At present, the Xuanhuang world is still dominated by metaphysics and Taoism, while Buddhism is still in the development stage, and the scope of dissemination is much smaller.

This is because, in the most central part of the southern continent, there are both battles between states and polemics between the countries dominated by various doctrines.

All of a sudden, the southern continent seemed to be in disarray, either today this country attacked that country, or tomorrow this master of the doctrine had a polemic with that doctrine, which in turn led to an even more chaotic battle.

There is no way to do this, and the competition for doctrine and belief will be more intense than the gain or loss of territory.

Among them, because of the heroic righteousness and the ancient characters of Cangjie, Confucianism has an advantage in both verbal debates and real battles, and has become an extremely strong side.

For Confucianism, the nearby doctrines at this time were the Mohist doctrine of the Song State and the Yin and Yang Sect of the Qi State.

And if Confucianism wants to develop and expand its goals, Qi has become the first choice.

Not all disciples understood this choice, and the honest Yan Hui asked, "Sir, the Qi State is far stronger than the Song State, why did you choose the more difficult Qi State instead of the Song State?"

Zigong has always been more lively, so he said: "Sir, is it because the Yin-Yang family theory is easier than the Mohist theory?"

Confucius nodded approvingly and said, "This is a very important reason. The Qi state was strong, but the Yin and Yang doctrine was weak, and the Song state was weak, while the Mohist doctrine was strong. We are building the country on the basis of doctrine, and of course we must advance from the first easy and then the difficult of the doctrine. ”

Confucius also said: "Although we are mainly engaged in the struggle of doctrines, the state has always been one of the fundamentals on which we depend. At this time, the state of Lu was surrounded by the surrounding kingdoms, although the state of Ju, the state of Tan, and the state of Xu already believed in Confucianism, but after all, it was not the real subject state of the state of Lu, and there would be repeats. And only by taking the Qi State and connecting Qi and Lu together, can the development of the Lu State be free of worries, and Confucianism will have more development potential. ”

Confucius looked at his disciples and said, "Of course, there is another reason, I wonder if you have carefully studied the theory of yin and yang? Although there are some differences with our Confucianism, some places are still the same, and even some of the content is our Confucianism, so when we treat the theory of yin and yang, if we can not oppose it, we will not oppose it, and if we can merge it, we will all be happy." ”

Confucius finally said: "The so-called victory by the right coincidence, this debate is dominated by Yan Hui, and Zigong is the deputy to strive for a good result." ”

Although Confucius is the founder of Confucianism, after all, he has another identity, he is the monarch of the Lu State, and he is not suitable to appear in the polemic.

However, he was not unprepared, before Yan Hui and Zigong's delegation left, he called Zigong over and handed over the 3 tips to Zigong, so that he could open it in a stalemate.

Controversy over doctrine is not uncommon at this time, just like the Yin-Yang School itself has more than 100 debates every year, but large-scale polemics like Qi and Lu, Confucianism and Yin-Yang can still attract a large number of scholars to participate.

Both sides of the polemic dare not underestimate such a polemic, unlike the internal controversy of the school, which is to make up for the lack of doctrine and establish the dominant power, such as Confucianism, there is a controversy between the science of science, the study of mind, and the study of qi, and the debate between schools is often related to the rise and fall of schools.

Confucianism sent Yan Hui, the best scholar, and the Yin and Yang school sent Zou Yan, the patriarch of the founding school, which is the reason.

In the debate, Yan Hui emphasized that "the five elements represent benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith", while Zou Yan of the Yin and Yang Theory emphasized: "The five elements are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth." ”

Yan Hui and Zou Yan argued endlessly, and in the end, Zigong took out the bag, looked at it with joy, and said to the two: "Confucianism and Yin and Yang have many similarities, wood nature benevolence, gold nature righteousness, fire nature ceremony, water nature wisdom, earth nature faith, the truth of the creation of heaven and earth, and the theorem of the unity of all things." Wood travels to the east, gold travels to the west, fire travels to the south, water travels to the north, and the earth dwells in the center, so as to become the position of the five elements. ”

Yan Hui and Zou Yan heard Zigong's words, and they were silent, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

Although Zou Yan is the originator of the Yin-Yang Doctrine, he is not exclusive to Confucianism, and even studied Confucianism under Confucius, and later founded the Yin-Yang Doctrine for another opportunity.

