However, when they saw their son Dong Machi, who was frowning and thinking hard while holding a book, they couldn't help feeling worried.
The master has a heart of love, so naturally he can't tolerate the rejection of their servants, but it seems that the son's stupid look at reading is not a good thing?
## Chapter 750 Cultivate Buddhists
Two days later, Su Ze really called Dong Machi to the study.
Dong Machi saluted respectfully, and said, "I've seen the master."
Dong Mafu waited respectfully at the door, also afraid that his son was ignorant or stupid in reading, and would unintentionally offend the master.
"Well, how is your reading of the Four Books and Five Classics?" Su Ze asked.
"I've roughly read them all," Dong Machi replied, "I can barely recite them."
Su Ze smiled: "It's still too modest to recite it reluctantly. You should memorize it backwards now, and you can understand it yourself."
"I do have some ideas, but most of them are doubts." Dong Machi said solemnly, "It is expected that it is because I don't know much from what I have read."
"You are right..." Su Ze smiled, "The less people know, the more confident and resolute they will live, and the more they know, the more humble and questionable. Now your question is exactly what you see I don’t know much about what I heard, so I fell into my own wild imagination.”
"If you have any questions, please tell me."
With Su Ze's permission, Dong Machi hurriedly bowed his body to salute again, and then solemnly said: "As Mencius said, fish can do what I want, and bear's paws can also do what I want... I often think, what is wrong with fish and what is wrong with bears?" He Gu? Why does Mencius, a sub-sage like Mencius, put his own desires on innocent creatures?"
"Later, it is said: life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. I sacrifice my life for righteousness. Naturally, I admire it very much in my heart. Naturally, it is the best thing to sacrifice one's life for righteousness."
"You can give up the fish and take the bear's paw, but there is no distinction between high and low. The life of this living being is also one life. If people choose what they want, can't saints be free from vulgarity?"
Hearing this, Su Ze could not help but smile slightly: It really is the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, brought by this innate Buddha nature, reading the Four Books and Five Classics can also think about living beings and thoughts of compassion. It seems very pedantic, but in fact it is not suitable for the Four Books and Five Classics system at all.
If Su Ze had given him a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures at this time, Dong Machi would have had a [-]% epiphany immediately, and he would become a monk in a few days. Coupled with the Buddhist momentum, he would soon become a great virtuous monk.
Maybe it doesn't have the hot topic of Xuanzang in the original book, but he will surely be able to convince all the monks in the Tang Dynasty and become the representative of Buddhism who presides over the Water and Land Dharma Assembly.
However, now in the hands of Su Ze, how can he succeed if he doesn't cultivate his knowledge well?
With your compassionate face, can you recite Buddha's name and eat fast?
That doesn't work.
Su Ze said: "Dong Machi, you little horse is really kind. But you must first understand that everything exists for a reason. It's not that it's wrong for a saint to eat fish or bear's paw. It's not like this to be merciful to life. of."
Dong Machi's eyes suddenly brightened: he has been troubled and depressed all this time because of these things, not the classics of the Four Books and Five Classics.Hearing that Su Ze wanted to explain for himself, his heart was filled with anticipation. After all, he was the grand master who was born as the number one scholar. He was the only one who wanted to explain his confusion for himself.
"First of all, it's wrong for people to eat fish and bear's paws, so what should they eat?" Su Ze asked.
Dong Machi immediately replied: "Chicken, duck, fish and meat all have living creatures. It's better to eat rice and vegetables to feel at ease."
Su Ze shook his head slightly, took Dong Machi out of the study, let Dong Mafu get on the carriage, and went to the fields outside the city.
"Little horse, look...the vegetables are alive and well, and the rice is also alive and well. In order for people to eat them, they have to be uprooted, chopped into pieces or thrown into the pot."
Su Ze said to Dong Ma Chi: "Is this kind treatment?"
Dong Machi was surprised: "But, they can't move, and they are not living creatures."
"Can't move, isn't it a living thing?"
Su Ze signaled Dong Ma Chi to follow him, and broke a little root, and the light green juice flowed out: "Look again in a few days, and it is dead. This juice is its blood, and now it looks like an ordinary person who was cut by me." , can no longer survive."
"Little horse, things that have life and death, how can they not be living things?"
Dong Machi suddenly lost his mind and was speechless.
Rice and vegetables are also living beings, so what should people eat?
At this moment, Su Ze asked again: "What do you think people should eat? Why can't people eat fish, bear's paws, chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep? They should eat these thousands of creatures that are standing still. ? Could it be that those who can move and bark are superior, and those who can’t move and bark should be eaten?”
"Master, I don't know." Dong Machi said.
Su Ze smiled and continued: "You are young and have great kindness. This should be a good thing, but you have to understand that everything is born like this, and eating each other is the way of natural circulation, not that you must eat Nothing, not necessarily what not to eat.”
"If you have a kind heart, look at the rich and wealthy families with fat stomachs, and the official and gentry families with large feasts. They do not do physical labor every day, and the chicken, duck, fish, meat, mountains and sea delicacies are endless, far exceeding the needs of the body. It’s not good to waste a lot of food and food for no reason.”
"Look at the man who fights heavy weights every day. If he doesn't eat meat for half a month, he's afraid he'll urinate blood and die. The whole family will starve to death. How can you ask him not to eat meat? That's not kindness, but malicious."
"If you go to poor people's homes and persuade them to eat rice and vegetables, be content with the status quo, and not to harm living beings, not to mention being biased, it is not a good thing in itself; but if you go to rich people's homes, you praise the rich for their kindness. Isn't it hypocritical? It’s the same as living creatures that don’t eat and move, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, but that’s all!”
When Dong Machi heard the words, he also nodded his head in resignation, thoughtful.
Su Ze didn't force him to change immediately, but took him along the streets and alleys of Jiangzhou City, telling stories about passers-by from time to time, and letting Dong Machi observe and draw conclusions by himself. The conclusions are completely different, but Su Ze does not criticize Dong Machi.
Although Dong Machi was born with Buddha nature, he did not reject Su Ze's teaching at this time, and even found it extremely interesting.
After a few days like this, Dong Machi, who was born smart, developed a pair of good eyesight. Through various signs such as walking posture, clothes, hats, smell stains on his body, traces on his hands, soil on the soles of his feet, and expressions on his face, he can always identify Can roughly guess the other party's professional identity, and infer the other party's personality.
This kind of observation method has benefited him a lot, and observing everyone with Su Ze, the wisdom root he possesses is the same as the possession of a "famous detective" in Su Ze's eyes. Although his body is small, his eyes are like torches. .
A few days later, Su Ze asked Dong Machi to talk to strangers, borrow items, ask for help, or take the initiative to help others.
As a result, Dong Machi has a better understanding of the world and is proficient in human affairs.
A month later, Su Ze took Dong Machi to trial the case, and Dong Machi was by his side.
Seeing many appalling cases and people full of crimes, Dong Machi's eyes gradually became firmer, and his face became a little more stern - he is still a good person, but he will use more violent tactics after witnessing too many evil things , which is also inevitable.
## Chapter 751 Monk Xuanzang
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