More than 600 years ago, 42 celebrities at that time, including Shu Sheng, his relatives and friends, sat on the ground on both sides of the Lanting Qingxi after repairing in Lanting, placed the wine in the stream, floated slowly down from the upstream, passed through the Jiuqu stream, and who turned or stopped in front of him, who had to improvise poems and drink, which was called "Qushui Liuzhen". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In this song, 11 people each wrote two poems, 15 people each wrote a poem, and 16 people could not write poems, and each was punished with three drinks. The sage of the book collected the poems he had written, wrote a preface, and wrote the world-famous first line of books in the world.

As a result, the smooth flow of the water has become a good story through the ages, and it has been regarded as Confucian elegance by celebrities of all dynasties and generations, and it has been passed down to this day.

Since the 37th year of the previous dynasty, chaos began to appear in the world, and until the fifth year of Zheng Jianwen, a war that affected the whole world lasted a total of ten years. In this decade, countless scholars to avoid war, learn Buddhism and escape Zen, located in the south of the Yangtze River Da Bao En Temple has become the first choice for Jiangnan celebrities to escape from Zen, many Jiangnan celebrities wearing Confucian shirts here have become a robe-wearing Jiangnan monks.

At the beginning of the new dynasty, the world has been peaceful for 50 years, in the past ten years, Jiangnan and other rich places have re-flourished in literary style, the great Bao'en Temple where the high monks of the south of the Yangtze River gather has become the gathering place of many literati and scholars, and there are two grand events that affect the entire Jiangnan Shilin are also selected to be held in the Dabao'en Temple. One is the Qushui Liuzhen on the third day of the third month of March, and the other is the sitting and talking on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

In the previous scene, most of the young scholars appeared on the stage, valued the poetry trail, and it was a stage for young people, and the elders were just watching and appraising, and did not end up in person. Every year, there will be a few talented people who are famous for their poems on this song, which is widely sought after, and is famous all over the south of the Yangtze River, which is more beautiful than the Zhonghui Yuan in the imperial examination. From this point of view, the winding water of Dabao'en Temple can be described as a shortcut to the south for young scholars.

As for the latter sitting and talking, it is focusing on the avenue of righteousness and reason, and the young and younger generations only have the share of spectators, because the great Confucian celebrities who have been famous for a long time will all appear, and here they will start the debate of righteousness and benefit, the debate of the king, the debate of Confucianism, and the debate of name and truth, this sitting and discussion will last for about three days, but since ancient times, there is no first, so the winner is generally not distinguished.

It sounds very elegant, but in recent years, because of the popularity of Wushisan, many celebrities will take Wushisan when discussing the Tao, so they have the style of celebrities who strip off their clothes and catch lice, and even drink and talk wildly.

When Xu Beiyou and Zhang Wuxian came to Dabao'en Temple, it has been two days since they sat and talked about the Tao, and the most eye-catching Chen and Zhu schools of Wang Ba Yili debate came to an end, followed by the debate of Confucianism with a lot of difference, after all, since Emperor Wu deposed the hundred schools and respected Confucianism alone, the two Confucianism and law have set the title of master and slave, and now the debate is only a trivial matter.

However, Xu Beiyou and Zhang Wuxi, the "rough martial artists" in the eyes of the two famous scholars and Confucians, are naturally not interested in these so-called arguments, and they do not have the idea of vassal elegance, even if they don't catch up, they will not be disappointed.

The two stood in front of the door of the Da Bao En Temple and looked up, only to see that the temple door was closed, several monks who looked very uncheesy were lined up left and right, since the Qu Shui Liuzhen and sitting and talking about the Tao are the two major events in the Jiangnan realm, it is natural that not just anyone can participate, these few days of the grand event, the Da Bao En Temple usually refuses pilgrims to enter the temple to worship the Buddha, in addition to the prestigious Confucian celebrities, some family background and reputation are a little worse than the scholars, but also have the invitation card issued in the temple to enter. And now that the admission time has passed, according to the rules, even if there is an invitation, you can't enter, unless you are a person of special value, you can make an exception.

The few acquaintance monks in front of them have trained a pair of fiery eyes to greet and send them back, and they are the best at looking at people, and at this time they are distinguishing whether the identity of the person who comes is valuable enough.

If Zhang Wuxian is willing to show his identity, whether it is the Dragon King of Buddhism or the sick tiger of the imperial court, it can be called valuable enough, but he doesn't want to provoke right and wrong in vain, and Xu Beiyou does not dare to reveal his identity at will, for fear of provoking the charm of the Demon Suppression Palace, so the two of them can only use some dishonorable means if they want to enter the temple.

