Saint Immortal Way

() "Tao is based on morality, and harmony is based on propriety..."

"Rites govern the country, establish the country, order the people, and benefit the heirs..."

"Li, the scriptures of heaven, and the behavior of the people..."

"If people are rude, they will not live, if they are rude, they will not succeed, and if they are rude, the country will be restless..."

Confucian scholars began to write, and countless spiritual texts of heaven and earth flew up and hung under the beam one by one. Princess Shouyang and the master of the thirteen academies looked up and saw them.

"Hehe, it's not bad. Although there is no superiority in the discussion, the key is to see if there is a purpose in the development of the discussion!" Cao Daoyuan smiled, and the other directors nodded, agreeing with this reasoning.The masters of the academies are all learned Confucian teachers, and their Taoism is among the masters. Naturally, their vision is extraordinary, and their minds are incomparable to ordinary Confucian teachers.

During the competition of Bailongtan Academy, the judging Confucian teachers mostly used novelty as the standard, because previous discussions on rituals were mostly clichés, so novelty is very important.

But in the eyes of the masters, new ideas are important, but there is no so-called old and new for some long-lasting truths, but only the difference between high and low. This is the so-called level of intention. The judgment can be made immediately.This also reflects the different perspectives and attitudes of masters and non-masters.

In the courtyard of the Ming Auditorium, the Confucian teachers raised their eyes and looked inside the Chinese and Foreign Study Hall through the open windows, and they could see everything at a glance, and all their discourses could be seen at a glance.

In this way, some Confucian masters have already whispered together, some Confucian masters nodded, some shook their heads, some smiled, and some frowned and remained silent.It is clear that some Confucian scholars' expositions are satisfactory, while others fail to meet expectations and are disappointing.

Lu Yang was not in a hurry. After reading it for a while, he felt that all the Confucian scholars were not very innovative and ambitious. He couldn't help but feel relieved. Then he picked up the pen generously and began to write.

"Rites are the ultimate in human nature. In ancient times, people lived in ignorance, like animals, and were barbaric. Afterwards, rites arose gradually, and order was the beginning of order. Therefore, rites were order. The ancestors had order, People gather and disperse, tribes are born, the ceremony of marriage, the way of human relationship, the saints establish the relationship, the way of humanity begins to prosper..."

Lu Yang wrote freely, Jinxiu Guanghua's characters are different from heaven and earth spiritual characters, the characters are like glass, with bright colors, and the brilliance is particularly eye-catching.

The first time I saw "Rites are extremely humane", I immediately felt emotional.Look at the development of the following discussion, it is polite and restrained, quite in line with common theory, and there are occasional brilliant words.

"This son is the Lu Yang who won the qualifications of the Six Arts Contests in a row!" All the principals had a flash of understanding. Yang's name was introduced to the court, and Jane was in the emperor's heart. This is a great reputation. Many Confucian scholars who have been busy all their lives want to have this achievement, but they can't get it. shocking.

Whether it is a poem in seven steps, or Fengyilou's poems are windy, flowery and snowy, they are not as shocking and admirable as creating a new novel of style and style.It is said that the alchemy technique that is now causing a sensation in Kyushu came from him. How many Confucian scholars heard this news, and I don't know how many old men sighed sadly.

The Confucian teachers in the courtyard of the Ming Auditorium were also filled with emotion.

"That's Lu Yang, who wrote poems in seven steps. He has started to compose a poem, spread it quickly..." In the courtyard, two staff members of Bailongtan Academy who specialize in copying commentaries said, and hurriedly waved their pens to follow Lu Yang's words. What Yang wrote was copied on a piece of white paper, and with a wave of his sleeve, the white paper flew out of the courtyard.

The Confucian scholar, who had been waiting outside the courtyard for a long time, took the paper, cheered and shouted: "This is Lu Yang's commentary, and he has started to write it!"

As soon as these words came out, the Confucian scholars who had been gathering outside the courtyard to pass on the paper-making rioted, especially the Confucian scholars of Bailongtan Academy, who had already pinned their hopes on Sima Qun, Lu Yang and Cao Fangyuan.

"Read it quickly, read it quickly, let me wait and see what this Lu Xiongtai said!" Confucian scholars said eagerly.

"Okay, listen up... Rituals are the most humane. In ancient times, people lived in ignorance, like beasts, and they were barbaric. Afterwards, rituals gradually emerged, and the beginning of order. Therefore, rituals are order. Also. The order of the ancestors, the gathering and dispersal of the hearts of the people, the birth of the tribe, the ceremony of marriage, the way of human relations, the order of the saints, the beginning of humanity..."

After hearing this, everyone scratched their heads and stamped their feet, and some shouted: "It's not over yet, I'll copy it again and again, alas, the previous part of this discussion is good, it has surpassed Sima Qun's."

"Cao Fangyuan's is far from enough... Haha, it seems that this man is really good, the qualifications of all six art states are really not blown out!" A Confucian student of Bailongtan Academy has already laughed out loud.

"Shhhhh..."

Lu Yang's heart stopped, thinking that the usual preparations depended on the present.

"Establishing rites will make virtue manifest. This is a complete statement. The superior virtue is not virtuous, so there is virtue; the inferior virtue does not lose virtue, because there is no virtue. The superior virtue does not do anything but does not think; the lower virtue does not do anything but has thought. The superior benevolence For it, there is no thought; for the righteousness, there is thought. For the ritual, there is no response, so you should do it.”

