After Zhuang Sheng left, no one criticized Mohism.
Because there is no need.
Zhuang Sheng has said everything, but Qin Lisheng still refuses to change. The Mohists want everyone to become a perfect person. Is this possible?
It is already the twenty-fifth year of the Xia Dynasty, but the Moh family is still living in the year of Zong Ming!
Both the temple and the people have begun to criticize the Mohists.
As the Xia Dynasty became more and more prosperous, and people's families had more and more surplus wealth, they became more and more aware of the constraints of the Mohist family and its inhumane behavior.
When they were once impoverished, they could applaud them, but when they finally gained some face, the Mo family actually had conflicts with them.
People's selfish desires must exist. A few people may indeed be able to forcibly suppress their own desires. Looking at the world, how is it possible?
Sir, times have changed!
After Qin Li's victory, the second person to take the stage was Yang Zhu.
The Mohists love absolute opponents.
Although everyone didn't like the Mohists very much, they were even more indignant at Yang Zhu's remarks about valuing oneself.
At least universal love can be regarded as attracting people to be kind. Don't worry about whether the requirements are high or not. It doesn't matter even if you don't listen.
But if you don't use it for me and your own, it is teaching people to be selfish. It is no less difficult than universal love, but the harm is much greater. No matter how much you don't like the Mohists, you can't let Yang Zhulai disgust you.
What no one expected was that as soon as Yang Zhucai came on stage, Qin Lisheng, who had just stepped down, came up again.
This time, it was the Mohist giant who asked the question.
"You said it's for me and you should value yourself. No one will suffer any harm, and if everyone is detrimental to the world, then the world will be cured. So if pulling out a hair on your body can benefit everyone in the world, what will you do?"
Qin Lisheng asked directly.
"The affairs of the people in the world cannot be solved by a single hair."
Yang Zhu said immediately.
"If possible, would you?"
Qin Lisheng asks again.
Yang Zhu was silent.
After a moment of silence, Yang Zhu asked: "If someone hurts your skin a little, they can give you ten thousand gold, would you be willing?"
Qin Lisheng immediately nodded and said: "Do it."
Yang Zhu said again: "Then if you cut off an arm, you can get a country. Would you like it?"
This time, Qin Lisheng was silent.
Because he understands that if he nods this time, he will cut off his head next time and gain the whole world.
If a person is dead, what is the use of gaining the world?
No one would agree to this.
Yang Zhu smiled and said: "A hair is smaller than the skin. A hair is much smaller than a muscle and skin, and a muscle and skin is much smaller than a section of the body. This is very clear. However, when the hairs are accumulated, they become muscles and skin. The accumulation of muscles and skin forms a body. A hair is one ten thousandth part of the entire body, so why should we despise it?"
Pluck a hair to benefit the world, don’t give it back!
Qin Lisheng said: "I can't convince you with more reasons. But if you ask Mo Qiu my words, then my words are right."
When the truth goes to two extremes together, no one can convince anyone.
Just as he could not accept Yang Zhu's teachings, it was equally impossible for Yang Zhu to agree with him.
One plucks a hair and benefits the world, and does nothing for it; the other rubs the top and puts aside the heel, benefits the world, and does it.
There is absolutely no overlap between the two.
But the debate certainly doesn't end there.
After Yang Zhu, Xun Ke came to power.
He was also questioned, and his main focus was on the idea that human nature is inherently evil.
Xun Ke's answer was: "Today's people are evil in nature, and they must wait for the rule of the sage king and the transformation of etiquette and justice, and then begin to rule and become good."
Although human nature has evil, it does not mean that we must obey this "evil". Xunke advocated limiting the "evil" of human nature through education, so that the "evil" of human nature can be transformed into good, rather than becoming a pure "evil" people.
It is precisely because humans are born evil that we need etiquette education more than taking evil as a natural part of ourselves.
This is the reason why he once said that he would establish etiquette for the world.
When the Xia Dynasty reached its peak, it was definitely not the right way to follow the old ways. Everyone was coming up with their own methods for others to judge and show off their talents and abilities.
Gu Dan watched here with Qing Pingzi for several days, and then left.
From beginning to end, he never appeared on the stage. He was just like an ordinary audience, browsing the scenery in the mortal world.
Maybe a hundred years ago, someone will write a lot about this event, but his presence will not remain in it.
The medical canon is still being compiled, and hundreds of doctors have gathered in the Taiyuan Hospital at this time, working hard for another achievement.
"Let's go and meet your fellow man."
After Xun Ke finished speaking, Gu Dan and Qing Pingzi left here and stopped Yang Zhu who was about to take a rest.
"Can you two give me any advice?"
Yang Zhu is a Taoist who travels around the world. He has the power of a master and his vision is not bad.
From Qing Pingzi's body, he could feel an extremely dangerous aura, with a faint smell of decay, which meant that this person's strength had probably reached its peak, and his age was not too far away from his end.
As for Gu Dan, he looks very handsome, but his strength is not very strong. Qing Pingzi is following him, but he is still a little behind and does not dare to go beyond. This shows that he is definitely not an ordinary person.
