i have a sword fairy

Chapter 79

"Doing or not doing" is the fundamental difference between Confucianism and Taoism.

There are three reasons why Taoism advocates "inaction":

In the past there was nothing to do, but now there is something, the Tao has nothing to do but virtue has something to do, the heaven has nothing to do but people have something to do.

Therefore, the struggle between Confucianism and Taoism is the struggle between ancient and modern, the struggle between morality, and the struggle between heaven and man.

The right and wrong of Confucianism and Taoism also lies in this.

The debate between Zhao Rong and Tao Yuanran this time focused on these three points.

Zhao Rong and Tao Yuanran competed against each other.

Zhao Rong: "If you don't value the virtuous, the people will not fight; if you don't value the rare goods, the people will not be stolen; if you don't see what you want, the people will not be confused. Therefore, the rule of the sage will always make the people ignorant and have no desires, and make the husband know. Don't dare to do it. If you do nothing, everything will be cured."

Tao Yuanran: "A gentleman is safe and does not forget danger, survival but not death, governance but not chaos. Therefore, a gentleman will have actions and actions. When asked where he is, he will speak, and his orders will be like directions, and there is no distance or distance. You are deep, and you know that what comes, is not the best in the world, who can match this?"

Zhao Rong: "The world is full of taboos, and the people are poor; the people are full of sharp weapons, and the country is dizzy; the people are full of tricks, and strange things flourish; the laws are prosperous, and there are many thieves. Therefore, I do nothing, but the people are self-converted; I like to be quiet, And the people are self-righteous; I have nothing to do, and the people are rich; I have no desires, and the people are humble.”

Tao Yuanran: "..."

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Offstage, Lin Wenruo listened intently to the arguments on stage, stared at the two on stage, and suddenly heaved a sigh of relief.

Before the debate began, Lin Wenruo was very worried, especially after learning that Zhao Rong's opponent was a Taoist gentleman, and even had the illusion that he had lost the ending, but now that Zhao Rong didn't lose the slightest in the beginning, he was hanging up. Heart can not help but let go a little, at least there is hope!

And the more Lin Wenruo listened, the more surprised he was. He found that Zhao Rong had outstanding eloquence, and he was even more familiar with Taoist classics. I have studied Taoism, and it seems that it is not as simple as just casually reading it.

On the other side of the venue, where the spectators of the Chongxu were located, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

Isn't this talk one-sided?

This is very different from what they expected.

Qingjingzi's face was a little ugly. Although he was not good at articulation, he was very aware of this matter. The situation of the two sides on the court only explained one point.

The eloquence of the two on the field is similar, and they cannot defeat the opponent immediately. They can only see which side reveals the loophole first, becomes passive, and finally loses.

Qing Jingzi glanced at Qing Yuanzi, and found that the other party was staring at the scholar on the stage that he had always looked down on before, with an unbelievable expression.

Qing Jingzi suddenly felt a sense of happiness.

Fortunately, in the second game, Qing Yuanzi did not choose this Zhao Ziyu, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!

At this time, the battle between the two on the stage gradually intensified.

Zhao Rong has always adhered to the point of view of "doing nothing, and doing nothing without doing". He believes that a gentleman uses the policy of "doing nothing to rule the country" and does not take the initiative to provoke wars. If there is no disaster in the country, the people will naturally become prosperous.

The gentleman who runs a country has no desire, and the people will naturally be simple.

And it is stated that "governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food", don't stir with a shovel when the pot is turned, otherwise the meat will be broken.By extension, it is said that to govern a big country is not to disturb the people, not to be complicated, and not to change the order.

In short, nothing can be done without doing anything.

Tao Yuanran, on the other hand, strongly opposed it, believing that the premise of "governance by inaction" is that officials and commoners abide by it consciously, or it may be counter-intellectual, making the people of the country stupid and unwilling, and obeying the ruler's command like a lamb, otherwise "inaction" means nothing. As a result, the country will become more and more chaotic.

These premises are ideal, so they do not hold.

And he believes that a gentleman must do something to govern a country, that is, "do something", and he must stand up and do something, no matter whether the result is good or bad, he must do something.

Zhao Rong held a fist on his leg with one hand, and placed Yuheng with the other in front of his abdomen, his eyes focused and his words burning.

Tao Yuanran, who had been turning the rosary at the beginning of the debate, had stopped moving his hands, and stared at the scholar in front of him with a more serious expression.

Both of them were tongue-in-cheek and fierce, and neither of them gave in the slightest.

Zhao Rong: "Do what you don't do, teach what you don't say, don't want to be quiet, the world will decide for itself."

Tao Yuanran: "How do you do it?"

Zhao Rong: "The sage said, empty your heart, strengthen your belly, weaken your will, and strengthen your bones. The top is like a branch, and the people are like wild deer."

