Chapter 25: Filial Piety Comes First (4)
Ling 025) loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, and the Fan Wen controversy is too hot; Morality is in the hearts of the people, and classmates are very entangled in standing in line.
Taoism, the philosophy of birth, advocates respect for the individual, releases nature, opposes the shackles of class hierarchy and concepts, ridicules red tape, and is willing to transcend all the troubles of the world and live: a free, unrestrained, immortal, and casual life of immortals. What is discussed is: the useless party is of great use, and the child is not a fish and knows the joy of fish? Kunpeng spreads its wings and travels 90,000 miles, is the butterfly still dreaming in his dream? And so on the road of wisdom in life. Therefore, they don't pay attention to filial piety and unfilial piety, which is a mundane thing, what does it have to do with the deity? It is very clever to transfer the contest and struggle of social status to the level of how to live a long life. Although I am not so obedient and free and loose, but my vision is broadened, and I don't care much about the status and power between people. Since everyone is concerned about their own small life at home and how to prolong their lives, it will naturally reduce the struggle for power and interests, and therefore, it will not cause great social turmoil.
Buddhism, the philosophy of salvation, life is to suffer and experience, suffering is the cause and effect of the previous life, the retribution of good and evil, and the karma that must be endured. Only by accumulating virtue, doing good, eliminating karma, accumulating blessings, going through all the hardships, crossing life and death, and getting out of the sea of suffering, can we get rid of the asceticism of the six realms of reincarnation, cultivate the world, and become a Buddha. They talk about doing good deeds, because all living beings are equal, not only to be kind to the parents who gave birth to them, but to all living beings in the world, even those who have a grudge against you, even animals and animals.
Because, all the people or things that you have encountered in this life have a causal relationship in the previous life, and there must be countless grievances. Some children are here to repay their kindness, so their filial piety is the envy of others. There are also children who seem to be unfilial, but it is also possible that they are resentful. Although you are so angry that you are angry that your parents are angry with everyone and God, that is what you must endure and repay. If you can't settle the knot in this life, you will have to continue to pay it back in the next life, and you can't hide from it.
Therefore, no matter the blessing or the bad, we must face it calmly, with good thoughts in our hearts, why bother with each other?
Everything that has happened is an inevitable consequence; Whatever is inevitable, it will happen. There are no exceptions to this, so there is an ancient alliance: there is no fixed law, and then the law is not lawful; It's still over, so why not leave it alone.
There is no certain law in the world, so there is no law in the world; I wanted to let go of the things but couldn't let go, so it's better not to let go and go with nature. This view seems to coincide with Taoist thought.
In short, all kinds of afflictions have a reason, there is no right or wrong in everything, filial piety and unfilial piety, are the inevitable cycle of cause and effect, and there is no need to judge.
Entering the world is mundane, and when you are born, you will ascend to immortality, and if you save the world, you will become a Buddha.
As you can see, although there are many differences between these three moral values, they have one thing in common, that is: to be at peace. No matter what moral standards they are in, only by keeping their respective duties can they ensure the stability and peace of the world.
Thank you for listening! By the way, it's good to discuss it as homework, you don't have to worry about which team to stand, no matter who you support, it's reasonable, and the discussion is just to get more perspectives. There is no right or wrong in this matter, cause and effect are inevitable. Thank you!
(The class applauded!) )
Then then, there was a routine class discussion and exchange period, and some people questioned: some of their views seem to be wrong, and they seem to be teaching everyone not to be filial to their filial piety, so do they still have to be filial to their parents and elders? It was originally a natural thing, but after listening to it, I was confused!
Bai didn't understand how to get up and explain: "This is a matter of understanding, not to prevent you from continuing to be filial, but to grasp the scale of filial piety." After all, the thinking of the ancients was limited by the local environmental factors at that time, and there were both essence and pedantry, and it was impossible to copy them unchanged to modern times. We need to use contemporary thinking to interpret traditional culture. Otherwise, it will be like carving a boat for a sword, and it will be ridiculous. ”
Du Tianchun continued: "There is no doubt about filial piety itself, but when it is put into action, the specific method used is in-depth and exquisite. For example, Jiao Zhongqing in "Peacock Flying Southeast", because he divorced his wife Liu Lanzhi according to his mother's order, he had 'taking off his skirt and silk shoes, lifting himself to Qingchi' and 'knowing that he was leaving...... The tragedy of the marriage of the self-hanging southeast branch. That is, there is no bottom line and principles, blindly obedient and obedient, pedantic filial piety. ”
Some people disagreed: "Then you can't listen to your parents?" It's all tragedy in poetry, after all, there are some exaggerations, the purpose is to increase the dramatic conflict, in order to attract attention and sympathy. In reality, most of them just put up with it, so why do you need to commit suicide? It's better to die than to live, not so serious. ”
Tan Ouyang also argued: "Poetry is the endorsement of the real emotional world, and it must be written by those who are unwilling. Therefore, it can precisely reflect the state of filial piety on the surface of filial piety, but in heart they worked hard to fight and dared not speak out. This just shows that in the evil feudal society, under the measurement of moral standards, the long-suppressed accusation and resentment. ”
Qi Guan Langyue: "It is not credible to say that there are poems, but there are a lot of them in reality." Aren't the famous literati Lu You and Tang Wan of the Song Dynasty just the tragedy of following their mother's destiny and filial piety? What's even more incredible is that there are also such a tradition of loyalty and filial piety as killing one's own children or cutting off flesh to sacrifice to the monarch, are you willing to do it today? The words of the matchmaker are the first ones you can't accept, let alone being forced to divorce your wife because your parents don't like it. How many allusions in "Twenty-four Filial Pieties" are understandable? Others are good to say, mosquitoes are full of blood, taste feces and worry, sell yourself to bury your father, bury your children and serve your mother, cry bamboo shoots, if you can do it now, I will really obey you. ”
A heated argument began in the classroom, which gradually stopped until Professor Meng signaled that the time was almost up.
