Chapter 18: Master Xu (II)
"At the beginning of people, their nature is good, their sex is similar, and their habits are far away, which means that when people are just born, their nature is good, and their temperaments are also very similar, but with the different changes and influences of their respective living environments, everyone's habits will be different." Xu Fuzi began to explain the content of the "Three Character Classic" to Zhang Baiyi.
Although Zhang Baiyi had read the "Three Character Classic" in his previous life, he had never thought about the meaning of it, and today Xu Fuzi talked about Zhang Baiyi's heart and suddenly doubted: "Xu Fuzi, the student thinks that at the beginning of people, the sentence "Sex is good" is wrong,"
Xu Youji immediately straightened his face and said, "You dare to question the words of the sages even if you are a teenager,"
"Master Xu, students feel that people are like a blank sheet of paper when they are born, it doesn't matter whether they are good or evil, they are like water, let it flow eastward, let it flow westward, and let it flow westward." Zhang Baiyi said what he thought in his heart,
"Water is sexual, water flows low, and it is man-made to let it flow east and west,"
"Man-made results are like the influence of the environment," Zhang Baiyi said here, and a bold idea suddenly popped up in his heart, this idea even frightened himself, but Zhang Baiyi still said what he thought in his heart: "Speaking of the influence of the environment, students sometimes feel that at the beginning of human beings, their nature is not good but evil,"
"You, you, it's really rotten wood that can't be carved," Master Xu stood a little unsteadily, one hand supported on the table,
"Master Xu is not angry, you can listen to the thoughts in the students' hearts before making judgments," Young Master Zhang is still polite and humble, but in the eyes of Master Xu, he is very angry.
Young Master Zhang said his bold thoughts: "Human nature is evil, and those good behaviors are man-made;
Human nature is born with a desire for self-interest, and according to this nature, there will be competition between people, and there will be no more humility; People are born with jealousy and hatred, and because of this nature, things that harm loyalty and goodness will occur, and loyalty and faithfulness will be lost. ”
"People are born with the instinct to love sound and lust, to listen to good things, to like to see good things, and because of this nature, disorderly things will happen, and the etiquette system and moral norms will be lost. In this case, if you indulge people's nature and follow people's ****, there will definitely be a fight, and there will be violations of hierarchy and disrupting the etiquette system, which will cause riots; Therefore, it is necessary to have the education of teachers and the legal system, and the guidance of etiquette and righteousness, and only then can we establish a normal order that conforms to the hierarchical system and achieve social stability. For example, bent wood must be heated by the correction of tools before it can be straightened; Metal utensils that are not sharp – must be sharpened by polishing. ”
The "evil" nature of people must rely on the teachings of the teacher, and then they can be corrected, understand etiquette and righteousness, and the world will be peaceful. If there is no teaching of the teacher, it will be sinister and improper; If we do not understand propriety and righteousness, we will rebel and rebel and cause social turmoil. ”
"The holy kings of ancient times, because of their bad human nature, deviant and improper, rebellious and disorderly, instituted a system of etiquette to correct people's temperament, tame and educate them, and guide them. Make people obey the social order and conform to ethical norms. Now, as long as people accept the teachings of the teacher, accumulate knowledge, and follow etiquette, they are gentlemen; Indulging one's temperament, acting recklessly, and violating etiquette and righteousness are villains. ”
"The eyes of man like to see beautiful women, the ears like to hear beautiful sounds, the mouth likes to taste delicious food, the heart likes fame and fortune, and the body likes comfort and comfort, these are all things that arise from human nature. It belongs to evil, and these evils cannot be allowed to be arbitrary, and only in this way can all human actions be courteous; People are polite, and this is also the result of education. ”
"If people are born so good, then what else do you need to do with the work of education? Etiquette and righteousness are formulated by saints, and they are not born with them. The reason why a saint is different from ordinary people is that he can restrain his nature and pursue things other than his temperament, so he formulates etiquette and law. People like good because they are evil, just as the poor want to be rich and the lowly want to be noble. ……”
"Therefore, the truth of human nature is inherently evil, and those good deeds are man-made."
