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Chapter 345 Knowing that you can¡¯t do something but doing it

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    Nanzi said in her dream that she just wanted to be with the person she loved. To be honest, if she were awake, Confucius would have told her to restrain herself every minute. It would be fine if she was not married and pursued love. How could she still go after she was married?  Chasing love?  This is not in line with etiquette.

    But the despair of not being understood in the dream was so real, and it strongly resonated with Confucius' own experience of not being understood by the world, causing Confucius to feel very uncomfortable, as if he was seriously ill.

    The disciple is very anxious. The teacher has always been in good health. Why is he suddenly bedridden?

    "It's strange. Last night I seemed to notice a feminine spirit lingering in the yard. The master was sick in the morning. I'm afraid something happened." Yan Hui said to Yunyao.

    "I also feel it, but I don't find anything." "Why don't you go ask the teacher what's wrong, and I'll make some medicinal food." Yunyao said.

    Yan Hui nodded, and entered Confucius' room with his core disciples to inquire.

    Confucius did not hide anything and said honestly: "Yesterday I dreamed of Nanzi."

    Several disciples looked at each other. Nanzi was indeed a unique woman. She had cuckolded Duke Ling of Wei, but Duke Ling of Wei still tolerated her and even allowed her to meet Confucius alone.  Confucius visited so many countries, and only a woman like Nanzi would take the initiative to ask to see Confucius.

    Except for Nanzi, all those who wanted to see Confucius were men.

    Zilu looked angry after hearing this: "It's been ten years, teacher, why do you still dream about her?"

    Confucius didn't know, so he could only guess: "I don't know either, but in the dream, she said that she and I were both people who were not understood by others. I advocated that we should not promote it, and she was married to someone who didn't love her.  A man. The incomprehensible feelings in the dream were too real and drained my strength."

    "I think the teacher still thinks about things day and night because of what he advocates. The reason why he dreams about Nanzi is just because the teacher looks back on his life. Nanzi is the only woman who has expressed the same feelings." Zi Gong felt that  This is human nature, not that the teacher misses a woman.

    Zilu¡¯s expression improved after hearing this.

    Yan Hui did not speak, thinking to himself that it must be a spell to enter a dream. This is not a good thing. People are the least defensive in dreams and can be easily affected.  The master has been tormented like this in just one night. If he comes here twice more, something will definitely happen, and he has to find Yunyao to find a solution.

    Yunyao made Confucius a medicinal meal to replenish his body.  Confucius felt slightly better after taking it, but if Nanzi continued to dream, the medicinal diet would only cure the symptoms but not the root cause.

    "We also have to dream." Yan Hui suddenly said: "God of Flowers, you manage the health of flowers. You can collect the petals of the Dream Fragrance Flower, mix them with dragon tears, and mix them with spices to create the dream fragrance. As long as you smell it, everyone will be able to dream."  We can all enter the teacher's dream, and we catch Nanzi in the dream."

    Yunyao nodded and agreed. She would sneak across the border anyway, and it would only take one day to go to the sea market to collect materials: "Okay, I'll make a trip tonight."

    "Then let's get started tomorrow."

    Collecting materials is very simple. Mengxianghua and Dragon Tears are not rare medicinal materials. They are available in the sea market. Let Taoist Goat come forward and collect them quickly.

    ?I rushed back immediately and made breakfast.

    "I will fall asleep tonight. Nanzi came again last night. Today the teacher is weaker than yesterday." Yan Hui said seriously, it is not too late now.

    Yunyao also said: "Master only ate half of the breakfast I made. He is indeed weaker than yesterday."

    Yesterday, although the teacher was in bed, he was still reading the bamboo slips, but today he is in a daze.  You must know that Confucius hated sleeping in the middle of the day. Because Zaiyu slept in the middle of the day, Confucius could criticize him as "a rotten tree cannot be carved, and a wall of dung cannot be built." This was quite a harsh criticism.

