Chapter 533: A New Interpretation of Confucian Characters

Yang reformed a new interpretation of Confucian characters, which made the jaws of Yiluntang almost drop, and the emperor's words were too violent, completely subverting the various commentaries of Confucianism in the past.

Yang Reform was quite leisurely, still smiling, without the slightest hint of how surprising his remarks were.

"The student dares to ask Your Majesty, since Your Majesty thinks that people need to interpret Confucianism, and thinks that human needs are the true meaning of Confucianism, then what are human needs? Why does it represent Confucianism? Your Majesty, can you elaborate? When everyone was still shocked, Huang Zongxi was full of joy when he heard it, and he always felt that he seemed to have opened a window for himself, and seemed to understand something, so he immediately asked, regardless of whether the object of his question was the emperor.

The people of Yiluntang were surprised again, and looked at Huang Zongxi with surprised eyes one by one, what is wrong with this world, it is just that the emperor is crazy, even this Huang Zongxi is also crazy, this world is too crazy.

"Hehe, that's a good question, I interpret Confucianism based on people's needs, but I get it from my own experience, and I think that the concept pursued by the sage should be dedicated to solving people's needs, whether these needs are born or gifted, or for the inheritance of civilization, etc., depending on ......"

“…… I just said that a person who is born with a gift needs it, and you can see if it is in line with the concept of a saint......" Yang Gai said with a smile.

Everyone looked at the emperor in horror, but Huang Zongxi's face was happy, his eyes lit up, and a certain idea that had always existed in his mind began to sprout and grow rapidly.

“…… You can pinch your nose with your left hand, and then cover your mouth with your right hand, you can naturally understand what people need, you can naturally understand what is born and given, and the first adult in life needs ......," Yang Gai said.

The emperor said that he wanted to pinch his nose with his left hand, and the people of Yiluntang pinched his nose immediately, and the emperor said to cover his mouth with his right hand, and the people of Yiluntang covered his mouth immediately......

In this strange situation, even the guards in charge of the emperor's security couldn't help laughing, if nothing else, because of the people in this Yilun Hall, all of them blushed and had thick necks, and a few of them almost fainted.

As everyone held their breath for longer and longer, the guards finally couldn't help but laugh. The tense atmosphere in Yilun Hall gave this funny suffocation.

Yang Reform also made the guards laugh, the cultivation kung fu is broken, there is no way, seeing so many scenes where his nose and mouth are blocked, and then his eyes are about to hold out, it is difficult not to laugh.

“…… Okay, okay, everyone put it down......" In the midst of the laughter of the guards, Yang Gai waved his hand again and again, asking the students, officials, and Confucians of Yilun Hall to put their hands down, if they don't put it down, I'm afraid that someone will really suffocate to death.

"How? This is what I said about the natural needs of people, can you feel it? Yang Gengai's stomach hurt.

The people in Yilun Hall were all red, except for the blushing face, there was a big embarrassment.

"Back to Your Majesty, I feel it, this is indeed the first major need of people, if people can't breathe, die in a moment, it can be regarded as a natural gift, as soon as a person is born, it is to croaking to breathe, people are dead, only to breathe, all living beings, breathing is essential, but also indispensable to people, this is more urgent and important than eating and drinking, when the first person needs to ......" Lin Zhu's face was flushed, very embarrassed, but also answered honestly.

"Yes, this is also what I discovered by chance, I can't breathe, but in a moment, people are going to die, I think, breathing should be the first person to need, and I often think, even if it is counted from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, it is only three or five thousand years, and people breathe, but they don't know that they have gone through tens of thousands, millions of years, or tens of millions of years, if it is calculated like this, that is, breathing should be born and given, even if I am the lord of the world, I cannot deprive others of the right ......to breathe at will," Yang Gai said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Lin Zhu replied with a red face.

"The student dares to ask Your Majesty, how can this breath explain Confucianism? What does this have to do with Confucianism? Huang Zongxi still didn't care about the questioning.

