The biggest disadvantage of Confucianism is that there is no special system of discussion. For example, this paragraph follows the previous paragraph. Confucius said, "Don't worry about not having a position, but worry about why you are established, and don't worry about not knowing it yourself. You can seek it as if you want to do it." Confucius said: "Follow me, my way is consistent." Zengzi said, "What does it mean?" Zengzi said, "The Master's way is loyalty and forgiveness and self." There is nothing left afterwards, and it jumps directly to the gentleman who speaks of righteousness and villains speaks of profit."

So a big dispute was left for future generations.

On the surface, it seems very simple. My theory runs through a basic idea. Zeng Zi answered, yes. Other students asked, what does the teacher mean? Zeng Zi said that the teacher's theory is just the word "loyalty and forgiveness".

This is the most obvious explanation and seems to be understandable.

That's not the case. One is one, two is two, either Tao, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, loyalty, or forgiveness. Loyalty and forgiveness are different, these are two concepts. Why did the two concepts become "one" in Confucius' mouth?

Feng Yuan replied carefully: "There are nine knowledges of loyalty. Knowing loyalty must be known in the middle, knowing the middle, knowing forgiveness must be known outside, knowing forgiveness must be known outside, knowing the outside, knowing virtue... The inner thoughts are called knowing the middle, the middle are called knowing forgiveness, the inner forgiveness is called knowing the outside, the outer meaning is called knowing virtue... Loyalty is a confidant, thinking inside is about the heart, forgiveness is about knowing the outside, the middle is about the real, the middle is about one's own interests, so loyalty and forgiveness are unified, which is called virtue, so it is called one."

The previous words are from "The Book of the Great Dai Li", and the latter words are Feng Yuan's own explanation. Loyalty is self-improvement, and forgiveness is the truth, so it is related to one's own interests. Therefore, when establishing a person, one must establish oneself. This way, although loyalty and forgiveness are opposite, it is also unified. That is, perfect behavior of harmony with the Tao. Therefore, it is one.

It seems to be the best explanation for thousands of years.

Otherwise, there is no way to say that loyalty and forgiveness are the same.

But after saying that, Feng Yuan shook his head. Although the great scholar of the Han Dynasty, Dai De, racked his brains for this, this explanation cannot be called a perfect explanation. No matter how you explain it, it is still two, such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and yinyang.

After saying that, he stared at Zheng Lang and said, "Come on... say."

This little guy...has probably a novel answer, but he is afraid to listen.

Xia Shun and Lu Yijian were even more confused. They thought to themselves, Zheng family, don’t overthrow Zhongshu again, then the Confucianism for thousands of years will not be able to continue playing.

The three of them still understand a lot, and the other women were all confused. Today, the answer between Zheng Lang and Feng Yuan simply overturned all their long-term ideas. Etiquette became a system, one, making Feng Yuan shake his head again. If the others don’t understand, at least loyalty and forgiveness are definitely not the same. Why do they say they are one?

Zheng Lang replied: "This is a late-school student. I don't know if it's right or wrong. Please ask the three ministers and Feng Jiao to give advice."

"You" Yan Shu said.

No matter how you distinguish, loyalty means loyalty. Forgiveness means forgiveness. Could it be that they are still the same word?

"Late life will talk about it from ancient times."

"By the way, that bone inscription is a stone drum inscription?" Yan Shu asked again.

When Zheng Lang talked about benevolence and righteousness, he mentioned bone inscriptions and clock inscriptions. Zhong Ding Civilization was clear about them, and Shang and Zhou bronze ware. Especially some ancient characters on large tripods, this bone inscription was spit out of the mouth of Zheng's family for the first time. Zheng Lang hesitated for a moment and did not have a special study of oracle bone inscriptions. It seemed that because of himself, many people began to study bronze inscriptions. No one paid attention to oracle bone inscriptions, so he gave a light explanation: "Bone inscriptions are words from before Shang and Zhou. That kind of text is simpler, and it was mostly carved by ancient people on rock walls or bone covers, or shells."

This definition is not very accurate, but the current conditions are not enough and there are so many explanations. So where did you learn it from? It became a problem. Therefore, I vaguely skipped it.

