warring states careerist

Chapter 721
However, no one listened to him.

And now that he stood up and didn't want Gao Zi to win this debate, but was scolded by his colleagues as a defector and a villain, what could he do?
Just a long sigh.

Gaozi avoids the question, and leads the question from whether equality is the will of heaven to the question of "do the people want to be equal?" The answer cannot be the two of them, but the thousands of people in the world.

Then what are you arguing about?
In terms of seditiousness at the bottom, the Confucian scholars understand that they are no match for the Mohists. Their advantage is lobbying the king to maintain it for generations to come.

This is to attack the enemy's strengths with one's own weaknesses, and the victory or defeat has already been lost when these people decide to come to Sishang to argue.

All the theories of schools of thought have made considerable progress compared to 20 years ago, and the direction of Confucian innovation has been occupied: there is Mohism when it comes to benefiting the world, there is farmerism when it comes to the interests of small farmers who emphasize agriculture over business, and there is Taoism when it comes to the law of nature and the naturalization of all people. , On Fufu treasury, there is the Guanzi school, on the reform of strengthening the army, there are Rebellion, Wu Qi, and Xihe schools...

There is no other way for Confucianism to go but to go back to the old.

This Confucian scholar understands the horror of this situation all too well: whoever shouts the most retro is the real Confucian scholar, and morality will only become more conservative and retro, and he dare not take a step forward, otherwise he will be heresy.

But if things go on like this, Confucianism can only lead to a dead end.

Unless there is a change, under the concept of "self-denial and return to rituals", it will become "self-denial and new rituals", with the core unchanged, waiting for the future, so as to adapt to the new era and waiting for a certain day in the future.

However... now under the atmosphere of "every school of theory is developing and perfecting, and whoever is the most conservative is the true Confucian", he has to bear the spurning of his fellow sects, the insults of his fellow sects, and the possibility of being expelled from Confucianism.

Do I really want to leave the current Confucianism like those philosophers, and form a school of my own?

Hearing the insults from fellow students next to his ears one after another, the Confucian scholar smiled wryly in his heart.

When the scolding was raucous again, the Confucian scholar finally chose not to argue with Gao Zi, but turned his head and laughed non-stop at his original fellow disciple.

With his smile, everyone below was stunned.

The Confucian scholar shouted with all his strength: "Bastard! Insufficiency and strategy! You are all useless, and the teaching of the Master will be destroyed in your hands!"

"In the past, when arguing, it was relying on tongue and chasing in the palace, hoping that one's theory would be used by the king."

"Now Sishang's theory does not hope to be used by the king at all. They are for the people to hear. They already have [-] troops and thousands of miles of land. They don't need to compete in the palace anymore!"

"Times have changed!"

"You talk to the king, but you want to convince the people? Isn't it ridiculous? You don't know how Confucianism can be practiced in the world, so what's the point of telling the people?"

"Continue to argue, and sooner or later the Master's study will be destroyed in your hands!"

"Confucianism cannot be changed into a dead school that is not changeable. It must change with the times, but maintain the core that can be used by the king. Only in this way can Confucianism be prosperous. You people shouted hardest, calling me a traitor, But you idiots are the culprits who ruined Master's study!"

After scolding his fellow disciples, the Confucian scholar showed his madness, and then pointed to those who praised Gao Zi's words of Taoism and Yang Zhu School just now, and cursed madly.

"You people of the Yang Zhu School are just as stupid."

"You want everyone not to lose anything, and everyone to benefit the world, but your righteousness is too expensive to join the army. Who do you think your theory can be adopted by?"

"You people can only study on your own, but you want to be born and participate in the world's struggles. It's ridiculous."

"The Mohists can confuse businessmen and peasants, but you can only confuse those who have some property but are afraid of being taken away by the king. The king will not use your righteousness, and farmers will not use your righteousness. What is the use of your birth? "

"You don't understand at all. How many people are there who are qualified to hope that everyone will not lose a cent?"

"According to your decision, the peasants in the fief cannot take a penny from the nobles of the feudal lord. Do you think they will listen to you? What the Mo family wants to do is to disrupt the world; what about you? You can only follow the Mo family and wave the flag. After they divided the land, are you qualified to say that no one loses a penny, and everyone benefits the world, or else no one loses a penny, what a loss?"

"You should hide, cultivate your body and mind, keep your integrity, and stand up after the Mohist family has messed up the world!"

After scolding Yang Zhu's disciples, the Confucian scholar still didn't stop, and pointed his fingers at the Taoist disciples who had praised "Zihua" just now, and also cursed: "It's not that you Chen Cai's Taoist sect doesn't know people. Your desires will cause chaos in the world, but you dare not admit it."

"It is said that all things are self-transformation, and all things are self-transformation. But they also talk about the rule of a sage, emptying his heart and strengthening his belly. Weakening his mind and strengthening his bones, often making the people ignorant and desireless."

"You also know that if everything turns itself, the weak must be preyed on by the strong, but you can't solve it, so you can only say that you want to return to the rule of a small country and few people, so that the people will be ignorant and desireless, so that the world can be ruled!"

"I just ask you, is the desire of the people's heart the human heart? Are humans the myriad things? Is the desire of the human heart the property of a human being? Self-transformation and self-transformation, even human desires are not considered human nature, so what is self-transformation?"

"You want people to be pure and ascetic, to be true to one's nature, not to be burdened by external things, to be satisfied, and not to pursue more. What is the difference between that and our self-denial and restoration of propriety?"

"If everyone can keep their true nature and not be burdened by external things; then everyone can restrain themselves and restore rituals, so why can't they do it?"

