Approaching the Lu Huan Gong Temple, everyone got out of the carriage and walked on a street shaded by green trees. It is called Lumiao Street by the locals of Qufu, and the temples of many Lu monarchs are located here.

Due to its age, this area has been closed and is not allowed to enter without a warrant from the Kong family.

At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Lu was a powerful country, and Duke Lu Huan attacked other countries many times, and then gradually weakened. When the Lu Huan Gong Temple was built, Confucius was not sanctified, but because Confucius once led his disciples to visit the Lu Huan Gong Temple, this temple is of great significance.

Not long after, everyone came to the front of the Lu Huan Gong Temple, the temple dedicated to Lu Huan Gong is very small, with a radius of less than 30 zhang, which is not as good as a military camp and school field. The building of the temple is dilapidated and low, made of rough stones, if it were not for the protection of the power of the Confucian family, this Lu Huan Gong Temple would have collapsed long ago.

However, everyone is familiar with history and is not disappointed, because the human race in the Spring and Autumn Period is inferior to the present in all aspects, and the residence or temple of the monarch at that time is not as good as some famous families now.

Fang Yun glanced at the Kong family who came with him, and found that their expressions were a little complicated, and he knew it in his heart.

After Lu Huan became the prince of Lu Huan, the eldest son became the monarch of the country, and the other three sons were named Qing by their elder brother, known as Sanhuan in history, which laid a hidden danger for the decline of the Lu State in the future.

At that time, Confucius became the chief secretary of the Lu State, which could be called the head of the ministers, but because Lu Dinggong ignored the government and politics, one of the three Huan, Ji treated Confucius lightly during the sacrifice and Lu Dinggong ignored it, Confucius was disappointed in Lu Dinggong, resigned from the position of the chief secretary, and did not cherish the position of power at all.

After Confucius was canonized, he didn't care about the events of that year, but the descendants of Confucius were dissatisfied with the monarch of Lu, so that when Confucius was in retreat, the Lu country was shattered, and the Confucian family did not lend a hand, but only classified Qufu and other surrounding areas as the land of the Confucian family.

Everyone entered the inconspicuous Lu Huan Gong Temple one after another, no one dared to make a loud noise, and everyone was respectful.

Under the leadership of the temple keeper, everyone entered the main hall of Lu Huan Gong Temple. On the right side of the main hall there is an artifact.

"That's the song. "The temple keeper led the people over.

Fang Yun has seen it in the book, and the song device is also called the 欹器, and the sound is the same as "seven", which is the meaning of oblique.

Fang Yun looked closely, it was a bronze vessel, like a copper bottle fixed on a shelf, the inside was empty, almost at a forty-five degree angle obliquely upward, motionless.

The temple keeper walked over with a bucket of water and said, "This song is empty." then tilted. As he spoke, the temple keeper reached out and played with the singing device, straightening it up, and as soon as his hand left, the singing instrument immediately returned to its inclined position.

"If the right amount of water is injected, the instrument can stand upright. The temple keeper said as he slowly poured water into it, and as the water gradually increased, the song finally stood upright. At this moment, the water inside has been half-filled, and the temple keeper has stopped.

"If you continue to fill it with water, the singer will tilt to the other side. So saying, the temple keeper poured all the water into the singing vessel.

The song is full. Immediately leaned to the other side, pouring out all the water in it, and finally returning to this side, tilting as usual.

This is what Confucius said: Hypocrisy is nothing. The middle is positive, and the full is over. When there is no water, it is tilted, but when there is a right amount of water, it can be straightened. Once the water is full, it will tip over. ”

Subsequently, the temple keeper slowly recited the passage "Confucius contemplated the temple of Lu Huan Gong", and his voice echoed in the room, which seemed to drive the singing instrument, forming a peculiar rhythm, so that everyone unconsciously listened respectfully.

Everyone nodded their heads to thank the temple keeper for teaching the golden mean on behalf of Confucius.

Fang Yun felt that after watching the song, his understanding of the golden mean and some related aspects had improved, although the progress was not particularly obvious, but it was also a benefit.

Soon, Fang Yun realized that there was probably the power of Confucius in this song, even after many years, it was like Confucius personally instructing his students, listening to the words of the saint, like a spring breeze, and naturally learning more.

The temple keeper said: "You all know that literati have a 'motto', and this song is the instrument of the motto, and the origin of the word motto is this song device. ”

Everyone nodded, they still knew about this kind of thing.

"According to the usual practice, anyone who comes to Bailu Huan Gong Temple for the first time must leave a motto to prove the sincerity of his heart, and listen to the sound of the song device as if he listened to the words of Confucius. The pen and ink table has been arranged, and you can write immediately. ”

"Yes. The people saluted the temple keepers.

Everyone left the room one after another and came to the courtyard of the Lu Huan Gong Temple, where the Kong family had already set up three tables, on which there were all kinds of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Everyone looked at Fang Yun.

"Come first, let me think for a moment. ”

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he lowered his head and thought. At this time, the motto is different from that of later generations, the motto of later generations is basically one sentence, simple and powerful, and the current motto is actually still in the list of "inscriptions", which belongs to the article, and no matter how small the length is, it is about 100 words, such as "The Burrow".

However, "The Burrow" is a clear ambition, and the role of the motto is to warn oneself.

Since Fang Yun can write "The Burrow", he must also be able to write a good motto. I've been here before, so I won't write about it. You have to write it quickly, don't wait for Fang Yun to finish writing and have no chance to write!" Zong Wude still can't forget his tragic experience of being weighed down by Fang Yun's literary name.

