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Chapter 253 True Biography of the Saint

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    This group of scholars only understand the pain of farming after personal experience.

    Wang Shouren looked at the angry expressions of the crowd, but he said calmly: "I am waiting here today, and I can only get a glimpse of it. We have only been farming here for half a day, and we are already complaining incessantly, and the farmers are farming  , sowing and transplanting seedlings in spring, watering for irrigation in summer, harvesting in autumn, and in winter, they have to deal with the government's corvee work all year round, which shows how hard they work."

    After saying that, Wang Shouren smiled and then continued: "We always say that farming is the foundation of the country. This is the foundation of the country and everyone pays attention to it. However, throughout the ages, so many scholars have attached great importance to farming.  How many people are willing to stoop down and try the hardships of farming? They don't know how hard it is, but they talk about farming. Then, how can we realize the 'benevolent government' mentioned by the saints?"

    Everyone was speechless. The person who was scolding was no longer the person who wrote the letter to encourage farmers, but they were also scolded together.

    Butsurprisingly, no one stood up to refute Wang Shouren's words. Even the scholars who were preparing to criticize Wang Shouren chose to remain silent at this moment.

    Wang Shouren added: "Taking advantage of this break, let me talk about the same principle again. The so-called empathy is actually very simple. Look at the letter to encourage farmers just now. Did the person who wrote this article have bad knowledge?  Are you not good at reading books? Or, are you not smart enough? "

    Everyone shook their heads, including Zhu Houzhao.

    Such a wonderful article has been designated as a model by the imperial court, so the person who wrote this article is at least a Hanlin scholar. Who in the world dares to say that Hanlin scholars are not good at learning and are not smart enough?

    "But why do you ignore this article? In fact the problem is obvious. It is because the person who wrote this article lacks empathy. He has no way of understanding the hardships of farmers. He does not know what reclamation is and how to sow seeds.  He didn¡¯t know how to harvest, so he only had a beautiful imagination about farming.¡±

    "It's not a bad thing for scholars to have beautiful imaginations. There have been poems and songs that have been sung for thousands of years. Which one of them is not touching people's hearts? It's just that if you want to use this imagination to realize the benevolent government of the saints, that's bad, at least it's just  If you make a joke and tell the truth, it will harm the country and harm the people. As a result a benevolent coup has turned into a harsh government, and good intentions have turned out to be bad things."

    "Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been countless virtuous and capable ministers, none of them are extremely smart. But do you think that in the past hundred years, there has been a scene of what the saints call a great governance?"

    Everyone shook their heads again, and Zhu Houzhao also shook his head.

    The truth is simple and easy to see!  Although everyone can say that the world is peaceful today, if we talk about great governance, it is just talk at best. Such things cannot be taken seriously. Everyone has a clear mind.

    Wang Shouren smiled and said: "But in the past hundred years, no, even if it didn't start from the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a great governance in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At most, it was just a hundred years of peace in the world. So, where is the problem? It's in the temples  , it also appears in the government and the public, and it appears in you and me. We are all people of merit and fame, and we have received the favor of the country. But scholars like you and me, although we pride ourselves on being smart and knowledgeable, have no empathy.  . How difficult it is to govern a country and bring peace to the world. It can be easily achieved by just studying. If you only need to study, you can govern a country and bring peace to the world. Then the world would have been well governed by the time of Confucius and Mencius."

    Everyone was silent again.

    This time, it seemed that he was slowly digesting Wang Shouren's words.

    Wang Shouren's words were very simple, without too many extravagances. Just like his current image, his body was covered with dirt and his long sleeves had been rolled up, and he lacked the elegance of a scholar.

    Liu Jian, who was standing not far away, also began to think thoughtfully.

    Regardless of whether he agrees with it or not, listening to everyone scolding the ridiculous farmers' letter has made him lose all temper.

    This made his old face blush slightly, but he realized that even if he wanted to refute a few words for the Farmers' Letter or Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it was difficult to find any excuse.

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    "The next step is the simplicity of the Tao. So what is the Tao? What does the sage advocate?"

    Wang Shouren asked, looking at everyone with a smile.

    The scholars were silent again. How profound the knowledge of the sage is. They have studied hard for ten years, but they can only get a glimpse of the leopard. They feel that they have lost a little bit of wisdom. Who dares to claim to have obtained the truth of the sage.

    But one person actually stretched out his hand and said: "I know, I know."

    Everyone looked at that person, wasn¡¯t it the bragging scholar Zhu Shou?

    When they saw Zhu Shou talking so shamelessly, everyone's faces dropped.

    ? ?Who is this person, so shameless?

    Are you worthy of knowing the truth of the saints?

    Wang Shouren glanced at Zhu Houzhao and smiled. His mentor had secretly instructed him that His Highness the Prince would come to study, so Wang Shouren should not be surprised and just treat the Prince as an ordinary person.

    Wang Shouren is a very down-to-earth person, and he will do whatever his mentor says. After all, he is a man who has seen the world, and he can talk and laugh with Li Dongyang, a great scholar in the country.

    Wang Shouren smiled and said: "Zhu Xiucai, please tell me."

    When he saw Wang Shouren calling him, Zhu Houzhao excitedly said with his hands behind his back: "Aren't the principles of saints very simple? They are nothing more than diligent study, filial piety, loyalty to the king, and benevolent government. It is clearly written in the Analects!"

