Chapter 527: Seeking the Dao
Lu Chong nervously stretched out his hand to the square ring ruler on the table, according to Su Nanming, this square ruler should have gathered the Confucian scholars' belief in the ideas of squareness, righteousness and straightness, and for Lu Chong, integrity can barely be talked about, but the square word is an existence that has nothing to do with him.
What is Fang?
You can deceive him!
Zhu Xi, who inherited the Ercheng Science Avenue, explained this sentence as: Fang, Yidao also. Recklessly, blinded also. Deceiving it in a way is to say that it is all that is reasonable, and it is not the way to do it, and it is said that there is nothing to be done with reason.
To put it simply, it means that a gentleman can deceive him with reasonable things, but he cannot deceive him with unreasonable things.
There are two short stories that illustrate the Confucian interpretation of the word "Confucianism" more clearly.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a Mr. Zichan, who gave him a fish, which was originally to be raised in the water first, but the next person boiled the fish and ate it, and then said to Mr. Zichan, "Oh, this fish was originally put in the water, but it disappeared without knowing how to swim and swim."
The child's reply was that the fish had "gotten its place," meaning that it had gone where it was supposed to be.
The fish was meant to be eaten by people, which was in line with nature, so although Mr. Zisan understood, he did not punish his subordinates.
Another story is that Emperor Shun was trapped by his brother, tricked him into going down a well, and then sealed the mouth of the well, which was intended to kill him. However, after Emperor Shun got out of trouble, he did not punish his brother, but still treated him with brotherly courtesy.
This is because in the road of humanity, the younger brother should respect the elder brother, so even if the elder brother is wrong, the younger brother of a gentleman cannot turn against him.
Both of these stories sound ridiculous, but they are the explanations of Confucianism and Taoism for the gentleman's prescription, and a gentleman who truly pursues Confucianism and Taoism can have such a heart.
And the science of Confucianism and Taoism has reached the point of being strict with these rules, and Ercheng himself is an extremely serious and rigid person, if they encounter the same thing, the way to deal with it is definitely the same as that of the ancient gentlemen.
For Lu Chong, this is absolutely impossible, and he can't agree with such views and practices at all, so he can't agree with this word from the bottom of his heart.
However, according to Niko's interpretation of the Hallows, in order to communicate with the Hallows, one must understand the meaning of the Hallows and fully agree with the meaning they represent, so that the energy in them can be mobilized for their own use.
Lu Chong was able to obtain the power of faith in the genealogy of the Yang clan, because of his identification with the ancestor of Huaxia, and he was able to obtain the power of faith in the Warrior Soul Statue and the Tiger Talisman, which was because of his military identity, and he originally had a deep understanding of bravery and loyalty.
For this square ring ruler with the meaning of square, righteous and straight, Lu Chong was a little unconfident.
His hand touched under the ring ruler, and after a few seconds, there was no movement, Lu Chong sighed lightly, knowing that he had expected it, although he only lacked one square character in the three words square, positive, and straight, but because of this, he could not invoke the power in it.
"Lu Chong, this square ruler was originally a thing worshiped by my Confucianism, but it was lost in the turbulent times of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and was missing. Now I finally see the light of day, but I don't know ...... Can you cut love?"
Compared with the flying general tiger talisman, although the years of this square ruler are much shorter, its importance and historical significance are especially above it, and its value cannot be compared.
After all, the Flying General Tiger Talisman can only represent one person, but this square ruler represents Confucianism, and the gap between them cannot be calculated.
Although Su Nanming was highly respected, he couldn't help but blush slightly when he said this, this request was indeed a bit excessive.
Lu Chongzheng was disappointed, but when he heard Su Nanming's words, his heart moved, and he turned his head to Su Nanming with a strange face: "Senior Su, such a holy weapon should be lived by the virtuous, although Lu Chong is not talented, but he also has admiration for the traditional Confucian culture of our country, and he has a lot of fate with this square ruler, so I want to make a small request." As long as there is a great Confucian who can make me truly understand the meaning of this square ruler, I will give this holy weapon for free, and there is no other word!"
The so-called Fang is nothing more than a truth, Lu Chong can't accept it for a while, but he hasn't been able to understand the truth yet. And the most powerful thing about Confucianism is reasoning and teaching people to reason, and Lu Chong believes that they can always think of a way to make themselves understand.
This process may change some of Lu Chong's worldview, but even if he is brainwashed, as long as he can invoke the power of faith contained in this ruler, Lu Chong is willing.
Su Nanming glanced at Lu Chong with some hesitation, in his opinion, Lu Chong's words were mostly just prevarications.
Even if he really invited a group of masters who studied Confucianism to teach Lu Chong, as long as Lu Chong didn't admit and understand, they would be helpless.
Lu Chong understood Su Nanming's doubts, and immediately raised his hand and said: "I swear, it is definitely out of a sincere desire to learn the Confucian classics on square integrity, as long as my heart suddenly clears up, I will immediately dedicate this square ruler, if you violate this oath, the sky will thunder!"
Lu Chong said this frankly, as long as he absorbed the power of faith in the ruler, where would he care about the symbolism of the ruler itself, even if it was worth a lot of money, it would be like a floating cloud to him.
Although Zeng Wenyu didn't understand why Lu Chong insisted, he understood Lu Chong's character, and he also stood up and said to Su Nanming at the moment: "Senior Su, Xiao Lu's character is definitely trustworthy, and he himself has a huge influence in society, and now he admires Confucianism and Taoism, isn't it an opportunity for the development of Confucian culture?"
Lu Chong saw that Su Nanming's face began to loosen, and immediately added another fire.
"In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to stay in the capital for the next two months to receive the teachings of the great Confucians, until I truly understand the meaning of this square ruler!"
Lu Chong now has more than one million reputations, far exceeding the minimum limit for opening high-level war songs, but he has always been limited by the power of faith and cannot break through, and obtaining the power of faith in the square ruler has become his most important goal at present.
Lu Chong's statement, everyone present was moved, although they didn't understand why Lu Chong had such an obsession, but his sincerity was fully revealed.
Lu Chong's current situation, to use the common phrase, is millions per minute.
Now he prefers to spend two months studying Confucianism, and this sincerity can definitely be regarded as full.
When Su Nanming heard this, he finally nodded slightly......