Chapter 171 Moral I(2/2)
The young man hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to everyone.
"I'm in Huangguo, rest."
Huang State... Feng Yun looked at the map of the country and found that Huang State was located in the north of E State. It was a small country, similar to the countries of Tong and Ying.
But Huang Xie...
The fourth prince of the Warring States Period, Lord Chun Shen.
What Feng Yun remembers most clearly is that a generation of Chu kings were infertile, and Huang Xie married his pregnant concubine to him...
Feng Yun didn't know the details about this matter, but he only remembered these.
However, at this time, Huang Xie was not from the Chu State, but a young man of eleven or twelve years old from the Huang State's noble clan that had not yet perished.
"Who are you?" Mi Yue asked.
Huang Xie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Of course I am a guest. Xie has not yet become an official or has a family, so it is not easy to attend the ceremony."
With that said, Huang Xie turned around and saluted Feng Yun.
"Huang Xie, I have met Mr. Feng."
Feng Yun nodded and gave a slight salute.
And at this time...
"Jun Feng, there is someone visiting you. I hope to see you..."
After the armored soldiers, Zhaoyang arrived.
Zhaoyang said: "Mr. Feng may know a person named Ji Ran, who brought the history of the Zhou Dynasty's classics palace and wanted to see Mr. Feng."
Zhou Zhizang History...
Old Dan!
"Ji Ran is a native of the Song Dynasty. He was originally a prime minister in Yangyue. He resigned from his post a few years ago to pursue his studies. I am acquainted with him."
Feng Yun explained clearly what he could say, and Zhaoyang's eyes narrowed slightly.
Yangyue Dazai?
"I don't know where Jiran is. Sima Ke will go with me to see him."
Feng Yun stood up, straightened his clothes, put on his hair, and stood straight.
Seeing this, Qu Yuan also stood up.
"Fengjun, please meet Mr. Ji Ran..."
"No, it's not Jian Jiran, but another Shou Zangshi."
When Zhaoyang saw this, he understood that Feng Yun wanted to see him, and there was no doubt about it.
Zhaoyang thought deeply about this.
"Master Feng, please wait while I go and invite those two people in."
"There is Roosima."
Feng Yun personally arranged the bamboo mats and left one on the right for the gentleman.
Shen Yinhua frowned and said, "Fengjun, who is he who deserves such courtesy from you?"
"One is a man of great wisdom."
After Feng Yun answered, he saw two people arriving.
His clothes are simple and there is no sign of luxury at all. From a distance, he looks just like an ordinary person.
I won’t talk about Ji Ran for the time being.
Lao Dan has a broad forehead and erect ears, eyes like stars, a long beard and a mouth. When he moves, he seems to arouse the energy around him, like a steady and wise man.
"Mr. Lao Dan, please."
Feng Yun stood up to invite him.
It is for discussion of Tao and inquiry.
If you want to study in this glorious era, Laozi and Zhuangzi for Taoism, Confucius and Mencius for Confucianism, and Guigu for Zongheng... are all the places to go.
But Feng Yun already had a Taoist teaching, so studying rather than enrolling in school and discussing Taoism was the best solution.
"When I was in the Great Zhou Dynasty, I heard that there was a mysterious thing in the south. I just took things easy and had no intention of coming."
"I can take advantage of my free time to write poems. I traveled to several countries with my little friend Jiran. When I came to Zeng, I heard about Xuanxuan again. I thought it was the connection between Tao and fate, so I came to discuss it."
"I hope Mr. Feng doesn't think this is rude."
Lao Dan smiled lightly and saluted, and Feng Yun returned the salute.
Lao Dan acted naturally, not proud because he was once a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, nor was he restrained after sitting down because he was a guest.
After Lao Dan entered the table, Ji Ran also saluted Feng Yun, and Feng Yun invited him to sit down.
In this way, the seat under the pavilion became Feng Yun's main seat. Shen Yinhua, Qu Yuan and others all sat on the side, allowing Feng Yun and Lao Dan to discuss Taoism.
Looking at the invitation letter still on the table, Shen Yinhua put it away and said: "Fengjun is discussing with Mr. Feng. I have other things to do for the time being, but I can't look at it. I hope you can understand it."
At this time, Shen Yinhua was still worried about the invitation and really had no intention of listening to an unknown person discussing Taoism with Feng Yun.
He looked at Qu Yuan, but Qu Yuan had no desire to leave the table, so he did not force himself and left with a slight sigh.
Zhaoyang was guarding him, and his main purpose was to keep an eye on Ji Ran and prevent him from attacking Guangdong.
Mi Yue and Mi Shu sat quietly aside.
Even Huang Xie got a seat as a result and sat with Xiang Yan, unwilling to leave.
…
In this case, neither Feng Yun nor Lao Dan cared.
Lao Dan smiled and understood that Feng Yun was interested in discussing Taoism, and he also shared it, so he asked, "Do you have a question, Mr. Feng?"
A question is not a question.
Question: One person asks and another person answers.
Question: A question that everyone can answer.
At this time, when Lao Dan talked about the topic, he put the two people in the same position to discuss the Tao, rather than simply giving advice to the elder and the younger.
Feng Yun pondered and quickly determined the question——
"What is a country and how can it be sustained?"
At the first level of Dao Tian, Chao Zu asked Feng Yun a question, which was exactly this question: "What is a country and how can it continue?" Feng Yun answered the question with the question of a country of hundreds of people, but it was only mediocre. He himself was not satisfied with the answer.
Now he wanted to ask Lao Dan, the great wise man, after everything happened.
At the second level of Dao and Heaven, Sui Renzu asked - How does the fire of civilization distinguish barbarians?
He didn't want to ask this question because he hadn't yet explored it and got his own answer. How could he ask it?
"What is the country?"
"How to continue?"
Lao Danmu was cautious, but he did not expect that Feng Yun would ask such a broad question. It is easy to explain a country, but it is difficult to discuss whether it can be continued.
"The purpose of a country is to surround its people and govern it."
"It can be divided into the territory, the people, and the ruler... The ruler is in charge of the territory and governs the people. If it is to be continued, it must obey the heaven and the earth, obey the people's hearts, obey the moral government, and let nature take its course. Only then can it continue."
Feng Yun nodded and let nature take its course. The continuation of everything in the world is indeed the birth and death of nature.
When the people around him heard what Lao Dan said, they all sat upright and listened carefully.
Therefore, Lao Dan and Feng Yun were immersed in the topic of discussing Tao.
Following the discussion, the surrounding literary atmosphere gathered faintly...
Feng Yun asked: "Although people survive in nature, their hearts are hard to return to simplicity. How can we solve the country's immorality?"
Lao Dan laughed loudly, closed his eyes and thought, raised his head and said: "Rule the country with justice and transform the people with virtue!"
"To regard a peaceful country as a country is to have a righteous land; to regard the people's hearts as one's heart is to have a virtuous people's heart."
"Those who govern the country should rectify the country's virtues and transform the people with virtue. They do not need to force it, and they will return to nature."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Feng Yun to ask any more questions, Lao Dan asked: "How can Mr. Feng solve the problem?"
Feng Yun was slightly stunned, then smiled and said: "I was stupid. When I was serving the people, I struggled with my official career, but I also learned the solution in my heart."
"The country says its people are important, and the people say its country is important..."
When Lao Dan thought about it, his eyes brightened slightly, and he realized that one of them and his own words were external interpretations, and the other were internal interpretations, complementing each other.
He smiled and asked: "How can we make the people say that the country is important and value the country more than themselves?"
Chapter completed!