He didn't dare to neglect him at the moment, thinking that he was a strong man who was going to lecture him, so he stopped and was quite cautious.
"I just heard that Your Excellency traveled here from another country, and I was curious, so I wanted to come over and have a few words."
Gu Dan said: "If you don't mind, you might as well sit in the small courtyard, taste wine, make tea, and have a casual chat."
Yang Zhu was the first grandmaster that Gu Dan had encountered from a country he was not familiar with.
Today's Xia Dynasty is already very powerful. The key point is that this power is no longer based on his own force, causing surrounding countries to surrender.
Even so, the Xia Dynasty's influence still only remained in a few familiar countries around it. Further afield, there was almost no news, and there were only occasional interactions between business travelers.
This world is very big, including the Xia Dynasty. If we really wanted to visit it all, it would take an ordinary person's lifetime.
If you can't even see your own country to the end, how many people can really have the leisure to pay attention to the outside world?
If you want to go to Daqi, starting from the imperial capital of the Xia Dynasty, it will take several months for the caravan to go non-stop. The people along the way will eat horses and chew them. It is all a loss, not to mention the losses and trades in between. The delay is so great that it takes a year to prepare for a trip.
If we then travel from Daqi to other surrounding countries, the time spent will continue to double, and the farther we go, the less worthwhile it is.
Moreover, the sectarianism in this era was very serious. The national conditions of different countries were different. Today's Xia Dynasty can be considered tolerant and open. Other neighboring countries such as Daqi and Dayong also gave Xia Dynasty face and seldom made things difficult. .
In another country, the monarch may be cruel and ignorant, and it is impossible to directly kill people in a foreign country. The risk is really too great.
It is extremely difficult to trade with several surrounding countries. Countries further away are only briefly recorded in books. Information in this area has always been relatively scarce. Even the royal family only has a general impression. .
Finally, a well-traveled grandmaster came over and it would be a waste not to have a nice chat.
"There is nothing you can't do."
Knowing the purpose of their visit, Yang Zhu also had a smile on his face.
This kind of thing is quite common.
As a Grandmaster, as long as there is no hostility, you can get hospitality wherever you go. There are many people who want to learn about the outside world from him, so you can say that you are quite familiar with him.
Gu Dan took Yang Zhu to the Gu family courtyard.
When he first entered the courtyard, Yang Zhu exclaimed, "There are some secrets here!"
He looked around, not only at the colorful flowers and plants in the courtyard, but also at the layout of every place, and he couldn't find any faults!
The Gu family's courtyard has been around for many years, and of course it has been renovated several times by Gu Dan. After all, it is the place where he lives, and he has never been stingy about it. The current Gu family's courtyard is different from the courtyard that was originally used as the Mohist martial arts gym. There are already two places when you go up.
Over the years, I have read various Taoist canons and books, and many of the things I have learned from them have been applied unconsciously. Although the area has not expanded, people who know the business can naturally taste different things from it.
"Come, have some tea."
Sitting on the stone table under the willow tree in the courtyard, Gu Dan took out the treasure that the Daqing royal family sent to him every year, Qingling fruit tea.
As soon as the tea was brewed, a refreshing fruity aroma came out of it. It was completely different from ordinary tea, and it didn't even look like tea.
This is naturally a different species of Daqing itself, a special tea tree, probably on the same level as Dayong's Tiancheng Shui and Xia Dynasty's Liuyun Zhuiyuesi. Its annual output is not high, that is, Gu Dan Only those with special status can enjoy it.
"Huh? Good stuff!"
Yang Zhu's eyes lit up, he took a sip, closed his eyes and tasted it carefully. After a while, he opened his eyes and said: "This tea is really a creation of heaven and earth. Among the teas I drink, it is enough to occupy the top three places." .”
"Oh? We can only compete for the top three?"
Gu Dan was quite curious.
"That's right. The world is vast, and there are many countries in it. There are many people, and at most they only know some names. Although everyone is born under this world, there is no connection at all with each other. It is not so much that they are connected. The whole together, rather, it is the unrelated individuals that make up this world.”
Yang Zhu held Qingling fruit tea and said with emotion: "The direction of a country is usually limited to its own country. Even if the two countries are at war, it will rarely have any impact on distant countries. Most of them will just change their names. , just changing a group of people. Who can say clearly how big the world we call it is and how many countries there are? Let alone the things contained in it!"
When Yang Zhuxing arrived, he pointed to the Xia Dynasty Palace in the distance and continued: "You were born and raised in this Xia Dynasty, so you naturally understand the things here, the history of the Xia Dynasty, and the heroes here. , and even saints and sages, think this is a very important part.
But before I came to the Xia Dynasty, I didn't know that there was another Xia Dynasty in the world. It had only been born for twenty-five years - for Fanchen, this was enough for a generation to grow up, and it was considered a natural part of it. But for countries further away, the Xia Dynasty may not even have its name passed down, so does it exist and will it have any impact on them? There must be none!
I am a Grandmaster, and when I reach the pinnacle of mortal martial arts, I can conquer the world. But I am already over ninety years old. After being promoted to Grandmaster, I began to travel around the world. It has been more than forty years ago. I have visited dozens of countries, and very few of them really know each other. few!