    This incident even changed Confucius's concept of looking at people. In the past, Confucius believed others when they heard what they said. But after seeing Jaeyu sleeping during the day, he had to listen to what they said and observe their behavior. He couldn't trust them easily.

    It can be seen that you should study and work during the day, and you must not sleep.  But now Confucius was in a daze and did not read in broad daylight, which showed that he really couldn't hold on any longer.

    So we must fall asleep as soon as possible to stop Nanzi.

    After nightfall, Yunyao lit the ¡®Dream Incense¡¯ and entered the dreamland leisurely.

    A strong emotion is like the waves of the sea attacking everyone who enters the dreamland. The loneliness and despair that is not understood make people want to shed tears.

    Confucius was at a loss. What he saw was a world in which rituals were broken down and music was in chaos. It was clear that he put forward "the king, the king, the minister, the father, the son, the son" was for the sake of the world and to solve the chaos that is happening in various countries now.  whyWhy doesn't everyone understand him?

    Today the Ji Huan family is ostracizing Lu Jun, and tomorrow someone else will be ostracizing the Ji Huan family. When will the world be at peace if this is repeated?

    Who in the world can understand him?

    Actually, who doesn¡¯t understand?  In fact, they all understand the famous Prime Minister Yan Ying of Qi State and the grandson Xi of Chu State.  It's just that their class makes them want to safeguard their own class interests instead of siding with the nobles.

    It is precisely because of understanding that I chase Confucius, because Confucius's idea of ??calling for self-denial and restoration of propriety from the perspective of aristocrats is not in the interests of the officials at all.  Although the monarch hopes to keep Confucius, if they really follow Confucius's advice, they will die faster.

    So everyone knows it, but everyone just doesn¡¯t do it.  As for world peace, what does it have to do with them?

    Confucius proposed self-denial and restoration of propriety because he was a down-and-out aristocrat, but his use of "benevolence" as the moral foundation for governing the country was full of humanistic care and transcended the scope of his aristocratic class. Therefore, he was born in an aristocracy but was higher than the aristocracy. He was a true-hearted person.  The world is not just for selfish interests.

    If Confucius was just for himself like everyone else, then he had such a luxurious team of disciples and could prosper in any country.  As Zigong said, we can lower the level of our opinions and cater to this era. By then, won¡¯t high-ranking officials and generous salaries be readily available?

    But Confucius did it knowingly that he couldn't do anything. He would rather be ruined and become a lost dog than lower his level. This shows that he was not doing it for himself, but sincerely for the world.

    "It's a pity that self-denial and restoration of etiquette are reversing the course of history. The replacement of the aristocratic class was the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Confucius could not change it.  But the moral standards of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trust that he proposed can be passed down.

    In the dream, Nanzi asked again: "I just want to be with the person I love, who can understand me? Master, do you understand me?"

    Confucius looked at the familiar scene and the beauty with bright eyes and white teeth, and seemed to be able to understand the mood of a woman pursuing true love. Just like his practice of self-denial and restoration of etiquette, he did it knowing that it was impossible to do.

    It¡¯s obviously difficult, and it¡¯s obviously not understood, but you can¡¯t give up.

    Later generations of Confucius¡¯ disciples must have learned from their teacher¡¯s experience before they came up with the idea of ??¡®moderate¡¯. After all, it was too tiring to go to extremes like Confucius.  Not many people can achieve what Confucius did, so it's better to be more moderate and don't push yourself into a desperate situation.

    In the era of Confucius, Confucius sought official positions in order to promote his ideas, but after Confucius, he learned literary and martial arts and sold them to the emperor's family. Confucius's disciples and disciples proposed their ideas in order to seek official positions, and their goals were no longer the same.

    If they all learn from Confucius, then they will never want to be officials. Therefore, we should change "doing something when you know you can't do it" to "doctrine of the mean" to adapt to the times and learn to change.

    From the perspective of survival, it is actually an improvement, but in practice it is easy to discount it and turn moderation into sophistication.

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