"So that's it." This is similar to what Yan Shu guessed, and there was no doubt. This little guy seemed to be very diligent and brave, and he was skeptical and critical in everything. He also studied the words deeply, so he paid attention to these ancient words, which was not surprising.

"I noticed that in ancient times, there were no words of loyalty and forgiveness. Even the Book of Documents, except for those false articles..."

Before he finished speaking, Feng Yuan interrupted again: "What a fake article?"

"Late son suspected that some of the articles in the Book of Documents were made by Han and Jin dynasties, and even since the Warring States Period, literati made spoofs and imitated ancient languages, and made some fake articles to fill them in."

"What are there?" Feng Yuan was overwhelmed again.

"I thought that the Great Yumo, the song of the Five Sons, Yinzheng, Zhongqi's edict, Tang Gao, Yi Xun, Taijia's three chapters, all have one virtue, saying the three chapters, Tai Si, Wu Cheng, Hong Fan, Lu Yu, Wei Zi's edict, Cai Zhong's edict, Zhou Guan, Jun Chen, Bi Ming, Jun Ya, and Wu's edict."

"Zheng Xiaolang, don't talk nonsense." Yan Shu's face changed. There were only 68 chapters in "Shangshu", and this sketch was almost half cut.

Lu Yijian also said: "Where is the evidence?"

"Don't be surprised and suspicious to Feng, Mencius said that if you believe in the Book of Changes, it is better to have no Book of Changes. I have taken two or three strategies from the "Wucheng" and will be invincible to the world. Even if you defeat the most unkind, how can you flow into blood?"

"That's a book, not a "Shangshu". He means that the mo description of "Wucheng" is too exaggerated. Zheng Xiaolang, don't misinterpret it."

"Mencius was a great scholar of all ages, so why didn't he believe in books? Then why did he write books? For example, Lu Deming also had similar words in "Classic Interpretations. Preface". Even the young man also had some evidence in his hands, but the scientific examination was imminent, so he didn't dare to divide too much thought. It is possible that in a few years, even the young man listed these evidences and let the three ministers and Feng Xushi review the exam."

Feng Yuan was very depressed.

After hearing this, I finally understood it, and I pushed it down and then it was over, from benevolence and righteousness to courtesy, and it was possible to be loyalty and forgiveness, as well as the Book of Documents.

"That work is too large, and I will talk about this. In the "Shangshu" that I did not question, all the words "Loyalty and Forgiveness" were not questioned. This is because of this. The ancient simple words were simple, and the text was very simple. Therefore, the late generation believed that each of them was the heart, and they were used to examine the virtues of the middle, and they were inconsistent with faith. The middle of the sentences was the common falsehood of loyalty. These two words were first seen in "Guoyu" and "Zuo Zhuan". There is a sentence in Mandarin that examining the middle and destiny is loyalty. It is to make things clear, etiquette, and to make righteousness trust. It is to be the way for the people to be the people.

It is not a good deal of integrity, loyalty, or etiquette, or faith. There is also a Zuo Zhuan saying that doing forgiveness is the way to be virtue, and the scriptures of etiquette. You cannot have it, but it is not appropriate to deal with others. This loyalty and forgiveness is all things that you do not do to others. On the contrary, it is unfaithfulness and unforgiveness. Therefore, I was born in the palace that night and told Your Majesty that as a king, you should set an example for the world. The truth is the same. I do not know who created the word "loyalty and forgiveness". After the Master looked at these two books, he saw that their meaning was one, so it was said to be one."

"As you said, the word "Loyalty and Forgiveness" began to evolve and interpreted into different meanings. Confucianism must reinterpret it, which is reasonable."

"Mr. Lu's words are very reasonable. The reason why I thought about it this way is because I had another idea. Over the past thousands of years, Confucian scholarship has often had some ambiguous meanings. Do you put aside the details and trace the origin so that you can get the true meaning of Confucianism?"

It's very simple, but not that simple?

According to Zheng Lang's meaning, if you don't care about Confucianism in the Han and Tang dynasties, you can only learn from Confucius if you want to learn Confucianism. Even Mencius and Xunzi can only be used as a reference. Not to mention anything else, Zhongshu is still "one" in the hands of Confucius, and it has become one and two.

