Chapter 23: The Story of Donglai (4)

Liu Bei asked, "Who is the one who is in charge?" ”

Everyone in the hall didn't know what Liu Bei meant, and they actually pulled it on Guan Zhong's body. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 After thinking about it, someone replied in the words of Confucius: "Guan Zhong Xianghuan Gong, tyranny princes, one Kuang world, and the people have been blessed by it now." Microtubule Zhong, I was sent to the left......"

Liu Bei didn't wait for this person to finish speaking, and then interrupted: "In this way, Ni Xuangong also appreciates Guan Zhong very much?" ”

The man replied, "Yes, Guan Zhong is a great sage!" ”

Liu Bei high-fived and said, "That's right! The character that Ni Xuangong praised so much is, of course, Daxian. But why did such a great sage not die for his lord and son-in-law when he was dying, and became the prime minister of his late master? “

Gongzi Jie and Gongzi Xiaobai competed for the throne, Gongzi Xiaobai ascended the throne, for the later Duke of Qi Huan, executed Gongzi Xiaobai, and the minister with the same name as Guan Zhong committed suicide, and Guan Zhong was used by Duke Qi Huan.

The people sitting in this allusion know everything, Zigong once asked Confucius: "What is the relationship between the non-benevolent ones?" Huan Gong killed Gongzi and couldn't die, and he was the same. So there was Confucius's answer about "managing the prince and tyrannizing the princes". When Liu Bei asked like this, everyone was stupid, and there was another sentence that Liu Bei interrupted just now and didn't say it, that is: "If the husband and the wife are forgiving, they don't know it because they are blasphemous." Confucius gave a good answer to Zigong's question, first talking about Guan Zhong's merits, and then saying that Guan Zhong should commit suicide in a ravine in order to observe the festival without being known, like ordinary mediocre men and women?

The meaning of Confucius is very clear, a benevolent person like Guan Zhong, why should we care about his virtue? Therefore, Confucius is completely a pragmatist, and this example can be regarded as Confucius's version of the informality of those who achieve great things.

Liu Bei is a slap in the face in public, the benevolent and virtuous sages in the mouth of Confucius are all virtuous, what qualifications do you have to ask me to grieve for Cao Taishou? Besides, Cao Taishou and I don't know each other at all, okay? Everyone remembered that they had just called "Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness", and they couldn't help but feel hot on their faces.

And that's not all. Liu Bei didn't wait for everyone to come to their senses, and asked again: "Don't talk about Zhongren and inbenevolence, there was a senior brother who said the way to govern the country, only courtesy and filial piety." So, how does Guan Zhong Xianghuan Gong, dominate the princes, and govern the world? Is it courtesy and filial piety? ”

The sons of the hall were dumbfounded and silent. Only then did Nima remember that Guan Zhong was a Legalist, emphasizing business, and establishing a female Lu (Qinglou), which made the Qi State gradually grow and achieve the cause of the overlord. However, Confucius, the originator of Confucianism, kept praising him: "The princes of Huan Gong Jiuhe, not with military vehicles, but also with the power of Guan Zhong, such as his benevolence, such as his benevolence!" ”

At this time, everyone began to reflect gradually. This is what Liu Bei wants. He swept his eyes around, and found that Lu Min, including Lu Min, looked thoughtful, so he said: "Kong said that Chengren, what is benevolence?" The great one of benevolence, for the country and the people, such as Guan Zhong, even if there is a loss in its subsections, Rande is the world, so the grandmaster Zhongni is still praised as benevolence! ”

Liu Bei said again: "The way to govern the country is not to be courteous and filial? The celebrant is divided into husband and wife, father and son, up and down, husband and filial piety, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people. Etiquette and filial piety, people's instincts, common feelings, governing the country and the world, how can you rely on this? In the pre-Qin period, the learning of the sons was revealed to the world, and the soldiers, the inkers, the law, the yin and yang, and the vertical and horizontal people could all be called Confucianism. Then the grandmaster Zhongni was born, and Confucianism has led the way to this day. For hundreds of years, the three princes and nine kings have been counted, or the law, or the military, or the economy, or the miscellaneous family, why not? Grace and filial piety are the surface of governing the country, and other techniques are the foundation of governing the country. ”

