warring states careerist

chapter 139
Mencius has not yet become a talent, Jixia Academy has not yet been established, the theory of the five elements and five virtues has not yet merged, and Mo Di has not died yet.

At this time, Confucianism and Mohism were fighting, and the Mohism had an overall advantage, and they basically won all the spats with the Confucian scholars.

When Mo Di debated with Cheng Zi, Gong Mencius and other Confucian scholars, Gao Zi had not yet joined the Mohist School, but he must have heard those stories.

Hearing what Mozi said, Gaozi felt a little puzzled, and asked, "I don't understand what you say, sir. Do you think that if you are suitable for this person, you can argue with Confucian scholars and win? If you think so, then I was also able to argue with Confucian scholars and win. So I am not inappropriate."

Mozi shook his head with a smile and said, "Say, you can win a debate against a Confucian scholar. But can you win a debate against a farmer beside the ridge of the field?"

Gaozi's face changed, and he felt that Mozi was insulting himself, and said seriously: "Sir, I can't accept what you said. The farmers beside the field are dull, arguing with them is like a swan flying high in the sky and a cicada on a tree." It’s the same as who can fly higher. When you say this, it doesn’t make the swan proud, but it will make the swan feel insulted. Shouldn’t the swan fly higher than the falcon?”

Mozi looked up to the sky and laughed for a long time before he stopped laughing and said: "The swan does not fly to the height of the trees, it is not because it cannot fly, but because it does not want to fly. The cicada cannot but fly enough to bathe in the clouds, it is not because it does not want to fly, It's that it can't fly."

"Gao, you should think carefully about what I said when Chengzi and Gongmengzi argued with me. If you still can't understand, then you can't be considered smart."

Gao Zi saw that Mo Zi was speaking very solemnly, he lowered his head and pondered, recalling the debate he had heard countless times, and also recalling the characters of those who argued with Mo Zi, he gradually got a taste of it.

Gongmengzi likes to use metaphors and stories to tell truths, while Cheng Zi doesn't like to tell stories as metaphors, but likes to overwhelm the opponent with overwhelming comparisons.

Gong Mencius is a slightly lower-level person than Cheng Zi, and has a little street style; Cheng Zi is a gentleman who is a gentleman, attaches great importance to integrity and self-control.

Before Gong Mencius came to debate, he first sighed with emotion that Mozi lived too hard, running around every day.

Mozi said: People nowadays like to pursue beautiful women; even if beautiful women do not go out, those who pursue them will smash the door when they are at home.People nowadays don't like to pursue righteousness and kindness, so righteousness and kindness cannot be obtained at home and waited for by others, but need to go out and spread it.Righteousness and kindness are not beautiful women, but ugly women.

There are only two ways to solve the problem, either let the world change their views on beauty and ugliness, and the ugly women will become beautiful women, just sit at home and wait for others to ask for it; or do not change the world's views on beauty and ugliness, and the ugly women will become Go out on your own to pursue others.

After hearing this, Cheng Zi, who came with Gong Mencius, felt that Mo Zi's words were vulgar, likening a market.He mocked Mozi's words for being too mundane, and he couldn't imitate the righteousness and truth that the kings and sages said.

Mozi immediately became angry, and he was no longer vulgar, and directly sprayed the four principles of Confucian scholars to disrupt the world, using Cheng Zi's favorite sentence pattern of parallelism, Cheng Zi's face was ashamed, and he got up and left.

As soon as Cheng Zi got up, he was scolded by Mo Zi, and he knelt on the ground again and said helplessly: You are slandering Confucianism, I can't talk to you anymore.

But Mozi said: If there is no such thing, I say it is called slander.If there is, I say it, it's just a statement of fact.

Cheng Zi was speechless, and said that Mozi's speech was not consistent, that he was both vulgar and lecture, and that he was both a marketer and a sage-king, which is ridiculous.

