Chapter 107: The Rite of Indecency

"Indecent courtesy!"

Fang Yun only felt that a strange force spread throughout his body, and that force seemed to be the highest rule between heaven and earth, making Fang Yun involuntarily bend down to hold a pen and write on a blank piece of paper.

These four words were obviously very simple, but Fang Yun found that there was an invisible and majestic force that prevented him from writing these four words, as if as long as he finished writing these four words, he would be crushed by that force.

Fang Yun knew that this was the scripture and righteousness exam, which was far more peculiar than asking for holy words and poems.

Fang Yun took a deep breath, and the source of this sentence came to mind.

"Mencius Lilou Chapter Sentences", Mencius said: "The etiquette of indecency, the righteousness of injustice, the righteousness of the adult." ”

Fang Yun slowly put down the pen and wrote the words "Indecent Ceremony" on the paper, and after writing the last word, it was like piercing a layer of window paper.

A thunderous sound exploded in Fang Yun's ears.

"What is courtesy?"

Fang Yun was stunned for a moment, thinking that etiquette is actually a general title, which can be the system of the entire society, or the norms of personal moral behavior, or books such as "The Book of Rites" and "Zhou Li", and it can be specific to weddings and funerals.

Even Qishu Tiandi couldn't help him answer this question, at this time, Fang Yun could only answer based on his own studies these days.

"Etiquette is the rule. Fang Yun replied calmly.

The invisible force suddenly disappeared, Fang Yun looked down and saw that the words on the paper were still there, and he breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that he had passed the first level of the subject of Jingyi and could take the official exam.

Fang Yun had just sat down when he heard a loud cry not far away, but the cry suddenly disappeared, as if it was blocked by something.

It seems that someone answered incorrectly. Or because of the first test of the scriptures, you are too nervous, and your mental ups and downs are too great, resulting in the loss of the exam qualification. This imperial examination is not the same thing as writing the scriptures at home. Fang Yun thought to himself, put the page with "Indecent Rites" on the top left, and then took out a blank page of paper and put it in front of him.

The topic is only four words, and a scripture is no more than 1,000 words at most, but it takes a whole day to test, which is enough to show that the scripture is difficult to write.

Fang Yun thought to himself: "The etiquette of indecency, just literally, can be simply understood as a norm that does not conform to the rules. And this topic. It's a very tricky cut-off question. ”

"The original sentence is 'the rite of indecency, the righteousness of injustice, the righteousness of the adult', if I only explain the 'rite of indecency', although I will not 'commit'. It will inevitably fall behind, no matter how well it is written. There won't be good results either. If it involves 'unrighteous righteousness'. If it is well written, it will naturally get a good rating, but if there is a slight problem, it will be 'committed', and it will be directly classified as the last Ding class, and the name will fall to Sun Shan. ”

"Others to avoid mistakes. I can only write about etiquette and not righteousness, but if I want to fight for that Maocai, I must focus on etiquette and involve righteousness. So. How should I solve the problem so that I can skillfully link the 'indecent rites' with the 'indecent righteousness', and at the same time explain the 'indecent rites'?"

Fang Yun was stumped for a while, because it was not difficult to write the scriptures, but it was too difficult to write them well.

Moreover, the sentence "the rite of indecency, the righteousness of injustice, and the righteousness of the adult" has been annotated and interpreted by different Confucians, and the interpretations are also different.

Among them, the interpretation of "indecent etiquette, inrighteous righteousness" is similar, which can be interpreted as "righteous acts that do not conform to the norms and morality", but there are three different interpretations of "adults do not do it", one is "adults do not do it", one is "people with high moral standing do not do it", and the other is "people with high status do not do it".

Fang Yun thought to himself: "The three kinds of people are different, so the angle of explaining the 'indecent ceremony' is different, and when the examples are used to demonstrate later, the examples given must be different, one wrong step, one wrong step." Even if all three explanations are correct, there must be a difference between superior and inferior. ”

When Fang Yun had read Mencius and various commentaries before, he had considered that in order to explain the word "adult", it was necessary to refer to the previous text.

This sentence is the sixth section of "Mencius Lilou Chapter and Sentences", and there is a fifth verse in front of it, which says that the monarch should pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, so the next sentence is obviously impossible to superficially think that adults are adults, and it is not an echo to say that people with high morality and respect are not echoed, but obviously people with high status. ”

"The most important thing is that 'indecent manners' are obviously aimed at the makers and enforcers of the rules, and if we simply interpret adults as adults, then the previous text can also be written as 'indecent acts', etc., and Mencius is a sub-sage, since he said 'indecent rites', it will inevitably be different from 'indecent acts'. ”

After thinking about it, Fang Yun quickly determined that this sentence was Mencius's warning to those who made and executed rules not to exercise norms that did not conform to the rules, and not to do righteous acts that did not conform to morality.

Thinking of this, Fang Yun suddenly clapped his hands and smiled.

"I know!"

"What is a rite of indecency? Since it is a rule, why would it not conform to the norm? Therefore, the main point of these four words is to first determine under what circumstances a rite is a rite, and under what circumstances it is not a rite!"

