Su Clan's son of a thousand families

Chapter 49 Nishan Academy
"Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Mencius said to obtain righteousness, only when righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is supreme.

What do you learn by reading the books of sages and sages?From now on, I have almost no shame. "

Confucianism centers on "benevolence" and advocates "ancestors describe Yao and Shun, charter civil and military affairs".

Advocating "rites and music", "benevolence and righteousness", and advocating "loyalty and forgiveness" and the impartial "golden mean".

Politically, he advocates the implementation of "benevolent government" and "rule of virtue", and attaches great importance to ethics and moral education.

The sub-sage Mencius once said: "There are more than ten generations of moral heirs, followed by farming and reading heirs, followed by poetry and books heirs, and wealth and honor heirs, no more than three generations."

The first sentence of the "Great Learning", the first of the four books, says: "The way of great learning lies in clearing morality, being close to the people, and ending in perfection."

This shows that Confucianism values ​​virtue.

All Confucian thoughts come from "benevolence". If you can understand "benevolence", you can be called a great Confucian, and the road to Confucian practice will be smoothed along the way.

If "benevolence" cannot be understood, "righteousness" can also be understood.

As the saying goes, "Confucius said to achieve benevolence, Mencius said to obtain righteousness, and only when righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is supreme."

Confucius taught "benevolence", and Mencius taught "righteousness". As long as morality is maximized, then the desired benevolence will naturally be achieved to the extreme.

Understanding "benevolence" requires nature, and understanding "righteousness" requires courage.

If you can't do "benevolence and righteousness", you can also learn "reason"

Zhu Zi talked about "reason", "reason" and "ritual", restraining the evil in one's heart, exploring the goodness in one's heart, digging deep into the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust in one's heart, and doing what one thinks is right.

For me personally, it is easy to judge right and wrong, isn't it? If you can do everything without a heart, you will understand "ritual".

"Hanshu Yiwenzhi" has a clear discussion on the origin of the philosophers:
The stream of Confucianism is based on the officials of Situ; the stream of Taoism is based on the officials of historians;

The yin and yang family flowed from the officials of Xihe; the Legalists flowed from the officials of Li;

Famous scholars flowed from officials of ceremonies; Mohists flowed from Qing temple guards;

Strategists flow from the ranks of pedestrians; miscellaneous families fall from the ranks of counselors;

Those who are peasants are born from the officials of farming; those who are novelists are born from officials who are barnyards.

It is not difficult to see that although these officials perform their duties and divide responsibilities, their purpose and function are all moral issues.

In the view of some Confucians, the moral issue is the ritual system.

However, Su Xun, who came from later generations, knows that when the ritual system is developed to the extreme, it will be extremely distorted.

Not only will it break away from the core "benevolence" and "righteousness", but it will also lead to the ultimate evil in people's hearts.

The great defense of etiquette and restraint of nature directly violates the first sentence of the opening chapter of The Doctrine of the Mean.

"Heaven's mandate is called nature, self-willedness is called Dao, and cultivating Dao is called teaching. Dao is one that cannot be separated even for a moment, but it is not Dao that can be separated."

What heaven bestows on man is nature, following nature is the way, and following the way to cultivate oneself is teaching.The Tao cannot be separated for a moment, but it is not the Tao that leaves.

It can be seen that both the "University", the first of the Four Books, and the "Doctrine of the Mean", the second of the Four Books, firmly oppose the ultimate etiquette.

However, compared to "benevolence", "righteousness" and "propriety", Su Xun may prefer the Confucian "heart" theory because of the family's "heart" theory.

As an inheritance from Mencius, Chen Xianzhang opened it up, Zhan Ruoshui perfected it, and Wang Shouren made it great.

The study of "heart" can compete with the Confucian "Li" study.

Regarding the exposition of mind theory, Wang Yangming once summed up four sentences: "There is no kindness and no disgusting body, there is kindness and maliciousness.

Knowing good and knowing evil is liangzhi, doing good and eliminating evil is investigating things. "

The Nishan Academy outside the city of Jinling is inherited from the lineage of mind learning, with the idea of ​​unity of knowledge and action, teaching without distinction, and teaching and educating people.

