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Chapter 304 Together Vertically and Horizontally, Su Qin and the Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms... (Subscription required)
"A white horse is not a horse, Mr. Chen Fan, is this for debate?"

"It can also be used for debate."

Chen Fan nodded: "Also, fans in the live broadcast room, we can debate together."

This makes everyone more interesting.

"Debate, hehe, I am the number one debate expert in kindergarten. Teacher Chen Fan, can you stand it?"

"I like debating the most, Mr. Chen Fan, I'll sign up."

"I am me, debate is also my strength..."

All of a sudden, fans signed up one after another.

Chen Fan selected ten fans and chose to let them mic.

"Okay, the rule is that a white horse is not a horse. I don't think a white horse is a horse, and you think a white horse is a horse. Or, you can choose, you don't think a white horse is a horse, and I think a white horse is a horse."

"We choose the white horse to be the horse."

Ten fans unanimously chose that a white horse is a horse.

This kind of positive and negative conclusions, everyone can see which one is the simplest.

A white horse is a horse.

If you have to pick a white horse and a non-horse one, you won't be able to be KOed by others in a few rounds.

Not to mention, Bianshou is still Teacher Chen Fan.

"Professor Zhou, then you will be the referee."

"Ok."

Professor Zhou is also very curious.

How can he have the meaning of distinguishing between a white horse and a non-ma?
A discerning person can see that a white horse is also a horse.

How could it be possible to make a judgment that a white horse is not a horse?
Needless to say, the question of whether a white horse is not a horse has become the strongest debate topic in the Warring States Period?
But also because of curiosity, Professor Zhou became more interested.

"start."

Professor Zhou started, and Chen Fan said: "Okay, then we will use the white horse as the topic."

While talking, Chen Fan took out the paper.

And drew a white horse on the paper, and then said: "This is our family's white horse, and we use the white horse as the theme."

"Okay, but, Mr. Chen Fan. Although your white horse is very beautiful, a white horse is also a horse."

"No."

Chen Fan shook his head: "A white horse is a white horse, how can a white horse be a horse?"

"Teacher Chen Fan, although a white horse is a white horse, it belongs to the category of horses. Just like men and women, they are all human beings."

"That's not what it said."

Chen Fan continued to shake his head: "Let's analyze it. There are many horses in this world, just like there are many people. There are white horses, black horses, yellow horses, green horses, gray horses, blue horses, and red horses in this world... Everyone should know .”

"clear."

"Then if your mount is a white horse, and I borrow it and ride it for a day, and return you a black horse when I come back, would you like it? According to your words, it doesn't matter whether a white horse or a black horse is a horse anyway."

"Uh……"

This debate was just the beginning, and in an instant, the ten fans fell into embarrassment.

"I'm stupid, why do I feel like I fell into Teacher Chen Fan's trap all of a sudden."

"I feel it too."

"Ten guys don't seem to know how to answer."

The fans in the live broadcast room were also extremely anxious.

Although they didn't get on the mic.

but.

When Chen Fan threw out this sentence, they didn't know how to answer it.

"Here, brothers, why don't you speak?"

"This, Teacher Chen Fan, we disagree."

Feeling the pressure from Chen Fan, several fans disagreed.

Chen Fan said with a smile: "If you disagree, you're right. It's me, and I won't agree either. After all, there are so few white horses and so many dark horses, how could I be willing to exchange black horses for white horses. But, again, just now You say, whether it is a white horse or a black horse, he is a horse. We use the data formula to express that a white horse is equal to a horse, black and white is equal to a horse, and it can be proved by the same reason that a white horse is equal to a black horse. But in fact, everyone has seen it. theory, then the whole world will go into chaos. Only white horses are not equal to horses, and white horses are not equal to black horses, is this correct?"

While talking, Chen Fan drew a few formulas on the paper.

As soon as these formulas came out, everyone was even more confused.

"It seems to make sense."

"Yes, a white horse is not equal to a horse. If it is equal to a horse, then a white horse is equal to a black horse."

"That's over. According to Chen Fan's theory, isn't a white horse equal to a horse, or not a horse?"

Ok.

Proof of the formula.

Since a white horse is neither equal to a black horse nor a horse, a white horse is not a horse.

finally.

The white horse that Chen Fan said was not a horse, and the argument was successful.

"Teacher Chen Fan, this is sophistry."

Some fans disagreed with Chen Fan's point of view.

Chen Fan also nodded: "Famous scholars are originally sophistry. However, since everyone disagrees, there is a sage who agrees with me very much."

"Which sage?"

"Old Master Confucius."

"Master Confucius?"

Everyone was even more puzzled.

Why Chen Fan's topic of debate has already been brought up to Confucius.

Did Confucius also say that a horse is not a horse?
Among them, a fan who knows Confucius very well said on the public channel: "Mr. Chen Fan, I am familiar with the Analects of Confucius, and I am quite familiar with Confucius. According to my understanding, Confucius did not say that white horses are not horses."

"It seems that there is a friend who knows the Analects very well. If so, let's talk."

