Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

The group of the Mo family walked on the streets of Sanghai City openly and aboveboard, and had a completely different experience.

Robber Zhi couldn't help but said, "I feel relieved all of a sudden."

Gao Jianli also laughed, and said, "That's right, I used to walk on the road, and when I met the arrest department, I always subconsciously avoided..."

Just as he was speaking, people from the arrest department came to inspect him.

The chief arrester stared at the crowd vigilantly.

Gao Jianli smiled, opened his coat, and revealed the badge on his belt.

The arrest department immediately put down their guard, smiled, and bowed their hands to them.

"I know that person!"

Bandit Zhi excitedly said: "He used to be a leader of the Mohist family in Chu State... I met him face to face, but he didn't seem to recognize me."

The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

Master Xu led the horse brought from the post station, and said to everyone: "Okay, let's send it here, Master Ban, I will wait for you at the Academy of Sciences."

The teacher in the class was full of stomach, and complained: "Gao Jing asked me to teach Juzi mechanism skills... The problem is that I don't know if Juzi has the qualifications!

Six Fingers is in the Academy of Sciences, please send our greetings to him, and..."

Speaking of this, Master Ban lowered his voice and said: "While the public loser is in Sanghai, you help me collect more overbearing mechanism techniques of the public loser in the Academy of Sciences.

I would like to see how far their domineering mechanism skills have developed, Gao Jing said that I dare not even think about it. "

Master Xu suppressed his laughter, and said, "I will... everyone, let's take my leave now!"

"Master Xu, go all the way!"

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"It's really hard to deal with three beauties... Do you want to go to Duanmu Rong for another medicine?"

Gao Jing sat in the teaching dormitory thinking, and subconsciously rubbed his waist.

At this time, Tianming and Shaoyu just walked in.

Seeing this, Gao Jing couldn't help showing a little smile, and said, "Here we come."

Not to mention Tianming, Shaoyu's arrival shows that he has accepted Gao Jing's point of view... At least he can think independently.

Tianming said excitedly: "Brother Gao, the arrest warrants of our Mohist family have all been cancelled, and I walked in openly... There is no need for others to hide."

Gao Jing smiled and said, "Really, congratulations to you all. (cfbf)"

"Fool!"

Shaoyu snorted coldly at the side: "The reason why the Mo family's wanted order can be canceled is because of the handwriting of the person in front of you!"

Tianming said happily, "Really? Thank you, Brother Gao."

"You're welcome...well, get ready for class."

After the two sat down, Gao Jing said: "Before I talked about Confucianism, military strategists, and Taoism, today I will talk about Faism."

"The original purpose of Legalism, like Confucianism's "Li", is to establish an order in the world to regulate people's behavior."

"It's just different from Confucian "rituals". The order established by Legalism is to threaten people with knives and axes, so that people will obey them out of fear, while Confucian "rituals" is to make people obey them consciously and from the bottom of their hearts."

"The former takes a short time and has quick results, while the latter is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people... Now the empire is using both "rituals and laws"..."

"For example, the empire stipulates that it is not allowed to stay and fight on the straight road tracks. Now there is a branch road, one is a straight road with car tracks, and five children are playing on it.

The other fork was a regular road, without car tracks, but with a child playing on it.

At this time, a galloping carriage was so fast that it couldn't stop. If it chose to go straight along the carriage track, five children would be killed.

But if you turn on an ordinary road, you will kill a child... If the two of you are coachmen, what should you choose? "

Tianming and Shaoyu were full of conflicts, unable to make a choice.

Gao Jing said with a smile: "Ordinary people will not be able to choose because of the number of children, but the Legalists will not! The Legalists will choose to kill five children without hesitation... because the empire has a clear decree that they are not allowed to ride on the straight track. stay on.

This is the criterion of the Legalists "regarding the law as the sky". The legalists only have the law in their eyes, and they have no virtue!If half of the people in a country break the law, legalists will kill half of them without hesitation.

Law is ruthless..."

After Gao Jing explained Legalism in simple and clear language, the class was considered over.

Just about to finish class, Shaoyu suddenly asked, "Sir, do you know Fan Zeng?"

Gao Jing glanced at him and said with a smile: "I know, an old man who is almost seventy is now the conspirator of your Xiang clan."

Shaoyu hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Then do you know why he opposed the empire?"

Gao Jing thought for a while, and said, "Do you know what the first sentence of "The Analects of Confucius" is?"

Tianming replied triumphantly: "Of course I know! It's hard to say..."

While backing, shaking his head.

Chapter 280 Applying what you have learned

Fan Zeng, a native of Juyu, is also a native of Anhui today.

