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Chapter 531 New Explanation of Confucian Characters
Yang Reform's new interpretation of Confucian characters shocked the jaws of the people in Yilun Hall. The emperor's words were too harsh, completely overturning the various annotations of Confucianism in the past.

Yang Reform was quite leisurely, he was still smiling, and he didn't feel at all how strange his remarks were.

"Students dare to ask Your Majesty, since His Majesty interprets Confucianism as the word Rennei, and believes that Rennei is the true meaning of Confucianism, then what is Rennei? Why does it represent Confucianism? Can Your Majesty explain it in detail?" While everyone was still shocked, Huang Zongxi, however, was filled with joy when he heard it. He always felt that a certain window had been opened for him in the dark, as if he had understood something, so he immediately asked, regardless of whether the object of his question was the emperor.

The people in Yiluntang were surprised again, and looked at Huang Zongxi with surprised eyes one by one, what happened to this world, the emperor went crazy, even this Huang Zongxi also went crazy, this world is too crazy.

"Hehe, good question. I interpret Confucian characters based on the needs of people. I have learned from my own experience. I think that the ideals pursued by saints should be dedicated to solving human needs. These needs are either gifted by nature or for the sake of Inheriting civilization and so on is different..."

"... I just said that a person is born with a gift from heaven. Let's see if it is in line with the ideals of a saint..." Yang Reform laughed.

Everyone looked at the emperor in horror, but Huang Zongxi's face was filled with joy, and his eyes lit up. A certain idea that had always been in his mind began to sprout and grow rapidly.

"... You can pinch your nose with your left hand, and then cover your mouth with your right hand. You will naturally understand what is human need, and you will naturally understand what is a gift from nature. The most important need in life..." Yang Reform said.

The emperor said to pinch his nose with his left hand, and the people in Yilun Hall pinched their noses immediately; the emperor said to cover their mouths with their right hands, and the people in Yilun Hall immediately covered their mouths...

In this weird situation, even the guards in charge of the emperor's safety couldn't help laughing, for nothing but because of the people in the Yilun hall, everyone was blushing and their necks were thick, and some of them almost fainted.

As everyone held their breath longer and longer, the guards finally couldn't help laughing out loud.The tense atmosphere in Yilun Hall was suffocated by this funny moment, and the suffocation disappeared.

Yang Reform also made the guards laugh, his self-restraint has been broken, there is no way, seeing so many scenes where his nose and mouth are blocked, and his eyes are almost suffocated, it is difficult not to laugh.

"...Okay, okay, let's put it down, everyone..." Amidst the roar of laughter from the guards, Yang Huaihe waved his hands again and again, asking the students, officials, and great Confucians of Yilun Hall to put down their hands. I'm afraid that someone will really suffocate to death.

"How? This is what I said is a natural gift, can you feel it?" Yang Reform felt a pain in his stomach.

Everyone in Yiluntang blushed, apart from blushing, they were in a big embarrassment.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I feel it. This is indeed the number one need of a person. If a person cannot breathe and dies for a while, it is considered a gift from nature. When a person is born, he is born to breathe. When a person dies, he has no breath. , for all living beings, breathing is essential, and it is also essential for human beings. This is more urgent and important than eating and drinking, and it should be the No. 1 need..." Lin Qian's face was flushed, embarrassing, but Also answered honestly.

"Yes, I discovered this by accident. I can't breathe, but after a while, people are going to die. I think that breathing is the No. 1 need. I often think that even if it is counted from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, it is only three to five thousand years. Time, but people breathe, but they don’t know tens of thousands of years, millions of years, or tens of millions of years. If it is calculated in this way, that is to say, breathing should be a gift from nature, even if I am the king of the world Lord, don't arbitrarily deprive others of their right to breathe..." Yang Reform said.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Lin Qian replied with a blushing face.

"Students dare to ask Your Majesty, how does this breath explain Confucianism? What does this have to do with Confucianism?" Huang Zongxi continued to ask regardless of the three sevens and twenty ones.

"The sage advocates "ritual and music", "benevolence and righteousness", advocates the principles of "loyalty and forgiveness" and "moderation". What is it for?" Yang Reform asked, and looked at Huang Zongxi with encouraging eyes, it is very difficult to talk to himself with the equality of "personality" nowadays.