Mozi, however, thought that being able to answer with common words, which was reasonable, showed the man's sensitivity.If the other party argues with stern words, I must also respond to the enemy with stern words, and if the other party speaks slowly to give way, I must also speak slowly.If the words of entertainment in ordinary times must be reasonable, it would be like holding up the shaft of a chariot to knock moths.

In other words, it is necessary to use different languages ​​to explain the truth to people of different levels.

At this moment, Mozi told Gaozi that he was still thinking, and he was still happy to see that he had shown some enlightenment on his face.

At his age, towards people like Gao Zi, he is no longer as angry as when he was young and vigorous. What he wants to do is to find out more about this person's strengths and find ways to guide him on the road of righteousness.

Among the Mohists, there are not a few people who speculate and want to become an official, at least the initial purpose is that there are not a few people.

But Mozi believes that people can be changed, and he can persuade these people to change.

And Shi belongs to the idea that these people can be educated, but still find a way to make them do righteousness, satisfy their own desires, and have enough constraints at the same time - he knows that there are too few idealists in the world, and a large number of opportunists are needed Among them, otherwise nothing can be done, and it is easy to become a weird ascetic society.

Surrounded by silence, most of the disciples sitting on the left and right have understood Mozi's truth, and also understood why Mozi chose to recommend Shi to become the No.1 Xuanyi radical.

But Mozi didn't speak immediately, he just waited quietly until Gaozi finally nodded his head before speaking.

"Ask, you can argue with Confucian scholars and win. This is something I believe in. However, when you talk to farmers in the fields and market craftsmen, you are just as reasonable as you are arguing with Confucian scholars. It's not that what you say is wrong, but Others may not understand what you say."

"Aren't reasoning and righteousness meant to be understood by others? Doing righteousness is for the benefit of the world, and suffering is also for the benefit of the world. But if suffering is the purpose, then it is wrong."

"You reasoned with the farmer on the ridge of the field, and you used the words of arguing with Confucian scholars. Isn't that exactly what I said, "Shooting moths with a lotus shaft". You are holding up the shaft pole to slap moths, which may not be as good as slapping moths with a reed broom." The woman of the moth. Are you lifting the shaft or slapping the moth? Are you inferior to a woman? No, it’s just that you are not good at pretending.”

Mozi naturally used the words in "Encouraging Learning", which divided the situation of being unfavorable and fake into many kinds, and once said that what Mozi said, such as "the lotus shaft strikes moths", also belongs to Not good at fake things.

Gao Zi bowed his head and remained silent.

Mozi felt that after explaining the truth, for a person like Gao Zi, he needs to be properly made aware of his own level, so as not to be too arrogant and arrogant, and he needs to properly dampen this person's confidence.

Seriously said: "Besides, 54 has to do the debate with Confucian scholars, Yang Zhu, Lie Yukou and others. Do you think you are better than 54 in this matter?"

Debate 54 is the first mouthpiece of the Mohists after the death of those eloquent disciples under the giants. Gaozi has always admired it. Hearing what Mozi said, there is no anger in his heart, only admiration and self-knowledge.

As Mozi said, if there is no, it is insulting and slandering, and if there is, it is just stating the facts.

After a while, Gao Zi knelt down and bowed his head to salute, "I understand what you said, sir. From this point of view, Shi is indeed more suitable than me to be the radical of the Xuanyi Department."

Mozi nodded in relief, told Gaozi to stand up, and said to the disciple sitting next to him: "I once said that people are nothing more than old and young, high and low, and they are all ministers of heaven. Those who are capable will be promoted, and those who are incompetent will be exempted. Although Shi is young, but There is nothing to doubt about being competent for such a role.”

"Giving him a position and power is not to reward him, but to let him get things done. This is what I always think of as an official. The purpose is to benefit the world and get things done. If you will As a reward, you are not real Mohists."

All the disciples saluted and said: "Sir, we have written down the words. We also think that we are competent for the affairs of the Xuanyi Department, and the power he has is what he should be."

