Chapter 670
Confucius's era was too far from modern times, and it was a thousand years from the end of the Song Dynasty. Due to the continuous evolution of the meaning of the text in history and the lack of punctuation in ancient times, what he said was concise and confusing, but it was quite puzzling. According to the modern pronunciation "Zi does not speak the seven words of strange power and chaos in the gods", it is "Zi does not speak, and the gods are in the gods." This means that Confucius stopped talking, for fear of using force to disperse and influence the concentration.
However, when Zhao Bing came to ancient times, he realized that it was always said that "Zi didn't speak: strange, force, chaos, god." It was translated as Confucius did not talk about weirdness, courage, rebellion, and ghosts and gods. This seemed to be a conclusion. In this way, he had room for development and was just to refute them. You said that Confucius did not believe in God, but how could he pray to the gods when he was sick? It was because of the spear of his son, which made it difficult for them to distinguish.
"His Majesty……"
"Your Majesty is right. Saints are also humans. There are inevitably some omissions in their words, but they cannot be covered by a single word!" Xiong He saw that His Majesty used this to deny Confucius' remarks, so he wanted to get up, but was pulled by Wang Yinglin. He stood up and politely said.
"What Mr. Shenning said is exactly, and it also needs to handle government affairs. It depends on whether it is beneficial to the current situation and whether it will endanger the righteousness. It must not be ecstatic!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.
"Your Majesty, those who are the king should restrain themselves with the words of a saint to become a wise king!" Xiong He frowned and suddenly stood up and broke free from Wang Yinglin's pull and saluted.
"I want to ask what a wise king is?" Zhao Bing asked back after hearing this.
"Knowing benevolence and filial piety, respect etiquette, treat others leniently, discipline yourself, and be kind and politically away from evil, you will be not far from the wise king you ask for by the saint!" Xiong He bowed.
"How to achieve success?" Zhao Bing asked again.
"A kind-hearted man will not seek survival to harm benevolence, but will kill him to achieve benevolence!" Xiong He replied immediately.
"I don't think there are many people who can do it, and Saint Kong...haha!" Zhao Bing shook his head and smiled bitterly after hearing this.
"Your Majesty, I am stupid, please make it clear!" Seeing that Your Majesty repeatedly questioned the saint, he asked again with anger.
"Hmph, according to "Records of the Grand Historian", Confucius lived in Chen three years old, and met with Jin and Chu to fight against Chen, and even attacked Chen. When Wu invaded Chen, Chen was often attacked. Confucius said: Go back to you! My party's boy is crazy and enterprising, and he never forgets his first. So Confucius went to Chen. I asked you if what the saint did was appropriate?" Zhao Bing snorted coldly and asked back.
"This statement is clear. The saint left because the disciples in their hometown were very ambitious and acted simply and roughly. They were all very enterprising and did not forget their original intentions. What's wrong with wanting to return home to teach them?" Xiong He returned.
"I think it's a big deal." Zhao Bing said, "Eat the king's fortune, be loyal to the king. The sage lived in Chen for three years and ate the king's fortune and rice. When Chen State was in trouble, he should pick up swords and guns and lead students to protect Chen State, but why did there still have students in his hometown who need to teach and leave!"
"The sage once said that if the country is not in chaos, Chen Wudao will certainly leave!" Xiong He said. He heard that the little emperor's meaning was clearly said that Confucius was scared away, and returning to his hometown to teach students was clearly an excuse, so of course he was unhappy.
"Mr. Wuxuan's words are difficult to solve my confusion." Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, "If the saint said that the country was not in chaos, why did he live in Chen for three years? If Chen is a country with Taoism, then the requirement of "no seeking survival is to harm benevolence, and killing oneself to achieve benevolence" should sacrifice his life to seek righteousness. Protect this country with Taoism. How can I explain it if I leave in a hurry? The Analects of Confucius says: Return to the house! Return to the house! My party's boy is crazy and simple, and I don't know why he has to decide it. I don't know why he has to think about it, but I can't believe it!"
"Your Majesty, the sage said: Do not look at what is wrong, and do not listen to what is wrong. And do not believe in other people's words and misinterpret the sage's intentions!" Although Xiong He said abruptly, he also represented scholars. Confucius, who was regarded as his ancestor, was criticized by His Majesty for nothing, but for a moment, it was difficult to tell the sophistry about him. Shu Yuexiang stood up and said.
"If you can't tell the difference, you'll take your anger on others. I'm afraid it's not a gentleman's doing, and this is just my own words." Zhao Bing said, "If you say it is not polite, don't listen. I think of "The Analects of Confucius: Yanghuo", Mr. Langfeng must know it!"