Da Bao En Temple as a holy place of Buddhism, naturally there are mysterious formations to guard, fortunately, Zhang Wuxian this Buddha Dragon King has a lot of research on the Buddhist formation, and the temple formation has not been fully opened, Xu Beiyou followed him to a dead end, Zhang Wuxian stretched out his hand on the wall, it was out of thin air that a portal appeared, Zhang Wuxian took a step forward, and his figure disappeared in the portal instantly, Xu Beiyou also had a kind of learning, stepped into the portal, only felt that there was a light in front of him, and when the light dissipated, he had come to the Dabao'en Temple.

The methods of the earth immortal masters are really mysterious.

Xu Beiyou couldn't help but quipped: "The formation of this Great Bao'en Temple is clearly to keep the enemy out, even my master may not be able to sneak in quietly with a person, but you, the Dragon King of Buddhism, are easy to do, no wonder it is always said that it is difficult to prevent thieves day and night." ”

Zhang Wuxi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The reason why I was able to leave Buddhism easily this time is that I have to say that the imperial court has made great efforts, and now Buddhism relies on the imperial court everywhere, so I dare not obstruct it. But anyway, after all, I can't stand the old-timer who led me into Buddhism to avoid trouble, and I'll look for that senior later, and you can listen to the celebrities and scholars sit and talk about it. ”

Xu Beiyou was stunned and said, "Sit and talk about it?"

Zhang Wuxian said with a smile: "Even if you don't understand, you should see the world, I came with Gong Wen once, at that time, the world was initially decided, and there was no such erosive appearance as today, but it has also begun to compare the pomp, I remember that when Xie Gongyi appeared, he brought musicians, courtesans, dancers, and maids to more than 100 people, wine and food boxes, stoves and bottles, all kinds of musical instruments and other things, and even brought a complete set of chimes, the scene is comparable to His Majesty the Emperor." At that time, Gong Wen was just alone, and before he could start his debate, he had already lost too much in the formation. ”

Xu Beiyou was surprised: "Xie Gongyi? is the first Xie Gongyi of Jiangzuo who said that the world has a stone, and I have a fight? ”

Zhang Wuxian sighed with emotion: "Xie Gongyi likes this kind of celebrity gathering the most, during the Dazheng period, sitting and talking about the Tao was not held in the Dabao'en Temple, but in the Yuanjue Temple of Linlang Mansion in Jiangzhou, the Yuanjue Temple in the second year of Jianwen, the first emperor got acquainted with Xie Gongyi, that is, under the instigation of Xie Gongyi and Du Mingshi, the first emperor decided to wave his army into Shu. ”

Zhang Wuxi shook his head, "Don't talk about these things about Chen sesame and rotten grain, I'll go to Housi Tallinn first." ”

Before the words fell, Zhang Wuxian had already disappeared.

Da Bao En Temple occupies a vast area, there is a square in front of the glazed tower, enough to accommodate nearly 1,000 people, sitting and talking about the Tao is carried out in this place, there are only a few dozen people who can be qualified to talk about the Tao, but the onlookers are enough as many as 800 people, most of the people are gathered in the square, only a few prestigious Confucian masters can climb the glazed tower.

Xu Beiyou followed the sound of people to come here, and did not go to a crowded place to join in the fun, but stood from a distance to watch.

At this time, an old man with a square and majestic bearing opened his mouth to speak, and he had to be public, sonorous and powerful, and every word was loud, and after he spoke, none of the eight hundred onlookers spoke, and they all listened attentively, which showed that this old man must be a person of great status.

Although Xu Beiyou has the ambition of being a master, but he has not yet reached the realm of governing the country and leveling the world, he is not interested in Confucianism and Legalism, he only reads to broaden his horizons, not to exhaust his reasoning, if the great Confucian explains the scriptures, maybe he is still willing to listen to it, but if it is this pure battle of words, he is a little impatient.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a loud voice not far from him, "The dispute between Confucianism and Law began in the era of the hundred schools of thought, not only the dispute between Shangfa and Shangli, but also the fundamental reason for the dispute between the two lies in the attitude towards criminal law. Confucianism advocates benevolence, love and courtesy, emphasizing the practice of teaching and unclass things from the hearts of the people, and believes that although the criminal law is used to intimidate, it does not cure the symptoms, because people are only oral and their hearts are unconvinced. Therefore, Confucianism believes that only through indoctrination, turning external behavior into internal habits, replacing criminal law with morality, and even without criminal law, can order be orderly, this is the so-called great harmony. However, the Legalists advocate strict punishment and strict law, clear rewards and punishments, oppose the rule of man, and implement the rule of law, in fact, in the final analysis, it is still a question of human nature being inherently good and human nature being inherently evil. ”

Xu Beiyou's evil supplement during this period of time can be regarded as a little understanding of the scriptures, and he can roughly hear that this argument is not bad, and he turned his head to see a green shirt.