The theory that a white horse is not a horse is an interesting topic for Gongsun Long, a disciple of the king of Pingyuan in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. Gongsun Long is a representative figure of the famous practitioners. The so-called famous criminals are those who argue by correcting names and are good at language analysis, and they are often sophists.

The white horse is not a horse theory is a famous piece of sophistical logic.

Although Du Ji said that he could not discuss current affairs, is it possible that he would not be involved at all?

A white horse is not a horse, that's what it is.

At that time, horse plague suddenly broke out in the Zhao State, and a large number of war horses died. In order to prevent the plague from being introduced to the Qin State, the Qin State prohibited horses from entering Guanzhong. As a result, Gongsun Long said that a white horse is not a horse, and stunned the officials at the pass of the Qin State.

Enter customs.

Everyone basically knows this, so it was naturally divided into two factions from the beginning. Either they use the theories of Zhang Yi and Su Qin in the Warring States Policy to argue, or they use the scriptures in the Chunqiu Zuozhuan to explain it.

, it became lively as soon as the time came.

Although it is said to be a white horse on the surface, what does the white horse refer to?

What is a horse?

"Brother Bohou, do you have anything to say about whether a white horse is a horse or not?"

Someone put the topic in Du Ji's hands, and then a group of people looked at Du Ji.

Du Ji sighed slightly and said: "A white horse is not a horse. It is a myth. If you give up common ground and seek differences, you will have disputes. Only when you give up differences and seek common ground can you become a wise man. If we use Gongsun's theory, a white horse is not a horse. The same goes for scholars."

Not human..."

The high halls of restaurants in the Han Dynasty were basically all-wood structures, with eight load-bearing wooden columns, long beams and long eaves, and the interior space was high and open. Normally, there were curtains to separate them. If the curtains were removed, the entire hall could accommodate dozens to hundreds of people.

At this time, the Qing Lun opened all the curtains. Even those who did not participate in the debate paid more or less attention to this point. After hearing what Du Ji said, "Scholars are not human beings," they

No one responded for a while.

The snowflakes fell down and seemed to make a popping sound.

Du Ji looked at the friend who had invited him here before, then raised his hands and said: "It's getting late, I have official business tomorrow, that's..."

Before Du Ji finished speaking, another person shouted: "Du Jun will stop for a moment and discuss another topic! After this topic, I will never force you to stay!"

Du Ji paused for a moment, then signaled: "Please speak."

"The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as rudderless dogs; the sages are unkind and regard the common people as rudderless dogs." A public comment on Heshang said, "Heaven and earth transform the earth, and they do not use kindness and kindness, but let nature take its course." Another saying goes, "Heaven and earth give rise to all things.

"Human beings are the most precious. Heaven and earth regard them as grass or dogs, and they do not expect retribution." I wonder how Du Jun explains this?

Du Ji pondered for a moment, then said, "What do you think?"

"When we regard heaven and earth as natural and do nothing to govern them, how can hair grow in different places? Each has its own reason. How can we generalize it like oranges in the south and tangerines in the north?"

Du Ji smiled, shook his head and said, "There is a saying in Husband. In ancient times, those who overcame thorns and cut through thorns and cut through the blue road to open China are saints. The rest are only the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period... Therefore, the saint mentioned by Laozi should be Fuxi Yanhuang."

...So what Lao Tzu means is neither unkind nor inaction. Just think about it, if Yan and Huang did nothing, they would not be able to defeat Chi You... Now you and I are just covered with skin and feathers, wearing feathers and drinking blood. How is it any different from Hu? So its true meaning is,

Think of it as “use”!』

"Heaven and earth use all things for their own purposes, and saints use the common people for their use! Since they are used for their own purposes, they are not benevolent. Only when dogs have their own uses is the way of the saints of heaven and earth!" As soon as Du Ji said this, everyone was horrified.

Many ordinary gentry children would stare at the word "unkind" and then say that "unkind" should actually mean this or that. But now Du Ji directly stated that "unkind" has no special meaning at all.

When Lao Tzu expressed this sentence, he paid more attention to expressing an attitude of "use"...

"Therefore I have a cloud, between heaven and earth, it is like a chariot? It is empty but not yielding, and it moves and rises. I have heard many times that the numbers are poor, but it is better to stay in the middle..." Du Ji continued, "If it is so clear, what more can be done?

suspect?"

"Heaven and earth should have their own order, and Lao Tzu also said, "It is better to stay within it"! If the order of heaven and earth is disturbed, wouldn't the way of the saint be like this, "the more you hear, the less you learn"?!" Someone retorted.

Unexpectedly, Du Ji also nodded and said: "That's it! Heaven and earth must be constant. This statement is naturally correct. However, is it constant for you? Is it constant for everyone? Or is it the constant for heaven and earth?"

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"This..." It turned out that the man couldn't answer.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "How is it normal for a hussar? How normal is it for everyone? How normal is the heaven and earth?"

Du Ji looked over and said with a smile, "Who do you think you are, but you don't know that Brother Meiyang Geng is here...and you are here for the Zhi family?"

Meiyang was the fiefdom of Geng Yan. After Liu Xiu became emperor, Geng Yan became a powerful feudal general and a good marquis. Later, there were descendants of the Geng family in Meiyang, but with the decline of Geng Bi, the Geng family fell into ruin.

It has been downshifted again and again...

This time when I came to Chang'an Mausoleum, I was obviously afraid that I would be implicated in some way, so I didn't dare to go directly to the Hussar General, so I first went to Du Ji and other original Guanzhong factions to find out.

Du Ji stood up, obviously not wanting to get involved in this pool of muddy water, "Is it normal for a hussar to be a knight... As a minister under his command, he should be avoided in principle... But today you have to ask, if a certain person is avoided,

If you don't say anything, you will be suspected of dereliction of duty... Regardless of the permanent and impermanent, look at the silver-lined clothes on your body, the gold fans in your hands, drinking this drunken immortal wine, eating Qiang soup... The hussars are changing farm tools, creating water conservancy,

The canal is opened, the refugees are accommodated, the people build temples, and the Qiang and Hu abandon and surrender... If this is the case, it is also said to be impermanent... Haha, the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and they regard all things as cod dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the people as cod dogs! Little do they know the future of cod dogs.

When it is laid out, it is laid out with a basket, a scarf is embroidered with embroidery, and the body is given a blessing to guard it! When it is laid out, the traveler tramples on its head and spine, and the Su takes it and scoops it up! Only then will the heaven and earth rotate, and the crowbar will not stop!"
Chapter completed!