Chapter 106: What is a conscience?
Entering the lecture hall, I found a random place to sit down, but my heart was full of curiosity about the white-haired old man I had just met in the elevator.
He seems to be able to read minds, and he actually sees everything I think in my heart, as the saying goes, people have visions, they must have powers, and after he finishes his lecture, I must see this legendary psychology.
To be honest, in fact, I have always been very resistant to Western culture, because I think it is a foreign devil's thing, not inherited by our Chinese children a few years ago, what is so powerful?
I've been in contact with psychiatrists before, but I've always been skeptical about psychology, and I think that the so-called psychology is not just a joke to guess everything in other people's minds based on other people's expressions.
In fact, when it comes to observing words and feelings, we Taoism has a lot of great powers that are good at face reading since ancient times, just by looking at the appearance of others, you can see how this person is in his heart, what his preferences are, and what he has experienced recently.
This kind of person we call physiognomy masters, speaking of which, I usually observe the black gas on other people's foreheads, which is also regarded as a kind of physiognomy, but I don't study this part, so I just simply look at whether others are going to be unlucky.
But after meeting this old professor today, my view of psychology changed instantly, first of all, I am sure that I don't know this old professor at all, and secondly, I am reminded of a famous saying, everything in the world, as long as it exists, has the value of its existence, there is no useless garbage, and there is no perfect treasure.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet."
The old professor's voice interrupted my thoughts, and I looked up to find the old man I met in the elevator standing on the podium, dressed in a white tunic and holding a folding fan in his left hand, smiling at the students sitting under the podium.
When the old professor's voice came, the originally noisy room fell silent, and everyone invariably stopped their topic and looked at the old professor on the podium quietly.
"Hehe, maybe some students are here for the first time and don't know my name, so I'll introduce myself first." The old man opened the folding fan with a "sigh" and shook it gently: "My name is Zhao Baishi, and my name is similar to the name of Qi Baishi, a great painter in the past, and I am sixty-two this year." ”
"This Professor Zhao in front of him is already sixty-two?" When I heard Professor Zhao on the podium introducing himself, I not only chuckled in my heart: "I saw that he was no worse than a young man like me, I thought he was only forty or fifty years old, but I didn't expect him to be sixty-two!" ”
"Okay, now that we're done introducing ourselves, let's talk about today's lesson."
Professor Zhao slowly shook the folding fan in his hand: "Actually, we don't give a lecture today, let's talk about our hearts." ”
"Wow!" The students under the podium began to talk at once, while Professor Zhao looked at the group of students in front of him with a smile, as if waiting for them to finish their discussion.
Seeing that everyone's discussion gradually quieted down, the old professor brought a wooden stool, sat on it and asked everyone with a smile: "Today I want to ask you a question, may I ask you what is conscience in everyone's hearts?" ”
This time, the crowd began to talk again, and because I didn't know anyone around me, I had to keep my mouth shut and wait for Professor Zhao on the podium to announce the answer.
After discussing for about ten minutes, a boy with beautiful eyes stood up and said to Professor Zhao on the podium very seriously: "Professor Zhao, I have a little bit of my own opinion on your topic. ”
"Oh?" Professor Zhao saw that someone was willing to express his opinion, and laughed happily: "This classmate, please speak, the old man listens." ”
Seeing that Professor Zhao had permission, the handsome boy reached out to support his eyes, this action reminded me of Mo Shuang, that little white face also likes to support his eyes, but compared with Mo Shuang, the boy standing looks a little immature.
"I know that the conscience is a topic that idealists often raise, because idealists believe that there is some kind of indescribable existence in the world, and they will judge a person's rights and wrongs and merits by this conscience, and idealists call this existence God."
The boy who originally seemed a little shy became more and more excited the more he spoke, and he was the god who was high up, and he was a profound wise man who had lived for hundreds of years, and he had already seen through everything in the world, and everyone was naked in front of him, and he saw through it at a glance.
"Not bad." The old professor nodded to the somewhat excited boy in front of him: "Your opinion is very rational, please sit down, and we will listen to the opinions of other students." ”
As soon as the words fell, another girl stood up: "I don't agree with him!" ”
I turned my head to see that there was a young girl standing in the crowd, he was wearing a milky white short-sleeved T-shirt, with a very popular sister's head, with a hint of baby fat on his face, and he looked very cute.
