Mr. Yichuan holds a ruler in his hand, showing his dignity without getting angry.
"You, step forward to receive the punishment."
Fan Li laughed when he heard that Mr. Yichuan was about to hit him.
"Why?"
"Shouldn't we be punished for disrespecting our teachers and being uneducated?"
Fan Li smiled even more happily.
"Sir, you say that I am ignorant and incompetent? May I ask, sir, which classic do the principles you just mentioned come from? And which sage's words are they from?"
"It's not from a classic, but a summary of my many years of experience in Confucianism." Mr. Yichuan said proudly.
Fan Li shook his head when he heard this.
"How can you blame me for being ignorant and incompetent if you haven't heard your teacher's teachings? Could it be that your teachings have been included in Luming Academy and are a required course?"
"this……!?"
Although Mr. Yichuan has great ambitions, he wants to establish a sect in the circle of Confucianism cultivators.
However, he is not yet qualified.
Even this trip to the academy to give lectures was a test for him from Luming Academy.
If the teaching effect is excellent and the students respond enthusiastically, they will often ask him to teach in the future.
If the response is mediocre, the academy will not invite him again to avoid misleading students.
"What's more, you can't understand the truth without arguing, and you can't understand the truth without arguing." Fan Li said with a smile: "If you want to write a book and establish an opinion, do you think you will rely on force to suppress those who hold different opinions?"
"You want to argue with me?" Mr. Yichuan looked surprised.
"Bah! You brat! What qualifications do you, a mere foundation-building Confucian cultivator, have to discuss Taoism with you?" Zhu Ziyang jumped out and said, "What happened today, I will report to the mountain chief and expel you from school!"
Mr. Yichuan glanced at Zhu Ziyang appreciatively, thinking that all students should be like him.
"That's all."
"If I don't argue with you, others will just treat me as a narrow-minded man."
Mr. Yichuan said this, but he was thinking in his heart that once Fan Li was defeated in the defense, he would be found guilty of disturbing the class, and expulsion from school would be inevitable!
"Get pen and ink!"
Mr. Yichuan was determined to establish his authority, and his voice was raised a bit.
In Luming Academy, some Confucian students who had not come to class immediately gathered together when they heard that a student dared to debate with the great Confucian scholar.
When the seats are full, people climb onto trees, walls, and rockeries.
After a while, thousands of people gathered!
"Why don't you start yet?"
Fan Liqian waited for a long time and saw Mr. Yichuan looking relaxed and content, so he urged him impatiently.
The scholar narrowed his eyes slightly, and estimated that there were enough Confucian scholars around to maximize the prestige effect, and finally nodded.
"let's start."
The debate between Confucianism and cultivators is by no means just a matter of words.
Both sides of the debate should write down their reasoning on paper and let the heavens sense it.
If you make a small statement and express great righteousness, the way of heaven will definitely respond.
If it is a heresy, it is possible that Heaven will either ignore it or punish it with thunder.
"You should take good care of the younger generation."
Mr. Yichuan said, picking up the pen and writing.
Fan Li frowned and shook his head.
This old Confucian really has no grace at all. Faced with a junior like himself, he still wants to take the lead?
"Principle is the foundation of all things."
The five large characters in block letters appear vividly on the paper, and the writing is vigorous and impressive.
The next moment, the paper surface shimmered with green light.
Five regular characters jumped out of the paper and actually hovered in mid-air, making the sound of bells and drums.
"Teacher's words were recognized by Heaven, and a mighty ray of light descended, accompanied by the sound of Dao?" Zhu Ziyang exclaimed.
The Confucian scholars who were watching also nodded, thinking that Mr. Yichuan was indeed a great Confucian of his generation.
However, they were far less shocked than Zhu Ziyang.
After all, every great scholar who comes to Luming Academy to teach can achieve this level of writing skills.
There are even more magnificent scenes than Mr. Ikawa's.
"Hehehe..."
Mr. Yichuan stroked his beard and smiled, quite proudly.
Fan Lixin said, is it my turn?
But he didn't expect that the old master's self-cultivation was so poor that he would write and write again.
"Death by starvation is a small matter, but breach of integrity is a huge matter!"
"Get rid of human desires and keep the laws of nature!"
"Everything in the world can be poor, it's just a rule!"
On the three pieces of rice paper, there were bursts of emerald green light.
Three sentences also flew from the paper and hovered in mid-air, accompanied by the joy of silk and bamboo.
Zhu Ziyang applauded and said: "Teacher's wise words can be passed down to the world!"
"Flattery."
Holy Lord Hanyue retorted without deliberately suppressing the volume, and many people present could hear it.
The Confucian scholars suppressed their laughter and sometimes looked at Holy Lord Hanyue, sometimes at Zhu Ziyang.
Indeed, a sycophant.
Although Mr. Yichuan has proved that his Confucianism level is quite high, it is far from exaggerated to the point of being 'legendable'. At most, it can be regarded as his family's opinion.
The famous sayings handed down from generation to generation were only possible by the sages and great Confucians of all ages.
The so-called sage's words can have a myriad of effects and shake the heavens and the earth!
Where can this level be comparable?
"Young man, it's your turn." Mr. Yichuan put down his pen and looked at Fan Li with a victor's attitude.
Fan Li sighed.
Pick up the pen but never put it down.
He had wanted to write something for a long time, but he just felt a little regretful.
In troubled times, there is a shortage of talents.
Mr. Yichuan can be regarded as a talented person, but unfortunately his knowledge is limited and his achievements in the future will be limited.
Especially since his character was slightly poor, Fan Li finally lost interest in recruiting him.
"Are you writing? Are you so ignorant that you have forgotten how to write?" Zhu Ziyang said sarcastically.
Fan Li didn't even bother to take a second look at this kind of flattering villain.
He finally put pen to paper.
"Emancipate your mind and seek truth from facts."
Zhu Ziyang: "???"
Confucian scholars: "???"
Mr. Yichuan: "This...???"
Wise quotes are never limited to classical Chinese.
Fan Lixin said: Even if Yichuan and Zhu Ziyang are hopeless, there are still a whole academy of Confucian students, and I cannot let corrupt Confucianism put shackles on them.
What bullshit 'everything in the world can be poor is just a theory'?
Forcibly simplifying a complex issue is sophistry.
Fan Li continued to write: "The sea is open to all rivers, and it is great to be tolerant."
Even if one cannot fully understand the three thousand avenues, it is still better than covering one's ears and denying the existence of the three thousand avenues.
Fan Li originally thought that two sentences would be enough.
But he suddenly remembered four more words and added them without hesitation:
"Seek common ground while reserving differences."
The figures of those two great men in the previous life seemed to appear in front of Fan Li at this moment.
"Later life!"
"Which classic do these three sentences you wrote come from? Why have I never read it?"
Mr. Yichuan asked loudly.
Fan Li looked at him indifferently and replied: "You don't study well, do you blame me?"
"You...!?" Mr. Yichuan was so angry that he almost pulled out his ruler.
But in front of more than a thousand academy students, he managed to hold back.
These three sentences by Fan Li are thought-provoking and endlessly memorable.
In particular, every sentence strongly refutes Yichuan's remarks!
"Fortunately, nothing happened..."
As soon as Mr. Yichuan's idea came to his mind, he heard a distant bell ringing from the sky above his head.
Simple and long, spanning the world!
(End of chapter)
