Yu Dao Qiankun

Chapter 306 Five Virtues
The curtain car is Xuanxuan, walking on the street of Wuxing Yuande Cave.

Looking at the clean and tidy streets on both sides, Zhang Zichang nodded frequently: "The third prince is virtuous and proficient in governing the country. You can get a glimpse of it just by looking at Tiande City under his name."

There are also two students in the curtain car accompanying the teacher.One of them asked: "Teacher, do we really want to dedicate the essence of Liu Xue to His Highness the Third Highness? I heard that His Highness is partial to the Ziyan school. It seems...it seems to be at odds with our school."

Confucianism governs the scriptures and preaches Taoism, and there are many schools of thought and endless battles. The intensity is not inferior to that of the sects of immortality and Taoism.

Zhang Zichang is a well-known Confucian in Dakun, and the Liu Xue he inherited can be traced back to the period of Emperor Jing.The patriarch is a guest on the throne of Emperor Jing, and he is known as "Little Liu Saint".

It's just that Liu Xue was suppressed by Emperor Hui, and he was kicked out of Jinwu City long ago.In these years, Liu Xue can only develop in the fringe area of ​​Dakun.

Now that Kun Yu is proving to be a sage of Confucianism, he has attracted Confucian scholars from all over the world to watch the ceremony.Zhang Zichang intends to take the opportunity to spread Liu Xue's thoughts and dedicate the hard work of his master and apprentice to the third prince.

"Don't worry. The "Da Yi" written by the master, your master and grand master, will definitely be favored by the third highness. This is also our only chance to return to the court and rule the country."

The curtain car continued to move forward, and soon saw a teahouse full of people standing in front of it.And above the heads of those youths dressed as students, one could see the awe-inspiring aura of the Confucian school hovering.

"Strange, why are these students gathered here? Could it be that someone is teaching scriptures?"

The three teachers and students Zhang Zichang passed by, suddenly a guard came out from the teahouse and stopped the curtain car.

"Is the person here Mr. Zhang Da? My Highness invites you."

The students onlookers started discussing, with a lot of envy and emotion among them.

Zhang Zichang frowned secretly, he could tell from the guard's attire and weapons that he was from the Heavenly Palace.

Therefore, Zhang Zichang asked cautiously: "Isn't the Third Highness preparing for retreat? Why did you come to the teahouse?"

Liu Yuqi looked at Zhang Zichang with a strange expression: "Sir, my Highness is King Zhao, the sixth prince of Tiangong."

Zhang Zichang's face changed slightly when the King Zhao's order was displayed.But at this moment, he noticed that the awe-inspiring righteousness hovering over the teahouse was getting stronger and stronger.

"That is--"

Looking at the hall on the third floor, visions such as multicolored knives and pens, splendid scrolls, and spring and autumn scrolls appear, and more than a dozen noble and upright spirits collide with each other, sparking sparks of wisdom.

Liu Yuqi glanced around and explained: "My Highness came out for tea today and heard two great Confucians talking downstairs, so I invited them up to ask for advice. Later, other great Confucians noticed the movement here and came to see my Highness one after another. .Now there are thirteen Confucian scholars in Qiuhua Court."

"Since that's the case, the old man should take orders."

Zhang Zichang had no intention of getting close to the rumored King Zhao.

Rumor has it that King Zhao and Hunyuanzong, that is, Immortal Dao, are getting closer.For Confucianism, King Zhao is far less close than the third prince.

He brought two students to the third floor, and before he came in, he heard voices inside.

"Those with the five virtues are gentle, courteous, thrifty and generous. Gentle is good, good is respectful, respectful is thrifty, and thrifty is yielding...the five virtues are all present, and the heart is self-sacred."

The voice was a little familiar.

Zhang Zichang's heart moved slightly: Wang Cheng of the original text school?He's here too?
Then, a young and hearty laughter sounded: "The Analects of Confucius says: 'Master is warm, kind, respectful, frugal, and you can get it by letting it go. What the master seeks is also different from what others seek?'. Mr. Wang Using "The Analects of Confucius" to rule the scriptures, it seems that your "five virtues" are modeled after Confucius."

Zhang Zichang knocked on the door and entered, and saw a handsome man sitting in the middle of the hall.

Peng Yu changed into a set of Confucian uniforms today.His handsome face was set off by the bright light yellow toga, giving him a special charm.

Empress Dowager...

Zhang Zichang's heart was agitated, and he saw Zhao Feiyan who was disguised as a man in a daze.

Like, so much like!

Back then, when noble concubines came here in men's clothing to discuss the Dao with the Confucians, it seemed to be like this.

Holding the Spring and Autumn Fan in his hand, Peng Yu looked at the three people who walked in.

"The fourth level of Confucianism, with two students from the third level? No, it seems that one of them is about to break through the fourth level? Liuxue Nishizawa is really interesting. Perhaps, we can use their strength. "

The three of Zhang Zichang came in, and Zi Ting had already ordered people to prepare their positions.

