Chapter 982 knows that it can't be done

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: Maxima is not worthy of praise for its strength, but for its character and will. ”

"Hmm!" Lege nodded in response.

Zeng Shen further explained: "Not in the horse! It's not in the name of Maxima, it's the essence of Maxima! It is not Maxima that is praised, but the essence and character of Maxima. ”

"Well said! Read on! Le Ge said.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Or say: "How can you repay grievances with virtue?" Zi said: "How can you repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. ”

"What do you mean? Or what does it mean? Lege asked.

Zeng Shen explained: "Or it is the meaning of someone who said! Uncle Le! Some people say: How about using your own character to prove your attitude towards resentment? The gentleman said, "Then what do you use to prove your virtue?" It should be to prove your attitude to resentment with integrity, and to prove your character with integrity. ”

"Oh?" Lege replied with his mouth open.

"Repaying grievances with virtue" originates from Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching". Confucius asked students to "distinguish between love and hate", and they must express their position and attitude!

"Integrity! Uncle Le! Zeng saw that Lege did not argue, and quickly interpreted it himself: "Actually! Sir is saying that under normal circumstances, we have to be upright. In extraordinary times and circumstances, you can't be too upright and direct! Isn't it? Uncle Le! If we are too direct, we may be killed! Right! Uncle Le! Survival is fundamental! ”

"Hehehe!" Le Ge looked at Zeng Shen and said with a smile: "You know that I just want to comment on this sentence!" So! I just don't comment! Hey! Or are you smart! You guessed it! Good! ”

"Thank you! Thank you Uncle Le! ”

"Read on!"

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Zi said: "I don't know my husband! Zigong said: "What is Mo Zhiziye? Zi said: "Don't complain about the sky, don't worry about people." Go down to school and go up, and those who know me are heavenly! ”

"What do you mean?" Lege asked.

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. sighed: No one knows what I know! Zigong said: How can you say that no one knows what you know? Mr. said: I don't complain about the sky, nor do I blame people, when I was young, I worked hard to learn etiquette and music, and then implemented the etiquette system, and now I finally understand a lot of truths through practice, and only heaven understands me! ”

"Your husband is sighing again!"

"Yes!" Zeng Shen Dao.

"Your husband is still revenge! He regretted it a little! I worked hard all my life for humanity, but not for myself. With his talents, if he lived for himself, he would live happily. Outcome! It's thankless, and it's been a hard time all your life! It's true! Why is this so painful? ”

"Yes!" Zeng Shen Dao. "Gentlemen who have returned from traveling all over the world, especially in their old age, regret it! It's true! They all doubt life: what is their life for? For humanity? But he didn't contribute to humanity? My life's efforts don't seem to have any effect! ”

"Your husband will not think until he dies: he is working in the wrong direction in life!"

"Wrong direction?"

"Nope! It's the wrong way! The direction is right! Your sir is for humanity. But his method did! Taoism is also for mankind and for oneself, but your husband does not approve of it. It seems that your husband's method is right, and it is very advanced, noble, and great. But his method is too idealistic and not integrated with real life! Plainly! It's out of reality! There is no combination of theory and practice. Alas! Do not say! We've been arguing about this question countless times, right? Isn't it? Don't fight today! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

Gong Bo Liao is a son of the road. Zifu Jingbo told him, saying: "The master is inherently confused and ambitious in Gongboliao, and my strength can still be used in the city." Zi said: "The Tao will be with you, and your life will be too; The Tao will be abolished, and life will also be. What is the fate of the uncle! ”

"What do you mean? Interpret it! Lege asked.

Zeng Shen explained: "Gongboliao reported Zilu to Ji Sun. Zifu Jingbo told Mr. about this matter, and said: Ji Sun's family has been confused by Gongboliao, and Zilu is in big trouble. But! With my strength, I can kill Gong Boliao and lay him dead in the city. The gentleman said, "Whether the Tao can be implemented or not is determined by the mandate of heaven; The Tao cannot be promoted, and it is also determined by the destiny of heaven. What can Gong Bo Liao do with the Mandate of Heaven? ”

"Who is Gongboliao? He denounced Zilu? Isn't he afraid that Zilu will kill him? With Zilu's temper, who is he afraid of? He is not even afraid of your husband Confucius! Who is he afraid of? Le Ge said.

For those students of Confucius, Lege knows Zilu best. Because! Zilu is the son of his friend, and he was also introduced to Confucius to study privately. And also! Zilu was most convinced of him.

Zeng Shen replied: "Gongboliao: The surname is Gongboliao, and the word is Zhou." A student of Mr., he was a retainer of the Ji family. ”

"Oh?" Le Ge asked again: "What about Zifu Jingbo?" I don't know about him, huh? ”

Zeng Shen replied: "Zifu Jingbo: Doctor Lu Guo, surnamed Zifu Mingbo, Jing is his nickname." ”

"Oh?" Lege nodded.

Confucius's heaven and destiny are not superstitious heaven or destiny! It's a force that can't be resisted by man! A result that does not depend on human will!

Zi said: "The sage opens the world, the second is the land, the second is the color, and the second is the words." Zi said: "There are seven authors. ”

"What do you mean?" Lege asked habitually.

Zeng Shen explained: "Mr. said: The sage escapes from the turbulent society and lives in seclusion, and the second class escapes to another place, and again avoids the ugly faces of others, and again avoids the ugly words of others. And he said, "There are seven men who have done so." They are Boyi, Shuqi, Yu Zhong, Yiyi, Zhu Zhang, Liu Xia Hui, and Shaolian. ”

"This must be what your husband said in his old age, right? Your husband would not have had this level of understanding when he was successful! Le Ge said.

"This?" Zeng Shen Zhi got up.

"Unacceptable? Or don't you want to be exposed to your husband's shortcomings? Isn't it? Lege laughed.

"This?"

"I heard! When your husband was traveling around the world, he met a reclusive Taoist hermit. Outcome! Your husband is still scolding! Isn't it? What does this mean? It shows that he didn't understand life at that time! ”

"This?"

"Say no more! Don't talk about things that you are unhappy about and dare not face! Read on! ”

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.

The sub-road stayed at Shimen. Chenmen said: "Xi Zi? Zilu said: "From Kong's." He said, "Is it the one who knows that he can't do it?" ”

"What do you mean? Interpret it! Lege stretched out his hand and gestured.

"Yes! Uncle Le! Zeng Shen said.