"You just talked about the evil spirits, right? All right! I'm going to talk about the bad spirits now. The shopkeeper ignored Confucius's expression and said to himself. And then! looked at Min Ziqian.

Seeing that Min Ziqian was still competitive, the shopkeeper was secretly happy in his heart.

Good! That's what you want! Without you, I would be embarrassed to say Confucius so directly in front of him. With you! I'll just say it! You asked me to say it, and you don't accept it, and you have to argue with me that I said it!

"I said he was a bad spirit! He's a bad guy! As he spoke, he looked at Confucius again, with a look of amusement.

"I've always had a basis for what I say! Isn't it, in fact? Min Ziqian! You don't deny it! It's too late for you to deny it! As you just said, your husband has his own set of theories, doesn't he? He talks about weekly etiquette? Isn't it? Is he self-denying? Isn't it? Gentleness, courtesy, frugality, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, isn't it? What else is there to be loyal to? What the? ”

"Loyalty, filial piety, honesty, shame, bravery!" Min Ziqian prompted.

"Yes, yes, yes! Loyalty, filial piety, honesty and bravery! What else? What else? The shopkeeper asked pretendedly.

Min Ziqian looked at the shopkeeper and did not answer. He knows! The shopkeeper was playing tricks on him, so he didn't bother to say anything more.

"That's it! That's enough! The shopkeeper's expression changed and he said.

"Don't you notice? What are these things? To put it nicely, this is self-cultivation. To put it mildly, this is to cater to the management of society, to the management of the rulers. If everyone does this, is it easier for society to manage? Isn't it? ”

"Yes!" Min Ziqian agreed unequivocally at all. Because! He didn't think there was anything wrong with this, nothing was boring. As long as everyone does what Mr. does, the society will be easy to manage.

Only when everyone in society is "Confucius" will the society be harmonious. Isn't it?

The world is full of saints, is it strange that the world is not harmonious? Isn't it?

This is very simple, huh? Why don't you people understand? Min Ziqian wanted to blame in his heart.

"You admit it! Isn't it? This is the theory of saving the world advocated by your husband Kongqiu! Isn't it? ”

"Yes!"

"Good! That's all there is to it! If you admit it, don't go back! The shopkeeper confirmed.

"I don't regret it!" Min Ziqian was still not ambiguous at all, and agreed with his mouth.

"Now! Here's the problem! The shopkeeper said, tapping his hand on the tabletop. Bang Bang Bang! There was a noise on the table. He continued: "Listen up! Here's the problem! ”

"You talk about the problem!" Min Ziqian urged.

"The world is so big! So many people! How many people in the world believe in the theory of your husband Kongqiu? The shopkeeper asked.

"This?" Min Ziqian thought for a while and said, "Mr. said! Start with myself and be such a person. And then! Follow my example and let those around you learn. And then! Everyone in the world is like that! And then! The world is under great rule!

Imagine? Everyone in the world has become a person like Mr., a student of Mr., who is self-denying, gentle, courteous, thrifty, benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise, faithful, loyal, filial, honest, shameful, and courageous! This society is not harmonious and happy, there is no ...... war"

"And I ask you? When will we get to that point? All the people in the world can become Confucian people, like you? Three years? Five years? Decade? Or fifty years? A hundred years? Still is? ”

"As long as we work hard to spread Mr.'s ideas to the world, everyone in the world will know about it, and the world will be the same." Min Ziqian said with an oath.

The shopkeeper interrupted: "Judging by the facts! Three or five years is impossible! Thirty or fifty years is impossible! If you want the world to be the same, I'm afraid? That's a hundred years later! Isn't it? Your husband started from the middle capital of Lu State, and has been an official and a secretary, how is the development of his ideology and theory in Lu State?

I think! Except for him Kongqiu, even his students, few can do it, right? Even if he can do it, it is only in the small world he has created, among you foolish students, that he can be a saint!

If you do what Confucius said and succeed, then you are a saint!

Pity! Regretful! There is no such thing as a saint! It's ideal! In reality! If Kong Qiu left the country of Lu and left his students, he would have lived a miserable life. In real life, others will not treat him as a saint, but will only treat him as a fool! ……”

"You?" When Min Ziqian heard this, he had to fight with the shopkeeper again. Unfortunately! He doesn't know martial arts, and he can't beat the shopkeeper. Zilu can't beat the shopkeeper, let alone a weak scholar?

"Ziqian!" Confucius shouted on the side.

Under the shopkeeper's re-mentions, Confucius had to admit that he had left the country of Lu, left his students, and in a strange environment, his set of theories did not work, and no one believed them.

Don't say anything else! Let's just talk about the stay for the past few days. In this place of the Song Kingdom, no one knows him, no one knows that he is Confucius, Confucius. If you say that you are Confucius or Confucius, people don't believe you at all and think you are a liar.

This is not the first time Confucius has heard such words, when he was in Ji Mansion, Fang Zhong said to him face to face: as long as he leaves the country of Lu, leaves his students, leaves the small world he created, and goes to a strange place, he will not be able to move an inch. Outcome! It's really "unfortunate".

"The world is so big and the population is so big! When will your husband be able to spread his theoretical ideas to the world? Isn't it? Not to mention that it spread to the world, even if it spread to the country of Lu, he didn't succeed! Isn't it?

Who did he spread it to, except that he spread it to a subset of his students? Even if it was his students, not all of them believed in him! Isn't it?

You can only say that you believe in him and feel that his ideas and theories are correct and the only way to save the world. You can't impose on others, you must believe! Faith as you do! Isn't it?

If you have self-denial and retribution, you have suffered yourself by yourself, so why should you force others to do the same, and you have suffered yourself? Isn't it? You have done it of your own volition, so why should you force others to suffer like you in order to save the world? Isn't it? ”

"That and that?" Min Ziqian said anxiously: "Who are you?" Without consciousness and quality, the world will only be more chaotic! are not conscious, do not abide by social morality, this society is not chaotic? Isn't it? ”

The shopkeeper looked at Min Ziqian's anxious appearance and sneered.

"You're confusing concepts again! Min Ziqian! Your mind! That rigid brain of yours! You? ”

"Where am I taking generalizations? I? ”

"If others don't listen to your husband's set, you will generalize and think: 'You don't consciously abide by social morality, and this society is not chaotic', is it a partial generalization? If others don't listen to Kongqiu's set, there is no other way to deal with the world? For example, Lao Tzu's Taoism? Isn't it? If you don't listen to you, others are anti-social? Is it rebellion? Just shouldn't it? ”

"You?" Min Ziqian had nothing to say, but he was unconvinced.

"So! You live in the little world that you have created. You think you're right, and you think someone else's idea is wrong. Very real problem! You jump out of your small world and come to the big world, if you don't hit a wall and don't fail miserably, count me as a loser! In fact! Kongqiu's set of theories has already failed miserably in the Lu country! ”

(End of chapter)