Saint of the Confucian way

Shengyuan continent, Wu state.

Yu town is a small town one hundred miles away from the capital of the state of Wu. Because of the poor traffic and many mountains nearby, even if it is very close to the capital of the state of Wu, it is not prosperous, even a little dilapidated.

However, it is precisely because it is quiet here that many scholars dedicated to practice will occasionally find it along the river for meditation.

A few days ago, Zhang Houlu, a famous Bachelor in the state of Wu, appeared in a broken house on the edge of the town.

At the beginning, no one cared. They all went to retreat in their own place.

But one evening, a voice came from the broken house.

A man with a heart followed the sound and, through the open broken door, saw a tiger skin in the main hall of the house. A middle-aged man in his 40s was sitting on the tiger skin.

The man was dressed in blue and embroidered cloud clothes. He had a thin beard on his cheeks and chin. His appearance was particularly rough and crazy, but his face was delicate, such as white Xiaosheng, which formed an obvious contrast with his beard.

The man immediately recognized that this man was Zhang Houlu.

Zhang Hou and Lu Zheng are speaking the golden mean to the empty main hall.

The man was startled and thought he met evil, but the scholar's instinct made him listen carefully, immediately fascinated, and obediently entered the broken house to listen to Zhang Houlu's doctrine of the mean.

After the news spread, every night, someone came outside the broken house. Once Zhang Houlu began to speak, everyone went to listen.

A few days later, in the evening, the whole Yuzhen scholars and even primary school children came outside.

Zhang Houlu didn't talk about anything else. He just talked about the doctrine of the mean. He repeated it repeatedly. At the beginning, some people were tired of listening to it, but they slowly found that every time Zhang Houlu taught, he made slight progress. Every time he listened to it, he had a deeper understanding of the doctrine of the mean and even the whole Confucian classics, so he listened patiently.

After a long time, people called him tiger skin bachelor.

Because Zhang Houlu's language is easy to understand, many children insist on listening.

People in the surrounding areas of Yu town learned that there were great scholars lecturing here, so people came to see the excitement one after another, some went and some stayed.

Today, as soon as the sun set, more than 100 people gathered outside the broken house, waiting for Zhang Houlu to speak.

Not long ago, Zhang Houlu sat on the tiger's skin and opened his mouth regardless of others.

"Destiny means nature, frankness means Tao, and cultivation means teaching. This is the general outline of the golden mean. The interpretation of these three sentences varies from person to person. As long as we don't go astray, even if there are all kinds of notes and omissions, it's reasonable."

"In my opinion, these three sentences are very simple. They just mean that what heaven gives people is nature, and what they do according to nature is the natural Tao. In fact, not everyone can do things according to nature, which is likely to go astray. Therefore, to practice Tao in the right way and let others learn is enlightenment."

"Then, who can practice the Tao as teaching? Yes, it is the saints and the son of Master Kong. If we think backwards, it will become that we should receive the correct Tao education of the saints. Only in this way can we understand what the Tao is. After we understand what the Tao is, we should follow it, and we can follow our nature. Since we know and do it When you arrive, you can really realize what nature is. "

"After knowing what nature is?"

Zhang Houlu asked himself and replied: "Then we will know what is the destiny of heaven, that is, we will know what is the destiny and what is heaven. This is the basic principle for the promotion of great Confucianism from the four realms to the five realms to forge the destiny. When we arrive at the five realms of great Confucianism, we should abandon ourselves and learn the destiny. Only after mastering our own destiny can we have the foundation of canonization. Unfortunately, it takes too long to forge the destiny, that thing can be forged , we can't fully understand it or use it. We can only put it there to increase our strength. A literary hero is a person who understands the destiny to the extreme, which is equivalent to half stepping into the holy way. "

"It is said that the great Confucian is the person who touches the edge of the holy way. The literary giant is the holy way that a finger really touches. Of course, just touching it, you can't get the power of the holy way."

Finally, Zhang Hou and Lu Yi patted the tiger's skin and said triumphantly, "do you understand? The reason why I didn't promote to a great Confucian is to lay a solid foundation. A great bachelor or a great bachelor is to cultivate the spirit, knowledge, sincerity and integrity of the University. When you come to a great Confucian, you should cultivate yourself, govern the family, rule the country and level the world. It's not difficult to connect front and back. They all study the University However, if I want to study Wenzong when I get to the four realms of a bachelor's degree and get promoted to the five realms, I will no longer study the University. What I want to study is the doctrine of the mean. Therefore, if I don't understand the doctrine of the mean, I won't become a great Confucian. "

Some scholars are quite helpless. This thick land is good for everything, but sometimes it is wild and even whimsical. In fact, the name of the university has nothing to do with the bachelor's degree, but what he said later is quite reasonable.

"I know you are not convinced. From the very beginning, when someone attended the class, I said, if anyone has different opinions, I am making final preparations for the promotion of a great Confucian. There is no room for any mistakes. If you can really pick out my mistakes, you will be the teacher of Zhang Houlu."

"Now, I am learning from the sages to travel around the world and sharpen myself. Unfortunately, Fang Xusheng is closed, otherwise I will stay in Jingguo all the time. However, it doesn't matter. Now I can do 'cultivation is teaching'. If you learn from me, you will find the right way."

Zhang Houlu smiled and restrained his smile. Everyone followed and restrained his mind. Everyone knew that Zhang Houlu ended his laughter and began to continue his lecture.

"You're wrong."

A young man standing outside the door listening quietly suddenly opened his mouth.

Zhang Houlu opened his mouth and stared at the ordinary young man.

The rest of the people also turned around and looked. It seemed that the man was just a child. He came here from other places yesterday to listen to Zhang Houlu's teaching for the first time. His accent was not like a Wu National. There were many portraits of celebrities in various countries, and there was no such person.

Zhang Houlu said positively, "I dare to ask where I'm wrong."

Just listening to one sentence, the people were awed. The dignified bachelor used a humble title in front of a young boy. This mind alone was comparable to a great scholar. At the same time, they doubted the young man and even wanted to see the young man make a fool of himself.

Youth humanity: "what is the fate of heaven?"

People were stunned. The destiny is called nature. The destiny is not the order of heaven, but the destiny of heaven, that is, the nature given by heaven to people.

In fact, this sentence has only three points: Heaven, man and sex, and does not involve others.

When young people ask how heaven lives, they are asking, what does heaven give people and form nature?

Zhang Houlu said, "heaven is destiny."

The crowd nodded, and Zhang Houlu's answer was very correct. Even if heaven itself is an existence or power, it can directly give human nature.

This day is not the sky, not the material of the world, but the name of the highest power, spirit or existence of the world.