Zhang Baiyi's words were impassioned and reasonable, Xu Fuzi originally planned to wait for Zhang Baiyi to finish preaching and preaching to the young master Zhang in front of him, but then he was dumbfounded and found that he was speechless.
Zhang Baiyi was very involved in defending, even he didn't know when his eloquence became so good,
Xu Fuzi was shocked, is this Young Master Zhang in front of him still the student he has been with these days, is he still a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy?
What made Xu Youji feel even more shaken was that he actually agreed with Zhang Baiyi's words, is the words of the sage he has always believed in really right, he has never questioned the sages in more than 50 years of writing, how many of the sages' words are wrong?
Young Master Zhang's words woke up the person in the dream, he had spent most of his life in a daze, it was better to be the little doll in front of him, what face did he have to teach him to learn, a saint is also a human being, and a human being will make mistakes, thinking of this, all the beliefs of Master Xu in the saint collapsed like a dangerous wall,
At this time, Master Xu seemed to have been drained of his soul, and his eyes were a little dull.
"Master, Master Xu" Zhang Baiyi called twice,
Xu Youji is still stuck there like a log,
After a long time, Master Xu sighed: "The old man has studied hard for ten years and studied for forty years, but he is not as good as a child of yours, what kind of face does the old man have to teach people to read and mislead people's children,"
Master Xu is gone, and he has gone to question the sage
Before leaving, Xu Youji looked up to the sky and sighed: "The saint misunderstood me. The saint misunderstood me. ”
Leaving Young Master Zhang there, he just said what he thought, how could Master Xu become like this?
"Okay, you little rabbit cub, you don't study well, you actually made the master angry and left, see if I don't kill you," Zhang Sanjin rushed to the study angrily with a wooden stick,
Young Master Zhang saw Zhang Sanjin's posture and knew that his cheap father must have misunderstood himself, so he hurriedly said, "Father, you have misunderstood,"
"Misunderstanding? Wait for Lao Tzu to catch you and see how you misunderstand! "Daddy Zhang didn't listen to Master Zhang's explanation at all,
Zhang Baiyi said in his heart, I'm afraid I'm going to be hit with a stick this time, and I think of countermeasures while dodging,
Zhang Sanjin, who was about to go out, saw Xu Fuzi hurriedly walked out of Zhang's mansion, Zhang's father called "Xu Fuzi" twice, Xu Fuzi didn't seem to hear it, and knew that it must be his uncompetitive son who made the old master angry.
Young Master Zhang narrowly avoided the stick that Father Zhang picked up, and he didn't have time to wipe the cold sweat on his face, this is a dead hand, no, you have to find a way quickly,
By the way, go to Master Xu,
"Young master," Zhang Ergou beckoned desperately to Zhang Baiyi behind the rockery,
was called by Zhang Ergou, and Master Zhang was almost hit by a stick.
said that it was too late, it was fast, Master Zhang pounced on a vicious dog, barely dodged the stick in Daddy Zhang's hand, rolled twice on the ground like a ball, quickly came to the back of the rockery, and ran towards the gate of Zhang's mansion with a smoke.
"Okay, you stinky boy, you dare to run," Daddy Zhang panted and shouted angrily behind him,
"Li Fang, stop that stinky boy," Zhang Sanjin chased to the rockery, holding on to the rockery stone, and shouted to the porter out of breath tiredly,
Uncle Li, the porter, heard Daddy Zhang's shout, and blocked the gate of Zhang's mansion, ready to intercept Master Zhang Baiyi.
At this time, Zhang Ergou showed his loyalty, rushed forward with an arrow, rushed to the gatehouse, hugged Uncle Li's thigh and shouted, "Young master, go away,"
After all, Uncle Li is old, his old arms and legs are unresponsive, and when the porter was distracted, Young Master Zhang seized the opportunity, flexibly stepped across the gatehouse and ran out from the crack in the door, and glanced at Zhang Ergou gratefully when he ran away.
Zhang Ergou also looked at Young Master Zhang, his eyes full of love......
Oh~No,
Zhang Ergou also looked at Young Master Zhang, his eyes were full of Ling Ran, and he shouted in his heart, Young Master, take care,