"Those who are different from all things live, and those who are the same die. There are virtuous and foolish, noble and lowly, which are different; If you die, you will be rotten and destroyed, and it will be the same. Although, the virtuous and the foolish, the noble and the lowly are beyond their means; It is not possible to rot and eliminate. Therefore life is not born, death is not death; The virtuous are not virtuous, the foolish are not the foolish, the expensive is not the noble, and the cheap is not the cheap.

However, all things are born and die together, all the virtuous and the foolish, and the noble and the cheap. Ten years will die, and a hundred years will die. The benevolent saint also dies, and the fierce fool also dies. If you are alive, you will be inky, and if you die, you will rot bones; If you are born, you will be clear, and if you die, you will rot your bones. The rotten bones are the same, who knows the difference? And fun to live, after the death of Xi Yan? ”

Yang Zhu looked at Gu Dan and said seriously.

In the whole world, the virtuous and the foolish, the noble and the low, are just the two ends of life and death, what is the difference?

People like Mozi can't escape, and people like Emperor Zongming are the same, what is the individual between heaven and earth?

Therefore, if we pursue the happiness of this life, where can we have so much scruples?

This attitude can be said to be quite negative.

It's just that in those eyes, there is still unwillingness, strong unwillingness, and he desperately hopes that someone can refute his point of view and persuade him.

To put it more mysteriously, Yang Zhu couldn't find the position of a person between heaven and earth.

I don't know what people are going to do and what they should be doing.

When you see enough and experience enough, you feel that a person can live his life well, and it is enough to make himself happy, and stop fixing those vain things.

He's not advocating his own ideas, he's discussing.

Everywhere he went, he would find someone to discuss.

It can be said that he got to the tip of the horns, or it can be said that he has the disease of wealth and nobility, and he has nothing to do, so he finds some unanswered questions to embarrass himself.

But there is no doubt that the search for answers has become a meaning for him.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to give you an answer to this question."

After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Dan said honestly.

There may indeed be people who have investigated life and death, and there are indeed people who have insight into the world, but who can do it to characterize 'people'?

"Different heights, different things and angles are also seen."

After pondering for a moment, Gu Dan still said: "When poverty is compounded, a full bite of food is the meaning of living, and it can be said that people live to eat; When there is more than enough food and clothing, it is a good way to seek fame and fortune, and it can be said that living is to be famous; When you have reached the realm of a grandmaster, and everything in the world is difficult to satisfy, the pursuit in the world will be unbearable, and you will have to worry about the meaning of it. ”

Gu Dan laughed, "Maybe, it's because you don't stand high enough, and you see too little scenery, and the so-called peak is just a small mountain, so it's blind?" ”

"Reasonable."

Yang Zhu nodded, but shrugged his shoulders again, and said, "Maybe only the legendary immortals can understand the meaning of why people are human, right?" Just, higher."

Yang Zhu smiled bitterly, "I can only stop here." ”

The Grandmaster is the pinnacle of the earthly world, but this pinnacle is still too small for the whole world.

One hundred and twenty-year-old Shou Yuan is limited, and he can't even go through the world.

The world in the eyes of the grandmaster is just a blind man touching an elephant, but more than ordinary people.

The frog at the bottom of the well, how to speak freely about the world? And how do you find your place?

This is destined to be an unanswered question.

After a brief chat, Yang Zhu said goodbye and made an appointment to talk next time.

Seeing Yang Zhu go away, Qing Pingzi, who had not intervened, swallowed a sip of tea and said self-deprecatingly: "Look, this is the grandmaster who can't find the way forward. If there is no immortal dao, I am afraid that you and I will also fall into this strange circle, and we will never be able to get rid of it. ”

Don't people like Yang Zhu have no talent to learn?

No, he just doesn't have a chance to continue upward.

No matter how amazing and brilliant you are in the world, you can only stop here, and you can't move an inch.

The rest of the time, I can only find myself uncomfortable, and I have no support in my heart.

But as an "insider" who knows the news of the fairy road, Qing Pingzi did not fall into this strange circle.

Because he knew that the Grandmaster was far from the limit, he had only touched the bottom of the behemoth of the Immortal Dao!

If you want to find meaning or something, you have to ask when you climb to the top, right?

Otherwise, it would be ridiculous for a little bug to want to know the ultimate mystery of the world.

How lucky and unfortunate are the celestial arrogances who live in this peerless age.

Fortunately, it didn't take too many ups and downs and tribulations to reach the peak, and almost no one can press on himself anymore, if not one or the other, but also a pivotal figure, enough to influence the direction of a country.

Unfortunately, this peak is far from the top, like the king who occupies the pond, it is okay to be domineering in the pond, but when you climb out of the pond and see the world outside, you will be shocked by your own insignificance and humility.

The question is, what if this is discovered?

I can only let my heart be depressed and wait for death silently.

whether it is amazing and gorgeous, but it is a higher level of mere self-disturbance; Or is it a mess, and then it's better to live in peace?

The answer may vary from person to person.

But there is no doubt that sober people are not happy.

