The rise of the prince

Chapter 376 The Great Confucian
It was the first time for Li Xingzhou to enter Chen Yu's house. Because he had beaten him before, the old man kept a grudge and refused to let him enter.

The first time he entered the Chen Mansion, Li Xingzhou was a little surprised. Although he and the Wang Mansion were neighbors, the wall separated him was much simpler than the Wang Mansion. There were weeds in the corners. See some original red paint.

There were not many servants in the mansion, and no more than ten people were seen coming and going.

After taking a seat in the main hall, a 50-[-]-year-old maid brought tea, and the Chen family drank green tea.

Chen Yu was in the front seat, worried: "Your Majesty may have made up his mind this time. In the discussion tonight, no matter what, the old man will not be able to win."

As he spoke, he laughed at himself again: "I didn't expect that this old man would have a wide range of friends. He spent his whole life studying and had thousands of disciples all over the world; but when he was old, he could only talk to a prodigal son like the prince in the end. Hahaha, it's God's will." ah."

Li Xingzhou's face turned black, is this tm a compliment or a detriment to me?
Chen Yu continued to ask him, "what does the prince think is the theory of a saint?"

Li Xingzhou thought for a while, and answered him honestly: "Han Feizi once said that once Confucius died, his disciples were divided into eight factions. Each faction insisted on their own words and said that they were the true biography of Confucius. Which one of them is right? do not know either.

A generation later, the theory of saints will be unclear, not to mention that more than 1000 years have passed, who can restore the theory of saints?Nowadays, many people are just flaunting themselves with saints as evidence and fooling the world. Keeping pace with the times and pioneering and innovating are the way out. "

Chen Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then said with emotion: "Your Majesty is indeed extremely intelligent, and he has achieved something of his own."

"That's right, the saying of a sage can't be found, but it is inevitable that people will take advantage of it." Mr. Chen Yu also shook his head, and then sighed: "Once there was a family in Chu State. The father stole the neighbor's sheep, and the son went to report it. The officials Then the father of the son was arrested.

After Confucius heard about it, he praised the officials of Chu State for their strict law enforcement, and scolded the son for not hiding it for his father.Everyone in the world is puzzled, why is it wrong for a son to kill his relatives righteously?There are also people who deliberately defend the Master, but no one thinks that what makes a person a person is all in it."

Li Xingzhou sighed after hearing the old man's words.

He even felt it more deeply, because he came from a later age, and he also knew the era of oppressive humanity in the history books.

What was the original Confucianism like?

To put it bluntly, it is the study of human nature, and the starting point of Confucius' theory is love.

The love between father and son, brothers, and friends, some details are time-limited, such as not emphasizing the love of husband and wife, which obviously discriminates against women.

But Confucius thought itself is very human, because his starting point is the beautiful emotion in human nature.

So Confucius said that the father hides the son and the son hides the father, which means that the father should hide his faults for his son, and the son should hide his faults for his father.

If loving parents and brothers is the most important thing, and the world is centered on the family, who will work for the emperor?Who still fights for the emperor?

However, in the 21st century later generations, this has become the respected by legal countries. For example, the laws of the United States, Japan, Germany, France and other countries all have exemption privileges. If a person commits a crime, his close relatives have the right not to testify in court, that is, Right to remain silent.

Maybe a few people who are influenced by the idea of ​​"loyalty and righteousness" find it hard to understand, why?Shouldn't you kill relatives without hesitation?In the face of righteousness, what kind of family relationship, what kind of father-son relationship, should make way for "righteousness"!
Because this is to protect human nature, the most vulnerable thing in human nature, the legal system of later generations is a citizen's contract, which is established to protect every citizen.

Confucius' Confucianism starts from human nature, that's why he said that the father hides from the son, and the son hides from the father. The softest and most basic relationship in human nature should be protected. Human nature is more important than national rules!

Because of this kind of human-centered thinking, many Confucian dynasties before the Song Dynasty, whether they were united or chaotic, did not restrict and oppress people so severely.

During these periods, Chinese culture also showed a vigorous, open, and gorgeous posture.

After Song Confucianism, some people forcibly turned Confucianism, which started from human nature, into a Confucianism that imprisoned and opposed human nature.

