"Today, the minister will give a lecture to His Majesty, 'From the Son of Heaven to the common people, all of them are based on self-cultivation'."

At this moment, it belongs to Wang Shouren.

All eyes were focused on him, but most people's eyes were scrutinizing and vigilant, but Wang Qiong glanced at Yang Tinghe.

It's not fair!

The lecture on duty is subject to the approval of the cabinet, and Yang Tinghe naturally knows what Wang Shouren wants to speak.

How to write the sermon, in the formal part of the feast, not a word can be wrong.

Looking at Yang Tinghe's calm and confident appearance, it is obvious that there is already a countermeasure.

He had plenty of time to think about the content of Wang Shouren's sermon, but Wang Shouren not only wrote it hastily after receiving the order, but he also did not know what Yang Tinghe would say.

looked back at Wang Shouren with worried eyes, only to see that he was calm and calm, and continued to speak with a relaxed posture: "Zhu Zi has a word, and the heart is above the heart, so he cultivates himself; The Qi family and below are taking this measure. The so-called righteousness is above, the character of the object is then known, the knowledge is followed by sincerity, the sincerity is followed by the heart, and the heart is correct and then the body is cultivated. His body is cultivated, and it is logical to build a family, govern the country, and have peace in the world. ”

The sentence he said is from "The Book of Rites: University".

The first word after the opening interpretation is the opinion of Zhu Xi, the great master of science.

Zhu Xi said that self-cultivation is the foundation of the eight items of Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world.

Because a person's character and personality are forged, then it is naturally not a problem to work together, govern the country, and level the world.

And the pursuit of things, enlightenment, sincerity, and righteousness are all processes that are aimed at achieving the goal of self-cultivation.

Zhu Houxi has been in this world for almost two years, and he is naturally not unfamiliar with this must-read classic subject.

So he is a little puzzled now: why did Wang Shouren limit his explanation to Zhu Xi's point of view from the beginning?

"Therefore, to govern the country, Gai wants to be clear and virtuous in the world."

Wang Shouren continued: The reason why we want to govern the country is that we want to carry forward the noble and glorious morality in the world and achieve the goal of peace in the world.

In the book "University", morality is used as a link to unify the "avenue" that individuals need to take for self-cultivation and governance.

This article, originally written in the Book of Rites, is a bond extracted by Confucianism that is very conducive to the emperor's request for his subjects and Confucian students to restrain the emperor.

Confucian etiquette is not only a ritual, but also a constraint on self-thinking, behavior, and pursuit by everyone who recognizes this "etiquette".

What the royal pursuit is to govern the country and level the world, right? Confucianism can provide this path: thousands of my protégés have served for this purpose.

The emperor wanted to choose this path? Since the emperor also wants to rule the country and the world is peaceful, he must also at least achieve self-cultivation and Qi family first.

Therefore, the emperor's words and deeds must be in accordance with the requirements, and the emperor's harem, the ministers are also obliged to say a few words: Your own family is not good, how can you govern the country and the world?

"Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts. Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere. If you want to be sincere, you should know it first. What is the knowledge of the best, what is the sincerity of the meaning, what is the right heart, what is the cultivation of the body, the sages have exhausted it. And the knowledge of Gewu, what is Gewu, is the most important and difficult above the righteous mind. ”

When he said this, there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "In the past, in order to be knowledgeable, Yu Gewu was difficult to solve, and Zeng Gezhu was seven days and nights, and nothing was found. ”

Zhu Houxi finally felt the difference between Wang Shouren and other Confucians: he knew how to lecture.

When Yang Tinghe and Shi Xuan preached the scriptures, most of the examples were allusions from ancient times or previous dynasties, and they did not take their own experiences as examples like Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren immediately became solemn again: "The University said: Its original chaos and the end of the rule will not be the end. What is thick is thin, and what is thin is thick, and there is nothing. This is called the knowledge of the book, and this is the knowledge of the best. If you know the book, you know it, what is it? At the beginning of "University", there is another saying that things have their beginnings and ends, and things have always been done. If you know what to do, you will be short. Zhizhi is in the grid of things, the origin and end of things, always, and what should be thick, when should it be thin, and how to go to the grid? ”

Zhu Houxi heard a little taste of this passage.

To the effect that he knows, it is nothing more than to pay attention to the emphasis and sequence of things between the root and the side branches, between the beginning and the end.

In "University", it is said in a fog that knowing what is fundamental can lead to a state of wisdom.

What is the root of that thing?

Didn't say anything.

recalled what Wang Shouren said before: What is sincerity, righteousness, and self-cultivation, it is clearly explained in "University", or Zhu Xi, the great master of science, has explained it clearly.

But what about the enlightenment that needs to be attained in the realm of sincerity? The symbol of reaching this state is Zhiben, and the method is Gewu.

But what about how to do things?

Without any explanation, just a sentence "Things have a beginning and an end, and things have an end." If you know what to do, you will be short. ”

This touches on the fundamental difference between science and mind: everyone's common goal is still self-cultivation, and everyone agrees that self-cultivation is fundamental.

But how to slim down?

Therefore, what Wang Shouren is talking about today is "from the Son of Heaven to the common people, all of them are based on self-cultivation."

From the Son of Heaven to the Shuren, all of them are based on self-cultivation.