Whether it is Moqiu, who saves the world, or Yang Zhu, who explores the original meaning of human life, whether positive or negative, heaven and earth are there, neither increasing nor decreasing, not happy or angry, with wordless contempt, consume generations of heroes.

How sad!

Therefore, he Qingpingzi has to do everything to pursue the immortal path.

Only in this way can people have peace of mind, and they don't have to blame the vast and silent world, nor do they have to fight with their own hearts, and they can't be liberated.

Gu Dan also understands the problem.

All the grandmasters in this world have lost their way.

Although he and Qingpingzi knew that there were higher places to climb, the question was that the mountain had not yet fallen, so where would they go if they wanted to climb?

The only thing that can be done is to wait silently.

From this point of view, it seems that there is not much difference, but there is still hope in their hearts.

And Gu Dan undoubtedly has more hope than anyone else.

Even if the immortal has not come, he has no worries about Shouyuan, even if the immortal road does not return, he can find his own way forward, slow down, he has the ability not to hurry.

Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why his mentality has always been very young, the increase in experience has not made Gu Dan's mentality age with age, but in comparison, his mind has always been quite calm, and he has hardly taken the initiative to do things.

To put it more appropriately, it lacks a sense of initiative.

Especially when at this time there is no longer any enemy to be found, and there is no new direction.

If it weren't for Aoki's transformation recipe and the hanging pot Jishi to give him new surprises, Gu Dan would not have made much of a move.

In him, the passage of time almost stood still.

Only when he focuses on others, especially familiar people, can Gu Dan be able to perceive the time that has been passing unconsciously.

He probably had some of the same problems that immortals themselves had, and he was not sensitive to time.

"I'm going back."

Kiyoheiko drank the tea, "I'm going to continue studying that bone." ”

He has already taken care of himself and obtained the Aoki liquid here to replenish himself, although the Aoki liquid itself does not have the real effect of prolonging life, but it can replenish itself to the peak, it is already a peerless treasure, this is the only one.

At least you don't have to worry about dying before the limit because of the loss in your cultivation.

"Take care."

Gu Dan said lukewarmly.

After so many years, the grievances and grievances between him and Qing Pingzi have long been trivial matters that are not worth mentioning, and now they can be treated as friends.

The difference is that Gu Bao does not rely on external forces.

And if the immortals don't come back in a few years, Qing Pingzi is afraid that he will have to take risks and prepare to try the longevity effect of Dayong's bone.

Although its transformation power will make people less human, how much can it win for itself for a few more decades, in case after the return of the immortals, there is a solution?

When I see people who have hope, I also have torment in my heart.

In the twenty-fifth year of the Xia Dynasty, the grand event held by the Tianxia Academy Palace caused a sensation in almost the entire Xia Dynasty.

For the people, after the autumn harvest, they can also find new fun in the winter.

And for those officials, they also see a new opportunity.

If Emperor Xia didn't have any opinion on the Mo family, why did he have to sit down and talk about it like this?

That must be because I think the Mo family is also one-sided!

As the most outstanding Xun Ke in this event, he has naturally received a lot of criticism and support.

In particular, the issue of human nature has aroused enough debate and discussion, but it has also given the people the opportunity to participate.

Even farmers who don't know a few words can open their mouths and cite a few examples to show whether they support this view.

After all, you can't expect the old farmers in the countryside to talk about the five elements of yin and yang and the five elements of yin and yang, and talk about it and talk about it, right?

At least, Xun Ke is indeed famous, and it is far faster and faster than many people think.

There is another thing that many people have not thought about.

That is, although the Mo family is the nominal state religion of the Xia Dynasty, the Mo family has always been very xenophobic.

The xenophobia here does not mean that outsiders are not good, but that people who do not belong to the Mo people, and the attitude of the Mo family has always been to treat them equally.

In addition to the court and the Mo family, many people who are talented but can't be officials, but have some surplus wealth and ability, have no second place to go.

Either thousands of troops crossed the single-plank bridge to compete for official positions with others, or they were extremely harsh on themselves and joined the ink maker.

The temple is not easy to enter, and it is even more difficult to be an ink person.

So much so that they can only be discouraged.

But the appearance of Xun Ke gave them hope.

Xun Ke himself is Mozi's protégé, and even he thinks that the Mo family is too upright and violent, so what else can be wrong?

If you suppress people's selfish desires so much, you will no longer be like a human being!

Although Xun Ke proposed that human nature is inherently evil, and he doesn't look like a good person, at least many people have a second choice.

As a result, many people have gathered around Xun Ke to listen to his lectures.

Xun Ke also temporarily resigned from his official position, he has more important things to do, this official, it is not appropriate for the time being.

The change in the direction of the wind was gradual, and there was no way for the carriage that was running wildly to turn around in an instant.

The Mo family does have a problem, but it is not yet time to replace it in a hurry.

To make a gift for the world, it is by no means a day's work, a person's wisdom has its limit, he also has to learn from the original Moqiu, recruit like-minded people, discuss this matter together.

In the final analysis, Xun Ke didn't want to bring down the Mo family, he had no enmity with the Mo family, on the contrary, he was quite gracious.

