In the twenty-fifth year of the Xia Dynasty, after the autumn harvest.
The most leisurely day of the year is by no means the seemingly coldest winter day, but after the autumn harvest.
The weather has not really turned cold at this time of year, and the people who have been busy for a year will also finish their work in the fields, get the harvest of the year, and have a surplus of money.
At this time of year, the voices of passing small businessmen and hawkers will be particularly loud, and business travelers will start to move around frequently.
Most of the money in the hands of the people will be saved for winter and later use, but after all, they have just sold their harvest, and they are a little richer than usual, so it is inevitable to do some shopping.
In addition to these obvious changes, the biggest difference is that people also have enough free time.
Originally, this free time could only be used to entertain the neighbors' parents, but this year has been different.
Outside the palace, not too far away, there is already a palace. It is quite large in scale. Although it is not very luxurious, it often attracts attention.
However, this palace has a name that is not modest at all, Tianxia Academy.
In the twenty-third year of the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Xia had already issued a recruitment order, inviting knowledgeable people from all over the country to come here to give lectures and discussions, regardless of nationality, status, or age. As long as you felt that you had the power to make the country The way to become stronger can be discussed here.
Although the Xia Dynasty court decided on its own to start this grand event after the autumn harvest, as soon as the news came out, sages came over and took the lead in explaining their own ideas and moral principles.
If you can convince people, it is not impossible to make your wife a wife and get a promotion.
But it is precisely this kind of condition that seems to have no threshold, is extremely broad, and can obtain considerable benefits. It is extremely difficult to stand out from it.
Not to mention that there is a Mohist family suppressing them. No matter how you talk about morality, can you be stronger than the Mohist family?
Many people felt that this recruitment order was just a way for the Xia Dynasty to demonstrate its national power by asking sages from all over the world to come here and earn as many as they could keep.
If that were the case, this event would be too boring.
Fortunately, not everyone dared to challenge the Mohists.
To be more precise, there are quite a few people who dare to challenge the Mo family!
Even if you take out the ten righteousnesses of the Mohist school, you can see the mad students who argue with them one by one.
The most crazed one even prepared a long speech to directly criticize Mo Qiu. He was thrown into the cell before he finished speaking.
The Mohist has not heard the news yet, and the people who originally listened to his story almost drowned him in spitting foam.
As the saying goes, a crowd can win gold. Although this word usually has a somewhat derogatory connotation, today, the name of Mo Qiu, the most holy master, has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Many people in the Xia Dynasty grew up listening to the story of Mo Qiu. , there is no room for insult or even slander.
This is a place to talk about morality and show one's own merit, not a place to seek suicide.
Throwing it into prison is actually a kind of protection.
In addition to these people who are crazy about being famous and do whatever it takes, there are also quite a few people who are truly capable.
The reason that really made the sages from all over the world confirm that the Xia Dynasty was not deliberately creating a big scene, but only playing with the truth, was because the people who really launched a violent attack on the Mohist family were none other than Xia Dynasty's own people.
Or two!
One is Xun Ke and the other is Zou Dan.
In the summer of the twenty-fourth year of the Xia Dynasty, with the help of Qingmu Ye, Xun Ke quickly completed the barrier of Qi and Blood, and was fortunate enough to be promoted to the realm of Grandmaster.
After being promoted to Grand Master, Xun Ke began to preach his ideas everywhere.
He uses the words "benevolence" and "righteousness", which are different from the morality of Mohism. His benevolence and righteousness are more in line with human nature and contain warmth. It is not as good as the selflessness of Mohism, but it is also quite promising.
According to an insider who refused to disclose his name, it was secretly spread that this great master was originally a closed disciple of Mozi!
After Mozi's close disciple became a master, the first thing he did was to rebel against the Mo family!
Even if the truth itself shouldn't have so many twists and turns, and it shouldn't be the first to preset a position, people can't stand it because they have extremely strong concerns about this kind of thing.
Especially after knowing that this man is also a master like the Mohist giant.
Grandmaster, in the eyes of many people, he is already second only to the emperor.
The two masters have different ideas, but they still come from the same school. There are countless people who want to watch the fun.
But in addition to the core concept of benevolence and righteousness, Xun Ke also advocated a concept that caused countless people to frown, which was even more troublesome than the selflessness of Mohism.
Xun Ke said: Human nature is inherently evil.