"Does this classmate have a different opinion?" Professor Zhao, who was sitting on the podium, narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Please tell this student his opinion." ”
The girl smiled at Professor Zhao, and then looked at the students sitting under the podium with a smile: "I think that conscience is the basis of moral restraint society, when a person does something wrong, even if others don't know, but he will condemn himself in his heart, and at the same time bring himself a strong sense of guilt, just like a great man said before." ”
Saying this, the girl paused: "There are two spirits on everyone's shoulders, one is an angel and the other is a demon, and when you are jealous and envious of others, the demon on your shoulder will try to encourage you; When you do something that you regret, the angels on your shoulders will try hard to teach you and condemn you. ”
The girl's voice suddenly raised a little: "The angel on the shoulder is called conscience, and the demon who instigates you is called desire!" All this is not just the one-sided words of idealists, conscience, is the basis of the composition of society! It is the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature, and everything that is indispensable to all of us! ”
"Bang Bang!"
The whole lecture hall burst into warm applause, and even I couldn't help but applaud along with it, although this girl looked very young, but the problems she could think of were beyond the reach of many adults now!
Professor Zhao on the podium raised his hands lightly and pressed them down slightly: "This classmate's opinion is also very unique, it seems that you have read a lot of books on sociology, right?" ”
"Yes, Professor Zhao, I have loved to study people's mental activities and social structures since I was a child." The girl bowed slightly to Professor Zhao on the podium: "I have indeed read a lot of books on this subject. ”
"Hmph, you're just rational, in this society now, how many people care about the so-called conscience?" The face of the boy who spoke in front of him suddenly became ugly, and he snorted coldly: "Is it still the basic composition of society? You go out and see, how many of the people who are walking around outside now will do things according to their conscience? ”
As soon as the girl sat down, she heard the boy's words, and the whole person looked very angry: "Who said no? You have no conscience yourself, please don't look at the world with your gloomy worldview! Right! There is a dark side to this world, but there is also a soft side to this world! You think the world is full of indifference, but I think the world is full of hope! ”
"You!" The boy stood up suddenly: "You are simply too young! You don't know what this society really looks like! Just like Mr. Lu Xun wrote an article before: This society is a society where people eat people! If you don't work hard today, you will be eaten by others later! ”
This time, there was a round of applause in the lecture hall, and it seemed that many people agreed with the boy's point of view.
"You're too dark inside!" Not to be outdone, the girl retorted to the boy: "According to what you say, we have to be ruthless? Are we human beings, but we must be human beings with a clear conscience? If that's the case, I'd rather be an ant! Don't want to be the dirty person you see as dirty! ”
As the girl's voice fell, the people in the lecture hall instantly divided into two camps, one side supporting social realism and the other side supporting social conscience.
"Alright." Professor Zhao pressed his hand: "I understand now, everyone is currently in two views, one side supports that the society is black and white, no matter what, there is still a soft side; On the other hand, supporting society is very realistic and cruel, and people have to be ruthless if they want to live well. ”
"So let me tell you what I think." Professor Zhao slowly stood up and walked to the edge of the podium, and the whole person fell silent.
Seeing that Professor Zhao on the podium did not speak, everyone quietly waited for Professor Zhao's follow-up, but I felt that Professor Zhao on the podium gave people a sense of vicissitudes at this time, and the white figure on the podium looked trembling and majestic, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
I don't know why, but my intuition tells me that the old man standing on the podium in front of me must have experienced a lot of stories, because I watched him be silent on the podium, and I actually felt like crying.
"The conscience is a triangular thing, and it is in the atrium of the human heart, so whenever a person does something unpleasant, the triangle in the atrium will start to rotate, and at the same time the person will see a sharp pain."
Professor Zhao said slowly: "Conscience is a triangular thing in my heart. I didn't do anything bad, it stood still; If I do something bad, it turns, and every horn stings me; If I keep doing bad things, every corner is smoothed out, and I don't feel pain. ”
After saying this, Professor Zhao silently walked to the edge of the wooden bench, held the wooden bench with his hand, and quietly looked at the students in the lecture hall.
Everyone fell silent, including myself.
Yes, when you complain that this society is full of gloom, have you ever thought that you have become like these people, doing things against your will and saying things against your will.