Chapter 39: Impersonating a Saint.

So I now have to know whether they are inheriting Confucian culture in the true sense of the word. Or is it that everything is inferior, only reading is high. His ears do not listen to what is going on outside the window, and he only reads the books of the sages. If that's how they think, then I'd better change their mindset and confirm the text a little bit. It's called 'throwing stones and asking for directions'. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, it is reason anyway, and the most important thing on the earth is reason.

But I always forget that it has always been my habit to dig holes for myself often, and it seems that I can't get rid of it! What should I do? If all the problems can be solved by reason, then how can there be so many contradictions in the world!

Zimeng: "Master, the disciple has something unclear, please solve the doubts!"

Me: "Zimeng, please speak"!

Zimeng: "A few days ago, when I was traveling around other countries, I saw the treasure 'Bingxin Bronze Mirror' left behind by my country, so I bought it and donated it to the empire free of charge after returning. The disciple just pushed down the reward given to me by the empire, why does the master think that what I did is wrong?"

Me: "Zimeng, if one day, an ordinary person also meets my country's treasure logistics. He spent all his possessions, bought them back into the country, and handed them over to the state. Should this person accept the award given by the state?"

Zimeng: "Since you are penniless, you can naturally accept national awards."

Me: "If he accepts the reward, others will laugh at him, saying that you Zimeng has not accepted the reward for the treasures that you have spent a lot of money to bring back, how can he be embarrassed to accept it?

First, let others never dare to bring the treasure back to China in the future. Second, someone brought back a treasure, but it didn't gain any useful value except fame. may even make yourself poor, how dare you let yourself do good deeds?

So, if you think about it, you're doing the right thing"?

Zimeng: "The disciple is ignorant, the disciple is wrong, Master Xie points out the maze"!

Me: "If you know your mistakes, you can change them, and you can do a great job!"

First of all, I was relieved in my heart, but fortunately I was not too stubborn, otherwise it would be difficult to solve it. Especially this kind of question that has no right answer, that's the most terrifying, and sometimes you may not be able to convince a person after arguing for the rest of your life. I don't want to stay here for the rest of my life! And then I also sighed, sometimes reading books can not really understand the world, only by experiencing the world of red dust, can we know what the rules of the world are.

Zixiao: "Master, the disciple also has something unclear, please teach the teacher"!

Me: "Zixiao, please speak"!

I'm a little glad I knew what they were called, otherwise how could I have said their names!

Zixiao: "The master just mentioned the value of usefulness! Then the disciple wants to know, where is the value of our study of Confucianism?"

Me: "Confucianism is centered on the ideas of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, so many people think that as long as they do this, they will be the highest state of Confucianism?

You have to first look at how the word 'Confucianism' is written, which is what people need. Therefore, what Confucianism really wants to do is to solve the ultimate problem of human care in the world, what we need to do is to understand the needs of others and have the ability to meet the needs of others. Finally, we will focus on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and solve the ultimate care problem for others.

Therefore, in the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism, "Mencius" says at the beginning, "Why should the king say that there is profit, and there is also benevolence and righteousness!" In the "Analects", it is also mentioned that it is not loyal to others, that it is not believed to make friends with friends, and that it is not customary to pass it on? In the "Book of Changes", the beneficiary is also the sum of righteousness.

These can be seen, in fact, everyone who wants to achieve great things must be benevolent and righteous first, courtesy is the expression, wisdom and loyalty do things, and faith is a man. As long as you can do this, why worry about big things"?

Zixiao: "The disciple is ignorant, please give the master advice." Should Confucianism compete for fame and fortune"?

Me: "Fame and fortune are indisputable, but they can be made." However, meritorious work must be famous, profit must be eternal, and fame must be passed on to immortal fame. Therefore, if you have created a great merit, tens of thousands of years have passed, and the world is still singing the praises of your good name and praising your merits, why should you compete for the small profits in front of you?

Therefore, if you want to solve the ultimate problem of caring for others in the future, you must think that if you solve such a solution, tens of thousands of years later, the world will scold me or praise me. If it is praise, then let go of your hands and feet and do it boldly. But if you feel that after doing this, you will be poked in the backbone in less than three or five years, then no matter how big the benefits are, you should never do it.

What Confucianism learns is to learn more spiritual realms that can be budgeted into future time and space. If you look at the present with the eyes of the future, your mistakes will be reduced, and your real fame and fortune will come uninvited. This is the real meaning of coming here to learn Confucianism, can you understand"?

Don't ask again! I'm just pretending to be your master here, so why bother draining my head? My heart was still a little flustered, but in the end I still stabilized my emotions, and then slowly sorted out my thoughts and answered.

Disciples: "Disciples, remember the teachings of the master"!

Zixiao: "Master Xie pointed out the maze, Zixiao understands what to do."

Me: "Hmm! Zi Xiaoke still has questions"?

Dig, continue to dig a pit for yourself, anyway, digging a pit one meter deep is digging, digging a pit ten meters deep is also digging. It's better to dig less than to dig more, and at most bury yourself completely!

Zixiao: "Master, if you have a position of power, will you be infected by the red dust"?

Me: "There is no other way to learn, just ask for reassurance! That's why you have to learn first, and then apply what you have learned."

When ordinary people are grazing on the prairie, they know to find it if they lose their sheep, horses, and cattle. When you are at ease in the red dust world, don't you know how to get it back if you lose your heart?

That's why we have to live and learn until we are old. Just to keep your own heart at all times, and never forget your original intention, you have to always".