Tao Yuanran: "According to what you have done, there is no father and no ruler, you are a beast! The chaos in the world began with you!"

After that, the situation suddenly changed!

Lin Wenruo frowned under the stage, looking at the aggressive Tao Yuanran on stage, she had a bad premonition.

Tao Yuanran's tone was scorching, "You said, do nothing but do nothing, then follow your body and go first; you also say that you are only a homeless person, so you don't go. This is entirely based on the benefits and losses of personnel, and it is completely planned to deal with power and strategy. "

He also said: "It was the beginning of the transformation of practical utility, heavy power, and deceit. He grasped nature and played with it on the palm of his hand. If he pretended not to do anything, but his heart was deliberate, he wanted to do everything."

Tao Yuanran's attack on Zhao Rong's conclusion "doing nothing but doing nothing" focused on the word "doing nothing", and attributed Zhao Rong's point of view to conspiracy theory and power theory.

He used ingenious logic to distort Zhao Rong's point of view, making Zhao Rong's previous dialectic untenable and contradictory.

Zhao Rong suddenly paused, frowned sharply, leaned forward, and placed the hand holding the jade card firmly on the table.

Zhao Rong was speechless for a while and didn't know how to justify it.

He jumped in his heart, thinking that the rules of clarification cannot be paused for more than three breaths, and hurriedly responded when he caught a glimpse of Liuyi layman ready to speak.

Just in a hurry, I can only try to be vague and sophistry in an attempt to divert the focus.

But Tao Yuanran's power was unforgiving, and he held on to the loophole just now.

Suddenly, the situation on the stage changed suddenly, Zhao Rong began to become passive, and became more and more unstoppable.

In the debate, being passive means not far from defeat!
Under the stage, Lin Wenruo clenched his fists tightly, his fingertips sunk into the flesh of his palm, and stared at Zhao Rong with breathless eyes.

On the other side, Qing Yuanzi with a tense face suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his mouth grinned, and he laughed silently.

Qingjingzi on the side shouted ok, and looked playfully at a certain furnace in the opposite crowd, only to feel that it was within reach, and then looked at the young Confucian scholar who was pausing and hesitating on the eye stage, his eyes cruel.

Zhao Rong reluctantly supported, coping with Tao Yuanran's "attack", thinking of countermeasures with two minds.

His right hand was firmly pressed against the table, and the milky jade card in the palm of his hand kept sending waves of scorching heat, just like his heart at this time.

Zhao Rong felt that he was in a very strange state. He clearly felt where the theory was to resolve the loophole just now, but it was indescribable!
It's like sometimes when you're thinking about something one second, you forget it the next, and then you know it exists, but it's hard to remember what you think about it.

Zhao Rong also fell into this strange state at the moment.

Forgot to argue.

The situation became more and more critical. Suddenly, with Tao Yuanran's sonorous shouting down, Zhao Rong paused again and was speechless.

At this moment, Zhao Rong felt that time seemed to be slowing down. He stared blankly at the burning eyes of the old man in front of him, and saw himself reflected in them. He could feel that time was passing by rapidly, like countless Flying swords flew across the sides of his face. He knew that if he didn't have more than three breaths, he would lose, his own dignity, the lives of his friends, the 700-year-old ancestral foundation of the Lanxi Lin family, and even Maybe lose that stupid fox demon.

Under the pressure of this mountain-like burden, he suddenly wanted to give up everything and bowed his head to admit defeat...

No!

He shouted in his heart, like a giant beast sealed in the abyss tearing the ancient chains.

His teeth clenched sharply on the tip of his tongue, the sweet taste of blood hit his taste buds, and the tingling pain tore his nerves, telling him the existence of consciousness.

No, I didn't lose!
Zhao Rong turned his head to avoid the eyes of the old man for a short time, took a deep breath, and was about to continue his arrogant sophistry while looking for the key in his mind, but his eyes just caught a glimpse of everyone under the stage.

Su Xiaoxiao, who clenched his fist and bit his lip, looked up at him like a prayer.

There is a pale Lin Qingxuan.

There was Chen Muzhi who was paralyzed on the seat and stared blankly.

And... Lin Wenruo, whose face was flushed red, with his eyes wide open.

He even saw Qing Yuanzi who was holding his hands and looking at him with a smile on his face...

and many more!

Qing Yuanzi!Lin Wenruo!
A flash of light flashed through Zhao Rong's mind like the first light of dawn, piercing through the endless darkness.

I remembered, it is "the body uses one source"!
This is the second talk just now, and the "nothing-based" preciousness that Qing Yuanzi threw up involves "the theory of "body with one source"!
His eyes widened, like a thousand-year-old dark room, lit an orange fire in vain.

A light is on.

Seeing that the three breaths had arrived, the six-one layman sighed in his heart and said, "I..."