For the hundreds of schools of thought at this time, the Tao has two meanings, one is to promote their own doctrines, and the other is to absorb the strengths of the hundred schools, integrate them, and make their own doctrines more perfect.

Hearing that Zigong made sense, Zou Yan and Yan Hui also had their own understandings.

After a while, the debate came to the theory of yin and yang.

Confucianism rarely talks about yin and yang, but Zou Yan said: "Heaven and earth have yin and yang, everything has yin and yang, men are yang, women are yin, mountains are yang, water is yin, there are men and women, human beings cannot reproduce, and if there are mountains and no water, all things cannot exist." ”

Yan Hui said: "Since everything has yin and yang to thrive, what is the saying that paramecium, jellyfish, snails, hydroids, earthworms, leeches, amoeba corals, etc., can reproduce without male and female?"

The two had another war of words.

In the end, Zigong took out the bag and said: "Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to three talents, three talents give birth to four elephants, four elephants give birth to five elements, five elements give birth to Liuhe, six elements give birth to seven stars, seven stars give birth to gossip, gossip gives birth to nine palaces, everything belongs to the ten directions." The two instruments are yin and yang, and the yin and yang are the two instruments. ”

Hearing Zigong say this, Zou Yan was also amazed in his heart.

He founded the theory of yin and yang, and there are still many imperfections, and he has been arguing with Confucianism for a long time, but he has gained a lot.

Zou Yan already admired Confucianism in his heart, but the debate continued.

After that, another round of polemics began, this time involving the legitimacy of the rulers.

Zou Yan put forward the theory of "the end of the five virtues", and used it to explain the evolution of the universe and the rise and fall of history, and used the five elements to support each other to demonstrate the rationality of the new regime replacing the old regime or changing the dynasty.

He said, "Water is better than fire, fire is better than gold, gold is better than wood, wood is better than earth, and earth is better than water." Zou Yan endowed every dynasty with a kind of virtue, and all systems corresponded to a kind of virtue. The cycle of the five virtues goes on and on, and history continues in this way. ”

Zou Yan gave an example: "The Yellow Emperor belongs to the soil, and he has seen a big earthworm, so his virtue is soil. Mu Ketu, so the successor Dayu is Mude, Dayu once saw green plants in winter. Jin Kemu, so it was Shang Tang who succeeded Xia, and the sign was that there was a "golden blade out of water". Huo Kejin, so it was Zhou who succeeded Shang, and the sign was that there was a red bird flying over Zhou. ”

It is not easy to refute Zou Yan's statement, the five virtues are ethereal, and there are things that want to find something to prove, just like earthworms, no one can see them, and it is not difficult to see green plants in winter.

But if you want to refute it, it's good to refute it, just take the five virtues from the beginning to the end and say that the first generation of people is the Yellow Emperor, according to the Five Elements Theory, the position of the Yellow Emperor is in the center, belonging to the soil, but another saying "the emperor is out of the earthquake", and the earthquake is located in the east, belonging to the wood, isn't this contradictory?

Yan Hui is a person who reads poetry and books, how can he not know the allusion of the emperor out of the earthquake, so he opened his mouth and said: "The emperor is out of the earthquake ......"

Yan Huizheng refuted it with this, and dismissed Zou Yan as incomplete, but when he saw Zigong constantly glaring at him, he stopped talking.

Although Yan Hui was good at learning, he knew that he could not compare with Zigong in handling affairs, so he let Zigong clean up his hands.

Speaking of Zou Yan, when Yan Hui said that the emperor was shocked, he found his loophole, but fortunately Yan Hui didn't say any more, he said in his heart: "Otherwise, I will have to confess here today." ”

At this moment, Zigong's voice sounded in his ears, making him have to think about it carefully.