829. Good and evil

Hearing this, Hui Jing took the initiative to change the topic, and Jing Wen smiled. Because this Hui Jing can't refute herself, she can only change the topic to solve the problem. Therefore, he took the initiative to shift the topic to the standard of good and evil, instead of continuing the question of whether the person just now was good or bad at the beginning. However, as for this issue, Jingwen also has a way to sophistry. After all, Jingwen has read countless books in later generations, and he is very good at this kind of sophistry, and he is not afraid of this kind of debate at all.

"Master Huijing, you say that my Buddha is in charge of good and evil, but what is good and what is evil? Is there a standard for this? Jingwen asked.

Hui Jing immediately said: "Being able to take the initiative to help others is kindness." And to be able to do less sin is good. And being able to be kind and charitable is good. To be able to benefit the township is good. And if you do more killing, it is evil, and it is hated by the world. ”

But Jingwen asked rhetorically: "If you follow what you said, master, there are standards for good and evil." However, I think that there is no good or evil in this world. Therefore, goodness and viciousness are not to be judged by his behavior. And good and evil, different eras also have different standards, so it is not possible to generalize. ”

"Oh?" Hui Jing was a little surprised.

And the people next to him were also puzzled, and they all said to do more good deeds and less evil deeds. And this "thing", but when it is done, is there no standard for good and evil? And Jingwen simply said that there is no so-called good and evil in this world, which is simply a bit subversive of everyone's thinking.

"Good is always good, evil is always evil, where is the change?" Hui Jing said.

Jingwen immediately continued to explain: "Say, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, when King Wu of Zhou was crusading against King Zhou, what crimes were used first? ”

And Cui Ying, a knowledgeable and talented beauty, immediately followed and said: "Back then, King Wu of Zhou crusaded against the King of Zhou and cited six major crimes. The first is alcoholism. The second is that there is no need for honorable old ministers. The third is to use the villain. The fourth is to listen to women. Fifth, faith is destined for heaven. The sixth is not paying attention to sacrifices. ”

And Jingwen continued: "Ying'er is really knowledgeable and talented, and she is a generation of talented women. But if you talk about these six crimes. How ridiculous. Alcoholism, in my Datang, is at most a personal hobby, and it cannot be regarded as a major crime. And second, there is no need to honor the old ministers, and in combination with the third article, it is to use the villain. And the villain in that era referred to people of low status. And the king did not use honors, but ordinary people of low status, is this wrong? Let's not talk about whether those people with low status have the ability, then he can use talents in an eclectic way, which is also a model of a generation of Ming Jun. As for Article 4. To listen to a woman is to listen to a woman. Is there a problem with this? And at present, Datang pays attention to the wife is the husband's virtuous helper, is it wrong to listen to the wife's opinion more? As for the end, faith is destined in heaven. Shouldn't a king believe that he has been given his destiny? If so, then how did my Datang's destiny come about? As for not paying attention to sacrifices, this is also a small crime, but it won't become a generation of faint kings, right? Therefore, if you look at it by the current standards of my Tang Dynasty, King Su is not a too mediocre king. On the contrary, he is a good king, but why did he die? ”

And when everyone heard this, suddenly a wave of doubts flashed. Since ancient times, slandering the king has been a common thing in the minds of many people, and everyone unanimously thinks that the king is a faint king. But he didn't carefully consider the charges of the king. But now, if you look at the charges of King Xu, it seems that not only is it not a faint king, but a bright king! But a Ming monarch actually died in the country, which is a bit surprising. This doesn't make sense. If according to the current standards, the king of Xuan is the king of Ming, but the king of Ming has died. This one is a little speechless.

"Let me explain! The king is still the king, but for the nobles of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the king is a tyrant. But for my Tang Dynasty, the king is Mingjun. What's changed? That is actually the change of the times, that is, the change of people's hearts. For the nobles of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the king was also a 'wicked man'. And for our current standards in Datang, King Su is also a 'good person'. But why is this happening, in fact, it is not the behavior of the king that has changed, but our people's hearts. ”

"The same behavior, in different times, good and evil are also different. And it is our own hearts that determine good and evil. Therefore, there is no good or evil in anything, and the so-called good and evil are just added by us human beings. However, people's hearts change very quickly, because everyone's different identities and positions will also cause different changes. For example, the master said that I killed too many foreigners, but for foreigners, I am certainly a great evildoer. But for my people in the Tang Dynasty, I am indeed a hero. Therefore, the so-called good and evil are nothing but things imposed on the human heart. Therefore, the true absolute good and evil do not exist in zài. ”

"If you want to do good, you just have to remember to go with the flow of people in our time. What the crowd of this era likes, then you do it, and this is good. And what people in this era don't like, it's evil, so don't do it. Therefore, it is not a Buddha or a god who governs good and evil, but the hearts of ordinary people. Only the general public is qualified to decide whether a person is good or evil, the Buddha cannot, the gods cannot, because they can't represent the general public. They are just the natural creation of our hearts, and they are really just thoughts in our hearts. And since the so-called immortal is created by ourselves, then how can he represent us ordinary people? ”

Therefore, in this world, only if it conforms to the hearts of the general public, that is the true good. The so-called good deeds advocated by the Buddha are nothing but nothing. ”

"Good!" "Yes! Reasonable! "There is no good or evil in this world, there is only the human heart. When people's hearts change, so do good and evil. As long as we don't violate our conscience, we are doing good. "We have to devote ourselves to accumulating virtue and doing good, as long as we do things that do not violate our conscience, we are doing good." ……

Many people have changed since then, because the so-called accumulation of virtue and doing good deeds is not enough for a beautiful thought. Because good and evil do not exist in the first place, they are just the hearts of ordinary people. As long as it conforms to the hearts of the people, it is kindness. (To be continued......)