After entering the Feng family, Mrs. Feng also happily walked out of it, looked at Zheng Lang, and asked, "You are the Zheng family Xiaolang?" ”

"I've seen Aunt Feng."

"No, yes, I've grown up," Mrs. Feng said kindly, looking at the small fluffy mustache on his mouth. In the past, there were rumors in the capital that Mo Ming said that this son could not grow up because the nutrition on his body was all in his mind. Zheng Lang's development was a little late, which really made many people believe it.

Later, Zheng Lang gradually developed, and some people said that the body grew late, because of the lack of nutrients, so he grew his body so late.

In this regard, Zheng Lang was helpless.

"Sit down, don't be inhibited." Mrs. Feng said.

Feng Yuan thought to himself, anyone will be restrained, but this son will not be restrained. Zheng Lang sat down, Jiang Xing'er and Si'er were still standing, Feng Yuan was the little emperor's teacher, and he was still a little afraid in his heart. Feng Yuan said, "You also sit." ”

They all sat in the palace, and you two little girls in my mansion can sit down.

"Thank you, Feng for the matter." The two little girls owe themselves and give a great blessing. Mrs. Feng looked cute and said, "Official, although these two little girls are blessed, they are also well-behaved." ”

"Hmm." Feng Yuan was noncommittal, then looked at Zheng Lang and asked, "Zheng Xiaolang, first congratulations to you for high school Xie Yuan." ”

"It's a fluke, thank Feng for the matter."

"Don't know what you want to ask? Don't let someone stump you. Feng Yuan didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, and said with a smile. After all, seeing Zheng Lang with his own eyes, he was so small, and the illusion of his appearance made him confused. and enthusiastically instructed the maid to serve tea, and the three little maidservants in the house rushed out, and while serving tea, they glanced with their eyes, and their faces turned red when they glanced at it.

Zheng Lang thought to himself, fortunately, he is not very handsome, otherwise there will be more trouble. After the tea was brewed, Feng Yuan said with a gentle attitude: "Ask." ”

"Forgive the sin," seeing that the old couple were so enthusiastic and respectable elders, Zheng Lang became more and more embarrassed. I didn't ask, but gave a big gift again.

Old Feng woke up slightly, this kid won't really let himself get off the stage today, right?

Zheng Lang first concocted the first question and said: "The son is a hidden relative, righteousness is not righteous, the king punishes injustice, benevolence is not loved, although it violates benevolence and harms righteousness, the law is in it." "Poetry" said, you are beautiful, and you are also ruthless. Ask Feng to give things, what is the law? ”

This sentence comes from the "Han Poetry Biography" written by the great Confucian Han Ying in the Western Han Dynasty, which seems to be a very ordinary sentence, but if it is translated, it will be a major event in the literary world.

First of all, we must start from the benevolence and righteousness that Zheng Lang said, Confucius did not say a lot of righteousness, and even if there was, it was very vague. But Meng Xun carried forward the righteousness, otherwise it would be difficult to explain some of Confucius's remarks. But it is also very fragmentary, and the descendants have repeatedly put them on the altar, so the descendants of the descendants are becoming more and more confused, I am afraid it is not the original meaning of Meng Xun.

In Meng Xun's interpretation of Confucius's benevolence, righteousness, and propriety, he believes that benevolence and righteousness are opposites, and there must be a third party connected between the two. Just like Lu Yijian and the old lady this spring, Concubine Li Chen died, Lu Yi briefly gambled, and during the discussion, Lu Yijian suddenly asked: "I heard that there are concubines in the palace who died?" The old lady was nervous and said, "Do you want to even take care of the affairs in the palace?" But Lu Yijian sat still and did not move. The old lady asked the little emperor and the ministers to disperse, leaving Lu Yijian alone, and said, "Why should I be separated from my mother and son!" ”

When the gamble began, there was no way back, and Lu Yijian only replied: "The Queen Mother, he said that he didn't want to be all Liu's?" ”

The old lady was silent, and the next day Concubine Li Chen still held a funeral according to an ordinary concubine, Lu Yijian was furious and asked to see the Queen Mother, but she was not allowed to do so. It must be buried according to the national funeral. The little emperor is very incomprehensible, if the big Song Dynasty, how many affairs are waiting for you to deal with in a day, isn't it just the death of a concubine? So the little emperor was very sad, and he didn't even know the inside story when his biological mother died. This is also the reason why Lu Yijian was extremely favored later.

Fan Zhongyan has hundreds of official pictures, and thousands of official pictures are useless.

