At this time, inside the study.

"Shao Xi, how could you make such a request? Do you know that the Liu family's Liu Xingzhai and I have disagreed on this theory of governing the world for many years, and have been arguing for many years, and now they are on the same page, and the two families have long stopped contacting each other, how can I agree to let Jinqing and the Liu Ling of the Liu family be involved? ”

Shao Xi really didn't expect the Bai Ding Guild to be so angry, and he didn't expect that the Bai and Liu families would have such a deep grudge just because the two old men had different concepts on the theory of governing the world, so that it involved the juniors of the two families, which was really incomprehensible.

"Sir, let's not talk about the topic of governing the world for the time being, just talk about the current affairs of the Bailiu family, I want to ask sir, is Jinqing your own grandson?"

Bai Dinggong's eyes widened, and he replied: "Of course Jinqing is my own grandson, what do you want to say?" ”

"Do you really love your grandson, sir?"

"Needless to say? Jin Qing, he is my only grandson, and he is also the hope of my Bai family's future, who do I love if I don't love him? ”

Shao Xi nodded and continued to ask, "Okay!" So if your grandson and the girl of the Liu family fall in love with each other, they are happy with each other, and the love is deep-rooted, and they can't extricate themselves to the point of 'if there is no one in the world, you would rather go out of the red dust in this life', sir, do you choose the beauty of adults, or beat the mandarin ducks for your own face? Face and grandson only choose one or the other. ”

Bai Dinggong was a little asked, his face is important, but Bai Jinqing is his heart, how can the happiness of his grandson be more important than his own face, right? But if that's the case, where will the old face that I've been fighting for so many years go?

Bai Dinggong said with a tangled face: "Jinqing's happiness is important, but what I am fighting with Liu Xingzhai is the way to help the people of the world, how can Jinqing's personal gains and losses be compared with the people of the world?" If you have to choose, you can only give up your ego to achieve the road and make some sacrifices. ”

"Then the student dares to ask Mr., what is the common people? Which is the avenue? ”

"All living beings in the world are for the common people, helping the world for the people, and helping the poor is the road."

"I don't know if there is Jinqing among all living beings? I don't know how to achieve the avenue if the trail is not completed? Have you ever thought about it, sir? ”

Bai Dinggong was a little stunned by Shao Xi's question, and seemed to understand what Shao Xi was going to say, but he felt that his mind didn't turn around.

Shao Xi saw that Bai Dinggong did not speak, so he continued: "Mr. said that he wants to help the people and save the people, Jinqing is also one of the people in this world, one of the people, if Mr. can't even save the people in front of him, how can he save the people in the world?" If Mr. can't even achieve the path in this family, how can he talk about achieving the world's avenue? ”

After a pause, seeing that Bai Dinggong had calmed down at this time, Shao Xi dared to continue: "I don't know if Mr. has ever heard of such a paragraph? Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; 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 must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world is peaceful. ”

Shao Xi now finally understands why her mother forced herself to memorize such a large paragraph with a rolling pin, and now she knows that this is really very useful!

Bai Dinggong was really a little stopped this time, and muttered in a low voice, "Knowledge, sincerity, self-cultivation, family, and governing the country and the world." ”

"Yes, everything in this world is small and big, and Mr.'s self-cultivation is needless to say, but if you talk about governing the world, should you first handle your own affairs properly? If you want to save the world, should you first take care of the people around you and build a small road into a road? ”

"Shao Xi, where did you hear this paragraph?"

This time, it was Shao Xi's turn to be asked, "Where did you hear that?" I can't tell you that I picked it up for you from "The Book of Rites: University", can I? ”

When he was struggling, Shao Xi suddenly thought of Guo Youde, so he said: "It is from a hidden master who has traveled all over the world, and he also said, 'Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself', everything should be put in the position of others to think about it, what would it be like if you were him?" ”

"Superior! This is the real master! The people of the world and the hearts of the people in the world have been seen through, and the words and sentences have been whipped into the inside, deafening, this is the famous words of governing the world, and this is the wisdom of governing the world that we should study for a long time! The old man has learned in his life but is not as good as others, he is ashamed! What a shame! ”

Shao Xixin said: "I'm ashamed! How do you compare yourself to a group of Confucian scholars? You can't fix them in your lifetime! ”

Although I think so in my heart, I can't say that I can't say that if I am killed.

"Although the students have never been directly taught by the teacher, the name of the teacher has long been heard of by the students. Mr. has always advocated that virtue in the world, virtuous people must be open-minded, tolerant of all rivers, can tolerate different concepts and ideas. I think that the old man of the Liu family can argue with Mr. for many years, there must be a certain reason, has Mr. ever thought about accepting his idea? Wouldn't it be better to merge the two ideas? ”

"Acceptance? A person who advocates strict punishment and strict law, how can the old man accept it? That Liu Xingzhai shouted all day and night, 'rule by law, punish by punishment', always thinking of using those cruel means to forcibly restrain people's behavior, but never advocated improving one's self-cultivation and self-restraint, it is simply a comparison between people and livestock, so how can the old man accept such a ridiculous theory? ”

When Shao Xi heard it, he got it! Isn't this a dispute between Confucianism and law? At that time, Han Feizi scolded Confucianism as useless, comparing it to lice, and it was estimated that the mouth of the old man of the Liu family was not much better.

