After the great truth was finished, Lao Tzu asked Confucius to get up.

Confucius didn't get up at first, but he got up after being drunk by Lao Tzu.

"Do you think lying there is a weekly ceremony, or is it more comfortable than sitting? Or is it for someone else to see? There are no outsiders here! Just the two of us. ”

It must be explained! The sitting position in the spring and autumn period is not comfortable, it is better to lie there. Although lying there is indecent, it indicates a low status. But! Very comfortable.

Under Lao Tzu's questioning, Confucius had to get up.

Zhou Li and Li were roughly finished, so Lao Tzu asked Confucius to get up. It's not that Lao Tzu sincerely bullied Confucius, that's not what he meant. Lao Tzu is a wise man who understands educational psychology. If the general direction is wrong, the result will only be more wrong, and you will only go further and further down the wrong path. In order to make Confucius remember for a long time, he did this.

Zhou Li is not the only way to save the world, but only one of the many ways to manage society. The general direction of your research is wrong, and everything that follows is wrong.

After solving the problem of Zhou etiquette and etiquette, Lao Tzu's tone also changed, and he communicated seriously with Confucius.

But! Confucius stumbled again, thinking: Even if no one in the world follows the Zhou rites, he must follow them alone. He believes that as long as more people respond, everyone will be like him, and this society will still be better.

"I don't care about other people, I just care about myself. As a member of society, I have done it myself, how? Confucius argued unconvinced.

"Me! Kongqiu! Willing to do so! I think! Take me as an example, as an example! No matter whether others abide by the weekly etiquette or not, whether they are unreasonable or not, I will abide by it and be reasonable! No matter how chaotic the world is, no matter how difficult life is! No matter the situation! I'm going to do that! Abide by weekly etiquette, be reasonable, and be a conscientious person......"

Seeing that Confucius was so stubborn, Lao Tzu shook his head and sighed: "What you did is not wrong! But! Aren't you suffering yourself? ”

"I do!"

"There are thousands of roads in the world, why did you choose one? Why don't you live for yourself, but for social management? ”

"I do!" Confucius stubbornly said, "I believe it! With me as the center, there must be someone to learn from and emulate from me! The more people who learn and emulate, the more people will observe the weekly etiquette and reason. The society will be harmonious......"

Lao Tzu interrupted: "You not only suffer yourself, but also let some people who don't know the history to follow suit, you are not helping others, but bringing more people to make you back, so that they are like you: suffering yourself."

From a human point of view, you're stupid! Why do you have to cater to social management to suffer yourself? And! And bring someone else to do the back? You? What do you think? Are all the world's fools? As long as you are a wise man, you have seen this, and only if you do this can you save this society? Everyone else is stupid and doesn't know how to live and survive? ”

"Not so? Society will only get more chaotic! ”

"How can it be more messy?"

"Think about it? Mr. Lao Tzu? Isn't that the truth? Everyone only cares about themselves, and the society is not more chaotic? The Zhou rites, the Zhou system, and all the achievements established by the Zhou Dynasty were not just lost? ”

Lao Tzu interrupted: "Isn't this way of life good if you let yourself survive first and don't suffer yourself?" Why do you have to use your own methods to save the world? This method of yours not only suffers yourself, but also attracts some ignorant people to follow suit! At last! You are not only suffering yourself, but also your followers! Isn't it? If there's a better way, why don't we use it and have to stick to it? ”

"Except for this method? What better way to do it? Confucius sighed, "If there is!" Hasn't anyone brought it up a long time ago? ”

"Someone has come up with it, there is a better way!"

"That?" Confucius asked, "What about the method?" ”

"The method has come out! It's just that! It's not yet fully rolled out! ”

"What's the best way?"

"Taoism!"

"Taoism?"

"Taoism!"

"Sir's Taoism?" Only then did Confucius remember: Yes! Lao Tzu's Taoism! What am I doing in Luoyi to find Lao Tzu? On the surface, they are here to "ask for gifts", but they are actually here to "ask questions".

"Exactly!"

"I hope Mr. will teach!" Confucius left his seat again, lay on the ground and kowtowed to Lao Tzu. And then! Lie there and humbly ask for advice.

"Get up!" Lao Tzu sighed: "With your talent, maybe you can find an unusual path and be able to save this society and this troubled world!" Get up! ”

With Lao Tzu's permission, Confucius did not insist, got up, and sat back in his seat.

"Your method is also feasible! It's just that! I don't count myself as a sufferer, but I also pulled many followers to do backing. The end result! It doesn't always succeed in saving the world. I am skeptical that I will succeed in saving the world.

And my Taoism! It is to solve the root cause of social problems! Solve people's problems! It's not about 'suffering yourself' to save the world! And quite the opposite! It is to save oneself by means of self-salvation.

We don't have what it takes to save this society! But we all have the ability to save ourselves first. If a person cannot save himself, then he will not be able to save the world......"

Lao Tzu gave a general explanation of his Taoist theory.

For a wise man like Confucius, don't go into such detail, people have the ability to think, have the ability to reason, and can draw inferences from one another.

Lao Tzu's Taoism is probably that human beings and all things come from the Tao, and the earth, the sun, the moon, the starry sky, etc., all come from the Tao.

So? How did the Word come about?

The Tao is the original substance, the east. Maybe? It is "none". What is none? It's just that there is no physical object, it is an invisible thing. And then! From nothing to something, it has become something that can be seen. At last! After years of NN evolution, it has changed to what it is now. It became man and all things, the earth, the sun and the moon, and the starry sky......

After talking about the origin of human beings and the earth, Lao Tzu will talk about human society.

Lao Tzu first talked about the matrilineal society, the era of knotted ropes, and the transition from primitive tribes to matrilineal society, to patrilineal society, and then to the country.

Lao Tzu's narration is earlier than that of Morgan's "Ancient Society". And! It is all recorded in the ancient books of the Zhou Tibetan room, not fabricated or made up out of thin air.

Then talk about the origin of the state, the nature of the state, and the nature of society!

"Society, the state is made up of individual people! The source of the state, the tribe, and the organization is nothing more than the protection of the survival of the people under them...... When a tribe or state cannot guarantee the survival of its people, the tribe or state loses its role. Similarly! When a king cannot guarantee the survival of his people, he cannot sit in the position of king. Society! It's ...... because of this."

(End of chapter)