The guests were basically here and the introduction was almost done. Su Tong began to introduce the two scholars to everyone.

Both of them are promising young people. They were admitted to scholars under the age of 20. Although they are not currently students. One has just passed the annual examination and has become a county school student, and the other is an affiliated student of the county school. However, the two have passed the examination and can participate in the next provincial examination.

Su Tong invited these two scholars to come over with the purpose of letting them teach their juniors the exam experience.

For example, there is no need to talk about some exam sessions. The two of them mainly talk about which books and scriptures are reviewed and which articles are read, especially which chapters are the most beneficial.

At the beginning of the literary meeting, only these two people spoke, and no one else could talk. Some nerds had already rush to grind the ink and picked up the brush to take notes. Obviously, they regarded the words of these two scholars as golden rules.

But the problem is that the examination content of the college entrance examination is not essentially different from the county examination and the government examination. What we need to review is just the Four Books and Five Classics. As for memorizing Chengwen, who can guarantee which Chengwen is more likely to hit the question than other Chengwen?

Chen Xi listened for a while and was very bored. However, Wu Shengyu next to him listened with a smile on his face.

After the two of them introduced their experience, Wu Shengyu couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said softly: "If you really have the ability, why would you do nothing in the provincial examination last year?"

Chen Xi was slightly stunned.

It seems that Wu Shengyu has a great ambition. It is worth boasting that he passed the exam for a scholar before he was 20 years old. Although Wu Shengyu became famous at a young age, he had not yet passed the scholar. Now he is considering the issue of becoming a scholar.

These days, it is very difficult to pass the imperial examination before the age of 20. If you save it, you can only pass one or two people in each prefecture. But after Wu Shengyu's tone, he can pass the student examination smoothly next year, and he will be able to pass the imperial examination immediately the following year, and become a juren at the age of 16.

After introducing the senior’s advanced experience, the following are the necessary projects for the literary club, and we will discuss it.

But because of these two "senior" senior brothers, the students present were a little reluctant to let go. No one dared to come out and start this.

Su Tong was about to speak, but Wu Shengyu spoke first: "I think that a gentleman establishes the world with virtue. What do you think?"

Some of the people present are already laughing. Such a simple truth is still used to argue? A gentleman does not use morality to establish the world, so can he use a stick?

Su Tong smiled and said, "Young Master Wu is talking very well."

Wu Shengyu smiled. It was rare for someone to make a fuss, so he followed suit: "I heard again. A gentleman should keep a polite manners. What do you think?"

Wu Shengyu's words turned a little faster. He was just talking about the morality of a gentleman. Now he talked about etiquette and law, and mentioned that "men and women are not close to each other." This must be followed. Even the two scholars looked at Wu Shengyu curiously and guessed what he was selling in the gourd.

Wu Shengyu continued: "If a woman falls into the water and a gentleman stands on the shore, what should he do?"

Now everyone finally knows what the argument is.

When seeing a woman fall into the water, the question of whether a gentleman should be saved.

This is a very profound question.

In fact, this issue has been discussed in "Mencius". Even a generation of saint Mencius once made a special discussion, discussing the issue of whether the sister-in-law drowning and whether the younger brother-in-law should be saved.

"Will the sister-in-law help him with his hands? If his sister-in-law drowns, it is a jackal. Men and women are not allowed to receive him without kinship, which is a ritual; sister-in-law drowns, help him with his hands with his hands, which is power." This is Mencius's original words. It means that after your sister-in-law falls into the water, you will be a jackal. Although there is a reason why men and women are not allowed to receive him without kinship, you can use help because you are urgently following the power.

However, since the prevalence of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, women's chastity is greater than anything else, and they have different views on this proposition, especially after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, some thinkers insisted that even if your sister-in-law fell into the water, she could not save her. This is the real gentleman who keeps politeness.

Mencius said it easily, but the saints have never discussed the moral issue after saving people. You save people. When a person lives, the key is how a woman’s reputation should be? If it is your mother, your wife, and your daughter, then everything is easy to say, but the problem is that if someone who has no direct blood relationship with you, as long as you have physical contact with her, what will happen to you in the future?

It's like the question of who should I save first when I fall into the water at the same time. This question itself is a false proposition. However, in these days, in order to demonstrate etiquette and law, these issues must be discussed openly, and conclusions are given from many aspects of great virtue and minority, so as to prevent similar matters among the people from making decisions.

For example, if you save your wife first or your mother, the official tone is that you must save your mother first. This is filial piety and a great feud. Even your wife must understand that filial piety is the first priority. If your son saves his wife first, he will be criticized by morality, and may even be expelled from fame and fortune and sentenced to prison.

Now Wu Shengyu’s problem is even more extreme. A woman he doesn’t know falls into the water. What should you do as a gentleman?

Although there are basically ready answers to this question, none of the people present spoke, and it is not right to save it, and it is not right to save it. If you don’t save it when you die, it is not a gentleman. But if you save it, it will violate social morality.

Isn't this causing trouble for myself...

Wu Shengyu had a smile on his face. If he talked about ordinary propositions, it would be meaningless to him. It is this very special issue that produces extraordinary responses and makes it easy to argue for some unique truths.

