Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

The man froze for a moment, speechless.

There were more and more people watching inside the gate, and even the pedestrians coming and going outside began to stop and watch, discussing with each other.

When things got to this point, the two gatekeepers had already retreated into the crowd and dared not show their faces.

When others come to study, they block their way to study because of their inferior status, and they lose face to Confucianism by saying it.

And the other Confucian disciples were also in a mess of embarrassment.

Others come to study, but if so many of them can't argue with each other, will it be even more embarrassing?

The best way to deal with it is naturally to argue with the other party, and then close the door, which is also a good talk.

But they didn't know that the initiative was not in their hands, but in Gao Jing's.

To be precise, it was on the book on Gao Jing's waist.

Although modern anthropology is miscellaneous and chaotic, it cannot be denied that it is broad and extensive!

"Then why did you come to study?" someone asked again.

Gao Jing raised his head: "Of course it's for fun!"

Everyone scolded: "It's fun? You treat the knowledge of sages as a joke?"

"The Master said: Those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy. I am happy to learn, why not?"

"..."

……

"Master, it's not good, master..."

"What a formality to be in a panic!"

Fu Nian, head of Confucianism, looked majestic, frowned, looked dissatisfied at the disciple who ran in in a hurry, and scolded: "Where did you learn the etiquette?"

The disciple hurriedly straightened the skirts of his clothes, breathed calmly, and saluted: "Master, there is a child outside the door. He wanted to study, but he was ridiculed by the guard for his low status... Now he is arguing with each other at the door."

Fu Nian said coldly: "Who is guarding the gate today? Copy the "Book of Rites" ten times as punishment! Just bring that kid later."

The disciple faltered and said: "Return to the master, all the disciples... can't argue with him."

"kindness?"

Fu Nian looked at him in surprise: "Can't argue with a child? How old is that child?"

"About eight or nine years old."

Fu Nian was really surprised at this moment, got up and said: "Come and see with me, junior brother?"

Sitting at the bottom of Fu Nian, a young man with a handsome appearance and a peaceful face got up and said with a smile, "Alright, since I can defeat so many disciples, Yan Lu also wants to meet."

……

"The knowledge of sages and sages is not for the common people to learn!"

"Mencius said: The people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the least! Why can't the common people learn?"

"The people are the people of the world, not you alone!"

"Today I come here with one person, and you call me humble. Tomorrow ten people come here, and you also call me humble. Hundreds of people and thousands of people come here, and they are still humble... In your hearts, is there a person in the world who is not humble?"

"Even if you succeed in learning, you will eventually fall into the mud. What's the use of learning?"

"Shunfa was raised among the peasants, Fu Shuo was held among the boards, Jiaoge was held among the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu was held among the scholars, Sun Shuao was held among the sea, Baili Xi was held among the city..."

There was already a large circle of people around the gate of Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

Fu Nian and Yan Lu were far away when they heard a clear and clear child's voice speaking loudly: "...the country has the way, it is poor and cheap, it is a shame!"

"color!"

Suddenly there was a burst of applause.

Chapter 3 Master Xun

"Sect Leader...Second Master..."

After a few exclamations, the Confucian disciples who were watching immediately made way for them.

Fu Nian and Yan Lu walked all the way to the door, and saw a child in coarse linen, standing calmly in the middle of the crowd with a straight face, with his little head held high, although he was surrounded by so many people, he was fighting with the Confucianists all by himself, but he didn't care. Don't rush, and have a calm attitude.

This is common people?

Fu Nian was a little skeptical, stepped forward and asked, "You are the one who asked to learn from a teacher?"

Gao Jing also said that he was on the top. He was in the Warring States period, and he poured out his precarious grievances. Hearing the words, he blurted out: "Teacher, preaching and teaching karma also solve my doubts. I have doubts. If you can't answer them, how can you be my master? "

Fu Nian didn't mind either, and asked with a smile, "You little child, what doubts do you have?"

Gao Jing said unceremoniously: "People are not born knowing, how can they be free from confusion? If you don't follow the teacher if you are confused, you are confused, and you will never understand it."

Fu Nian savored this passage secretly, his expression became more and more satisfied, he nodded and said: "If you have any doubts, just ask."

Gao Jing looked at the man in front of him, majestic and refined, knowing that this man must be of extraordinary status.