Before he could fully utter the tone of his first word, he suddenly stopped because the Confucian scholar had already spoken out, and the two began to argue again.

Layman Liuyi shook his head slightly.

Zhao Rong has a firm mind and stabilizes his position. Although he is still at a disadvantage and is extremely passive, he is still imposing and gradually climbs. At a certain moment, when Tao Yuanran once again seized his previous loopholes, he grinned unconsciously. , Shen Sheng threw out "the body uses one source".

Zhao Rong said: "The most subtle is the principle, and the most author is the image; the body uses one source, and the microscopic is inexhaustible..."

And when Zhao Rong was meticulously beginning his narration, there was some commotion in the audience.

It’s okay to have been down before, there may still be a chance to come back, but after so long, it’s obvious that you can’t hold the words anymore. Even if the Liuyi layman is stricter, you can be sentenced to lose directly, and you are still here. quibble.

Everyone is not a white Ding, they have all been to the debate, and they know what this situation means.

Useless, futile, just trying to kill.

There was a lot of laughter in the audience, as if to find that the overall situation was settled. Many audience members whispered and talked a lot. From time to time, they looked at Lanxi and Lin's group of people under the stage with pity and pity.

There were even some people who were close to Lanxi Lin, who had already started to leave the table secretly, and could not bear to watch Lanxi Lin's fate after the Confucian and Taoist debate ended.

And there are still some of these people, who are secretly glad that when Chong Xuguan and Lanxi Lin clashed before, they did not stand in line immediately and trade names, but wait and see until now, otherwise it is estimated that they will not be able to get out of Taibai Mountain today. .

As for the audience, those who originally supported Chongxuguan, those who had the same interests as Chongxuguan, and those who were neutral between the two parties, they couldn't help but cast their gazes in awe and eagerly towards the crowd of Chongxuguan under the stage.

They are almost certain to be the winners today.

On the stage, when Zhao Rong meticulously demonstrated the seventh sentence, Tao Yuanran, whose eyes were calm, suddenly gathered two white eyebrows in the middle. This was the first time he frowned today.

Zhao Rong kept talking: "In terms of self-care, it is the body and used in it, the so-called 'one source'; in terms of self-image, it is obvious but insignificant, the so-called 'uninterrupted'..."

A philosophical proposition that has never appeared in this world is slowly coming out of the mouth of the young scholar in front of him. Every sentence, like a building block, is building a magnificent castle. Majestic.

The Liuyi layman, who was watching the debate between the two from the side, was a little absent-minded. In his opinion, the last clear debate in front of him had come to an end, as long as Tao Yuanran didn't do it on purpose.
The old man with the wine gourd at his waist suddenly interrupted his thinking, because he heard the shaky young scholar in front of him throwing out a strange statement.

He put down the wine gourd in his hand, his eyes were gradually attracted by the young scholar, he moved a few steps forward, and listened to the word.

At the same time, somewhere under the stage has begun to be very lively and beaming.

Standing at the front of the Taoist priests, Qingjingzi was looking at the high platform with a smile on his face, but his mind was no longer on it.

Thinking of this, he turned his head impatiently to search for Lin Wenruo's figure, facing the awe-inspiring gazes from the audience, to see the expression of the man who was tormented by the situation where he was about to lose.

It was just that when Qing Jingzi turned his head, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Qing Yuanzi's expression on his side. He couldn't help but follow his gaze, still on the stage.

"What's wrong?" Qing Jingzi said casually.

That yellow-haired boy is still making excuses?Hehe, that's right, I won't have a chance to speak again after I walk out of the scripture platform.
The smile on Qing Yuanzi's face has gradually subsided, and his expression has condensed, and he did not answer Qing Jingzi's question immediately.

Seeing Qing Yuanzi like this, Qing Jingzi groaned in his heart and quickly cast his eyes on the stage.

"This kid, what is he talking about? Is he talking nonsense again?"

When the young Confucian scholars on the stage argued loudly to No.13 sentence.

Qing Yuanzi, who had humbly listened to many incredible debates in a certain sacred place of learning, suddenly took a deep breath and licked his dry lips.

"The body uses a source? This, this seems to be somewhat similar to the 'nothing-oriented' Guizhi. He, what is he doing?"

The next second, he touched the beard's hand and almost pulled the beard off, with an incredible look in his eyes, "Isn't it possible?"

Impossible, impossible!How can there be such a theory?Crazy crazy!
Seeing this, Qingjingzi took a breath. He still didn't understand what the young scholar was saying. However, at a certain moment, he felt that the surrounding sun seemed to have disappeared, and it was dark, as if some kind of terrifying existence was about to come. .

"What is Ziyu doing?" Chen Muzhi on the other side of the field asked in a daze.

