"Equality? Eldest brother! Is there equality in this world? Can it be equal? Confucius asked rhetorically.

"How is there no equality?" Fang Jishi argued: "Lao Tzu said! Man, like all things, comes from heaven and earth. So! Man and all things are equal! Mr. also said! Heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, the starry sky, and everything else comes from the Tao. Before the Tao, everyone is equal. So! People are equal......"

"Wait! Wait a minute! Confucius interrupted: "I dare not agree! I don't agree with you and sir! I disagree! ”

"You don't agree, then you say? Name the reason! Fang Jishi asked with a serious face.

Confucius is the same as a serious face, and the two seem to be arguing, they are both serious and do not give in to each other.

Confucius and Fang Jishi were eating and drinking in the room while "discussing", which had already alarmed the people in the inn. The innkeeper thought that the two were quarreling, so he also rushed over and prepared to persuade him to fight.

I thought: You guys are really yes! This person's illness is just right, what can't be put down, wait until the patient's body is completely healed before arguing?

When he arrived at the side of the room, he was about to push the door in, but was stopped by Uncle Nangong Jing.

"It's okay! It's okay! They're talking! On the way! ”

"On the way? On what sermon? The shopkeeper asked, puzzled.

In society at that time, the term "on the Tao" was not yet popular. The word "Dao" is popular in the territory of Luoyi in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and in a small area in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and only a few people know it.

"Do you know?" Uncle Nangong Jing asked.

"Lao Tzu? Who is Lao Tzu? The shopkeeper didn't think about it for a moment and asked.

"When you are the number one talent today? Who is the number one talent today? ”

"Oh!" Only then did the shopkeeper understand and said with a smile: "You're talking about him!" I heard that he is a young man! Full of gray hair when I was a teenager! Oh! It's him! Yeah! He's Lao Tzu! ”

"He's not a teenager white! Legend has it that he was born with gray hair! A traveler stood aside and replied.

"! I listen to my dad! Lao Tzu was not born with gray hair! My dad said! Lao Tzu only began to have gray hair in his thirties, and it was all white in his forties, and even his beard was white! ”

Fang Zhong pointed the right way on the side.

Uncle Nangong Jing was blocking the shopkeeper here, and Fang Zhong was blocking the others on the other side.

"Have you seen Lao Tzu? Your dad has seen Lao Tzu? Who is your father? The traveler was upset and asked.

"Who is my dad? I won't tell you! ”

Fang Zhong thought to himself: If I tell you who my father is, I will scare you to death!

"How does your father know about Lao Tzu? Aren't you you too? ”

"My dad is a student of Lao Tzu! I've seen Lao Tzu too! Fang Zhong said unconvinced.

"Gotta get it! Let's all go back! Get back! Get back! Get back! ......" Uncle Nangong Jing saw that Fang Zhong was arguing with others, and hurriedly pushed the shopkeeper and the others away.

"Let's go! Let's go! Otherwise, I won't live in this store! ”

Under the scare of Uncle Nangong Jing, the shopkeeper had to help drive the other passengers back.

In the room, the two continued.

"The Word is the Spirit! The gods are the Way! ”

"What do you say? The Tao is the Spirit! The gods are the Way! ”

"That's right! The Tao is the Spirit! The gods are the Way! ”

"Lao Tzu said! The Word is the Word! There are no gods in this world! Mr. said! Gods are imaginary! ……”

Confucius interrupted: "What Lao Tzu said is what Lao Tzu said, what I said: Tao is the gods!" The name of the god is called! ”

"You?" Fang Jishi glared anxiously and said, "Why are you going against Mr.?" You? ”

"Isn't it? The Tao that Lao Tzu said is actually a god! So! The gods are the Way! Road! It's the gods! ”

What do you mean by that? You? ”

"What do I mean by that? That's what it means! Everything in heaven and earth evolved from the Tao, yes! Right! It's all evolved from the gods! ……”

"On what basis do you have it?"

"According to! Can you tell me the basis? I'm based on history! Our ancestors! It was discovered a long time ago that everything in heaven and earth was created by the gods. Why! We want to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth! Heaven and earth are great! I will sacrifice first to the heavens, and then to the earth......"

"You're up to your weekly rites again, aren't you?"

"Not bad! I'm back to my weekly rites! Confucius admitted.

"This world was created by the gods, so! We are going to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth. All the rules of this world are prompted to us by the gods! So! We are to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth to express gratitude and awe......"

"Sir!" Fang Jishi interrupted: "There are no gods in this world! Everything is imagined because human beings have spiritual intelligence. The reason why our ancestors sacrificed to the gods was because at that time, human beings did not know much about the natural world, and they did not know why the heavens had four seasons and why there were thunders and rains. So! Only then did I have a reverence for heaven and earth and the natural world, and only then did I have sacrifices to comfort myself and place my trust in the unknown mysterious power......"

"Why do men have wisdom?" Confucius interrupted.

"Why do people have intelligence?" Fang Jishi immediately responded: "Later generations of science think! Human beings have become intelligent, which may have something to do with the change of diet! The change of eating habits is the only way to become wise. Reputedly! It may be that humans have eaten the bone marrow of large animals and gradually gained wisdom. It is also said that it may have been after the invention of fire, and it was only after eating cooked food that humans began to have a spiritual ......"

"What you say is also unfounded! Not counts! Confucius interrupted.

"And what do you say? How do humans become intelligent? ”

"How did humans become sapient, and it is not clear? Mankind is given the ...... of the gods because of the gods."

"Wait! Do you think that it is the gods who give human intelligence? ”

"Yes! I think so! ”

"So? Why do the gods give human beings intelligence? What about not giving intelligence to other animals? Even a little? ”

"Because! The world needs a manager! ”

"Managers?"

"The gods are the ...... who let humans rule the world"

Fang Jishi interrupted: "Then! In this world, it is natural that there are the Son of Heaven and the princes and kings! With hereditary nobility, with hierarchical status, with scholarly status, with you Kongqiu! ”

"Yes!"

"Smack!" Fang Jishi put the wine glass on the table, and it became popular all of a sudden.

"Big brother! You? ”

"I think the reason why you don't accept Lao Tzu's Taoism is because you can't let go of your scholarly status and your superior life! Are you reluctant to change? No wonder! The reason why you say that the Son of Heaven, princes and kings, hereditary nobles, eunuchs, and merchants are not willing to learn the Tao is because they can't let go of the life in front of them. You too! You're not willing to let go of your immediate life......"

"Me? Eldest brother? I? Confucius defended: "I have been wronged! Eldest brother! My life is not extravagant at all! I'm struggling on the poverty line! Eldest brother? ”

(End of chapter)