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Without Min Ziqian and Zilu, Confucius and the shopkeeper talked very speculatively.

The shopkeeper no longer played with Confucius, and with a serious and serious look, he shook out all the Taoist theories he knew.

I have to admit that Confucius at that time not only had a reputation in the Lu State, but also had a certain influence in the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially in the princes around the Lu State. His method of teaching others to be "fools" and to be obedient and good citizens has indeed won the approval of most people.

But! Let them obey it themselves, that will not be, then he himself is stupid.

They feel that if they apply this set of methods of Confucius to the governance of the world, they should teach others to follow and abide by them, and they should make exceptions. Everyone else has become obedient and good citizens, then! I took advantage of myself greatly. Isn't it?

"Alas! Your student wasn't there, and I don't want to talk about you! But I still can't help but want to say a few words about you! It's true! I just can't stand it anymore. The shopkeeper looked at Confucius and said with a serious face.

"Please!" Confucius nodded.

"What you are talking about is not a way to save the world at all, I tell you! You still haven't found the roots, you haven't thought about the roots to save the world! ……”

"I want to hear about it!"

"You implement the weekly rites and the weekly system, do you think you can save the world? Is self-denial enough? No, no! I'm telling you! What is the Weekly Rite? ”

"What is the Zhou Rite?"

"Zhou Li is just a social norm of behavior, just a popularization! What is ordinary and ben? I said listen, it's a way to reach out to the whole people. Promote a certain regulation or something to the people, so that everyone in the world knows. There is a rule, and everyone follows that rule. Isn't it? ”

"Yes!"

"This is not the ultimate way to save the world, to save the world, I tell you! It's just a very common approach. You know what? This is just a way to formulate a code of conduct for society, a rule that everyone can generally accept, and it will not affect everyone's life, and make life orderly. ”

"Yes!" Confucius replied, "In this troubled world, there is a need for a law to restrain the behavior of certain people. Only in this way will the social order become harmonious. ”

"Your understanding is too shallow! Kongqiu! I still like to call you Kongqiu! Because! You are not worthy to be called a son before me. You only know more words than others, and read more books than others, but you only see the surface and appearance of things, but you do not see the deep-seated problems and the essence of things. So! All your theories are superficial. You're not convinced, are you? ”

The shopkeeper said, his eyes pressed on Confucius, and asked Confucius to admit it to his face.

"Shopkeeper, please speak, Kong Qiu listens carefully!"

"Hmmm! Very good! You are much wiser than your students! I appreciate your attitude. All right! That's all I said! You just said that restoring the weekly rites and the weekly system can lead to the great governance of the world, right? ”

Seeing Confucius nodding, the shopkeeper continued: "Then your theory doesn't use your brains?" You've completely improved the weekly rites and the weekly system. Or rather! It is a direct continuation of the weekly rite and the weekly system! It should be inherited rather than improved. So! Your theory doesn't use your mind at all. Since it is inheritance, it is copying! Isn't it?

You said? What's the use of you copying the weekly rites and the weekly system that have lost their effect? Isn't it? If the weekly rites and the weekly system can be useful, then! The Great Zhou Dynasty wouldn't have fallen to what it is now, wouldn't it? It's because he's useless that the Great Zhou world has become what it is now......"

Confucius interrupted: "It is precisely because of the collapse of etiquette that the Great Zhou world has become like this. So! We must refrain from self-denial and restore the weekly rites and the weekly system. ”

"You still only see the appearance of social problems, but you don't see the real cause of the collapse of etiquette! If you see the real reason for the collapse of etiquette, you will not be self-denying and retribution, and you will be bent on restoring the weekly ritual and the weekly system. You saw that the etiquette collapsed, and then you thought of restoring the etiquette and advocating benevolence and righteousness, right? ”

"Yes!"

"This is the appearance of a social problem! Got it? ”

"Appearances?" Confucius replied, "Then you say? What is the root of the social problem? ”

"Survive!" The shopkeeper nodded.

"Survival?"

"Lao Tzu's survival!"

"Lao Tzu's survival?"

"Lao Tzu thinks! Man and all things come from the creation of heaven and earth, and man and all things are equal. Life is just a process of life, just to live for the sake of living, to complete this life.

But! The content of life is still very rich. We have infancy and happy adolescence, as well as youth and old age, and different periods have different contents. We have parents and elders, ourselves and spouses, brothers and sisters, and children and grandchildren. We have a big family, and we all live for the sake of living.

These! I've said this many times tonight, right? When you were in Luoyi in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Lao Tzu should have told you about it, right? This is important! That's the basics! If you don't understand this, you don't understand life, what is life!

In a word! We are here to complete the task, to complete the process of this life. A person's life, grass and trees, is just a life process. So! We want to cherish it!

Why are there chaos in troubled times? It's that some people don't give us a chance to survive. Or rather! Most of us live to serve some people. Why? We are human beings, and we are to serve them. Isn't it? Why are we denied our right to live? Therefrom! Society is in turmoil.

The reason for social chaos is that most people have no way to live, can't live anymore, or don't live well, so they start to be chaotic. Anyway! Life is just a life process, why do you live a luxurious life, and I don't even have the most basic right to live? Lao Tzu is the opposite! So! Society is in chaos. So! The etiquette collapsed.

Do you understand what I mean? It is not because everyone does not abide by etiquette and does not advocate benevolence and righteousness, but because the people have no chance of survival, and the chance of survival is too slim, so it is chaotic.

When we look at problems, we must see the root of things, not the surface of things! Got it?

So! Your set of theories is not a theory, it is all copied from the management experience of the Zhou Dynasty. So! It's a palliative, not a cure! ”

"That? How can we govern the world? Confucius asked.

In fact! He understands all that the shopkeeper said. But he just doesn't want to do what Lao Tzu said, he wants to start from real life and find a way to govern the world: first treat the symptoms, and then treat the root cause.

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