Chapter 259: The World Is Big, What's the Deal?
After Zhuang Sheng left, no one criticized the Mo family.
Because there is no need.
Zhuang Sheng has finished speaking, but Yu Lisheng still refuses to change, the Mo family wants to make everyone a supreme person, is this possible?
It is now the twenty-fifth year of the Xia Dynasty, but the Mo family is still alive in the year of Zongming!
Whether it is the temple or the people, they have begun to complain about the Mo family.
As the Xia Dynasty became richer and richer, and the surplus wealth of the people's families also increased, the more they could feel the constraints of the rules and regulations under the Mo family, as well as inhumane behavior.
When they were once poor and white, they could applaud, and when they finally mixed their faces, the Mo family had a conflict with them.
People's selfish desires must exist, and forcibly suppressing their own desires may indeed be able to do it by a few people, but how can it be possible to look at the world?
My lord, times have changed!
After the victory, the second person to come to power was Yang Zhu.
Mohist and absolute opponent of love.
Although everyone didn't like the Mo family very much, they were even more indignant about Yang Zhu's noble words.
At least love can be regarded as a kind person, you don't care if you don't ask for it, even if you can't listen to it, it's nothing.
It is not good for me and your own use, that is, I am teaching others to be selfish, the difficulty is not less than that of love, but the harm is too much, no matter how much I don't like the Mo family, I can't let Yang Zhu disgust himself.
What no one expected was that Yang Zhu had just taken the stage, and Yu Lisheng, who had just gone down, walked up again.
This time, it was the Mo family giant who asked the question.
"You say it is for me and for yourself. If no one loses anything, and if everyone is not good for the world, the world will be governed. Then if plucking a hair from your body can benefit the people of the world, what will you do? β
Yu Lisheng asked directly.
"The affairs of the people in the world are by no means solved by a single hair."
Yang Zhu said immediately.
"If you could, would you?"
Yu Lisheng asked again.
Yang Zhu was silent.
After a moment of silence, Yang Zhu asked, "If someone hurts your skin a little, they can give you ten thousand gold, are you willing?" β
Yu Lisheng immediately nodded and said, "For it." β
Yang Zhu said again: "Then if you cut off an arm, you can get a country, are you willing?" β
This time, it was replaced by Yu Lisheng and did not speak.
Because he understands that if he nods again this time, the next time he will cut off his head and get the whole world.
What is the use of having the world when a man is dead?
No one would agree to that.
Yang Zhu smiled: "A hair is slightly lower than the skin. It is clear that a hair is much smaller than a muscular skin, and a muscular skin is much smaller than a section of the body. However, the accumulation of hairs becomes muscular skin, and the accumulation of muscular skin becomes a part of the body. A single hair is a ten-thousandth part of the whole body, so why despise it?"
Pluck a hair to benefit the world, no!
Yu Lisheng said, "I can't convince you with more reason. But ask Mercury in my words, and I'm right. β
When the truth goes to two extremes together, no one can convince anyone.
Just as he could not accept Yang Zhu's doctrine, Yang Zhu could not agree with him.
One plucks a hair and benefits the world, not for it; A top heel, benefit the world, for it.
There is no intersection between the two.
But the debate certainly doesn't end there.
After Yang Zhu, it was Xun Ke who came to power.
He was also questioned, and the main direction of attack was the evil words of human nature.
Xun Ke's answer was: "The evil nature of this person will be governed by the Holy King, the transformation of etiquette and righteousness, and then it will be governed and combined with good." β
Xun Ke advocates restricting the "evil" of human nature through education, so that the "evil" of human nature can be transformed into good, rather than becoming a pure "evil" person.
It is precisely because of the evil in life that we need to be taught with etiquette, rather than taking evil as a part of ourselves as a matter of course.
That's why he once said that he would make a ceremony for the world.
When the Xia Dynasty was in its prime, it was never the right way to stick to the old ways, and everyone was coming up with their own methods for others to judge and show their talents and abilities.
Gu Dan watched with Qing Pingzi here for a few days before leaving.
From beginning to end, he never appeared on stage, like an ordinary audience, reading the scenery in the mortal world.
Maybe a hundred years ago, some people will write about this event, but he will not be left in it.
The medical canon is still being compiled, and hundreds of doctors have gathered in the Tai Hospital at this time, working hard for another achievement.
"Let's go and meet the fellow who met you."
After Xun Ke finished speaking, Gu Dan and Qing Pingzi left here and stopped Yang Zhu, who was about to rest.
"What advice do you have for you?"
Yang Zhu is a Taoist, in the wind and dust, with the power of a grandmaster, his vision is not bad.
From Qing Pingzi's body, he could feel the aura of extreme danger, with a faint smell of decay, which meant that this person's strength had reached its peak, and his age was not too far away.
As for Gu Dan, he looks handsome and extraordinary, but his strength can't see any depth, Qing Pingzi followed him, and he was still a little behind, and he didn't dare to surpass it, which is enough to show that he is definitely not a person.
didn't dare to slack off at the moment, thinking that he was a strong man who was ready to teach him, and he was quite cautious after pausing his steps.