For this reason, when the sages from various countries besieged the Mohist family, they did not forget to take him with them and curse him.
No matter how treacherous and sinister people's hearts are, no one dares to shout loudly that human nature is inherently evil, even if it was the Great Prayer who divided people into several grades decades ago.
For a true ruler, it is enough to know in his heart, but what is going on when he stands up and tells the people?
Aren't you causing trouble for everyone?
For those sages with realm and pursuit, the ideal they strive for throughout their lives is to establish a peaceful and prosperous age on earth. This saying that human nature is inherently evil is simply digging into their roots, because their own ideas are It is established based on the goodness of human nature.
Agreeing with Xun Ke means denying all one's efforts. This is something that cannot be accepted in any case, and it goes against the universal concepts at this time.
Everyone thought that the Mo family in the Xia Dynasty was enough for them to use all their energy to deal with it. After arriving, they discovered that there were other big troubles waiting here!
The turmoil caused by Xun Ke seemed to be even more eye-catching than that of the Mohists. Every day, new knowledgeable people formed groups to go to Xun Ke to argue, and Xun Ke... all won.
It is not very appropriate to describe the debate as winning or losing. It is more accurate to say that Xun Ke was often able to make those who argued against him speechless and walk away.
Of course, even so, they absolutely do not agree with the concept of human nature being evil, and they hate it deeply!
Compared to the Mohists' prosperity and Xun Ke's deviance, Zou Dan seemed much gentler and even more high-end.
Zou Dan divided all things into yin and yang, believing that they are two coordinating forces of mutual growth and decline within things, and are the laws of generation that give birth to all things in the world.
The five elements are the five more embodied elements under yin and yang. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth come together to form the entire world, and no one can escape from it.
This concept together is called Yin Yang and Five Elements.
In this way, it still seems a bit abstract and even conceptual. If you want to correspond it to the real world, rather than just a simple concept, you might as well understand it like this:
Yin represents women, weak characteristics and things and phenomena with these characteristics, and Yang represents men, strong characteristics and things and phenomena with these characteristics.
The basic contents of yin and yang and the five elements can be summarized by the eight characters "opposition, mutual root, growth and decline, and transformation".
One waxes and wanes, the other grows. When yin is strong, yang is weak, when yin is weak, yang is strong, and the cycle goes back and forth.
The good and evil of human nature, the virtuous and the treacherous, are all slightly backwards. They are not on a track at all, but directly focus on the underlying logic of the universe.
No one can say he is right, and of course no one can say he is wrong.
As long as Zou Dan can give a reasonable explanation and achieve self-consistency, the theory can be established unless irrefutable evidence is found, but no one has done this.
This is the art of seeing the small from the big, from the whole to the part, which is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and is not friendly to the people at the bottom. It is only widely spread among students and sages from various countries, but it does not make any waves in the outside world - —They can’t understand it, so naturally they won’t discuss it.
In addition to the two surprises that Xia Chao brought to everyone, there was another person who stirred up the whole city.
To be precise, it was aimed at the Mohist family, with full firepower, as if they were sworn in with the Mohist family. In comparison, Xun Ke had to stand back a little.
His name is Yang Zhu. He is neither from the Xia Dynasty, nor from Daqi, Dayong, Daqing, or Dayue. He is simply a Taoist priest traveling around the world.
After traveling here, he heard about Mo Qiu's deeds and heard that Xia Chao was coming to have a chat, so he stayed here and promoted his own ideas.
What concept?
It can be abbreviated as "for me", "valuing oneself", and "preserving all sexes", which is completely opposite to the Mohist universal love.
He advocates that people should only be responsible for themselves, in other words, be selfish.
I sweep the snow in front of my own door and don't care about the frost on other people's tiles.
As long as everyone takes care of themselves, the world will become a beautiful world.
The Mohists want everyone to love each other, which is difficult.
But people are born to love themselves, which is easy to understand, and I am afraid no one can argue from this point.
If that's the case, then why do we need to have mutual love?
If your universal love can reach a world of great harmony, will it be impossible for everyone to love themselves?
There is no such truth!
And no matter how you think about it, loving yourself is much easier than loving others.
So the Mo family should quickly step aside!
Wang Mang originally wanted to put some pressure on the Mo family and urge the Mo family to change quickly, at least stop being so rigid.
He never thought that someone from outside would come up and be ready to dig up the roots of the Mo family without leaving any room.