A small tea table, three cups of tea, and a set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Looking ahead, the great Confucians led the students to sit in two rows, and many of them were writing something.And Wang Cheng was sitting in the middle of the hall, returning to his seat.

"Mr. Zichang, please sit down." Peng Yu lightly waved his folding fan, showing off his flair.

Seeing other people, Zhang Zichang asked curiously, "Your Highness invited us to write an article?"

"No, I'm just asking for some advice. Dare I ask, sir, what do you say about the 'Five Virtues' in your school of Liu Xue?"

Five virtues?

Zhang Zichang was startled.Recalling what Wang Cheng said just now, it seems to be the understanding of the five virtues of the original text school.

Closing the folding fan, Peng Yu sat up straight and said solemnly, "Sir, you can talk about it face to face, or you can write a book with a pen, and read it carefully when you go back alone."

"Anyone who likes the outstanding ones can also pass them on to the emperor to ask for rewards for the gentlemen."

The five virtues have their own understanding not only in Confucianism, but also in immortality, magic, and even other miscellaneous traditions.However, within Confucianism, the cognition of the "five virtues" is inconsistent.

Some think "gentle, kind, respectful, thrifty and conciliatory", some think "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith", some think "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness and propriety", and some think "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and trustworthiness"...

In short, each school has its own understanding of the five virtues according to its own thinking.

"Your Highness seems to be asking about the 'Five Virtues', but is he actually looking at the main ideas of our schools?"

Zhang Zichang somewhat understood why everyone started to write with pens.Because this "asking for advice" is very cautious, it may be directly heard by the emperor.

It can be said that this is completely a prelude to the palace.

Zhang Zichang, the teacher and the student sat down and did not write immediately, but waited and watched the others.

A great Confucian who sat in front finished writing and got up to expound his own theory of the five virtues.

"The five virtues, the five elements, the difference between the inside and the outside. On the outside, you feel the way of heaven, you respond to the celestial phenomena, you respond to nature, and you transform the four seasons. The five virtues of a gentleman are born inside: the benevolent, the tree. The propriety, the fire. The believer, Soil. Righteousness, gold. Wisdom, water.”

Then he began to eloquently explain the relationship between the five elements and the five virtues.

This great Confucian thought a little carefully: as we all know, King Zhao is close to the immortal way.Talking about the five virtues with him, simply talking about the virtues of a Confucian gentleman, is worse than talking about the five elements of nature, which is more to his liking.

Peng Yu shook the handle of his fan with a calm face, noncommittal to the words of this great Confucian.After he finished speaking, ask someone to collect the paper, and then look at the next person.

Seems like a bad start.The following great Confucian scholars also felt that King Zhao was biased towards the way of immortality. When he talked about his five virtues, it was inevitable that the five elements would be involved.

Peng Yu thought in his heart: I came to you because I wanted to take a look at your five virtues of Confucianism, see how different they are, and see if they can be used.On the way of heaven, on nature, don't all the immortals know more about the way of heaven than you?I can pull out hundreds of thousands of words for you by myself, and tell you the nature of the five elements and the good fortune of the five constants.

But on the face, Peng Yu didn't show disgust, and accepted the papers one by one with a smile, saying that he would read them carefully after returning home.

About half an hour later, Peng Yu became impatient: "I just listen to your discussions, and I don't know who else has a good opinion?"

"Caomin believes that the five virtues are wisdom, trust, benevolence, courage, and strictness. Wisdom is the foundation, benevolence is the heart, trustworthiness and promises, courage to defend the way, and strict self-discipline."

"Confucianism respects benevolence, you take wisdom as the leader, it is not Confucianism outside the sky, but you have the style of Confucianism of Gaozu."

The Confucian orthodoxy came from beyond the sky, and after evolution in the local area, some of the old ideas were thrown away and integrated into the ideas of the Dakun civilization. Even after thousands of years of continuation, new changes have taken place.

Generally speaking, the Confucian school can be divided into three categories: ancient law, middle Confucianism and new learning.

The Ancient Method School is the root branch of Tianwai Confucianism, and the original text school Wang Cheng just now is one of them.This school upholds the old scriptures and is based on benevolence and righteousness.

Middle Confucianism is the orthodoxy improved by Emperor Ling.Linghuang relied on Confucianism to suppress "strict law", but the Confucianism he recognized was enlightenment and enlightenment, and he only used Confucianism to teach and educate people.As for the Confucianism's philosophy of governing the country, Emperor Ling disdained it.

The new school is the Confucianism after Emperor Hui.After being suppressed by Emperor Hui, Confucianism continued to improve and seek perfection in order to earn a living under the hands of Emperor Hui.However, this faction has not had much time to develop, and the Emperor is still watching their ideas.Zhang Zichang's Liu school is a branch that is actively approaching the new school.

