Ming Zuo

Chapter 257 The benevolent is invincible

When Liu Zongzhou saw Zuo Menggeng again, he was still in the tent.

Zuo Hua has been treated and cleaned up, and is lying quietly on the bed.

Zuo Menggengku sat beside him, like a sculpture.

Liu Zongzhou, with a graceful demeanor, took a stool and sat beside him.

"Don't be angry and inspire the teacher, don't be angry and fight. If you can do this, great things can be expected."

Zuo Menggeng didn't go to see him, but asked: "Isn't the teacher going to protect your three cardinal principles and five constant principles?"

Liu Zongzhou stroked his beard and smiled.

"The Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Principles are both Confucianism and not Confucianism."

Zuo Menggeng just raised his head and looked puzzled.

He also noticed that Liu Zongzhou seemed to be different from the past.

Although Liu Zongzhou before was solemn, he was extremely rigid.Especially old-fashioned and depressed.

But at this time, Liu Zongzhou was exuding vitality from the inside to the outside, and was always filled with fascinating light.

Liu Zongzhou's tone was surging, and it had the effect of enlightenment.

"Since the way of the world is Confucianism, the words of the philosophers are not Confucianism. What is Confucianism? The way of the world is Confucianism."

This is a very deep topic. If it was the past, Zuo Menggeng would definitely be confused.But after this accident, he is also making rapid progress.

"Fa, Dao, ink, Buddhism, and vertical and horizontal are also Dao."

Liu Zongzhou said bluntly: "That is Confucianism."

Zuo Menggeng was silent, digested for a long time, got up and paid tribute to Liu Zongzhou.

"Congratulations, teacher, you are transcendent and holy."

But Liu Zongzhou shook his head and sighed: "If you are truly transcendent and holy, you should not stay in the human world. It would be a great harm to stay in the human world."

Zuo Menggeng thought hard.

"Is the teacher talking about the sage Confucius?"

Liu Zongzhou did not stagnate.

"Heaven has permanence, it does not exist for Yao, and does not perish for Jie. Look at this red sun, which rises from east to west and sets in the west every day. Whether it is a prosperous or troubled world, has it ever changed? The way of heaven is permanent, but human behavior is impermanent. Confucius Sheng Create Confucianism, but Confucianism is endless. If you only worship saints, the way will be damaged.”

Zuo Menggeng was shocked.

It never occurred to Liu Zongzhou that Confucius would be removed from the unshakable authority of Confucianism.

His approach, right?
Although Confucius is the founder of Confucianism and the most holy teacher.

But Liu Zongzhou made it very clear that since the development of Confucianism, too many thoughts and viewpoints have been added to it, and it is no longer limited to the words and deeds of Confucius.

That being the case, how to redefine Confucianism?
Keep pace with the times and adapt measures to local conditions.

Following the development of the times, constantly interpreting Confucian scriptures and ideas to make them conform to the present is the true foundation of Confucianism.

In other words, after the original integration of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, it is more comprehensive, detached from barriers, and conforms to the trend.

Only then did Zuo Menggeng understand why Liu Zongzhou had this change.

This is a manifestation only when a person's ideological realm tends towards Dzogchen.

He knows very well that this is the best opportunity for him to seek advice and solve doubts.

"The students want to avenge Zuo Hua very much, but there is always a voice deep in their hearts telling the students that they cannot do this. But the students don't know why. Did the teacher teach me?"

Liu Zongzhou came here for the same purpose.

"Have you ever heard that the benevolent is invincible?"

Zuo Menggeng didn't know much, and said, "Isn't this the pedantic talk of a rotten Confucian?"

Liu Zongzhou shook his head, and asked again: "You are not afraid of life and death when you do such a difficult and dangerous thing, why?"

Zuo Menggeng said solemnly: "Save the people from the fire and water, reshape the spirit of China, and bring back the vitality of our China, and make it prosperous and strong."

Liu Zongzhou said solemnly: "This is benevolence. The so-called great benevolence is nothing more than saving the common people with one thought."

Zuo Menggeng's body swayed, he only felt that his limbs and bones were all connected, and something was pouring into it.

Liu Zongzhou's Youyou's voice was the source.

"If you want to save the common people, what is the most important thing? You must let the common people believe in you. Only when you know that you can save them can you help you. How to win the trust? Benevolence."

Zuo Menggeng's thoughts surged in his mind, and he was trying to digest Liu Zongzhou's point of view.

