i have a sword fairy

Chapter 325 The Ritual, the Chief of Chaos
Beside the solitary pavilion in the bamboo grove, there seems to be a willful lecture going on.

Inside the pavilion, on the floor tiles with withered and yellow bamboo leaves, an old man wearing a Nanhua scarf and plain white clothes sat cross-legged.

Sitting casually among the dusty leaves, holding a string of wooden flow beads in his hand, rolling them with his right thumb.

Zhao Rong looked from afar.

Tao Yuanran's expression was calm, and he seemed to be speaking in a leisurely manner.

And in the open space around the pavilion, during the well-organized banquet, Concubine Zhao Ling and Qian'er were sitting side by side on tuanpu.

With their backs facing Zhao Rong, their waists were straight, like the tall and straight green bamboos in the forest around them, and like two sharp swords hidden in their sheaths, they were listening carefully to the words of the Taoist gentleman in the pavilion.

Two girls, one tall and one short.

One person made the first set, dignified and deserted.

One is wearing a flying fairy bun, pretty and lovely.

And this pair of eye-catching combinations seems to exude an aura that is hard to ignore.

From Zhao Rong's point of view in the forest behind, most of the prefects around did not approach them with a tacit understanding and kept a certain distance.

The positions of Qingjun and Qian'er were highlighted.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Rong spotted them at a glance just now.

At this moment.

Zhao Rong stood in the shade at the edge of the bamboo grove, looking through the leaf gaps at this peaceful and interesting Taoist lecture.

He was dressed in a student's green skirt, which made his figure a little unremarkable.

Zhao Rong took a few steps forward and listened with interest.

"If you are not virtuous, you are virtuous; if you are not virtuous, you are not virtuous."

Tao Yuanran continued with a leisurely tone:
"The highest virtue does nothing without thinking; the highest benevolence does nothing but does not think; the highest righteousness does it and has ideas. The highest courtesy does not respond, and throws it away..."

Zhao Rong listened for a while.

What he didn't expect was that Tao Yuanran was talking about 'doing things and doing nothing' in detail.

Well, although on the surface it is talking about 'morality, benevolence, righteousness and propriety', but the root of it still falls on the difference between the concept of 'Taoist inaction, Confucianism'.

This is a topic on which Confucianism and Taoism differ greatly.

And this topic happened to be the topic of the debate between the two of them in the third clear talk about Confucianism and Taoism in Zhongnan Kingdom.

It's just that at the beginning, as a Confucian scholar, Zhao Rong held the view of "inaction" in the debate topic.

Tao Yuanran, as a gentleman of Taoism, insisted on the viewpoint of "youwei".

And at that time, because it was a nonsensical debate, it was enough to win the opponent on the court and make the opponent speechless, not to persuade the opponent.

Therefore, there are not many elements of reasoning in detail.

More emphasis on quick wit, eloquence and profound knowledge.

And now.

This old man wearing a South Huaguan returned to the true point of view he held in his heart in front of this lonely pavilion in the bamboo forest. He was teaching Taoism to the surrounding Qingjun and other dozens of students in the Taiqing Mansion as a noble Taoist master. Way of doing nothing.

Well, by the way, step on Confucianism again, no, it’s two feet...

"...become virtue after loss of morality, benevolence after loss of virtue, benevolence after benevolence, righteousness after benevolence, propriety after benevolence..."

At this moment, as he gradually heard Tao Yuanran's words clearly.

Zhao Rong pursed his lips lightly.

Tao Yuanran's words just now are easy to understand.

Because people in the world have lost the original pure and good noumenon - "Tao", sages teach people virtue.

People's hearts have changed, and the world has lost the virtue of kindness, so the sages teach people benevolence.

Later, because people in the world have lost even the heart of benevolence, sages teach people righteousness.

Now people's hearts are not old, and the righteousness of the world is gone.

Therefore, the sage teaches propriety in order to revive the Way.

Here, in Tao Yuanran's mouth, who is the sage who enacts the etiquette, or what kind of sage he is.

Well, the answer is already obvious, I almost pointed my nose and scolded...

you scold again?
Tao Yuanran is actually emphasizing the Taoist philosophy of "doing nothing without doing nothing" in a disguised form.

Deny Confucian scholars' positive "promising" behavior.

As we all know, Confucianism advocates 'morality, benevolence, righteousness and propriety'.

