Chapter 5: The Enlightenment of the Word

"This ...... What's going on? Wasn't I born with wisdom?

Although the refreshing soup has the effect of refreshing the mind and nourishing the mind, it is impossible to open up the innate body of wisdom......?

Su Lin's heart suddenly thought of a possibility, and he was horrified, "I know, it's Meng Zhicao." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Damn Su Liu, it turns out that in the past nine years, I have been adding Mengzhi grass to my meals, which has caused me to be unable to open my mind.

If it weren't for Zijin's bowl of refreshing soup, I'm afraid I would really have to wait until I was admitted to Tongsheng before I could open my mind. ”

Once you know the trick, it will no longer be difficult for Su Lin.

Dong Zijin saw that Su Lin's face suddenly showed joy, so he also asked happily, "Brother Su Lin, is there anything to be happy about?"

"It's worth it! Zijin, thank you for this bowl of refreshing soup. Now, I'm open!"

Su Lin, who was excited, immediately pulled Dong Zijin back to the side room, and Su Lin sat on the desk before he couldn't wait to open the "Analects" of Sage Kong.

And Dong Zijin sat at the head of the bed with one hand on his chin and looked at him stupidly.

"The higher the level of enlightenment, the higher the achievements can be achieved in the future. It has ever been recorded in the history of the Tianren Continent.

Those who can enlighten wisdom with the words of Confucius and sages, only Ya Shengmengzi and semi-saint Zizisi, today, I, Su Lin, also come to try it, and see what is the difficulty of enlightening wisdom with this holy word?"

Sitting upright, Su Lin's eyes were bright, he opened the Analects, and from the study, one by one the remarks about Confucius were recorded in front of him.

Like Fang Cai, the thoughts transmitted by Kong Sheng rippled in his chest, but no matter what, he had not yet reached the point of being angry and wise.

Sure enough, merely understanding the superficial meaning of the words of the Analects is not enough to enlighten oneself. You have to really understand and understand it, just like the ten-year-old Su Wen.

In the environment in which he lived for a long time, Su Liu bullied me, and there was a depression in his heart, so once he saw the words and phrases related to filial piety, he felt empathy, integrated the ideas in them, and broke through the wisdom......"

Where is it so easy to enlighten wisdom with holy words? The thoughts of saints must penetrate and become their own way, so that they can break through the wisdom of wisdom.

In the Analects, most of the Confucian saints are implementing the nine ideas of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and piety", and each of the nine kingdoms takes one of the characters as the foundation of the country.

Su Lin flipped through the Analects and wanted to find a way to represent his thoughts.

Suddenly, my heart moved, and I saw the "gentleman is not a weapon" in the political chapter, and my thoughts surged like a tide, and I quickly interpreted these few sentences.

Why do I feel that seeing these four words makes my mind so clear, and my mind is surging in my chest, and I am about to break through my wisdom?"

With his intuition, Su Lin knew that if he wanted to enlighten himself with the holy word, it must be this sentence "A gentleman is not a weapon", but what does this sentence mean? According to the literal translation, this sentence means "a gentleman cannot be like a tool".

The reason why it is difficult for people in the world to enlighten their wisdom is because the words of the sage Confucius contain so many thoughts that every sentence is not just the meaning that appears on the surface.

In order to thoroughly understand this sentence "a gentleman is not a weapon", Su Lin mobilized the wordless book in his mind and quickly searched for all the relevant records about "a gentleman is not a weapon".

In the end, Su Lin found the most credible source for this sentence. In fact, behind this sentence, there is also an allusion.

This allusion is that Confucius called several of his disciples to his side, pointed to a pottery vessel filled with water, and said that each person has a special purpose, just like this water-filled vessel, its function is to hold water.

At this time, some disciples came up one after another to ask their teacher Confucius what kind of instrument they were. Confucius smiled and pointed them out one by one, among which the most valued disciple Zigong was likened by Confucius to Hu Lian.

This Hulian is in ancient times, the temple in the temple of the millet sacrificial vessels, it can be seen that Confucius has a high evaluation of Zigong, he is compared to Hulian, which means that Zigong has the ability to govern the country.

However, Zigong, who was so highly praised, frowned, and dared to ask Confucius, "May I ask what kind of instrument is the teacher?"

Confucius smiled and shook his head, and softly spat out four words in his mouth: "Gentleman is not a weapon!"

Zigong suddenly realized that what the teacher said, ordinary people are human instruments, just like those utensils, only have a fixed role, but a real gentleman is to be versatile, not like "tools" only have a fixed role.

Zigong said what he had realized, and the other disciples also suddenly realized it, and praised Zigong's understanding. However, Confucius still sighed and said no more.

Behind the words "gentleman is not a weapon" is such a remarks and allusions by Confucius and his disciple Zigong, that is, the later half-saint Duanmuci.

Su Lin's understanding is not bad, and he can often draw inferences from school studies, but what he can understand from these four words is just the same as Zigong, thinking that Confucius said that a gentleman should be versatile, not limited to one talent.

However, at the end of the story, Confucius's answer to Zigong is to shake his head and sigh, what is this for?

"It's almost! it's almost, what the hell does that mean?" Surin's mind raced wildly.

The thoughts in his chest surged little by little, "A gentleman is not a vessel, the so-called vessel, the ordinary is just some vessel for water, and the more valuable one is like a sacrificial hulian, but it is all the same in essence, and they all have a fixed purpose.

Since the gentleman cannot be the same as the utensils, it means that the gentleman cannot only have a fixed purpose, so ...... It's not the versatility that Zigong said, can it be ...... Confucius means ......"

With a pat on his head, Su Lin suddenly grinned and laughed, instantly understanding and transparent.

It turns out that the real meaning of Confucius when he said that a gentleman should not be versatile, but that he should not have specific talents at all, and that a gentleman should become a bearer of value and should form his own way.

No matter what a gentleman does, he should implement his own way, that is, his own knowledge and value, and should not only have one or several talents.

In Confucius's view, those so-called talents are the end, and the way of a gentleman is the foundation. A gentleman is not a weapon, but a person who has a master.

"A gentleman is not a weapon, but a person who holds a weapon! Haha! This is my Su Lin's way, this is my Su Lin's way!"

Suddenly, the gentlemanly thought in Su Lin's chest surged up, straight to the center of his eyebrows, and effortlessly washed his wisdom away.

Then I saw a golden light rushing directly into the sky from Su Lin's wisdom, which was the momentum of a bullfight that only the words of a true saint can have.