But at this moment, Xiruo suddenly said: "Ye Feng, although you say you are not worthy, I think you are qualified and must be qualified."
Hearing this, Ye Feng was also stunned. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Thank you. By the way, Xiruo. Do you know? In fact, in my hometown, that is, in the outside world, there are also 'Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism'. It’s just that there are not only Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but also many other schools of thought, such as Legalism, Mohism, military strategists, etc. There is a very beautiful word in my hometown to describe that flourishing age of thought, called the contention of a hundred schools of thought.”
"Actually, my thoughts are not limited to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but also many other schools of thought. For example, a large part of my thoughts come from the Legalist thoughts of Han Feizi. I believe that human nature is inherently evil. , and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages" is the human nature proposition of Han Feizi's Legalist thought. In addition, the mainstream social trend of the era I lived in was dialectical materialism, and I was also one of its staunch supporters.
"So, if I have to say it, I am not a fusion of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, but a fusion of ancient and modern thoughts. It is my own thought, and it cannot be summarized by just 'Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.' Therefore, there is inevitably a betrayal of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in my thoughts."
Ye Feng paused for a moment and said: "I am a rebel from the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. This is my favorite self-title. And my Tao, I call it - the different Tao, which means 'different from all others in the world. 'The Way of the Way' means."
Xiruo's eyes gradually lit up, like stars falling into Xiruo's eyes, and she said, "Isn't that very handsome?"
"Is he handsome?" Ye Feng smiled bitterly.
“Then let me tell you something more handsome.
"I just said that the starting point of Confucianism is the theory of the goodness of human nature. But in fact, Confucius never talked about human nature. It's not that he didn't know, but that he couldn't say. Confucius knew the human heart. Human nature is ugly and unpredictable, but all Confucian thoughts and political opinions are based on the theory of human nature. If admitted, then Confucianism will completely collapse and everything will be lost. And Mencius was forced to talk about human nature, However, it is also a partial generalization, only talking about good and not evil, and this is contrary to the Tao. This is the limitation of Confucianism.
"In order to make up for this limitation, Xunzi had to divide human nature into innate nature and acquired hypocrisy. The former is evil and the latter is good. This seems very smart, but it divides the human heart where good and evil should be intertwined. , which goes against the principle of yin and yang. Xunzi directly defined human nature’s pursuit of advantages and avoidance of disadvantages as “evil”, but little did he know that it was just arrogance. People must live first, and seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is only the instinct of human beings as creatures, and has nothing to do with it. Ideology and conduct. It can only be said that Xunzi did what he did because of his ideological and political opinions and his eagerness to establish a family. There is no other way. The failure to unify innate nature and acquired falsehood is a major fallacy in Xunzi's theory of human nature. At the same time, Xunzi's behavior actually acknowledged the existence of evil in human nature.
"So this school of thought, which is fundamentally limited, has cultivated a few saints such as Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi in the long history, and the rest are all glib hypocrites. But Confucianism is not without its merits. Its idea of family, state and world is something I admire very much. "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important" is also a very eye-catching concept. However, it still divides people. Even after being ranked third, sixth or ninth grade, it does not have the courage to shout 'Long live the people'. What a pity! What a shame!"
"Taoism believes that the original and simple nature of human beings is the most ideal state. I call it the theory of natural human nature. In Yangming's theory of mind, it is said that there is no good or disgusting body - the heart is inherently neither good nor evil. . This is one of the manifestations of Mr. Yangming’s integration of the three schools of thought into Taoist thought. At this point, I believe that “there is good and there is disgust.” I have said this before, and this is why I say that I One of the reasons why my thoughts are biased towards Taoism. The Taoist theory of natural human nature judges the hypocritical and rigid thoughts of benevolence and righteousness of Confucianism. But I recognize the thoughts of benevolence and righteousness, because Taoists only see the destruction of natural humanity by hypocritical and rigid benevolence and righteousness, but not Objectively realizing this kind of "destruction" is inevitable in the development of human history. This is also one of the limitations of Taoist thought, which cannot be applied universally.
At this moment, Mei Jiu really got to know the man in front of her again. Although he was a super scumbag, she had to admit this time that this man's academic thoughts were extraordinary, so she seemed to praise him: "It seems you are a traitor." The name is indeed true, you are already jumping between Confucianism and Taoism. Ye Feng, your heresy is really a complete traitor."
"Thank you." Ye Feng looked at Mei Jiu with contempt.
"Later, Han Feizi inherited Xunzi's view that desire for profit is human nature, and believed that "loving profit and hating harm" is the universal nature of human beings. Material desire is the first need for human survival, and it is the starting point for people to think about problems and guide their actions. . However, unlike Xunzi who directly defined human nature's likes of benefit and evil as "evil", Han Feizi did not imitate the inclusion of "good" and "evil" into the scope of discussion of human nature. Han Feizi broke through the instinctive need for people to like benefits and evil. The analytical framework of good nature and evil nature uses a naturalistic approach to describe human nature only in terms of facts and does not make moral evaluations. It neither regards it as evil nor good, showing a value-neutral stance. He expressed The relationship between people is a relationship of interests, and everyone has the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Human nature does not matter whether it is good or bad, it is all determined by its concept of interests. This seems very smart, but in fact it is It's also stupid, because the good and evil of human nature is the first inescapable question that all philosophy must answer, just like the roots of a tree, but it bypasses this root, so Han Fei's Legalism is just a tree without roots. This is also where its historical limitations lie.”
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After that, Ye Feng taught Xi Ruo a lot of things. At the same time, because of the existence of the chat group, Ye Feng was actually teaching Linglong and Yun Xi. In the yard, Mei Jiu looked at Xi Ruo, who was already listening to Ye Feng's lecture with admiration. In a daze, Mei Jiu seemed to have seen Xi Ruo's father giving lectures to Xi Ruo more than 10 years ago, and Xi Ruo was also like this. He showed such an expression of admiration to his father now.
Looking at this scene, Mei Jiu couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly. It seemed that this scumbag named Ye Feng was not as good-for-nothing as he thought.
At this moment, Ye Feng, who had seen through Mei Jiu's thoughts, really wanted to cover his face and spit back angrily: I don't want to be recognized by you, an evil stalker!
