Chapter 751: Debating with Confucius
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"If this and this are not regulated, how do they know? If no one teaches, where will anyone know? In terms of social education, someone has to do it, right? This, this, this? Confucius rubbed his hands together in a hurry.
"Lao Tzu said that the rules are to be stipulated. But! Don't prescribe so finely. The shopkeeper looked at Confucius and said.
"That? How coarse is the rule? Confucius asked.
"Lao Tzu said! Survival is the foundation of life, and everything is for survival. So! All clauses and practices that affect the survival of others are wrong. All the terms and practices that bind people's hearts are wrong.
The world should not remember so many rules and regulations, just remember this. My life does not affect the survival of others, I can live how I want, I have not broken the law! You said? Is it easy? ”
"But?" Confucius interrupted: "Who can do it in today's society? ”
"You don't want to learn from Min Ziqian and Zilu, they are 'applying' again. Don't apply what I said about the theory and fundamentals to today's real life. The shopkeeper scolded.
"Oh! It's not that you learn Min Ziqian and Zilu, but Min Ziqian and Zilu, both of whom learned from you. You're their husband, and they're learning from you! You have applied the Taoist theory to real life, but why don't you apply your theory to real life? Think about it, don't you? It's a simple truth, huh? Isn't it? Self-denial and revenge have hurt oneself, a very real problem? Isn't it? Why should we suffer ourselves? ……”
"The world has done what I say, and if they do the same as me, the world will be a better place!" Confucius argued.
"You're still living in your dream world! You did that, your students did that, and the world became a better place? Opposite! The world has not become better, it is still the same as before. And you! You, an advocate, don't live as well as others! Isn't it? If it's not a fluke, you're dead! And! It almost affected my family! ”
"Am I not? Am I not? ”
"What are you not? Are you looking for other reasons and justifications? Why don't you look for a reason in yourself? Why don't you look for reasons in your doctrine theory? ”
Seeing that Confucius still wanted to quibble, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Don't tell me that you will inevitably encounter difficulties and problems on the road of practice, after all!" There is no experience to draw on! Isn't it? Don't say that! You first have to look for reasons in your own doctrine and then for external causes. Got it?
It's like a thief stealing someone else's stuff, you don't want to say that you're unlucky and get caught. Don't say what you have a problem with, such as accidentally making a noise and alerting others. But! You have to think about it: Are you right to be a thief? Thieves are unpopular, and if you don't get caught today, you will be caught tomorrow or someday. Can you blame yourself for the thief's bad skills, or bad luck? Isn't it? ”
"How did you get involved with the thief?"
"I'm making an analogy! I think that's a good example! The theoretical basis is wrong, and everything that follows is wrong! Do you understand? Just like a thief, you shouldn't be a thief, your outlook on life is wrong, your approach is wrong, can you blame your fate for being bad or the thief's skills are not good? Isn't it? ”
"Good, good! Let's get down to business! Confucius stretched out his hand and pressed it in front of him, signaling that the topic would stop there, and that he would continue the topic earlier.
"Where did you just go?" The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "I just said, 'How can we do it in today's society without affecting the lives of others?'" 'Isn't it?' ”
"Yes!" Confucius replied: "In today's society, it can also be said that in many social circumstances, we are involuntarily unable to influence others, and we cannot not be influenced by others. People are mutual, especially in the social context of kingship, how can it not be influenced by others, and not affect others? ”
"You've made another extreme mistake, and your mindset has gone to the extreme!" The shopkeeper testified.
"Me? Where did I go to extremes? Confucius's face changed, and he felt that the shopkeeper was talking nonsense again.
"Why didn't you go to extremes? Isn't it? I say that our lives do not affect the lives of others, nor are we affected by the lifestyles of others. No! It's not what I said, it's what Lao Tzu said. You think in extreme terms that people are mutual, and it's impossible not to interact, right? ”
"Yes!"
"You're the extreme mindset! Isn't it? You said? Isn't it? The shopkeeper explained: "People naturally have to intersect, and it is impossible not to intersect." But! Friendship doesn't necessarily mean that they affect each other's survival, right?
Oh! Are you going to be doctrinal with me? I must emphasize the word 'survival', because if you don't have that word in one place, you get rid of it. You?
We understand the meaning of a sentence, not only from the meaning of the sentence itself, but also in the context of the sentence. What I mean by this is that as long as our way of life does not affect the lives and survival of others, it is fine.
If you have to be dogmatic, then put it this way: our way of life, as long as it does not interfere with the survival of others, it is fine. It's survival! Not exactly life. People are mutual, and it's impossible not to have a relationship, so! We are bound to affect the lives of others. But! Never affect the survival of others! Survival is the bottom line!
I found out! You, like your students, like to chew on words and find loopholes in other people's words, rather than understanding what others mean in their entirety! Alas! It's really hard to talk to you! Difficulty! ”
"Good, good! Count me wrong" Confucius stretched out his hand again and pressed again, admitting defeat.
"We don't affect other people's lives, just be a person like you!
If we want to be so unaffected by other people's lifestyles, there are some difficulties. That's not to learn from you, but to learn Taoism, to know what man is, the source of man, the source of man and all things. And why do people live, and what do people live for!
Only by understanding these things can we live without being influenced by the way others live. Lao Tzu said! Survival is a science! Anyone has to learn it seriously! It's not a foolish life! ”
"Didn't you just say? Simple, isn't it? How? Now it's complicated again? Confucius asked.
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