"Your Majesty, the student doesn't understand..." Huang Zongxi got a little nervous and replied in puzzlement.Everyone was waiting for the emperor's answer.

"In my opinion, it is for the most important need of life, the need of breathing, or the freedom to breathe, the right to breathe... think about it, what will be the consequences of being unkind? Those who are unfaithful and forgiving What are the consequences? What are the consequences of not being moderate? What are the consequences of not being virtuous? What are the consequences of not being benevolent? What are the consequences of not being respectful of human relations?" Yang Reform asked several questions in succession.

This question made the people in Yiluntang think deeply.Some people immediately panic when they think of these questions, some people are even more shocked when they think of these questions, and some people are at a loss.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there is no human relationship. Naturally, there is disharmony between the family and father and son, and the contradictions are reborn..." Huang Zongxi replied bravely again amidst the various expressions of the crowd.

"That's right, what about the further consequences?" Yang Reform asked immediately.

"...It is natural that the father and son in the family complain about each other, and then quarrel, fight, and finally...kill each other..." Huang Zongxi followed the emperor's thinking, and began to reason about the consequences of having no ethics between families. In the end, he himself Quite surprised, it was actually connected with killing in the end, that is to say... Huang Zongxi suddenly understood something.

"Hehe, that's right. In the end, it must be killing each other. What is the consequence of killing? Isn't it the loss of breath? Isn't it the artificial deprivation of the right to breathe that is given by nature? The sage advocates ethics, in fact, it is for the sake of the world. Fight for the freedom to breathe, the right to breathe, let people not fight each other, don't kill each other, let everyone cherish the hard-won natural right, the right to breathe!" Yang Reform immediately linked the consequences of not being ethical with breathing. Together, it can be demonstrated that the core of Confucianism is to talk about human needs, which is to better enjoy this natural right.

"Boom!..." The heads of the people in Yilun Hall, without exception, were hit hard by the emperor's words, and many people began to feel dizzy.

Some people seem to suddenly open a window of the soul, and suddenly see the enchanting and wider world outside the window. Although this world is incompatible with the things in the current house, it is indeed so attractive.

"Students understand, students understand..." Huang Zongxi shouted loudly, the emperor's remarks made sense, and if they were connected with the saint's other ideas, it undoubtedly proved that the emperor was right. Confucianism is what people need, and the sage takes Confucianism as his lifelong pursuit, which is the reason.

"...the students understand, then, if there is no rule of virtue, if there is no benevolence, then the result will be chaos in the world, blood will flow into rivers, heads will be all over the ground, and corpses will be everywhere. Countless people in the world will lose the freedom to breathe and lose the possibility of breathing. This innate right will be ruthlessly deprived. Your Majesty, breathing is the most important need in life. Breathing is life! The ideas of saints are all permeated in In the midst of people’s needs! The sage advocated these things to fight for the life of the world’s creatures and a way out for the world’s people!...Your Majesty, Confucianism should be based on people’s needs, as expected..." Huang Zongxi figured it out. The concept is indeed related to breathing. Breathing is a natural, god-given, and first need of human beings. That is to say, the original meaning of breathing is life. If there is no rule of virtue and kindness, how many people will lose the freedom to breathe , Losing the right to breathe, losing life, that is to say, the idea of ​​a sage is indeed dedicated to the needs of people, and committed to seeking "life" for more people. The ideas of a sage are all permeated in the needs of people.Confucian characters should indeed be interpreted in terms of human needs.

"...breathing is the first need in life, breathing is life..."

The words that Huang Zongxi yelled out were deafening.

"Your Majesty, I understand that Confucianism should be explained in terms of human needs..." Lin Qian is not a fool, after hearing Huang Zongxi's deafening words, he suddenly understood that none of the ideas advocated by the sage are inconsistent People's needs are connected, especially the No.1 need of life, breathing is the most closely connected, and breathing represents life. Confucianism, when thinking that the world's living beings are fighting for their lives, fighting for a way out for the world's people!