Everyone said nothing, Wu Shengyu looked at Su Tong: "What do you think Mr. Su?"

Su Tong looked a little embarrassed and cursed Wu Shengyu in his heart to have problems. Now he is having a literary meeting with kindness. Everyone can share knowledge. You insist on making such a tangled proposition. Isn’t this a sincere embarrassment?

Su Tong hesitated and said, "I think I'd better not save me."

"Oh?" Wu Shengyu was slightly surprised, "Does Mr. Su not save him when he sees death?"

A scholar named Han next to him said coldly: "It's not that he doesn't want to save him when he sees death, but that he can't lose his big qualities because of minor qualities."

Wu Shengyu also sneered slightly: "What is a small matter in your heart and a big matter? Is human life under the moral character of a gentleman?"

A scholar surnamed Han said angrily: "The saint said that one should sacrifice one's life for righteousness. Is it true that a gentleman's moral character is not above human life?"

There are many people present who support the scholars of Han, mainly because this is the tone set by the court for the people. What should I do when I see my sister-in-law fall into the water? Let’s go find my brother first. My brother is not there. My nephew is not there either. I guess when you run back, your sister-in-law will drown. If you don’t have anything to do, you can wait for the funeral.

Now I see a strange woman falling into the water, and the reason is the same. Go to find her relatives first. If you really can’t find it, then find a bamboo pole to help you. If the bamboo pole is not reaching, you should just watch the woman drown on the shore. Otherwise, even if you rescue the person, the family will not be grateful to you, and will even take you to the official position, or be soaked by the villagers in pig cages.

Why don’t others save you? Why don’t you save me? Isn’t this affair?

Wu Shengyu did not answer the words of the Shizi surnamed Han. He asked Chen Xi instead: "What do you think Mr. Chen?"

Everyone suddenly became quiet, and they all wanted to hear Chen Xi's "Great Theory".

Chen Xi has now become the target of public criticism among the scholars of Tingzhou Prefecture. His words and deeds may be used as an excuse to attack. According to the current situation, Chen Xi should not say anything, but even if he doesn't say anything, others will use it to criticize him and question his character.

Chen Xi felt disgusted when he saw Wu Shengyu's face. He thought to himself: "This kid will not sincerely set up a trap for me to get into it, right? No matter whether I say to save it or not, as long as it goes against the meaning of this examiner, it will become a 'stain' in my character, enough for the examiner to brush me down and not give me the chance to enter school."

Chen Xi's face remained unchanged and he smiled slightly: "Young Master Wu seems to be worried about it. He can't swim when he goes down, and he will definitely drown after he goes down, so I would rather find someone to save him."

"Hahaha……"

The academic issue that was originally very serious was told by Chen Xi like a joke, and someone next to him couldn't help laughing.

Wu Shengyu's face suddenly stopped. Then he said, "What I am asking is what a gentleman does, it is a discussion, not to let Mr. Chen truly practice it."

Chen Xi has now confirmed that Wu Shengyu is plotting against him. Chen Xi thought to himself: "As a matter of fact, people should not behave like a young man. He has a peaceful appearance and is so sinister."

Chen Xidao: "What do you think Mr. Wu?"

Wu Shengyu seemed to have expected Chen Xi to ask this, but he just smiled calmly and said, "I want to listen to Mr. Chen's intention first."

"oh."

Chen Xi nodded and said thoughtfully, "I am here but I don't know if this woman who fell into the water is married?"

Chen Xi’s problem not only surprised Wu Shengyu, but others were also puzzled. Even Su Tong couldn’t help but ask curiously: “Young Master Chen, what’s the difference?”

Chen Xi said seriously, "There is a big difference. If you still have to be a good person, how could the girl's family go out easily and fall into the water? This is unreasonable. Even if you encounter such a thing, you should ask the girl first. Hello, do you want me to save me? If the girl says, "I want it, then I will save me, and I will not have any problem. If she thinks that her reputation is detrimental, I will take her into the beginning."

Chen Xi's words were vividly said, and the people present looked at each other. Even the scholar surnamed Han who had just opposed the rescue of people could not help but nodded, as if he thought Chen Xi's words were very reasonable.

"What if that married woman?"

Wu Shengyu felt that Chen Xi was a little difficult to deal with, and the speech style became sharper.

Chen Xi said: "Then I will ask her family first whether to save her. If even her family thinks that a woman's reputation is more important than life, why should I show off? But if her family is anxious and beg me to save her, I may help her."

Chen Xi's words either have prerequisite assumptions or add an auxiliary word like "may" which is clearly saying that when encountering specific problems, I will do it according to the situation. Don't think of getting a definite answer from me.

After hearing this, Wu Shengyu couldn't help but clapped his hands and smiled, "Gao Lun. But in a hurry, you are the only one on the river bank. The woman fell into the water and fainted. She couldn't return you. You have no way to know whether she was married or not. What should I do?"

"Oh. So that's it." Chen Xi nodded, "What's the difference between a young woman who doesn't know how to get married?"

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