Chen Fan said with a smile: "When the King of Chu went hunting, he lost a bow. His entourage wanted to find it. The King of Chu said, Chu people lost it, and Chu people got it. Why bother to look for it... Have you heard this allusion?"

"Mr. Chen Fan, this allusion does exist, and the old master Confucius also said it."

"What did Master Confucius say after hearing this?"

"Old Master Confucius is worthy of being a great master of a generation. After he learned about this, he thought that people should broaden their horizons. Everyone is equal, and there is no need to distinguish between Chu people or people from other countries. Therefore, he told the king of Chu, just say People lose it, and people get it, so why bother talking about Chu people.”

Chen Fan clapped his hands: "Look, isn't this evidence?"

"Uh……?"

This fan is still a little puzzled.

of course.

Not only these fans are puzzled, but other fans are also puzzled.

How can this be evidence?

of course.

There are also some who understand.

But when they realized it, their faces were flushed.

But no matter what, Chen Fan still had to explain: "If Chu people are the same as people, why did Confucius correct the King of Chu? Obviously, he thinks that Chu people and people have two different meanings. Correct what the King of Chu said, right? Since Old Master Confucius thinks that Chu people are not human beings, doesn’t that coincide with my white horse not being a horse?”

The whole debate ends here.

But even if it's over, the fans are still extremely dizzy in their minds.

"A white horse is not a horse, so let me go."

"Ahhh, I clearly know that what Teacher Chen Fan said is wrong, but I don't know where he is wrong."

"Well, anyway, I know his answer is wrong, but every word he said is extremely reasonable."

Everyone scratched their hair.

In this regard.

However, Chen Fan said: "In fact, you don't need to worry about it too much. A white horse is not a horse is just a kind of rhetoric. During the Warring States Period, there may not have been debates about whether a white horse is a horse. But whether a white horse is not a horse or a white horse is a horse, everyone in the Warring States Period The series of debates will always exist. And such existence will inevitably guide the direction of those in power."

In fact.

The white horse is not a horse was proposed by the famous Gongsun Long.

Back then he rode a horse in vain to enter the city, and the city guards asked him to pay for each horse and man.

Gongsun Long disagreed, so he told the guard that I am a white horse, not a horse.

The defenders of the city were stunned, why isn't a white horse a horse?
So Gongsun Long discussed with the soldiers defending the city that a white horse is not a horse.

But a pity.

The soldiers defending the city have no culture.

Although Gongsun Long was dizzy and brain-wrenching, he finally said that what you said made sense, but you still have to pay one person and one horse.

In the end, the white horse with the best debate skills in the world is not a horse, and in the end it turned out to be playing the piano against the cow.

"Therefore, Huizi also used his famous talents to suggest that the king of Wei unite with Qi and Chu to fight against Qin. However, compared with this technique of combining vertical and horizontal, there are two people who have achieved the combination of vertical and horizontal. Extreme. Of these two people, one is called Su Qin and the other is called Zhang Yi."

"Su Qin, Zhang Yi... Su Qin has never heard of it, Zhang Yi, Mr. Chen Fan, we seem to have heard of Zhang Yi."

"Correct."

Chen Fan said: "When I talked about Qu Yuan, I talked about King Huai of Chu, and I also said that Zhang Yi deceived King Huai of Chu to come to Qin. In the end, King Huai of Chu died in Qin. Su Qin and Zhang Yi were in the Warring States period. Strategist. Let’s talk about Su Qin first..."

"Su Qin went to Qi State to study in his early years, worshiped Guiguzi as his teacher, and was a student of Guiguzi with Zhang Yi. After he finished his studies, he traveled abroad for many years and returned home in poverty. His family members laughed at him in private. Su Qin felt very ashamed, so he closed his door, looked through the books in his collection, and sighed: "The teacher is taught and devotes himself to studying, but he can't exchange for glory and wealth. What's the use of reading more books.So I found "Zhou Shu Yin Fu" to study at my desk.A year later, he figured out the technique of combining vertical and horizontal, thinking that he could lobby the current king with this. "

There is also an idiom here that hangs the beam and stabs the thigh.

Xuanliang is talking about a scribe named Sun Jing.

As for stabbing the butt, it was Su Qin who was talking about.

At that time, Su Qin came back from his studies without much achievement. His parents saw that his son was not promising and could not even find a job, so they sighed at him. Not to mention his wife, who sat on the spinning wheel and weaved, they didn't have to look at him at all.He was unbearably hungry, so he had the cheek to ask his sister-in-law for a bowl of rice.The sister-in-law didn't have a good look at him either, and said sharply: "Would you like to eat?"There is no firewood for cooking!Su Qin was so refuted that he almost shed tears.He returned to his room, raised his head and sighed: When a person is poor, his wife does not consider him a husband, his sister-in-law does not consider him a brother-in-law, and his parents do not consider him a son. What can I say?So Su Qin studied harder. When he was sleepy from reading at night, Su Qin used an awl to pierce his thigh to prevent drowsiness, and the blood flowed to his ankle.After studying day and night like this, Su Qin finally got a chance.

