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Chapter 206 Why Read?Human nature is evil!
This grand forum brought together many literati from the country.

But at this moment, the most eye-catching thing was undoubtedly Li Qing on the high platform, which attracted the attention of everyone in the audience.

Li Qing smiled at everyone, then sat down on the futon, and said to everyone: "The content of today's lecture is about benevolence and righteousness, and the importance of learning."

"Let me ask you two questions.

"The first question is what is the purpose of your studies, and the second question is what is benevolence and righteousness."

"Who will answer first?"

Li Qing asked everyone in a gentle tone.

His voice was not loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly, and it was a little noisy for a while.

Many people were hesitating and pondering. If they were normal, they would definitely have answered it, but this is a question Li Qing asked, and they subconsciously felt that it was not that simple.

One of the scholars hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to say loudly: "Master, students think that studying should be for the benefit of the world and the people, and become a great sage like Master!"

All eyes were on him for a moment.

The scholar's face turned red with excitement.

But with a look of pride on his face,

"Anyone else answer?"

Hearing this, Li Qing just smiled, then looked at the others, without commenting on the scholar's answer.

Once the first person spoke, the enthusiasm of the others was immediately mobilized, and all the literati spoke one after another.

"Reading is for self-cultivation, governing the family, governing the country and the world!"

"Serve the country, that's all!"

"Of course it is to let all the talents and learning come into play."

"It's for the glory of our ancestors!"

"Read for the rise and prosperity of the country!"

……

The many answers are very messy, but each one is righteous, and all of them have the ambition to rise above the clouds.

However, Li Qing shook his head and said: "No, reading is actually very simple, just for yourself."

These words immediately stunned all the readers in the audience.

One by one they looked at each other.

Li Qing's answer was something they never thought of, reading for themselves?How can reading be such a narrow thing?

"What, what kind of answer is this?"

Princess Huaining originally thought that Li Qing would give an astonishing answer, but she didn't expect Li Qing to give such an answer, she couldn't help being very discouraged, and curled her lips.

Aren't scholars supposed to be full of ambitions to help the world and the people, but Li Qing's answer was lacking in momentum.

But at this time, an old voice suddenly said in the crowd: "Master Li is only studying for himself, which is really surprising."

"Everyone in the world praises the leader for treating the world as a common cause and for all people in the world. Now it is ironic for the leader to say such words."

The crowd parted, and seven or eight elderly people walked out one after another.

These Confucian scholars were all quite old, and the headed one had gray hair and looked over seventy years old.

After these old men came out, everyone was shocked.

There are many people who have recognized their identities.

Because each of these old men is a great Confucian with a high reputation in Liguo!They all came here today!

The one who spoke just now was the leading old Confucian scholar, and also a very well-known Confucian in Liguo——Sun Taiping!

Sun Chengping was the emperor's tutor to the last emperor in the Li country. He later resigned from office and returned home to study knowledge, but he is extremely prestigious both in the court and in the opposition!

The rest of the Confucian scholars were either famous Confucians in the field, or doctors who taught in the palace.

All of them are people who have read poetry and books!

And it was Sun Taiping who spoke just now. He looked at Li Qing on the stage, but his eyes were not so friendly.

It wasn't until this time that the scholars present remembered that as early as when Li Qing announced that he was going to give lectures, there was news that a great Confucian from the country wanted to debate with him.

Obviously, Sun Chengping and others came here for this!

Li Qing heard the faint sarcasm in the other party's words, but he was not angry, but calmly said: "What's the irony, reading is for yourself."

"Whether you are from a poor family or from an extraordinary background, if you embark on the road of reading, you are reading for yourself."

"A scholar who can't even eat enough to eat, even if he has great ambitions, can't show his ambitions; only by reading for himself first, and getting a chance to get ahead in a down-to-earth manner, can he soar into the sky and realize the grand ideal of self-cultivation, family governance .”

"Even for me, I started studying for the sake of fame; later, I read more books and understood more truths, and then I practiced and realized the principles and knowledge I learned."

"What's wrong with reading for yourself?"

Li Qing's answer was loud and sound, without any hesitation.

The so-called people who start studying to achieve some lofty ambitions are all exaggerating; the reason for most people to study is very simple, that is, to get ahead.

Many scholars present bowed their heads in embarrassment and shame upon hearing this, because Li Qing's words reached their hearts.

As Li Qing said, no one goes there with such a big goal in mind from the beginning.

Reading is actually reading for yourself.

"Then Hierarch Li said that the sages since ancient times, including saints like Kong Sheng, are also selfish people who study for themselves?"

Sun Chengping sneered and asked Li Qing back.

This big hat was directly put on Li Qing's head.

Directly pull Kong Sheng to refute Li Qing!
"It started like this."

Who would have thought that Li Qing would actually nod his head and admit it, saying: "Human nature is inherently evil. Human beings have no concepts of good and evil, morality, etiquette, benevolence and righteousness since birth."

"These concepts are known and distinguished through acquired learning and education; therefore, there are no born sages, and they are all achieved through acquired learning."

"Even for saints like Confucius and Zhu Sheng, their personalities are not perfect from birth, and they all have more or less deficiencies."

"If this is not the case, why would they need to learn the day after tomorrow? It is precisely because of learning and reading that they can constantly improve their own deficiencies and have great ambitions."

Li Qingyu couldn't help but die endlessly.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience, including Sun Chengping and other great scholars, was dumbfounded!

"Human nature...is evil?"

When Princess Huaining heard this unprecedented statement, she was stunned and her beautiful eyes widened.

Since ancient times, it has advocated the theory that human nature is inherently good. Human nature tends to be good, just like water flows downhill. There is no kindness in human nature, and there is no water that does not flow downhill.

If the water is splashed and splashed, it can make it higher than the forehead; if it is pressed to force it to go backwards, it can make it flow up the hills. This is why some people do evil.

But this is what circumstances force it to be. Man's nature can force him to do bad things, and nature changes like this.

But now Li Qing is unique and puts forward the theory that human nature is inherently evil, which is completely deviant!
(End of this chapter)