Talking anti-human nature, but also using Confucius' "self-denial and restoration of rituals" as an example, if the pre-Qin Confucian masters knew about it, they would probably crawl out of their coffins in anger.

Neo-Confucianism, as a special school that combines Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, does have people with profound knowledge, but many of them eventually become cynics, proposing the idea of ​​"loyalty" used by emperors to restrain people.

Preserve the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires, the principles of heaven are perfect, and the desires of humans are evil, there is no middle ground!

People wonder, don't want human desires, so what is the law of heaven?

The common people naturally didn't know, so someone stood up and told the world that the law of heaven is loyalty.Loyalty is before righteousness, for loyalty, humanity is not necessary, justice is not necessary
From that moment on, the tragedy began.

Coming out of Chen Yu's house, Li Xingzhou felt a little heavy.

Mr. Chen Yu said that he would argue with reason, and he would never agree with what Meng Zhiye, Cheng Jin and others said, but he also said bluntly that he knew that the emperor wanted it to be so.
Li Xingzhou finally understood why he asked him to take care of his family at the beginning, if he had already planned it, he would have already noticed the clue.

Mr. Lu Xun said that since ancient times, the Chinese nation has had people who work hard, those who work hard, those who sacrifice their lives to seek the law, and those who plead for the people. They are the backbone of China.

Yes, the reason why they are like this is because they insist on the justice in their hearts, not the "loyalty" that binds people.

Everyone has their own justice in their hearts, so there will be all kinds of people, colorful things will happen, and the colorful world will gather together. That is what Mencius said, the awe-inspiring righteousness, the justice of heaven and earth, not bullshit loyalty!
Li Xingzhou couldn't be calm for a long time, he had nothing to say except respect, and he couldn't help. Chen Yu was the one who sacrificed his life to seek the law.

He knew Meng Zhiye and Cheng Jin's words were what the emperor wanted, so he had to argue hard.

Tonight's courtroom is an unfair debate, and the outcome is already doomed.
Li Xingzhou persuaded him not to fight with the emperor first, because he couldn't win, and they will slowly figure out a way in the future.

The old man Chen Yu just smiled and shook his head and agreed: "This is the difference between an old man and a prince. With you here, I would die. Someone must sacrifice his life for justice, and someone must plan for tomorrow.

To plan for the world's tomorrow, the old man is not as good as the prince; to sacrifice his life to call for justice in the world, the prince is not as good as the old man"

He spoke calmly, but it was shocking.

At noon, many girls in the small courtyard were smiling like flowers, Qiu'er, Yue'er, Gillian, and Shiyu were all there, but he felt extremely heavy.

Afterwards, he went to the Chen Mansion again, but was turned away, and the concierge came out and responded in a low voice: "My lord asked me to convey, 'Your lord and this old man will each have their own destiny.'"

Destiny.
Li Xingzhou smiled melancholy, the so-called great Confucianism, probably so
Among the hundreds of schools in the pre-Qin period, Taoism talked about heaven and earth, Mohism emphasized ghosts and gods, and Confucianism talked about the destiny.

Behind the Confucian Mandate of Heaven, there is more of a kind of desolation of knowing that there is nothing to be done
Confucius traveled around the world and was trapped between Chen and Cai. People with faith laughed at him for doing so much. In the end, the world was still in chaos, and the rituals were broken. How can he save the world?

Confucius sighed and laughed at himself after hearing this, saying that he knew it was useless, but if the world was peaceful, he would not go out to run around.

Confucius traveled all his life, trying to awaken the world with benevolence and end disputes.But human nature is far more complicated and ugly than he thought, and love alone is not enough, so he is doomed to fail, and can only comfort himself with destiny, while continuing to run around knowing that it is impossible to succeed.

In this regard, Chen Yu is very similar to Confucius.

Although Chen Yu is a master of Confucianism, he seldom speaks the words of sages and sages. Now that he knows what he can't do, he looks so similar to Confucius back then.

On the contrary, those who are full of the words of saints often only curry favor with the superiors, regardless of the people of the world.

Li Xingzhou shook his head with a wry smile, he was powerless.

Throughout the afternoon, the mood also became heavy
(End of this chapter)