"Don't be impatient!" Lao Tzu smiled: "The prince is not impatient! Please listen to Lear slowly! ”

"Smack!"

Zhou Jingwang didn't speak, but deliberately moved his body and pressed his hand on the desk to make a sound. His meaning was obvious, he was stopping Ji Chao. It was obvious that Ji Chao was a little impatient and was eager to refute the other party.

At this time, it was already dark, and the eunuchs had already lit the oil lamps to illuminate the court.

Prince Ji Chao naturally understood that his father was preventing him from speaking. Seeing that Lao Tzu said again, he asked him to "be less safe and not impatient". In desperation, I had to sit up straight and pretend to be taught.

Fang Jishi also listened with his ears sideways, and he also wanted to know the relationship between imitating the nature of heaven and earth and abiding by the Zhou system and Zhou etiquette.

Other people think the same way, don't they understand the relationship between learning the Tao and abiding by the weekly system and etiquette? Including Zhou Jingwang.

Zhou Jingwang didn't understand the specific relationship, but only listened to Lao Tzu twice. And these two times, Lao Tzu just passed by, he seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to remember.

He understood Lao Tzu's explanation at the time, but he couldn't remember why afterwards.

In fact! The others, like Zhou Jingwang and Fang Jishi, seemed to understand it at the time, but they couldn't think of it afterwards.

"The reason why I just said that there is no conflict between the revitalization and promotion of the weekly system, the weekly rites and the learning of the Tao, the learning of the Tao! That is, to imitate nature, and there is no conflict between the two.

Learn the Tao! We are learning a mentality, a spirit! We have to imitate the sun but we are not the sun, we can't give the earth sunshine, can we? What we learn is the selfless spirit of the sun. What we are going to learn is the virtue of the sun! What we have to learn is the virtue of all things!

As for what the prince just said, we can't be selfless if we want to survive. In fact! Let's not be dogmatic and selfless! Selflessness is also divided into big and small, there is selflessness and personal privacy! Our selflessness is selflessness on the basis of our existence, not unconditional, bottomless selflessness!

So! The selflessness that the prince understood just now may be unconditional selflessness, a kind of extreme selflessness!

If we want to survive, we need the weekly system and weekly rites to regulate and restrain this society, and to regulate and restrain individual behavior. So! The weekly system and weekly rites are needed, and cannot be given up or abandoned. I, Li Er, have never said that I want to give up, abandon the weekly system, and the weekly ceremony! Don't say it's Lear! Lear can't bear the blame for this crime......"

Hearing Lao Tzu say this, he still looked scared, and smiled bitterly with emotion.

The meaning of Lao Tzu's words is still unclear: Prince Ji Chao, don't frame me! I, Lear, did not say these words. You were all tricking me just now! Not what I said, on the contrary! You said it.

"Let's be more direct! To learn Taoism is to learn a state of mind, to learn the spirit of the growth of all things. The purpose of learning the Tao is to let us look farther and not just look at the relationship between people and society. But! It should be placed in the environment of heaven and earth, sun, moon and starry sky.

We, like all things, come from the Tao and are part of nature, not just part of society. If we can't jump out of this cognitive circle and always stand on the relationship between people and society, then! Our realm and vision are small, and we cannot get rid of the demonic barrier of relationship with others. Thereby! Immersed in personnel and interacting with people, it has become calculating.

If we look at life from the height of nature and the Tao, what can we not see? Isn't it? Standing on the height of the Tao, each of us is going to die and return to nature. Isn't it? Life is just a life process, isn't it? Isn't life about living, you say? What are you fighting for? Isn't it?

And also! What do we want power and money for?

In fact! Power is also for survival! Money is also for survival? Think about it, don't you? With power, we can live a life that is superior to others, is it to survive? With money, we are all in order to live a life superior to others, and we are also trying to survive.

Of course! If you blindly pursue power, it will be perverted. The same reasoning! If the pursuit of money is not to improve life, but simply to prove that you have more money, then it will become 'money is stupid'. We are so deliberately pursuing power and money but not for the sake of improving our lives, then? This man must be a fool......"

When everyone heard this, both the square and the defense side laughed.

It's true! If you see through life, that's what it is! It's all about survival. Vanity is just as good as survival, because! Vanity is spiritually comfortable, the same is for better survival.

It's just that! This method of survival is a bit perverted!

Lao Tzu continued: "Actually! If we understand life, understand that life is only to complete the process of this life, just to live. So! Survival is made simple. Isn't it just that you can survive if you have a full stomach? Isn't it? Can't we still have enough to eat? Isn't it?

What if we understood life? Understand that life is just to live? Just to have a full stomach? We can give up many pursuits, and life becomes simple and easy, isn't it?

If that's the case? Will this society still be chaotic?

Of course! The prince just said! I can be fed, alive, I understand that life is just a process of life, but! This society will not be calmed down by this! And that doesn't stop the chaos! Because! We can only speak for ourselves! We can't speak for anyone else! I obeyed and others didn't, and society was just as chaotic. Isn't it?

Be! But! I just have to live, I just have to live in this troubled world, what does social chaos have to do with me? You can't let me get involved in an unhappy life in order to manage society, and live like you, right? What do you mean by you getting me involved in an insecure life? ……”

Seeing that Prince Ji Chao was about to speak again, Lao Tzu stretched out his hand to stop him and continued: "Speaking of which! So! The Son of Heaven is gone! The Son of Heaven believes that the world must be managed, and if you don't participate in society, he won't participate in society, and this society can't be managed. Imagine! If no one in the world needs you to manage it, why should you bother with that heart? Isn't it? How good is it to have a leisurely picture? Isn't it?

And also! If the Son of Heaven is wise and understands the truth, he thinks that it is good to learn the Tao! When others understand, society doesn't need me to manage it, and I can live a quiet life, how good is it? Isn't it? So! I'm going to promote it vigorously! I want everyone in the world to learn the Tao.

Of course! Promoting the Tao is only one way to manage the society, and there is another way to manage the society, that is, the Zhou system, Zhou rites and ready-made management institutions handed down by the ancestors. Is it possible to better manage society by taking a two-pronged approach?

Therefore! The Son of Heaven opened an altar to worship heaven and earth and the temple, and allowed me Li Er to open the altar and preach in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Prince? Are you satisfied with my answer? If in doubt, ask! Listen to you! ”

After Lao Tzu finished speaking, the scene was silent.

Prince Ji Chao still wants to find fault in it, but? What he just thought of was immediately blocked by Lao Tzu. People's speeches are seamless, so that you can't find flaws.

"Good!" King Zhou Jing couldn't help but say loudly.

(End of chapter)