warring states careerist

Chapter 96
Seeing that Mozi wrote such a passage, all Mohists thought about it in their hearts, and if they got something.

Looking at these words, Zao Mi Qisui suddenly thought of the matter that he was shunned by the question of "everyone has a liter of rice" when he wanted to argue with Lie Xinxi at 54 that day, and suddenly realized .

"In this way, many things cannot be argued with words? With a suitable temper, he would never argue without being sure, but his certainty comes from his understanding of the will of heaven. How can he win? Some debates Even if you win the verbal debate, if you judge right or wrong by the will of heaven, you have already lost."

After saying a word, Mozi praised: "Qisui, what you said is very right, it is like this. So I said, I have the will of heaven, just like the rules of a craftsman. But many things cannot be verified by facts, then It still needs words to prove. So if it can be verified with facts, then there is no need to argue."

"For example, when asked who is taller between Yan Ying and Zhong Ni, there is no need to argue. It seems that there is no need to argue, but in fact, what is tall? What is short? This is an unchangeable rule that has been set long ago. as the foundation."

The gentleman who seldom joked on weekdays suddenly said a joke, and everyone laughed and said nothing, thinking that this is the reason?

Yan Zi was short in stature, so when he was on an envoy to Chu State, the King of Chu dug a dog hole in the city wall, but Yan Ying said that I came to the country of dogs, not the country of humans, and everyone knew that Yan Ying was a person who didn’t care about his height. So it can be used as a joke.

Zhongni is tall, with long arms and broad shoulders. He has few opponents in driving and archery, and his nine-foot body is also famous all over the world.

Everyone thought that with Shi's understanding of Tianzhi, as long as he said a lot of things, he would be right, and if he wanted to verify it, he would definitely be able to come up with a way, but I don't know what else he knows?
Not only those Mohists are curious, but Mozi himself is also curious.

But Shi knew that what he knew was actually the most important point, and Mozi had already said one of them, which was what he said just now.

This is fishing, not fish.

No matter how many fish you have, it is meaningless if no one inherits the fishing skills.And if someone inherits the fishing skills, their own fish will not change, and one day more people will catch them by themselves.

The method is the most important, but the conclusion is secondary, especially for these Mohists who are expected to place great hopes.

Mozi's joke just now moved Shi Shi's heart.

Since Mozi said that tall and short are the established rules, aren’t straight lines, line segments, angles, and circles also defined in this way before they can be discussed?

The essence of "Mo Jing" lies in those definitions, and Mozi himself thinks in this way, which is an excellent start.

However, how to quickly spread these definitions and principles of Mohism?There must be a huge group of Mohists who pay attention to Mohism at all times, but this group needs to be cultivated slowly. I am afraid that it will not attract many people if they talk about things like "a middle school with the same length is a circle". people.

After careful consideration, Shi finally happily decided to do a document copy.

He picked up the pen and said again: "The words just now were written by the master. The words just now are not words. I have read a great article, and I will write it down today. Let's listen to it together."

After finishing speaking, he wrote the article half-copied and half-creatively that he had been thinking about since the beginning of papermaking.

"The gentleman said: It is impossible to learn."

"Blue is taken from blue, but better than blue; ice is made from water, but colder than water..."

While writing, he read aloud Xunzi's famous essay... at least the first half of it is Xunzi's famous essay.

After "A gentleman's nature is not different, good and false are more than things", this sentence was put in the back, and then Liu Bowen's "Shuohu" was used in this passage, emphasizing the four words that good and false are more than things. Discussed a lot.

There are not many that can be copied, and the second half is all messy things written by myself. The diction is really incomparable with the previous ones, but it still succeeds in distorting the theme of the famous "Encouraging Learning".

Qin Huali listened to it and recited it there. When he heard "the old wood will be straight when it is roped, and the gold will be sharpened to benefit. A gentleman who is knowledgeable and considers himself every day will know that he can do nothing wrong." He said in his heart: " The person who wrote this article should be a Confucianist, but I really can’t think of which school of Confucianism it is.”

When he heard "so if you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know the height of the sky; if you don't face a deep stream, you don't know the depth of the earth; if you don't hear the last words of the ancestors, you don't know the greatness of learning", Qin Huali no longer thinks about it. Confucianism is divided into which one of the six families, but it is closely following Shi and recites the previous text.

When it came to the sentence "Therefore, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't form rivers and seas", Qin Huali is already convinced that this article will be famous all over the world and read by thousands of people.

Long paragraphs of metaphors are completed in one go; profound truths are now common.

Qin Huaxin said, once this article is published, just a few sentences are enough to be recited in the market, not to mention the truth in it.

However, when he heard the words "good and false are better than things" which had been changed, his face suddenly changed.

It's like eating delicious grilled meat, and even this sentence is the fattest part, but after eating this bite, the food underneath immediately turns into tasteless white wax.

If it is only the second half of the discussion, it is actually at the same level as most Mohists.But with the comparison of the previous Xiongwen, it suddenly became a little difficult to swallow.

Qin Huali lost all the enthusiasm for following the recitation before, showing a bit of pity.

After reading all the words, some Mohists with a slightly lower level of education are still immersed in it, including the second half of the truth.

Those Mohists with higher educational levels and noble backgrounds all smiled and looked at them.

Mozi first praised: "The world's magnificent writing!"

Then he slandered: "Only the first half."

Mozi glanced at Qin Huali with a strange expression, and realized that Qin Huali had heard something wrong, so he asked, "Li, what do you want to say?"

