Chapter Ninety-Six: The Grass Silk Book and the Ink Daocun (II)
When the Mozi saw that Mozi had written such a paragraph, they thought about it in their hearts and gained something.
Looking at these words, he suddenly thought of the fact that when he saw the joy of hunting his heart in the fifty-fourth day of the debate, he wanted to prevaricate the question of what "one liter of food per person should come" when he was debating, and suddenly realized.
In this way, there are many things that cannot be argued by words? With a suitable temperament, if he is not sure, he will never argue, but his grasp comes from the understanding of Tianzhi, how can he win? In some debates, even if you win the verbal debate, if you judge right or wrong by Tianzhi, you have actually lost. ”
After saying a word, Mozi praised: "Qi Sui, you are right, that's it." Therefore I said, I have a heavenly will, like the rules of a craftsman. But many things cannot be verified by facts, and they need to be proven by words. Therefore, if it can be verified by facts, there is no need to argue. ”
For example, when asked who is taller between Yan Ying and Zhong Ni, there is no need to argue with each other. It seems that there is no need to argue, but in fact, what is high? What is Dwarf? This is an unchangeable rule that has been established a long time ago, and it is the foundation. ”
The gentleman, who rarely jokes on weekdays, suddenly said a joke, and everyone laughed and said nothing, isn't that the truth?
Yan Zi is short in stature, so when he went to the state of Chu, the king of Chu dug a dog hole in the city wall, but Yan Ying said that I came to the country of dogs and not the country of people, which led to the fact that the world knew that Yan Ying was a person who didn't care about his height, so he could use this as a joke.
Jonny is tall, with long arms and broad shoulders, and has few opponents in driving and archery, and his nine-foot body is also famous all over the world.
Everyone thinks that with Yi Shi's understanding of Tianzhi, I'm afraid that as long as he says a lot of things, it must be right, and if he wants to verify it, he will definitely be able to come up with a way, but I don't know what else he knows?
It's not just those who are curious, but even Mozi himself is curious.
Shi knew that the most important things he knew, Mozi had already said one of them, that is, what he just said.
It's fishing, not fishing.
No matter how many fish you have, it is meaningless if no one inherits the fishing skills. And if someone inherits the fishing skills, their fish will not change, and one day more people will catch their own fish.
The method is the most important, and the conclusion is secondary, especially for those who have great hopes.
Mozi's joke just now made Shixin's heart move.
Since Mozi said that height and shortness are rules that have been set a long time ago, aren't straight lines, line segments, angles, and circles also defined in this way before they can be discussed?
The essence of the Book of Ink lies in those definitions, and Mozi himself thinks in this way, which is an excellent beginning.
It's just that how to spread these definitions and principles of the Mo family quickly? There must be a large group of people who pay attention to ink at all times, but this group needs to be cultivated slowly, and at the beginning, there is something like "one middle and the same length is a circle", I am afraid that it will not attract many people.
After careful consideration, Shi finally happily decided to do a copyist.
He picked up the pen and said, "The words just now were written by Mr. What I said just now is not a word, I once read an eloquent article, and I will write it down today, so let's listen to it together. ”
After speaking, with a wave of it, he copied and wrote the article that he had been thinking about since the beginning of pondering papermaking.
"The gentleman said: It's not okay to learn."
"Green is taken from blue, and better than blue; Ice, water for it, and cold for water......"
As he wrote, he recited Xunzi's famous passages aloud...... At least the first half is Xunzi's famous article.
After "the gentleman's nature is not different, and the good and false are also in things", this sentence was put behind, and then this paragraph used Liu Bowen's "Saying Tiger", focusing on the four words of good and false things.
There are not many copies that can be copied, and the second half of the paragraph is a mess written by myself, and the rhetoric is really incomparable with the front, but it still succeeds in distorting the theme of the famous article of "Persuasion".
When he heard that "the old wood is straightened by the rope, the gold is sharpened, and the gentleman is erudite and the day is self-conscious, and there is no fault in knowing and doing", the heart said: "The person who does this should be Confucianism, but I can't think of which family of Confucianism."
When you hear "Therefore, if you don't climb the mountain, you don't know the height of the sky; If you don't face a deep stream, you don't know the thickness of the ground; I didn't hear the last words of the previous king, and I didn't know the greatness of learning", Yu Huali no longer wondered which of the six Confucian families was this, but followed closely behind and recited the previous text.
As for "Therefore there is no accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles; If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become rivers and seas", Yu Slip Li has been convinced that this article will be famous all over the world and read by everyone.
A large section of metaphors, all in one go; Esoteric truths are now common.
Yu said in his heart that as soon as this article came out, just a few sentences were enough to be recited in the market, not to mention the truth in it.
However, when he heard the "good and false things" that had changed his position, his face changed suddenly.
It's like eating delicious roasted meat in front of me, and even this sentence is the fattest part of the matter, but after eating this bite, the things below suddenly turned into tasteless white wax.
If it's only the second half of the theory, it's actually about the same level as most ink artists. But with the previous Xiongwen comparison, it suddenly became a little difficult to swallow.
The passion for the recitation before was completely gone, revealing a somewhat regretful look.
After all the texts were finished, some Moists with a slightly lower level of education were still immersed in it, including the truth in the second half.
Those who had a higher level of education and were from an aristocratic background all smiled and looked at each other.
