Chapter 2 Juniper Trees Talk About the World (Part 2)
Shi cried out and thought for a while, then got up and saluted, "I have understood the truth of sir for a long time."
The word "has been" long ago, and it really aroused some doubts.
Although Mo Zi didn't ask and just nodded slightly, he still wondered why he still frowned and pondered after all.
Taking advantage of the brief silence, he continued, "After listening to what the teacher said just now, I thought of a story told by my father. Someone came to my house to buy shoes, and I measured the size at home, but I forgot the size at home. When I arrived at my house, I found that the size was not taken, so I went back to my house to pick it up. My father asked him, aren't you carrying your feet? But he said that he believed in the size of the size more but did not believe in his feet."
The young man kneeling beside him laughed loudly, and Mozi smiled silently.
Shi hurriedly said, "I just heard what the teacher said, and I thought of this incident, understood some truths, so I was distracted."
Mo Zi also became interested and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I was thinking that if the man who bought shoes was the one who bought shoes would definitely not let the person who bought shoes go back, nor would he let the person try it on. Instead, he would take out a slug rope and let the person measure the size of the soles of the feet in the house, and then explain the reason, saying that the feet have not changed, then the size of the measurement here and the size of the size at home must be the same. If so, the person would not have to buy shoes the next morning... So I thought, the debate taught by the man can not only be used to argue about horses or non-horse, but also to many things."
"I have heard that Mr. I think that everything in the world is connected, and the truth hidden behind many things is the same, but it is difficult for the world to understand. I originally thought that this was not the case, but the teacher was wrong. But after listening to Mr. I just now, I realized that it was not the teacher who was wrong, but that I was stupid before and did not really listen to Mr.'s teachings."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a silent sound under the cypress tree. The old man under the tree looked Shi and his eyes showed a look of praise.
Mo Zi really didn't expect that some of the people under the tree would say such words, especially the principle that everything is connected, which was the same as what he thought. He vaguely felt that what this young man said was as if he suddenly became enlightened after thinking for many years.
If this young man was a personal disciple such as Qi Huali, Gong Shangyi, and Gengzhu, it would not be surprising that he could say this.
But this young man was just a waste of time and was not a formal ink master at all.
Despite his doubts, Mo Zi asked after a moment, "What's your name?"
This is a simple but heavy appreciation. Shi swallowed secretly and answered quickly.
"My disciple is called Shi. Because my father always makes shoes for people all year round and always asks whether it is suitable or not, he has this name."
Mo Zi nodded and smiled, and waited for a while and praised the young people around him: "The uncensored jade can be carved, and it is said that it is suitable for such people. You can think that the principles behind everything are the same, which is rare."
After hearing this praise, I was very happy.
Although Mozi did not directly say that he would accept him as his personal disciple, and knew that there would be a lot to do if he wanted to become a real Mo master, at least he made Mozi remember his name.
At this time, all the scholars pay attention to a statement rather than writing. If they can really become Mozi's personal disciple in the future, when sorting out Mozi's life statements in the future, they can always add a sentence: "Zi Mozi said, "Sui, uncensored jade can be carved..."
The people who were kneeling under the tree were not jealous when they listened to this praise. They were still savoring the relationship between the joke of buying shoes and the argumentation just now. Thinking of many of the reasons, they all figured it out.
Some people also relish and enjoy the jokes of this stupid shoe buyer and have endless aftertastes and laugh from time to time.
The original protagonist of this joke was from Zheng, but it is not inconsistent to say it here, and it is even more inconsistent with the words of the shoemaker family.
Anyway, there are too many jokes in Song State, so this one is not bad.
Looking at the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the most jokes were the Song Dynasty. Regional shady has already appeared since then.
The one who guards the tree stump and waits for the rabbit to kill is the Song Dynasty; the one who dislikes the grain seedlings growing too slowly and is the Song Dynasty; sitting by the field and basking in the sun is considered a great enjoyment, and the one who believes that the greatest happiness of the king is also sitting by the field and basking in the sun is said to be a Song Dynasty. After returning from studying abroad, he calls his mother's nickname, and says that I directly call the name of a saint like Yao, Shun and Yu, and call your name, you feel wronged... I am still from Song Dynasty.