The more people you meet and the bigger the world you see, the more you can feel your own insignificance and your own insignificance to the world. "
Yang Zhu stared at the green-colored tea in the tea bowl, and his emotion came from the bottom of his heart.
If a person's own thickness is measured by experience, then his experience is enough to form a book.
But the experiences of most people in this world are mediocre and not worth mentioning. Let alone a book, even a page or a line of words is difficult to occupy.
In fact, many people live in their own small piece of world all their lives, never leaving a place hundreds or thousands of miles away.
For that group of people, how big is the world and how many mysteries does it have? Is it really worth caring about?
Probably not necessary.
In the past, all those who were curious about the outside world were either rich and well-fed young masters, or they were masters whose strength had reached its peak and had no way forward, without exception.
Even between countries, there are more isolated islands one after another. Only the islands adjacent to each other are slightly involved.
"I seem to understand why you proposed the 'for me' and 'noble yourself' approach."
A glimpse tells the whole story. After hearing the meaning of Yang Zhu's words, Gu Dan also felt the other person's mood.
Since the world is so vast, the world is so vast, and individuals are so small, so few people can interact with each other, so why bother?
Isn’t it enough to live a good life for yourself?
Anyway, they can only live their own lives.
It was precisely because Yang Zhu had seen so many things that he understood how vast the so-called whole was, so vast that even a master would feel despair and insignificance.
In this case, it is better to pursue the absolute individual. At least the individual can be controlled by oneself.
"Fellow Taoist understands my intentions very well."
Yang Zhu laughed, "Like Mo Qiu, he is truly a first-class hero in the world! It is not an exaggeration to praise him as a saint. But how many countries are such figures spread in? If he hadn't come to the Xia Dynasty, I have never even heard of Mohism.
An individual is very prosperous for a while, but how insignificant is he? Mo Qiunai is a great man, but what country doesn’t have its own great men and heroes? There are so many outstanding people! Fame, wealth, wealth, and happiness are fleeting, fleeting, and fleeting! What's the point? "
"Fellow Taoist, you have seen so many people and scenery that you can no longer find your own meaning in them?"
Gu Dan asked.
"Brilliant!"
Yang Zhu's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands, as if he had met a close friend, which just illuminated the feeling in his heart.
When you have experienced enough things, you will find that everything is fleeting, and personal efforts and joys and sorrows are not worthy of praise at all.
Over time, it is inevitable that you will put this idea on yourself.
What can I do on my own?
What is its own meaning?
who I am?
Where did it come from?
Where to go?
When food and clothing are no longer a problem, people who have reached the peak of their strength and are unable to get ahead start to find problems for themselves.
The problem is, the problem is too big.
Even the master can't solve it.
Throughout the ages, all those who have tried to think about these questions will have their heads broken and become miserable.
Therefore, Yang Zhu summed up the way of serving himself and valuing himself based on his own experiences along the way.
In other words, no matter how much love you have outside, it’s enough to live your own life well. No matter how big the world is, it doesn’t matter if I’m not happy!
Pointless?
Let yourself start is the meaning, enjoy life is the meaning.
Although this is not the solution to the ultimate problem, it gives myself a reasonable and self-consistent justification.
"Fellow Taoist doesn't look very old, but he is able to discern such a concept!"
Yang Zhu clicked his tongue in surprise, his eyes wandered over Gu Dan's body, and sighed: "I'm afraid he won't end well!"
Qingpingzi, who was drinking tea, almost accidentally spit out all the tea in his mouth.
Do you dare to say that this person will not die well and does not want to live anymore?
"Oh? Why do you see it?"
Gu Dan was not angry, but asked.
"Because nothing can be done."
Yang Zhu shrugged, "The sooner you start thinking about this problem, the more unfortunate you will become. I have also been entangled with this problem in the past ten years, and so far I have only come up with 'for me', 'for yourself', ' "Bao Xing Quan Zhen" fights against it. But you, me, and even all living beings are just a part of this world, but they can never focus their eyes on the heaven and the earth.
Just like the frog at the bottom of the well, sighing in the small well that it can reach, guessing everything about its "frog life", how sad and lamentable is it? We don’t even have a chance to see the whole picture, so how can we dare to say that we are right? We don’t even know how big the world is! "
The scary thing is not that the problem is not found, but that there is no solution.
Throughout his miserable life, he is destined to have no liberation!
The more I see and think about, the more pitiful and pitiful I become.
All masters are bound to face the same problem.
Congratulations, you have reached the pinnacle of the world and there is no way forward. What are you going to do next?
Arrogant, extravagant, wanton and happy?
good!
After ten or twenty years of happiness, what should I do when I am tired of this happiness?
Before reaching the top, you will always have the motivation to climb, because there is still a road ahead.
But when you really reach the top, there is no way forward, and you can only compete with yourself. You will never be able to escape, and you will never find the answer.
I can only hold on to my peak strength in this world and wait for death in silence.
This is another kind of sadness of the master, usually only seen in the old master.
Grandmaster, Grandmaster, what is the point? !
(End of chapter)
