Fang Yun held his own copy of the Analects and recited it in a gentle tone, first reading the main text of Confucius's Analects, then explaining each word step by step, then translating it literally, and finally paraphrasing, most of which contain extended meanings.

Fang Yun has a heavenly tongue in his mouth, and anyone who hears his voice will fully understand the meaning of the words, and it is difficult to forget, and he has the power to educate the edge of the Holy Dao, which is even more convincing, making the two Great Demon Kings become pious and humble.

The words of heaven are only passively accepted by the listeners, but the power of the Enlightenment Path makes people actively change when they listen to the lectures, and over time, all the changes will become habits, and thus become a new person.

"New Notes on the Analects" is the same as "The Analects", a total of twenty articles, and after Fang Yun finished reading five articles, he looked at the two great demon kings.

The two-headed demon king was fascinated, and he was still reminiscing about this human classic.

Fang Yun ignored the two demons and made slight corrections in the first five articles, because in the process of reading, he had new insights.

After an hour, the two big demon kings regained their calm, and compared with usual, the gazes of the two demons were softer.

Fang Yun's original plan was to go to the Ancient Emperor Forest first, and then go to the vicinity of Chishan to wait for the gods to give mountains and seas, but because the harvest of robbing the demon barbarians was far more than expected, and it might take too much time to enter the Ancient Emperor Forest, he decided to rob all the way to Chishan.

One person and two demons went straight to Chishan, and stayed for several hours in a day. Four days later, Fang Yun finished his lecture on the New Commentary on the Analects.

The two Great Demon Kings also showed obvious changes, their eyes were clearer, and their minds were smarter.

The Rat Tide King even knocked on the side and wanted to worship Fang Yun as a teacher, but was politely refused.

On the fifth day, Fang Yun wrote "New Notes on the University" while teaching the two big demon kings.

"University" is one of the "Book of Rites", but more than 1,000 words, but it is a volume of Confucian outlines, which puts forward eight items of "Gewu, Zhizhi, Sincerity, Righteousness, Self-cultivation, Qi Family, Governing the Country, and Leveling the World".

In the ancient kingdom of China, Ercheng first valued the "University" and "Zhongyong" in the "Book of Rites", and called them "Xiaojing" together with "Analects" and "Mencius", and later Zhu Xi extracted "University" and "Zhongyong" separately for the first time, and called them the four books together with "Analects" and "Mencius".

In the Shengyuan Continent, no one had separately extracted the "University" for a separate annotation before Fang Yun.

With his previous experience, Fang Yun did not finish writing the "New Notes on the University" immediately, but left the last punctuation mark, and if the last sentence was not read, the whole book would not be completed.

On the sixth day, Fang Yun began to write "New Notes on the Mean".

The number of words in "The Mean" is not much, only more than 3,000, if "University" is re-cultivated, then "The Mean" is more re-nourishing.

Beginning on the seventh day, Fang operated the "New Commentary on Mencius".

Among the four books, there are more than 1,000 characters in "The University", more than 3,000 words in "The Mean", more than 13,000 words in "Analects", and more than 34,000 words in "Mencius".

Compared with the Analects, the ideas in Mencius are more complex and radical.

Mencius was fortunate because in his time, the power of Confucianism was far greater than that of Confucius, and he was treated far better than Confucius in his day.

Mencius was also unfortunate, the Warring States period was far more chaotic than the Spring and Autumn period, in addition to Confucianism, there were also various forces to take advantage of the situation.

In the Analects, Confucius mainly exchanged words with his disciples, although he talked with princes, such as Lu Aigong, Lu Dinggong, Qi Jinggong, Wei Linggong, etc., but the content is not much, and the space occupied is also limited.

In "Mencius", there is a considerable amount of space for the kings and princes to ask Mencius for advice on how to govern the country, such as Lu Pinggong, Qi Xuan Wang, Teng Wengong, etc., the first sentence of the opening sentence of "Mencius meets Liang Hui Wang", and there are even many face-to-face criticisms and confrontations with the princes in the book, which is rare in the "Analects".

Although this shows that Confucianism was more respected by the princes at that time, and that Confucius and Mencius had different personalities, it also shows one thing, Mencius was more strongly interested in promoting his own political ideas, and did not give up until he failed repeatedly and began to concentrate on teaching and educating people.

Confucius once stepped from a small official to an important position in the Lu State, so although he talked about benevolence and righteousness, and also talked about political affairs, he was very restrained, treating himself as a courtier in front of the princes, and traveling around the world was spreading his thoughts.

But Mencius is different, he did not have a rich political experience like Confucius, although he talked about political affairs, he regarded himself as a teacher in front of the monarch, and he also traveled around the world, but he was more like an emperor to sell his ideas.

One spreads, one sells, and naturally it is different.

When writing the New Commentary on Mencius, Fang Yun's attitude was different from that of the New Commentary on the Analects.

When writing the "New Commentary on the Analects", Fang Yun gave almost everything he had, knew everything, and said everything.

However, at the time of writing the "New Commentary on Mencius", especially when it came to political aspects, Fang Yun had reservations.

Fang Yun praised all the political ideas of Mencius, especially in the ideas of the people, and Fang Yun's paraphrases and extensions were often long, and the weight of ink was far greater than that of the other three books. But whenever it comes to specific political laws, Fang Yun mostly brushes them aside, and he will not affirm them, but he will not deny them, and even the two big demon kings can see that Fang Yun is deliberately avoiding them.

The Rat Tide King once asked the reason, and Fang Yun replied with a smile.

"For political matters, Meng Sheng's words are reasonable, but his actions are unclear, and he is not as far away as miscellaneous families. ”

The King of Rat Tai and the King of Wolf Yuan nodded slightly, the origin of the miscellaneous family is Lü Buwei, and in terms of political means, the sum of ten Mencius is not as good as one Lü Buwei.

However, the king of the rat was keenly aware that "what is said is reasonable, but what is not done is clear", in ugly words, Mencius's ideas are right, but it is difficult to implement, or in other words, Mencius failed to find the right and effective path for his thoughts, and more seriously, it can be said that Fang Yun is criticizing Mencius for saying that the way of government is wrong.

The writing style of the "New Commentary on the Analects" and the "New Commentary on Mencius" is very different, and the exchange between the King of Rat Tai and the King of Wolf Yuan for a long time has no result.

"After the burial of the Sacred Valley, it will be known. Fang Yundao.

The two demons were disappointed, but they were also full of expectations for the future.

The Rat King asked again: "I don't know why Mr. only extracted "University" and "The Mean" from "The Book of Rites" and treated them so solemnly, which is really unprecedented. ”

Fang Yundao: "The Book of Rites is complicated, Yan Yuan coexists, "University" and "The Mean" are like mud and sand hiding gold, and they are the works of Zeng Zi and Zi Sizi respectively, and Meng Sheng is the same as the sub-saint, and the pearl cannot be dusted. ”

"In that case, will the students learn the "University Mean" or the "Rites"?" asked the Rat King sincerely.

"Below the Jinshi, when studying the "University" and "The Mean", and above the Jinshi, you can choose one of the Five Classics. Fang Yundao.

The king of rats suddenly realized and said: "My Confucian disciples are scattered, and their talents are uneven, and "poems", "books", "rites", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn" are too profound, and they often have to be poor. The "University", "The Mean", "Mencius" and "The Analects" are the teachings of the sages themselves, which are easy to understand compared to the Five Classics, and if you concentrate on intensive study, you can achieve success in a few years. In this way, my Confucian disciples can grow rapidly at an early stage, so as not to waste the starlight of that Wenqu in vain. ”

"Good. Fang Yun praised his head.

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