In Xiaoshengxianzhuang, since the status is extraordinary, it also means that the knowledge is extraordinary... Then ask three questions about philosophy!

After thinking about it, Gao Jing said: "I asked who I am, where I came from, and where I want to go!"

The people around suddenly cheered for a while, unable to understand how the child asked such a simple question.

Someone laughed and said, "Child, do you still need to ask others this question? Don't you know who you are?"

Fu Nian also smiled, and just about to speak, suddenly seemed to think of something, frowned and thought hard.

"Didn't you say that your name is Jing?" Someone in the crowd shouted, and it was obvious that it was one of the two guards before.

Gao Jing asked back: "I can be called Jing, you can be called Jing, anyone can be called Jing, who is that Jing?"

These words immediately silenced the surroundings.

Gao Jing looked at Fu Nian and asked, "Maybe you can answer, sir?"

Fu Nian thought for a long time, then shook her head and said, "I can't answer these three questions."

"coax--"

It was like water dripping into a frying pan, and the onlookers were suddenly stunned.

Gao Jing didn't know him, but how could other people not know the person in front of him?

Can't even the head of Confucianism answer the child's question?

"Little friend, the old man will answer, how about it?"

An old voice came from behind the crowd, and the crowd immediately gave way to a passage.

An old man with pale hair came over, followed by two people, one with a serious face and one with a slightly frivolous expression.

"Master Xun!"

"Even Master Xun was alarmed?"

"..."

Gao Jing was also stunned. The urge to get excited just now began to fade away, and only then did he start to regret it.

It's still been aggrieved for too long, and it exploded all of a sudden...too high-profile, it's not a good thing!

Others saluted one after another, Gao Jing was no exception, he bent down to salute, and said respectfully: "I have seen Master Xun."

There is no way to be disrespectful... After all, I had memorized his texts in middle school, and his articles were catchy and easy to recite, which saved Gao Jing a lot of brain cells.

Gao Jing has to admit this love!

Master Xun walked up to Gao Jing, looked condescendingly at the little boy in front of him, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "This old man is trying to answer your doubts, I am me, from birth to death, can you solve your doubts? "

Gao Jing blinked, his blood subsided, and his rationality returned. Of course, he would not sing a different tune again, and saluted respectfully: "Thank you, sir, for clarifying the confusion."

It's enough to talk about the principles, don't forget that Confucianism is a sword, and it also talks about "physics".

"It seems that you are not satisfied with this answer. To be honest, the old man is not satisfied either. I just reluctantly answered..."

Master Xun didn't hide anything, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "If you have a better answer, why don't you tell me?"

Gao Jing said with a dry smile: "I don't know the answer, sir, the answer is enough."

Master Xun looked deeply at Gao Jing, and smiled after a while: "In that case... I'll ask you a question too."

"Excuse me, sir."

"Do you think human nature is good or evil?"

The expressions of the two people behind Master Xun changed, and they looked at each other, and the eyes they looked at Gao Jing suddenly became more affectionate.

When the two of them started, Master Xun asked the same question.

Of the eight lines of Confucianism, one line has been lost, and now there are only seven lines.

Six of them believe that "human nature is inherently good", and only Xunzi's family believes that "human nature is inherently evil".

Human nature is evil, there is a law!

That's why Xun Fuzi taught two Legalist disciples, one of whom was Han Feizi, who was talked about by later generations as a master of Legalism.

The other one is naturally Li Si.

It is not difficult to guess the identities of the two people behind Master Xun.

Gao Jing also figured it out, knowing that as long as he answered "human nature is evil", he should be able to learn from Xunzi and hug his thigh.

But he didn't answer in a hurry, but fumbled for the thread-bound book at his waist, hesitating in thought.

Seeing this, Xunzi's eyes became more and more satisfied, and he said softly, "Why? Is this question difficult to answer?"

Sincerely and sincerely!

Sincerely and sincerely!

Sincerely and sincerely!

After meditating three times, Gao Jing's expression changed, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Hui, I believe that human nature is neither good nor evil, but the human heart has a conscience!"

Xunzi paused, and asked, "Conscience? But it's from Mencius's dedicated article: What a person can do without learning is good ability; what he knows without thinking is good knowledge?"