The ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny. Not everyone is willing to be like Zhuangzi, stay out of the way, and be a happy butterfly.

The Mohists, who had always wanted to join the WTO, had to make compromises with reality. It should be said that it is not just the Mo family. Entering the WTO or being born is a difficult problem that all school disciples will face, which means that they will have to fight for reality or ideals in the future.

As a result, Taoism split into the Huang Lao School and the Lao Zhuang School. Zixia said goodbye to Zeng Zi in the country of Lu and embarked on a road to enter the WTO.

Mencius struggled for accession to the WTO all his life, but he was unwilling to compromise with reality, so he finally had to return to Zou in disappointment and write a book.

Huh

"Xiang Lifeng is about to win." Lin Xiangru reminded in a whisper. In the ring, Xiang Lifeng had already stood up excitedly, and his short clothes set off his sturdy figure to the fullest, and his eight-foot-tall body was very oppressive.

"The Qi Guoji School Palace was completed, and Confucian disciples such as Er flocked to it. Now that my Zhao State Handan College has been completed, you have abandoned the Jixia School Palace and come to my Zhao Kingdom. Is it profitable? Is it righteous? The king built a grandstand around the ring, collected the tickets, and distributed the money collected to you, and you held the money that the king gave you, but they scolded the king for being greedy for money, and not a gentleman. Is it profitable? Is it righteous? Xiang Lifeng rolled up his sleeves, and there was a tendency to start fighting if he didn't agree.

Under normal circumstances, everyone is a gentleman who does not use his hands when debating. But when it comes to excitement, if someone uses force, no one will stop it.

Because, fists, are also a way of discourse. Huh

"Waiting for the Mo family to come to Zhao for profit? For righteousness? Kong Qi also stood up.

"The righteous, the righteous." Xiang Lifeng tilted his head and said with a smile. When Kong Qi heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, he leaned over and walked off the stage in a gloomy manner.

"Are they arguing about righteousness and profit?" Zhao Kuo asked. The debate between heaven and man, the debate of human nature, the debate of righteousness and benefit, the debate of the king and the debate of the name and the truth are the five most famous issues in the period of the hundred schools of thought, and each faction has put forward its own views in the topic, each faction is different, the same faction is also different, and some are even completely contradictory.

The most famous in later generations is the dispute between Mencius's 'Theory of Sexual Goodness' and Xunzi's 'Theory of Sexual Evil'. Thousands of years after their deaths were fruitless.

The other four major issues, in addition to the debate between name and reality, Xunzi and the Confucian and Mencian schools are also very different.

So it was ...... Xunzi was denounced as a heretic by Confucianism. Xunzi called this group of Confucians corrupt Confucians and cheap Confucians.

However, one of the two factions is super strong, the other is super numerous, and the foundation is deep, and no one can kill anyone, so they can only spray on their mouths.

"Confucianism advocates benevolence and righteousness, while Mohists believe that profit and righteousness are the same, profit is righteousness, and righteousness is profit. The so-called righteousness and cheap profit are just hypocrisy. Lin Xiangru said.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. There is nothing wrong with profit, what is wrong is that there is no bottom line for profit, and there is excessive greed. Zhao Kuo said slowly.

"The King."

"The King." After the debate ended, everyone found Zhao Kuo and came over one after another. Huh

"You don't have to be so polite in an informal setting." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"Grass people Meng Hong, I have seen the king." At this time, a Confucian disciple walked up to Zhao Kuo and bowed.

"Who are you, Mencius?" Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Hong.

"It's the great-ancestor of the grass people." Meng Hong said.

"This king has admired Mencius for a long time, and he can't wait to be born decades earlier and listen to his teachings." Zhao Kuo sighed.

"If the great ancestor knew about the king, he would be very happy." Meng Hong heard that Zhao Kuo admired his ancestor, and his originally somewhat rigid momentum instantly eased a lot.

"Hahaha, if Mr. Mencius sees that there are so many disciples of the Mo family in this king's palace, as well as disciples of Yang Zhu, and Xunzi, I'm afraid he won't be happy." Zhao Kuo laughed loudly.

When Mencius was alive, it was the heyday of the Mo family and Yang Zhu. As the banner-bearer of Confucianism, Mencius naturally couldn't let go of the Mo family and Yang Zhu, and his life was either mad Mo and Yang Zhu, or on the way to mad Mo and Yang Zhu.

Similarly, the schools that had the most profound influence on Mencius were Mohists and Yang Zhu, in addition to Confucianism.

After all, if you want to defeat the enemy, you must have a deep understanding of the enemy, and in the process of understanding, your own thoughts will also be led astray by the enemy.

Under the influence of the ideas of Mojia equality and Yang Zhu as me, Mencius put forward the idea that 'the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is lighter) in the face of the strict hierarchy of Confucianism's 'monarch and minister, father and son'.

And then he said it

"The thief is called a husband, and he has not heard of killing a husband." 'The king regards his ministers as siblings, and the ministers regard him as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy.

To put it simply, don't talk about the old dogmas that don't work, if you are good to me, I will be good to you, and if you are not good to me, I will be bad to you.

Love is the embrace of two people, not the giving of one person. It's the same with kings and ministers. In ancient times, especially in front of the Confucian propagation of 'kings and ministers', Mencius's words were extremely shocking.

And such an idealist was destined not to be liked by the ruler, Mencius never became a big official in his life, and later Zhu Yuanzhang even wanted to expel Mencius from the Confucian Temple.

Although everyone has always put Confucius and Mencius together, in the idea of 'people-oriented', Mencius undoubtedly transcends the times.

"The king underestimates the family ancestor, and the family ancestor will be very happy to see Xunzi and the others, because his thoughts can be one step closer." Meng Hong leaned over and said.

Huh

"Yes, the opponent will only make Mencius stronger." Zhao Kuo nodded, and walked outside as he spoke,

"But, after all, Mencius has been dead for many years. If you want to bring his mind one step closer, you can't rely on him, but on you descendants. Isn't that the so-called glorious ancestor exactly? ”

"That's what the king said." When Meng Hong saw Zhao Kuo walking outside, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but he couldn't stop directly in front, so he had to follow.

"The grass people have a debate tomorrow, it's about the royal way and the domineering, I wonder if the king is interested?" Zhao Kuo finally understood why Meng Hong stood up, it turned out to be to promote Mencius's royal way.

Mencius believed that the royal way is the opposite of domineering. The royal way is to implement benevolent government and convince people with virtue. Hegemony is the use of force to subdue others, and it cannot convince people.

Mencius once preached his royal way to King Qi Wei, King Xuan of Qi, King Hui of Wei, and King Xiang of Wei, hoping that Qi and Wei could govern the country with their own royal way, and also preached his own concept of governing the country to Song and Teng.

But it turned out to be clear, all failed. Now Meng Hong obviously has the last wish of his great-ancestor and wants to come to Zhao to preach the royal way.