Guo Pu may have used the school entrance exam to reject Gao Pragmatic's move to become a disciple. Gao Pragmatic had been mentally prepared before, so he was neither surprised nor afraid of the difficulty when he heard this. He just calmly handed over his hand and said, "Sir, please give me a question."
Guo Pu nodded slightly and said: "Zhongxuan said in the letter that you were the first to read "The Great Learning" and especially "The Supplement to the Explanations of the Great Learning". Qiu Wenzhuang was one of the great talents in the world, and there was quite a bit of talk about wealth in this book. , that being the case, I will use wealth as the topic: There is a great way to generate wealth, if there are many people who can make money, if there are few people who can eat it, if you use it, you will be sick, if you use it, you will feel comfortable, then you will have enough wealth."
Gao pragmatically asked: "Where are you doing the questions?"
Guo Pu pointed to the room next to him: "That's the study over there. There are pens, inks, paper and inkstones. You can go by yourself."
Gao Pragmatic was not polite, bowed slightly, and went by himself.
When I arrived at the study, I discovered that Guo Pu's home was indeed simple. Although it was not a "hut" as mentioned in his poem, it was still a bit shabby. The floor did not even have green bricks, but was made of rammed earth, which was not even very smooth.
Fortunately, Anyang is considered to be in the north. If it were in the south, in spring and summer, the house would be humid.
This time, instead of listening to Qin Shangyue laying out paper and grinding ink for him, he could only grind the ink himself first, and while grinding the ink, he was thinking about the solution to this question.
This question comes from Chapter 10 of "The Great Learning". The original text is: There is a great way to make money. If there are many people who make money, there will be few people who eat it. Those who use it will be sick, and those who use it will feel comfortable. Then the wealth will be constant and sufficient. A benevolent person uses wealth to make a fortune, and an unkind person makes a fortune with his or her body. There is no one who is kind at the top but not righteous at the bottom. There is no person who is good at righteousness and his deeds are not finished. There is no person who does not have the wealth in the treasury. Mencius Xianzi said: "It is better to have robbers than to have ministers who gather." This means that the country does not benefit from the interests of the country. For profit, righteousness is profit. Those who want to grow a country and take care of finances must become a small person. He is a good person, and the villain is responsible for the country, and disasters will come. Although there are good people, they are nothing like them! This means that the country does not regard profit as profit, but righteousness as profit.
This question belongs to the whole chapter, that is, a whole sentence, which is very consistent with Gao Gong's previous analysis of Guo Pu: Guo Pu likes to be upright.
Specifically speaking to this question: There is a great way to generate wealth. If there are many people who make money, there will be few people who eat it, if you use it you will get sick, if you use it you will feel comfortable. Then you will have enough wealth.
"Producing wealth" is the way of production, and this way is the principle, that is, there is a big principle for producing wealth. What principle is it?
"Those who are born are numerous", that is to say, they produce a lot, and "Zhong" means numerous.
"He who eats has few", this "food" means only enjoying, which means little. That is to say, if everyone is engaged in production, then there will be more people producing. For example, there are no sinecures in the court, and there are no free earners. Without these positions, there will be few people who eat and enjoy the salary without doing anything.
"Doing it makes you sick", and "doing it" is to create wealth. "Ji" means quick, which means creating wealth quickly.
"He who uses it will be comfortable" means using wealth slowly, that is, using it carefully and not wasting it. "Then the wealth will be constant and sufficient." In this case, the wealth will always be sufficient, and "constant" means always sufficient.
The simplest way to put it is to break down the essence of the question. What is the point of this question? In fact, it is the first sentence: There is a way to make money.
There are two key points: making money and the road.
Gao Pragmatic estimated that Guo Pu asked this question to remind himself that making money is the main road, not the small way. He hoped that he would not go astray and just think about making money.
Therefore, this question needs to be divided into two: first, wealth can be "produced"; second, this is the great road, and we must focus on the world, not just one corner.
Gao pragmatic smiled and understood.
To be honest, I have held so many meetings and am very good at them.
The paper has been laid out, the ink has been ground, and Gao pragmatically writes directly:
"The king's wealth in the world is only generated by Tao."
Since you like to be upright, "King" and "Tao" are of course the best words to improve your writing skills. This is called a high-level argument, just like when later generations interpret Li Bai's travel poems, you always say that he "eulogized the great rivers and mountains of the motherland." A truth.
The next step is to carry out the title, which is to state the meaning of the question. This is easy to handle. Gao pragmatically wrote:
"Husband's wealth cannot be gathered but it can be reborn, and rebirth has its own way. Can it be said that it is 'the foundation of the outside and the end of the inside'?"
Gao pragmatic's phrase "the external foundation is the internal foundation" also comes from "The Great Learning": A gentleman should be cautious first before virtue. There is a person with virtue, there is earth for a person, there is wealth for someone with earth, and there is use for wealth. Virtue is the foundation, wealth is the end. The external foundation is the internal end, fighting for the people and giving away things.
Zhu Xi's "Zhang Ju" said: "If a ruler takes virtue as the outer part and wealth as the inner part, he will fight against his people and use his teachings to rob them." The general meaning is that virtue comes first and wealth comes second. You cannot put the cart before the horse.
Gao pragmatism is written here, and the meaning is: Mr. Guo, I know what you mean, I do not value wealth over virtue.
Next comes the actual writing of the article, which is called "starting to talk". This time, Gao Pragmatic thought for a moment. It wasn't that it was difficult to express his meaning, but that he needed to think about the sentences.
Not long after, he wrote:
"In order to bring peace to the world, the number of powerful men and women should not be the main task of the king. I don't know that the people have a place to entrust their orders, and if there is no way to give them their desires, they will fight. There are endless treasures between the two, and there is nothing to do. If you take advantage of the opportunity, you will be in trouble. But if you don't act selfishly and act with the intention of correctness, and guide the people above and below for benefit, it is really beyond the control of those who use clever skills."
As we all know, the eight-part essay should "make a statement on behalf of the saint." When talking about this paragraph, Gao Pragmatic expressed it based on Zhu Xi's meaning above. After I finished writing it, I read it again and felt that it was okay, especially "I don't know what the people are entrusted with." The word "struggle" in this sentence perfectly fits Zhu Xi's point of view.
"My words bring wealth to those who bring peace to the world:" This is the beginning of the topic, and I am beginning to prepare to speak the truth - to speak the truth.
Next, we need to start the second strand, which requires neat contrasting and more refined words. Gao Pragmatic did not write directly, but made a draft first, compared it and revised it twice, adjusted some words, and then wrote:
"Wealth is born from nothing. If wealth does not arise in one day, the Qi of all things will be depleted, and people will have no way to protect themselves. If you know that everything is born, and you can cultivate it and collect it, you can observe the gathering of yin and yang.
Wealth does not arise by itself. If wealth does not arise in one day, the essence of all things will be easily dispersed, and the great king will have no power. Knowing that it must be born, and that it is prosperous, deficient and prosperous, can adjust the balance of people and affairs. "
What Gao Pragmatic said in the previous sentence actually means very simple: We must have something like wealth. As for all things, yin and yang, etc., it is to elevate it, and of course it must be elevated. This is always the case in Confucian articles.
The next sentence is much more pragmatic, saying that wealth is not born by oneself. The king gains power by managing the world's wealth, and uses wealth to balance the people of the world.
In fact, this can be regarded as a complete statement of the article's point of view: financial management is for the world.
Then it will be easier to write the next sentence, echo it:
"There is a way to make money!"
There is indeed a great way to make money!