"Wonderful!!" Cao Daoyuan couldn't help but blurted out, and the rest of the principals glared at him. Among the many eyes, some were jealous, some were envious, and some were deeply unwilling.

Cao Daoyuan was in a good mood, he turned his head and whispered to Princess Shouyang: "Your Highness, Lu Daizhao's remarks are wonderful, and there are faint surprises. If there are any more shocking theories, the title may be number one!"

Princess Shouyang nodded, and murmured: "If you are not virtuous, you are virtuous; if you are not virtuous, you are not virtuous. If you are virtuous, you do nothing and do nothing; if you are virtuous, you do nothing."

All of a sudden, Her Royal Highness was insane.How profound this sentence is, it is thought-provoking.

In the courtyard, the Confucian teachers had already started to mobilize, and began to whisper to each other. Lu Yang's remarks did have bright spots, which had never been published before. Even Confucian teachers like them could not make such profound remarks. It seems that Lu Yang is not a young man in the prime of his youth, but a wise man with gray hair on his temples, explaining the truth of the world.

Outside the courtyard, after reading the second piece of paper written by Lu Yang, the Confucian students of Bailongtan Academy showed surprise. , Paper copying continued continuously, and everyone read part of the expositions of the 39 Confucian scholars in the Ming Auditorium, and only Lu Yang's expositions were the most prominent.

Everyone usually reads a lot of ritual books, and their vision has always been relatively high. Only the highlights in Lu Yang's remarks can make them feel bright and resonate deeply.

"Papa..." A sacred brush was thrown on the ground and rolled to Lu Yang's writing desk. A Confucian elder stood up, his face was full of frustration. He first raised his hand and bowed to Lu Yang, then The head of the upper academy in the court hall and others saluted, and said: "The students are not talented, please retreat!"

The Confucian scholar sighed, and without waiting for the masters to speak, he turned and walked out of the Ming Auditorium.

Lu Yang was slightly surprised, he really never thought that others would throw their pens and withdraw because they read the commentary he wrote and felt inferior.Do you have such a level?

The head of Tianlin Academy turned pale. It turned out that the Confucian scholar of Tianlin Academy who cast his pen and quit was the scholar.

Some of the other principals turned pale and felt the same way.Some laughed secretly, outsiders could not understand the mystery of this, probably only they knew it.

Lu Yang sighed slightly, some people are high, others are low; some people go up, some people go down.One's own rise must be to step on the shoulders and heads of some people to climb up the stairs, which is unavoidable.

Although he sighed, how could Lu Yang be moved by it?Lu Yang really stopped his heart and continued to write the last paragraph. After writing this paragraph, the discussion will be over.

"... Therefore, virtue comes after loss of morality. Benevolence comes after loss of virtue. Righteousness comes after loss of benevolence. Courtesy comes after loss of righteousness. A husband who is polite is loyal and trustworthy and the leader of chaos. A man who is wise before is the flower of the way and the beginning of foolishness. It is a manly man. , to be thick and not to be thin. To be true, not to be gorgeous. So go and take this..."

When Lu Yang finished writing, with a wave of his sleeve, the whole dissertation flew up, hanging above his head, like a ball of five-color colored glaze, each word blooming with brilliance, even faintly corresponding to the numerous heaven and earth spiritual texts in the academy , not weaker than human beings.

The master of the courtyard and the Confucian teachers outside the courtyard were amazed, and they were all shocked by Lu Yang's last paragraph. "If you lose morality, you will be virtuous. If you lose morality, you will be benevolent. If you lose benevolence, you will be righteous. If you are unrighteous, you will be polite." These few words are so thought-provoking.

Such a conception is unprecedented.

It can be said that in this passage, the author is looking at morality, benevolence and etiquette from a very high position.This high intention has surpassed everything.

"Brother Cao, this talented Lu of your academy really lives up to his reputation, I admire him..." Several principals sighed and congratulated Cao Daoyuan.

The masters present here are all masters with lofty vision, but with their ability, they have never made such a statement in terms of etiquette.Therefore, with piercing eyes, Cao Daoyuan read twice the last paragraph of Lu Yang's discussion on loss of morality and posthumous propriety, and he couldn't help sighing: "Masters, it's not that Cao is partial, it's because this son's intentions are so high that he has transcended The category of etiquette has the potential to be a strategic place, as if the Tao is hanging on a very high place, like a saint looking down on everyone. Alas, my gaze is still inferior!"

Princess Shouyang was also a little stunned. It is really rare for such a comment to come from the head of the hospital, because Lu Yang's last paragraph of discussion is really high-minded.She really couldn't figure out how Lu Yang's head grew, and how much wisdom was hidden in the divine court to condense such wise words.

"Papapa..." Seeing that Lu Yang had finished writing, several Confucian scholars cast their pens in frustration, pleaded guilty and left the Ming Auditorium.How could Lu Yang make them feel so embarrassed?

The masters in the hall held their breath and did not reprimand, but turned to Princess Shouyang. "Your Highness, I want to mention Lu Yang's discourse as the first, how about it?" Qi Qi, the principal of Qindi Academy, Xiangshan Academy, and Wuliu Academy, asked for instructions.Seeing such a situation, other academies also raised their hands and asked Princess Shouyang for instructions. Obviously, the thirteen academies agreed.

"This hall is the younger generation, so it is inconvenient to be the master, so I will follow the wishes of the masters!" Princess Shouyang waved her hands and smiled, her heart was already very happy, and she felt her face swell.

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