Mozi praised first: "The world is a hero! ”
Then he slandered: "Only for the first half." ”
Mozi glanced at the strange-looking Bird Slippery and understood that Bird Slipper had also heard a problem, so he asked, "Centi, what do you want to say?" ”
Yu Huali smiled: "Yes, yes, you said that you recited it silently after listening to it, but in fact, you only said half of it." The first half is what you have heard and recited silently. Back...... You made it up yourself, right? ”
"The first half is done in one go, and the second half turns stiffly, not as smooth as water, not as smooth as fat. The truth is very good, and it is very in line with the truth of my Mo family, but the rhetoric is really not beautiful. I'm afraid that if it gets out, everyone will only recite the first half, not the second half. ”
Shi Ye never said that he thought about it, and hurriedly smiled: "I feel it myself, so I have to ask someone to decorate it." The first half of the paragraph was occasionally obtained by Mr. Tang Han, not by him, but by a descendant of the Bank of China. ”
Xunzi is said to be a descendant of the Zhongxing clan, and the Zhongxing clan has been defeated by Han Zhaowei, and it is normal to flee to various places incognito, this reason is completely reasonable, and it can be regarded as a somewhat raising the family reputation of Xunzi, who was not yet born.
"The second half...... I really made it up myself. The gentleman is not different, good at fake things, I use this to expand, I hope that everyone can learn some knowledge that can be borrowed from things and beneficial to people. Therefore, the power of the tiger is not as great as that of people, and the cannibalism of the tiger is not common, and the skin of the tiger is always the ......"
He explained, and everyone's faces showed understanding.
It's not that he doesn't want to copy, it's not that he thinks his level can be higher than Xunzi.
But in the second half of the paragraph, he really can't copy it, and it is impossible to spread the ideas of the ink artist when he copies it.
Although Xunzi taught Han Feizi and Li Si, two Legalist figures, he belonged to Confucianism after all, and the second half of the discussion was generally based on Confucianism.
The first half of the paragraph can be used by anyone, and the second half is an ideological dispute, and the ink artist cannot use it.
When the original text goes to "where to start learning", Xunzi said that learning should start with "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Music", etc., only in this way can "majestic behavior and actions in line with etiquette".
Then, from here, we will start to develop issues such as respecting teachers and co-ordinating the law.
The second half of the article focuses on how important it is to learn the knowledge of "good and false things", starting from the bottom of the agricultural industry and commerce, and illustrating the benefits of learning these things one by one.
In fact, the same is true of the original article, which starts with persuasion and ends with persuasion of "what to learn".
It's just that this learning has been changed.,And the change is not beautiful.,Shi only copied the first half of the recitation when he went to school.。
When a person from a background like Bird Slippery listens to it, it is naturally easy to hear that this is not an article written by one person at all.
The first half is like gold and jade, and the second half is like grass catkins.
It is so obvious that most ink artists are more concerned with the second half of the grassy period.
This is the time.
Picking out the era of hundreds of schools of thought contending to write books and sayings, the first half is enough to move the world.
But in an era of contention, the second half is the focus.
Xunzi's original article is the same, so after the era, the first half is still praised in ancient times, that is because it is a truth that is not easy for eternity, and the later questions about the concept will eventually be out of place, so it is suitable to not learn the second half when I was in school.
"If the second half is slightly embellished, it is also a good article." It's just that compared with the Xiongqi in front, it doesn't fit after all. I can't write such an eloquent essay. ”
He glanced at Mozi and said, "Sir, this article is excellent. The first half alone will inevitably preach the world, and if the truth of the second half can also be remembered, it will be of great use to spread the righteousness of the Mo. Please also ask the gentleman to revise it himself. ”
Mozi also thought so, and said with a smile: "I am suitable to be a secretary, but I don't want my giant to do what a secretary needs to do now." I truly believe now that what you said before and what you said was what you did was what you learned from others. ”
"I thought you were just humble, but it turned out that you didn't lie...... Hahaha, only in the second half of the article, it will be undoubtedly revealed. ”
All the ink people laughed, and they laughed, and their hearts said that from the rhetoric alone, they were afraid that the word dog-tailed mink would tarnish the "Persuasion Chapter".
But in this era when hundreds of schools of thought are about to contend, the second half is the most important.
I thought to myself, if Mozi revised it himself, although it was still not as good as the original, it would definitely be better to read than the ones he wrote.
Thinking of this, he said, "If Mr. finishes the change, it can be spread all over the world." For example, digging a trap always requires some food to be put in the trap to lure the beast you want to catch. This article can be used as a bait to spread the righteousness of the ink man. ”
"Sir, half a year ago, I said that I was running wheat flour shops, wine and restaurants in charge of ink people in major capitals, but I was actually preparing for this day."
"Most of the people in Juyi may not all know about the ink man, but because of wheat flour, soy food, spirits, etc., you can hear the name of the ink man first."
Then the grass silk preached, and the ink man was sent to hold the grass silk and read these articles in the food shop, so that more people would preach the praise of the ink man. The more it is preached, some people will wonder: What is the righteousness of the Mo? ”
"If you want to know, you can know. The more people know, the more and more ink people will be, and the righteousness of the ink can spread all over the world. ”
"It is not necessary to give handouts at the beginning, but to tell some articles, stories, and rumors that everyone likes at the beginning, so that people in the market will not know the taste of the ink for a month without hearing the text of the inkman. Wait for them to know the taste, and then preach morality. ”
"There wasn't a time like that, but now the time has come. Borrowed from the restaurant and wine shop, wrote with straw silk, and sent one or two inks to be delivered frequently. ”
They may not be willing to listen directly to the teachings of the Mo, but they first attract them with such articles, anecdotes, geography, astronomy, and other scholarships. This is something they can't compare to us. In these anecdotes, quietly mixed with the truth of the inker, we have straw silk, and others can't compare to us. ”
"Other families can only rely on the words of the master and apprentice to convey the righteousness, but the ink master has a sentence to read punctuation, a cursive silk calligraphy, an argumentative and careful words, and eight cheap characters, no need to pass on the words of the master and apprentice, and can also achieve the same meaning up and down, and there is no misinterpretation."