The sage advocates "ritual music", "benevolence and righteousness", and advocates the way of "loyalty and forgiveness" and "moderation". Advocating "rule by virtue" and "benevolent government", and stressing human ethics and ......, you have not thought about it, what are these generally for? Yang Gengai asked, and looked at Huang Zongxi with encouraging eyes, it is very difficult to talk to himself with the equality of "personality" in this way.

"Back to Your Majesty, the student doesn't understand......" Huang Zongxi was a little nervous and replied puzzled. Everyone was waiting for the emperor's answer. ,

"In my opinion, it is for this natural gift of life's first need, the need to breathe, or in other words, the freedom to breathe, the right to breathe,...... Think about it, what are the consequences of unkindness? What are the consequences of infidelity? What are the consequences of not being modest? What are the consequences of not having a virtuous government? What are the consequences of not being merciful? What are the consequences of not being humane? Yang Gengai asked a few questions in a row.

This question made the people of Yilun Hall fall into deep thought. Some people immediately panic when they think of these questions, some people are even more shocked when they think of these problems, and some people are at a loss.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no humanity, naturally there is no harmony between the family, father and son, and contradictions are ......reborn," Huang Zongxi replied bravely again in the various expressions of everyone.

"Yes, but what about the further consequences?" Yang Gengai then asked.

“…… Naturally, the father and son of the family complain about each other, and then quarrel, fight, and finally ...... each other Killing......" Huang Zongxi began to reason about the consequences of no ethics between families according to the emperor's thinking, and said that in the end, he himself was quite surprised, and finally it was actually associated with killing, that is to say, ......, Huang Zongxi suddenly understood something.

"Hehe, yes, in the end, they must kill each other, what are the consequences of killing? Isn't it just that you don't breathe? Isn't it artificially depriving people of their natural right to breathe? The saint advocates ethics, in fact, in order to fight for the freedom to breathe and the right to breathe for the people of the world, so that people do not fight with each other, do not kill each other, and let everyone cherish the hard-won natural right, the right to breathe! Yang Gai immediately linked the consequences of not paying attention to ethics with breathing, thus arguing that the core of Confucianism is to talk about human needs, that is, to better enjoy this natural right.

"Boom! ......" The people in Yilun Hall, without exception, were hit their heads by the emperor's remarks, and many people began to feel dizzy.

Some people seem to have suddenly opened a window of their soul, and suddenly saw a more enchanting world outside the window, although this world is incompatible with the things in the current house, but it is indeed so attractive.

"Students understand, students understand......" Huang Zongxi shouted loudly, the emperor's remarks are reasonable, if it is linked with other ideas of the sage, this undoubtedly shows that the emperor is right, Confucianism is the need of people, and the sage takes Confucianism as his lifelong pursuit, which is the truth.

“…… Students understand, then, if there is no rule of virtue, if there is no mercy, then the consequence must be chaos in the world, blood flowing, heads all over the ground, corpses everywhere, that is to say, if there is no rule of virtue, if there is no mercy, there will be countless people in the world who will lose the freedom to breathe, lose the possibility of breathing, this natural right, will be ruthlessly deprived, Your Majesty, breathing is the first major need in life, breathing is life! The concept of the saint is all permeated in the needs of people! The saint advocates this, which is to fight for the lives of the living beings in the world, and to fight for a way of life for the people of the world! …… Your Majesty, Confucianism should be solved by human needs, and sure enough...... "Huang Zongxi figured it out, these concepts advocated by the sage are indeed related to breathing, breathing is innate and God-given, the first need, that is to say, the original meaning of breathing is life, if there is no rule of virtue, no mercy, then I don't know how many people will lose the freedom to breathe, lose the right to breathe, and lose life, that is to say, the concept of the saint is indeed dedicated to the needs of people, committed to seeking "life" for more people, the concept of the saint, All permeate people's needs. Confucian characters should indeed be interpreted according to human needs.

“…… Breathing is the first need of life, and breathing is the ...... of life."

This sentence shouted by Huang Zongxi was deafening.

"Your Majesty, the minister understands, Confucianism, when people need to solve the ......" Lin Zhu is not a stupid person, after listening to Huang Zongxi's deafening words, he suddenly understood that none of these concepts advocated by the sage are not linked to human needs, especially the first human need in life, breathing is the most closely linked, and breathing represents life.

