Yue Buqun scolded with a smile: "This Yuezi Daxian is also enough, it should be stopped, if others know, it will not cure you of the crime of disrespecting the sage, and I am the sin of vain claiming to be a sage." ”

Xie Di said with a smile: "As Wang Bo'an said, 'The teacher has millions of words, and every sentence is a wise saying, if others can get the essence of 10,000 words, they can be called the great sages of the world.'" How the teacher is not a saint. 'The younger brother is just called Yue Zi Daxian, and the eldest brother Yue can't stand it, this is not good, the eldest brother Yue must have the courage to be the first in the world. ”

Yue Buqun just shook his head and said nothing, Xie Di and the others are too young to understand the darkness of the world, this is a good and positive side, but it can't hit them, just let Xie Di not scream and can. Yue Buqun introduced Ning Zhongze to Xie Di and sat in the mansion together. Xie Di brought a thick stack of new books as if offering treasures, Yue Buqun picked it up and looked at it, the title of the book was "The Doctrine of Mr. Tongwei". A total of 26 volumes, 78 books, each 100 pages, a total of more than 10,000 words, the handwriting is clear, all of which are Yue Buqun's words.

Yue Buqun trembled all over, and was greatly moved, at this time, printing books was not as convenient as in later generations, and the 800,000-word masterpiece was just proofreading and typesetting and downsizing in the way of classical Chinese, and I don't know how much manpower and money it would take. Thinking about Li Shizhen later, a "Compendium of Materia Medica", it took 30 years to compile, and it was never published until his death. Unexpectedly, he didn't say a word, and he didn't do anything, so he first had Master Lu Boling Lu print the "Five Virtues Bible". Later, there was Xie Di and other hundreds of scholars printed "Mr. Tongwei's Doctrine". I really don't know how to repay such kindness. After seven years, he finally left a mark of his own in this world, which is worth the trip.

In the evening, more than 100 scholars such as Wang Shouren, Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming, and Wen Bi, who came back from Wen Xun, all came back, and suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted "Meet the teacher".

Shocked, Yue Buqun also knelt down and kowtowed to return the salute, and finally Xie Di helped Yue Buqun and persuaded him: "Since they have learned the doctrine of Brother Yue, they are naturally all students of Brother Yue, and they should worship Brother Yue." ”

Yue Buqun's face was flushed, he waved his hand again and again, and he didn't dare to say that he didn't dare, and said: "Yue Mou is a shallow learner, he doesn't learn anything, and he can't even write a poem or article, how can he dare to call you a teacher of talents." ”

Xie Di said with a smile: "Brother Yue is too modest, as soon as "Mr. Tongwei's Doctrine" comes out, who dares to say that Brother Yue is only shallow in learning, and he has no skills. If Brother Yue is really a shallow learner, he doesn't learn and has no skills. Your brothers' eyes are also bright, and they will abandon Brother Yue and go to another door. Yue Buqun had to be cheeky, after all, teachers and students are not as rigorous as teachers and apprentices, and they can't be forced.

At the request of the scholars, Yue Buqun opened a book and gave a lecture, explaining his own doctrine in more detail, and it was a month long to talk about it. On this day, Wang Shouren asked: "Teacher, over the past year or so, my disciple has traveled to nine places, including Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi. It was found that most of the officials in various places talked loudly and ignored the people under their rule, and there were many vicious people who were sent by officials...... Teacher, I don't know what to do in order to make the world of Datong that Sage Kong said come as soon as possible?"

Yue Buqun didn't know how to answer, and asked the scholars instead: "Sage Confucius once said: The people can make it, but they can't make it known. How do you understand that?"

A scholar raised his hand and replied, "The meaning of Sage Confucius should be that for the common people, we can only make them do what we want, not why they do it." ”

Yue Buqun shook his head and said, "The ancients once said that officials and herdsmen are like shepherds of sheep, which should be what you mean. But the way of Confucius and Mencius is profound and broad, and there is no other way to truly understand it clearly, but the four-character mantra of 'advancing with the times'. ”

"Oh?" everyone was surprised, and it was the first time they had heard of the word "keep up with the times." Tang Yin opened his mouth and said, "May I ask the teacher, what is keeping pace with the times." ”

Everyone stared at Yue Buqun, and Ning Zhongze's pretty eyes were even more unblinking, watching how Yue Buqun explained to keep pace with the times. Yue Buqun smiled and said: "The so-called advancing with the times refers to the fact that ordinary people's thoughts and behaviors should progress with the times. ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up and arched his hand and asked, "Teacher, do you mean that when the current situation changes, the situation will be different?"

Yue Buqun nodded and smiled: "Yes, our thoughts must progress with the times in order to truly understand the meaning contained in Sage Kong's words. ”

Everyone nodded, thoughtful. Xie Di interjected: "Brother Yue, I understand what you mean, but I still haven't figured out how we should 'keep pace with the times' and understand the sentence 'the people can make it, but not the people'." ”

In fact, it is very simple, as long as it is combined with the specific situation of today, and the specific current affairs to understand the sentence of Sage Kong, there is no mistake. Yue Buqun said: "In ancient times, chaos first opened, and the people were ignorant, only the saints had foresight. At this time, what is right and what is wrong, how to act well and how to act badly, is basically clear to the saints. Therefore, the Fuxi Emperor of the Three Emperors taught the ancestors to build nets and fish, and the Shennong Emperor made the plowing and the ancestors cultivated the grains. If Emperor Fuxi and Emperor Shennong, who had foresight, did not decisively adopt the method of first speaking and then speaking, they first explained to the people why they wanted to weave nets and why they wanted to make rakes and rakes. What kind of benefits will be brought by weaving nets, making rakes, and rakes, I think that when all the people figure it out, the ancestors will all starve to death!"

Yue Buqun's metaphor has always been superficial and popular, but it vividly made all the scholars understand the meaning he wanted to express clearly. Yue Buqun said: "This period, according to the words of Sage Confucius, is the stage of 'the people can make it happen, but not the people can know it', that is, the people can follow it, and it is not necessary for the people to know why this is so." This stage can be called the Age of Enlightenment. The second stage is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in which the Confucian saints lived. At this stage, it was the first time in Chinese history when culture was widely spread, and hundreds of schools of thought wrote books and passed on their disciples, and launched a vigorous ceremony of contention among hundreds of schools. At this time, cultural knowledge was gradually spread to scholars and Chinese people by the scholars and doctors, and the cultural literacy of the people has been greatly improved compared with the ancient flood era. During this period, the words of Sage Confucius had actually become: 'The people can make it happen, and if they can't, they can know it.' (To be continued.) )