"It's just that I heard that Your Excellency has traveled here from another country, and I was curious, so I wanted to come over and talk a few words."
Gu Dan said: "If you don't dislike it, you might as well go to the small courtyard and sit down, you can drink wine and make tea, and chat casually." β
Yang Zhu was still Gu Dan, the first grandmaster to come from a country he was not familiar with.
Today's Xia Dynasty is already very strong, and the key is that this strength is no longer relying on his own force, causing the surrounding countries to have to bow down.
Even so, the influence of the Xia Dynasty still only existed in a few well-known countries around it, and further away, there was almost no news, only the occasional intersection of merchants and travelers.
This world is very large, it is the territory of the Xia Dynasty, if you really want to visit it all, it is enough to spend the life of ordinary people.
I can't even finish seeing my own kingdom, how many people can really have the leisure to pay attention to the outside world?
If you want to go to Daqi, starting from the imperial capital of the Xia Dynasty, all the way non-stop, the caravan will take several months, and the people along the way will eat and chew horses, not to mention the loss and tear, and the delay in the transaction between them will take a year to prepare for a trip.
If you run from Daqi to other surrounding countries, the time it takes will continue to double, and the farther away it is, the less worthwhile it becomes.
And the view of the gateway of this era is very serious, the national conditions between different countries are different, and today's Xia Dynasty can still be regarded as tolerant and open, and other surrounding countries such as Daqi and Dayong also give the Xia Dynasty face, and there are few difficulties.
In a different country, it may mean that the monarch is brutal and stupid, and it is not impossible to directly kill people in a foreign country, and the risk is really too great.
It is not easy to trade with several surrounding countries, and the farther countries are only slightly recorded in books, and there has always been a lack of information about this, even the royal family only has a general impression.
Finally, a well-traveled grandmaster came over, and it was a bit of a waste not to chat.
"You can't do it."
Knowing the intention of the two, Yang Zhu also had a smile on his face.
This kind of thing is quite common.
As a grandmaster, as long as there is no hostility, you can be treated wherever you go, and there are many people who want to know about the outside world from him, so it can be said that he is quite familiar.
Gu Dan took Yang Zhu to the Gu family's courtyard.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Yang Zhu sighed lightly, "Here, there are some doorways!" β
He looked around, not only at the flowers and plants in the courtyard, but also at the layout of various places, and he couldn't find fault with it!
The Gu family's courtyard has been many years, of course, it has also been repaired by Gu Dan a few times, after all, it is where he lives, he has never been stingy in this, and now the Gu family's courtyard and the courtyard that was originally used as the Mo family's martial arts hall seem to be two places.
Over the years, I have read all kinds of Taoist collections and books, and many of the things I have learned from them have been unconsciously put into use, although the area has not expanded, but those who know how to do it can naturally taste different things from it.
"Come, tea."
Sitting on the stone table under the willow tree in the courtyard, Gu Dan took out the treasure that the Daqing royal family would send to him every year, Qingling Fruit Tea.
As soon as the tea leaves are brewed, there is a refreshing fruity aroma coming out of it, which is not at the same level as ordinary tea, and even some do not look like tea.
This is naturally a different species of Daqing itself, a special tea tree, probably a level of water with Dayong's Tianchengshui and the Xia Dynasty's flowing clouds chasing the moon, and the annual output is not high, that is, Gu Dan's special status can be enjoyed.
"Huh? Great stuff! β
Yang Zhu's eyes lit up, he took a sip gently, closed his eyes and tasted it carefully, opened his eyes after a while, and said: "This tea is really the creation of heaven and earth, and in the tea I drink, it is enough to occupy the top three." β
"Oh? Can this only compete for the top three? β
Gu Dan was curious.
"Yes, extremely. The heavens and the earth are vast, and there are many kingdoms in between, and many people, at most, only know some names. Although all people are born under this world, they have no connection with each other at all, not so much as the whole that is connected, but the unrelated individuals who make up this world. β
Yang Zhu held the Qingling Fruit Tea and said with emotion: "The direction of a country is usually limited to its own country, that is, the two countries are at war, and it rarely has any impact on farther countries, most of them are just changing names and changing people. Who can say how big and how many kingdoms there are in the world? Not to mention what's in it! β
Yang Zhuxing pointed to the Xia Dynasty palace in the distance, and continued: "If you were born and raised in the Xia Dynasty in this Xia Dynasty, you naturally understand the things here, know the history of the Xia Dynasty, know the heroes and heroes here, and even the saints and sages, and feel that this is a very important part.
But before I arrived in the Xia Dynasty, I didn't know that there was another Xia Dynasty in this world, and it had only been born for twenty-five yearsβit was enough for a generation to grow up, and I took it for granted. But for countries further afield, the Xia Dynasty may not even have passed on its name, so does it exist and does it have an impact on them? Surely not!
I am a grandmaster, and when I talk about coming to the peak of mortal power, the world can go there. But I am more than 90 years old now, and after being promoted to grandmaster, I began to travel the world, more than 40 years ago, and I have traveled through dozens of countries, not to mention dozens of them, and among them, there are very few people who really know each other!
