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Chapter 595 The Death of Neo Confucianism
The first one to appear was the dean of Huazhou Donghua Academy. Donghua Academy is the most famous college among the private colleges in Huazhou.The children of all the noble families in Huazhou have to squeeze their heads to enter Donghua.However, the number of students in Donghua Academy is fixed at 300, and there are countless children from aristocratic families who have been eliminated.At the same time, it is also a sacred place in the hearts of the Washington State Scholars.

Now, the dean, who is over fifty years old, actually played in person, which shows how suppressed Donghua Academy was during Hengshan's rule of Huazhou.Scholars from all over the world couldn't help sighing when they saw the dean's look of death.

Zhang Sheng seemed to have expected it a long time ago. Watching Dean Donghua enter the stage, he immediately bowed and said, "Junior Zhang Sheng, pay my respects to Dean Fang."

Dean Fang snorted coldly, arched his hands slightly, and said directly: "This time I'm on the stage, I just ask you, why do you teach me?"

Zhang Sheng immediately straightened his body, and said in a deep voice: "The younger generation has no other, but to teach you to apply what you have learned."

"Practice knowledge and apply what you have learned." Dean Fang said with a sneer, "The sage said, self-cultivation, governing the family, governing the country and the world. As the eldest son, how can you not learn to cultivate yourself first? Teach it to the etiquette, to discern the principles of common sense?" "

"My Hengshan naturally has the way of self-cultivation, family governance, country and world peace." Zhang Sheng grinned, "However, my way of Hengshan, self-cultivation, is divided into Wenxiu and Wuxiu. Wenxiu cultivates the mind, so that it can be good and not evil , to reason, to distinguish right from wrong, and to understand morality. Wuxiu, to strengthen the body and uplift the spirit. As for the etiquette and principles mentioned by President Fang, I, Hengshan, rule the people with the law and develop with the moral. The two complement each other. The burden of rudeness and the shackles of being unruly make Hengshan as strong as it is today. President Fang lives under my rule, so don't you know that the people under Hengshan's rule all admire my law?"

Dean Fang blushed slightly, how could he not know that ordinary people in Huazhou generally supported Hengshan.But the common people are better off, but the lives of the major noble families have become very difficult.Hengshan put the rope around the gentry's neck layer by layer, and he didn't know when it would be tightened.And their college is also facing pressure from government colleges, with a constant loss of students, and Donghua College will no longer be as grand as it used to be.Even, it is always facing the merger of the government.

Ashamed to confront Zhang Sheng on the governance of the people, Dean Fang continued to ask: "If there is no principle, how can Hengshan determine the superiority and inferiority so that everyone can perform their duties? Isn't he afraid of the inferiors committing crimes and bullying the good?"

Zhang Sheng said indifferently: "My Hengshan's guidelines are not the old Confucianism's. The Three Gangs say that the emperor is the guide for the ministers. I Hengshan believes that the king is the model of the ministers. Through his wise and diligent attitude, he can influence the diligence of the ministers. Loyalty. It does not mean that regardless of whether the king is right or wrong, as a courtier, he deliberately ignores and conceals it and flatters him. The father is the guide for the son. I, Hengshan, believe that the father is the person who is admired and respected by the children. Through his words and deeds, Teach children to imitate themselves and lead them to be good. The so-called filial piety comes first, and people should honor their parents, but it is by no means that children must obey their parents' orders in everything. As for the husband is the guide for the wife, I Hengshan believes that between husband and wife, although there is priority There is no distinction between superiority and inferiority, let alone the theory of three obediences and four virtues.”

"As for what Dean Fang said, there are no three cardinal guides and five constant principles, and it seems that the world will be in chaos." Zhang Sheng took a sip of water, put the water glass back on the podium, and continued, "Dean Fang has been under my Hengshan rule for a long time, why don't you go Take a look around Hengshan. With the Three Cardinal Principles and Five Constant Principles of the old Confucianism, is there any chaos in Hengshan?"

When Dean Fang heard this, he was stunned. He also went to investigate the situation in various places in Hengshan through the merchants and even the servants he sent.The result is that the folk customs in Hengshan are simple and the families are rich. He really can't say anything to refute.

"Today's topic is a debate about whether you are qualified to be the son's husband." Dean Fang didn't dare to raise those general issues, and immediately started from the root of this debate, "Your master is the eldest son of the Duke of the country. The way of karma is extraordinary. You are young, even though you are very talented, but you are still inexperienced, how can you be the teacher of a son?"

Zhang Sheng flicked his long sleeves, and said proudly: "Although the junior is young, he has studied a lot and knows a lot about all kinds of allusions. If Dean Fang doesn't believe it, you can give it a try."

Dean Fang was overjoyed immediately, such an arrogant and ignorant boy dared to compare with him.Doesn't he know that he is a well-known Lidi bookcase in Huazhou?
So, Dean Fang asked questions unceremoniously, and asked him to answer many controversial questions in Neo Confucianism.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Sheng not only answered, but also quoted scriptures and talked eloquently.The problems that have plagued many Neo Confucianists will be clarified one by one, and the analysis will be thorough.Let everyone not only suddenly realize that, although they feel that their own cognition is biased, they can't help but be convinced.

Mr. Bian Ji in the audience was fascinated by what he heard. After listening to Zhang Sheng's words, he finally felt that there seemed to be a faint realization in his mind, and he wanted to grasp it but couldn't.But he knew that as long as he could realize it, he would be able to make a breakthrough in the attainments of Neo Confucianism.Once he breaks through, he will be ranked as a sage in the future, and it won't be far away.

As time went by, Dean Fang's expression finally changed. He was a little scared now.The young man opposite had an astonishing understanding of Neo Confucianism.Even he himself felt faintly persuaded by the other party.

When Dean Fang had nothing to say for a while, Zhang Sheng still didn't intend to let him go, and immediately asked him his own question instead.At first, Dean Fang was able to answer, but in the end, the sweat on his face grew more and more.Each of Zhang Sheng's questions was more tricky than the other. He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't answer it directly.

In the end, Dean Fang cupped his hands and bowed to Zhang Sheng with a dejected expression, "Mr. Zhang has a good opinion, Fang is convinced of the loss."

Zhang Sheng quickly put away his arrogance, and also cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Dean Fang, for your acceptance."

When Dean Fang walked off the stage, Zhang Sheng stood alone on the high stage, looked around at the crowd, and shouted: "Who else is willing to sit down and discuss with you?"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience fell silent.Most of the scholars present have been overwhelmed by Zhang Sheng's words just now.Seeing that the dean of Donghua Academy was defeated, they thought to themselves that they couldn't even compare with Dean Fang, so how dare they go forward and give it a try.

Seeing the silence of tens of thousands of people, some elders in the literary world couldn't sit still.The purpose of coming to Hengshan this time is to tame the wild horse Hengshan, instead of being kicked to the ground by the horse.

So, under the instructions of some elders, some well-known Neo Confucian masters began to appear on the stage one after another, and started to fight with Zhang Sheng.

But without exception, these Confucianists were defeated one after another, and their faces were disgraced.

Just as the heroes were holding their hands together, a thin figure suddenly stood up.

　Postscript: This is not easy to write, so I have to write nonsense, everyone will just wait and see.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)