Prehistoric: A steady life, starting from Journey to the West

The most important thing is that the test paper is not only thick enough, but also big enough.

The size of the rice paper is about the same size as the college entrance examination papers of later generations, and they are all A3 size.

The whole set of test papers...

Let’s just call it a set of test papers.

This set of test papers has a total of [-] questions, and each question comes with a completely blank rice paper, allowing you to play freely.

In this way, the thousand test questions are like a thousand pages of rice paper.

No wonder it is as thick as a Xinhua dictionary.

Since it is an exam, it must have an exam appearance and attitude, even if there is only Chen Qi in the exam room, not even a supervisor.

Chen Qi also sat obediently in front of the desk and began to examine the questions.

"The first question: Confucian benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, what is benevolence?"

Remarks below the title: Candidates are asked to write down their understanding of "benevolence".

When Chen Qi saw this question, he had to give the person who wrote the question a thumbs up.

As expected of the Imperial Examination of the Dahan Shenting, this is a blow to the head, starting directly with the foundation of Confucianism.

Benevolence is the highest principle of Confucian ethics and the theoretical core of Confucian thought system.

Numerous Confucian sages, all based on the concept of "benevolence", put forward their own theories and ideas, and thus became Confucian and Taoist sages.

So, what benevolence?

According to the "Analects of Confucius", Confucian benevolence includes filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, forgiveness, propriety, knowledge, courage, respect, leniency, trustworthiness, sensitivity, and benefit.

Among them, filial piety is the foundation of benevolence and one of the basic pillars of the ideology of benevolence.

However, the benevolence of Confucius does not include the people at the bottom.

The basic spirit of his "benevolence" is to teach people to adjust the contradictions within the ruling class according to the Zhou rituals.

To put it bluntly, Confucius' "benevolence" is not only a kind of etiquette and morality, but also a means of governance, which is used to safeguard the rule and interests of the monarchy and nobles.

So the "benevolence" of Confucius, the sage of Confucianism, is obviously not the "benevolence" in Chen Qi's mind.

In addition to Confucius, the foundation of Mencius's doctrine is also inseparable from "benevolence".

It's just that Mencius' "benevolence" refers to the human heart, that is, the heart of compassion and love that everyone has.

He believes that "benevolence" is the nature of human beings, and it is also the essential difference between human beings and beasts. Human beings must have a heart of compassion, and those who do not have a heart of compassion are inhuman, raising benevolence to the height of human nature.

And on the basis of "benevolence", "righteousness" was expanded, and "benevolence" and "righteousness" were linked together, creating the Confucian theory of "benevolence and righteousness".

Confucianism such as "ruling the country with benevolence and righteousness" and "the benevolent is invincible" proposed by Confucianism in today's world are all based on Mencius's concept of benevolence and righteousness.

Of course, such a statement, in Chen Qi's view, is inevitably a bit extreme.

To be human is to have a heart of compassion, and if one does not have a heart of compassion, then one is inhuman.

It's black and white, right or wrong!

Isn't this moral kidnapping?

If this is the case, what should judges and executioners do? How can the country be governed by law?

So Mencius' benevolence is still not what Chen Qi wants.

And the hint below the question is obvious, the person who wrote the question wanted to test the examinee's own benevolence, not the benevolence of Confucian sages such as Confucius and Mencius.

So, what is "benevolence" in Chen Qi's heart?

Morality?benevolence?mercy?Kindness?

Or is it etiquette, benevolent governance?

These may have it.

As for "benevolence", countless Confucian scholars have already explained it very clearly, and it can be said that it has been extended to the extreme, and there is no need for Chen Qi to supplement it.

It's just that Chen Qi feels that the scope of "benevolence" in Confucianism is too broad, so he needs to be restrained, and he can't apply "benevolence" to everything.

Therefore, he thought for a while, and answered the question: "The benevolent person, the morality of the human heart, lies in oneself, not in others, and it is not the concept of dealing with affairs, reasoning, and governing the country."

Chen Qi's meaning is very simple, benevolence is a kind of human morality, which can be used to improve one's own moral cultivation, not to demand others.

Childlike, benevolence can't be used to deal with things, it can't be used to reason, and it can't be used to govern the country.

Ruling the country with benevolence and righteousness, benevolence and righteousness are invincible, etc., are all nonsense. Whoever believes it is a fool.

With the words to break the topic, the next step is to expand and write according to this theory.

Anyway, don't care whether Chen Qi's answer is right or not, that's what he thinks.

He is very familiar with things like exams, don't care if you write correctly, the most important thing is to write well.

Maybe the marking teacher saw your hard work and gave you one or two consolation points.

Don't say anything, just brush up, Chen Qi is writing in a hurry.

In less than 3 minutes, the question was answered.

Don't ask him why his hand speed is so fast, there is no physical transfer, and writing is so fast.

Moreover, when he answered the questions, he unconsciously instilled his righteousness and spiritual will into the words and ink.

The most amazing thing is that when Chen Qi finished answering the questions and came back to his senses, he found that his mental power was not exhausted at all.

Oh, got it, got it!

This is the Dahan Shenting encouraging the candidates to let go of their performance.

You can understand it when you think about it.

