Nanzi said in a dream that she just wanted to be with the person she loved, to be honest, if she was awake, Confucius told her every minute to restrain herself, and it didn't matter if she was not married and pursued love, would she still chase love when she was married? It's not etiquette.

But the despair of not being understood in the dream was so real that it resonated strongly with Confucius's own experience of not being understood by the world, causing Confucius to feel very uncomfortable, as if he was seriously ill.

The disciple is very anxious, the teacher's body has always been very healthy, why is he suddenly bedridden?

"It's weird, last night I seemed to notice that there was a feminine aura lingering in the courtyard, and in the morning the master was sick, I'm afraid something happened." Yan Hui said to Yun Yao.

"I felt it, too, but I didn't find anything." "Why don't you go and ask the teacher what's uncomfortable, and I'll make some medicinal food." Yun Yao said.

Yan Hui nodded, and entered Confucius's room with the core disciple to ask.

Confucius did not hide it, and said honestly: "Yesterday I dreamed of Nanzi. ”

Several disciples looked at each other, Nanzi was indeed a different woman, she obviously gave Wei Linggong a green hat, Wei Linggong also tolerated her, and even allowed her to meet Confucius alone. Confucius has traveled to so many countries, and a woman like Nanzi would take the initiative to ask to see Confucius.

Except for Nanzi, all the people who wanted to see Confucius were men.

Zilu listened, and his face was gloomy: "It's been ten years, why do you still dream of her, teacher?" ”

Confucius didn't know, so he could only guess: "I don't know, but in a dream, she said that she and I are both people who are not understood, and I am advocating that it cannot be promoted, and she is married to a man she doesn't love." The incomprehensible feelings in my dreams were so real that they drained my strength. ”

"I think the teacher is still thinking about things because of what he advocates, so he thinks about it day and dreams at night. The reason why I dreamed of Nanzi was only because the teacher looked back on his life, and only Nanzi, a woman, expressed the same feelings. Zigong felt that this was human nature, not that the teacher wanted women.

Zilu's face also improved after hearing this.

Yan Hui didn't speak, secretly thinking that it must be a spell to fall into a dream, this is not a good thing, people are the most defenseless in dreams, and they can be easily influenced. It's only been one night that the master has been tossed like this, if he comes two more times, something will definitely happen, and he has to find Yun Yao to find a way.

Yun Yao made a medicinal meal for Confucius to replenish his body. Confucius improved slightly after eating, but if Nanzi continued to sleep, the medicinal diet would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

"We have to dream too." Yan Hui said suddenly: "Hundred Flowers God, you manage the health of Hundred Flowers, you can collect the petals of the Dream Fragrance Flower, and then cooperate with the dragon's tears, mix them in the spices, and make the Dream God Fragrance, as long as you smell it, everyone can enter the teacher's dream, and we will catch Nanzi in the dream." ”

Yun Yao nodded and agreed, anyway, she would be smuggled away, and it only took one day to go to the sea market to collect materials: "Okay, I'll go tonight." ”

"Then we'll get started tomorrow."

Collecting materials is very simple, Mengxiang Flower and Dragon Tears are not rare medicinal materials, they are available in the sea market, let the goat Dao people come forward, and they will be collected quickly.

Rushed back immediately and made a breakfast.

"I fell asleep tonight, Nanzi came again last night, and today's teacher is weaker than yesterday." Yan Hui said solemnly, now is not too late.

Yun Yao also said: "The master ate half of the breakfast I made, and he was indeed weaker than yesterday. ”

Yesterday, although the teacher was in bed, he was still looking at bamboo slips, but today he is already in a daze. You must know that Confucius was the most disgusted to sleep in the daytime, because when he slept in the daytime, Confucius could criticize him as 'rotten wood should not be carved, and the wall of dung should not be enclosed', but it was quite a severe criticism.

In the past, Confucius believed others when he listened to them, but after seeing Zai Yu sleeping during the day, he had to listen to them and observe their behavior, and he could not be gullible.

It can be seen that you should study and work during the day, and you should never sleep. But now Confucius is in a daze and doesn't read books in the daytime, which shows that he really can't hold on.

So you have to fall asleep as soon as possible and stop Nanzi.

After nightfall, Yun Yao lit the 'Dream Incense' and leisurely entered the dream.

A strong feeling is like the wind and waves of the sea attacking everyone who enters the dream, and the loneliness and despair that are not understood make people want to shed tears.

Confucius was at a loss, what he saw was a world of broken etiquette and chaos, obviously he proposed that 'kings and ministers, fathers, fathers and sons' was for the world, and to solve the chaos that is happening in various countries now, why doesn't everyone understand him?

Today, Ji Huan's reign is in the air for Lu Jun, and tomorrow there will be others in the air for Ji Huan's, so repeat when the world will be peaceful?

Who in the world can understand him?

In fact, who doesn't understand? Yan Ying, the famous minister of Qi State, and Xi, the grandson of Chu State, actually understand everything. It's just that their class makes them have to defend their own class interests, and not side with the aristocracy.

It is precisely because of understanding that Confucius is rushed, because Confucius's idea of calling for self-denial and revenge from the perspective of the aristocracy is not in the interests of Dr. Qing at all. Although the monarch wanted to keep Confucius, if they really carried out Confucius's ideas, they were afraid that they would die faster.

So everybody understands it, but everybody just doesn't do it. As for world peace, what does it have to do with them?

Confucius proposed self-denial because he was a down-and-out nobleman, but his moral basis for governing the country with 'benevolence' was full of humanistic care, beyond the scope of his aristocratic class, so he was born an aristocrat but higher than the aristocracy, and he truly cherished the world, not just for his own selfish interests.

If Confucius, like everyone else, was only for himself, then he had such a luxurious team of disciples, and he could mix well in any country. It is completely possible to lower the level of advocacy as Zigong said, and cater to this era, and then the high-ranking officials will not be able to capture them?

But Confucius knew that he couldn't do it, and he would rather eat deflated everywhere and become a lost dog than lower his level, which shows that he is not for himself, but really for the world.

It's a pity that the set of self-denial and revenge is a reversal of history, and the replacement of the aristocratic class is the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is impossible for Confucius to change it. But the moral benchmarks of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith that he put forward can be passed on.

In the dream, Nanzi asked again: "I just want to be with my beloved, who can understand me?" Master, do you understand me? ”

Confucius looked at the familiar picture and looked at the beautiful woman with bright eyes and bright teeth, and seemed to be able to understand the mood of a woman's pursuit of true love, just as he promoted self-denial and revenge, which he knew could not do.

It's hard, it's not understood, but you can't give up.

Confucius's later disciples must have learned from the teacher's experience before they gave the idea of 'moderation', after all, it is too tiring to go to extremes like Confucius. Few people can do the same as Confucius, it is better to be modest, and don't push yourself into a corner.

In the era of Confucius, Confucius sought official positions in order to promote his ideas, and after arriving at Confucius, he learned to become literal and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family.

If they all learn from Confucius, then they don't want to be officials, so change 'do what they know they can't do' to 'mean', adapt to the times, and learn to change.

In terms of the realm of survival, it is actually a kind of progress, but when it is practiced, it is easy to discount it and turn the mean into a sleek world.