I have always said Confucianism, but in fact, although there are many Confucian scriptures, there is no programmatic thing, and it seems very empty. The means of governing the country by Confucian ministers of all generations are nothing more than the rule of law, economy, farming, etc., and the so-called benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and filial piety have just become a requirement for their own moral cultivation. If you are a Baume & Mercier, you can be informal; You are an indispensable minister, and when your parents die, you can take love and not keep filial piety; As for benevolence and righteousness, to political enemies, to foreign enemies, and to enemies, I have never seen a doctor speak of benevolence and righteousness. I can't wait for you to live or die.

At this time, someone is already confused. Nima, what I learned since I was a child is not like this, but what Liu Wulang said is very reasonable, in fact, the scholars are not stupid, they have known this situation subconsciously for a long time, but no one mentioned it, so they forcibly let this idea go dormant.

Liu Bei continued to promote his concept: "Taoism has the Tao Te Ching, the soldiers have the Art of War, but the Confucian righteousness is scattered among the scriptures, the "Poems" are longer than the Rites and Music, the "Yi" is longer than the hexagrams, the "Shangshu" and "Spring and Autumn" are longer than the history, and the "Rites" are longer than the etiquette. ”

At this time, some people wiped their sweat, and there were so many Confucian scriptures, and then they were divided again and again according to the different inheritances, such as "Poems" and "Han Poems" and "Mao Poems"; "Spring and Autumn" is divided into "Zuo's Spring and Autumn" and "Guliang Spring and Autumn", and the following "Yi" and "Shangshu" are all like this. There are also great Confucians of the past dynasties who make annotations, the public says that the public is reasonable, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and the chapters and sentences are so complicated that I don't know how many. Therefore, there is no general theory circulating at all.

At this time, all the sons were attracted by Liu Bei's words, where did they still think that this person was the little junior brother who they didn't like before and wanted to teach a lesson. Liu Bei Langsheng continued to crook the building: "Gai said goodbye because the former teacher Zhongni did not speak, and the seventy sons were mourned and righteous. Therefore, "Spring and Autumn" is divided into five, "Poems" is divided into four, and "Yi" has several family legends. The Warring States are balanced, the truth and falsehood are divided, and the words of the sons are chaotic. As for Qin's troubles, it is to burn out the article, and to fool the Qian...... It is the lack of simplicity in the old book, and the etiquette is broken. In the era of the Han Dynasty, Fang Jian's strategy of collecting books, placing the official who wrote books, and collecting books from all over the world was made up of Confucianism. Everyone knows this allusion, and it is also recorded in the "Hanshu-Art and Literature Chronicle".

"But my Confucianism has no leader, and what is the righteousness of the families? No, the ancestor Zhong Ni is an immortal sage, how can he leave a legacy for future generations? The righteousness of Confucianism is in the "University" chapter, and it is in the knowledge of things! These four characters are the general outline of my Confucianism, which can be the unchanging legal system for eternity! ”

Well, Liu Bei's purpose has been completely exposed here, and he will take this opportunity to hold Gewuxue high and make it a theoretical banner of Confucianism that will never fall, and deeply implement it in the hearts of all students, so that it can take root and sprout.

"Gorou, how can Gewu Zhizhi be the legal system of Confucianism for all generations, please teach me!"

Well, I'm not afraid that you ask, but I'm afraid that you won't ask. Liu Bei smiled proudly and said: "Before the knowledge of things, because of the cumbersomeness of the scriptures, the Confucian scholars of the past dynasties did not pay attention to it, and because of the misinterpretation of the chapters and sentences, all the sons of the world thought that the Ge was coming; Things, things also. If it knows the good, it will come to the good. If they know the depths of evil, they will come to evil things. Words and things come to people's favorites. Sincerely, or for the best. Zheng Shi also holds this view. At this point, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was gradually relaxed.