"The common people in the world will never believe that a cruel and easy-to-kill person can save themselves from fire and water. Kill a person today, kill a family tomorrow, and there is no end to it. Killers who are good at killing can only stop killing by killing. How can they be benevolent? There is no benevolence. Then the hearts of the people will be completely lost. In the past, Cao Gong Mengde never cared about the world, but he was just a hero in a troubled time, why?"

As soon as Cao Cao's example was brought out, Zuo Menggeng instantly became clear, and many shackles were completely figured out.

Because through the comparison of Cao Cao, he thought of the new China of later generations.

Why are those people able to save the hellish China, and it is thriving, standing in the forest of the world?
The Japanese invaders who once tyrannized the land of China did not return blood for blood or an eye for an eye, nor did they completely destroy the old reactionary forces.

In the forest of merit, countless rebellious and blood-debt people have been transformed and gained a new life. Why?

Zuo Menggeng suddenly thought of a sentence.

The proletariat can only save itself if it saves the whole world.

Although there is no proletariat in today's world, the times and patterns are also different.

But the thought of great benevolence and righteousness is consistent.

Since we want to save the world, we cannot conquer by killing.

The transformation of thought is the foundation of benefiting the world.

Attacking with benevolence and righteousness will never be disadvantageous!

It can be said that after working hard for so long, today's Zuo Menggeng has just found the right path.

He sincerely said to Liu Zongzhou: "Thank you for your teaching, teacher, I will always remember it."

Liu Zongzhou returned the gift.

"Share with you."

He asked, "What does the teacher intend to do?"

Liu Zongzhou firmly said: "I'm going to find out what kind of Confucianism the world needs today. The root of the problem with Confucianism today. Why is Confucius deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but can't improve the world?"

Liu Zongzhou left.

to seek his way.

Zuo Menggeng didn't know what path Liu Zongzhou would take to find it, but he just felt that if there was no guidance on this path, Liu Zongzhou might not be able to walk through it.

It is impossible to find a way by looking through the pile of old papers.

Perhaps only stones from other mountains can make jade.

Thinking like this, Zuo Menggeng wanted paper and pen, so he wrote an exposition seriously for the first time on Zuo Hua's bedside.

"A Dialectical Analysis Between the Western Renaissance and the Restoration of Eastern Thought"

In this article, Zuo Menggeng focuses on introducing the humanist thought contained in the European Renaissance movement, and compares it with the retro-thinking trend in the current literary world of the Ming Dynasty.

The more important part is the introduction of the religious reform movement in Europe, and the deeds of Martin Luther, Zwingli, John Calvin and others were also written by him.

Because Zuo Menggeng discovered that Western religions and Eastern Confucianism have many similarities, but they are also different.

And this difference may be the main reason why Confucianism is so stubborn.

It was Liu Zongzhou's words that inspired him.

"Since transcending the ordinary and becoming holy, then it should not be in the world. It would be a disaster in the world."

The main god of Western religion is illusory and invisible to ordinary people.Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether the thought conveyed by the main god is the main god or not.

Precisely because the Lord God is illusory, opportunities are given to people who intend to break through and reform.

You can explain God, and naturally I can also explain God.

But Eastern Confucianism does not work.

Confucius is a living existence, and the descendants of Confucius are the spiritual sustenance of countless Confucian scholars.

The words of Confucius are also engraved in the classics and passed down from generation to generation.Although countless great Confucians have made additions, deletions, deletions, and revisions over the millennium, the descendants of Confucius, as those with vested interests, must resolutely maintain orthodoxy.

What if Confucius could break away from the mundane and transform from a specific saint into an empty holy spirit?
Buddhism does this very well.

As the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni was a living person.But Buddhism added a fictitious dharma title to Sakyamuni -- Tathagata, which is really far away from the secular world, and it also allows Buddhism to make many interpretations and adapt to more environments and countries.

Zuo Menggeng felt that if Confucianism is to be reformed, the first priority is to cut the connection between Confucius and the secular world.

He showed this manuscript to Liu Zongzhou, Lu Shanji, Sun Qifeng, Li Banghua, Hou Xun and others, and a storm quickly formed inside.

Regarding his point of view, everyone agrees or disagrees, but they all set off an upsurge of learning.

Liu Zongzhou and others quickly returned to Linqing and went to find Deng Yuhan to learn more about the inside story of Western religious reform and the Renaissance.

Seeing this change, Zuo Menggeng was happy in his heart.

When looking at the world again, the pattern is already different.

When it was time to practice internal strength within the group, the battle stopped temporarily.

Zuo Menggeng also returned to Linqing, preparing for a lifelong event.

(End of this chapter)