The content of "The Analects of Confucius - Yanghu" is changed to modern meaning that Yanghu's old boss Ji's rebellion may have wanted someone to support him, so he found Confucius and wanted to ask him to be an official or a high-ranking official. Of course, it must be greater than the official position of the Feiyi Urban Construction Director whom Confucius was. However, Confucius felt that the rebels had too much destructive power in the construction of the etiquette system and were not a good thing, so he did not want to see Yanghu.
When Yang Hu saw that Confucius was very handsome, he came up with a trick to send a pig to Confucius' family. Confucius is a polite person. People must return to worship him. Yang Hu wanted to meet him when Confucius returned to worship. Confucius also understood what Yang Hu meant, so he found out that Yang Hu went to thank him when he was not at home. It was hypocritical! But unfortunately, the two met on the road. This time they met, the food was ruined. The two chatted very enthusiastically and had a cordial conversation in a friendly atmosphere. Yang Hu advised Confucius to come out and become an official, saying that if you don't come out to become an official, there would be no such store when you pass through this village. Confucius just agreed.
According to what he said, Yang Hu persuaded Confucius to rebel. If he violated etiquette, Confucius should immediately run away with his head or simply block his ears. But not only did he listen, he also talked very enthusiastically. What is this "do not listen if he is not polite"? It was obviously a slap in the face!
"How do you understand this account?" Deng Guangjian was very angry by the little emperor's "nonsense". Wouldn't this be shameless and show his own ugliness? But when Shu Yuexiang's words reflected that he had taught His Majesty badly, he became even more annoyed. It was obvious that His Majesty himself had become crooked, so how could he blame him, but when His Majesty spoke back and protected him, he felt that this disciple was not taught in vain. And this time he caught the opportunity. If you don't say that I was not teaching well, then you can tell Your Majesty!
"There must be internal information about this matter. It is a pity to say that Zi does not obey etiquette. In Luqi's Jiagu Clothes, Zi killed Lai people but did not hurt Duke Jing of Qi. Isn't it a preservation of etiquette?" Shu Yuexiang did not expect that His Majesty could read the classics and history at a young age, and his words were aggressive at the moment, and this matter was indeed difficult to explain, so he abandoned the small words and said a few words to Yang Hu, but it was nothing.
"Keeping polite but betrayal, this move cannot be called the so-called gentleman's actions!" Zhao Bing saw a lot of sophistry in his previous life, but he talked about the city gate tower to gain the initiative in the debate. Now that he has used other things to talk about this matter, he has to talk about him.
The "Luqi's Club of Garments and Clothes" is a rare glorious moment in Confucius' life. This is the case. Confucius was the acting secretary of state of Lu at that time. According to Sima Qian, because Lu Jun valued Confucius, Lu was powerful. The power of Lu was frightened by the neighbor Qi, and he was afraid that he would destroy it, so he asked to make good friends with Lu and hold a peace meeting. When the king of Lu was so happy that he drove his car and immediately went there.
According to the current interpretation, the so-called Clothes Meeting is a form of meeting of meetings that the princes and kings will be held in peace meetings as long as they wear clothes, and they can no longer lead the army except bodyguards. The opposite meaning of the Clothes Meeting is a meeting of soldiers and chariots. The meeting of soldiers and chariots is a meeting of meetings with the army and relying on force to deter the king and dominate the king. The reason why the alliance of princes has a meeting of clothes was because everyone was based on faith at that time.
Judging from Sima Qian's description in "Records of the Grand Historian", Qi State issued an invitation to Lu State for a peace conference, and it was a clothes meeting that should not be brought to the army. First of all, the purpose of Qi State was not to rely on strength to scare Lu State and make Lu State surrender, but to be afraid that Lu State would be unfavorable to itself once it becomes strong, so he prevents problems before it happens and wants to become a friendly neighbor with Lu, so this is a peace conference.
Confucius quickly stopped him and said, "How can you do this?" You have to bring your soldiers. Of course, Confucius found a reason for himself, saying that according to the ancient etiquette, your king had to bring a few officials when he went out, so you should take the left and right Sima of Lu. The left and right Sima of Lu was the general led by Lu. With them, it was equivalent to taking the whole country's army. Just because Lu brought the army to attend the peace conference, Qi suffered a great loss at the conference.
