I am the master of this world

Chapter 33

As the saying goes, there are a hundred Aoi Hamlets in the eyes of a hundred people.

Everyone has a different understanding of Confucianism.

That's why Meng Xingchen asked, wanting to see what everyone knew about Confucianism. If someone came up with brilliant ideas and could conquer everyone, he would naturally be famous in the world, and becoming a future pioneer of Confucianism was not a big deal.

Therefore, today's opportunity is rare. The disciples of the aristocratic family are thinking hard and are unwilling to give up this opportunity to become famous.

A moment passed.

Meng Xingchen scanned the crowd and asked with a smile, "Can someone set an example?"

"I come!"

Wang Beixuan was the first to stand up.

He came from a high-ranking family, studied Confucianism since he was a child, and was familiar with Confucian articles backwards, because he couldn't memorize them backwards.

Therefore, he is confident that he will be a blockbuster and get Meng Daru's turn.

"Okay! Everyone, let us first listen to this young master's opinion!" Meng Xingchen knelt down and left the stage to him.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Beixuan, who was very excited. He only heard him say: "Mr. Meng, fellow teachers and classmates, in my humble opinion, Confucianism is benevolence. Confucius said: Cultivate oneself, regulate one's family, and govern the country peacefully." In the world, self-cultivation is the starting point, and the standard is benevolence. Only by adhering to morality with benevolence can we achieve peace in the world, and to govern the world, we need to govern with virtue. So in my opinion, Confucianism is virtuous governance. Taoism is the basis of governance. If you use punishments to harmonize people, you will be spared and shameless; if you use morality to control people, you will use rituals to harmonize them, and you will be shameless and respectful."

"Government of virtue is the kingly way. Only by virtue can you convince people with joy and sincerity. If you use power to convince people, you will be powerless!"

Following Wang Beixuan's talk, not only the disciples of the aristocratic family, but even some Confucian masters kept nodding.It can be seen that Wang Beixuan still has some knowledge in Confucianism and Taoism.

However, Meng Daru's expression did not change, he was still smiling, it seemed that Wang Beixuan's answer could not arouse his amazement.

After Wang Beixuan finished speaking, he looked at Meng Xingchen with hope.

Unexpectedly, Meng Xingchen did not make any comments, but asked others: "Does anyone else have different opinions?"

"I come!"

I saw Xing Yu standing up.

Ever since Taoist priest Xuanji took his fortune telling and said that "every time he comes, heaven and earth work together, soaring up to [-] miles", he has become famous in Pengcheng, and his reputation is as good as that of Wang Beixuan. I heard that people who come to propose marriage have formed a long queue. They all wanted to catch him by the tail before he flew up.

After Meng Xing nodded in agreement, he only heard Xing Yu say:

"Everyone, what is Confucianism? Literally, we have been told that what people need is Confucianism. So what do people need most? I believe everyone has different opinions, and in my opinion, what people need most is Confucianism. It's a rule. There are rules for the movement of heaven and earth. Only by mastering the rules can you get what you need most. Rules are the way of heaven, so in my humble opinion, Confucianism is the interaction between heaven and man, the harmony of yin and yang. I agree with what Wang Gongzi just said about virtue. , but I feel that virtue is just the yang of yin and yang. Although the royal way is good, it also needs the support of domineering, so force and punishment are yin. Only when yin and yang are combined can we master the rules, thereby perfecting ourselves and benefiting the world."

Xing Yu is also expressing his opinion.

Shen Ning frowned and was thinking about what to say.

Seeing other people listening mesmerized, Shen Ning couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "Is it really that good?"

Zhang Xiu'er next to her heard Shen Ning's words and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhao, you also think what they said is normal."

"Uh, yes. Sister Xiu'er also thinks what they said is normal?" Shen Ning touched her nose and then asked with a guilty conscience.