"In 334 BC, Su Qin arrived in Yan State and waited for more than a year before meeting Yan Wenhou. Su Qin lobbied Yan Wenhou, first analyzed the interdependence between Yan State and Zhao State from the geographical position, and then criticized Yan State's Strategic mistake: worrying about the Qin State thousands of miles away, but not worrying about the Zhao State within a hundred miles; finally suggested that Yan Wenhou should unite the Zhao State and make it one. Maintain the stability of Yan State with the plan of unity and verticality, and I am willing to repay the whole country." So he funded Su Qin with chariots, horses, gold and silk, and went to lobby Zhao State."

It is precisely because of the support of Yan Wenhou that Su Qin can go all out to various countries.

"At this time, the State of Qin was quite powerful, and all countries in the Central Plains were very afraid of the State of Qin. When Su Qin came to the State of Zhao, he immediately explained the current situation to Zhao Suhou. He also believed that although the State of Qin was powerful, it could not be The opponents of the six countries. If the six countries united against Qin, then Qin would not dare to go out of Hangu Pass. Zhao Suhou accepted Su Qin's suggestion, so Su Qin went to South Korea."

"At this time, South Korea had the idea to unite with Qin, but after Su Qin came, he told the king of Han that South Korea had a solid terrain, hundreds of thousands of troops, and was good at smelting weapons. He would not be afraid of Qin for a while. But if united with Qin State, Qin will inevitably ask to cede Yiyang and Chenggao. Once agreed, Qin State will intensify. South Korea has limited land, Qin State has unlimited desires, and the day of destruction is not far away. Finally, Su Qin said: The king is so Wise, the army is so strong, but willing to stay behind the Qin State, I am really ashamed of the king! After hearing this, King Han Xuan's expression changed drastically, he put his hand on the sword, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Although I have no talent, I can never serve the Qin State. Since King Zhao already has an idea, and I am willing to obey your arrangement."

"Su Qin came to the state of Wei and lobbied King Wei Xiang. Su Qin first analyzed the geographical situation of the state of Wei and pointed out that although the state of Wei is small, it has dense farms, a large population, and galloping cars and horses. The state of Qin pays tribute every year. Once the state of Qin conquers the state of Wei, no one is willing to send troops to rescue it. Then Su Qin used the example of Goujian, king of Yue, and king of Wu, who conquered Zhou with fewer victories and more, and reminded King Wei: Wei’s army is strong and horses are strong, so there is no need to be afraid of Qin. "If you cede the land to serve Qin, before you can fight, the country will lose money first. Those who advocate serving Qin are treacherous ministers, and you must make decisions carefully. If the king can follow my advice, and the six countries work together, there will be no danger of strengthening Qin." I am sick, so the king of Zhao sent me to present the treaty of cooperation and wait for your dispatch. The king of Wei said: I have never heard such wise advice, and I would like the whole country to follow..."

along the way.

Su Qin persuaded Yan, Han, Wei, and Zhao.

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, there are still two left.

One is the state of Qi, and the other is the state of Chu.

Whether it is Qi State or Chu State.

Both countries are big countries.

and so.

These two countries are also the most difficult to persuade.

"Mr. Chen Fan, can Su Qin persuade Qi Guo?"

"can."

"But Qi is a big country, its strength is not much different from that of Qin, and Qi and Qin do not border each other, so they are not very worried about Qin."

"Yes."

Chen Fan nodded: "So at the beginning, Su Qin's envoy to Qi State was not very smooth, as everyone said. Qi State paid the most attention to the major countries in the Central Plains, and Qin State, which is far to the west, was the object of his friendship. However, Su Qin However, although Qin State is in the west, his appetite is not only for the countries in the Central Plains, but for annexing the world. Maybe the friendship with Qin can maintain the national strength of Qi State, but once Qin State annexes South Korea, Zhao State, and Wei State , Qi State is Qin State's next goal. In the end, Qi State agreed to Su Qin's alliance."

"There is one last country, the Chu country."

"Yes."

Chen Fan nodded: "Chu has always been a big country, and it is on the edge of Qin. Qin and Chu have formed many alliances and fought many times. Chu also has ambitions for hegemony, but generally speaking, It is still slightly weaker than Qin State. After Su Qin came to Chu State, he said to the King of Chu. If you, Chu State, dare not fight against Qin State, then no vassal state in the whole world dares to fight against Qin State. If this is the case , It won’t take many years for Qin to unify the world. After hearing this, the king of Chu also agreed to Su Qin’s alliance.”

"Yan Guo, Zhao Guo, Han Guo, Wei Guo, Qi Guo, Chu Guo... unite the six countries?"

Some fans shouted excitedly.

"Yes, unite the six countries."

Chen Fan said: "Relying on his theory, Su Qin traveled around the six major countries among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and successfully made them unite to fight against Qin. Moreover, the monarchs of the six countries also handed over the seals of the six countries to Su Qin. So far, Su Qin and The seal of the Six Kingdoms forced Qin to dare not leave Hangu Pass for 6 years...he became the most outstanding strategist in the Warring States period."

(End of this chapter)