Under Lao Tzu's persuasion, Fang Zhong finally untied the knot in his heart. No longer worry about the severance of the relationship between my father and mother, brothers and sisters, and no longer bear the psychological burden of what I do. Lao Tzu told him: How to benefit your own survival without affecting the survival of others, all your actions are right.

Survival comes first!

Later generations also have this saying: survival comes first, and development comes second.

To hell with fame, money, and so on!

Life is short for a few decades, and most people don't even remember their children a few years or more than ten years after they die. Let alone! In the face of the long river of history, a few years, more than ten years is considered a hair?

How many people has history remembered since the history of mankind? Isn't it? Even if it is a king, there are not many who have left their names in history.

So! Reputation is time-sensitive!

Lao Tzu said: How to do it so as not to affect the survival of others?

Fang Zhong's behavior is obvious, he not only affected Lu Zhaogong's survival, but also ruined Lu Zhaogong's country, how can it be said that he has not affected the survival of others?

Lao Tzu's explanation is: Lu Zhaogong's behavior directly affects your survival!

From Fang Zhong's point of view, if he didn't help Ji Pingzi at that time, if he didn't resist desperately? Lu Zhaogong was about to destroy Ji Pingzi. If Lu Zhaogong destroys Ji Pingzi, then! It directly affects Fang Zhong's survival.

Once Lu Zhaogong succeeds, he will eradicate Sanhuan and kill some people. And among these people to be killed, there may be other Fang Zhong, as well as other Fang Zhong's wife and other direct relatives of Ji Pingzi.

Because! In that era, it was important to pay attention to "strain crimes", and all immediate relatives could be punished.

Fang Zhong's wife is Ji Pingzi's favorite granddaughter, so she naturally wants to be killed. Fang Zhong, as the son-in-law of Ji Mansion, won Ji Pingzi's trust again. So! must also be on the list of those who have been sentenced.

If this situation really happened, Lu Zhaogong would not kill him for the sake of Fang Zhong's father and mother. Because! If this is unreasonable and illegal, it will inevitably arouse public indignation, and Lu Zhaogong will not be able to govern in the future.

So! If that situation really happens, Fang Jishi and his wife can't save Fang Zhong either. Although you are the great god of Lu State, although you used to be Lu Zhaogong's personal maid. Unless! You turned against Lu Zhaogong. If you turn against Lu Zhaogong, then the world will say that you are not human.

So! Lao Tzu believed that Fang Zhong's choice at that time was right, and helped Ji Pingzi get through the difficulties and defeated the monarch Lu Zhaogong. He's not helping Ji Pingzi, he's helping himself.

So? Why did his parents and younger siblings choose to ignore him and cut off contact with him?

Lao Tzu's explanation is: fake! Showmanship! Not really! It is a pretense to cater to the world and confuse the world. And also! He's the same to protect himself. They don't cut ties with you, and they will be condemned by the world.

So! Human nature is selfishly! For his own sake, he chose to break off relations with his son and brother.

"If you don't believe me? You're sneaking home tonight! If your father and mother kill you, I will pay for your life! ”

"So? My father, my mother, them? Aren't they all too fake? This is? Isn't that immoral? Fang Zhong asked.

"Fake? What's wrong with the fake? How is it immoral? Lao Tzu asked rhetorically.

"Fake? Shame on you! ”

"What do you mean?" Lao Tzu asked rhetorically, "Can you do it really?" ”

"Me?"

"Can you tell someone what is in your heart? Can you let others know what you're doing for? ”

"This?"

"Really! It's true to oneself. True! It's true to one's own heart! True! Not really to the enemy. Isn't it? If you were true to the enemy, would you still be able to survive? Isn't it? ……”

So! Truth, goodness, beauty, and falsehood and ugliness are relative, not absolute. Truth, goodness and beauty are not for everyone, and we don't need to be true, good, and beautiful to our enemies and those we don't believe in.

Fake ugly! It is to judge others from the perspective of their own values. We evaluate bad people from our own perspective and values, and bad people are: "fake and ugly". And the same goes for the bad guys! They look at us from the perspective of their values, and we are all fake, ugly, and evil.

So! Textbooks preach that students should be "truthful, good, and beautiful", which is to harm students and make them detach themselves from society. Or! It's about making students stupid.

I remember that there was a historical period when there was such a famous saying: Don't forget the struggle!

In this era of confusion in the outlook on life, worldview, and values, all people can be our enemies. Because! They seriously affect our survival and freedom.

If you imagine a harmonious society, you will only run into walls everywhere. At last! Pieces.

"Treating people with integrity is the foundation of life. But! And not to make you trust anyone! Got it? I've been in Lu for a while, and I've studied Confucius's doctrine and thoughts, and I think what he taught is the foundation! It is the basis of being a human being. And not absolutely! His doctrines and ideas will also be misunderstood and easier to be exploited! So! I still don't dare to agree......"

After some enlightenment, Lao Tzu officially preached, and after a while, it was dark. Zhang Shanfeng prepared food and drinks and called the two to eat.

After eating, Lao Tzu sent Fang Zhong and Zhang Shanfeng out, and he wanted to cultivate alone. In fact! It's not that he wants to cultivate alone, but! He wants to go to Lu Country to run around through the kung fu of opening the eyes of the sky. At night! To be able to see a person's true heart, to be able to see a person's true face.

Behind the surface, it is the truth.

On the surface! Often, the behaviors and events that a person does are to cater to the needs of society and the actual needs. And what comes out on the surface and what is usually shown afterwards is a person's true heart.

So! Lao Tzu likes to go out at night to "open the eyes of the sky".

Lao Tzu went out at night to open his eyes, not to peep and watch other people's husbands and wives, men and women do that kind of thing. Lao Tzu is not so boring, and he is a seventy or eighty-year-old person, and he has no interest in that aspect. Let alone! Who is Lao Tzu? He's wise, he's not that boring.

When the dogs outside saw Fang Zhong come out, they were all very unhappy and barked at him.

Fang Zhong ignored the dog, stood on the edge and peed a soak of urine. And then! Look around. He was still too lazy to deal with Zhang Shanfeng and didn't want to reconcile with him.

Zhang Shanfeng stood aside with his arms in his arms and looked at Fang Zhong. Seeing the dogs barking at Fang Zhong, he didn't care, but snickered.

"Brute! Hate it? You guys? Seeing that these dogs were endless, Fang Zhong scolded.

The moon appears and disappears in the clouds, and the ground appears to be bright and dark, very mysteriously.

At this time, he! He couldn't go back homesick, so he simply stayed. Furthermore! He also wanted to hear Lao Tzu preach. Where can you miss such a great opportunity? Back in the day! Confucius went to Luoyi to ask Lao Tzu for advice, didn't he?

During the day, Lao Tzu spent most of his time persuading him, and did not explain his Taoism in detail at all. At night! He had to practice alone (do his homework) and couldn't preach to him. Lao Tzu asked Zhang Shanfeng to give him a lecture on the basics of preaching, but where did he want to hear this guy?

In the morning, Lao Tzu treated him like that, no matter how much he scolded him first, he could accept it. After all! People are wise men and have a good reputation. And Zhang Shanfeng treated him like that, deliberately misinterpreted him, humiliated him, and despised him, and he couldn't stand it. So! He didn't want to listen to Zhang Shanfeng's preaching.

It's true! What are you Zhang Shanfeng? You're a few years older than me! What are you capable of? Isn't it?

(End of chapter)