"But I don't think that's the case. The words of the first saints all have deep meanings, how can they be interpreted in this way? It is because I think that the grid is poor, and the thing is the reason. This thing is not limited to external objects and sexual objects. Everything in the world can be described as a thing. Everything in the world has its own reason. Knowing the reason, and then knowing, knowing the virtue, knowing what you see and hear. So that knowledge and action are one! ”

"Since everything in the world can be described as a thing, everything in the world has its own reason. Then, farmers, merchants, soldiers, lawyers, yin-yang magicians, doctors and fortune-bearers, we can all go to the grid! We can all go to the bottom of their reasoning and let them know! Therefore, Confucianism, Gewu is its foundation and backbone, and Legalism, soldiers, peasants, etc., are all branches and leaves of my Confucianism! Therefore, the sage has a saying, after learning from things, you can cultivate yourself, be sincere and upright, and then rule the country and level the world! I thought it was a great good! I don't know if you think so! ”

Everyone has been stupid, can Gewu Zhizhi explain it like this? Although some people have long accepted the statement that Gewu is the principle of the poor world, they have not shamelessly kidnapped the doctrines of all schools on the four words of Gewu Zhizhi like Liu Bei. It's shameless, but it seems to be pretty good. Many scholars have already begun to get excited. If you think about it, yes, it's very logical. If Gewu Zhizhi is explained in this way by Liu Bei, then it is a matter of course for me to take the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Confucian leader of the Hundred Schools! Isn't that what it is? Gewu Zhizhi is also very easy to understand, I asked the farmer how to plant crops is Gewu, look at the sky and observe the clouds and rain and then know that the stars are also Gewu, Xi Cavalry and Archery Research Array is also a kind of Gewu, yes, there is nothing in the world that we can't go to! The ancestors are really smart, why didn't we discover the original meaning of this sentence earlier?

Liu Bei smiled slyly and said loudly: "All the theories know it but don't know why. Only I, a Confucian sage, have great wisdom and great benevolence, so I have a treatise on learning from things in the book. It's a pity that this glorious word has been dusted for hundreds of years. From today onwards, the doctrine of my Confucian leaders, in accordance with the mandate of heaven, is the king, and the name is also good! Governing the country and leveling the world, who is the one who gives up me? ”

The sons of the hall couldn't help but be enthusiastic when they heard this, and they stood up one after another, raising their arms and shouting: "By the order of heaven, King Zuo!" Governing the country and leveling the world, who is the one who gives up me? ”

Well, in fact, if Lu Zhi and Zheng Xuan were here, they would definitely reprimand Liu Bei for his clever words and crooked reasoning. However, they had no way to refute it, because what Liu Bei proposed occupied the name of righteousness, which was too useful for Confucianism to govern the world. If this continues, it won't be long before no one claims to be a descendant of the Fa family, a soldier family, or a Zongheng family. All of them are renamed Confucian heirs! Because they have acquired the knowledge of the sons through the knowledge of things!

Liu Bei said this easily, and his throat was dry. Although the incident happened suddenly, and his remarks were still unsatisfactory, they could be regarded as self-justifying. He doesn't care what courtesy, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are, this is what the ruler requires of the people under his rule. People who really understand, powerful ministers and heroes, etc., which one talks about this? The small people are very afraid of the Son of Heaven, but in the eyes of the ministers, the deposed emperor is just waiting for leisure. What the Mandate of Heaven is, it's all nonsense, princes and generals, and it is better to have a kind of truth than that. Liu Bei only wanted to promote his Gewuxue. The first is to make some contributions to this era he loves. The second is that after he "concentrates" on studying Gewu, whether it is Lu Zhi or Zheng Xuan, he will not be too strict with his other knowledge. Even if he doesn't understand the Five Classics, he is still a theoretical master of Gewuxue and a great hero of Confucianism!

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