It's just that he thinks there is a way to make life better for the people - and the Mohists are just unwilling to change, so there is a conflict, that's all.

He neither wants to betray the Mo family, nor does he want to betray the Mo master, but just gives his own answer sheet for the world to evaluate and choose.

It's a pity to succeed, but there's nothing to regret about failure.

The first people to show their support for Xun Ke were precisely the rich families who had grown up.

Nowadays, the commerce of the Xia Dynasty is very prosperous, but since ancient times, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has never been interrupted.

Among the ten meanings of the Mohists, there are three that are not conducive to business: non-happiness, thrift, and funeral!

Non-happiness is not to let people indulge in enjoyment, thrift is not to be extravagant enough, and the festival funeral is even more hateful, even the burial must be simple, you can't live a good life before you die, and you can't be beautiful once after death!

No matter which of these three articles are really implemented, it will be a blow to business itself.

What's more, there is a group of people who are ink as models, even if they are afraid of their own reputation, many rich people dare not enjoy extravagance - the Mo family is not allowed, but you are too extravagant, and in the end, the ink man comes to check whether he can withstand it, and he knows it in his heart.

The moral benchmark of the Mo family is too high.

So much so that many business travelers go to foreign countries, but they don't dare to buy too many treasures that can only be enjoyed, which in itself is a huge blow to the top level of commerce.

can earn a hundred dollars, because of the existence and influence of the Mo family, at most they can only earn seventy or even fifty, which is almost like a common enemy.

It's just that in the past, no one was qualified and capable of challenging the Mo family.

What kind of identity do you dare to say that the ten meanings left by the saint are wrong?

But the appearance of Xun Ke has given many people hope.

They were soft-spoken, and naturally they didn't dare to touch the invincible golden body with the brilliance of the saint.

But the saint's disciples, how can they also get a little light, right?

What's more, they didn't want to say that Moqiu was wrong, but that the current Mo family was wrong.

Time has changed, I don't understand!

It's been twenty-five years since the Xia Dynasty, and Da Yue Du is dead, and the Mo family is still that old thing!

It's not the saints who are wrong, but the Mo family today, who doesn't know how to be flexible!

Going forward, the person who invented slash-and-burn farming was not a saint?

Doesn't it fit into the current situation?!

A grand event in the Tianxia School Palace is like a huge stone, smashing into this country that has been peaceful and stable for a long time, setting off monstrous waves.

The person who set off this storm was Xun Ke, and the thousands of splashes that stirred up were all sprinkled on the Mo family.

The Mo family is unwilling to correct itself and evolve, so it is no wonder that others compete with them for the right to speak.

What the people of the Mo family wanted at the beginning, and look at today, how long can they endure you?

These struggles and changes in direction are difficult to see for a moment.

But something obvious happened.

Many private schools and schools have sprung up on the land of the Xia Dynasty.

Because Xun Ke said that human nature is evil, but it can lead people to good through education.

Supporting with your mouth is not support, only when it is implemented, can you really agree.

Moreover, many private schools and schools set up by large families will openly and secretly let the teaching gentleman instill some aspects that are not very good for the Mo family - they don't dare to make up nonsense, it is nothing more than the same cliché questions.

Before the fall of the Mo family, many people were willing to stumble on the Mo family regardless of the cost, even if they couldn't, they could cultivate more of their own people, and they didn't ask them to resolutely oppose the Mo family, as long as they didn't continue to treat the Mo family and the Mo family as a glorious thing, even if it was successful.

The turmoil stirred up by this grand event has far-reaching consequences.

In the thirtieth year of the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Xia sent someone to ask Xun Ke to return to the dynasty to serve, but he was refused.

In the thirty-second year of the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Xia once again asked Xun Ke to return to the court to serve, but refused again.

In the thirty-fourth year of the Xia Dynasty, Gu Dan led the medical books compiled by doctors from all over the world, which was finally completed, which lasted eleven years.

Gu Dan named it "Shennong Baicao Jing Yao".

After more than ten years of hard work, this masterpiece that can be called a collection of medical classics from all over the world is by no means just a simple prescription and a method of curing diseases and saving people.

Gu Dan took advantage of the compilation of medical books to sort out in detail what he had learned, his understanding of the human body, and the key points of the path that ordinary people should take to become a martial arts master, and finally turned into several copies and left them in the "Shennong Baicao Sutra", hiding the art in medicine.

After so many years of accumulation, as well as the foresight and wisdom of the great grandmaster himself, the method left by Gu Dan is more penetrating and more than one step better than the "Creation and Transformation Shenxuan Gong", which indirectly caused the disaster of the grandmaster at the beginning.

If any descendant carefully studies the "Shennong Hundred Herbs Sutra" and understands its meaning, he will find a path that allows ordinary people to climb the grandmaster, and it is hidden in it.

When he was finally busy with this matter, Gu Dan felt a lot more relaxed.

This is a genuine act of hanging a pot to help the world, teaching people to fish.

It is to change the dynasty, as long as people are still there, "Shennong's Hundred Herbs Sutra" can play an effective role.

"That's a big achievement, isn't it?"

(End of chapter)