Decade?

Will it take at least ten years for this "Principles of Ethics" to be written? Wang Jianping had a feeling that Sima Guang had already slapped Qin Xianao's sycophants shamelessly.

"The old man thinks that it will take ten years, how long will it take for him Qin Gongzi to give it? Seeing that this "Principles of Ethics" was really born, the old man was very angry at that time, and even a little lost. ”

"As the saying goes, slow work makes good work. ”

"No matter how talented Qin Gongzi is, within a few months, he will come up with something that would take more than ten years, or even decades, to do it, is it possible? I'm afraid everyone won't believe it. ”

So I was disappointed that I might not have read much of the book. ”

But once again he surprised the old man. ”

"Without saying that all my expectations have not been disappointed, I would like to focus on the groundbreaking nature of the book in ethics as a whole. ”

"The so-called Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip. Pangu opens the sky, Hongmeng first judges, there are yin and yang two qi to give birth to all things, the clear rises to the sky, the turbid one sinks to the earth, and there is yin and yang to have the vitality of all things, so we often say that the solitary yin is not long, and the solitary yang is not born, which is the truth, and in learning, we have also been seeking all kinds of yin and yang. ”

"Mr. Yichuan said that everyone has a Taiji, and everything has a Taiji, and those who have Taiji must have two rituals and four images, and the most important yin and yang. There are two well-known ways for Buddhism to practice Buddhism, one is enlightenment, or epiphany, and the other is practice, which pays attention to reciting the Buddha's name, reading scriptures, and practicing precepts, which is the yin and yang of Buddhism. Not to mention the Taoist pursuit of yin and yang, I, Sima Guang, as a Confucian, have also been pursuing yin and yang. ”

"I have thought I found it again and again, of course, those found are not necessarily wrong, but yin and yang also have sizes, heights, and differences between inside and outside. ”

"And this time I saw the book. ”

"Ninety-nine true. The book is divided into 81 chapters, each chapter is less than 10,000 words, and more than 100,000 words, which is terrifying, you must know that his book is only about one ethics and morality, and nothing else. The Analects is so vast and profound that it is not 15,900 words, but it is not as good as one chapter of his entire book. ”

"In terms of the number of words, it's too unreasonable. ”

"So I was very skeptical, I doubted the moisture in it, but when I read it, I realized, wrong, I thought wrong. ”

"Not only is this one not watered. On the contrary, the gold content is surprisingly high. Although this book is written in popular language, it is full of connotation, and the further it goes, the more esoteric it becomes, pushing the study of the problem to a deeper area again and again, making people feel new surprises, new surprises, and new touches every time they read it. It's crazy!"

Wang Jianping nodded slightly. "I didn't expect Sima Guang to feel this way. He Wang Jianping was also amazed and surprised again and again when he read "Principles of Ethics".

"People might say, that's what you say. Isn't this book more brilliant than Confucius?"

"Here the old man also emphasized that Buddhism Zen Buddhism emphasizes very much that 'do not set up words, do not teach outside the teaching, point directly to the hearts of the people, see the nature and see the Buddha', why not set up words? There are many Taos in this. But there is one of the most important reasons that 'the text cannot be exhausted', no matter how clever the writing is, even if it is as wonderful as Qin Xianao's pen, putting thoughts on paper will be out of shape. And this kind of distortion is not a little bit, but the more esoteric the truth, the more distorted. ”

"Therefore, 'three Tibets and twelve parts, Cao Xi is dead'. ”

"Three thousand scriptures, Sixth Ancestor Huineng can say it in one sentence, but what he said is his, not yours. ”

"Just like Qin Xianao's "Principles of Ethics", a huge work, I can also replace it with the word, that is, 'for oneself and altruism', but after everyone listens to this, do you really understand?"

Wang Jianping's eyebrows frowned slightly.

"For one's own sake and altruism?"

"Is that really the case? Is that what the whole book means?" Wang Jianping shook his head, realizing that he couldn't understand Sima Guang's words at all. I saw Sima Guang in the newspaper say:

"I have recited 3,000 scriptures, but I still can't understand them. ”

However, the sage is a great compassionate person, and he preaches to let the common people get rid of suffering as soon as possible, and he always wants to finish a sentence, and the disciples will immediately understand, turn around and use it, and save the common people from fire and water. ”

Therefore, the sages preach and pay attention to 'heart-to-heart', that is, a word, an action, a way to hit the disciple's heart at once, and stimulate him at once, which is a helpless method. ”

"Because of this way of preaching, there are all kinds of Confucian classics. ”

Wang Jianping trembled slightly, and his eyes flashed with enlightenment: "I see, it turns out that my Confucian doctrine is like this, no wonder every sentence I read has infinite meaning, endless aftertaste, and every time I think about it, I seem to be touched." ”

"Sure enough, listening to your words is better than reading for ten years. Wang Jianping sighed and looked down.

