"You can't just go with the flow! Mr! That's too passive! Confucius interrupted.

Under Lao Tzu's painstaking interpretation, Confucius still understood a little. I don't fully understand it, but I understand it somewhat.

But! Hearing Lao Tzu say "let it be", he became anxious again.

Although he was drunk by Lao Tzu once, he couldn't get off the stage. But after all, he is a person who has seen the world, and he will not be "drunk" by Lao Tzu, let alone dare to talk to Lao Tzu. Between him and Lao Tzu, he can maintain the identity of a student and junior, neither humble nor arrogant, but also not arrogant and rude.

"I'm talking about going with the flow, not the kind of passive inaction and inaction you think! But! Don't do it deliberately! Step up your game! We still have to work hard and be positive! But! Don't think that hard work pays off! Do you understand? It's just going to be the way it is! ”

"Oh?" Confucius answered.

"What you understand to go with the flow generally means laissez-faire, to ignore it, to do nothing. That's your misinterpretation of going with the flow, not my understanding. My going with the flow is the result of looking at things in a frank and calm state of mind, but it is not the process! ”

"Oh?"

"To live! To live this life process, we have to work, right? Isn't it? If you don't work, why do you live? Nobles? A nobleman who inherited the title? Since we are not nobles who have inherited the title, we all have to work and create. Otherwise? Where do you get the cost of living? How can you survive without living expenses? ”

"Oh?"

"So! Our life is to work hard! ”

"Yes! Mr! ”

"We have to work hard to change our lives. Isn't it? That's what it is! Isn't it? So! How do you go with the flow? That is! We tried, but we didn't always get the results we wanted! It's about going with the flow! What if you don't go with the flow? Can you change the result? ”

"It's fate!" Confucius replied.

"Life?" Lao Tzu answered, then nodded and said, "You can also say that!" To go with the flow is to accept your fate! ”

"So?" Confucius had the courage to ask tentatively, "Since life is to work hard!" So! We're going to work hard! Although the future is uncertain and we don't know what life will look like, we still have to work hard! Isn't it? ”

"Yes!" Lao Tzu responded.

Lao Tzu knows! Confucius was about to publish his thoughts. So! He began to listen. He wanted to know what effect he had played on Confucius after he had said it for a long time.

"What Mr. said before, Qiu was stupid but still understood something, I don't know if I really understood! So! Qiu wants to say it, let Mr. give me some advice! Confucius said modestly and reverently.

"Say!" Lao Tzu nodded.

"Qiu is a man of self-denial, isn't he? Qiu is a person who will not be flexible! Isn't it? Qiu is also a person who sticks to his beliefs, isn't he? But Qiu is convinced that he is right! I also believe that there are many people who think the same way as Qiu, and are willing to work hard for their ideals and beliefs, and even give their lives. Who is it to sacrifice one's life for righteousness and oneself? So! I want to ......"

When Confucius said this, he looked at Lao Tzu with a look of anticipation, hoping to get Lao Tzu's affirmation, recognition, and support.

"Say!" Lao Tzu stretched out his hand and signaled!

"I think?" Confucius paused, as if he couldn't speak. Then he thought about it and said, "Mr. also said before, saying that people like me can only live in my familiar circle, and when they get to a strange place, they will not adapt to the soil!" Isn't it? ”

"Yes!" Lao Tzu nodded and admitted.

In the past, he attacked Confucius in this way.

"Qiu listened to Mr. and understood, and felt that it seemed to be like that......

"How does it seem to be? It was meant to be! ”

"It was meant to be!"

Confucius did not want to argue and diverted the subject, continuing "Since! We are a very small circle! We still have our own circle! So! I think so! We don't go to unfamiliar circles, I make my circle bigger, infinitely bigger, and then expand and expand to the whole Great Zhou world......"

Confucius expressed his own vision, which was later the theoretical framework of his Confucian idea of "the great harmony of the world".

What does it mean that I am not a person who maintains and abides by virtue? Self-denial? So! I lead by example, and I do this within my life circle, so as to influence the people around me. And then! Slowly expand my circle of life, so that more people can imitate me and become a virtuous person like me. That's it! We expand our circle infinitely......

"Hmm!" Lao Tzu listened, nodded, and sighed, "Since you are willing to do this, no one else has anything you can do!" I can't stop you either! Won't stop you either! But I still think! You're too stupid and passive! What do you think? ”

"This?" Confucius wanted to argue, saying how could this be stupid and passive? Can you think of it as an argument? Repeating the topic again.

Before! He was already arguing with Lao Tzu on this topic. He thinks he is very proactive, while Lao Tzu thinks it is passive.

So! He didn't want to argue any further.

"I mean! Since you have this determination! We must change the world and the destiny of mankind. So! Why don't we take a different approach? Yours in this way! It is just a quack treatment for diseases, headaches, and foot pains, not a cure for social problems. And! It's stupid and passive. ”

"How can you cure it?" Confucius asked.

"We're not going to heal the sick! We don't go to treating headaches and foot pains, we don't start with social phenomena, and we don't treat social problems. ”

"So what?"

"We rule people! Cure the heart! Lao Tzu looked at Confucius's face and said very seriously.

"Cure the heart? How to cure the heart? Confucius shuddered and asked.

"The combination of people constitutes the Great Zhou World! Isn't it? Talent is the foundation of society? Isn't it? ”

"This!"

"So! If the people's hearts are cured, social problems can be cured once and for all! ”

"This?" Confucius did not understand what Lao Tzu meant.

"Do you think that abiding by the Zhou rites and self-denial can save the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and restore the Zhou Dynasty to its heyday, don't you?"

"Yes!"

"I say! That's just your personal thoughts, and the thoughts of some people. The idea is right, but it's hard to implement. I've analyzed it before, you should remember. Why? The reason is in the real problem. The current situation in the Great Zhou society is like this, and it is not something that you can change by wishful thinking. Isn't it? ”

"This?"

"So! We need to heal the heart! ”

"Cure the heart? How to cure the heart? ”

"Tell the world! What is a person? Why do people live? What do people live for? When we understand life, social problems will be completely cured! ”

"This?"

"The world doesn't know why people live. What is life for? Is it strange that if you live blindly and society is not chaotic? ……”

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