The more people you have seen, the bigger the world you have seen, the more you can feel your own insignificance and your insignificance to the world. β
Yang Zhu's eyes stared at the verdant tea in the tea bowl, but his emotion was from the heart.
A person's own thickness, if calculated according to experience, then his experience is enough to form a book.
But the experience of most people in this world is lackluster and not worth mentioning, let alone a book, even if it is a page, it is difficult to occupy a single line.
Even, many people have lived in their own small piece of the world all their lives, and they have never even gone out for a radius of hundreds or thousands of miles.
For that group of people, how big is the world, how many mysteries are there, is it really worth caring about?
Probably not.
All those who have always been curious about the outside world are either well-fed sons and brothers, or grandmasters whose strength has also reached the peak and cannot be advanced, without exception.
Even between countries, there are more isolated islands one after another, and only the isolated islands adjacent to each other are slightly implicated.
"I seem to understand a little bit as to why you came up with the path of 'for me' and 'for yourself.'"
A glimpse of the whole leopard can be seen, and when he heard the meaning of Yang Zhu's words, Gu Dan also felt the other party's mood.
Since the world is so vast, the world is so vast, and the individual is so small, and few people can intersect in themselves, so what bother?
Isn't it enough to live a good life!
Anyway, they could only live on their own.
It was precisely because Yang Zhu had seen too much that he understood more about how vast the so-called whole was, so vast that even the Grandmaster could feel hopeless and insignificant.
In this case, it is better to pursue the absolute individual, at least the individual can be controlled by oneself.
"Fellow Daoists know my mind very well."
Yang Zhu laughed, "Like that Moqiu, he is really a first-class hero in the world!" It seems that it is not an exaggeration to praise a saint. But how many countries have such characters been circulated? If I hadn't come to the Xia Dynasty, I wouldn't have even heard of the name of the Mo family.
The individual is very prosperous, but how small? Moqiu is a hero, but what country does not have its own heroes and heroes? There are so many people! Fame and fortune, money and fortune, passing clouds, passing clouds! What is the way? β
"Daoist friends have seen too many people and landscapes, and they can't find the meaning of personal beings in them?"
Gu Dan asked.
"Incisive!"
Yang Zhu's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands happily, as if he had met a bosom friend, which just pointed out the feeling in his heart.
When you have experienced enough, you will find that everything is only fleeting, and personal efforts and joys and sorrows are not enough to praise.
Over time, it is inevitable that you will put this idea on yourself.
What can you do?
What is the meaning of itself?
Who am I?
Where did it come from?
Where are you going?
When food and clothing are not a problem, strength reaches the peak, and people who cannot enter the situation will begin to find problems for themselves.
The problem is that the puzzle is too big.
The Grandmaster can't solve it.
Throughout the ages, all those who try to think about these questions have been hit on the head and bled into misfortune.
So, based on what he has seen and heard along the way, Yang Zhu summed up the way to serve me and yourself.
In other words, what is the love outside, it is enough to live your own life, no matter how big the world is, Lao Tzu is not happy and nothing!
Doesn't make sense?
Letting yourself start is meaning, and enjoying life is meaning.
Although this is not the solution to the ultimate problem, it is a reasonable and self-consistent justification for yourself.
"Daoyou doesn't seem to be very old, so he can gain insight into such a concept!"
Yang Zhu was amazed, his eyes swirled on Gu Dan's body, and he sighed: "I'm afraid I won't have a good death!" β
Qing Pingzi, who was drinking tea, almost accidentally squirted out all the tea in his mouth.
Dare to say that this person will not die well and does not want to live?
"Oh? How so? β
Gu Dan was not angry, but asked.
"Because you can't do anything."
Yang Zhu shrugged, "The sooner you start thinking about this, the more unfortunate it will become." I have also been entangled in this problem in the past ten years, and so far I have only come up with 'for me', 'for yourself', and 'for the sake of nature' to fight against it. But you, me, and even all living beings are just a part of this world, but they can never set their eyes on heaven and earth.
Just like the frog at the bottom of the well, sighing in the small well that he can reach, speculating about everything he 'frogs were born of', how sad and lamentable? We don't even have the opportunity to see the whole picture, so how dare we say that we are right? We don't even know how big the world really is! β
It's not that you haven't found the problem, it's that you don't even have a solution.
In his sad life, he is destined to be inextricated!
The more I see and the more I think, the more pathetic and pitiful it becomes.
All Grandmasters are bound to face the same problem.
Congratulations, you've reached the pinnacle of the world, and there's no way to get in, so what are you going to do next?
Extravagance, indulgence and pleasure?
Good!
Live happily for ten or twenty years, and when you are tired of this pleasure, what should you do?
Before reaching the top, I will always have the motivation to climb, because there is still a road ahead.
But when you really reach the top, there is no way forward, and after there is no way forward, people can only compete with themselves, and they will never be able to get rid of it, and they will never find the answer.
can only hold the strength of the peak of the world and wait for death silently.
This is another kind of sorrow for the guru, which is usually only seen in the old guru.
Grandmaster, grandmaster, what a foot is the way?!
(End of chapter)