Just in the Middle, You Told Me This is Journey to the West

In the end, in desperation, the historians could only let the matter be recorded in the official history, which can be regarded as a final conclusion for this matter.

As for the real murderer who killed Fang Yiai?

Cough cough, it is said that during the Land and Water Conference, all the eminent Tang monks who placed orders at Huichang Temple received a friendly invitation from the Tang court.

At the same time, many eminent monks in Huichang Temple suddenly disappeared inexplicably.

I heard it was a big deal.

It's just that the imperial court didn't say a word, the suffering master of Buddhism didn't speak, and so did the storytellers on the street.

So Yang Jing didn't know the specific situation.

Chen Qi was completely relieved when he heard the gossip from Yang Jing.

It seems that my craftsmanship is quite good. This first time I did it, not only did not leave any hidden dangers, but also took revenge for going to Huichang Temple to invite Bodhisattvas.

Absolutely killing two birds with one stone is perfect.

Not bad!

Hehe, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who is three feet three is really not cheap.

I don't know how the eminent monks of Huichang Temple will react after they know that they are "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" in the pit.

After chatting about the gossip news from Chang'an City, Yang Jing also revealed the real purpose of coming to Chen Qi this time.

"I came here this time to send you an invitation. Tomorrow, Mr. Jingzhai, a great Confucian of Qingzhou Academy, will give a lecture in Furong Garden. Grandpa specially asked me to send you an invitation."

As Yang Jing said, he took out an invitation card from Furong Garden from his sleeve, and casually threw it in front of Chen Qi, without asking him if he would go or not.

"Mr. Jingzhai giving lectures?"

When Chen Qi heard this, he couldn't help but show some interest.

Of course, it is only two points of interest, no more.

Because he lived in Qingzhou City for half a year, although Chen Qi didn't go out of the gate, he also had a detailed understanding of the great Confucian Mr. Jingzhai of Qingzhou Academy.

This person inherited the most holy way of Confucianism, which emphasizes "restraining oneself and returning to the rituals, observing the five virtues, and governing the country with benevolence and righteousness."

What is self-denial and restoration of rituals?

Confucianism believes that a person who can restrain his selfishness and restrain his greed and desires is a virtuous person and a manifestation of virtue, and his behavior is called "ceremony".

The "ritual" here refers to the Zhou ritual, which is the ritual of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Confucius, who is known as the sage of Confucianism and Taoism, always took the restoration of Zhou rituals as his mission in his early political pursuits, and called self-restraint and restoration of rituals as benevolence.

Then there is the observance of the five virtues.

The so-called five virtues are benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and "benevolence" is still ranked first.

Therefore, Mr. Jingzhai's Confucianism and Taoism centered on "benevolence", and then derived the concept of benevolence and righteousness to govern the country.

His Confucianism and Taoism can be summed up as: "Follow the rituals of the week, abide by the five virtues, rule the country with benevolence and righteousness, and the world will be peaceful!"

This is also the mainstream Confucianism and Taoism accepted and recognized by Confucian scholars in the world of immortals.

It is precisely because of this that this Mr. Jingzhai will follow Zhou etiquette in every word and deed.

Even dressing up is learning from the scholars of the Zhou Dynasty.

After Chen Qi learned about the core philosophy of Mr. Jingzhai Liyan, his interest in him dropped greatly and he stopped paying attention.

Because, in Chen Qi's view, even if this Mr. Jing Zhai is not a rotten Confucian, his person and philosophy are not worth mentioning.

Today's Confucianism and Taoism are really not easy to go.

Because the ancient sages have almost finished explaining the principles of the world.

What kind of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, what kind of moral character, what kind of human nature is good, what kind of human nature is evil, etc.

What future generations can do is to supplement and add notes, and there is nothing else to do.

Therefore, it is really not easy to prove the Tao with Confucianism.

Either carry forward the knowledge of sages and sages, inherit the ancient concepts of Confucianism, Taoism and sages, build a dojo in a snail shell, and start from a very small place.

Either find another way, find a way out, and reopen one among Confucianism and Taoism.

The first path that Mr. Jing Zhai chose, the key point is that he has not been able to innovate and put forward his own ideas.

Just blindly preaching the "benevolence" of the most holy Confucius narrows one's own path. It is the end to become a great Confucianist. If you want to go further, it is simply impossible.

Compared with Mr. Jingzhai of Qingzhou Academy, Chen Qi's Confucianism and Taoism are a bit shocking, even deviant.

He almost directly overturned the definition of "Confucianism" by Confucian and Taoist sages.

It is Confucianism that directly extends Confucianism and Taoism from morality, benevolence and righteousness to what people need.

This is like, the original Confucianism and Taoism were just a building, but now Chen Qi directly pushed the building to it, and then told others that not only the inside of the building, but also the outside of the building are also Confucianism.