"If it really conforms to the self-transformation of all things, is human desire within the scope of self-transformation? Don't you see the root of the chaos in the world? Your way is reasonable, but your solution to this troubled world is not the same as What's the difference between us?"

After scolding Chen Cai's Taoist school, the Confucian scholar turned to Gao Zi again and cursed: "You Mohists are the same!"

"Human nature and human nature! You are clamoring that human nature is a need, so that you can disrupt the world, incite the people, and make everyone seek profit. You also say that it is beneficial to the unity of the world and yourself, so that the stupid people of the world are bewitched by you."

"The needs of human nature are endless, what is the difference between you and us?"

"The Yang Zhu school understands that people's needs are endless, so they need to cultivate their minds so that they will not have more desires after they are satisfied."

"Chen Cai Taoists understand that people's needs are endless, so they want to return to the world of small countries and few people, so that people's needs will change due to material conditions, so that there will no longer be so many needs at this time."

"We understand that people's needs are endless, so we have to restrain ourselves and return to the rituals, so that everyone abides by the rituals, and we have a hierarchical system, so that we can agree on what kind of people can have what kind of desires."

"What about you? You are even more ridiculous!"

"Your way to solve the endless desires of people is to tell the people in the world that there is no need to be afraid, and the need is not afraid of continuous improvement, and everyone's needs are not afraid of continuous improvement. As long as you master the principles of the will of heaven and use them for others, you will be able to produce more. more grain, more cloth produced..."

"Do you really think that this kind of improvement is endless and can keep up with human desires? Do you really think that one day in the future, the world will be able to produce a thousand catties of grain per mu, and one person can produce a large piece of cloth in a day? Really at that time, People's desires will also increase, when you are hungry, you will think about eating full, when you are full, you will think about eating well, and after eating, you will think about delicacies... Infinite, your paradise will never end!"

"The world is going as you do, it will always be moving forward, and there will never be a day when it stops!"

"The future you give will be endless. The whole world will be extremely exhausted. They are all seeking profit, learning from those villains, and learning from those who have learned from farming. Such a world, don't worry about it!"

"In a world like yours, people will never know why people are human, and they will never know what their nature is other than needs, because everyone in this world is satisfying their own needs from beginning to end. Will stop! Such a person is no different from a beast!"

After scolding almost all the schools loudly, the Confucian scholar looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Master has passed away, no one can say that I am not a Confucian scholar!"

"I said yes, I am! Only I can truly revive the study of the Master, and make it possible for the study of the Master to be practiced in the world in the future!"

"Because I know the basics of Master's study, I know the relationship between hierarchy and people's desires, and I also know that a gentleman should consider for the superior and should not think about arguing with the slut, and etiquette is not for the subordinates to listen to." .”

"You insult me ​​today, but one day Confucian scholars will worship me and sacrifice me."

After laughing, the Confucian scholar pointed to Gao Zi and said, "I came up with the idea that human nature is inherently good."

"If these theories of yours are really practiced in the world in the future, my theories will naturally be useless."

"But you are going against the rulers of the world. If you fail, your theories will be burned, and those who believe in your theories will be killed."

"The inherent goodness of human nature is to leave a seed for the Xia of Kyushu. When one day you are destroyed, the rulers and princes will always need this kindness to persuade them, at least to make them be kinder to the people. Whether it is true or false , at least not too cruel."

"If you are all dead, there is still my theory that can make the world less miserable."

After laughing out loud, the Confucian scholar walked down madly, facing those hostile eyes, turning a blind eye, as if those opponents were nothing worth mentioning, and those resentful eyes were just a manifestation of jealousy.

Pointing the country and judging hundreds of schools, I seem to have stood on the top of Mount Tai, and the spirit of the small world is filling my heart.

However, after only two steps, there was a shout from the side.

"Kill this traitor!"

"You are the idiot who doesn't understand the teachings of the Master at all!"

"If the details of etiquette can be changed, what kind of Confucian scholars are they?"

"You are not a Confucian scholar at all!"

"Go to hell! Traitor!"

The Confucian scholars who had just been insulted rushed forward, with the anger of being scorned and the hatred for the betrayer, the man was immediately submerged in endless fists and kicks.

When the soldiers who maintained order pulled away the Confucian scholars, the mad student who vowed to develop Confucianism was already dead.

Facing the dead body, the crowd was not chaotic at all. In troubled times, dead people are seen a lot.

An old man among the Confucian scholars looked at the disciples who defended the orthodoxy, took a deep breath, and felt very disappointed.

"A hundred schools of thought contend, chaos and righteousness run rampant, and we must distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. We have no other way to go, except for self-restraint and restoration of rituals, and keeping the etiquette unchanged. Confucian students must restrain themselves and return to rituals, rituals and laws cannot be messed up, and cannot be changed. Those who want to change are not Confucian students!"

Boom... Those Confucian scholars immediately burst into cheers. School disputes can be tolerated, but if self-denial and restoration of rituals are not the ultimate ideal, then what kind of Confucian scholars are they?Whether you form your own school or join others, in the end... you are no longer a Confucian scholar.

Only the winners are qualified to be inclusive and have a broad mind.

In this chaotic world, where the king needs a rich country and strong soldiers, and the people need land and wealth, it is difficult for them to be victors, so they can only choose the most conservative path.

They have found a correct way for "Confucianism" in the "hundred schools of thought" contention. Only the purest restoration can prevent it from being assimilated by other schools in this troubled time when the theories of the hundred schools are constantly developing, so that they can be clearly distinguished.

However, their "Confucianism" has come to a dead end.

(End of this chapter)