Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

Gao Jing looked down at Xiao Baimao.

Xiao Baimao looked at Gao Jing without giving in.

"never mind."

Gao Jing laughed suddenly, and said: "When she enters Tianzong, she will be named by elders, so let's call her "Xiao Baimao" for now."

Lord Longyang: "..."

Taking a deep look at Xiao Baimao, Lord Longyang saluted Gao Jing, then turned around and left, and disappeared after a while.

Gao Jing looked down at Xiao Baimao and said, "Aren't you sad?"

"none of your business?"

Xiao Baimao said viciously.

"Tsk tsk, so fierce?"

Gao Jing smiled and stretched out his hands to rub her hair, saying: "You are living under the fence now, so fierce, is it really okay?"

Xiao Baimao suddenly smiled and said, "Do you know why he sent me to Tianzong?"

After finishing speaking, Gao Jing didn't need to answer, Xiao Baimao suddenly pulled out a wooden sword, and said fiercely: "Because I have learned all his sword skills!"

The wooden sword in his hand slammed down on Gao Jing's arm.

It turned out to be empty.

Gao Jing seemed to get into the carriage unintentionally, and said, "What are you doing? Hurry up and get in the carriage."

Xiao Baimao looked at Gao Jing strangely: "Do you know martial arts?"

"I am a student of Confucianism, of course I know martial arts!".

Chapter 190 Five Taoism

Xiao Baimao: "Gao Jing, let's compete!"

Gao Jing: "I don't know how to fight."

Xiao Baimao: "You clearly said that you know martial arts."

Gao Jing: "Knowing martial arts is not the same thing as being able to fight..."

Xiao Baimao: "But I heard that you are very powerful."

Conversations like this happen almost every day.

Gao Jing said helplessly: "If you want to worship Tianzong, don't you make some preparations?"

Xiao Baimao said proudly: "I have a sword, what preparations do I need?"

"..."

Gao Jing sighed heavily, took out the wordless book from his waist, opened it and handed it to Xiao Bai Mao: "Read!"

Xiao Baimao took it curiously, stared at the wordless page, and recited crisply: "Although the heaven and the earth are large, they are uniform. Virtue is born in the sky, so it is said that Xuangu ruled the world without doing anything, and the virtue of heaven is nothing more...

Hey, Gao Jing, what does "Tiande" mean? "

Gao Jing said casually: "Heaven is the way of heaven, virtue is the virtue of man, and the unity of man and nature is the saint."

"Oh……"

Xiao Baimao scratched his head and continued to read.

"Heaven and Earth Pian" is Zhuangzi's work, with a total of about [-] characters, which can be regarded as a long treatise in this era.

As I said before, the most important thing for Taoists to accept apprentices is qualifications.

Because Taoism teaches disciples that "there is no question about the Tao, and there is no answer to the question".

People with insufficient qualifications cannot understand the Tao, and it is useless to teach it.

People with sufficient aptitude can understand the Tao without teaching.

Gao Jing was purely pissed off by Xiao Baimao, so he simply used "Heaven and Earth Chapter" to fool her.

The Taoist classics are all like this. Understanding is the first step, and getting your own insights is the most important part.

……

For two consecutive days, Xiao Baimao didn't bother Gao Jing again, but instead sat with the wordless book from time to time, thinking deeply.

"Your Majesty, is she alright?" Mingzhu asked worriedly.

Gao Jing glanced at Xiao Baimao and said, "It's okay, this is enlightenment..."

After finishing speaking, Gao Jing was not in the regular meeting, and said to Yan Lingji and Mingzhu: "Come here, you two go back to Xianyang first, and tell Yinman for me."

Yan Lingji said coquettishly: "I want to go with you..."

Gao Jing pinched her pink cheeks angrily, and said, "You have the Yin-Yang family's kung fu, why go to the Taoist territory? Provocative?

Be good, go back to Xianyang and wait for me at home. "

"Oh..." Yan Lingji replied reluctantly.

Gao Jing told Mingzhu again: "You too, don't mess around in Xianyang, if you want to do anything, ask Yinman first!"

Mingzhu smiled and said, "I understand."