If it continues to develop normally, either the old lady will not be able to get off the stage, or the old lady will make a black hand to Lu Yijian and forcibly seal his mouth. However, Lu Yijian is optimistic, the old lady's mind about power is not as heavy as before, and her heart is a little soft, far from catching up with Wu Zetian, and people who are soft are always easy to bully, so they are forced step by step.

What to do? The old lady sent Luo Chongxun to mediate, and said on behalf of her, how can Yiqing do the same! If others don't say it, you can bring it up with one hand, how can you do this to the mourning family. Lu Yijian saw that the old lady was still obsessed, so he said directly: "Concubine Chen's birth is a holy bow, and the funeral is not a ceremony, and there must be people who suffer from it. ”

Old lady, I'm doing this for your own good!

Luo Chongxun was frightened by the last person who said that there must be a victim of it, and others didn't say that he could be the old lady's first confidant, so he ran into the palace to persuade him. In the end, Lu Yijian succeeded.

But if there is no Luo Chongxun to play a lubricating role in the middle, the result will be very embarrassing.

Therefore, benevolence and righteousness are opposed, and a strong mediator is needed in the middle, what is this mediator?

It's a gift!

This is what Zheng Lang slowly came up with through the writings of some Confucian scholars in later generations. Meng Xun also said it, it was very vague and not very systematic, so there were more and more misunderstandings in later generations.

In Han Ying's place, it became the law.

Not only has propriety become law, but the meaning of righteousness is also changing, and benevolence is not opposite, but is attached to each other, so righteousness cannot be justified. It is a very perfect compliment, very close to the later righteousness Bo Yuntian, righteousness awe-inspiring, righteous "righteousness".

However, there are still some opposing positions of benevolence and righteousness, so it is said that children are hidden for their relatives, righteousness cannot be justified, and the king punishes the unrighteous people, and they lose their love and benevolence. However, although it harms benevolence and righteousness, the law is in it.

Where can Feng Yuan think of all kinds of things in the middle? It could have been explained very simply, but the words came out of Zheng Jiazi's mouth, knowing that it was not like that, he hesitated for a moment and replied: "Fa Li! ”

"How did Confucianism bow its head to the point where it needed to borrow Legalism in order to neutralize benevolence and righteousness?" Zheng Lang asked again.

Here again, Feng Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Zheng Xiaolang, can you not talk about that benevolence?" ”

This matter is really unclear, all the dynasties have been recognized by everyone with Confucianism as the surface and Legalism as the inside. As a result, he was in Taixue, and he was very stunned when he read all over the world. Not only is it being discussed, but there is no examiner in the examination who asks questions about benevolence and righteousness.

"Feng gave things, I didn't want to say it, but there are two sentences I didn't understand, the truth of benevolence, the truth of things, the truth of righteousness, the truth of brother, the truth of wisdom, the truth of knowing the two is also, the truth of etiquette, and the truth of the festival is also."

In fact, both Mencius and Xunzi have made many interpretations of Confucius's remarks and thoughts, but they have cut and scattered these remarks into articles and stories without special explanations, which is what Zheng Lang feels sorry for.

Once the Sinology produced by the second peak of Confucianism formed since the Western Han Dynasty is completely overthrown, it is possible that it will bring a positive and masculine meaning to the whole nation.

The project is too big, he is a little timid, he is small, and he is afraid that he will not have enough knowledge, qualifications and prestige, so he does not have the courage at the moment. However, today's talk is very necessary. This is one of the most useful weapons in a few months.

What I learned is Confucianism, the righteousness of the ancient sages, once people form this impression, Hugh said that you are the king of the eight sages, that is, the emperor, or the old lady herself, and you have done something wrong, even if I am a son, I will still impeach you in order to abide by the righteousness of the sage!

However, if you communicate with Feng Yuan, you can also listen to the different voices of this great Confucian of the current dynasty, and you will be inspired by yourself.

But he was still a little apologetic, raised his head, and looked at Feng Yuan, Feng Yuan was a little distressed, and he was still winding around benevolence and righteousness, making Feng Yuan dizzy. But benevolence and righteousness are the core of Confucianism, not to mention benevolence and righteousness, how to talk about Confucianism? This passage says that the essence of benevolence is to serve one's parents, righteousness is to obey one's eldest brother, and wisdom is to understand that the two principles do not contradict each other, and etiquette is the right thing to do in these two aspects, and the attitude is respectful.

Mencius believed that people are born to be good, so some words are the same as Confucius, thinking that it is not good, and implicitly hiding it. Therefore, this passage is very subtle and gentle, but some problems are still unavoidable, and if you look at the whole "Mencius" paragraph by paragraph, you will know how intense some of the words are.

