Lao Tzu didn't want to say so much, but there was no way, in the spirit of being responsible for mankind, in the spirit of being responsible for his students, he had to say.

The meaning of Lao Tzu's words is: You Kong Qiu should not be too serious, including me Li Er, don't be too serious! The wheel of history does not change by our will, nor by the will of some people. The world is so big, the population is so large, and there are people of all kinds of ideas. In the end, everyone is just trying to survive.

In order to be able to survive, everyone has their own way, and there is no need for you and me to worry about them. Especially you! It is necessary to promote etiquette and music, and advocate benevolence and righteousness, but in the face of the wheel of history, it is all in vain.

In modern language: the earth turns without you. Some countries in the Western society, without a complete historical heritage, have the same glorious today, and the same extraordinary leading technology.

That's nature!

Of course! Lao Tzu doesn't mean this: let's give up our efforts! Survival is the bottom line, and in order to survive, anyone needs to work hard.

However, Confucius and later generations of scholars only saw Lao Tzu's "go with the flow", but did not see Lao Tzu's bottom line: the bottom line of survival.

Survival is the bottom line, and in order to survive, anyone needs to work hard.

Later generations of scholars, more of whom were members of the Wumao family, deliberately misinterpreted it in order to get mixed with the official family, saying that Lao Tzu's doctrine and thought were passive, inaction, and passive.

There are also some scholars who are brainless and nonsense. They didn't read Lao Tzu's doctrine and thought carefully at all, and after reading other people's interpretations, they copied it, and followed the trend and said that Lao Tzu's doctrine and thought were passive, inaction, and passive.

Survival is fundamental!

All academic ideas are in the service of survival! To serve a better life.

The same is true of Lao Zhuang's philosophy, which is to serve survival. If Lao Zhuang talked about doing nothing and going with the flow, there would be no need to write books and speak, and there would be no need to preach.

From obviously! To say that Lao Zhuang's philosophy is passive, inaction, and passive not only exposes his own ignorance, but also devalues the IQ of Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi.

Lao Tzu sent Confucius to the Yellow River ferry, put Confucius on the ferry and left. He didn't go back to Luoyi City, but! He went to the Jin Kingdom in the west.

"Sir! We're just leaving? Zhang Shanfeng asked while driving the carriage.

Lao Tzu didn't speak, just waved his arm at Zhang Shanfeng. That means: what nonsense? I'll let you go, I'm upset!

Confucius didn't wait for Fang Jishi to come back, and when he saw the ferry coming, he took Nangong Jingshu and Fang Zhong on the ferry.

Due to the large number of people, neither the carriage nor the horses made it to the ferry. The soldiers sent by Ziluo had to wait at the ferry, waiting for the next ferry. The carriages and horses that cross the Yellow River are not ordinary ferries, but large cargo ships.

According to historical records, Confucius greeted Zhou for only a few days. But! There is no record of the conversation between the two in the history books. In fact! The conversation between the two was very unpleasant. Otherwise! Confucius, who loved books like his life, entered the Zhou Tibetan Room and didn't read books for a few months, and he was sorry for running this way.

On the surface, Confucius came to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to greet him. Its actual! He had come to ask. His life has entered a period of confusion and he has no motivation. He doesn't know what life is and what life is! Why do people live, and what are people living for?

When Lao Tzu told him about the road of life and Taoism, he suddenly became enlightened. He understood Lao Tzu's Taoist teachings, but! He does not accept some of Lao Tzu's views!

No! He did not accept Lao Tzu's materialist and dialectical views, and he insisted that there were gods in heaven and earth. All things in heaven and earth are not evolved from the Tao, but are given by the gods. Therefore! He did not accept the idea that all the heavens were equal, and he inherited the traditional idea: feudal hierarchy.

He believes that there are gods and kings in this world. Below, there are various hierarchies. That's the only way! Heaven and earth and society will be hierarchical, different, natural and orderly.

It is precisely for this reason that Confucius ran away. He didn't dare to face Lao Tzu again, afraid that he would be persuaded by Lao Tzu again and become a Taoist.

He doesn't want to be a Taoist, he wants to be a faithful inheritor of the Zhou rites, and carry forward the Zhou rites and the Zhou system......

Now, it will take him a while to sort out his thoughts and integrate his thoughts.

It was for this reason that he didn't even want the carriage and horses, and took Nangong Jingshu and Fang Zhong on the ferry first.

After crossing the Yellow River, Confucius squatted on the ferry port, staring blankly at the other side of the Yellow River.

Nangong Jing Uncle and Fang Zhong stood beside him with their luggage on their backs. Neither of them dared to speak, for fear of being scolded by the husband. They all know that Mr. Kong is a temperamental person. Even if he doesn't scold you, the way he looks at you is terrible.

There were a few scoundrels on the dock, and they fell in love with the burden on the shoulders of Uncle Nangong Jing and Fang Zhong, but! When he saw the big man of Confucius, he stopped walking again.

I thought: Judging from this person's clothes, he must be a rich man. And also! Two of his retinues are most likely his scholars. This person is rich, but not necessarily martial arts. Since he won't go, let's wait until dark!

It was a little while before Ziluo's soldiers came with carriages and horses.

After handing over the carriage to Confucius, the soldiers ferried back. Confucius took out the money he had and gave it to the soldiers. The soldiers did not dare to take all of them, and only collected the fare for the ferry.

Confucius asked Nangong Jingshu and Fang Zhong to sit in the carriage, and he sat on the driver's seat himself, whipping lightly.

"Drive!"

And the carriage turned.

did not wait for the cornerstone, Confucius took the first step.

He's going home! He's going to retreat.

"Sir! Wait a minute! My dad hasn't come here yet! Fang Zhong begged in a low voice.

"Drive!" Confucius ignored it, raised his horsewhip lightly, and shouted.

"Sir! We're just going back? Uncle Nangong Jing still asked in disbelief. I thought: Even if I go back, I won't be in such a hurry?

"Drive!" Confucius ignored it, raised his horsewhip lightly, and shouted.

"Sir?" Fang Zhong wanted to ask: Did Mr. suffer any grievances? Still is?

Think about the gentleman ignoring him, or forget it! Anyway! His father can't be lost.

Fang Jishi talked to Ziluo, Zinian and his son for a while, and when he saw that the carriage was far away, he wanted a horse to come and chased him over. He did not tell Ziluo, Zinian and his son the secret between him and the Son of Heaven. But he wanted to know: What powerful generals are there around Prince Ji Chao?

Listen to King Zhou Jing say: The ten guards around Prince Ji Chao are all super powerful. I thought: It shouldn't be that martial arts are powerful, it should be some special ability, or some special weapon. Or! What is the formation. Otherwise! With Ziluo and Zinian's martial arts, it shouldn't be a problem to kill Ji Chao.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win all battles.

(End of chapter)