"Oh? Hehe, what did the Qing family understand? Let's hear it." Yang Reform spread the "new theory" wantonly here. He didn't want anyone to be careless, and he didn't want anyone to fool around. The people here are all cultural circles. The elites in the education field, if even they don't understand the meaning and purpose of what they said, then they are really a blind man lighting a lamp, wasting his wax.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the saint advocates loyalty and forgiveness. If you look at it the other way around, what would happen if there is no loyalty and forgiveness? The world is full of betrayal, full of inconsistency, full of intrigue, full of deceit, full of cruelty, and there is no trustworthiness in the world." , there is no more loyalty and trustworthiness, betrayal, deceit, and cruelty will become commonplace. I'm about to die, this is really a scene of hell, it's horrible..." Lin Qian tried his best to calm himself down, panting heavily, the consequences of not being faithful and forgiven are really terrible, and can only be described as hell.

"Hell?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, only in hell can there be such a scene." Lin Qian said affirmatively with all his strength.

"That is to say, hell is a place beyond the reach of saints? The Buddhists say that in order to save all sentient beings, I will not go to hell. Who will go to hell? I want to ask, if we want to spread the saint's ideas to hell, is there any way?" Are Confucian scholars willing to go?" Yang Reform asked.

After these words came out, the people in Yilun Hall even held their breath, what does the emperor mean by these words?Want Confucian scholars to have the courage to go to hell?Many people took a deep breath.

"Go back to Your Majesty, the subject is willing to go..." Lin Qianke was really firm and said word by word.

"Okay!" Yang Reform exclaimed, approving, this is an unexpected harvest. If Confucian scholars really have the courage to go to hell, then Confucianism is a good Confucianism. I only hope that Lin Qian is not the only one who thinks so. If there can be a group of Confucian scholars who are not afraid of going to hell, then it is really not difficult to change the world by yourself. Among other things, the Ming Dynasty has never sent envoys to the West. If there are Confucian scholars who are willing to go to hell, I am I don’t mind sending them to the West, it’s going to hell, it’s undoubtedly useful for promoting cultural exchanges, and it’s even more important to understand the details of the West when there is friction with the West in the future.

Everyone in the Yilun hall looked at the emperor and Lin Qian in surprise, for some reason the topic suddenly came up to this, only Huang Zongxi's eyes were bright and full of light.

"Liu Qing's family, do you understand?" Yang Reform asked Lin Qian, and then Liu Zongzhou. This great Confucianist, the second leader in the education field, Yang Reform does not want to deal with most scholars, but only temporarily. Elites in the cultural and educational circles will do.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand that the so-called moderation is just like this. If you don't talk about moderation, the country will inevitably be conquered blindly. War will definitely bring death. Countless families will be destroyed. I think that the saint is also fighting for the lives of the people of the world. , to strive for a way out for the people of the world, the idea of ​​a sage is indeed so, I boast that I have read the book of a sage, and I understand the idea of ​​a sage, but I am ashamed, I just woke up like a dream today, and I understand the true ideology of a sage, Confucianism , should be a living being, fight for the lives of the people, and take the needs of people as your own responsibility..." Liu Zongzhou also shared a series of experiences.

"Okay!" Yang Reform also nodded in the same way. Although Liu Zongzhou's words were not as good as Lin Qian's, they were not bad.

"Kong Qing's family, do you understand?" Yang Reform asked the descendants of Kong Shengren again.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand the relationship between benevolence and righteousness and human needs. If there is no benevolence and righteousness, there will be only tyranny and cruelty. How miserable are the people in the world? How many people died for it? The world is ten rooms and nine empty, and it can also be called hell on earth." , Therefore, the people have always looked forward to the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and they all look forward to the benevolent master. Qin was tyrannical, but died in the second generation. To enjoy the country for a long time..."

"...It's also like the countries of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, most of them were benevolent and unrighteous, they had no principles of ethics, no rule of virtue, no benevolent government, perennial wars, moral decline, I don't know how many lives were lost, I don't know how many people died, it is real The loss of clothes and the fall of China is the most tragic and dark period of history in China. All these actions are contrary to the ideas of our ancestors. If the ideas of our ancestors could be used to rule the world at that time, how could there be such a tragic world? Therefore, this minister believes that future generations should take it as a warning and must not abandon the concept of saints..." Kong Zhenyun first talked about benevolence and righteousness, and then combined with history, he talked about the importance of Confucianism and the importance of his ancestors sex.