……

The two girls parted ways and went straight back to Xianyang.

Gao Jing drove the carriage and took Xiao Baimao to Taiyi Mountain.

On this day, Xiao Baimao suddenly asked, "Hey, Gao Jing, what is the Taoist idea of ​​letting nature take its course?"

"I'm a Confucianist, don't ask me." Gao Jing said casually.

Xiao Baimao suddenly said dissatisfied: "What's the matter with asking? You know it clearly, why didn't you tell me?"

Gao Jing sighed, and said: "Confucianism and Taoism are different... It's like the relationship between Taoist master and student: if you get along, you stay, and if you don't get along, you leave.

If you are willing to accept my thoughts today, then you are my disciple. If you are not willing to accept my thoughts tomorrow, then you will no longer be my disciple.

As for Confucianism, it pays attention to respecting teachers and teaching..."

Xiao Baimao suddenly understood, curled his lips, moved over and stretched out his hand to knead Gao Jing's shoulder.

"Well... um... not bad..."

Gao Jing squinted his eyes comfortably and hummed: "The ones who practice swords are different, they are very powerful... Move to the left..."

Xiao Baimao said dissatisfied: "Hey, it's almost enough, don't push yourself!"

"alright."

Gao Jing moved his shoulders in an unsatisfactory manner, looked around, suddenly pointed to a fish basket by the river, and said, "From the point of view of Taoism, this thing hurts morality!"

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Xiao Baimao was at a loss: "The fish basket...why does it hurt morality?"

"The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking while damaging what is in excess."

Gao Jing explained: "In the view of Taoism, when fishing with a basket and net, there are only two endings for the fish, either they die in the net because they lose their freedom, or they are caught and eaten by fishermen.

The latter is in line with Tiandao's so-called "more than enough damage and more than enough to make up for". In layman's terms, the death of this fish is meaningful, it keeps people alive, and its essence continues in people's bodies.

But if the fish died in vain in the fishing net because of the loss of freedom, the fisherman would probably just throw the dead fish back. In this way, the death of the fish would be meaningless.

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The fish died, but the fisherman couldn't fill his stomach and had to continue to catch other fish. In this way, the loss of fish and the fisherman's harvest could not maintain a balance, so it was against the law of heaven. "

Xiao Baimao listened thoughtfully.

Gao Jing continued: "Furthermore, it is too easy to fish with a basket net, because it is an easy-to-obtain benefit, so it may be possible for everyone to follow suit and catch river fish blindly. extinct.

Once the fish disappear, the original fishermen may also starve to death, destroying the original law of "fishermen make a living by fishing", so it is against the law of heaven. "

Xiaobaimai was silent for a long time after listening, and suddenly asked: "Is this really the case?"

"Think for yourself!"

Gao Jing said solemnly: "You can't accept my influence, or you will become Confucianism, you should think for yourself."

Xiao Baimao stared at Gao Jing, and suddenly said: "Mr. Longyang said that you have a theory that integrates Confucianism and Taoism!"

"Forehead……"

Gao Jing thought for a while, and said, "I haven't completed the practice, so I won't pass it on to others for the time being."

"Why should it be done in practice?"

"What if it's wrong?"

"Oh..." Mouth.

Chapter 190 The sixth sheep, uncomfortable, only three chapters

Xiao Baimao suddenly jumped out of the carriage, ran to the river, pulled the fish basket out of the water, released the fish inside, and destroyed the fish basket.

Gao Jing didn't stop him either, but just watched quietly.

Until a fisherman rushed out and roared, "What are you doing? Why are you destroying my fish basket?"

Xiao Baimao said solemnly: "This thing hurts morality!"

Then he took out what Gao Jing said just now and repeated it again.

After listening to the fisherman, he said: "I don't know if I have violated the way of heaven... But with this fish basket, I only need to spend a short time and energy every day to catch fish enough to eat.

This way, I have more time to do other things…”

Xiao Baimao is still trying to argue.

The fisherman grabbed Xiao Baimao and insisted that she pay back the fish basket.

The two argued about the "six-five-zero", and finally Gao Jing came forward and compensated the fisherman with several Qin Banliangs.