Zhu Su was asking Song Lian directly, since you said that Confucianism is so important. But at the time of Yao Shun, there was no Confucianism.

Why is the Yaoshun era, which did not have Confucianism, more admired by Confucius than the later generations with Confucianism?

This is undoubtedly an attempt to slap Confucianism in the face.

Song Lian frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied: "When there are three generations, people's hearts have not been lost. There is also a virtuous king alive, and the world can be the same. ”

"After that, the Zhou metric system ceremony, the world was governed. It's a pity that the rites collapsed later, and the world was lost. Above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, and between the palace and the majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu. ”

"The saint was born at this time, just to revert to the ceremony, in this chaos, to regain people's morality, and to show a brilliant and righteous path."

"If there are no saints, will we not continue to be corrupted and the hearts of men will be lost? The learning of the saint is the study of the hearts of the people in the world, if you repent and give up, you will be able to distinguish between the well-dressed beasts! ”

is worthy of the great Confucian Song Lian, and between three words, Zhu Su's question of condemnation was eliminated. He also pointed out that the study of Confucius was to correct people's hearts, and he intended to abandon Confucianism, which would only bring the world back to chaos.

"I see." Zhu Su nodded, not in a hurry. Most of Confucius's Analects expound on the moral standards, standards of conduct, political thought, and so on, which Confucius admired. As the master of all ages, most of the concepts of Confucius were actually no problem at the beginning.

Zhu Su didn't think about it, so he had to criticize the person who could be called the master of all ages.

He thought for a moment and continued, "The student has one more question. ”

"Since Confucianism is to correct people's hearts and make the world governed, then in addition to the three generations, what dynasty and what dynasty can be regarded as great governance?"

Song Lian was stunned, but this question was completely unexpected by him. He pondered for a long time before he sighed: "The loss of people's hearts in the world can not be easily recovered. The rule of Datong, even if it is as virtuous as a master, has not been reproduced. ”

"Now that I think about it, maybe in the Han and Tang Dynasties, in this world, I can barely say the word 'governance'."

Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief. Song Lian was objective and upright, admired the Han and Tang dynasties for governing the world, and was worthy of his name as a great Confucian.

After all, at the time of the Great Song Dynasty, the literature and Taoism were prosperous, and it was a dynasty where "the emperor and the scholars ruled the world together", and it was also a dynasty that countless literati flocked to and longed for.

If you ask other literati who have no bottom line, maybe they will insist that the Great Song Dynasty is the closest to the so-called "Great Ruling World", and then put the black pot of "Weak Song" on the head of the Zhao Emperor.

Song Zhi is weak, Jiumei and other emperors of the Zhao family are the culprits, but if you really talk about it, how can it be that the emperor is the only one who is wrong?

If you really encounter such an unobjective bar, you can't talk about it next.

"Then the students will not be able to understand it even more." Listening to Song Lian's answer as he expected, Zhu Su then asked:

"Since Confucianism is a discipline, it is to make the world rule. Several generations of sages, Hao Shou poor scriptures, how to make the world's great governance, should be more and more clear, this world, should be closer and closer to the rule of Datong. ”

"But why, in the Han and Tang dynasties, which were far away, they were closer to ruling the world. And in the Song and Yuan dynasties after the Han and Tang dynasties, the people were not able to make a living, and the world was shabby? ”

"You must know that the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Yuan Dynasty both respected Confucianism as the official study of the imperial court...... is also governed by Confucianism, why did the Han and Tang dynasties govern the long, while the Song and Yuan dynasties govern the decline? ”

"This ......" Song Lian was stunned by the question, and for a while, he didn't know how to speak.

Even Liu Bowen, who had always been watching from the sidelines, gradually frowned and pondered.

"Confucius's Analects is only more than 16,000 words." Zhu Su didn't wait for Song Lian to come up with an explanation, so he expressed his opinion. "But many so-called 'great Confucians' in later generations, such as Dong Sheng, such as Cheng Zhu, are only more than 16,000 words, but they can easily break out the truth of millions of words, tens of millions of words, and thousands of words."

"When I was in the main hall, I often thought that the 'Analects' were the words that Confucius taught his disciples. In order to teach others, it is important to be concise and clear, so that students can understand and absorb it. ”

"Will the master really be so secretive, mysterious, and strive to say every sentence or even every word to contain the profound truth that Cheng Zhu commented?"

"There are so many truths, why doesn't the Master just say it explicitly, but ask those obtuse disciples who need to be educated to guess and discover? If they are so smart, what else do they need the Master to do? ”

"When a word is spread to three people, it will be unrecognizable. Those so-called descendants of the great Confucians who annotated the Analects and said thousands of brilliant words at every turn, could not really mistake the meaning of the master? ”

"This complex Confucianism that students are learning today...... Is it really what Confucius said and thought in the past, and what he wanted to pass on to the world, that Confucianism? ”

Zhu Su's words were astonishing.

"Your Highness is cautious!" Song Lian stood up suddenly, and even the tea cup on the table fell to the ground, as if he had not heard of it. On his forehead and face, he was already covered with dense fine sweat.

Cheng Zhu ...... Cheng Zhu's science is profound and profound, broad and profound, even if ordinary people spend their lives, it is difficult to get a glimpse of it. ”

"Your Highness doesn't know the mysteries, and Encore is talking nonsense?"

Song Lian said. It's just that the expression at this time is no longer as sharp as before.

"Esoteric and profound, broad and profound?" Zhu Su chuckled. "Master Song, aren't the things I wrote to Fang Xiaoru profound and profound?"

"If you talk about profundity, those remarks are only afraid that they are no less than Cheng Zhu. Why did Master Song regard Cheng Zhu as the correct Confucian scholar, and regarded those words as a fallacy to confuse the public? ”

The few words that Zhu Su wrote to Fang Xiaoru are the essence of philosophy that can be passed down to future generations, and they are all ideas that have influenced millions of people and caused an uproar in a certain era.

After a long river of history, even those very nonsense idealism in these ideas have a deep enough "philosophy" to be deeply explored. Otherwise, how could a rigid genius like Fang Xiaoru be directly lame?

Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, if you only talk about the esoteric, boring and obscure Cheng Zhu Lixue, I am afraid that it will not be able to reach these many philosophical sayings that can be passed on to future generations!

"Zhengshuo, fallacy, Zhengshuo, demonic words......" is as knowledgeable as Song Lian, and for a while, he was also said by Zhu Su's judgment that Confucianism was unstable.

Yes, Cheng Zhu's science is indeed profound, but those words that came out of Fang Xiaoru's mouth were not under it. Is it just because Cheng Zhu is affiliated with Confucianism that he is Zhengshuo?

If Cheng Zhu Lixue, which is now regarded as the Zhengshuo of Confucianism, is really the so-called "Zhengshuo", then why was the world strong and prosperous during the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, the imperial court pursued Cheng Zhu to govern the country, but the whole world was declining, and it became more and more decadent?

Doesn't this just show that the science that thousands of students respect has led the world into a wrong dead end?

Moreover, is Cheng Zhu's words really what Confucius meant?

If not, then what is the difference between Cheng Zhu's learning and those fallacies and heresies that Fang Xiaoru said?

The students of the world have studied for many years, and they are all wrong?

(End of chapter)