Confucian Cultivator Under One Person

"..."

After asking Chen Duo a few more questions, and seeing that they had nothing else to ask, Fu Yuan spoke up, "When you report to the company, please share my stance. As I said at the beginning, I must protect Chen Duo!"

Zhang Chulan nodded and said, "No problem."

Fu Yuan stood up and called Chen Duo, saying, "Okay, if you have anything to ask, just come to me. Chen Duo and I are always together."

After the two left, the six of them sat down again and discussed in low voices: "That's all for Chen Duo's mission. Should we continue investigating?"

"What to check?"

"Of course it's this village. Everyone has a magical weapon. It's obvious something's wrong."

"I think……"

……

The company was very efficient. In the evening, Fu Yuan received a call from Zhao Fangxu: "Fu Yuan, this is Zhao Fangxu."

"Hello, Mr. Zhao."

"We've discussed this. For your sake, Chen Duo's defection can be defined as a misunderstanding. However, you also know that Chen Duo is too unstable, so necessary restrictions must be imposed."

Fu Yuan: "Mr. Zhao, as long as I'm here, Chen Duo's poison won't break out."

"Of course I believe you, but the company doesn't belong to me alone..."

Fu Yuan: "I can cure Chen Duo and help her control the poison perfectly."

"Can you cure her?" Zhao Fangxu's voice on the other end of the phone was surprised: "Wait a moment..."

After a while.

Zhao Fangxu: "Fu Yuan, I hope you can bring Chen Duo to the company for some examination."

Fu Yuan glanced at the manuscript in Chen Duo's hand, then observed Chen Duo's condition, thought for a moment, and said, "If everything goes well, we'll see some results in a week."

"Okay! Then bring Chen Duo to the company in a week... I have another question, Fu Yuan, you and Chen Duo probably didn't know each other before, right?"

I knew this would come up.

With the company's strength, they must have already studied every aspect of Fu Yuan, including his personality.

It is definitely not enough to justify Fu Yuan's resolute attitude in protecting Chen Duo with just one word "compassion".

Confucianism places the greatest emphasis on balance, and Zhao Fangxu is well aware that if Fu Yuan were in his position, Fu Yuan would also choose to impose restrictions on Chen Duo.

It is impossible for Fu Yuan not to understand this, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still chooses to protect her, which shows that Chen Duo is very important to Fu Yuan.

This is definitely not the first time we meet!

After thinking for a while, Fu Yuan said to the phone: "Chen Duo and I have been friends for a long time."

Zhao Fangxu: "Don't tease me. Chen Duo has been growing up in the company's bunker. Not many people in the company know her. How can you say we've been friends for a long time?"

"Mr. Zhao, I meant what I said literally."

"Literally..." Zhao Fangxu's voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and asked uncertainly: "God?"

"Just like you and I are communicating across space right now, why can't we communicate across time?"

"...We'll talk about it in person."

Zhao Fangxu hung up the phone directly.

Fu Yuan put away his phone, looked at Chen Duo, sighed, and said, "Tolerate what others cannot tolerate, to be able to do what others cannot do. Between 'tolerance' and 'ability' lies the space for our survival!"

Unfortunately, Chen Duo put all his heart and soul into the manuscript and didn't react at all.

……

In the evening, Fu Rong came excitedly, helped Fu Yuan cook, and they ate together.

While clearing the dishes, Fu Rong asked, "I heard there's going to be a debate between you and Village Chief Ma?"

Fu Yuan said: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Fu Rong leaned closer and whispered, "Village Chief Ma created a puppet today. Not only can that puppet receive our Qi, it can also use our abilities. It seems to be specially designed for tomorrow's debate."

The core of the extraordinary people's methods lies in the derivative changes of the innate Qi.

Verify these changes through puppets... The things at the root are somewhat similar to the Six Treasury Immortal Thieves and the Divine Spirits.

Among the Eight Wonderful Skills, the Six Treasury Immortal Thief, the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements, and the Origin of Qi Body all focus on the various derivations or restorations of the innate Qi, and the principles are similar to those of the divine spirit.

Tongtian Lu, which takes the authority of heaven and earth; Fenghou Qimen, which controls the changes of heaven and earth, can all be summarized as the laws of heaven and earth.

The innate Qi of man and the laws between heaven and earth...

Is it the harmony between heaven and man, or is it the harmony between man and heaven, and between man and the Tao?

People's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be. They have too many things in their bodies, which makes them unable to be in harmony with nature and to connect with heaven.

Feng Baobao doesn’t have those extra things, but she hasn’t ascended to become an immortal, right?

But immortality...so Feng Baobao's existence is a way to seek the way of heaven, isolated from the world.

Living without roots is another way, to be in harmony with heaven and earth?

Chapter 91 Debate

On this day, almost all the villagers of Biyou Village gathered in the square in the center of the village. Even Zhang Chulan and other temporary workers sat in the crowd with great interest.

Fu Yuan did not make a final appearance, but sat at the middle table waiting early. On the contrary, Ma Xianhong did not appear until everyone was present.

The two sat opposite each other across a table. There was no tension, only indifference between them.

Ma Xianhong raised his hand, waited for the crowd to quiet down, and then said, "How about being full but not overflowing, prosperous but not arrogant, working hard but not boasting about one's achievements?"

The crowd looked confused and obviously didn't understand what Ma Xianhong meant.

Fu Yuan understood that Ma Xianhong was first taking credit for his own achievements. What he did was like the laws of nature, operating objectively and naturally.