Qin Huali smiled and said: "Shi, Shi, you said that you recited it silently after listening to it, but in fact you only said half of it. The first half was what you heard and recited silently. The latter...was you making it up yourself? "

"The first half is done in one go, but the second half is hard, not as smooth as water, not as smooth as fat. The reasoning is very good, and it is in line with the principles of my Mohism, but the diction is really not beautiful. If it is spread, everyone will only recite the first half. Do not recite the second half."

Shi also never said that he thought of it himself, so he quickly smiled and said: "I feel it myself, so I have to ask someone to modify it. The first half was obtained by Mr. Tang Han occasionally. It was not written by him, but by a Bank of China. It was written under the names of the descendants of the clan."

Xunzi is said to be a descendant of the Zhonghang clan. The Zhonghang clan had been defeated by Han, Zhao and Wei. It is normal to flee to various places and hide their names.

"The second half... is indeed made up by myself. Gentlemen are not different, and they are good at things and fakes. I use this to expand, hoping that everyone can learn some knowledge that can be borrowed from things and benefit others. So, the power of the tiger It is as good as human beings, it is not common for tigers to eat people, and tigers with skins often sleep..."

He explained a bit, and everyone showed a clear look on their faces.

It's not that he doesn't want to copy, or that he thinks his level can be higher than Xunzi's.

But in the second half, he really couldn't copy it, and it was impossible to spread Mohist's thoughts after copying it out.

Although Xunzi taught two Legalists, Han Feizi and Li Si, he belonged to Confucianism after all, and the second half of his discussion is generally based on Confucianism.

Anyone can use the first half, but the second half is an ideological dispute, and Mohists cannot use it.

When the original text comes to "where should learning start", Xunzi said that learning should start from "Shangshu", "Lijing", "Yuejing" and so on. .

Then start from here to develop issues such as respecting teachers and observing etiquette.

Appropriately, the second half of the article, which was originally described in the previous article, focuses on how important it is to learn the knowledge of "being good at things and being good at things". Starting from the bottom of the common people, farmers, businessmen, etc., I illustrate the reasons for learning these things one by one. benefit.

In fact, the same is true of the original article, which started from persuading learning and ended with persuading "what to learn".

It's just that what I learned was changed by Shi Shi, and the changes were not aesthetically pleasing, Shi also only copied the first half of what I recited in school.

People of Qin Huali's background heard it, and naturally it was easy to hear that this article could not have been written by a single person.

The first half is like gold and jade, and the second half is like grass.

The difference between Wei and Wei is so obvious, but most Mohists pay more attention to the grassy second half.

This is the era.

Taking out the era when a hundred schools of thought contended and wrote books, the first half was enough to move the world.

But in the era of contention among various schools, the second half is the key point.

The same is true of Xunzi's original text, so after the era, the first half is still extolled from ancient times. Learn the second half.

Qin Huali said: "If the second half of the essay is slightly modified, it can still be regarded as a good article. It's just that it doesn't match the previous Xiongqi. I can't write such a magnificent essay."

He glanced at Mozi and said, "Sir, this article is very good. The first half of the article will surely be praised to the world, and the second half of the truth can also be remembered, which is very useful for spreading the meaning of Mozi. Please also Please correct it yourself, Mr.

Mozi thought the same way, and said with a smile: "It's suitable to be a secretary, but I don't think that a giant like me will do what a secretary should do now. I really believe it now, and what you said before is as good as my heart. You learn things like that from other people.”

"I thought you were just being humble, but it turns out that you don't lie... Hahaha, only the second half of the article shows it."

All the Mohists laughed, and laughed appropriately, thinking that from the point of view of diction alone, I'm afraid that the word dog's tail and continued ermine will tarnish "Encouraging Learning".

But in this era when a hundred schools of thought are about to contend, the second half is the most important.

Shi Xin thought, if Mozi revised it himself, although it is still not as good as the original, it must be better to read than the ones he wrote.

Thinking of this, Shi Bian said: "Mr., if the modification is completed, it can be spread all over the world. For example, when digging a trap, you always need to put some food in the trap to lure the beast you want to capture. This article can be used as a way to spread the meaning of Mohists." bait."

"Sir, half a year ago, I said that I would set up wheat flour shops and wine restaurants run by Mozhe in major cities. I was actually preparing for this day."

"People in the big cities may not all know Mozhe, but because of wheat flour, bean food, spirits, etc., you can hear the name of Mozhe first."

"Then spread the righteousness on the grass and silk, and send an Mohist to hold the grass and silk, and read these articles in the food shop, so that more people will spread the praises of the Mohist. If there are more praises, some people will want to know: the righteousness of the Mohist, what is it?"

"If you want to know, you can know. The more people who know, the more Mohist will be, and the righteousness of Mohist will spread to the world."

"It is not necessary to give lectures at the beginning, but to tell some articles, stories, and rumors that everyone likes at the beginning, and use the benefits of grass and silk to make people in the market tasteless if they don't hear ink for a month. Wait until they know the taste , and then preach morality."

"Originally there was no such opportunity, but now the opportunity has come. Borrow food and wine shops, write in grass and silk, and send one or two ink writers to deliver it from time to time."

"They may not be willing to listen directly to the truth of Mohists, but first use such articles, anecdotes, geography, astronomy and other academics to attract them. This is incomparable to us. In these anecdotes, quietly mixed with ink According to the author, we have grass and silk, and no other family can compare to us."

"Other schools can only rely on teacher and apprentice to teach righteousness, but Mohists have sentence reading punctuation, cursive script meaning, debate skills, and eight pens. No misunderstanding."

(End of this chapter)