Xun Ye immediately said: "This is a great good! Fang Yun's motto will inevitably overwhelm us, and it may be able to crown the motto of Lu Huan Gongmiao in the past dynasties." ”

Everyone present looked at Xun Ye, Xun Ye's words seemed to be praising Fang Yun, but there was an obvious intention to kill, and Fang Yun could do it by suppressing everyone present, but if you want to say that it is the best in the past dynasties, I don't know how many people Fang Yun will offend.

Kong De's face was gloomy, and he said slowly: "Xun Ye, this is the place of my Confucian family, and it is also the place where Kong Sheng once visited, if you dare to be presumptuous, I will kill you here on the spot, in order to correct my Confucian family!"

Everyone is secretly envious, and only the Kong family has this kind of confidence.

"Well, you've misunderstood again, okay, I'll shut up. Xun Ye shook his head and sighed.

Most of the children of the Holy Family had been here before, so none of the best people had written their mottos, except for Fang Yun, there were a total of twelve people who wrote their mottos here.

When the last person finished writing, everyone looked at Fang Yun.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Fang Yun nodded slightly, then walked behind a table, picked up the pen, and did not write immediately, but glanced at Xun Ye.

Xun Ye smiled, not showing any hostility at all.

Fang Yun's gaze swept over the people in the Holy Ruins, and said slowly: "I have a lot of emotions during this trip to the Holy Ruins. I thought that no matter inside or outside the holy ruins, the literati were the same, and they should not be shaken by external objects, but I didn't expect that I overestimated some people and almost died in the holy ruins. Today, I will write a motto on the theme of sincerity and loyalty and forgiveness to warn myself. ”

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he picked up the pen and wrote slowly.

"Go out like a guest, and do things like a sacrifice. If you think you exist, dare you lose?"

As soon as the first four sentences came out, everyone hurriedly walked behind Fang Yun and watched carefully, these sentences are to say, go out like a respectful guest, do things as seriously as a sacrifice, treat a qiē with such an attitude, how can there be mistakes and omissions?

Everyone knew that Fang Yun compared going out to the holy ruins, not only could not be indulged, but should be more cautious.

Later, Fang Yun wrote: "Do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself." ”

This is the words of Confucius in the Analects, which often appear in aphorisms and are best excerpted into the motto.

So far, it is the content of Zhu Xi's "Respect and Forgiveness Zhaiming", but the content after it is not applicable, so Fang Yun wrote it completely according to his own feelings and understandings.

Fang used the encounter in the holy ruins as an argument, supplemented by the words and deeds of the ancient sages, to explain that if a scholar wants to obtain a higher ideological realm and a higher literary position, he must be consistent and must not harm others for no reason.

At the end of the writing, Fang Yun's pen suddenly changed, and the last few lines of words jumped straight on the paper like a sharp sword, stabbing at everyone.

"Respect and forgiveness, and push yourself and others. Forgiveness is not good, but hostility to it. Repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with straightforwardness!"

The last eight characters also quote the words of Confucius.

Everyone was stunned, Fang Yun's front and middle writing were very mediocre, but the last four sentences actually expressed their hearts directly, if it didn't work to treat others with sincerity, respect and forgiveness, in exchange for the harm of others, they would definitely regard them as enemies and use their own means to retaliate.

Fang Yun wrote about respect, and he wrote it murderously, and everyone was shocked, but those who had experienced the holy ruins and saw Fang Yun being poisoned sighed softly, Fang Yun did have a reason to write so.

Suddenly, the song rang for a long time, washing everyone's courage.

Everyone was extremely happy, but after the joy, they were puzzled, and they didn't understand why Fang Yun caused the song to roar.

"In history, the singer has only been honking more than a dozen times, and every time the person who triggers it has made great achievements, which sentence in this article can cause the singer to sing?"

The temple keeper said slowly: "Intention! I didn't expect that this person who said 'sex is good' can best understand Xun Sheng's meaning." ”

Xun Ye was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The temple keeper said slowly: "It is recorded in "Xunzi" that after Confucius and his disciples watched the song, Zilu asked: 'Is it possible for people to maintain a full way?' Kong Sheng replied: "To cover the world, you must be humble." To be brave in the world, we must be cautious. If you are rich in the world, you must be thrifty. This will keep you full. 'Fang Yun's motto in this article, the words in the front words are respectful and forgiving, what if you have done enough? Defend your own forgiveness with the way of courage and forgery! This is the meaning of comprehending Confucius and Xun Sheng!"

Everyone is familiar with "Xunzi", and they suddenly realized.

Yan Yukong said: "Fang Yun's understanding of the saint scriptures is no less than that of a national jinshi. Fang Yun's previous text of forgiveness corresponds to 'Confucius views on the temple of Lu Huan Gong', talking about respect and forgiveness, talking about moderation, but the following 'treating it with hostility' and 'repaying grievances with directness' corresponds to the later text of 'Confucius views on the temple of Lu Huan Gong', Confucius Shengzhu Shao Zhengmao!"

Li Fanming couldn't help but say the sentence behind the story of "Confucius's view of the temple of Lu Huangong" in "Xunzi": "Confucius took pictures for Lu and punished Shaozheng for seven days!"

Click......

The sound of the crack of the gall.

Everyone followed the reputation, and saw Xun Ye holding his head in his hands, his face distorted, clenching his teeth stubbornly, not allowing himself to make any sound.

Fang uses the meaning of "Xunzi" to break the descendants of Xunzi! (To be continued......)

PS: Happy National Day!