But Taoism is not the case. They advocate "Tao" alone.

Tao Yuanran believes that the reason why Confucianism advocates "propriety" today is due to the lack of Tao, virtue, benevolence and righteousness.

Confucian scholars have always been active in 'being active', and as a result, only 'li' is left now.

At this moment, the voice of the old man in the Nanhua scarf came again.

"There is Tao in the world, why bother to ask about etiquette? Husbands and etiquette, loyalty and righteousness are thin and the leader of chaos!"

When "rituals" are talked about every day, loyalty and trustworthiness are few and far between, and chaos is imminent.

Zhao Rong stood still, silent.

Tao Yuanran's meaning was obvious.

It is to say that etiquette itself is the source of troubles that breed turmoil.

It is the failure after failure caused by Confucian scholars' active "promise".

In short, that is, Taoism of "doing nothing" believes that Confucianism of "doing things", by the way, there are hundreds of schools such as Mohism.

Under their active 'promising' efforts.

This world... is going downward.

Well, it is very stable, and there is no tendency to be upward in the world.

Until now, it is in the Ji Shi when rituals and music are collapsing and Wake is thundering.

Looking around, looking at the entire Xuanhuang Realm.

The mountains and the mountains are not peaceful now, and there are undercurrents surging.

There is a tendency to become more and more chaotic...

Well, to put it mildly, it is the eve of the Great Controversy.

To put it bluntly, it means that a world of great chaos is approaching, and I don't know how many lives will be ruined.

And about this point, not only a hundred schools of thought have seen it.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a widely tacit consensus in the Xuanhuang cultivation world.

After all... It has been ten thousand years since the last time.

It seems that there is an urgent need for someone who is a saint inside and a king outside.

However, no matter what, Zhao Rong felt that Wangquezhou was doing well and felt quite stable.

Maybe because he 'woke up' too late?
Haven't caught up with a more stable and peaceful era?
No, Zhao Rong felt that he woke up just right. He was lucky to be Qingjun's bamboo horse husband, and he was lucky to meet a stupid fox demon who was abducted by bad guys before it had time.

Therefore, Zhao Rong thinks that the main reason may be...

He already has a home.

Both Qingjun and Xiaoxiao are in Duyou City, and they are both by Zhao Rong's side.

It is said that wives and children are hot on the kang...

Now he is short of one of them, and he has reached a complete achievement, no, it is two short, and the kang head.

It’s just that Qingjun hid the jade in his son’s cafeteria, but Zhao Rong couldn’t enter the cafeteria if he didn’t get the jade. If he didn’t enter the cafeteria, he couldn’t check the food for his son. If he didn’t check the food safety in his son’s cafeteria, what would happen to him at night? Sleep well?

Well, thinking about it this way, Zhao Rong was also quite anxious, and suddenly felt uneasy again.

Hiss, the tense atmosphere of the chaotic world came all at once.

At this moment, Zhao Rong was in a chaotic world, with a serious expression.

I thought in my heart, after Qingjun and Qian'er got out of class, they would open up and have a serious talk with the lady, there was no delay.

Maybe she also became anxious after hearing it?Then... just... Let Zhao Rong not be anxious.

Zhao Rong nodded slightly.

But despite thinking this way, he has been paying attention to the movement on the field.

At this moment, in Zhao Rong's ears, the old man sitting cross-legged in the pavilion was full of ridicule and sarcasm.

And the bamboo forest was also silent, only the sound of falling leaves, and Tao Yuanran's calm and clear voice.

"When you talk about etiquette, it's a day when you lose your morality. Confucian scholars, since everyone asks about etiquette, the world must be in chaos."

Looking from a distance, the old man in the Nanhua scarf in the pavilion hangs his head, his thumb rolls, and seems to be shaking his head slowly.

Tao Yuanran suddenly looked around and said:
"Then what are they going to do next to save this world where rituals and music are collapsing."

"Everyone, did the head of Linlu Academy teach you when he taught you?"

　PS: Passed the third class...started driving for everyone, no, make up.

　　(The writing of these chapters is a bit slow. For example, these two chapters are written by Xiao Rong since he arrived home yesterday, and he has coded up to now. He slept for a few hours in between...

　　The main reason is that Xiao Rong wants to write something that is a little dry. Although we are romance novels, we have to pursue something, right?

　　Like...hardcore romance? )

　　
　
(End of this chapter)