Chapter 83: Confucius and Ma Yi
"There are so many talents and people listening to the class?"
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Mr. Cai's lecture was naturally full, everyone was listening attentively, and only a few people behind the door noticed that Su Lin and Yuan Duan entered the door, but they just turned their heads and glanced at the children's clothes on the two of them, and they didn't pay much attention to it.
The classroom was lit with a quiet and contemplative fine sandalwood incense, and Su Lin still had a lot of doubts in his heart and wanted to ask Yuan Dui.
But at this time, everything was quiet in the classroom, only the sound of Mr. Cai's lecture, so Su Lin had to suppress the doubts in his heart first, and also looked up and listened carefully to Mr. Cai's lecture.
On the podium, Mr. Cai, who was kind and kind-eyed, was dressed in a simple Hanlin shirt with half gray hair, and he was also introverted and wise.
"Confucius travels, horses eat crops, savages are angry, and their horses are scolded. Zigong said it, but he couldn't say it. Confucius said: 'The husband can't hear about people in what he wants, for example, he can enjoy wild beasts in the ether, and he can fly birds with "Jiu Shao"!'.
It is to make the horses go to the wild man, and say: 'The son does not plough in the East China Sea, and does not swim in the West Sea, and my horse does not commit the crop of the son?' The savage was overjoyed, and he gave it to him. β
Su Lin listened carefully, and at this time, Mr. Cai's explanation seemed to be a journey of the sage Confucius. It is said that one day Confucius went on a trip, and on the way, the horses stole the farmer's crops.
The farmer was angry and grabbed the horse and locked it up.
When Zigong found out, he went to beg the farmer to let the horse go, but the farmer ignored Zigong.
Confucius said:
"Convincing him with a reason that others don't understand is like inviting wild beasts to enjoy the three animals of cattle, sheep and pigs sacrificed in Taigao, and inviting birds to listen to such beautiful music as Jiushao.
This is my fault, not the fault of the peasants. β
After saying that, Confucius ordered the horseman to go. The groom said to the peasants:
"You have never left home to farm on the shores of the East China Sea, and I have never been to the West, but the crops in both places look the same, and how can the horses know that it is your crops and should not be eaten by them?"
When the peasant heard this, he was justified and returned the horse to the groom.
It is such an allusion to "Confucius and Ma Yi", after Mr. Cai finished speaking, he smiled and said to the students: "For 'Confucius and Ma Yi', you can tell if you have any incomprehension." β
In the originally quiet classroom, as soon as Mr. Cai's words fell, they immediately became noisy, and Xiucai raised a lot of discussions, and began to argue with each other about their opinions.
"This ...... Brother Yuan, what does Mr. Cai mean?"
After listening to the allusion of "Confucius Yima", Su Lin also felt something in his heart, but what was even more strange was him. It seems that Mr. Cai only told the story without any explanation, but let the students in the class ask him questions.
"Hehe, Brother Su, I'm also hearsay. This is the unique feature of Mr. Cai, who asks questions to the students to test their skills and understanding.
However, Mr. Cai never asked the students, but asked the students to ask him. In fact, this is a test of the depth of the student's knowledge, and only when he understands it can he ask a high-level question. β
Yuan Du said with a smile, "Mr. Cai Cai said the allusion of 'Confucius Yima', but he did not mention the truth and ideas behind the allusion, so he also hoped that students such as me would diverge their thinking and think about the deep meaning and thoughts contained in the allusion from many aspects."
After thinking about it, ask him questions. This is Mr. Cai's unique teaching method. β
"Interesting! Interesting......"
Su Lin didn't expect that in the Tianren Continent, there would be a teacher with such a unique teaching method as Mr. Cai.
This kind of teaching philosophy is a thousand times more clever than the dogmatic explanation of ordinary gentlemen. It is no wonder that the Jian'an Mansion can be so famous, and many other families in the state capital have tried their best to send their children to study in the mansion.
"Teacher, the student wondered, why couldn't the half-saint Zigong convince the farmer, but instead a vulgar man under the Confucian throne persuaded the farmer?
Could it be that the peasant's ideological spirit is more profound than that of the half-saint Gongdu?"
At this time, a Xiucai stood up and asked Mr. Cai a question suspiciously.
"Su Lin, this person's name is Lu Tong, and I heard that he is a collateral descendant of the half-saint LΓΌ Buwei of the miscellaneous family.
Sixteen years old this year, the year before last, the first child in the case, only a year apart, he won the show again, and he was the third in last year's government examination. β
The Yuan family is based in the counties of Jian'an Mansion, so Yuan Du knows most of the young talents and people in Jian'an Mansion, so he introduced Su Lin in a whisper.
"The descendants of the miscellaneous family LΓΌ Buwei? It seems that there is indeed a dragon and a crouching tiger in Jian'an Mansion, which is not comparable to the small Fengle County. β
Su Lin also looked at the talented Lu Tong, and Lu Buwei's name was like thunder.
And the question asked by Lu Tong just now was also the doubt in Su Lin's heart, so he also looked at Mr. Cai again, wanting to hear how Mr. Cai solved his doubts.
Zigong pleaded with humble words, but the peasants were unmoved. Why can the words of the groom move the peasants? The people of Gayin have the same kind of words, and they describe the "poems" and "books" before the savages, and the reason why this rotten Confucianism has misled the country. β
Mr. Cai seemed to be quite satisfied with this question, bowed his head slightly, and explained a little more bluntly, "Although Zigong's future achievements are half-saints, his thoughts and spirits are more profound than those of mere horsemen.
But talking about poetry and books in front of rough people is the reason why inflexible readers make mistakes. When a hundred schools of thought were contending, such as the Mohists, Legalists, and Zonghengists, they also seized on this point of some Confucian scholars and attacked Confucianism, calling such Confucian scholars 'rotten Confucianism'.
That is to say, such a Confucian is pedantic, only knows how to stick to the rational thoughts, but does not know how to be flexible. β
When Mr. Cai opened his mouth to reason, the students who had been talking a lot before listened quietly to the teachings.
Therefore, the reason why Mafu's words can be more convincing than Zigong's.
It is not because Zigong's thoughts and principles are not as profound as the groom, but because the farmers can't understand the big truths that Zigong said, but because the groom's simple and easy-to-understand words can make the farmers understand. β
After listening to Mr. Cai's explanation, the Xiucai people present suddenly realized.
There are even a few people, the brilliance of wisdom in a flash, Zhihai Neng's thoughts surged, it seems that some of the ideas that have not been figured out before, all of them have been sorted out again, and the truth of "Confucian scholars must know how to be flexible" in this allusion is used to think, and they have walked out of the dead end of thought.