Zixiao: "The teacher's holy words, the disciples remember"!

And just like that, another problem was solved. At least it made me feel a little confident in my heart, so I didn't notice with a smile on my face at the moment that I was already sitting cross-legged on the Taishi chair. This kind of action seems to be very natural and normal, and there is nothing else out of the ordinary.

"Oops, I've finally got in touch with you, why did you suddenly enter the 'Enlightenment Lecture Field'?"

At this time, Xiao Gu's voice suddenly came, which made me feel a lot more relaxed and a little excited.

Me: "Little Gu, where are you"?

I asked in an extremely weak voice to Xiao Gu, who was missing.

Xiao Gu: "Don't speak, just tell me in your heart." In the 'Enlightenment Lecture Field', they can hear the faint voices clearly. Now you listen to me first.

The 'Enlightenment Lecture Field' is a scene in the past, some people came in as disciples, and some people entered in the name of the teacher. And you just ran in in the name of the master. So you have to make your disciples satisfied, otherwise if they leave, you will never leave this place. Remember, you can't leave here until they see you off, or you'll have to stay here for the rest of your life."

I almost vomited blood when I heard this, what was going on? How did you get me here? Mei Jiansheng is too ruthless, isn't it! Is there such a pit for apprentices? Could it be that the test of the saint group is not passed now, then the small black house will be closed forever?

Xiao Gu: "You shouldn't be blamed for this, and your master probably didn't expect you to trigger the 'Enlightenment Lecture Field' in this thatched house, so this shouldn't be what he expected." Now you first explain the scriptures in your heart in your own way of understanding, and then find a way to get yourself out of class, and then talk about it after you come out quickly! By the way, how many disciples do you have?"

I asked in my heart, "Can't you see?" There are only ten disciples in total, and they all seem to be very good at talking, so at least let me calm down a little now, but there are a lot of questions, and I may keep asking them later, and I don't know if I have time to talk about the scriptures.

And I'm afraid that my understanding of the scriptures is not as good as theirs, and now I am using my limited comprehension to discuss with them! I'm afraid that I will not know how to answer the next question on a more advanced topic."

Xiao Gu: "It's good that you sit on the main seat, and I still have a way to communicate with your heart." Then you continue to pretend to be their master, if you really don't understand, you can ask me, and I will try my best to help you get through this difficulty."

Me: "Okay, if they don't ask any more questions, I'm going to start preaching." Do you have a deeper understanding of the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism, so that I can teach this lesson well and get through this difficulty."

Xiao Gu: "Then I want to sort it out, the scope of the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism is a bit wide, and the meaning of each scripture is too great, and it really doesn't take ten or eight years to talk about it, then you will never be able to finish it!"

Me: "It's too bad, isn't it? Ten or eight years, then I won't starve to death!"

Xiao Gu: "Don't worry, it's unlikely that you will starve to death? You have come to the 'Enlightenment Lecture Field' with your consciousness, and there are a lot of people next to your body now? So no matter how long you have been here, they will help you solve the nutrients your body needs. And the speed of time here is different from the outside world, you are here for several hours, and the real time is only a few breaths away. Your body isn't that weak enough to starve to death in just a few breaths."

Me: "No, don't I really have to live in a small black house for more than ten years?"

Xiao Gu: "Don't worry, I'll prepare some advanced content for you first, and when they need to take time to comprehend, they will send you away first and continue to comprehend themselves!"

Me: "Xiao Gu, it's still your best, thank you for your hard work"!

Xiao Gu didn't answer me this time, and he should have gone to prepare advanced content. Although I talked a lot with Xiao Gu, these disciples were still thinking about it and didn't bother me. So I had more time to do some preparations, but before I was ready, the problem came again.

Zishu: "Master, the disciple has something unclear, please ask the master to solve the doubt"?

Me: "Zishu, please speak"!

Subbook: "What is the essence of what we are waiting to learn"?

Me: "For the sake of learning day by day, for the Tao day by day." The more you learn, the easier it is to do things. Therefore, people who can really learn will often study more, discuss more, read more books, and listen to lectures more. And what this brings is that the simpler, happier, and more comfortable you will be in doing everything, and the greater the chance of success in doing things.

It is because we have learned so much that we can understand what it means to return to the basics, what is the simplicity of the road, and what is clear at a glance. Doing everything is not done yet, and you can think of what the result will be, and this kind of learning is useful learning. Doing things like this is what is worthwhile."

Zishu: "In this case, we can learn the ability to do things, why should we learn Confucian culture"?

Me: "It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!" The biggest difference between man and beast is the difference in intelligence. Because we are human beings, we must first learn to be human beings, and then learn to do things.

Confucian culture can not only make you a master of the world, but also let you know how to enter the world and do great things. Confucian culture will not teach you how to do anything well, but it can let you know the basic standards of becoming a human being, and it can also allow you to see the essence of everything. Only by understanding everything from the root can you do things well, and doing good things will not go beyond the scope of human ethics"!

It's bad, the speech is a bit of a point, and he was actually caught by this disciple. Why isn't Xiao Gu ready, I'm going to start preaching, otherwise I won't be able to support it. Looking at their puzzled looks, he knew that his explanation was not comprehensive enough, so he could only continue to speak:

"Everybody can change their clothes, they can change their pants. You can change the taste of food, you can change the drink. You can even lose your arms, you can break your legs, you can lose your vision, you can have no hearing. But you can't lose the culture of your heart, the principles of your heart, that's your soul, your code of conduct!

Zishu: "Thank you for your doubts, and the disciple understands"!