The people of Qi are honest, and they are particularly convinced of Confucius' words. Since Confucius said that no one can stand without trust; since it is a peace conference, of course it should be a meeting of clothes, and it is only over to bring a few bodyguards to defend against bandits. How could they think that Lu brought soldiers to attend the peace conference? As a result, under the threat of the soldiers, Qi not only lost all his face at the meeting, but also returned the three cities he had occupied before to Lu. One of the most important things is that although the military strength of Qi is much stronger than that of Lu, Qi Jun came here with a group of singing and dancing people.
"This time, the Lord Qi was traitor first and ordered the Lai people to hold Lu Jun hostage, so that he could kill him with his troops!" Hu Sansheng couldn't help but interrupt. At today's meeting, he also felt that a group of so-called famous men were forced into a dead corner by the little emperor again and again, but he was unable to refute. His constant questioning of what he did made him very dissatisfied and decided to join the battle group.
"Mr. Shinzhi, even if the Lord of Qi wants to send Lai people to the Lord Lu, he did not lead the army, but Lu Jun led a large army. If the Lord of the Lord was in danger, would he still send some wise men to hold the other king? And there is also suspicion of being unfaithful!" Zhao Bing smiled. His words were very straightforward. The fact that Duke Jing of Qi did not lead the army to attend the meeting once again proved that of course the two countries planned to hold a clothes meeting only, and Confucius asked Lu Jun to violate the agreement before the meeting and lead the army to attend the meeting, which was enough to prove Confucius' disbelief.
"Your Majesty is such a bad word. As a native of Lu, I plan for you and work for the country. I can't say that I'm unfaithful in any case!" Ma Tingluan couldn't bear it anymore and said. However, he knew that even if someone found various reasons to explain the fact that he led the army to participate in the meeting, it could even be said that this showed that Confucius was extremely smart, wise and martial. But no matter what they said, he could not change the fact that Confucius "does not believe", so he only grasped the words behind the little emperor to distinguish.
"Mr. Biwu's words seem to make sense at first glance. Not to mention that although Zi was born in Lu, he traveled all over the country to seek official positions. Among them, there are many enemy countries of Lu, and it seems that his loyalty is a forceful one." Zhao Bing calmly picked up his cup and drank it, "In addition, in the Spring and Autumn Period, both Lu and Qi were all vain countries, and Zhou was the main ruler. So whether Zi's behavior can be called loyal to Zhou is still questionable!"
"Your Majesty... I think Your Majesty is still reading more original classics, but it is not like unofficial history and miscellaneous notes to avoid going astray!" Ma Tingluan sighed secretly. This statement of Confucius' unfaithfulness against Lu seems to be a bit reasonable, but in fact it is wrong. In that era, Zhou was the nominal ruler of the entire Chinese land. Only betrayal of Zhou was truly unfaithful. So did Confucius betray Zhou? Was he loyal to the Zhou Dynasty? The answer was self-evident. He could only say so.
"Mr. Biwu's words are reasonable. Since the Qin Dynasty and before the Han Wu, the various dynasties practiced the way of Huang-Lao. After the Han Wu respected Confucianism, Confucian scholars of all dynasties deleted and annotated Confucian classics, which inevitably deviated from the original meaning. In our dynasty, there were also Song studies. The new studies and Neo-Confucianism were divided into different schools. Although they came from the same origin, they could not help but integrate the various theories, which led to sect disputes. Who would judge the orthodoxy?" Zhao Bing smiled. He knew that Confucianism would still rule China for hundreds of years and was also the basis of the current ruling class. He had no ability to recreate a new ideological system. If it was completely denied, it would only lead to self-destruction. It would not be worth fighting for both sides.
Therefore, he now faces a dilemma. Either you say that Confucius is unkind, or you admit that most of Confucius' statements about benevolence in the Analects of Confucius, including those recorded in their books, are lies. But since Confucius was the greatest saint in ancient China and the perfect moral person in the minds of some experts and scholars, how could others be unkind? If he is not kind, then who dares to say that he is kind?
I argued with them for a long time, just to remind me not to fool myself as a "natural jade". Now that the purpose has been achieved, I quickly turn around and change my words and say that I should look at the general direction. It means that Confucius may not have done it in some aspects, so I can't beat him to death with one stick, saying that Confucius is not good at all!
"What Your Majesty said is that Confucianism has the same origin, but each has its own annotation and development. The classics used have been passed down for thousands of years and there are differences. If you make a mistake or a wrong word, the artistic conception will be shattered thousands of miles away." Ma Tingluan was so sophisticated. Before the others could react, he realized that Your Majesty had the intention of turning around, so he quickly made a fortune.
"Is it right? Therefore, judging whether a king is a wise king or a foolish king, one cannot be concealed by the word "benevolence"!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.
Chapter completed!