"Oh? Hehe, what does the Qing family understand, you might as well talk about it. Yang Reform is here to spread the "new theory" vigorously, but I don't want anyone to be sloppy, I don't want anyone to mess around, but here are the elites in the cultural and educational circles, if even they don't understand the meaning and purpose of what they say, then they are really blind people lighting the lamp, in vain. ,

"Back to Your Majesty, the saint advocates loyalty and forgiveness, but if you look at it the other way around, there is no loyalty and forgiveness, then what will happen? The world is full of betrayal, full of backshit, full of deceit, full of deception, full of cruelty, there is no more faith in the world, no more loyalty and trustworthiness, betrayal, deception, cruelty will become commonplace, these will bring endless killing, bring endless wars, bring endless death, will ruthlessly deprive the world of countless living beings to live, countless people will die, this is really a hell scene, miserable......" Lin Zhu tried his best to calm himself, gasping for breath, The consequences of not being faithful are so horrible that they can only be described as hell.

"Hell?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, only hell can have such a scene." Lin Zhu said with all his might.

In other words, hell is a place beyond the reach of even saints? Buddhists say that for the sake of purifying sentient beings, I will not go to hell, who will go to hell, I want to ask, if you want to spread the idea of a saint to hell, will any Confucian students be willing to go? Yang asked reform.

As soon as these words came out, the people of Yilun Hall held their breath even more, what did the emperor mean by this? Do you want to give Confucian students the courage to go to hell? A lot of people breathe in the air.

"Back to Your Majesty, I would like to go to ......" Lin Zhuke was really firm and said word by word.

"Good!" Yang Reform shouted good, approving, this is an unexpected gain, if Confucianism really has the courage to go to hell, then, Confucianism is a good Confucian, I only hope that Lin Zhu alone thinks so, if there can be a group of Confucianism who are not afraid of going to hell, then it is really not difficult to change the world by themselves, not to mention anything else, the Ming Dynasty has never sent messengers to the West to communicate, if there are Confucian students who are willing to go to hell, they don't mind sending them to the West, this is also hell, This is undoubtedly very useful for promoting cultural and other exchanges, and it is even more important to understand the details of the West in the future when there is friction with the West.

Everyone in Yilun Hall looked at the emperor and Lin Zhu in surprise, and they didn't know why the topic came to this all of a sudden, only Huang Zongxi's eyes were bright and full of light.

"Liu Qingjia, do you understand?" Yang Reform asked Lin Zhu, and then asked Liu Zongzhou, this Confucian Confucian, the second leader in the education circle, Yang Reform now does not seek to get rid of the majority of scholars, but only wants to temporarily get rid of these elites in the cultural and educational circles.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, the so-called moderation, that is, if you don't talk about the mean, the country must be blindly conquered, the war must bring death, countless people are ruined, the minister thinks, the saint is also fighting for the life of the people of the world, fighting for the people of the world, the concept of the saint, sure enough, the minister boasted that he had read the book of the saint, he understood the concept of the saint, but he was ashamed, the minister only woke up from a dream today, and only then did he understand the true concept of the saint, Confucianism, when he was a living soul, fought for the people, and took the needs of people as his own responsibility......" Liu Zongzhou also said a lot of experience.

"Good!" Yang Reform also nodded in the same way, although Liu Zongzhou didn't say it as well as Lin Zhu, it was not bad.

"Kong Qingjia, do you understand?" Yang Gai asked the descendants of the Confucian sage again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands the relationship between benevolence and righteousness and human needs, if there is no benevolence and righteousness, then there is only tyranny, only cruelty, how miserable are the people of the world? How many people lost their lives? The world is ten rooms and nine emptiness, it can also be called hell on earth, therefore, the people have always looked forward to the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, all look forward to the benevolent lord, Qin tyranny, but the second died, the Han line of benevolence and righteousness, extending for hundreds of years, since then, the Tang and Song Dynasty have all taken benevolence and righteousness as the first, so they have to enjoy the country for ......a long time.