As far as the scene is concerned, if it weren't for Ma Xianhong, these people would probably never be able to see the charm of an extraordinary person in their entire lives, let alone become an extraordinary person themselves.

He doesn't need to brag, this is his objective achievement!

Fu Yuan opened his mouth and said, "The Way of Heaven is far, the Way of Man is near, and it is beyond our reach. How can we know it?"

Humanity exists in social human affairs. It is a code of thought and behavior formulated and followed by people themselves. The way of heaven is too far away and has nothing to do with humanity.

It's like people using prayers and sacrifices to beg for blessings from heaven, which is totally useless.

Since we are in a humane society, we must act humanely. We can't rely on sharp claws and fangs to survive in a humane society, right?

Ma Xianhong didn't look surprised when his argument was rejected. He said directly, "The biggest difference between extraordinary people and non-extraordinary people lies in 'having' and 'not having'. Only after solving the problem of 'having' and 'not having' can we continue to discuss the problems of 'uselessness' and 'being able to use everything'!"

Ma Xianhong’s meaning is very clear. Don’t mention the “population red line”. If there are too many aliens, it may cause an impact on the existing order, but that will only be a problem after there are too many aliens.

What needs to be broken now is the boundary between aliens and non-alien humans. Only when the boundary is broken and there is no distinction between aliens and non-alien humans, will we be qualified to talk about the consequences.

This is just like the emergence of firearms, which broke the traditional mode of warfare, but also re-established a new mode of warfare under the will of heaven, didn’t it?

"Having" firearms or "not having" firearms is one thing, but whether firearms are "useless" or "used in everything" is another!

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "When you differentiate between extraordinary people and non-extraordinary people in your mind, you have already developed a discriminatory mindset. In my opinion, extraordinary people are just people with skills, no different from people with guns!

In my heart, there are only those who have “no Tao and no skills”, those who have “no Tao but skills”, those who have Tao but no skills, and those who have “both Tao and skills”!

Ma Xianhong said: "As I said, this is a question of 'having' and 'not having'. No one is born with 'the Tao'. Only when you have the 'skill' can you seek the Tao. This is the meaning of my establishing Biyou Village!"

Fu Yuan was amused: "The Tao is right there, why do I need a technique to find it?"

Ma Xianhong: "Without the support of his three disciples, how could Tang Sanzang obtain the true scriptures?"

Fu Yuan: "The true scriptures are not to be taken. The true scriptures can be understood but not cultivated. If it weren't for his three disciples, Tang Sanzang might have become a Buddha in the Tang Dynasty."

Ma Xianhong: "Practice to become a Buddha, I am seeking!"

Fu Yuan: "Enlightenment is to understand one's nature, it is in knowing!"

"Cultivation" has clear dogmas, while "enlightenment" is cognition without specific goals.

For example, if parents say to their children, "Eat breakfast at 7 o'clock in the morning," this is "cultivation," a dogma with a specific goal that can be followed directly.

But when parents say to their children, "Eat when you are hungry," this is "enlightenment." You cannot just do it directly. Only after you understand the meaning of this sentence can you judge what time to have breakfast.

In "Journey to the West", Tang Monk and his disciples were "cultivating" and had a clear goal, "Da Leiyin Temple", and were moving forward according to the goal.

But in the end, what he obtained was a blank scripture. It was not until he had some "enlightenment" that he obtained the true scripture.

"Cultivation" is important, but not that important.

What can be "cultivated" are all dogmas with specific goals, but no dogma can enable people to achieve ultimate liberation or obtain the "true scriptures".

Therefore, Fu Yuan also said: "The true scriptures can be understood but not cultivated. Practice is to control the nature through action, and enlightenment is to put the nature into action."

If a person's "nature" is not enough, he needs to "cultivate" himself and abide by the dogmas established by his predecessors. In the process of following them, he can slowly correct his "nature". This is "controlling nature by action".

People who have enough "sexuality" will formulate dogmas and understand their own actions according to their "sexuality". This is "practicing through sex".

Ma Xianhong sneered and said, "If that were true, wouldn't everyone be a saint? It's precisely because so few people are able to awaken that I proposed 'teaching without distinction.'"

Fu Yuan asked in return: "Did you teach? It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. You didn't teach him, you just gave him alms!"

Ma Xianhong pointed around and said, "Then who are these people?"

Fu Yuan said seriously, "It's just a gluttony after breaking the rules!"

Ma Xianhong: "Awakened ones use their hearts to control discipline, while practitioners use discipline to control their hearts, so I ask them to abide by my rules."

Fu Yuan: "Rules are etiquette and morality. There are things you should do and things you shouldn't do!"

"..."

……

In the crowd, Zhang Chulan quietly tugged at Wang Ye's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Master Wang, do you know what they are debating?"

Wang Ye glanced at him and whispered, "Everyone has innate Qi, but we cannot say that 'innate Qi' is the person. Ma Xianhong believes that ordinary people are 'seeking' innate Qi, so he satisfies others' 'seeking'. Fu Yuan said that he is not 'teaching', but giving alms.

Fu Yuan felt that the "innate Qi" was in "knowledge" and that what ordinary people needed was not "Qi" but "knowledge". He believed that Ma Xianhong's direct giving of "Qi" would only indulge people's desires... These people were being dominated by desires at this moment.

However, Ma Xianhong also believed that if everyone could seek knowledge and gain knowledge, wouldn't everyone be a saint? So he gave "qi", and with "qi", people could gain "knowledge" according to the rules and regulations he established.

Fu Yuan also believed that since the rules have been established, they are “propriety”, so we must be sensible when doing things…”