Chapter 8 The Theory of Things

On the bank of the walled water, a group of several horses, horses' hooves were obtained, and smoke and dust were rolled up all the way. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info take the lead, brocade robe and jade crown, majestic and heroic, it is that Gongsun Zhan. A white horse in the crotch, without variegation, quite a divine horse. Gongsun Chan laughed and said, "Goro, Zida, all virtuous brothers! Maple Valley to also. As he spoke, he took the lead and rushed into the valley ahead.

Liu Bei, Liu Ke and a few others followed, and they rushed in together. The peaks on both sides of the Maple Valley stretch for dozens of miles. The middle of the valley and the mountains on both sides are covered with maple trees, and in autumn, it is a fiery red, surrounded by several clear springs, and finally flows out of the valley and into the wall.

Everyone stopped at the horse, and Gongsun Zhan turned the horse's head and said with a smile: "Brothers, how is it here?" ”

Xu Ziping saw that the mountains were verdant, the spring water was murmuring, and the birds were singing, so he couldn't help but smile and said: "It's really a good place to escape the summer, and Zida has contributed a lot." ”

Lu Min listened, smiled, and said: "In the past, my father traveled with friends, and I used to accompany my side, it was autumn, and as far as the eye could see, the mountains were red and beautiful. So remember here. ”

Liu Bei turned over and dismounted, and said: "I'm ashamed, my eleventh brother and I grew up in Si, and only today did we know that there was such a scenery around us." ”

Zhang Xuanzi said with a smile: "Fortunately, Brother Xian only learned today, otherwise this valley full of birds and beasts would have died long ago." So we don't need it today. ”

Everyone laughed, these people were all outstanding people under Lu Zhi's sect. Things are gathered by like, and people are grouped. For more than a month, everyone got along day and night, and they were already quite familiar with each other. Liu Bei and Liu Ke are good at archery, and they already know about going to the mountains to hunt since they were children.

Today, Lu Zhi was suspended from class, but Gongsun Zhan was idle, so he proposed to come out to play, and everyone was a teenager, and it was the age of full energy, so they echoed it. When Lu Min heard this, he was also very moved, so he led everyone here.

Everyone led the horses, to a high ground, I don't know who built a small pavilion above, this small pavilion built wonderfully, below is a clear spring swirling in this bend, and just the tuyere, the mountain wind blows, the water vapor is diffuse, rushing to the face, everyone enters the pavilion, they feel that the heat dissipates and disappears, can not help but be happy. They praised it as a great place to stop.

Everyone took out the wine and food, sat around, and began to talk and laugh, so it was not lively. Liu Bei looked at the flowing water outside the pavilion and fell into deep thought. Lu Zhi is not a good person, he knew it in his heart from the first time he saw Lu Zhi. Liu Bei wanted to show his performance and leave a deep impression on the teacher so that he could hug his thighs, but in the face of Lu Zhi's deep eyes, he had no confidence, he was afraid that it would be self-defeating. Sometimes he wonders, is it true that if you read too many books of the sages, you can really have great wisdom and break people's hearts?

Teachers and students got along for more than a month, and Liu Bei observed silently very honestly. Now he can be sure that Lu Zhi didn't want to be a good teacher at all, he taught everything he should teach, but he didn't care if you like to learn or not. Maybe Lu Zhi thinks that most of the students are here to make soy sauce, so it's okay to be casual. It is no wonder that none of Lu Zhi's disciples in history are famous except for Gongsun Zan and himself. And Gongsun Boqi and himself are still two future warlords, so they can make a note in the history books. In the history books, Gongsun Zan took Liu Bei Qingcang to lead Huang to eat, drink and have fun, but I am afraid that it is not unrelated to Lu Zhi's teaching attitude.

Liu Bei also thought of the history books that said that Lu Zhi often cherished the ambition of the world, and he wrote to the general when he was clothed, and then the state and county repeatedly failed to do so, and he only came out when the imperial court recruited him as a doctor. Then it seems that he has been engaged in academic research, compiling "Shangshu Chapters and Sentences" and "Three Rites Interpretation", when the imperial court was writing the "Five Classics", Lu Zhi also wanted to participate in the book, but the emperor did not agree, and Lujiang rebelled, because Lu Zhi had rebelled in Jiujiang before, so he was appointed as Lujiang Taishou and let him quell the rebellion.

