Xi Ruo said: "Ye Feng, I want to know, in the world outside you, why most of the rulers in the past dynasties did not use Taoism as their main thoughts of governance, but mostly Confucianism?"
Ye Feng said: "Compared to Taoism, Confucianism is more conducive to maintaining rule.
"For example, the Confucian classic "Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues" points out: "The Three Cardinal Guidelines" are 'the king guides his subjects, the father guides his sons, and the husband guides his wife.' The Three Guidelines reflect a special relationship between monarch and ministers, father and son, and husband and wife in society. moral relationship.
"The "Five Constants" refers to the five specific moral requirements of 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.' Fundamental Laws and Codes of Conduct.
"In addition, the "three cardinal principles" and the "five constant principles" are combined into the "gang chang". The "gang chang" is obviously a product of political thought put forward to stabilize rule.
"But Taoists believe that for human beings, the so-called joy of living lies in being unrestrained and letting things take their own course. Complex etiquette restricts human nature, leaving people at a loss, like a bird in a cage. Since humans live in Between heaven and earth, the laws of heaven, earth, and the universe should be the laws of survival. Why should we artificially formulate superfluous rituals that go against nature and kill human nature? Therefore, they believe that heaven should use Tao as its law, and Tao should use nature as its law. As a rule, in the final analysis everything should follow nature. And the water of the river that cannot be reversed is the most powerful proof.
"In addition, Taoists propose that there is virtue only when there is no virtue, and there is love only when there is no love. On the contrary, the more regulated the society, the more chaotic it will be. Therefore, they believe that the best management and governance should be in name only, insignificant or even non-existent. In At this point, Laozi talks about inaction, the purpose is to make the rulers do something, and it is still focused on politics. Zhuangzi does not want to do anything at all, he only focuses on life. To put it bluntly, Laozi is laissez-faire, while Zhuangzi is anarchist.
"So Xiruo, have you seen it? If we really use Taoist ideas to govern the world, then the world will be in chaos. Because human nature is inherently evil. Although the human heart is a chaotic body of good and evil, if it is not controlled, people will degenerate into Evil, so my objective view of good and evil, so my thinking can only be based on the theory of human nature and evil as the starting point.
"The Tao Te Ching says: 'The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage. This is not the case with the way of man. If there is no loss, there is more than enough.' The sky moves according to the way of heaven, so the sky has not changed since ancient times. There is only one day since ancient times, and there is no more. Day. However, the previous dynasties in human history have never jumped out of the 300 historical cycle law. In the final analysis, it is because of the inherent evil of human nature.
"So human beings must learn from the way of heaven in order to achieve long-term success. This is also respected by Taoists. "Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature." But the nature of humanity and the way of heaven are simply tit for tat. You Without the ruler's deliberate actions, that is, "doing," how can humanity move toward the heavenly way?
“Therefore, although I am close to Taoism and advocate inaction, because of my objective materialism, I am opposed to the laissez-faire liberalism and anarchism that Taoism perceives among the ruling class.
"I am a traitor to Taoism. I don't need to say this. It's obvious."
. . . . . . . .
When the first ray of morning sunlight shines into the yard, it heralds the arrival of the next day.
"Okay, it's daybreak, let's stop here today." Ye Feng said.
It was only at this moment that Xi Ruo, who was still enjoying herself, came back to her senses from the state of concentrating on listening to the lecture.
"Ah, it's dawn." Xiruo still said with unfinished meaning. After all, no one has told him these things since his father disappeared. In fact, to be honest, Xi Ruo considers herself to be a person who loves to learn, at least she firmly believes in this.
Ye Feng shook his head and said: "Only by combining work and rest can we study persistently, and study should not be done day and night during the evening break. After we went to register the dean of the academy this morning, we left Zhongdu City and returned to the north of Yu. Come to Peach Village, there is nothing more necessary to stay here."
Although Ye Feng also thought about saying hello to Gu Yan and the others at this moment, but now that he was the target of public criticism, it was better not to meet them. Moreover, Ye Feng knew that Gu Ling'er had a way to contact them, so if he really had any news to communicate with Gu Yan and the others, he could just go through Gu Ling'er.
So in the morning, Ye Feng asked other companions to pack their things. Ye Feng would be back before noon. After that, everyone left Zhongdu City together. During this period, everyone can go to Zhongdu City to purchase some things. After all, Yutao Village is located in a remote place and is still lacking in supplies compared to Zhongdu City.
Of course, if you don’t want to go shopping in Zhongdu City, you can naturally stay in Yangming Academy Branch to rest. It is protected by Ye Feng’s barrier. In this world, even the seven half-step True Ancestors cannot break in. Those who dare to forcefully break in will suffer the consequences. There is only one result, and that is "death without a burial place"!
Ren Xiaojin and Yingying just looked a little ugly, but others were fine. Qing Ni, Xun'er, and Xiao Wu wanted to say something but were hesitant. In the end, they still looked gloomy and remained silent. When Ye Feng saw this, he naturally knew that the five of them wanted to accompany him. But the five of them all understood that this time they wanted to finish the business quickly. If there were many people, it would be delayed.
So he smiled and said: "I made some changes to the space bead last night. If you are free this morning, would you like to go in and help me take a look? You can also give me some suggestions by the way."
Xun'er nodded and said sincerely: "Of course, I know Feng that you have no taste, so leave this matter to me, Miss."
The other four people were also very happy after hearing Ye Feng's words.
So Ren Xiaojin gave the shopping list she wanted to buy to Linglong, Qingni gave it to Tu Shanling, Xun'er gave it to Gu Ling'er, Xiao Wu gave it to Yun Xi, and Yingying originally wanted to give it to Bai, but After thinking about it, I decided to leave it to Linglong.
Linglong suddenly became unhappy and complained, "Why is it all me? I also need time to buy my own things."
Ye Feng said: "I will give you five times the original amount of money, and the extra money will be your own."
Linglong stopped complaining for a moment and said, "It's my honor to serve the mothers."
Sure enough, problems that can be solved with money are never problems. The power of money is great.
But Mei Jiu came close to Xi Ruo at this moment, and Fu Er chuckled softly: "Xi Ruo, your enemy seems to be extremely powerful this time."
Xiruo asked in confusion: "What enemy?"
Mei Jiu looked at Xi Ruo blankly for a long time with the expression of seeing a fool, and sighed helplessly: "It's nothing, I'm just talking nonsense."