Fang Yun was like being empowered with talent, and his eyes suddenly opened up.

So, Fang Yun began to think hard.

Soon, Fang Yun was stumped again, although it was easy to solve the problem, but the idea was superior and inferior.

"Since the 'lord' I have identified is a person of high position, the maker and enforcer of the rules, then the 'indecent ceremony' must be elevated to the way of governing the court or the policy of the Holy Court. After all, there are demi-saints in the Holy Courtyard in charge, and if you write about their 'indecent rites', you will be shocked to death by their courage. So, it is better to write about the imperial state. ”

"It's good to have direction. However, if you want to write a first-class scripture and overwhelm others with an absolute advantage, you must do what Feng Yuanjun said and write some ideas or ideas that are 'amazing'. However, these ideas must conform to the trend of the world and be able to exist in the future. Thankfully, this aspect is difficult for me. ”

"So, what exactly should be chosen to interpret the 'indecent rites'?"

Fang Yun was so anxious that he couldn't make up his mind until lunchtime.

After lunch, I thought about it until half past one in the afternoon, Fang Yun finally had the inspiration, and kept writing on the blank page, and at the end, there were several words that appeared many times.

"Ancient and Modern", "Zen Concession", "Inheritance", "Hereditary", "Sovereign", "Election", ......

Fang Yun looked at these words and thought to himself: "Apart from time, what else can change the etiquette? For a country, what etiquette is more important than the political system? Then, I will write this sutra with the reform of the political system of ancient and modern times! Zen Rang is an ancient ceremony, but for the present, it is not in accordance with the rules and is a rite of indecency; and hereditary rites are the rites of the present, and in the future, I am afraid it will also be a rite of indecency." ”

"This is the tide of history, and even the saints cannot change it. Therefore, this idea is not only correct, but it must be an 'amazing word' for the current Shengyuan Continent. However, I cannot write about the specific system of the later generations, but I can only point out certain characteristics of the political system of the later generations, which are in line with the rites of the future! ”

At the same time, it is necessary to include the righteousness of injustice. ”

Fang Yun wrote and drew on paper again, and finally decided to write this scripture from the changes in the ancient and modern political systems.

Fang Yun picked up the pen and chose a blank page to write and solve the problem.

"The ancients thought it was a courtesy, but I must do it now, which may not be in line with the ancient rites, and the ancient people thought it was righteous, and I must do it now, which may not be in line with the righteousness of the ancients. ”

After Fang Yun finished writing the last word 'also', the entire Academy of Literature, including the Temple of Literature, suddenly shook slightly, and then a terrifying force that no one noticed silently descended on Fang Yun's examination room.

Fang Yun was originally extremely happy, because after lifting the pen, the talent of the entire page was not "slowly rising and increasing" like ordinary poems, but "tumbling and rising", and that talent was like life. At the same time, the page began to float.

"This is a vision that only exists in the Zhenguo and 'spreading the world'!" Fang Yun had just thought of this in his heart, the tumbling talent disappeared, and the pages fell back to the table like a deflated ball.

"This ......" Fang Yun panicked, in this case, there are two possibilities, one possibility is excellent, and the other possibility is terrible.

"What should I do?"

Fang Yunzai looked at the page carefully, and then blew it gently, and the page was blown away, and there was no vision.

The poems of Zhenguo weigh 100 catties, and the poems and essays that are spread all over the world are 10,000 catties per page, if it is not for the original author himself, at least he can barely pick it up with a scholar, and the people under the scholar can't hold it at all. Only the pages of poetry and texts that have been passed down to the world are placed in a box made by the "floating wooden clouds" in the demon world, and others can hold the box and look at it.

"That's weird! This is not an article that spreads all over the world, it is not a very good possibility, and if it is a very bad possibility, I am already dead. ”

Fang Yun didn't dare to put pen to paper, meditated and thought hard, but never understood what it meant, and finally found that there was not much time, and if he didn't write again, he couldn't finish writing.

What I am writing is the experience of the human race in another world, and even if there is a conflict with this world, it will never cause a catastrophe. If my article really causes a cataclysm, the demi-saints will stop it, and it is impossible for me to continue writing. ”

Fang Yun picked up the pen again after thinking about it, and wrote the "Maozi" part after solving the problem.

"The ...... of the world"

After writing Maozi, Fang Yun began to use the change of political system as an example, and this time he was more careful than before, for fear that writing something too amazing would cause a big change.

Fang Yun wrote slowly, and after writing the last word, nothing happened.

"Hoo ......"

Fang Yun let out a long breath, the pressure just now was too great, if he wrote a concept that conflicted with the Holy Dao of this world, I was afraid that there would be a holy punishment coming down, it would be too terrifying.

Since this article can be successfully written, it means that there will be no problems. I have seen a longer history of the human race, and I used their experiences to write this scripture, if this kind of knowledge is not as good as Tong Li, I will simply kill myself!"

Fang Yun carefully examined the meaning of this scripture, carefully checking it word by word, and checked it five times before stopping.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The drums sounded, and the government test ended. (To be continued......)