The Nishan Academy’s equal treatment of poor families and aristocratic families also allowed the Jianghuai Su family to obtain the "essence of the mind" inherited from Confucianism a hundred years ago.

Therefore, the Su family in Jianghuai, the root of the Confucian school is Nishan Academy, and the Su family is also a part of the Confucian "mind learning".

Jianghuai County is similar to Jiangbei County, and the Xifang of the Su family has direct descendants from generation to generation, who studied at Nishan Academy.

Two months ago, Su Yong, the owner of the Xifang Patriarch, sent his eldest son Su Changyun to Nishan Academy in a letter, which also has this origin.

At that time, Su Xun learned that Su Changyun, his cousin and close friend, was going to enroll in Nishan Academy.

When he was leaving, he specially asked him to help "Liang Shanbo" in Nishan Academy if he had the opportunity.

Although Su Xun didn't say the reason, but Su Xun knew, relying on his cousin's love of reading, not sticking to trifles, not caring about class, and not being pedantic.

As long as he gets in touch with Liang Shanbo and is permeated by the mutual influence and influence of his nature of luck, the two will hit it off and be like each other.

I'm afraid that I don't need to say too much, the result will be better than what I thought.

In fact, it's more than just the effect. What Su Xun doesn't know is that Liang Shanbo and Su Changyun are getting better now, and they are not inferior to Zhu Yingtai.

Whenever Zhu Yingtai saw Liang and Su standing on the side of the mountain, holding books and discussing knowledge and insights with each other, she would itch with hatred.

However, when Zhu Yingtai learned of Su Changyun's status as the first son of the aristocratic family, she didn't care about Liang Shanbo's humble and poor family, and repeatedly asked questions without shame, and took the initiative to make friends.

I am also very happy that Liang Shanbo can make such a good friend. Zhu Yingtai, who was born in a family, can better understand the disdain and look down on the children of the family for the poor.

What's more, today's Liang Shanbo can't be regarded as a poor family.

For Su Changyun, because of the influence of Su Xun since he was a child and the long-term influence of Zhu Zhechi, he didn't care much about the difference in status.

Now that he got his own talented cousin who specially instructed him, Su Changyun naturally wouldn't look down on Liang Shanbo, who came from a humble background.

Of course, the most important thing is that Su Changyun discovered it after two months of contact.

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai from Nishan Academy are worthy of what their cousins ​​call treasure boys, and they are indeed "treasures".

Appreciating Su Changyun, he often enjoyed poems and essays with Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in the academy.

Sometimes I plant flowers and grass together, and go to the wild to enjoy the scenery of the four seasons in the mountains, so as to cultivate my sentiment.

Sometimes, Su Changyun looked at the man and woman in front of him, and one of them didn't know that the other was a woman.

The ridiculous scenes that happened, want to laugh but dare not laugh, always bear the pain.

After long-term contact, Su Changyun also gradually discovered more and more good qualities in Liang Shanbo.

Under the brewing of feelings, Liang Shanbo, Zhu Yingtai, and Su Changyun finally took advantage of the drunkenness and became brothers of the opposite sex on the Chinese Valentine's Day yesterday.

In this way, under the drunkenness, until this evening, Su Changyun still had a headache when he received a letter asking for help from his cousin Su Xun.

However, after reading the letter sent by his cousin Su Xun, Su Changyun knew the seriousness, and immediately got up and rushed to the school to look for Liang Shanbo.

Of course, for this newly recognized second brother, Su Changyun will definitely not cheat him.

Su Changyun has long seen that his second and third brothers are a match made in heaven.

Su Changyun deeply felt that as the eldest brother, he had the responsibility to bring them together.

However, Su Changyun understands how difficult it will be for Zhu Yingtai, as the first daughter of a family, to marry Liang Shanbo smoothly.

Among other things, Ma Wencai, who was born in the Ma family next door, is the biggest opponent of his second brother, but he is still ignorant and unaware.