"One source of body use, microscopic infinity?" Lin Wenruo, whose eyes were full of bloodshot eyes, stared at the stage, and for a second, his pupils contracted slightly, and a hint of disbelief passed by, "Could it be that Ziyu wants to Use this theory to directly unify "Wuwei" and "Wuweiwei" into one... Directly demonstrate his point of view of "inaction is nothing but action"?"

When Zhao Rong narrated No. 20 in a deep voice, more than half of the building called "Theory of Body and Function" was meticulously built, the noisy din of the audience had gradually subsided, and some people in the crowd shouted violently from time to time. Open your eyes and clap your legs.

At this time, more than [-]% of the people in the scripture platform already understood what the young scholar on the platform was going to do. They began to hold their breaths and did not dare to make a noise. He understood something from the expressions of the people around him.

"Words are born from images, images are born from minds, minds are shaped by images, images are expressed by words..."

Zhao Rong blurted out what was in his mind, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became. He leaned forward and his eyes were very aggressive, like a young Jiaojiao that had just poked its head out of the black pool. gas.

Layman Liuyi has been listening carefully since just now, and his eyes gradually lit up. At this moment, he suddenly let out a long sigh, and subconsciously stretched his right hand towards the wine gourd around his waist, but suddenly stopped halfway, and withdrew his hand resentfully.

He stared at Zhao Rong, whose spirit was completely different from before, in shock.
This Confucian scholar actually put forward a theory he had never heard of, which was about "body" and "use".They refer to ontology and action.

It is generally believed that "body" is the most fundamental and essential. "Using" is the external expression and appearance of "body".

At the beginning, the young Confucian scholar's argument, in "doing nothing but doing nothing", "doing nothing" is the body, and "doing nothing without doing" is the function. subordinate relationship.

This is also where Tao Yuanran misunderstood and criticized it, and it is a fatal loophole.

Today, young Confucian scholars have put forward the theory that "the body is used in the body, that is, the body is used in the use, it is said that the body is used in one source", and the theory is self-consistent and reasonable.

The body uses the theory of one source to unify the ontology and its phenomena, then the "wuwei" and "wuweiwei" can also be unified.

There is no subordination between inaction and inaction, and inaction itself is a kind of action.

Then Tao Yuanran can't distort Zhao Rong's argument, put more emphasis on "doing everything", and accuse it of being a trick!

Moreover, "the body is used for one source" is on the side, which strongly proves Zhao Rong's thesis of "doing nothing and doing nothing"!

The shock given to him by this new theory far exceeded that of the second talk just now. The "nothing-oriented" proposed by Qing Yuanzi is more valuable, and he even faintly found that "the theory of "body and one source" can be better debated in the last one The "debate of whether or not"!
At this time, Tao Yuanran, who had been aggressive not long ago, was already overwhelmed, and the rosary in his hand stopped again at some point, and was grabbed by force.

He began to abandon the loopholes that he had been clinging to before, trying to stop entanglement with Zhao Rong, and could not wait to escape this whirlpool that was about to turn against the customer, but Zhao Rong turned the subject and customer upside down and pursued him relentlessly.

Active and passive, advantages and disadvantages have undergone a shocking turn in an instant.

Slowly, the old Nanhua towel became more and more unsupportive, and even in the middle of it, Zhao Rong pursed his lips and remained silent for two breaths before continuing to speak up.

Finally, under the attention of all the people, Zhao Rong's spiritual energy has climbed to the extreme, as if the next moment will burst out from his eyes and turn into a sword light!
There was light in his eyes, and his voice was like a golden stone, sonorous and powerful, and it covered the last cornerstone of the building of "Thi Ying Yi Yuan Shuo".

"Do nothing, do nothing, taste tasteless"

"Stay here, do nothing and do nothing!"

Suddenly, the old Nanhua towel fell silent.

In fact, he can continue to argue and delay, but it is pointless.

Because, he knew that he had lost. He had lost to the "body and function theory" that shocked him just now. The last time the theory that made him feel this way appeared in Jixia Academy 20 years ago. , the remarks of the Mohist Mo Bian.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths.

Victory is decided!

At this point, the audience was silent.

Countless eyes fell on the two of Gaotai.

There were thousands of people in the audience, but it was silent.

The Taoist gentleman suddenly stood up and performed an ancient ritual to the young scholar in front of him, which was a ritual unique to Jixia Academy.

The old Nanhua towel said again.

"Under Tao Yuanran."

The young scholar got up and returned the salute.

"I'm going down to Zhao Ziyu."

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PS: This chapter has been re-edited, 5k5, hey, I feel that typing is harder. (Thanks to the "Monster 丿" brothers for their opinions, Xiao Rong has become stronger again~)

　Thanks to the "Qiu Xian who owns the sofa" brother for the 500-coin reward!
　　
　
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