Confucianism has also deteriorated, and in fact, it has changed towards cynicism. Everything was changed to meet the needs of the rulers, and this change even affected later generations of Confucian scholars.

On the one hand, Kong Yingda thinks that he is a noble scholar, and believes that only scholars and learned people can become saints and sages, and ordinary peddlers and pawns cannot have a chance. But on the other hand, now Confucius has a saying, called "There is no class in education", which is to break his so-called thinking no matter what.

Kong Yingda didn't think about teaching without class, he also learned these words, but he didn't take it to heart. The influence of the ancestors is far less than the influence of this era, and the values of this era are already to respect the scholars and look down on ordinary working people, so even if Kong Yingda learned the things of his ancestors, he had already closed those things and didn't think about him at all.

Now, being pointed out by Shi Bufan to the point, Kong Yingda feels that the worldview and values he has built up over the years have almost collapsed, because this is a dead cycle. If Kong Yingda stubbornly believes that working people are not qualified to become sages, it is also a denial of the ancestor's teaching. However, if he admits that working people have the opportunity to become sages, it is also denying the worldview and values he has formed over the years, so Kong Yingda is completely blindfolded, because no matter how he explains it, he wants to deny one of his "beliefs". The ancestors' academics, as well as the worldview of life, are actually a kind of faith, but now they have to give up a belief, which makes Kong Yingda very stressed.

Kong Yingda is really a simple scholar, he is not the kind of tyrant in troubled times, nor is he the kind of politician who chases power. He's just a scholar, a simple scholar. Perhaps, because you know too much, you will find your ignorance in the end, and it is easier to fall into confusion! Shi Bufan thought.

In this world, really smart people will never say that they are smart, on the contrary, they will think that they are very "stupid". Because the more you really know, the more you feel ignorant. Only those fools can really think that they are geniuses, and there is no one in the world more intelligent than him.

Newton, a great scientist in the West, studied science all his life, what a smart person he was, and in the end, he should not believe in God? There are many other examples, and that's because the smarter a person, the more he understands the world, the more he will eventually find that he actually feels that he knows less.

And Kong Yingda is precisely because he is too familiar with the Confucian classics, and he can almost memorize it backwards. It's a pity that he is only a scholar, not a politician. He really studied the Confucian classics with his heart, so he fell into this state. If you are a politician and a tyrant in troubled times, you will never fall into this state. After all, Kong Yingda is not the kind of person who can say, "I'd rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me." So he couldn't say with peace of mind the reason why the people would unconditionally support themselves and unconditionally let themselves enjoy food and clothing. This has caused Kong Yingda's two different ancient and modern ideological and moral concepts to blend and conflict in his heart, and even if he is not careful, he may cause his faith to collapse, and his life will be over.

"Okay, Master Kong, you don't have to think about it so much, you just need to think about it, you have lived for half a hundred, what are you asking for, what are you asking for? Have you, because of your pampering for many years, and your worry-free food and clothing for many years, have you forgotten your ideals back then? Do you recall, what was your ideal back then? I believe that time will not wear away your ideals. Although you are only blinded by the illusion of the world, I believe that as long as you can recall the ideals of the past, the great ambitions you set back then, and then ask your own heart, is what you need now? If it's not what you need, what's the use of you here? Shi Bufan said.

Kong Yingda touched his head, and then felt that his head was very painful, and he couldn't help but start thinking about his current good life. He became famous since he was a child, he was a genius, and then he was more of a celebrity since the Sui Dynasty, and now he can become a famous master in the world. Fame, applause, wealth, official positions, knighthoods, even beauties, and so on, all came over. And he came from the Confucian classics of his ancestors, and because of his descendants of Confucius.

But now, he really began to ask himself, he had enjoyed the wealth and fame of these high-ranking officials, but was this what he needed? Although I can study my knowledge without worry, is it really useful? Shi Bufan's sentence just now was a slap in the face, but he fell into a rapid conflict of ideology and belief, and his faith almost collapsed. And now he finally realized, is this really what he needs? Fame, wealth, money, beauty, official titles, are these their ideals?

Kong Yingda began to ask herself, is this what she has hoped for for so many years? It doesn't seem like so! When he was for what? Kong Yingda touched his head and tried his best to recall his original heart and what his original ideal was? Why is it so difficult to remember all of a sudden, what was my ideal back then? And soon, Kong Yingda looked back with his age, and finally suddenly said a sentence when he was a child, when he was three years old, made him suddenly realize something.