Originally, in history, he stayed in his hometown until he was 70 years old before he took refuge in Xiang Liang, and later became Xiang Yu's counselor.

That is, at the Hongmen Banquet, the one who encouraged Xiang Zhuang to dance the sword, aiming at Pei Gong.

Later, Chen Ping's "divorce scheme" made him expelled by Xiang Yu and died on the way home~.

Of course, the later Su Shi's "Fan Zeng Lun" also said that Chen Ping's "estrangement" was just a fuse. Although Xiang Yu respected Fan Zeng as his second father, he had long been suspicious of Fan Zeng.

For example: a 70-year-old man, half of his foot is buried in the ground, and he is thrown out to toss, what is the meaning of it?

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"The Master said, "Learn and learn from time to time, it's not like saying it."

Gao Jing nodded, and said: "So, what is the purpose of learning a pair of knowledge? For example, Tianming, why do you learn martial arts?"

Tianming blurted out: "Of course it is to become a hero, to become someone like an uncle."

Gao Jing asked Shao Yu again: "Then why do you learn the art of war?"

Shaoyu was in a dilemma for a while, and finally said: "In order to lead troops to fight."

Gao Jing didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "So, the "Analects of Confucius" was pointed out at the beginning, and the fundamental purpose of learning is to "practice"!

"Learning" is for "use". Xunzi also said, "Learn to apply".

The fundamental purpose of practicing a sword alone is to kill people.

Think about it again, Shao Yu, Fan Zeng has studied hard for more than [-] years, learned a lot of tricks, and has not written a book to teach students, is he going to be taken to the coffin? "

Shaoyu thought about it, and suddenly said: "He learns strategy to "use", to practice what he has learned! There is no place for him to practice what he has learned in the empire, so he joins me, Uncle Liang, and opposes the empire. Only by triggering a war can he "apply what he has learned"!"

"Yes."

Gao Jing sighed and said: "Everyone is like this. If you learn swordsmanship, you want to kill people, and if you learn dragon slaying skills, you want to slaughter... After all, Confucius also said that it is not unreasonable to learn it and practice it from time to time.

It is a joy to practice what you have learned.

The former Han Feizi also said that "Xiamen use martial arts to break the ban, and Confucianism use literature to disrupt the law." "

Tianming said distressedly: "Brother Gao, according to what you say, everyone should not study?"

"This is the idea of ​​Taoism, hoping that the world will remain simple and primitive."

Gao Jing smiled and said: "But Confucianism is best at "learning", so Confucianism also has a saying of "self-restraint", which means restraining oneself.

Mencius also said: if people do not do it for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy it.

That is to say, if a person cannot restrain himself, sooner or later the world will repay him.

For example, Tianming, if you learn swordsmanship, will you kill people casually? "

Tianming shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

Gao Jing continued to ask: "But if you can't use the swordsmanship you have learned so hard for the rest of your life, won't you feel regretful?"

Tianming raised his head and said, "Then I won't kill people casually!"

Gao Jing smiled and said: "Then you restrain yourself. Take me for another example. Based on what I have learned, cholera can be said to be easy, but I will not do it.

Why?Because I can restrain myself too. "

Shaoyu suddenly said: "Uncle Fan has learned the art of strategy, but in order to practice what he has learned, he will not hesitate to cause chaos in the world...he has not restrained himself."

Gao Jing smiled and said, "You all saw Li Si the day he came to Sanghai?"

Tianming nodded, and said: "I see, the fat aunt who came with him lost to me in the debate!"

Shaoyu said with disgust: "That's the advice of the third master."

Tianming proudly said: "That's my victory too!"

"Okay, okay, don't argue."

Gao Jing comforted the two of them and said, "When Li Si was young, he used to show granaries to others. One day when he went to the latrine, he saw a mouse in the latrine, eating dirty feces, and was often abused by people and dogs. intrusion.

The rats in the granary, on the other hand, ate a mountain of millet and lived in a spacious house without being disturbed by anyone.

So he decided to be a mouse in the granary. "

"Haha..." Tianming couldn't help laughing and said, "Such a majestic person actually wants to be a mouse?"

Shaoyu was also dumbfounded.

Gao Jing said solemnly: "They are also mice, but because they live in different environments, they have completely different lives.

The same talent, with a different platform, will have a completely different development.

The same knowledge, learned by different people, if it is used for the well-being of the people, it is a virtuous person, but if it is used for its own benefit and harm to the people, it is a bad person.

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So, there is nothing wrong with learning, it's just that people who learn it have different purposes for using it.

It's like swordsmanship. Some people learn it to kill people, while others learn it to protect others. Is there anything wrong with swordsmanship?

In the final analysis, it still depends on the person's choice.