It's a pity that the fate of the children of the aristocratic family is mostly based on marriage as the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. After Su Changyun thought for a long time, he had no choice but to lament that true love is hard and life is not easy in the face of such a gap in status and class.

It wasn't until a letter sent by Su Xun just now that Su Changyun saw a glimmer of hope for Liang Shanbo to turn over.

Being in the Su family in Jianghuai, Su Changyun knew very well what status his younger cousin, Fa Xiao, had in the Su family.

If Liang Shanbo can get Su Xun's great help, he will add himself.

Presumably, my stupid second brother might really have a chance to "live lovers to get married".

Nishan Academy.

In school.

"Now that the floods are raging and monsters are rampant, the people in the countryside of our Dajin are displaced and mourned. There are countless deaths and injuries. I don't know how the lords of the court will deal with it."

In the school, a steady, mature, slightly sad voice sounded.

"I heard that the imperial court condemned Lin Xie, the southern army, and led one hundred thousand southern troops to kill the monsters. With General Lin Xie's rank-[-] military formation, these monsters will retreat soon."

A clear and pleasant voice replied immediately.

"Hmph, it's just a bunch of country bumpkins, and it's really lucky that General Lin Xie needs to rescue them." An arrogant voice sounded.

"Not bad, not bad, a group of rural thugs, they die as soon as they die, so there is no need to care."

"Come on, come on, are you going to the Jinling City Planting Flower Hall to do some painting tonight? We've formed a group, hahaha!"

"Wang Lantian, how could you say such heartless and unjust words, you are still human."

The mature and stable voice just now, after hearing the words of Wang Lantian, who was born in a family, was randomly furious, pointing at Wang Lantian and shouting.

"Liang, what did you say, tell me again, if it's not for Su Changyun's face, believe it or not, I will beat you to death right now."

Hearing Liang Shanbo's scolding, Wang Lantian felt embarrassed, and at the same time returned angrily, but there was a little weakness in his words.

But Liang Shanbo hadn't replied yet, Su Changyun, who was hurrying in from outside the door to look for Liang Shanbo, did hear this sentence seriously.

Although Su Changyun loves to read, but the Su family is ruled by martial arts, there are really not many people who are good-tempered.

Therefore, under the influence of ears and eyes, in fact, deep down in Su Changyun's heart, he also has the gene of sudden profit that is unique to the violent Su family.

Now when he heard Wang Lantian, he not only mentioned himself, but even threatened the second younger brother he had just met. Although he knew that Wang Lantian could not beat Liang Shanbo, Su Changyun still shouted angrily:
"Wang Lantian, you want to go to heaven! Tell me what you said just now, who are you going to kill.

Liang Shanbo is now my sworn brother, and being an enemy of him means that I, Su Changyun, will have trouble.

If you dare to speak nonsense again, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth to pieces right now. "

In the Nishan Academy, Wang Lantian was most afraid of Ma Wencai.

But since being beaten up twice by Su Changyun, what I am most afraid of now is that this looks quiet, but in fact there is a wild Su Changyun inside.

Although Wang Lantian also came from a great family of the Wang family in Taiyuan, but the emperor was far away from the mountains, at least in the border of Jianghuai, the Su family with [-] soldiers was not afraid at all.

In addition to Wang Lantian's weak bones, he was so arrogant just now, but now he saw Su Changyun, but he didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing that Wang Lantian was honest, Su Changyun didn't delve into it. After all, as long as the quarrel does not involve family honor, it is not a big deal.

Regardless of Wang Lantian who was shrunk aside, Su Changyun turned his head and saw Liang Shanbo who was dressed in a white wet robe and had a handsome long face with some anger, and ordered:
"Shanbo, Yingtai, you two come out with me, I have something urgent to tell you."

Now, although Liang Shanbo still looks angry on the surface, but with his good temper, he will not be entangled because of this matter.

At this time, he heard that his elder brother Su Changyun was looking for him urgently, so he pulled Zhu Yingtai, who was really angry, and walked out together.

(End of this chapter)