Professor Meng waited until the classroom was quiet and began to conclude his presentation.
"It turns out that the three characters of vulgar, immortal, and Buddha also have such a solution, all of which are related to people, and they all have the words next to the human character, but the concept is completely different. Today, the old man has also opened his eyes, you can have such a multi-level view at a young age, and then you are terrible and should not be underestimated. Professor Meng was extremely emotional, and today's children's vision and knowledge are beyond imagination, "Several students have different perspectives, each with its own merits, and it also represents different cognitive groups of your age. In fact, in addition to Confucian philosophical thought, there are many academic schools, which have an influence that cannot be ignored in Chinese history, such as: science, psychology, etc., the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of the hundred schools of thought, created a glorious era of philosophical freedom, but unfortunately this topic is a long story, each is enough to open a separate topic, we must gradually come into contact with it in the future courses, and can even extend to your college years, don't be anxious.
"However, we still have to return to today's topic in the end, the team still has to stand, there is no need to be entangled, there is no right or wrong, no matter how high or low, there is no need to quarrel, which point of view you like is reasonable, all the results can be accepted, just let it be. Haha - I don't think I have enough of arguing about it. Well, do you have any questions that need to be solved in the end? I'll give you another five minutes. ”
Luqiu Muwei suddenly asked Qi Guan Langyue: "Yueyue, I'm extremely curious, what kind of mother will you be in the future?" ”
This was asked suddenly, and when Qi Guan Langyue heard it, she was suddenly a little vague: "Well, it's not easy to say...... That's too early, isn't it? You've got a bit of a jump in your brain circuitry. How can you think of this all of a sudden? ”
Mo Xue'er helped Luqiu Muwei tease Qiguan Langyue: "Qiguan, what Weiwei means: Since you can see it so thoroughly now, will you also be a Buddhist mother in the future?" ”
Du Tianchun shook his head: "In my opinion, she must be a violent law mother?" At least verbally you won't lose to anyone. And I speculate that your children will be more powerful and become one of the few who can debate you well, otherwise they will not be worthy of being your children. However, first of all, there must be a hard-working and willing to be abused, which is a necessary prerequisite, otherwise everything is empty talk. ”
Tan Ouyang: "Let me make a bold prediction, the only one who can subdue the officials in the future is your baby, which is called one thing and one thing." Everybody help me testify! ”
The students slapped the table and laughed to show their support.
When Luqiu Muwei saw it, she immediately turned against her and responded: "Then don't worry about you, right?" ”
Du Tianchun smiled: "Weiwei, can't you hear that my door is helping you?" ”
Luqiu Muwei: "It's okay for us girls to joke with each other, but you boys can't, how impolite and ungraceful it is." ”
Yan Xinmei smiled and said, "I also think Adu is reasonable!" You see, half of the people who applauded just now were girls. Just kidding, don't take it too seriously. ”
Luqiu Muwei: "You-" She looked at the old professor's curious expression, and swallowed the word "heavy color and light friend" raw, "-not enough friends." ”
Qi Guan Langyue really thought about it carefully, and replied cautiously: "I don't think there is a real Buddhist mother in this world. There are mothers who don't have the energy or ability to educate their children. Moreover, what a child looks like does not depend solely on the mother. I treat my children with Buddhism, and the children return my Buddhism, because children are born with Buddhism; I am a Buddha to the child, and the child is violent to me, and that is because the bear child is naturally violent. ”
Yan Xinmei asked her rhetorically: "Then say, parents can not do anything?" Anyway, what kind of bear is the child born with, is it what kind of bear look? ”
Qi Guan Langyue: "No, the influence of parents is acquired, and innate character is the foundation." On the premise of the same foundation, the difference can be seen only when the parents' education methods are different. But if the innate nature is different, the acquired influence cannot be compared in one place. It's like, with the same parents, the same education, and the same family conditions, there will be a lot of differences between siblings in a family. That is because their innate qualities are different and their basic conditions are different. ”
Professor Meng saw that it was far away, and immediately returned to the topic: "This issue can be discussed in the future, and it is also very interesting." However, our theme today is: filial piety first, or for the 'filial piety' and 'good deeds' to discuss, don't go off-topic. Finally, the seven of you students try to summarize your own theme views in one or two simple sentences, okay? ”
So, the seven students summarized their arguments, which was difficult for the melon-eating masses below, all of them seemed to be justified and powerful, but which one stood in line was still the most troublesome thing, and the argument was heated until the bell rang for the end of class, and it was almost not heard.
As a result, Du Tianchun and Qi Guan Langyue narrowly won by a narrow margin, and both tied for the top spot.
After class, the discussion in the classroom still did not stop, and Meng Sanye left satisfied, leaving a noisy class and a room of students arguing with themselves.
(To be continued!) )