Gao Zi, who was already convinced, once again felt a tinge of passion and jealousy when he heard the word "power".

Because the power of the Propaganda Department seems to be a bit large.

With the appearance of the grass and silk, the few majestic essays promoting the righteousness of the Mohists have spread to the capitals of various countries, and they have spread rapidly with the help of shops and artisan associations that were established there a year ago.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Xuanyi Department, four subordinate bureaucratic departments were established.

They are called traffic officials, agricultural officials, craftsmen officials, and school student officials.

The word traffic is not taken from the meaning of traffic that Shi is most familiar with, but from the "Book of Changes, Tai Gua": Heaven and Earth communicate and all things communicate, and up and down communicate with each other.

Two words can be derived from this hexagram: traffic and comrades.

The communication here means the connection between the heaven and the earth, the connection between the countries, the unity of the upper and lower levels, and the unity of one's aspirations.

Traffic officials are established in the capital cities of various countries, relying on artisan associations, shops, and sales departments of novelties to carry out activities in various countries.

In each capital city, the meaning of the Mohist was communicated extensively, and many theories produced in Peiyi were spread.At the same time, it is necessary to develop some secret Mohists, but the ultimate responsibility for this matter is the book secretary, but it is suitable for both positions, which can be used to full play.

The two departments of agricultural officials and craftsmen and officials are exactly the original meaning.One is for farmers and the other is for artisans.

The school student officials are completely in charge of the ideological work of the Peiguo Township School, instilling some ideas from an early age, so that those children who have grown up in the township school believe in the meaning of Mohism, such as equality for everyone.

If it is actually counted, the department under the jurisdiction of Bian 54 can be merged into the Xuanyi Department and become a special subordinate official, responsible for exchanges with nobles and various schools of thought.

But the Mohists took the upper-level route at the beginning. Even if they tried to change it, the idea of ​​the upper-level route was deeply ingrained. Therefore, the debate 54 is a special department that is responsible for theoretical propaganda and debate.

From Gao Zi's point of view, the propaganda of craftsmen and peasants was just that.He's not good at it, and he doesn't find it meaningful.

However, the subordinate department of traffic officials made Gao Zi envious.

Much of the Mohist’s income comes from the big cities and towns of other states, and the Mohist organizations there basically only have two or three departments to deal with the most, and it is obvious that the Xuanyi Department will have the most dealings in the future.

Therefore, this is a great power facing the world, and farmers and craftsmen are only in Pei County.What's more, some positions in Peixian County are only in one county, which is much worse than that of the traffic officials in the subordinate departments of the Xuanyi Department, which are spread all over the world.

Moreover, the amount of money needed every year is quite a lot, and the amount of gold that the Propaganda Department can spend is also extremely large, so much that it makes Shi Jiatun look ashamed.

Gao Zi was naturally jealous.

It's just that he doesn't know that what he is jealous of is not what Shi Suo cares about the most, is the most contented, and is the most gratifying thing.

In Shi’s view, he got what he wanted most before Mozi’s death: the right to interpret ideology.

In today's words, it is the right to interpret issues such as the will of heaven, righteousness, benefiting the world, the world, legal rights, benevolence and righteousness, benefiting justice, epistemology, and so on.

For the Mohists, who are synonymous from top to bottom, this is the most important thing.

Mozi is alive, this position seems to be meaningless, it seems to be just a mouthpiece.

However, once Mo Zi passed away, the meaning would instantly increase several times.

　Mozi's metaphor of a beautiful woman...is not a fabrication. "In today's chaotic world, there are many people who seek beauties. Although beauties do not come out, many people seek them." The beauties here should be beauties.

　　The content in "Mo Jing" is seriously differentiated. Half of it is constructed from dialects, colloquial languages, and unambiguous "love", "hate", and "beauty", which seem to be modern words; It takes a long time to ponder over the translation of "theorems", "formulas", and "definitions", which are even more awkward. Textbooks of physics, engineering, mechanics, etc.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)