Self-struggle starting from Douluo

The old man just gave a simple account, but Qinghuan could hear the bloody storm behind it.

This is a critical time node for the transformation of the ordinary world into the extraordinary world, a transition period!

In the future, this world will be ruled by strength, with extraordinary people supreme. It will still be able to maintain basic order and emphasize laws and virtues... It will just be a transition period.

The world is changing, the environment is changing, the order is changing, and people's hearts are also changing.

Seeing Qing Huan pondering, the old master interrupted him and said, "These things have nothing to do with you for now. The most important thing for you now is to study!"

Is learning useful?
Qing Huan did not ask such a question. The old master had already used his own example to illustrate. After pondering for a moment, Qing Huan asked, "Teacher, you are also a transcendent, right?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Qing Huan was stunned: "But teacher, your ability of "foresight"..."

The old man smiled and said, “After the changes in the world, I did not gain any powerful strength, nor could I kill someone with one punch, but I suddenly gained a new understanding of the Confucian knowledge I had learned in the past.

As for whether this understanding is the result of long-term accumulation or the extraordinary power brought about by mutation, I don’t know.

I taught at the Imperial Academy and had several students, but they all…"

The old man did not say anything further, but Qinghuan also understood that Confucian self-cultivation depends entirely on self-awareness and willpower.

He himself had never been exposed to information from the outside world, and just because of today's tests, he was almost distracted, let alone others?

This is also the reason why the old man has been blocking all outside information from Qinghuan.

"As for the ability of 'foresight' that you mentioned..."

The old man smiled and said, "You have also learned it, why don't you guess?"

"I have learned it?"

Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, then frowned and began to think hard.

Qinghuan learned a lot in these six years, but there was only one thing that the old master personally taught him to study, and that was the forty-nine chapters of "The Book of Rites".

The room fell silent.

After a long while, Qing Huan finally spoke, "The Book of Rites, Doctrine of the Mean says: The way of utmost sincerity can predict the future. When a country is about to prosper, there will be auspicious signs; when a country is about to perish, there will be evil. It can be seen in the yarrow and tortoise shells, and moved in the four limbs. When disaster or blessing is about to come, good things will be known in advance; bad things will be known in advance..."

“…So the most sincere is like God.”

The old master took over and said the last sentence, "I have always asked you to be "honest and sincere" so that you can reach the state of "utmost sincerity"!
If a person can reach the state of utmost sincerity, he can reach the highest state of "harmony between heaven and man" as described in the Book of Shang, where man and heaven are one. Once one enters the mysterious state of unity with heaven, one can observe all things with extraordinary wisdom and predict the future development trend of things... This is what you call "foreknowledge"! "

Qing Huan was still thinking, when suddenly his eyes lit up and he blurted out, "What happened to Old Man Liu?"

The old man smiled, very pleased, and said: "Old Liu picked a ten-year-old ginseng from the mountain. He planned to keep it secretly and sell it, but he was worried."

Qing Huan laughed and said, "That's why Old Man Liu sent his wife to see the teacher's reaction... Isn't this what "a gentleman is open and honest, while a villain is always worried and worried" means?"

Ten years of ginseng could be worth at most ten taels of silver, and the old man had already prescribed the forest to the villagers. If Old Man Liu picked any ginseng, it would naturally belong to him.

As a result, he was worried about this and that, and he couldn't sleep well.

"Only sincerity in the world can fulfill its nature; if it can fulfill its nature, it can fulfill the nature of human beings; if it can fulfill the nature of human beings, it can fulfill the nature of things; if it can fulfill the nature of things, it can praise the transformation and education of heaven and earth; it can If you praise the transformation and upbringing of heaven and earth, you can join in with heaven and earth."

The old man sighed, "Only the most holy man in the world can be wise and insightful...to see one's true nature!"

