Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 650 Taoism

"Royalty, nobility, commoners, serfs... head, hands, legs, feet?"

Bevin pondered for a moment, then shook his head bitterly.

"It is a very simple kingdom structure. Compared with the Huangji Jingshi Jue, it is just an ugly paramecium."

"So, do you prefer a harsh person, or this ugly paramecium you're looking for?"

"Of course I don't like any of them!"

Bevin's answer was not beyond Yaro's expectations.

Yarrow then asked, "So, what do you hope your country will become?"

Bevin was lost in thought.

But people cannot imagine things they have never seen before.

Bevin's knowledge base was also insufficient to support him in deducing a completely new social structure out of thin air.

So no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't come up with a concrete answer.

Just then, he suddenly noticed a smile on his master's lips.

He suddenly understood.

"I'll listen to my master!"

Yaro laughed. "This isn't my home. Why would you listen to my arrangements?"

Bevin stood up and respectfully clasped his hands in a gesture of respect:

"As your disciple, I naturally bear your will."

Yaro chuckled and pointed at him, "Good lad, you're getting slicker and sly!"

"Alright! I'll just tell you directly then."

As Yaro spoke, he rummaged through his spatial ring, then took out an internal energy cultivation manual and handed it to Bevin, explaining:

"If the shortcoming of the Huangji Jingshi Jue is that it neglects the individual, then the theory of this book, the Rudao Tianxin Jue, can be said to be completely the opposite."

"It is based on an individual's perspective."

"The core principles are 'putting yourself in someone else's shoes,' 'treating others as you would like to be treated,' and 'do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself.'"

"The deductive reasoning is based on the principle of 'cultivating oneself, regulating one's family, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world'."

"To give an example, if you were a lord, how would you want your people to treat you? Conversely, if you were a subject, how would you want your lord to treat you?"

"If you were a parent, how would you want your children to treat you? And vice versa."

"It means extending your own heart to others. You want others to live the way you want to live; you don't want others to treat you the way you don't want to be treated."

"The way society operates, gradually summarized from oneself to family, from family to nation, and from nation to the world."

……

Bevan repeatedly praised, "Great, great, great!"

He eagerly opened the manual, but whether it was due to insufficient reading ability or some other reason, he couldn't find any words related to "country" from beginning to end.

The only closest one is "to substitute the will of Heaven for the will of the people".

In addition, there is a complicated secret technique that seems to allow for the rapid recording of a text.

The rest are the acupoint pathways for the circulation of internal energy...

Although Bei Wen only skimmed through it, he could tell that this "Confucian and Taoist Heavenly Heart Manual" was in no way inferior to "The Heaven-Mending Manual" and was a profound internal cultivation method.

but……

Bevin looked up, and hesitated before saying:

"Master, it seems that this manual doesn't contain specific methods for 'managing one's family, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world'?"

"Because this book is not finished yet."

As Yaro spoke, he flicked his fingers, and a gentle breeze swept past Bevin's fingers, causing the pages of the book to rustle and the manual to close, revealing its cover.

Bevin stared at the cover, stunned.

"The Heavenly Heart Manual? Master, didn't you just say this was the 'Confucian and Taoist Heavenly Heart Manual'?"

Yarrow explained:

"The Heavenly Heart Manual is a tool for developing 'Confucianism,' and 'Confucianism and Taoism' are also the true essence of martial arts in this manual. Therefore, the entire manual is called the Heavenly Heart Manual of Confucianism and Taoism. However, 'Confucianism' is still a blank slate at present, lacking 'Confucianism and Taoism,' so it can only be called the Heavenly Heart Manual."

The true essence of martial arts in "The Heavenly Heart Manual" should be "a perspective from above, imbued with compassion, and driven by rational thought."

It consists of four parts: a macro perspective, compassion, rational thinking, and a love of learning.

Among these.

Macro perspective: This requires practitioners to observe problems from a standpoint that transcends individual limitations, and to have a comprehensive view of the situation, just as a deity overlooks all living beings.

Compassion is the foundation of emotions. It requires having pity and understanding the suffering of others, like the image of the Buddha who saves people from suffering.

Rational thinking is the core of decision-making, guided by logical analysis and eliminating the interference of subjective emotions.

Embracing learning is a practical approach that emphasizes improving cognition through continuous learning and in-depth thinking.

In practice, there are only two ways to meet these requirements.

One is objective reading or recording.

Secondly, he could become a Confucian official.

Of course, that explanation is too complicated; it's better to just say "Confucianism and Taoism".

"Confucianism? Confucianism and Taoism?"

Bevan then focused his attention on the two new words.

"Master, what do these two words mean?"

Yaro explained: "Confucianism and Taoism are based on the principle of 'Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.' They collect and record a large number of specific real events and extract ethical and moral standards for being a person from them."

The school of thought that upholds and promotes this principle is Confucianism.

Bevin looked at the manual in his hand and seemed to understand something.

"Master, do you want me to complete the 'Confucianism and Taoism' section of the 'Heavenly Heart Manual'?"

"No, that's not it."

Yaro shook his head, denying it again.

"Confucianism and Taoism are not your path. I am giving you this secret manual so that you can choose and perfect the executor of the 'Confucianism and Taoism Heavenly Heart Manual'."

"As for you... Bevin, I hope you can take this path."

As Yaro spoke, he took out a stack of straw paper from his spatial ring.

besides?!

"Master is truly an inexhaustible treasure trove!"

Bevin sighed inwardly, took the scrap paper, and immediately noticed the large characters at the top.

—The Pure Yang Manual.

Ya Luo said, "The meridians and acupoints of this 'Pure Yang Manual' have not yet been fully understood, so it is not yet a complete internal energy cultivation method. However, the necessary martial arts essence and the path of martial arts to be followed have been sorted out. This is the path I hope you will take, and it is also the future path of Wugong Mountain."

"Master, does this belong to Confucianism or Legalism?"

"No, none of those are true; this is Taoism."

"Taoism?!"

Another new road!

Bevin felt like he was becoming numb.

This is the third one!

Has the kingdom changed its course so many times?

Bevan flipped through the draft paper, asking curiously, "Master, how do Taoists design the structure of a kingdom?"

"Letting things drift."

"Huh? Let it run its course? Just ignore it?" Bevin was dumbfounded.

"Letting things take their course doesn't mean ignoring them," Yaro said, shaking his head. "It means letting the 'Tao' govern!"

"Let 'Tao' govern?" Bevin was even more puzzled. "Is it the Tao of Taoism? But what exactly is 'Tao'?"

"The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, Three gives birth to all things..."

Just as Bevin was wondering, Yaro suddenly stopped and turned to look.

"The Tao... is zero, it is the core!"

"For example, the 'Legalists' and 'Confucians' we mentioned earlier... these are specific 'applications', which can be regarded as 'one'."

"And the function of the 'Tao' is to create this 'One'!"

"Put it in a mathematical formula, and it becomes the original equation!"

「就像所有的加法都可以分解为无数个『1+1=2』，那幺『1+1=2』，就是数学加法的『一』。」

"And the 'Tao' is the axiom of addition, which is the fundamental principle that explains why 1+1 must equal 2!"