"The Qing family is right. Every time I read the innocence and darkness of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, I feel uncomfortable. This should indeed be taken as a warning. The words of the saints should indeed be the foundation of governing the country." Yang Reform praised it very affirmatively. Kong Zhenyun, a certain descendant of Confucius, to be honest, although some aspects of Confucianism are flawed and unsatisfactory, they have played a vital role in inheriting Chinese civilization, even if later generations criticize Confucianism It's too bad, Yang Reform doesn't want to see Confucianism, and he can't do otherwise.

"Your Majesty, I agree with you. I think the Southern and Northern Dynasties are both the pain of my land in China and the pain of my Confucianism. It was precisely because Confucianism was weak at that time that no one believed in the ideas of saints, which led to the occurrence of that period of history. Your Majesty I think this proves that Your Majesty is right. Confucian characters should really understand human needs. Isn’t survival the most basic human need? The sage’s ideas, my Confucian ideas, there is no one that is not based on this, There is no one that does not take this as the premise. Whether it is the moral requirements for individuals or the idea of ​​​​governing the country, they are all working hard for the survival of the people and their needs. Confucianism should understand the needs of people. Confucianism should be human. You need to do your best..." The little official next to Kong Zhenyun saw that Kong Zhenyun had finished speaking, and the emperor looked at him again, so he spontaneously talked about his experience.It is also clear and logical.

"Yes, it makes sense. Survival is the most basic human need. Confucianism has indeed been working on this aspect. Confucian characters should also be taught as human needs... I have been in China for many times, but every time I have to do it again. Stand up, Confucianism plays a key role in it, the many ideas advocated by the saints are the core motivation for me to stand up after the sinking of China, the most holy teacher, the teacher of all ages, the saint is indeed worthy..." Yang Reform praised.

Only then did the people in Yilun Hall calm down gradually, their heads stunned by the emperor's miraculous words finally began to sober up.Listening to the emperor's words, although they are a bit weird, but for saints, they are not slandered or insulted, they are exalted and respected, and this somewhat strange speech is not unacceptable...

Yang Reform saw that although everyone relaxed, but everyone's nerves were still tense, he planned to talk about a lighter topic, and prepared to make the atmosphere more harmonious. Discussing the issue of saints in such a serious way puts a lot of pressure on everyone. is too big.

"Kong Qing's family, I've always had a question in my mind, and I've always wanted to figure it out. Today, I happened to meet a descendant of the saint, so I just wanted to ask." Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, Your Majesty just asks, and I will tell you everything." Kong Zhenyun replied.

"I read the book, if I remember correctly, it is recorded in the book that the sage is nine feet six inches tall, powerful and brave, can draw a strong bow, and has a good capacity for alcohol, isn't it?" Yang Reform asked in a joking tone road.

"...Here, back to Your Majesty, yes!" Kong Zhenyun replied with some embarrassment, his ancestor Confucius was indeed like this.

"Hehe, just now Liu Qing's family said that the word Confucianism should be interpreted as a weak person, but in my opinion, a saint is not weak at all! Hehehe..." Yang Reform said with a smile.

The emperor's words caused black lines to appear on the foreheads of the people present, and they all silently "laughed". This question has always been understood in the heart, but cannot be thought, asked, or spoken. Now the emperor said it jokingly. , everyone also has a black line on their foreheads.

Liu Zongzhou was even more embarrassed. He was the one who said that the word Confucianism should be interpreted as a weak person.

"This is actually nothing. It also shows that Confucianism is what people need. Thinking about the time when saints lived, countries were independent, and they fought all the year round. The roads were not smooth, and there were insects and snakes blocking the way. , but a weak scholar, how can he travel around and spread the ideas of Confucianism? A sage needs to have a strong body and a strong bow at that time! People need to be Confucianism, and a sage is doing it by himself! Don’t you think so?” Yang Reform said in a joking tone.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Kong Zhenyun couldn't help admiring the emperor's understanding of his ancestors.

(End of this chapter)