"Thinking of the meeting of Goose Lake in the past, so the road is because of the law of teaching. Zhu Zi said that it is only one thing to know Gewu, and it is only a matter of looking at the expo and then returning to the appointment. Chen Gezhu has been trapped in this pass for seven days and nights, and has been trapped in this pass for 20 years. Read a lot of books, ask the sages, and finally reread this sentence because of the method of teaching people: from the Son of Heaven to the common people, all of them are based on self-cultivation. ”

That's right, the famous Goose Lake Meeting, the debate between Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan, the two giants of science and psychology, stems from how to teach people how to cultivate themselves. In other words, how to learn from the Confucian classics: to gain wisdom.

Because the explanation of the knowledge of things in the Confucian classics is too simple and too vague.

Zhu Xi's explanation is that Gewu and Zhizhi are one, so read more books, observe things more, analyze, synthesize and summarize them according to experience, and then draw conclusions.

Wang Shouren didn't mention what Lu Jiuyuan said, as if the sermon to be reviewed could not mention the viewpoint of mind.

At this time, he took himself as an example, implying that he had read enough books, experienced enough things and time, but still did not know how to learn from things.

Now that the question is finally pointed, the people who are listening are curious: Could it be that his point of view is hidden in this sentence?

"Everyone is based on self-cultivation, if there is a way to teach people, then everyone can know, know the roots, know the order, close to the Tao. The Son of Heaven can approach the way, and the people can also approach the way. Therefore, if everyone can know, be sincere, have a righteous heart, and cultivate one's body, then all families will be united, the whole country will be governed, and the world will be peaceful. Since everyone can approach the Tao, then the method of teaching people should also be learnable by everyone. Although it is difficult to know, there should be a way to point to convenience. ”

He's still hooking people.

It is said that what he realized from this sentence is why everyone should be self-cultivation-oriented, and the sage also advocates education without class, which shows that everyone can be shortcut, and everyone can achieve self-cultivation and rule the country and the world.

Since everyone has this possibility, there should also be a simple and easy way to learn about the source of self-cultivation.

It's too difficult, how can you make it accessible to everyone? Looking at the expo like Zhu Xi said? Do you pay for books for the common people to read, and teach them to read first? You pay him to travel everywhere?

Zhu Houxi secretly exclaimed: Although he did not explicitly say that science is not good, he pointed out that science is not good through logic.

Or conversely, science has occupied the mainstream of education in the world for hundreds of years, has it achieved that every family is united, the whole country is governed, and the world is peaceful?

No, I don't.

So it means that you don't have that ability.

"The road is simple." Wang Shouren paused, created enough atmosphere, and then looked at Zhu Houxi and said, "Because of knowledge, the cause is also conscience." Good, between the end and the end, between the always, between the unknown and the already there. The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. Knowing what is in order and approaching the way, good is also close to the best. If you want to reach the road, you must first reach your conscience. ”

"How can conscience be attained? Do not act because you know that you have not reached the highest perfection, and do not think that you have already known because it is effective. The way to conscience lies in doing what you know, and then doing it makes knowledge good. This method of accumulating small steps and accumulating small streams is the unity of knowledge and action, and it is new day by day. Those who are new are advancing day by day, and those who are not new will retreat day by day, and there is no one who does not go and does not retreat. ”

"Emperor Fu Wei is the Son of Heaven, Zhuo Cheng is talented, advancing day by day, knowing and sincere, sincere and upright, and upright and self-cultivation. If the foundation has been achieved, the world will eventually be peaceful, the virtue will be clear, all the people will be pro, and the best will return. ”

Zhu Houxi said very normally: "Be taught." ”

Then he looked at Yang Tinghe: To conscience is stuffed by him in the views of the ancestors of your family's science, what will you say?

Zhu Houxi, who had asked Yan Song and Liu Long in advance, discovered the beauty of Wang Shouren's sermon after listening to it.

Although the sutra feast is more symbolic, isn't the essence of teaching?

It is the Son of Heaven who teaches.

Now Wang Shouren started from a reason for the Goose Lake Meeting, and what he shook out was the ultimate proposition: how to teach people how to learn from things.

The fundamental purpose of this knowledge is to cultivate oneself, and the purpose of self-cultivation is to rule the country and level the world with one family.

Zhu Xi said that from the Son of Heaven to the Shuren, you must cultivate yourself.

Wang Shouren said that my method is what Ercheng said about making new every day, but I think it is necessary to make new things every day through conscience.

Everyone understood: Wang Shouren, he didn't mention any heart, sex, and the most common mental theories.

But he started from Zhu Zi's point of view and ended with Ercheng's point of view, and now it seems that he is the authentic science of science.

Zhu Houxi's evaluation is: Is this preparing to defeat magic with magic?

His eyes focused on Yang Tinghe, and after the official who presided over the banquet etiquette asked Yang Tinghe to start, Yang Tinghe calmly walked from the side of the case to the center.

It was Yang Shen, the exhibition officer, who opened the sermon for his father, holding his breath and expecting his father to argue Wang Shouren speechless.

Wang Shouren stepped aside and stood up, looking at the cabinet chief assistant solemnly.

What will he say about the emperor who has already walked in front of him?

Zheng reaffirmed that the remarks of this character are fabrications that serve the plot, and do not represent the author's understanding of or recognition of academic thoughts, let alone the remarks of the characters in the historical figures. If it causes controversy, please remind yourself: this is an online article! This is a web article! This is a web article!

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