After the end of the rebellion, Lu Zhi returned to the imperial court as a speaker, and later helped Cai Yong and others edit the "Han Ji" in Dongguan. Then when the Jinshang Gate played the right time, he neglected to talk about political affairs, and as a result, he ran into a gray nose......

Then there was the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and he was selected as one of the three major commanders to quell the rebellion...... After a comprehensive analysis, Liu Bei thinks that his cheap teacher, Lu Zhi, may be in the center, and he wants to take the road of a clear stream and then a social minister, so that he can engage in academics and realize his great ambition of helping the world. This is evidenced by his active annotation and then in the concrete solutions he proposed in response to the political weakness of the time. However, the imperial court just twisted it and wanted to train him in another direction, wanting him to become a local official or a famous general. The two Taishou and the three counterinsurgency are the proof.

No wonder even if Lu Zhi did a good job in Lujiang, the history books only said that he was general. It turned out that Lu Zhi was reluctant to do this errand, but Teacher, you are a doctor of scripture, a great Han scholar, how did the four mansions find out that you have martial arts? Is it true that a person who grows tall is very capable of fighting? (Lu Zhi is 8.2 feet tall, which is 1.88.6 cm in modern times)

The teacher's thighs are not easy to hold. Liu Bei sighed leisurely. While he was thinking, a clear voice came from behind him: "Goro, if you don't come to drink, what are you thinking?" When I looked back, it was Lu Min.

Liu Bei looked at Lu Min, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and the little thing in his stomach said directly to Lu Zhi, I was afraid that it would be inappropriate, Lu Zhi would put too much pressure on people, and it would be difficult to distinguish between three and two, and if I couldn't do it, I would have to reveal it in its original form. However, repackaging, taking a roundabout route, and fooling classmates should still have an effect. At the moment, he replied with a smile: "Brother Zida, the younger brother is thinking about Gewu." "Lu Min Yanxi was born in the third year, just one year older than Liu Bei.

"Gewu?" As soon as these words came out, not only Lu Min, but others were also attracted. Liu Bei turned around and said with a smile: "Exactly, "The Book of Rites - University" has a saying that the ancients want to rule the country first if they are clear and virtuous in the world. Those who want to rule their kingdom must first gather their homes. Those who want to gather their families first cultivate their bodies. Those who want to cultivate their bodies should first correct their hearts. Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere. Those who want to be sincere should know first. Enlightenment is in Gewu. Objects are then known. Knowing and then sincerity. Sincerity and then righteousness. The heart is right, and then the body is cultivated. Self-cultivation and then family Qi. The family is united, and then the country is governed. After the rule of the country and then the world is peaceful, ......" Speaking of the back, it turned out that several people recited at the same time.

After reciting, everyone wondered: "Gorou wants to cure the Book of Rites?" "Lu Zhi's highest achievement in the Five Classics is the Three Rites Monk's Book, which is why everyone asks this.

Liu Bei shook his head with a smile and said: "No, it's just that the sages want to cultivate themselves and rule the country and the world, and they must have the sincerity and righteousness of the knowledge of things. ”

At this time, there was no later "Four Books", "University" and "Zhongyong" had not yet been listed from the "Book of Rites", and "Mencius" and "Analects" were only biographies of Zhuzi, far from reaching the height of later generations. When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned. Lu Min frowned and said, "Gorou, is this too much?" As the "Five Classics" says, every word is beautiful, why do you respect these four words? ”

Liu Bei avoided answering, and asked rhetorically: "Brother Zida, what is Gewu Zhizhi?" ”

Before Lu Min could speak, Gongsun Zhan next to him said in a loud voice: "What is the knowledge of things?" Uncle Zheng Kangcheng said, come also. 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 so. "Ge, that is, to come. From Han to Tang, from Zheng Xuan to Kong Yingda, they basically explain it like this. This explanation is quite idealistic, which probably means that people want to do good deeds, and then good things come.