"The classics of Confucianism are used to give people enlightenment, read his books, the disciple's understanding is very important, and those with high understanding can often understand in one sentence, and then understand everything. 'Mo Dao Deng Ke Yi, some people are like climbing to the sky, Mo Dao Deng Ke is difficult, and children are like picking mustard. Therefore, we see that some readers have read books all their lives, but they are still rare and meaningful, and some people are only childish, but they can be the top students in high school, and this is the reason. ”

"Qin Xian is proud of his enlightenment, so he is only twenty years old, but he is better than countless people who have been reading poetry for a hundred years. ”

"My Confucian classics are used to give people enlightenment, and I have always thought that this method is the best and most appropriate, so I have not thought about anything else, for example, how can some people who are unable to appreciate the subtle words and meanings of the book and have an epiphany strive to be motivated? ”

"That's what I thought. ”

"Qin Gongzi also saw this, but his way was different from mine, he thought that he could find another way, so he wrote a book "Tool Theory". ”

This "Theory of Tools" has made rigid rules on various ways of doing learning, and its main purpose is to let people do learning down-to-earth, one by one, to lay a solid foundation, and then to continue. ”

"As soon as this book came out, the world was shocked, and so was my Sima Guang. ”

This method is undoubtedly a great blessing for those who strive to be motivated and have no enlightenment, but they are born with aura, but it is a disaster for those who are born with aura and are extraordinary in Wuying, because he restricts and limits people's thinking, and makes people use the method of death to think and learn. ”

"The method of death, it is really not the original of Qin Gongzi, in ancient times, the common people studied and survived, that is, they used this method, but because of his low efficiency, hindering the progress of the naturally suspicious people, so it was eliminated, but Qin Gongzi took it out, how can I, Sima Guang, not object? Han Jiang and Sun Gu can not object?"

That's why there's what follows. ”

And this time Qin Gongzi threw out "Principles of Ethics", which is an ethical work governed by "Tool Theory", I Sima Guang was surprised to find that he could continue to surprise me, and inspired again and again, I can actually have more room for improvement in ethics. ”

"This surprised me very much, but also made me realize that it is not necessarily undesirable to use stupid methods and death methods to study, and I understand why Buddhism talks about epiphany, can put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha on the ground, but also has precepts, laws, and practice methods, Zen Buddhism says 'do not establish words', and his words are the most in the Buddhist school. ”

"Epiphany, and gradual realization. ”

"Learning by living methods, learning with hard work, one yin and one yang, the lonely yin does not grow, and the lonely yang does not give birth, just like the two legs of a person, there is a problem with either one missing. ”

"In the past, we focused too much on epiphany, on smart people, but less on those who could not have an epiphany in their lifetime due to luck or various external factors. ”

"In the past, we were too utilitarian, and we always wanted to take shortcuts, and we wanted to let our disciples understand with a word. ”

"Qin Gongzi made me wake up, no matter how perceptive a person is, epiphany is something that can be met but not sought after all, after all, it is extremely lucky for a person to have a few pauses in his life, and most of the time smart people have to be down-to-earth, step by step to learn, to study, to think. ”

"Undoubtedly. ”

"Qin Gongzi opened up a new path with his "Theory of Tools", a down-to-earth way of learning, although he was a tool for helping those who were more 'stupid', but did not really hinder the wise people, and did all kinds of harm but no benefit? Everyone should understand, and why is the "Principles of Ethics" a huge work so many words, and why is it so complicated and mysterious? I don't think I need to say much about the reasons for this. ”

Wang Jianping nodded again: "I see, one is used to give people 'enlightenment', and the other is used to teach people. ”

He goes on to look:

"So Mr. Sima is very much in favor of the Principles of Ethics and the Theory of Tools?"

"It is certain that these two books are the classics of the founding school, but if I had to choose between the traditional Confucian classics and his books, I would be against these two books, and I still attach great importance to the Confucian classics. ”

"Everyone must be very puzzled, didn't you say that Qin Gongzi's books and Confucian classics are one yin and one yang, and they are equal, why now? What I want to say is that although the two seem to be equal, they are actually quite different, and even the way advocated by Qin Gongzi is far from being comparable with the way of the sages. ”

"If you read "Principles of Ethics", you will understand that he talked so much, but in the end, he still did not solve the problem, but made the problem more and more complicated, and more and more you fell into it and couldn't extricate yourself. ”

"It's like jumping into a swamp, the more you struggle, the more it seems to work, but the deeper you actually sink in. ”

"There is a diligent path in the book mountain, and there is no end to the hard work of learning the sea. ”

"It's very easy to read, because as long as you are diligent, it's enough, but it's very difficult to really learn, you have to sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, Qin Gongzi's way is to take a trick, since you can't move forward against the current, it's better to smile casually, simply turn around, row backwards, so that every time you row a tang, you can see the boat flying, there are achievements, it seems that as long as we row down like this, there will be a day when we row to the other side. ”

"But this kind of flight is like walking in the middle and north, and the harder you work, the farther away from success will be, and you will never reach the real other side. ”

"I recognize Qin Gongzi because it can be a strong contrast to the Confucian classics, allowing the enlightened to understand their situation better, rather than advocating for them to row backwards. ”

Wang Jianping's eyes widened. (To be continued.) )