The sage looks directly at his heart, does not pursue much, and only takes what he needs, and that is enough.

Therefore, he appears as if he has nothing. In the eyes of everyone who "has everything", if a saint does not "obtain" these things, it is equivalent to "losing" them, and he is a fool.

but……

"How stupid everyone is."

Zhao Rong sighed.

He thought of the world in his previous life again.

Some people have a thousand expensive and beautiful clothes in their wardrobe, all of which they like. However, they can only choose one of them every time they go out. They pick and choose, and it takes more than half an hour to go out, and no matter which one they choose in the end.

Which one, after going out, I always regret not choosing other clothes in the wardrobe;

Some people keep up with the times and buy a lot of electronic equipment, all of which are powerful and good things. However, they can only play one thing at a time. It is difficult to find free time every day, but they have to play with a lot of fun things.

Among the devices, choose the most fun one. Over time, the table will be filled with new and updated products. Many brand-new devices that have not had time to play are thrown into the dust;

I wanted this and that, but in the end I found out that it was terrible, I wanted superfluous things.

And no matter how hard it is to recreate the time when I was young, I only had one set of clothes to wear, and I only wore it every day when I went out to play casually and carefree; no matter how hard I was when I was young, I was studying and hiding in bed, and only had an electronic device in my hand that had certain buttons malfunctioning and was prone to jamming.

The joy and tirelessness of surfing on your device.

So, when they grow up and get many things that they have been thinking about for a long time, are they happy or miserable?

Zhao Rong thought softly in his heart:

"So, 'I Ruo Yi' is the way of the Taoist sage. Everyone wants to 'increase day by day', but the sage is 'losing day by day'. He loses it again and again. He loses everything, and in the eyes of everyone he seems to have lost it.

Many things are the same, but he can still live a normal life and be at ease, which just means that he actually has everything and everything is enough... It turns out that the things that were lost before are all redundant."

He shook his head slightly, "So the Taoist sage does nothing, asks for nothing, and gets the true self after losing all the things... This is the complete connotation of this sentence. As long as the thoughts surrounding it are broken, it seems that I can do it.

Answer with 'inaction'..."

Zhao Rong suddenly stopped talking and fell silent.

His eyes were unblinking as he stared at the eight spirited scrawled words on the scroll: "Everyone has more than me."

“What the old gentleman who wrote the question really wants to test is the Taoist Self and Wuwei?”

The Confucian scholar who was talking to himself was quiet for a long time.

The sounds of writing, grinding ink, and turning papers were intertwined in the examination room.

Zhao Rong sat in the back row next to the pool and slowly turned his head to look at the calm Bitan.

He shook his head slightly.

"This is another trap. It is a trap used by the question maker to target students like me who are familiar with hundreds of classics and want to get high scores. This question maker, who has never been masked, has indeed come up with a question from the "Tao Jing"

The question is, but he is a Confucian gentleman, and I am also a Confucian student, so he cannot support Taoism, and I cannot use Taoism to answer the question, otherwise I will be confused."

Zhao Rong said silently in his heart, "So the intention of the person who asked the question is very simple. He is indeed well-read and has read hundreds of schools of thought. Because he appreciated this sentence in the "Tao Jing" and felt it was a great virtue, he took it eclectically.

He came up with the topic, but his appreciation and belief in the great good must not be the Taoist thought contained in it, but... the understanding after integrating our Confucian thought."

After completely breaking the topic, Zhao Rong suddenly realized that he secretly cursed, "The old fox is so cunning."

"I almost fell into a trap, but I'm still sorry, I also came to the atmosphere."

Zhao Rong chuckled, picked up the brush with a smile, held his wrist sleeve with one hand, and started writing.

I saw that in the first line of the scroll, he wrote the following inscription: There are things a gentleman should do and things he should not do.

Why write it?

The Taoist saint damaged it again and again, until he lost almost nothing. What did he ask for?

What I am seeking is ‘one’! It is the only ‘one’ left after all desires have been eliminated.

Therefore, the sage's "I am like one" is actually "I am like one".

The person who asked this strange question admires the Taoist sage's method of self-cultivation that seeks "oneness", rather than the Taoist "oneness".

What is this ‘one’ that Taoist saints seek?

It is loneliness and inaction.

What about Confucian saints?

Of course, you have a good heart and a good intention.

If Zhao Rong hadn't seen through this and written, "The boss is right, you're right," and then foolishly answered the question in the direction of fully agreeing with the Taoist sage and his "one", then he would be lighting a lamp in the pit.

Therefore, Zhao Rong was prepared to use "a gentleman does something and something he does not do" to solve the problem. He agreed with the Taoist saint's "ruoyi" method of self-cultivation, but he clearly stood for the "one" of Confucianism.

It roughly means:

It is true that I have suffered and suffered losses in these aspects of my personal life, doing nothing but arguing, like a fool, but when it comes to major world affairs such as "the heaven and the earth establish the heart and the people and establish the destiny", you must do something and make a difference with all your efforts!

Therefore, a gentleman has certain things to do and certain things not to do.

Zhao Rong suddenly took the editing tool and erased this sentence.

"Not good, too broad, not eye-catching enough... Yes! Try this."

He replaced a new piece of answer paper that he had spared, and wrote again: A gentleman has no need for food, no need for food, no need for shelter, he is sensitive to things but cautious in speaking, and he has the right way.

Pause.

Zhao Rong looked at it carefully, thought about it, and suddenly folded the answer paper and invalidated it.

"It's still not good. It's too straightforward and not outstanding enough."

He muttered something, squinted his eyes slightly, and thoughtfully glanced at the sleeping fat gentleman in front of him and the candidates around him who had just finished reading the test questions and looked worried.

Finally, Zhao Rong's eyes widened, he quickly bent down at his desk and started writing on the brand new answer sheet.

This time, he also wrote only a few words:

If you eat with a basket and drink with a scoop, you will feel happy instead of worrying.

The person who wrote the question used the words of the sages in the Tao Jing, so he also used the words of the sages in the Confucian Classics.

The inscription comes from a certain saint's allusion: How virtuous! Come back! With a basket of food and a ladle of drink, in the back alleys, everyone is unbearable to worry about, but the joy will not change after returning.

You write about the sages of the Confucian family and all the people, each one is happy and the other is sad.

Moreover, the inscription is a wonderful allusion.

This wave is composed of four doubles and a pair of kings, a sure kill!

Zhao Rong smiled knowingly, and took the lead in completing the most difficult part of breaking the inscription, which was like the finishing touch. The next part, 'Depicting the Dragon's Body', he was familiar with the road, and his pen followed the dragon.

About half an hour later, Zhao Rong finished writing everything and called it a day.

After checking the paper from beginning to end to make sure there were no typos, Zhao Rong put it aside to dry his ink. He then packed up his things and prepared to leave.

Until now, only half an hour had passed since the exam started.

As for the classics and meaning assessment, which is the main subject, less than half of the time has passed. In the entire school, from the ten examination rooms from A to Gui, not a single person has left their buttocks. Among the students in the six halls, Rao is the most eye-catching one in the Gengzi room.

Yu Huaijin was also concentrating on it. Facing the last question, he was anxiously trying to come up with ideas...

However, someone has already begun to worry about how to leave.

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Chapter completed!