Such a concept is absolutely shocking and deviant.

It is also doomed not to be accepted by the existing Confucianism and Taoism.

That's why Chen Qi didn't dare to go to Jixia Academy.

He was afraid that after he stepped into the gate of Jixia Academy, he would be beaten to death by angry Confucian students in the academy.

Because what Chen Qi overturned was not only the definition of "Confucianism", but also all previous Confucianism and Taoism sages.

Do you think those Confucian scholars will go crazy after knowing it?

Will Chen Qi want to deal with it quickly?

Now Chen Qi has read more than [-] Confucian classics, and he has a clear understanding of various Confucian ideologies.

To put it bluntly, it is only about the understanding of Confucianism and Taoism.

In the whole world of immortals, there is probably no Confucian scholar, even the Confucian and Taoist sages in Jixia Academy, who can compare with Chen Qi.

Therefore, Mr. Jingzhai from Qingzhou Academy has long been out of the eyes of Chen Qi.

The so-called Mr. Jing Zhai lectures, he can only give birth to two points of interest.

One part is to see if Mr. Jingzhai has made any progress.

The other point is that they haven't seen great Confucian lectures yet, and want to see the world and see how great Confucians give lectures.

Nothing else.

Yang Jing seemed to see Chen Qi's lack of interest, and he didn't care about keeping anything secret, and said directly and mysteriously: "Hey, cousin, do you think that if Mr. Jing Zhai is just giving lectures, grandpa will specially ask me to give you a lecture?" Invitations?"

"Let's put it this way, Miss Yang Liu from Hongnong Yang's family has come to Qingzhou from Hongnong, do you think that Miss Yang Liu will also go to Furong Garden tomorrow to listen to the lectures of Confucianism?"

Good guy, really good guy.

If you say that, I really won't be sleepy!

When Chen Qi heard this, his original two points of interest instantly increased to twelve points, and he said without hesitation: "Don't worry, I will definitely go to the Furong Garden to listen to the lecture tomorrow."

Well, don't get me wrong, he's not here to see his future wife.

But the sage Confucius said that three people must have my teacher.

Although Mr. Jingzhai is just a corrupt Confucian, he must have real skills to become a great Confucian.

These are all worth learning for Chen Qi.

Therefore, he went to Furong Garden not to see his wife, but to learn. .

Chapter 145

"Yan Yuan asked about benevolence, and the Master said: 'Self-restraint and restoration of rites is benevolence. One day self-denial and rites return, and the world will return to benevolence. Is benevolence up to you, but others?"

Yan Yuan said, "May I ask its purpose?" '

The Master said: "Do not see anything that is not in accordance with the propriety, do not listen to anything that is not in accordance with the propriety, do not speak anything that is not in accordance with the propriety, and do not move anything that is not in accordance with the propriety." '

Yan Yuan said: "Although Hui is not sensitive, please speak like this." '"

Great Confucian lectures are naturally extraordinary.

It seems to be reading "The Analects of Confucius" according to the scriptures, but in fact, it is through the spiritual thoughts condensed by the awe-inspiring righteousness that it pulls everyone in the audience into the Confucian and Taoist artistic conception constructed by itself.

Let the listeners be able to clearly understand and comprehend the true truth that the great Confucianism wants to tell.

You ask how the teaching effect is?

Let's say that.

In the past, everyone read "The Analects of Confucius" and wanted to understand the true meaning of the sage's thoughts. It really can only be understood, not expressed in words.

It's all up to you to make up your own brain, God knows if you are right or wrong, and no one cares about your thoughts.

But what about now?

The spiritual thoughts condensed by the Great Confucianism through Haoran Zhengqi are almost instilled in your mind directly with your own thoughts and perceptions.

It’s all like this, if you can still understand something wrong, it can only show that there is a problem with your own thinking.

Of course, although the effect of great Confucianism's lectures is great, such lectures are also a great burden for the great Confucianists themselves.

After a lecture, according to the length of time, the difficulty of the lecture, etc., the spiritual thoughts consumed vary.

Anyway, it won't be easier than writing great Confucian copybooks.

So it is easy for great Confucians to give lectures, but it is really not easy for great Confucians to give lectures.

It is not easy to give lectures.

Too much consumption, too many times, Daru himself can't stand it!

So this time, Mr. Jingzhai's lecture is not a big or small opportunity for the Confucian students in Qingzhou County? ? ! !

Let them better comprehend the true meaning of Confucianism and Taoism comprehended by the Great Confucianism.

Cough cough, why did Chen Qi add two question marks and an exclamation mark after the opportunity?

That's because although the great Confucian lectures can make the students learn faster and understand Confucianism and Taoism more deeply.

But this kind of comprehension is based on the comprehension of the great Confucianism himself, which belongs to the kind of direct indoctrination by precept and example.