Gongsun Zhan said that, and looked at Liu Bei with everyone. Liu Bei looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, I think that Ge is still poor, and things are still reasonable." Everything in the world has its own reason, so the name is the way. Exhausting the reason is enough to know, not to be poor. The soul of the human heart is not ignorant, and the things in the world are unreasonable. Like the sun and the moon, like the changes of the four seasons, like the fire is hot, and the water is cold. Exhaust the reason, and then know. After learning from things, the original intention of the sages is to take the avenue of people's hearts and bodies, and then to integrate knowledge and action. Do you think so? ”

For a moment, there was silence in the pavilion. When you read "The Book of Rites", most of them are learning about the etiquette and etiquette in it, and about the philosophy of "University", which is about the life of the Heavenly Dao, is just a general view, where is Liu Bei thinking so thoroughly and deeply. Everyone in the pavilion is a leader for a while, and the remarks of Zheng Xuan and Liu Bei can be known as soon as they hear it.

The truth is often very simple, like a layer of window paper that can be broken with a single stab, and the point is that no one has thought so seriously before. Because of the knowledge of things, there are only a few sentences mentioned in the "Book of Rites - University". Then it does not appear again in all the Confucian classics. Later, after the "University" was listed separately, it became a hot topic for Confucian scholars to argue endlessly. But at this time, only Zheng Xuan made a note on this. The first person in history to make a note for Gewu Zhizhi was Zheng Kangcheng. Ordinary Confucianists are governing the "Spring and Autumn Period", "Yi", "Poems", "Books" and other scriptures, "The Book of Rites" is divided into three parts, and "University" is only one of the "Little Dai Li Ji", and the attention is really not high. As soon as Liu Bei's words full of the wisdom of later generations of Confucianism came out, the impact on Lu Min and others can be imagined.

At this time, everyone was shocked in their hearts, and their feelings for Liu Bei were simply like a high mountain. To paraphrase a nonsensical sentence, "My admiration for you is like a surging river, and like the Yellow River overflowing out of control." We are still chaotic, and this guy actually wants to study the supreme truth of all things in the world, and thinks about using people's hearts and bodies. Such ambitions are beyond their reach.

Lu Min was even more excited, his family history was more clear than others about what kind of impact Liu Bei's few words would have on Confucianism. The scholars of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty commented on the scriptures, and the chapters and sentences were cumbersome and innumerable, but they almost failed to get out of the trap of their predecessors in academic terms. There are very few people who are as refreshing as Liu Bei's words today. Ten steps away, there must be fragrant grass. I didn't expect Liu Jiazi to have such a huigen, and he would have to share it with the adults when he went home.

Gongsun Zhan also has a look of admiration, he has always been close to Liu Bei, in addition to his harmonious personality, it is also related to the similarity of his life experience. Liu Bei lost his father when he was young, and he was the son of the family, and he was never loved by his father, so he cherished Liu Bei with talent. After listening to what Liu Bei said today, I couldn't help but think: I have worked so hard, Wulang lost his father at a young age but is still sensitive and studious, what qualifications do I have to feel sorry for myself? As the so-called Tianxingjian, the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement. The eldest husband was born in the world, and when he can't build a world, he is entangled in the past, and he doesn't make people look down on it. Since then, the anger that has accumulated in Gongsun Zhan's heart for many years has gradually dissipated.

Zhang Xuanzi and Xu Ziping glanced at each other, and their hearts were really demonic. Liu Bei saw that everyone was silent, and he was worried in his heart, and couldn't help laughing: "The little brother is thinking nonsense, and the words of the family." Brothers, don't take it seriously. "Am I mistaken, someone has already made this point at this time? Don't get away with it!

Lu Min came back to his senses and laughed loudly: "If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher." Ni Xuangong is honest and does not deceive me. Gorou is talented, I might as well wait. Everyone clapped their hands and said yes, Liu Bei smiled bitterly, and at the same time, a heart finally fell.

Only Liu Ke, ignorant, saw that everyone praised his fifth brother, and couldn't help grinning on the side. In fact, Liu Bei was also sweating, for fear that they would jump up and scold him for misinterpreting the words of the sages, but fortunately, the effect was good.