Hundreds of schools follow

Chapter 10 Looking Up at the Stars
A moment later, the pupils of the thick-browed youth flashed, and he raised his head excitedly.

"What Si Ye teaches is that students understand."

Fan Ya finally revealed a rare softness, like moss growing on a cliff.

"You might as well work harder and tell your colleagues," he said.

The young man with thick eyebrows raised his head proudly, looked straight ahead and said:

"Just now I questioned that there might be candidates who were buried because they didn't understand astronomy.

"It was Si Ye who woke me up.

"Bachelors don't need to learn any knowledge deliberately to deal with the theme of this election.

"Aren't the heavens, the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars always with us from the moment we were born?

"Why are there sunrise and sunset, why are there springs, summers, autumns and winters? Isn't that a question that everyone has thought about?

"If there is a candidate who has never thought about these things, and has never looked up at the stars and dreamed.

"How can such a person have the qualifications to seek the Tao?"

In fact, he doesn't need to explain at all, most of the people sitting here understand.

But for Fan Ya's unhurried teaching method of using a few simple questions to teach others to comprehend by themselves, they feel ashamed.

As the saying goes, there are few who attain the Tao, but even fewer preachers.

Only famous people like Fan Ya, who can both attain the Tao and be good at preaching, are worthy of the title of "son".

On the main stage, after Fan Ya reconfirmed everyone's opinions, he pointed to another stack of test papers:
"Medium, most of them put forward their own conclusions based on a set of mature theories, many of whom had some original ideas, but failed to achieve breakthroughs and self-consistency.

"For this part, we might as well spend another hour, let more people read it carefully, and select possible materials that can be made.

"how?"

This time, the audience agreed in unison.

Everyone has different skills, and naturally there are deviations in opinions.

Your mediocrity may be a talent to me.

However, Dingtian can only dig out talents.

After all, since the three of them have rated him as average, he is unlikely to be a genius.

In the end, Fan Ya picked up the one and only gift with both hands.

"This bachelor put forward a theory that we have never heard of, and it is self-contained, and no obvious flaws can be found.

"This one person alone is worth all of your traveling for a year.

"For such a maester, it is he who chooses us, not we who choose him.

"So, when we talk tonight, it's up to him to choose who will be his teacher.

"how?"

Hearing this remark, everyone in the audience applauded.

According to Fan Ya's status, if he likes a bachelor, he can directly recruit him as his disciple without any problem.

Why, do you dare to say that your talent is higher than Fan Ya?Or is your martial virtue more abundant than Fan Ya?
But Fan Ya still gave in and left it to the bachelor to choose.

This is already a great respect and courtesy to everyone in the audience.

On the stage, after confirming this, Fan Ya moved the medium paper to the center again, and sighed softly:

"Unfortunately, only this one is superior.

"Since Emperor Guangwu, each family has pursued Taoism for more than a hundred years. Today, the theories have become more and more rigid, and it is difficult to create.

"The trend of blind obedience to dogma is gradually rising, and people who agree with each other and attack differences emerge in large numbers, and the voices that cannot be doubted are more and more serious.

"Because of this, I chose astronomy, which is the most creative and does not require any theoretical foundation, as this year's theme. I would rather choose a vain person who has no taboos than a mediocre person who is familiar with scriptures.

"It's a pity that we have traveled all over the world to search for a year, and now we still have to admit that the vitality of the students has finally stiffened with the decay of the times.

"It should be noted that seeking the Tao is not following the Tao...

"The following is my personal opinion, you just need to hear it, don't take it too seriously.

"If you have any doubts, your family is right.

"You guys might as well try to--

"If the way of heaven is infinite, it means that we will never be able to obtain absolutely correct and perfect knowledge.

"It can be deduced from this that none of the hundreds of schools of thought on astronomy is correct. It will be overthrown and reshaped by someone in the future, and that person will be overthrown by the people after him.

"Constantly subverting, constantly perfecting, and constantly approaching, this is the way of seeking Tao in my eyes.

"And look for someone who can push the Tao forward even an inch.

"That's the meaning of Taoism to me."

Hearing this "private goods", some people nodded in agreement, while others remained motionless and did not express their views.

It is precisely because Fan Ya emphasized that this is "private goods", so even if he dismisses it, it is not disrespectful, it is just that the truth everyone believes in is biased.

For example, in Fan Ya’s passage, the premise is the assumption of "the way of heaven is infinite", the process of discussion is the causal deduction of Mohism, and the conclusion is his personal expression of emotion. Therefore, it is normal for scholars who prefer other schools to disagree. , if this is an open talk, it is also possible to refute and express a position in person.

It's just that the first task now is to mark the examination papers, so many people didn't express their views.

But there was a Confucian literati who was tall and thin with a face like eggplant, but his eyebrows trembled when he heard it.

It was obvious that his discomfort with this passage was palpable.

To him, such lawless thoughts really seemed to come from the Mo family.

After all, you have personally denied Mo Zi's views on ghosts and gods.

But you openly said that "there is no perfect theory" and "everyone will be overthrown by others".

Are you questioning my Confucian sage?Or satirize our classics?
If it wasn't just talking, this Confucian scholar would have stood up and invited Fan Ya to have a debate.

Even if he knows that his talent, fame and martial arts are all inferior to Fan Ya, he will try his best.

Fan Ya also seemed to have noticed his dissatisfaction, and then carefully apologized to him.

Yes, that's the way it is now.

Even if enough declarations have been made, it is still unknown where the taboo will be offended.

Seeing Si Ye like this, the Confucian scholar breathed a sigh of relief and accepted this kindness.

That's right, Fan Ya herself didn't write these words into an article and publish them publicly.

This shows that he himself is not sure that this is right, but just sharing an idea with everyone, not targeting anyone.

I am extreme.

The Confucian scholar thought about it so far, so he also apologized and made a gesture to indicate that this matter is over.

Ignoring some things that are too tit-for-tat with each other is also the basis for the existence of the school that can accommodate hundreds of schools.

After the turmoil passed, Fan Ya certainly remembered her responsibilities, so she stood up straight without any strength, went off to distribute the intermediate test papers in person, and handed over the appropriate papers to the appropriate people for review.

Here, there will be no bachelors with great talents.

I just want to find a few promising talents, continue the incense of the academy, and do my best to educate future talents.

"Just like me."

Thinking this way, Fan Ya picked up the test paper that suited her.

(End of this chapter)