“…… For example, the countries of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, most of them are unkind and unjust, have no ordinary ethics, have no moral governance, do not practice benevolent government, fight all the year round, moral degradation, I don't know how many lives have been ruined, I don't know how many people have died, it is really the loss of clothes, and the sinking of China is the most tragic and dark history of our China, these actions are contrary to the concept of the ancestors, if the concept of the ancestors can rule the world at that time, how can there be such a tragic world? Therefore, the minister thought that future generations should take it as a warning and must not abandon the concept of sages...... "Kong Zhenyun first talked about benevolence and righteousness, and then combined with history, talked about the importance of Confucianism and the importance of his ancestors.

"The Qing family is reasonable, every time I read about the unrighteousness and darkness of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, I feel uncomfortable, this should indeed be taken as a warning, and the words of the sage should indeed be used as the foundation of governing the country." Yang Reform praised Kong Zhenyun, a certain generation of descendants of Confucius, to be honest, although some aspects of Confucianism are flawed and unsatisfactory, but it also really plays a vital role in the inheritance of Chinese civilization. ,

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees, thinking that the Northern and Southern Dynasties are both the pain of my Chinese land, but also the pain of my Confucianism, it is precisely because Confucianism was weak at that time, no one believed in the concept of the sage, which led to the occurrence of that period of history, the minister thinks, this should prove that His Majesty is right, Confucianism should indeed be used to solve human needs, and if you want to live, isn't it the most basic human need? The concept of the sage, the concept of Confucianism, there is no one that is not based on this, and there is no one that is not based on this, whether it is the moral requirements of the individual, or the concept of governing the country, it is all working hard for the people's lives, and they are all working hard for the needs of people, Confucianism, when people need to do their best......" The little official next to Kong Zhenyun saw that Kong Zhenyun finished speaking, and the emperor looked at him again, and he consciously talked about his own experience. It's also the head of the way.

"Yes, it makes sense, life, is the most basic human need, Confucianism, and indeed has been committed to this aspect, Confucianism, should also be regarded as a person needs to talk about ......, I have sink several times in China, but every time I stand up, Confucianism in it, plays a key role, the sage advocated many ideas, is the core driving force for me to stand up after the fall of China, the holy teacher, the master of all ages, the saint is indeed worthy of ......" Yang reform praised.

Only then did the people of Yiluntang gradually settle down, and their heads, which were knocked unconscious by the emperor's miraculous words, finally began to sober up. Listening to the emperor's words, although it is a little weird, but for the saint, there is no slander and insult, but even more exalted, even more respectful, this somewhat strange remarks are not unacceptable......

Yang Gengai saw that although everyone was relaxed, everyone's nerves were still very tense, so he was ready to talk about a lighter topic and prepare to make the atmosphere more harmonious.

"Kong Qing's family, I have always had a question in my heart, and I have always wanted to find out, and today I happened to meet the descendants of the saint, and I just wanted to ask." Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty just asks, and the ministers know everything." Kong Zhenyun replied.

"I read the book, if I remember correctly, it is recorded in the book that the saint is nine feet six inches tall, powerful, very martial, can also shoot a strong bow, and has an excellent amount of alcohol, isn't it?" Yang asked in a joking tone.

“…… This, back to Your Majesty, yes! Kong Zhenyun replied with some embarrassment, his ancestor Confucius was indeed like this.

"Hehe, just now Liu Qingjia said that Confucianism should be interpreted as a weak person, but I look at the saint, but I am not weak at all! Hehehe......" Yang said with a smile.

The emperor's words made the heads of the people present have a black line, and they all silently "laughed", this question has always belonged to the heart to understand, but can not think, can not ask, let alone say the question, now the emperor said it jokingly, everyone is also a black line.

Liu Zongzhou was even more embarrassed, just now he said that Confucian characters should be interpreted as weak people.

If the saint does not have extraordinary force, but is a weak scholar, how can he walk in all directions and spread the concept of Confucianism? At that time, the saint needed to have a powerful body, and he needed to be able to shoot a strong bow! People need to be Confucian, and saints are practicing it! Do you think so? Yang Gai said in a joking tone.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Kong Zhenyun could only admire the emperor when he heard the emperor understand his ancestors so well. RO！ ~！

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