Qinghuan also sighed: "It seems that the teacher only predicted the actions of Old Man Liu and his wife, but behind this is a comprehensive understanding of all the changes in Shanghe Village and the thoughts of all the villagers. He knows them very well..." Otherwise, why didn't anyone else pass by the gate before Old Man Liu and his wife?

The old man smiled and said, "The human mind is full of knowledge, and everything in the world has its own principles. As long as we understand the principles of all things, we can naturally deduce the development dynamics of all things."

Qing Huan was shocked and said, "One truth in this world is enough to exhaust one's whole life..."

The old man nodded and said, "That is why Confucianism requires "to be well-educated, to inquire carefully, to think carefully, to discern clearly, and to practice faithfully." The core of Confucianism is "learning." If one is sincere and upright enough, one can learn quickly, deeply, widely, and precisely enough..."

Qing Huan bowed solemnly and said, "I understand, Teacher. I will keep what you said tonight in my heart and think about it later. I will not be distracted right now!"

"So good!"

The old master nodded with satisfaction and said, "Now that we have talked, I might as well test you. If you were me, what would you do?"

Qing Huan thought for a moment and said, "The general trend is irreversible. If the Way of Heaven is to change, we must naturally follow the Way of Heaven. However... water has no fixed shape and must be framed by etiquette. Even if the Way of Heaven is to change, it must change within the scope of "etiquette"!

This is what it means that man can conquer nature... but the emperor was scared. "

Therefore, for those extraordinary people, the old man will subdue those who can be subdued, get along with those who can be coexisted with, and kill those who act recklessly directly.

Instead of treating all extraordinary people as enemies, we also don't demand perfection from them.

The old master said with a smile: "Don't you think that your loyalty is foolish?"

"Zhong?"

Qing Huan blinked, smiled, and said, "I remember the first time the teacher tested me, he used the Analects of Confucius. Learning... Confucians are always loyal to their own ambitions!"

In the Confucian concept, Gongyang Ru believed that "the Son of Heaven is a title" and the emperor is just a title.

Meng Ru even stated directly that if the emperor is incompetent, he will be regarded as an "enemy". If he is capable, he will be replaced; if he is not capable, he will be abandoned!
So the old man was blindly loyal to the emperor? If he wasn’t loyal at all, how could he be blindly loyal!
The old man smiled and said, "Then why do you think I obeyed the emperor's order and left when he expelled me from the court?"

The old man can trap and kill extraordinary people, and extraordinary people can kill the emperor at will...which means that if the old man wants, he can sit on the throne at any time.

Qing Huan thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "Maybe... the timing is wrong?"

"Ha ha……"

The old man laughed out loud, his laughter was full of relief, and said, "I didn't expect that everyone in the world could not beat a young man! That's right, the timing is wrong!

In the hearts of the people all over the world, imperial power is still supreme. This concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The extraordinary people just broke this fog.

People's hearts are fickle, and it will take time for the imperial power to fall completely...

The building is about to collapse. Although I can patch it up and hold it together, since the building is about to fall down, it is better to break it down and then stand up again!
As a teacher, I don't have this opportunity. On the contrary, if you can learn something, it's your time!"

Qing Huan said shyly: "Teacher, didn't you say that the second time my ambition was to follow my heart?"

The old master slapped his forehead and said with a smile: "Right, right, right, I am confused. Governing the country and pacifying the world is my ambition. It has nothing to do with you."

Qing Huan bowed and thanked him. After thinking for a while, he asked curiously, "Teacher, when that man broke into the palace, how did you persuade him to stop?"

The old man smiled and said, “I asked him if he was ready to be the emperor and rule the world, and he said he didn’t want to be the emperor.

I told him that if the emperor died in his hands, no one would dare to sit on the throne before killing him. The end result would be the rise of many heroes, separatist regimes, frequent wars, and the world would return to chaos!
He thought what I said made sense and left. ”

Qing Huan raised her eyebrows and said, "This person is kind-hearted." (End of this chapter)