Chapter Seventy-Eight: Quiet and Inaction

"Bang Bang

The platform ushered in the grandest applause since the opening.

Overwhelmed, deafening.

Among the more than 2,000 people at the table, many of the casual and uninhibited audience members began to straighten their waists and sit upright, with serious faces.

Because.

At this moment, in front of them, there is a gentleman in a hundred schools!

And it is also a Taoist among several prominent families, with a very high gold content.

Even quite a few people feel a little dreamy.

Can you see a living Taoist gentleman today?

In today's Wangque Continent, the gentlemen of the hundred schools may be rarer than the monks of the seventh realm, less than a palm.

Of course, this may be because Wangque Zhou is too small, which can be seen from the fact that there are only two Confucian 72 academies.

The storm at Tu Nam Chau had too little impact on Wangque Chau, which was far away.

Chen Muzhi's face was ugly, his eyes were removed from the stage, and he turned his head to Lin Wenruo and said bitterly: "Brother Wenruo, this, this ......"

Lin Wenruo's expression was solemn, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, opened his eyes and said, "We haven't lost yet." ”

It's just that at this time, the voice trembled slightly, and the firmness in his tone was like a flat boat in a rainstorm, and it could be wiped out by a beast-like wave in the next second.

His eyes darkened slightly.

Gentleman, what is the existence of the hundred schools, he is estimated to be one of the people who know the most on the field.

Because, he is a scholar of Siqi Academy, and he is a Confucian scholar.

Looking at the scholars in the world, not to mention a hundred schools, just to talk about Confucianism, as long as they can't enter the Confucian Academy, they are all commoners.

Only when you become a student of the academy can you have the status of a scholar.

And above the scholars, there is the gentleman.

On the surface, it seems to be only a small step, but if you want to cross it, it is like facing a chasm.

The weight of these two words is like a mountain barbarian.

Just in the Siqi Academy where he is located, there are only three people in the whole academy who currently have the title of gentleman, one is the head of the academy, the other is a low-key and dedicated teacher of the scriptures, and the other is the junior brother who was given the title by the Temple of Literature not long ago.

Junzi is the mainstay of each school among the hundred schools, and this title is extremely difficult to obtain, and it has nothing to do with cultivation, only learning and morality.

Thinking of his junior brother who had met him a few times, Lin Wenruo pursed his lips, he knew how "terrifying" it was to be a gentleman. And now on stage, one of them is about to talk face-to-face with his friends.

Not far away, hundreds of blue-clothed Taoist priests were at the forefront.

Lan Yuqing had been expressionless since she had just withdrawn her gaze from the Lin brothers, and after the old man of Nanhua reported the identity she already knew, she was suddenly a little bored, not just this Confucian and Taoist debate.

At this time, in the torrential applause, she didn't taunt someone again as she had thought before, telling him that it was all in her calculations, and laughing at him in the face of absolute strength, the intrigues and tricks were all ridiculous bubbles, she just calmly looked at the jade Ruyi that fell to the ground, without joy or sorrow.

"Nieces don't have to worry. ”

Qing Yuanzi looked at Lan Yuqing's face, and said with a smile: "This Lanxi Lin clan will not be able to turn the sky, Mr. Tao is not only a Taoist gentleman, but also a great monk of the Yuanying Realm, whether it is knowledge or experience, he is countless times that of the yellow-haired boy who doesn't even have a crown, what does he compare with Mr. Tao?"

"It has only been more than ten years since he came out of his mother's womb, even if he doesn't eat and reads every day, can he still read a long way? Unless he can be born with the same knowledge as a saint, hehe, if he wasn't worried that he was a disciple of the head of the academy before, he would have been directly selected in the second poor road, where do you need to bother Mr. Tao. ”

Qing Yuanzi sighed, "Alas, I don't know if Mr. Tao will be upset. ”

Qingjingzi, who was really staring at a certain place, suddenly snorted coldly: "It's really cheap, that shaft can actually argue with a gentleman, hmph, I will go to hell soon, and I should be blind to death." ”

Since he is not a disciple of the head of the academy, there is no need to let him live.

Huang Zi Daoist reluctantly left his gaze from a certain little fox demon, and turned his head to look at Qing Yuanzi.

"Senior brother, can you let Mr. Tao stay a little longer, he is a distinguished guest from afar, but he is troubled by this matter, let's treat him well...... Moreover, we haven't been in touch with Shangzong for many years, if Mr. Tao can say a few words for us......"

Qing Yuanzi's expression was hesitant, a little embarrassed, "I'm afraid it's difficult, I visited a lot of big people in the Jixia School Palace, only Mr. Tao promised to come to see the ancestral land, he was just going to Taiqing Mansion to teach, I inquired about his tone on the way, Mr. Tao shouldn't stay too long, as for speaking for us...... Why don't we ask before he leaves?"

Lan Yuqing, who was standing next to the two of them, was unaware of everything at this time, and lowered his head slightly, staring at the white jade under his feet.

The milky white jade body was unexpectedly intact under the impact of the impact that had just fallen to the ground.

But she knew that this piece of beautiful jade bred by Zhongnan Mountain had already been broken inside.

Suddenly, the woman in purple moved, she didn't say a word, stepped over Meiyu, pierced through the crowd, and strode away, never looking back.

She suddenly wanted to see that piece of Guilin.

After the woman left, the conversation on the field continued.

The applause in the platform gradually subsided.

Zhao Rong, who had experienced differential treatment, was not annoyed, quietly looked at the Taoist gentleman opposite, and laughed at himself in his heart, this son also has an identity to say it for fear of scaring you, son-in-law, are you afraid, this is the opening identity of the protagonist in the most popular kind of novel in the bookstore recently......

The 61 layman said in a respectful tone: "Please Mr. Tao choose the topic." ”

At this time, it is close to noon, and the sun is blazing and quiet.

Under the watchful eye, the old man named Tao Yuanran, who was named Tao Yuanran, turned his head to the right, raised his right hand holding the rosary, stretched out a finger, and pointed to a strange scene in the vast mountains in the south outside the scripture platform.

It's the cliff carving!

Tao Yuanran smiled and said: "Just argue about this 'quiet inaction'." ”

Zhao Rong's face was calm, as if he had already understood, but the next moment, what the old man said made his eyes narrow.

"I insist on 'doing', and you insist on 'doing nothing'. ”

Zhao Rong squinted and nodded.

To do something, or not to do nothing, is the dispute between Confucianism and Taoism for a long time.

But because Qing Tan is just a debate, not a question of Confucianism and Taoism, Zhao Rong, as a Confucian student, holds the argument of "Wu Wei", and Tao Yuanran, as a Taoist gentleman, holds the argument of "promising", which is not unavoidable, as long as the argument wins the other party.

In addition to arguing talents, this also tests the reading and understanding of the classics of Confucianism and Taoism on both sides.

So everyone present saw this rather dramatic scene.

Taoist Tao Yuanran took the lead in throwing out his views.

"Tianxingjian, the gentleman is unremitting in self-improvement, and the terrain is kun, and the gentleman is virtuous. It is a gentleman who will do something. ”

Confucian Zhao Rong was the opposite.

"The Tao always does nothing, but does nothing. If the prince can keep it, all things will be self-transforming. I want to do it, and I will make it a nameless simplicity. The nameless simplicity will not be desired. If you don't want to be quiet, the world will be self-determined. ”