The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 369 Talking with Wang Shouren

However, Xie Shen did not think that Wang Shouren would stay in the Ministry of Industry.

The reason is simple. His younger brother Wang Shouwen is already in charge of the Tuntian Department of the Ministry of Industry.The two brothers are in the same room, so it is inevitable to cause people to gossip.

The person in charge of selecting officials in the Ministry of Officials will not be so unreliable. In short, Wang Shouren can basically rule out the possibility of serving in the Ministry of Industry.All other temples are possible.

After all, Wang Shouren is not a lunatic like Li Zhi, he still understands things above the officialdom.This kind of person is the most suitable person to be a Beijing official.

The two chatted for a while, and Wang Shouren insisted on dragging Xie Shen to drink.

Xie Shentui will have no choice but to agree.

The two went to the most popular restaurant in the workshop, Chenxiang Building, and asked for a private room. After sitting down, they ordered a set of banquets and chatted with each other while drinking.

Talking about the time of traveling these years, Wang Shouren was full of emotion.

"Brother Yu has traveled all over the world in recent years, and he has seen a lot of things. Brother Yu believes in Zhu Zi's words about things. But Brother Yu looked at the bamboo every day when he was living in Yuyao, but he couldn't find anything. He even took people with him. I lost a lot of weight. Until one day, brother Yu suddenly realized that everything is born from the heart, and if there is nothing in the heart, everything is dust."

Xie Shen was drinking by himself and almost choked when he heard this.

Did he hear correctly, Wang Shouren started enlightenment this year when he was just 28 years old?

Enlightenment really depends on talent, the key is to have insights.Where can one realize the Tao by following what others say.

Zhu Zi is a master of his generation, but not all of what he said was correct.

If Wang Shouren had always believed in Zhu Zi's theory, he might not have the later Yangming Xinxue by using the Gewu method.

In other words, it was the denial of Zhu Zi's theory that led to the formation of Wang Shouren's theory of mind.

It's just that this happened a little too fast.

Xie Shen nodded and said: "Brother Bo'an is right, Zhu Zi's words cannot be trusted."

After speaking, he pointed to the orchid in the vase at the corner of the table and said:

"When you haven't looked at this flower, this flower and your heart will return to silence together. When you look at this flower, the color of this flower will become clear for a moment."

Xie Shen was still a little apprehensive at this moment, after all, he was using Wang Shouren's famous quote.Although Wang Shouren hadn't said this at this time, this feeling was still weird.

Wang Shouren's expression was shocked after hearing this.

He was muttering something in his mouth, and he waved his fist as if he had an epiphany for a long time and said: "Jinxiu, what you said is right. The flowers bloom and fall, all in my heart."

Xie Shen nodded and said: "Everything is caused by the heart. If the heart is as calm as still water, then everything will be silent."

Anyway, Xie Shen is also a fan of Wang Shouren, and some basic psychological theories can still be applied.

"I heard that when the Boan Brothers failed in the exam, they laughed and said, 'Everyone is ashamed of failing, but I am ashamed of being tempted'. The reason is the same."

Wang Shouren was obviously very excited, and he clenched his fists and said, "I'd like to learn that you understand me. When Brother Yu said this, everyone present laughed at Brother Yu as a way of consoling himself. Brother Yu couldn't explain it to them, so let them say it." .”

Xie Shen said indifferently: "Brother Bo'an's heart is something ordinary people can understand. They don't understand Brother Bo'an, it's good that Brother Bo'an understands himself."

Translating this sentence into a famous saying in later generations is to go your own way and let others say it.

Although it sounds a bit pretentious, it is still very appropriate in this situation.

Of course Xie Shen wouldn't say it in such plain words, it's too tasteless.

Xie Shen took a sip of wine and said: "In "University", it is said that 'knowledge is followed by determination', Zhu Zi thinks that everything has a theorem, I don't know if Brother Boan thinks it or not?"

Wang Shouren obviously hesitated.He questioned Zhu Zi's method of investigating things, but he did not give a systematic explanation.The reason is that he still can't realize the core essence.

Xie Shenlang said: "Seeking the ultimate good in everything, is beyond the meaning. The ultimate good is the essence of the heart, and it is only when the clear and bright virtue reaches the ultimate essence. However, it is not the same as leaving things."

Hearing this, Wang Shouren's eyes flashed brightly, and he seemed to have an epiphany and said: "Jinxiu means that the ultimate good is not dependent on external things, but in the heart?"

The refreshing feeling in Xie Shen's heart is simply indescribable.

In front of him is Wang Yangming, the founder of Xinxue.It is really a great blessing to discuss psychology with Wang Shouren.

"That's right. "The Book of Filial Piety·Common People's Chapter" says, 'Use the way of heaven, divide the benefits of the land, and use it sparingly to support your parents." It is both the way of heaven and the law of heaven. The heart is pure to the extreme of heaven .”

If Wang Shouren realized something: "It is the law of heaven to adopt parents, but if the world knows it and does not act, it is not the law of heaven. Is this because the heart is not pure?"

Xie Shen nodded and said: ""University" refers to true knowledge and behavior for people to read, and it says 'it's like a good sex', 'it's like a bad smell'. Seeing lust is knowledge, and lusting is behavior. I saw that lust is already self-love No, it’s not that after you see it, make up your mind to get rid of it. Smelling the stench is knowledge, and the stench is action. When you only smell the stench, you will already hate it. It’s not that you don’t make up your mind to get rid of it after smelling it. Like a person with a stuffy nose, although he sees the stench In the past, if you have never smelled it in your nose, it is not very bad. It is just that you have never known the smell. It is like saying that someone knows filial piety and someone knows his younger brother. It must be that he has practiced filial piety and acted as a younger brother. Only then can he be called knowing filial piety and younger brother. If you know how to say something about a filial brother, you can be called a filial brother. If you know pain, you must have already suffered from pain before you know the pain. If you know the cold, you must already be cold. If you know hunger, you must already be hungry. Know how to do it Can they be separated? This is the body of knowledge and action, which has never been separated by selfish intentions."

The unity of knowledge and action is the core of Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind, and Xie Shen has a deep understanding of it. This time he talked about the core of the unity of knowledge and action, which naturally moved Wang Shouren a lot.

Sure enough, Wang Shouren trembled his hands, opened and closed his lips, and heaved a long sigh of relief like an old man who had realized the Tao.

"Jinxiu's words are like enlightenment."

Uh.
Xie Shen only felt that he was playing tricks.Fortunately, Wang Shouren's theory of mind has not yet formed at this time, so it can be regarded as some inspiration for him.

The two talked about "what is the best", "understanding with all one's heart", etc., and they were very happy.

Xie Shen believes that today's conversation can advance Wang Shouren's theory of psychology by more than ten years.
In fact, Xie Shen could have written the entire "Biography of Xilu", but that would be too uninteresting.Even as it is now, many of his conversations with Wang Shouren will probably be written into the "Biography of Xilu".

After returning home from the restaurant, Xie Shen drank a cup of sober tea and went to Qianqian's house to tease his son.

Xie Shen's son is over one year old this year, and he is very lively.

As soon as Xie Shen entered the room, the little guy called out "Daddy hug."

Xie Shen directly picked up his son and lifted it up high, scaring Qianqian to say quickly: "Be careful, don't fall."

(End of this chapter)