Of course, when he said it, there was nothing, so Zheng Lang said the following sentence again: "The gentleman is benevolent and righteous, and then he becomes benevolent, and he is righteous and courteous, and then he is righteous. All three are passed, and then the Tao is also. ”

A gentleman who deals with benevolence by righteous means is truly benevolent. Practicing righteousness with propriety is the true righteousness. If you formulate a ceremony, you will become the end when you reverse it, and there will be a ceremony. Only when all three are understood can it be spoken. However, there are also controversies, some people think that etiquette is more important than benevolence and righteousness, such as the first paragraph used by Zheng Lang, Han Ying subconsciously put this method above benevolence and righteousness. However, there is still a distinction, it depends on what the situation is, for example, when Mencius answered with Chun Yuji, Chun Yuyu said that men and women are not close, and etiquette is with? Mencius said yes. Chun Yu asked again, so if my sister-in-law fell into the water, can I pull her? Mencius replied, at this time, if you don't help, the jackals are also, men and women are not close, and the courtesy, sister-in-law, and those who give it the right are also.

Zheng Lang agrees with this point of view, the times are different, the importance is different, benevolence, righteousness and propriety are in different changes, and it is righteous to help sister-in-law, because of power, the weight is oriented towards benevolence and righteousness, and the etiquette is light, so it can reach out to the rescue. Poor Hai Rui, "Mencius" became a sub-sage in the Ming Dynasty, and he actually forced his daughter to death. Didn't you see this passage?

Chun Yu asked again, drowning today, why is the master's help? Mencius replied, the world is drowning, help the way, sister-in-law drowning, help the hand, the son wants to help the world? On the surface, the meaning is that the whole world has fallen into the water, why don't you save it, Mencius replied, the world has fallen into the water, and if you want to save it, you can only use the Tao, and the sister-in-law fell into the water, just stretch out your hand, do you want to stretch out your hand and save the world?

In fact, here, the so-called Tao contains the true meaning of Confucianism of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, so benevolence, righteousness and propriety must serve it. However, it is necessary to think about it together, otherwise it may make people disagree again.

There was nothing in these three passages, and no one seemed to have paid attention to them. Even if it's connected, no one will pay attention. But Zheng Lang said benevolence and righteousness earlier, and when they were linked together, Feng Yuan's face was a little ugly.

He felt a thorn in his butt and couldn't sit still, so he stood up and paced a few steps.

It is really unimaginable for ordinary people, but how deep is Feng Yuan's attainments in Confucianism, and then he looked at Zheng Lang with some horror, boy, you have ruined your benevolence and righteousness like this. Is it any more rudimentary rites?

Zheng Lang didn't let him go, so he apologized.

Such a loyal elder will be very difficult today.

said: "Feng Zhishi, the late life has a bad idea, thinking that this ceremony is the bond of benevolence and righteousness. But Xun Meng's two sages didn't say it too clearly, if it is explained according to the master's Xiu "Yi", yang and yin are changing. Therefore, depending on the situation, the importance of benevolence, righteousness and propriety is also different. Even a simple explanation of the late students, is this ceremony a kind of system? Or what Han Ying said about the law, which is etiquette? ”

"I can't say this, Xiaolang," Feng Yuanzheng was worried.

Since ancient times, Confucianism has spoken of etiquette in a fanciful manner, take a look, for this ceremony, including Confucius and other Confucianists, repaired three books, "Book of Rites", "Zhou Li" and "Rites", to discuss packaging one by one. Not to mention that later Confucian scholars revised countless commentaries on the scriptures.

But it has only become a political and economic system, so what is it? It turns out that such a noble "ceremony" is actually just the wrist of the ruler, used to rule the common people. So can Confucian peace still exist? Coupled with the previous benevolence and righteousness, Confucianism, which gradually developed from the Han Dynasty, may all fall to the ground. Even Feng Yuan himself learned that the current scriptures and meanings must all be overturned, and then, one by one, they will be scrutinized, and even thousands of tens of thousands of scripture books will be horizontally connected and organized.

Which person has the ability?

Unless the brain is turned into a Tianhe-1 calculator.

In fact, Zheng Lang has a hard drive in his mind, and it is very difficult to figure it out, and he still has no clue. So I also want to ask and see Feng Yuan's thoughts and attitudes. However, Lao Feng was scared, really scared.

Whether you kid toss words or paintings, it's a small way, it doesn't matter, and even in order to learn the piano, create a few new tunes to deceive the great monk, which is also an elegant thing. Don't go to Confucianism? How can we be ashamed?