Chapter 509: Confucianism and Taoism clash
Meng Ke, who later became the Yasheng Mencius, was two or three years older than Zhuangzi, but he became famous later than Zhuangzi. When he started his study tour, when he was still Meng Ke, Zhuangzi was already famous, and Zhuangzi had already changed from Zhuang Zhou to Zhuangzi.
But? When they came to the Qi Kingdom, especially to the Jixia School Palace, Zhuangzi was the same as him, and no one hung them.
How many years has the Jixia School Palace been opened, and the people here only admire the gentleman inside, and for the legendary people, they just treat you as a legend.
Especially Zhuangzi! When I first came, what was that image? Just with his few goatees, many people dare not compliment. Who are the skinny and skinny people? He is only as old as an old man in his fifties.
And also! The clothes that Zhuangzi was wearing, which were still cut by the sword, and the pieces of clothes fluttered in the wind, what had become of them?
The first impression is filling!
And he Meng Ke was okay, and he still had a little image, and he established a little bit of image in the Jixia School Palace. But? After Yang Qing'er made such a fuss, people gradually looked down on him.
Oh, yes? You can talk about your theory, why do you curse people in disguise? Okay, right? The granddaughter of Taoist Yang Zhu came to the door, and the granddaughter of Mo Poultry also came to the door. And also! Zhuangzi, the inheritor of Taoist doctrine, also came to the door.
You can talk about your Confucianism, you have a problem with the doctrine of Taoism and Mohism, you shouldn't talk about people? You shouldn't have personal attacks on people, huh? You can't insult people, huh? Why are you scolding? You didn't scold, why don't you dare to explain?
In the Jixia School Palace, Meng Ke at this time, who was later Yasheng Mencius, and Zhuang Zhou Zhuangzi, were like a pair of difficult brothers, and not many people hung them.
In addition, it was raining heavily outside at the moment, and not many people were willing to come over to listen to how Meng Ke talked to Zhuangzi.
It is precisely for this reason that the encounter between Mencius and Zhuangzi is not recorded in history.
On the podium, under the auspices of Tian Gongzi, Meng Ke sat on the side of the debate, with Tian Gongzi's two bodyguards and several guards in the Jixia School Palace behind him. Zhuangzi, Yang Qing'er, and Rong'er sat on the opposite side. Tian Gongzi, as the host, sat in the top position.
On the three sides below the podium, there are rows of empty seats. Like the seats in a modern stadium, one floor is taller than the other. The difference is that the underside of the seat is empty, and people can also stand. The people standing below, although they can't see the people debating from the podium, but! Voices can be heard.
Soon! The handymen in the Jixia School Palace brought tea. When everything is ready, the debate begins. But! It's not a debate, it's Meng Ke's explanation of "swearing".
Meng Ke told him how he said the ins and outs of "Yang Zhuye, birds and beasts". He also gave an explanation to Rong'er's evaluation of the Mo family and the evaluation of the poultry slippery.
Zhuangzi, Yang Qing'er, and Rong'er listened to it, and felt that it was like that, as if they didn't scold people directly. But it always makes people feel that Meng Ke is still scolding people in disguise.
Yang Qing'er is about to have another seizure, and Rong'er can't bear it, but! For the sake of Tian Gongzi's repeated reconciliation, he had to just forget it. But! There is anger in the heart.
"That's it! All right! That's the end of it! Misunderstand! Misunderstand! I'll just say it! How could Meng Caizi curse? He is a Confucian, a great Confucian! It's a gentleman! Never mind! Never mind! Later! Meng Caizi! I say! ”
Tian Gongzi turned to Meng Ke and said: "When you explain the Mohist doctrine and the Taoist doctrine, you must pay attention to the rhetoric, so as not to cause misunderstanding!" Misunderstand! Misunderstanding knows? ”
After the round, Tian Gongzi faced Zhuangzi again and said, "How is it?" That's no problem, right? I think! That's it! There is no need for Confucianism and Taoism debates! Isn't it? ”
"Not necessary? How is it not necessary! It is necessary! ”
Zhuangzi put the teacup down and said loudly.
"It's necessary!" Yang Qing'er said unconvinced.
Rong'er also said: "Although I am a disciple of the Mo family and the granddaughter of Yu Huali, I only inherited the survival skills of the Mo family, but I did not systematically study the Mo family doctrine. Brother Zhuang, as the inheritor of Taoist doctrine, since Brother Zhuang said that it is necessary, it is necessary!
Just right! Now it's raining outside, and we can't leave if we want to, so let's listen to what Brother Zhuang thinks? Brother Zhuang? ”
Tian Gongzi saw that Zhuangzi was still serious, and he snickered in his heart.
Just right! If you want to debate, debate! I would like to see how you Taoists refute Confucianism. Don't? Meng Ke said something wrong? Don't? Isn't Yang Zhu a beast? Very stingy? Who is it? If people don't help each other, then it's still called people?
If everyone in this society is indifferent to each other, then it is still called a human society? That should be called Warcraft Society? Right! That's called a beast! Beast Society!
Meng Ke saw that Zhuangzi was opposed, so he paid serious attention to Zhuangzi. Before! He really didn't take Zhuangzi seriously. But! It's not that he only looks at people by their appearance, but! was entangled by Yang Qing'er, his attention was on Yang Qing'er, worried that Yang Qing'er would mess around.
He? Is he Zhuangzi? He? He seems younger than me? But he? That outward image of him? Meng Ke couldn't help but despise it in his heart. Who are they? What's the occasion? You don't pay attention to it either? You? Alas!
He didn't know that Zhuangzi had just come to Qi State, and so many things were happening all the time, and he didn't have time to wash and change clothes.
Zhuangzi's "poor" Meng Ke didn't know, he thought that Zhuangzi was such a casual, informal, indifferent person.
I thought: Just him? Or is it the inheritor of Taoist doctrine? Who are they? Seemingly! When Taoism arrives in the generation of Zhuangzi, it is also about to decline, following in the footsteps of Mo poultry.
"The biggest mistake of Confucian theory is that it forcibly organizes people into a whole and names this whole the state. This is the error of Confucian theory! And then! They govern the country on the basis of erroneous theories and from the perspective of the state. Confucianism made a fundamental mistake, so! The Confucian theory of governing the country is also wrong......"
Zhuangzi talked about the theory of Confucianism.
He said: If the starting point of Confucianism is wrong, everything behind nature is wrong.
Tian Gongzi tilted his head and looked at Zhuangzi with a mocking smile on his face. He laughed out loud when he heard Zhuangzi say, "Confucianism compulsorily organizes people into a whole and names this whole the country"! But! It's the kind of laugh that doesn't make a sound.
Meng Ke interrupted Zhuangzi's words and said, "How can Confucianism forcibly organize people into a whole and name them the state? The state exists in the first place, and the combination of people is the state. Since the beginning of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there has been a national ......"