In addition to the Duke Xiang of Song, the place of Song State became the thickest place in the dark area of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
It seems that the State of Song was one of the five founding dukes and descendants of the Shang Dynasty. Weizi became the leader party. Compared with those relatives of Ji surname, Song was an outsider after all, and an outsider with his own cultural background. King Wu won the world and talked with Weizi, the leader party of the Shang Dynasty, for a night, but he became seriously ill the next day and was restless...
The people of Song Dynasty do not sing "Makino Yangyang, Tanches are glorious, Wei Shi Shangfu, Shi Wei Yingyang". A bunch of Ji family members surrounded the country and sang "The Destiny of Heaven and the Destiny of Heaven and the Destiny of Shang. The Ancient Emperor ordered Wu Tang to be in charge of the four directions of the realm". They were afraid that others would not remember that they were not their own.
Furthermore, the Song State has always been the custom of Zhou Li, and sometimes even Zhou Li may not be abided by it. Zhou Li was inherited by the eldest son, but the Song State still retained a primitive system of the Shang brothers who ended up with each other; Zhou Li prohibited alcohol and controlled wine, but Song State was quite addicted to alcohol; Zhou people talked about change in destiny, Song people believed in divination of ghosts and gods; even the methods of funerals were different, Zhou people were parked in a side room, while Song people always left the coffin between the two pillars of the courtyard... Various customs deepened the distantness of the Zhou people.
In addition, the people of Qi and Lu naturally knew Qin, but the distance was too far, so Song was right next to him; Qin certainly knew that Chu had borders, but Chu was a big country after all, and it was easy for friendly countries to be surprised by jokes... In the end, when talking about jokes, if you want everyone in Xia to laugh without causing diplomatic disputes, Song, the neighbor of the various countries, is naturally the best choice.
I have heard many similar jokes, and the people of the Song State are used to it. If the joke was borrowed from people from other countries just now, it would be a bit unpleasant.
It is so dark that the country is used to being used to it. Even if the Song people can smile, they can also smile. The Song country is also unique.
Maybe it was because he heard the jokes that Mo Zi and Zhan Yan smiled; maybe it was because Mo Zi felt that what he said today was still unfulfilled...
Finally, after the young people laughed, Mo Zi told some more stories with a rare look of relaxation.
"After hearing what Shi said just now, I remembered what happened a few days ago. Chengzi threw away a piece of black clothes, so she went to the street to look for it. Seeing a woman wearing black clothes, she reached out to grab it. The woman refused to give it to Chengzi, and said that what I lost was black clothes, yours was also black, and what I lost was silk, and what you were wearing was just linen, and I also compensated..."
This incident happened not long ago on Shangqiu Street. The young people under the tree were all Song people, so of course they knew about it.
However, thinking that the husband had just talked about the debate technique, he thought it was to let them argue about things such as "clothing is not black, black clothes are not black clothes", and they all bowed their heads to organize their words and waited for the husband to ask for a while.
But Mo Zi sighed and shook his head and said, "I know Chengzi. I have never been such a stupid and chaotic person. How could he take someone else's clothes when he does this? This is a pretext to ridicule the world."
"Now that the Tian family of Qi is the prime minister, Yan Zi had long said that Qi's political power would one day return to Tian Chen, and now it's too soon; Weis, Zhao Ji and Han Qian, nine out of ten of the lands of Jin; Chu was in chaos, and the nobles fought with each other; Han killed Zheng Bo and seized the city, Song was rebellious and begged Chu, Qin people attacked Jin and seized the land, Yue people plundered Qi and Lu as slaves... The countries were overwhelmed by the scourge, and the creatures were tragic, and the reason for starting a war was different from Chengzi who forced the man to take clothes?"
"Aren't those reasons for starting a war more ridiculous than Sumiko's forced clothes?"
"The world is in chaos and conquest. Chengzi took people's clothes, and the woman could tell the truth and ask for it back, but the city changed hands and the lives of a man died. Where can I tell the truth?"
"Why did Chengzi find it ridiculous when he took the clothes of a man, but no one found it ridiculous when the princes conquered the cities and seized land?"
Chapter completed!