The old man then asked: "Then what do you think of this ancient fairyland?"
Ye Feng was deep in thought and did not answer immediately, and the old man seemed to be very patient with the young man in front of him. Because I started to like this young man a little bit. As for the behavior of stealing knowledge just now, he didn't care at all at this moment. No one is perfect and no one in this world is immune to making mistakes. In fact, making a mistake itself is not terrible. What is terrible is that after making a mistake, you dare not admit it or correct it.
No one can make mistakes without being a sage, and if you know your mistakes, you can improve a lot.
Moreover, the old man seemed to be very disdainful of the so-called gentleman's theory of Confucian Tuo Xi. The old man thought: Cheng Xi said too much and was too complicated, and mixed with a lot of Cheng Xi's own personal things. He himself doesn't really understand what a gentleman is, yet he actually has the nerve to teach others how to be a gentleman. People like that are basically "hypocrites".
In fact, a gentleman is a person who has a moral bottom line and has means. The villain is a person who only has means but no moral bottom line. With such a small difference, something that can be summarized in one sentence must be lengthy and lengthy, so as not to be pedantic.
On the other hand, this young man's character, strategy, and understanding are all excellent. The old man has tested him through admitting his mistakes, Go and the first question, and he is very satisfied. As for the second question, Testing Ye Feng's cognition.
Finally, Ye Feng slowly said two words: "Arrogance."
The old man's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "How do you say that?"
Ye Feng said: "The prehistoric fairyland is filled with the arrogance of the strong towards the weak and the monks towards the mortals. It lacks the most basic respect for the personality and dignity of the weak and mortals. Although this is caused by 'the weak eat the strong and the strong are respected' It's an inevitable result, but this junior still feels somewhat sad.
"A person's arrogance towards the weak will inevitably lead to his inferiority complex towards the strong. Because his standard for measuring others is the strength of his strength. When facing the weak, he is superior, then when facing the strong, his self-confidence will cease to exist. He will take the initiative to put himself into the situation of the weak. The strong in his heart will despise him just as he despises the weak, and then become the inner demon that makes him unable to gain self-confidence.
"In this world, there are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, and there are strong ones above the strong. No one can claim to be the strongest, and everyone will always become a weakling. So the so-called invincible world is just self-deception. Behavior, just a boring and extremely arrogant thing
"True self-confidence should be the concept of equality. If you believe that everything in the world is equal, and reach the level of the world being unkind and treating everything as a weakling, then no matter who you meet, no matter how powerful the other party is, you will not have the slightest fear . Because in the concept of equality, even mortals and monks are equal people."
The old man nodded and smiled. It seemed that he could not laugh loudly because of his aging, but it could be seen that the old man smiled very happily.
The old man nodded in approval: "If those bastards could have half your temper and patience to think about these issues, instead of scheming and fighting and killing each other all day long, the position of the Heavenly Emperor of the Ancient Immortal Realm would not have been empty for so many years. .”
The old man paused and suddenly asked: "So, do you think it is good for all people to be equal? Just like the equality between mortals and monks you just said?"
Ye Feng looked at the old man. Because Ye Feng knew the old man's true identity, he knew that it was already remarkable that the old man could speak frankly about "the equality between mortals and monks"
So Ye Feng said seriously: "Junior believes that anyone with a human heart can be a human being. As long as a monk still has a human heart, he can be regarded as a human being. So since everyone is a human being, then everyone should be equal in terms of personality and dignity. , there is no distinction between good and bad. But that is equality in terms of personality and dignity, but in terms of resources and material
"People can never be equal
"Actually, the reason is very simple. There are insufficient resources and limited opportunities. If resources are truly equal in material terms, no one will really be willing to work hard. Therefore, we should pursue equality in terms of personality and dignity, but when it comes to specific material aspects, There cannot be equality, what we should pursue is reasonable inequality. Because only reasonable inequality is fair."
After hearing this, the old man fell silent. This time it was Ye Feng's turn to wait patiently for the old man. After a long time, the old man looked at Ye Feng solemnly and said, "It turns out that the vision of heaven and earth where Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism merged into one in Zhongdu City was caused by you, right?"
"Yes." Ye Feng said
The old man smiled bitterly and shook his head. After being silent for a long time, he slowly said: "You have reached the level of Mr. Yangming, but you are completely different from him: Mr. Yangming focuses on the heart, but you focus on the heart. Pay equal attention to both external things and find your own path.”
As he spoke, the old man paused and said:
"Compared to Mr. Yangming, what I prefer, old man, is your way."
Hearing this, Ye Feng stood up again, bowed 90 degrees to the old man, and said, "Junior just took it upon himself without asking. It was my fault that I made a mistake."
The old man said: "It doesn't matter, and the old man still doesn't believe that you are really capable of stealing my things. You sit down first, old man, I want to test you."
After Ye Feng sat down, the old man asked: "Boy Ye, tell me what I think of the saying 'The king is the guide for the minister, the father is the guide for the son, and the husband is the guide for the wife'?"
Ye Feng said: "This sentence comes from the third line of page 145 of "Spring and Autumn Dew". The comment given by the senior in the upper right corner of this page is: bullshit. And this book is on the bookshelf in row 2312, line 4322, Column 34."
The old man was stunned and looked at Ye Feng in surprise, as if he saw a monster in his eyes. The old man pushed the single presbyopia crystal piece and stood up unsteadily, seemingly unsteady. Ye Feng was about to reach out to help him, but saw that the old man still held his own, and waved his hand to Ye Feng, indicating that he was fine.
"Wait for me." After the old man said that, he slowly walked towards the bookshelf. I don't know how long it took before he came out of the bookshelf and returned to his seat. At the same time, the old man was holding the book "Spring and Autumn Dew". He opened the book and found the sentence "The king is the guide for his ministers" on the third line of page 145. Sure enough, in the upper right corner of that page, there were four words "Shit makes no sense" written in red pen. They were his own handwriting
The old man's hands were shaking, not because of fear, but because of excitement. Because I found this book in row 2312, row 4322, and column 34 of the bookshelf. What's more important is that Zhu Pi, I can barely remember it. Others can't fake the handwriting, but the young man in front of me actually knows it so clearly. This is really terrifying.
And this junior named Ye Feng may not know what it means to write down all the books in the "Jiuzhou Library"?
