Seeing Lu Chengqi put down the newspaper, Zhang Zai knew that Lu Chengqi, who seemed to be gentle before, seemed to contain explosive power. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThis is an indescribable, inexplicable feeling, completely without the appearance of humbly seeking advice before, but has become like a tiger foraging, silent but extremely dangerous.

Zhang Zai didn't understand why a person's temperament could completely change in two days. Maybe this is the real emperor, Zhang Zai doesn't understand, Lu Chengqi doesn't understand, what are you angry about?

Is it angry that he is not arguing? As a tool to dominate public opinion, the newspaper actually let these words full of negative energy be published on it openly, in order to better sales, what is the difference between this and those irresponsible peripheral tabloids in later generations?

What made Lu Chengqi even more angry, but helplessly, the Chinese's official-oriented thinking was too heavy. It's just that he praised Zhang Zai as a sage for a few words, and these newspapers couldn't find out Zhang Zai's life, and even exposed Zhang Zai's case record. Such intentions, in ancient times, when the most important reputation, was not this equivalent to putting people to death?

Lu Chengqi was angry, but it was useless. No matter how powerful he is, he can't influence worldly ideas. He looked at Zhang Zai and found that this middle-aged man in his forties no longer had the sense of restraint on his face, and gradually became calm.

A sage is a sage, and wherever he is, his temperament will not change. Lu Chengqi wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, so he had to get up, handed the newspaper on the dragon case to Zhang Zai, and didn't say anything.

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Zai's eyes, took the newspaper, and involuntarily read it. When he found that the newspaper was full of reports criticizing and slandering him, he did not seem surprised, but read it as if he had stayed out of the matter.

Zhang Zai's reading speed is much faster than Lu Chengqi's. After all, the words in the newspaper, in order for literate people to understand and understand, try to use plain sentences, and Zhang Zai, who is used to pondering the meaning of the scriptures, is naturally very easy to read.

I looked at it at a glance and ten lines, a few newspapers, and in less than a quarter of an hour, I read a rough idea. Lu Chengqi saw that Zhang Zai had finished reading it, and said in a heavy tone; "Sir, finished reading?"

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "I've already read it." ”

Lu Chengqi was a little stunned: "It is full of bad words written about Mr., can Mr. still be so calm?" ”

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "The way of a gentleman is to be cautious but not to fight, and the benevolent are not worried." ”

Lu Chengqi knows that the traditional Confucian bachelors are all a gentleman. It's not pejorative, it's praiseworthy. From the Analects alone, we can see the status of "gentleman" in Confucius's mind, which is an ideal personality standard, and the word "gentleman" appears more than 100 times in a short 20,000-word Analects. It can be seen how Confucius valued the way of a gentleman.

And Zhang Zai's "being cautious but not fighting" is from "The Analects of Wei Linggong", and the full text should be: "Zi said: 'A gentleman is cautious but not fighting, and the group is not a party. It means that a gentleman is dignified and self-respecting and does not compete with others to win, and generally unites people and does not form a party for personal gain.

The benevolent are not worried, which is from the "Analects and Constitutional Questions": "Zi said: 'Those who know are not confused, those who are benevolent are not worried, and those who are brave are not afraid. The benevolent person is not worried means that a person has a kind of benevolent and righteous mind, and his heart is extremely benevolent and generous, so he can ignore many details and not care about them, and he can not be entangled in small gains and losses. Only such a person can truly be quiet and calm in his heart.

Zhang Zai used these two sentences, and his intention was naturally that he was a gentleman and would not care about the slander and slander of villains. The subconscious meaning is that he only needs to be himself, and what others think of him has no effect on him.

This is the way of a gentleman that Confucianism has admired since Confucius. But how many people can actually do it? Lu Chengqi dared to say that there were no more than a few officials in the court who could be such a gentleman.

Why? The answer given by Confucius is that the way of a gentleman is divided into several levels. The first standard of a gentleman is "the benevolent are not worried, the knower is not confused, and the brave are not afraid"; The second criterion is "The gentleman is virtuous, and the villain is virtuous." The third criterion is "to be cautious but not to fight, to be a group but not to be a party, and to be harmonious but different"; The fourth criterion is "A gentleman is easy to do but difficult to say." If you don't say it, you don't say it; and its making people also, instrumental things. The villain is difficult and easy to say. Although it is not said by the way, it is also said; and that they may be prepared."

The third criterion is not to form a party for personal gain, and how many of the current Dashun officials can really do it? I'm afraid there are very few.

Lu Chengqi, who had read the Analects intensively, sighed: "Mr. is a true gentleman, but these villains have slandered you, I am afraid that Mr. will be affected by his teaching!" ”

Zhang Zaizheng said: "Your Majesty once gave Yu Zihou a message, to establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue to learn for the saints, and to open peace for the world." Zihou didn't dare to forget, and always kept it in mind. If you don't uphold this, how can you care about others? What a gentleman does is self-explanatory! ”

Lu Chengqi praised Zhang Zai's broad-mindedness, but he was still a little worried: "I want to defend Mr. and promote the essence of Guan Xue, what does Mr. think?" ”

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "What Your Majesty has done has its own reason, and Zihou does not dare to speculate." If the newspaper can preach the way of the sages, it will educate all the people. I heard that this thing is advocated by His Majesty, and Zihou is foolish, and this is a meritorious move in the future. ”

Knowing that Zhang Zai will not flatter, it is more effective than other people to shoot 10,000 sycophants. Lu Chengqi was happy, but these subsections were forgotten, and he asked Zhang Zai's impression of Royal Roads University yesterday.

Zhang Zai naturally wouldn't say that Lu Chengqi didn't teach the way of sages before, but only praised the Royal University's specialization, which is really "seizing heaven and earth". What Zhang Zai said is that the disciplines studied by Royal Roads University are all the natural ways studied by sages, and if they understand it, they can also become virtuous and holy.

At this time, his mind was still very open, and Zhang Zai did not reject other disciplines, but looked at these new things with great interest, and felt that they contained very profound laws, no worse than the way of sages. In fact, Zhang Zai also has a strong interest and attainment in astronomy, but Royal Roads University has not yet opened this major.

Lu Chengqi was secretly happy in his heart, although this Royal University is a copy of the experience of later generations, it is still distinctive. But in the eyes of Confucianism at this time, all aspects are still very lacking. Zhang Zaineng said this, and Lu Chengqi was also at ease. Lu Chengqi asked Zhang Zai how he planned to teach these students, and Zhang Zai answered him in the words of Confucius: "There is no class to teach." ”

Lu Chengqi asked: "Do you teach students according to their aptitude?" ”

Zhang Zai had never heard of the term "teaching according to aptitude", but he immediately understood what it meant, Chinese characters are so magical. Zhang Zai agreed with this: "Your Majesty's words are also the main purpose of breaking through the Guanxue. (To be continued.) )