Kong Yingda immediately stood up, bowed to Shi Bufan and said, "Thank you Xiaoyou for being the first to drink, otherwise I am afraid that I will really have a messy life, and in the end I don't even know what I want in this life." At that time, I just wanted to be able to really learn from my ancestors, and then I could do something for the people. But now, I actually enjoy fame and fortune, and I have forgotten the people? How great and selfless my ancestors were, I also hoped to follow in the footsteps of my ancestors and then be able to be a saint disciple all the way. Back then, I didn't seek wealth or glory, I just hoped to be able to realize the education of my ancestors. But now, I actually lost my eyes in front of these fame and fortune, it seems that this fame and fortune is really harmful, making people lose their minds! ”

"Master Kong, in fact, this is not a sin about fame and fortune. It's your own problem! Shi Bufan said.

"My own problem?" Kong Yingda didn't quite understand.

Shi Bufan pointed to the tree outside the window of the Xiuwen Pavilion, and then a breeze blew the small tree, Shi Bufan asked, "Master Kong, do you say that is the tree moving, or the wind?" ”

Kong Yingda thought for a while and said, "It's the tree moving!" ”

"But the tree is honestly there, so why is it moving? Plants don't move on their own! Shi Bufan said.

Kong Yingda replied again: "It's the wind blowing!" ”

"But if it's the wind blowing, why is the tree moving?" Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.

Kong Yingda said again: "That's the wind!" ”

"But why do you think it's the wind?" Shi Bufan asked.

Kong Yingda touched his head again, this is also a logically inexplicable problem. This logic is too complex to explain. This is not a matter of physics, but of philosophy. Who cares about this tree-moving thing on weekdays, but Kong Yingda now feels blindfolded and doesn't know how to answer.

"I don't think it's the trees or the wind, it's actually your heart!" Shi Bufan replied.

Kong Yingda closed his eyes again, and then seemed to think of nothing, and finally he seemed to block the six senses. After a full five minutes, Kong Yingda finally opened his eyes.

"Xiaoyou is right, I am moved. In fact, the tree didn't move, and the wind didn't move, it was because I thought about him that they 'moved'. Xiaoyou wants to tell me, in fact, it is not fame and fortune that come to me, but I am attracted to fame and fortune, so I will let him send it over? And I have learned a lot, coupled with the identity of a descendant of a saint, so fame and fortune have come to find me. If I don't move, then no amount of fame and fortune will come to make me lose myself? Kong Yingda said.

Shi Bufan replied: "That's right, it was precisely because you were deceived by the appearance of fame and fortune that you moved his heart." And then fame and fortune come flooding in, and then you're so immersed in it that you can barely extricate yourself. Life is not like this, in the face of many temptations, only to ensure that the heart is not moving, that is to transcend the heaven and earth, and truly realize the avenue. ”

"May I ask Shi Bufan little friend, what should I do?" Kong Yingda said.

"It's okay, it's just to conscience. Back then, the sage said, I will save my body three times a day. Did you do it? You might as well recall in your heart every day, have you been able to do yourself three times a day, and really think about what you really need? Shi Bufan asked.

Kong Yingda was silent for a while, and finally said honestly: "I didn't be able to do it!" ”

And the three provinces a day, in fact, are to conscience, let yourself know what your heart is? As long as you follow your original heart and never forget your original intention, you can also become a real person, a real saint. As long as you remember your own heart, face temptations and turmoil, and reflect on your body three times a day, and truly be able to reach your conscience, then your heart will not be confused, will not be covered, and you can also transcend the world and the world! Everything depends on your heart. Shi Bufan said.

Kong Yingda then replied: "Xiaoyou's words, but you have opened a sect master!" This is all based on the 'heart', so isn't that the 'study of the mind'? ”

"If you want to call it that, you can do it!" Shi Bufan replied calmly.

Kong Yingda immediately said to Shi Bufan again: "It's a pity, I'm over half a hundred years old, Xiaoyou can be born thirty years earlier, wake me up when I am not confused by fame and fortune and lose my heart, how good it would be!" However, it was too late. ”

"No, it's not too late. Life is no longer about length, but about thickness. I am confident that if I live for 200 years, I will be hit by water for 3,000 miles. 10,000 years is too long, seize the day! Now you think it's too late, but it's not too late. It's just an excuse to be late, just an excuse for yourself. People who are truly sincere will not make any excuses. A truly sincere person, even if he has a breath, will work hard and will not shirk! Shi Bufan said.

Kong Yingda immediately bowed again and said, "Xiaoyou teaches a lesson, a lesson!" I'll correct it right away, thank you for waking me up! ”

Kong Yingda quickly left the Xiuwen Pavilion with a relaxed body, and then had an indescribable relief.

And Kong Yingda didn't know, but he was also wiping the cold sweat on his forehead and said, "If you continue to be entangled like this, all the things in my stomach will be emptied!" I finally fooled you away! ”