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    The scholars around him all want to strangle Zhu Houzhao to death. You are such a shameless person, but you are so good at it.

    "Can you summarize the saint's teachings in one sentence?"  Who are you, you, have you read the Four Books, and you actually talked about the Analects of Confucius, have you read Spring and Autumn?  There are so many thought-provoking truths in each of the allusions in the Spring and Autumn Period. What a shameless person

    At this time, Liu Jian's footsteps were gradually approaching. When he heard that Zhu Houzhao was going to answer a question, he couldn't help but pricked up his ears. But after hearing Zhu Houzhao's answer, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

    ¡°Your Highness, you are truly ignorant and fearless.

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    But at this time, Wang Shouren said: "Yes, it's all right. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the essence of the saint's way. Zhu Xiucai revealed the truth of the saint in one sentence, which is very admirable"

    Zhu Houzhao was happy.

    He suddenly discovered that this knowledge was really interesting.

    Compared with Yang Zhan, he is always verbose and verbose. I have studied with him for several years, but in the end, I still say that there are roads in the mountain of books, and that there is a road in the sea of ??learning, and that I have studied hard for twenty years.  After a while, nothing was accomplished.

    Is this kind of book meant for people to read?  After studying for more than 20 years, you talk about how you are trying to get your butt off every day, but you still achieve nothing. You achieve nothing, and you still teach me to follow you in studying?  Then I have studied all my life and achieved nothing?  Then what's the use of learning?

    Mr. Wang¡¯s words are very nice.

    I saw many people who were puzzled.

    Wang Shouren smiled and said: "You must have many doubts in your hearts. In fact, most of the people who came here today are newcomers. The reason why I ask this question is because it involves the simplicity of the Tao. The study of saints is like Buddhism.  The Buddha said compassion. This is the Buddha who has kind thoughts in his heart. If you abandon the root of kindness, even if you live alone in an old temple in the mountains and read Buddhist scriptures all your life, what is the use? The same is true for the learning of saints. What the saints advocate has no meaning.  It is nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. The Four Books and Five Classics just tell everyone why we should uphold loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. You can read it, but you should not over-interpret it. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are knowledge. Knowing that there are good and bad is the principle of the sage.  That is conscience.¡±

    "Therefore, with conscience, there is the unity of knowledge and action. As long as people stick to their conscience and then let go and do it, this is action. Just like we just plowed the land, plowing the land is action, and the process of plowing the land is  Even though you and I have empathy, at the same time, we actually learn more knowledge. The more you practice it, the more you learn. Now that you have learned the way of the saint, you will be able to distinguish what is good.  What is bad, what is unkind, what is unfaithful and unfilial, you have to avoid him in such matters."

    "But if you think this is beneficial, why don't you do it? The great sages of ancient times, such as the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors, Shen Nong who tasted hundreds of herbs, and Dayu who controlled floods, all of these sages were carrying out benevolence and righteousness, just like us  Zhu Xiucai, he already knows what loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are. Today, when he tills the land, he has sympathy for the farmers again and has learned a lot of knowledge. He upholds his original intention and knows what is beneficial when farming.  In the process, he also mastered the methods of farming. Then, if he can be named on the gold medal and become an official in the court in the future, he will not make the same mistakes as the exhortations to farmers. His actions will also be able to implement the true knowledge. Pursuing in the study  The road will only make the road farther and farther away from you.'

    Zhu Houzhao smiled proudly. He had to say that this should be the first person in the world who said that he had understood the way of the saint, was a talented person, and had received the true inheritance of the saint.

    But the scholars were all thoughtful. The negative teaching material of the book to encourage farmers made them laughable. And the Hanlin who wrote this article was not the person who pursued the great path in the study as Mr. Wang said?

    Some people couldn't help but said: "How can scholars cultivate the land?"

    Wang Shouren glanced at the person who questioned: "Not only do you need to cultivate land, but you also need to learn the six arts of a gentleman. It can be seen that scholars not only need to learn etiquette, but also need to know vocal music, riding and shooting, driving a carriage and horse, running calligraphy, and arithmetic."

    "Since we need to learn all the above, why not learn to farm? Scholars, if you don't learn more about the world, how can you help the world? My senior brother Xu Jing knows astronomy and geography, so he is very good to me.  I admire you. Another senior fellow student, his painting is a masterpiece, and I admire it endlessly. There is knowledge everywhere in the world, and the principles of saints are used to correct your mind. They never tell you the way to do things. You already have it in your heart.  If you are able to be honest and sincere in the way of a saint, do you still expect a saint from more than a thousand years ago to guide you on how to help the world and implement benevolent government?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?¡±

    "Since we need to learn all the above, why not learn to farm? Scholars, if you don't learn more about the world, how can you help the world? My senior brother Xu Jing knows astronomy and geography, so he is very good to me.  I admire you. Another senior fellow student, his painting is a masterpiece, and I admire it endlessly. There is knowledge everywhere in the world, and the principles of saints are used to correct your mind. They never tell you the way to do things. You already have it in your heart.  If you are able to be honest and sincere in the way of a saint, do you still expect a saint from more than a thousand years ago to guide you on how to help the world and implement benevolent government?" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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