One is self-interest, and self-interest to the extreme is altruism; the other is altruism, and everyone's benefit to others is self-interest.
There is no possibility that their ideas can be compatible with each other. Although they lead to the same destination by different paths, the paths are completely different, and only the final realm has some similarities.
What’s even more frightening is, what kind of situation does this guy’s ideas put the country in?
This is not only preparing to overthrow the Mo family, but also preparing to abandon the imperial court as well.
Compared with Yang Zhu, Xun Ke appears to be quite amiable, even gentle, even though his human nature is inherently evil.
So a lot of firepower was transferred to Yang Zhu.
But Yang Zhu is no ordinary person.
He is a master himself, and his eloquence is quite good.
One person can fight with words and fight against all the wise men, but he does not fall behind.
What's even more exaggerated is that some Mohists were dissatisfied and came to him for arguments, and he actually convinced the Mohists to become his followers.
It is not that no Mohists have left the Mohist family on their own before and returned to their own lives, but this is the first time that they have changed their family and directly embraced the path that is completely opposite to the Mohist family!
The smell of gunpowder filled it unconsciously.
However, Qin Lisheng, the Mohist giant, never made any move. Even if a Mohist returned to Yang, he never came forward to touch Yang Zhu.
But everyone knows that Yang Zhu will have a run-in with the Mohist giant sooner or later.
Two completely different ideas even abducted the Mohists who supported Mohism. How could it be possible without a little spark from the collision?
It is precisely because of this that when the appointed day arrives, there are already crowds of people outside the gate of Tianxia Academy, rubbing shoulders and heels, and it is airtight.
Those who are truly capable of demonstrating their talents are invited.
However, some students who are not that capable and have not been invited do not want to miss this grand event and would rather watch from outside the World Academy.
The debates inside will be transcribed by a special person and posted as soon as possible. In order to have a quick look, it is very important to grab a good seat.
"The Emperor Xia is here~"
The crowd dispersed, and Wang Mang came riding on the emperor's carriage.
It was the first time for him to sit down and talk, so he made a special trip to observe to show the importance he attached to talents.
Similarly, there were many guards in the Tianxia Academy who were wearing armor and carrying sharp weapons hanging from their waists. They were not all there to ensure Wang Mang's safety. What they needed to do more was to prevent the sages from fighting with each other.
Yes, it happens from time to time that people get into fights while they are being reasoned with.
The better ones will risk their lives, while the more ruthless ones will risk their lives.
It fully demonstrates that the fist itself is also a kind of truth.
After all, people's emotions are not always full of reason. After a life's hard work has been dissipated and argued to be useless, it is normal for the blood to surge.
As long as those who disagree with me are dead, what I say is the truth!
Of course, in addition to the guards, all the grandmasters from the Xia Dynasty also came, as well as grandmasters from other countries who came to watch the fun.
They are mainly responsible for keeping an eye on Yang Zhu and Qin Lisheng.
If the masters fight here, the impact will be too bad. Whether the World Academy, which has been built with so much hard work, can be saved is a matter of course. There is no telling how many accidental injuries there will be, so we must guard against it.
As for the disgusting Yang Zhu, it is impossible to attack him. This time he sat down and discussed the truth, this time, the purpose was to explore the morality of the world, not to silence everyone.
If you don't even let people say anything, and if you disagree you will be killed, then what's the point? Let's just come to a life and death stage, where we can distinguish between high and low and decide whether to live or die. The one who survives to the end is the one he said is right.
Precisely for this reason, not only could they not harm Yang Zhu, they even had to ensure Yang Zhu's safety, otherwise this event would become a joke and would be absolutely intolerable.
With Wang Mang's arrival, the atmosphere became obviously heated.
Countless cheers soared into the sky.
Wang Mang waved to the many students who were staying outside and were not allowed to enter, and then stepped inside.
He was not sitting in the main seat, and the protagonist today was by no means him. He was sitting on the side seats with many sages, as a pure listener.
Among the crowd, Wang Mang quietly nodded to a man sitting nearby, wearing a green robe and with an extremely handsome face, as a greeting.
When Wang Mang sat down, someone immediately ran to the stage and shouted loudly: "Down below, I would like to invite the Mohist giant Qin Lisheng to tell everyone about the meaning of Mohism. If there are any opponents, please raise your hands."
This grand gathering, known in history as the Four Saints' Discussing the Tao, finally kicked off.
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