Zhao Bixia listened respectfully to what they discussed.

Gong Mingxiu said: "In ancient times, Fengmeng followed Yi to learn archery, but Fengmeng's character was very bad. When he completely mastered Hou Yi's archery, he thought that if there was no Yi, I would be the best in the world, so he killed Yi. Fengmeng is really bad. ”

Mencius said: "Yi himself is also at fault, and he can't be blamed entirely on Feng Meng." ”

Gong Mingxiu was puzzled and asked, "Didn't Yi die unjustly?" What's wrong with him?"

Mencius said: "Zheng Guo once sent Zi Hao Ruzi to lead an army to attack Wei Guo, and Wei Guo sent Yu Gongzhisi to lead an army to counterattack, but Zheng Jun was defeated, and Zi Hao was defeated. ”

Escaping by car, Yu Gongzhisi chased after him, and he was about to catch up.

Zi Maozi was overly nervous, and his muscles twitched, and he groaned and said, "Well, at this critical juncture, my old illness has relapsed, and it seems that I will not survive." ”

After saying that, he asked the coachman with a glimmer of hope, "Look back, who is chasing me?"

The coachman said, "It's Yu Gongzhi." ”

When Zi Hao heard this, he immediately said happily: "Ji people have their own natural appearance!" I can't die this time! ”

The coachman asked very strangely: "Yu Gongzhisi is a famous shooter in the country, he came to chase us, we are already very dangerous, but you said that you can't die, why is this?"

Zi Hao said: "Yu Gongzhi learned archery from Yin Gongzhi, and Yin Gongzhi is my apprentice. According to this calculation, Yu Gongzhisi is my apprentice grandson. Yin Gongzhi is a decent person and has a good character, and the apprentices he chooses must also be decent, so I said that I can't die. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Gongzhisi caught up, and he asked Zi Mao, "Why doesn't the teacher use a bow and arrow to fight back?"

He said, 'My old man is sick and can't hold a bow. ”

Yu Gongzhi said: "I learned to shoot with Yin Gongzhi, and Yin Gongzhi learned to shoot with you, I can't bear to hurt you with your skills in turn." But today is the official business of the state, and I cannot harm the public for the sake of selfishness. ”

As he spoke, he drew an arrow, struck it on the wheel of Zi Maozi's wheel a few times, knocked the arrow off, and then figuratively shot four more arrows and went back. ”

Speaking of this, Mencius looked at Gongmingxiu and said: "The quality of a person is the most important, you see that Zi Hao and his son lived because he understood the character of his disciple, and Yi died because he did not understand the character of his disciple, is it not Yi himself at all wrong?"

Gong Mingxiu suddenly asked Zhao Bixia: "Little girl, do you have any doubts about what Mr. said just now, can you talk about your high opinions."

Gao Jian didn't dare to be, just some contemptuous opinions, and I hope that my predecessors will give me advice or two.

Zhao Bixia replied humbly: "Sir, I actually have a lot of confusion about what Mr. just said."

For example, Mr. said, "Those who do their best know their nature." If you know its nature, you will know the sky. keep their hearts and nurture their sexual ......" (Mencius. I can understand these things, and only by conforming to my own good nature can I seek benevolence and be benevolent. But what if you encounter someone with a bad heart? If the heart is not good, and you have the supreme power to hold the lives of thousands of people in your hands, this is obviously against the mandate of heaven, how can it be reversed?"

Mencius said: "The little girl's problem is still to the point, those in power do not obey the mandate of heaven, and things are reversed, and there will inevitably be rebels to set things right, so those who have attained the Tao have more help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help."

Zhao Bixia was still full of questions: "Then why does Mr. say that it is not the destiny of heaven who is tortured and dies, but it is the destiny of heaven who dies by doing his best, and the final outcome of the two is not the same?"

Mencius said: "Indeed, the result is the same, even if the person who obeys the destiny of heaven dies, his thoughts still influence the later entry, and there are still people who follow in his footsteps, and those who are tortured to death, why should they be punished?"

Zhao Bixia drew inferences from one case and said: "Naturally, because of the violation of morality, he was punished by the doers."

Mencius smiled and stroked his beard and nodded: "The child can be taught."

Here, Zhao Bixia communicated with several scholars and seniors respectfully, but they were also funny, and several people talked and laughed.

Gongsun Chou was also among the doctors, and after listening to Zhao Bixia's remarks, he was also interested in her.

Gongsun: "Little girl, you are alone, where are you now?"

Zhao Bixia replied: "In the city inn, because I came in a hurry and I was not familiar with the place, I first came to the school palace to listen to the lectures of the seniors, if nothing else, I will come to the school palace in the next few days, and then return to the inn when the museum is closed."

Gong Mingxiu: "Meng Lao is our school palace sacrificial wine, do you remember the invitation he gave you?" You can use this invitation to go out of the palace, and if necessary, you can let the steward arrange room and board."

Zhao Bixia was very happy when she heard this: "In this way, the little girl has been bothering for a while."

A few people walked slowly to the Confucian Pavilion, and Zhao Bixia said goodbye to a few seniors and went to the Confucian Pavilion.

Meng Lao reminded: "Little girl, it's not early in the day, and the Confucian Pavilion will close at three o'clock in the unitary hour."

Zhao Bixia: "Okay, more advice from Meng seniors"

Mencius: "Well, you can go"

Zhao Bixia entered the Confucian Pavilion and continued to look for the bamboo slip she was looking at before going to the lecture room. Open "Mencius. Tengwen Gong"

Yi Zhi, a believer in the Mohist school, wanted to see Mencius through Xu Pi, a student of Mencius.

Mencius said, "I would love to see him, but I am sick now, and I will go to see him when I am cured, and Yizi will not use it." ”

A few days later, Yizi came again to see Mencius.

Mencius said, "I can meet him now, and if I don't say it bluntly, the truth will not appear, so I will say it bluntly." I heard that Yizi believes in the Mohist doctrine, which advocates the handling of funerals and takes thin burials as the correct path; Yizi wants to use this idea to change the world's etiquette, don't you think that it is not expensive if you don't do it? However, Yizi buried his relatives thickly, that is, to serve his relatives in a way that he considered lowly. ”

Xu Pi told Yizi these words.

Yizi said: "According to Confucianism, the ancient emperors treated the people like babies, what does this mean? I also believe that there is no difference in the level of love, but it starts with relatives. ”

Xu Pi told Mencius these words.

Mencius said, "Does this Yizi really think that people love his brother's children the same as they love their neighbors' children?" There are trade-offs. It is not the infant's sin that the infant is crawling on the ground and is about to fall into the well. Moreover, all things are born with only one root for each thing, but Yizi believes that there are two roots. Probably in ancient times, there was a person who was not worried about burying his relatives, and when his relatives died, they would pick up the body and throw it into the ravine. Later, when I passed by, I saw foxes tearing at carcasses, flies and mosquitoes gathering to bite. Sweat broke out on his forehead, and he squinted his eyes and didn't dare to look at it. The man's sweat was not shed for others to see, but was the result of the true feelings of his heart on his face, so the man went back and took vines, weeds, and shrubs to bury the body. It is indeed right to bury the body, then it must also make sense for filial sons and benevolent people to bury their relatives. ”

Xu Pi said goodbye to Yizi. Yizi was at a loss, and after a moment said, "Mencius has educated me." ”

After reading this, Zhao Bixia took another look and looked around, these academic classics were not read overnight.

Let's take our time, and listen to more lectures in the next few days