If you can't instill your own spiritual will and express it in words and ink, how can the correcting teacher fully understand the true meaning of your thoughts.

Thinking about this point, Chen Qi couldn't help but realize that it was a hidden item.

If some candidates did not discover this point, they would definitely not be able to truly and clearly express the true meaning of their thoughts with only thousands of text descriptions.

In this way, it is strange to get a high score.

Moreover, Chen Qi seriously doubts whether there is some kind of secret formation that can affect people's minds in this imperial examination room, allowing people to subconsciously instill their true thoughts into words when answering questions.

Imagine.

Once the heart and hand are different, and the written words are different from the real thoughts in my heart, it is no wonder that the article is not awkward to read.

In this case, don't say you got a high score, if you don't give you a duck egg, you will be sorry for the pain the marking teacher has endured.

When Chen Qi thought of this, he felt sure, and immediately knew how to answer the questions later.

That is the blind Jill who would rather hand in a blank paper than answer it, rather than write it with a mixed heart.

"Let me just say, how could the imperial examination of the Dahan Shenting be so simple, and it was full of routines after a long time!"

Chen Qi complained in his heart, carefully placed the answered questions aside neatly, and then looked at the second question.

The first round of the Dahan Shenting Imperial Examination, Confucianism subjects, the second question!

"Confucianism pays attention to benevolence and righteousness to govern the country, how to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness?"

"Remarks: From the perspective of Confucianism, please write down your strategy of governing the country with benevolence and justice in detail. If you feel that you cannot govern the country with benevolence and justice, please explain the reason!"

When Chen Qi saw the second question, the corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

This Dahan Shenting is completely forcing Confucian scholars to death!

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Even after Chen Qi saw this topic, he could already think of thousands of Confucian scholars who were stunned.

How to govern the country with benevolence and righteousness?

This question is not generally well asked.

If ordinary Confucian scholars are asked to answer, they must be exhorting the king, implementing benevolent government, and so on.

But can this really govern the country?

There is no need to think about the answer at all, everyone on earth knows it.

Just think about the Great Counselor Dynasty, the most prosperous Confucianism in the history of the previous life.

If you win the war, you have to cede land and pay compensation!

From this we can see how unreliable the Confucian rule of benevolence and righteousness is.

However, as a Confucian scholar, if you even deny the most basic Confucian concept of benevolence and righteousness in governing the country.

Are you still a Confucian scholar?

Hehe, if this matter gets out, it won't be blamed by hundreds of millions of Confucian scholars.

Facing this question, Chen Qi thought about it carefully, and then answered the question: "Governing the country with benevolence and righteousness is not about governing the country, but about rejuvenating the country, about enlightenment, knowing the rites and principles, based on Confucianism, integrating the learning of a hundred schools of thought, can educate and rejuvenate the country."

It means that things like benevolence and righteousness can be used to govern the country, but they should be used to educate the people.

Let the people at the bottom know the etiquette and reason, and make the country more prosperous through education.

This is also Chen Qi's true thought.

After all, it is really unreliable to use Confucianism to govern the country.

On the contrary, it is still possible to use Confucianism to educate and let the people at the bottom know the etiquette and reason.

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Of course, Confucianism alone is definitely not enough for the way of education, and multidisciplinary development is necessary.

In this question, Chen Qi still answered the question from the standpoint of Confucianism, and did not talk about Confucianism and Taoism in his heart.

It just hinted a little bit, to merge the schools of thought with Confucianism, and to rejuvenate the country through education.

This is Chen Qi's answer to Confucianism governing the country with benevolence and righteousness.

It doesn't talk about benevolence and righteousness at all, because benevolence and righteousness are useless at the level of governing the country. Instead, it describes the Confucian way of governing the country from the overall aspect of Confucianism.

The answer to the second question, let's look at the third question!

"Gou Ziyan: A person's life is also a villain."

"Mencius said: At the beginning of man, his nature is good!"

"These two are both sages of Confucianism, who is right and who is wrong?"

This question seems to be a question of "nature is inherently good or inherently evil", but in fact it is a hidden satire on Confucian sages.

Mencius and Gouzi are both sages in Confucianism, but their theories are diametrically opposed, so who is right and who is wrong?

If you really fall into the question of "nature is inherently good or inherently evil", then you have been fooled by the person who made the question.

Because Confucianism pays attention to "heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers", all ancient sages are teachers.

If you arbitrarily judge the ancient sages, if there is a question of "whether you respect the sages" later, you will not sit on the wax?

The correct answer is that there is no right or wrong, and Confucianism and Taoism are all inclusive!

The fourth question: "Confucius said, three people must have my teacher. Can you be the teacher of Confucius?"

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Question [-]: ""Book of Rites·University": Extending knowledge lies in investigating things, and knowing things after investigating them. What is investigating things?"

Question [-]: "Why did Confucius punish and kill Shaozheng Mao?"

Seventh question...

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Question 120: "How should Confucians respect sages and sages, can they criticize and discuss whether they are right or wrong?"

Question 120: "What is a gentleman?"

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Nine hundred and ninetieth question: "The Analects of Confucius is wrong, where is the mistake?"

The thousandth question: "What is your Confucianism and Taoism?"

Answer: The way of Confucianism is what people need!