Thinking of this, Shao Xi has a big head for a while! This is a historical problem! The two schools of Confucianism and law have been competing for many years, even when he was in the modern society, the supporters of these two ideas are also holding their own opinions, how difficult is it to get the two together? It hurts to think about it.

But now, when it comes to this, I can only persuade one to count one first, and find a way to persuade the old man Bai Dinggong first.

"Sir, you are a great Confucian in the world, and your ideas are called Confucianism; The old man of the Liu family advocated strict punishment and strict law, and used punishment to restrict the behavior of the world, and I called it Legalist thought, who is right and who is wrong for the time being, and the students will first talk to Mr. about the pros and cons of our Confucianism. ”

When Bai Dinggong heard that Shao Xi was going to discuss with him, he suddenly came to his senses, and said with a smile: "You just have to say, whether it is right or wrong, you will only discuss today, and you will not make a decision." Although I am a teacher, if you are reasonable, I will accept it with an open mind. ”

Shao Xi secretly admired Bai Dinggong's bearing, and said solemnly: "What Mr. just said is the advantage of my Confucianism, Confucianism says 'convince people with virtue, and the center is happy and sincere'. We can accept the ideas of others, restrain ourselves with virtue, and influence the people around us with our own virtues, and hope that all people in the world can be as clear as us, respect and humility, recognize etiquette, know honesty and shame, stress benevolence and righteousness, and keep integrity. ”

Bai Dinggong couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that his newly recruited protégé had never heard his lectures and already knew a lot about his own thoughts, which really surprised him.

"But sir, have you ever thought about how many people I can influence with the power of my Egret Academy's teaching? A hundred? A thousand? Or 10,000? The inheritance of ideas is a long process, although Mr. once said that the process is more important than the result, but has Mr. ever thought that when the road in his heart has not been realized, how many people will make mistakes in this process because they do not understand these truths? If we hurt others or hurt ourselves, what can we do? Therefore, in this process, the existence of the Dharma is needed, and when people are not able to do a good job of self-restraint, they need a certain amount of external force to intervene to forcibly restrain them, and only in this way can the world be peaceful and people's hearts be stable. ”

"What you mean is to rule by the law and to educate the mind with virtue, and to rule through the law before virtue is practiced in the world, and after virtue is practiced in the world, the law will naturally lose its usefulness."

In fact, in addition to Confucianism and Legalism, there are also Taoist thoughts, Shijia thoughts, military thoughts, Mohist thoughts, and Zonghengjia thoughts, which are just like a person's five fingers, although they are relatively independent and perform their duties, but only the coexistence of the five fingers can control freely, grasp the subtlety, students feel that the world can not be biased from the law, and the coexistence of the law is the right reason."

Bai Dinggong was stunned when he heard it at this time, he didn't expect that the protégé he had accepted was like teaching himself at this time, speaking every sentence reasonably, and every word was heartfelt.

"All of this was taught to you by the Hidden Master? It seems that the old man has been persistent all these years, and those people outside the world really see and think clearly about this world. I think the old man has been proud of the theory of governing the world all his life, but he is as ignorant as a child in front of this master's theory, and the old man has been taught today. ”

Saying that, Bai Dinggong actually got up and bowed to Shao Xi, with a sincere attitude and no twisting.

This made Shao Xi panic, this has been students worshipping teachers since ancient times, how can there be a reason for teachers to worship students? Besides, the set of pretending vernacular he pretended to speak was left by the sages, if he accepted this worship, wouldn't he feel ashamed?

Shao Xi hurriedly picked up his clothes and knelt on the ground, arched his hands and said, "Sir, don't do this!" The reasoning of the student's mouth is left by the sages, not the student's own opinion, and the student is just paraphrasing. ”

Bai Dinggong helped Shao Xi up and said: "Which are the words of the sages, which are your words The old man can still hear them, your understanding of the principles of the sages has made the old man very admired, you can afford this worship!" As you said before, if you want to become a great road, you must first build a small path, and start from yourself, so what you ask for today is agreed by the old man, and it comes from the heart. ”

Shao Xi blinked his eyes and asked Bai Dinggong, "Is this true, sir?" ”

"Seriously, seriously!"

After speaking, Bai Dinggong stroked his hair and laughed.

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Some of the theories in this chapter are quoted from various classics, so it is inconvenient to list them one by one, so if you are interested, you can find them on the Internet.

Some of the views in this chapter are the author's personal views and are inevitably biased. Seek common ground while reserving differences.