Zhang Xiu'er nodded, and said in a low voice: "Confucianism and Taoism originated in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. Confucius wrote books and established Confucianism and Taoism. At that time, Confucianism and Taoism were established based on benevolence. Therefore, Wang Beixuan's views on Confucianism , is not my own opinion, but an extension of Confucius' thought, which has added the concepts of kingly and domineering."

"After Kong Sheng, Confucianism and Taoism developed more diversely. Meng Sheng believed that there is nothing wrong with benevolence as the foundation, but more emphasis should be placed on righteousness. Therefore, Meng Sheng's Confucianism is to sacrifice life for righteousness, and it is that the people are more important than the emperor. I think this is also the reason for the Meng family's seclusion. "

"As for Xing Yu's thought, it is combined with Xun Sheng's theory of evil nature, which also introduces Legalist and Taoist thoughts, moving from self-cultivation to self-cultivation, but it is not his own idea, but the thought of Confucianism."

"Later, Confucianism did not fall, and Confucianism never had a unified mainstream form. Every Confucian scholar swayed between the three sages, which created opportunities for other thoughts. Up to now, metaphysics is prevalent in the Jin Dynasty. But this is only temporary .In my opinion, once Confucianism and Taoism are established in a more unified form, they will still be the mainstream of the schools of thought.”

Shen Ning looked at Zhang Xiu'er in amazement, and immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Zhao, what does this mean?" Zhang Xiu'er asked curiously.

Shen Ning smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable and powerful."

"I like reading books, I made brother Shen laugh." Zhang Xiu'er said shyly.

On the other side, Yu Xuefei stared at Shen Ning, seeing him chatting happily with Zhang Xiuer, she couldn't help asking Li Qingkong: "Qingkong, is Zhao Baoyu blind? I like ugly ones, not beautiful ones." ? Why haven't I seen him be so enthusiastic about you!"

Li Qingkong glanced over and didn't want to express his opinion at first, but for some reason, he was stunned for a while, and then said: "From the very beginning, he didn't care about this marriage, so naturally he doesn't need to be enthusiastic."

Yu Xuefei was startled and asked, "Why? Since you don't care, why don't you agree to break off the engagement?"

Li Qingkong shook her head.

She was very intelligent since she was a child, and she was very accurate in seeing people, but this time she missed him, and she couldn't see through him.

Shen Ning didn't know what Li Qingkong thought of him.

At this time, after listening to Zhang Xiuer's narration about Confucianism and Taoism, he suddenly understood what he could say.

He remembered a joke he had seen in his previous life.

It is said that Confucianism and Taoism are a circle.

Confucius said the yang in the circle, so he became a saint.

Mencius talked about the yin in the circle, so he also became a sage.

When Xunzi saw this result, he simply said that the combination of yin and yang made him a saint.

Everything inside the circle is in Yin and Yang, so no one will be sanctified in future generations.

Later, there was a clever person. Since the sages said things inside the circle, I said things outside the circle.

Because Confucianism and Taoism are circles and talk about the outside of the circle, this person has become a semi-sage.

Shen Ning wanted to make a big splash, so what he said could not be related to the three saints, because it was related to them and would never be his own.

That being the case, let's talk about things outside the circle.

It is true that Shen Ning is not proficient in Confucianism and Taoism, but after all, he has been tortured by five years of college entrance examination and three years of simulation. He has memorized many historical articles, so he rummaged through his memory and finally sorted out some contents.

I don't know what the hell Meng Xingchen is doing, but he has to let him, a martial arts student, stop playing with knives and pens. Where did he get the confidence that he can do it?
Could it be that he looks handsome?

And at this time, many people expressed their views on Confucianism.

As expected, no matter what these people say, they cannot do without the thoughts of saints, so that is not their personal view of Confucianism.

At this moment, the Confucian masters present also understood why Meng Daru did not comment on the views of the students. It turned out that it was unnecessary.

Finally, all the students with ideas finished speaking their opinions.

"Does anyone else have different ideas?" Meng Xingchen glanced around and finally locked his eyes on Shen Ning.

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(End of this chapter)