Based on the words of this great Confucian, Peng Yu discussed Linghuang's Chinese Confucianism with him.

He once had the memory of the Emperor Ling, and he knew the Confucianism school like the back of his hand.After chatting for a few times, the great Confucian scholars no longer dare to despise the prince.

In terms of Confucianism, this prince is no worse than great Confucians.

But Zhang Zichang felt chills in his heart when he heard Peng Yu's words, and kept comforting himself: It's okay, it's okay.King Zhao admired the School of Confucianism, although it is not the same as our new school.But anyway, my main goal is the third prince, it's okay, it's okay.

"Mr. Zhang, the three of you, the teacher and the student, have watched it for so long, why don't you talk about the five virtues of Liu Xue's lineage?"

Seeing Peng Yu's point, Zhang Zichang had no choice but to stand up.

"His Royal Highness, the five virtues of my family are loyalty, which are loyalty, benevolence, sincerity, integrity, and courage."

"Huh?" Peng Yu pulled himself together and stared at Zhang Zichang with vigour.

"Sir, tell me carefully."

"Loyalty, of course, is to serve the country loyally and sacrifice one's life for righteousness."

Then, Zhang Zichang told the story of two great Confucian scholars defending the city hundreds of years ago.

The expressions of several great Confucians around him changed, and they secretly scolded Zhang Zichang for being shameless.

"In order to please the Emperor, even our Confucianism has been lost!"

Loyalty?

Mencius, a lineage of ancient law, has a saying that "the people are the most important, and the emperor is the least".There is also a saying that "the world is big, and all peoples come first".

The line of Confucianism is supported by the Emperor Ling himself, who elevates the Emperor God and regards him as the same as the heaven and the earth.Taking advantage of the Confucian custom of respecting heaven, the emperor is regarded as the incarnation of heaven.

However, these two families have never regarded the Emperor as an independent object of loyalty.

When the other schools of the new school heard Zhang Zichang's beginning, they also regretted in their hearts: why did he let him get ahead!No, not right.My school can't say such shameless words, we still need to be strong.

Although the Meishan School also raised the banner of "loyalty and righteousness", it put "benevolence" first.The second place is filial piety, and loyalty comes after filial piety.This school pays attention to benevolence as the foundation, first cultivates the virtues of the small family, and then becomes the righteousness of everyone.

But Peng Yu likes it!

In other words, with Peng Yu's current identity, as the prince of Dakun, he is even expected to inherit the throne of the God Emperor.He was very interested in Zhang Zichang's words.

The thoughts from the earth made Peng Yu secretly cast aside Zhang Zichang's shamelessness, and took the initiative to modify his own thoughts in order to cater to the Dakun Dynasty.But as the prince of Dakun, this idea is really too fragrant.

Moreover, Zhang Zichang's theory of the five virtues also includes "courage".It is good that the people do not lose blood.

"Mr. wrote a thesis, and I have to read it in detail later. Mmm... I also want to show it to my father."

"By the way, I heard that Kuzhu Sanren's lineage started preaching at Caesar's side?" Peng Yu said casually, "He just became a fairy king, and he's been tossing around like this. I'll borrow your 'Order of King Zhao' later, how much do you spend there?" Establish a few academies and spread Confucianism well.”

Nishizawa County, one of the eight counties of Xitian.It is also the location of Yunzhu Great Cave Heaven, which evolved from the lineage of Kuzhu Sanren among the eight hundred heavens.

Kuzhu Sanren has a bad relationship with Peng Yu, and once tripped him up.The reason why Peng Yu wanted to bring Zhang Zichang over was to use Liu Xue's lineage to target Kuzhu Sanren.But unexpectedly, Zhang Zichang gave him such a big surprise, Liu Xue took the initiative to put on a gesture of submission.

"Sure enough, it's all thanks to the late emperor."

How proud were the Confucianism during the Emperor Jing's period.Relying on his own family to help the Linghuang ascend the throne, he also brought out another Empress Ni.Putting on a high profile all day long, the Confucian scholars in the opposition are pointing fingers at the government all day long.Those great Confucianists who entered the court also took out their own means of governing the country, calling for benevolence, righteousness, rituals and music all day long, and urged Emperor Jing to follow the example of the ancestral land of Confucianism outside Tianwai and revise the ancestral system of rituals and music in Dakun.

But Emperor Hui was not used to their bad temper.

After being slapped severely by Emperor Hui, the Confucian sect calmed down.

The new school also saw the situation clearly, and then obediently made changes.

Although Peng Yu looked down on the late emperor's personal virtues, many of Huihuang's measures did have a positive impact on the current Dakun.

"Your Highness, everyone Ni is here."

At this time, Liu Yuqi from downstairs came up to report again, followed by two women.

Master Ni, Ni Shenyue.The successor of Empress Ni, the owner of Tianjing Villa, the most famous female Confucianist in Dakun.

(End of this chapter)