But can it be done?

Let’s take a look at how many Confucian discussions have been written since the Han, Jin and Tang dynasties, including the Song dynasty itself. Could it be that a fire can burn them all?

"I don't know either." Old Feng was really confused.

This thing is too big, and he is the emperor's teacher, and he dare not make a clear statement.

"Feng Jiashi, you are an elder. You are too presumptuous to disturb me today. You are too arrogant. If you forgive me for your sins, you will be fine." He gave a gift and said goodbye. Mrs. Feng didn't agree to keep him for dinner. Not only Feng Yuan, but also three prime ministers, he was just a disciple, and he was having dinner with him. It was not beautiful.

But this incident had a great impact on the four masters. Not only did the four masters look very dazed when they had supper, but they were a little absent-minded when Feng Yuan taught the little emperor's scriptures the next day.

The little emperor asked, "Feng Qing, it seems that something is wrong today...?"

"It's something." Feng Yuan said what happened last night.

After listening to this, Yan Wenying opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "I want to be a saint?"

Feng Yuan glared at him fiercely and said, "What kind of saint! The saint is the master, his majesty. He just wants to give up the last and seek the origin of Confucianism, not to start a family and preach, so how can the saints come from? But he may just become a great man."

You can't talk nonsense. Although the Zheng family made him very distressed, Feng Yuan also loved talent. Look at how many students have dared to speak these deafening words over the years? It's not a martial artist, come on, let's work hard. This requires a strong foundation. Without mastery of Confucianism, you can't think of such in-depth academic issues.

Besides, he is only so old.

Don't let you ruin it with just one word.

"Yes, yes, I made a mistake." Yan Wen wanted to cover his mouth in an emergency.

"Then Feng Qing, do you think he is right?" The little emperor was very curious about this.

"I still don't know..." It's not that I don't know, it's that I dare not say it. There have been many people who have no knowledge, such as Feng Yuan, who just didn't doubt it in his heart, so he mistakenly added mistakes. Zheng Lang picked up this topic. He didn't sleep well last night. Not only did he think about some of what Zheng Lang said, but he was also thinking about the "Shangshu". With his talent, once he examined it with a critical eye, he naturally immediately discovered many questions.

When I had questions, I felt creepy.

I didn't sleep well at night, so I finally got up, brewed a cup of tea, sat in front of the window, and made my wife complain for a while.

"This kid seems to be good." The little emperor was very happy.

"Your Majesty is a very good talent. The most rare thing is his heart. The few words he said in prison, set ambitions for the heaven and earth, establish the way for the people, inherit the unique knowledge of the sages, and open up the world of peace for all ages. Although he himself said pedantic words, this son did this, and I have been observing that he did it from the heart, as if he didn't even know it himself, this is the pure minister."

Although it was a little exaggerated, it was not completely wrong. Zheng Langqiuyi had his intention, not as great as Feng Yuan said, but there was always a little faint dream in his heart to forcibly correct the pedantic Confucianism and strengthen its practicality, rather than the sour Confucianism that was later smelly and long and harmless.

The little emperor was so happy that the teacher was a kind person and a knowledgeable person. He admired this little guy, and Caixue seemed to be a little bit. But suddenly he thought of a problem and couldn't help but say: "This is not good, it's hard to deceive him."

"What are you lying to him?" Feng Yuan asked nervously.

Now the Zheng family is not good. No matter how smart it is, it will eventually become smaller. There is a process of surveying and reusing it. But in the future, it will definitely be a pillar of the country. Even the emperor cannot use him as a jester.

"Just lie to him," the little emperor did not dare to say it, so he quickly changed his words.

"Yes, if it is really a character, he is not the kind of old-fashioned person. Although he is stingy, his Majesty will definitely give him a letter. However, Your Majesty, learning how to govern the country is Your Majesty's top priority. Words are just minor ways, please remember them."

"Yes, I know." But I was a little worried. It was easy to deal with words, but the key was long and short sentences. This little guy read so many books, and if he was like those sour scholars, wouldn't he be unable to get out of the stage then?!
Chapter completed!