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Chapter 473 Excited

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    In the session of avoiding the seal, Mencius can naturally not be absent, and will preach his benevolence in the eyes of the public.

    Confucian scholars believe that in the era of Yao, Shun and Yu, everyone believed in benevolence and righteousness, so the country's government would be so clear and clear. Therefore, as long as everyone values ????benevolence and righteousness, the world will be peaceful.

    "I don't think so." While Mencius was talking eloquently, a young man stood aside from the table. Apparently, he specifically chose the time when Mencius was talking to stand up and refute.  The young man introduced himself: "I am Li Wei of the state of Wei. I do not agree with Master Meng's remarks."

    Yunyao had long discovered that this young man was eager to try. The other party must have tried his best to turn his bicycle into a motorcycle, so he specially selected Mencius to come out to debate when he was speaking. As long as he could defeat Mencius, he would definitely be a high-ranking official with a generous salary. If  If you can't argue, you can still ride on Mencius's popularity and improve your own reputation. Anyway, young people are good at both sides.

    Mencius was not angry, he was obviously not surprised, so he calmly let the other party speak: "Please speak."

    This young man is obviously a Legalist, so what he talks about are theories that cannot be based on ancient times, which are the common propositions of Legalists. He said with a lively voice: "The heavens are prone to change. The world today is different from the world of Yao, Shun, and Yu. Why?  Can the ancient laws of thousands of years ago be used to manage the current world? During Yao, Shun, Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou, we did not see the Duke of Zhou follow the merchant etiquette, nor did Shang Tang practice the laws of Xia. Each generation of kings and wise ministers adapted to local conditions and the times to introduce the new.  . Just like Duke Huan of Qi and Guanzi, they did not rest on their laurels when they renovated fields, mountains and seas, but followed the etiquette of Zhou Gong. Therefore, Confucianism's respect for ancient laws is really ridiculous."

    He was eloquent, and his attack points were correct, but Mencius was not angry at all. Obviously, this was not the first time he heard this kind of rhetoric, nor was it the first time someone used Legalist rhetoric to attack him.

    Mencius said calmly: "The words of Legalism cannot be wrong, but they are not entirely right. The three emperors and five emperors, Yao, Shun, Yu, Shang Tang, King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, and the Duke of Zhou, they are all virtuous people, so they can naturally change the law."  And for that. Can your virtue be comparable to theirs? I would like to ask Li Kui of Wei State, can Wei Yang of Qin State compare with them? Li Kui and Wu Qi of Wei State implemented reforms. The soldiers of Wei State are indeed the best in the world, but they are only fifty.  He became the defeated general of Qi State in 1998. Wu Qi also fled to Chu State long ago, and finally met a tragic death. In addition to the Qin State's reform, Wei Yangma beheaded 700 heads in one day, which caused the resentment of the Qin people to boil.  Is this the method you are talking about? In the past, the sages established the ritual system, and everyone in the world praised it. But now, no one praises the reform. Even if the king praised it at that time, after it passed, the king was only dissatisfied, just like the state of Wei  Just like how Chu State treated Wu Qi, Wu Qi's reform only gained temporary satisfaction from the king, but he ended up escaping from Wei State and was finally killed by Chu State. This is why he had to reform the law despite not having enough virtue. Today's people are far less virtuous than  ancestors, so we should follow the example of our ancestors so that we can rule the world."

    A series of well-founded speeches pointed out the gap between today's Legalists and the sages of the past. That is, the reforms of the sages were widely expected, but the recent reforms have caused public resentment and everyone is dissatisfied.

    The young man opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.  It is natural not to follow the ancient laws, but Mencius directly said that people today are not as virtuous as the ancients, so the laws established by modern people will only bring dissatisfaction, so it is better to learn the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the ancients, improve your own level, and wait until you are like the ancients.  It is not too late to bring up reforms after being virtuous.

    Mencius did point out the weakness of the reform, which was that it could not satisfy everyone.  Wei Yang killed 700 heads in one day during Qin's reform. That was a bloody lesson.

    Yunyao thought to herself that Mencius was indeed sharper than Confucius. After all, he was a Confucian scholar in the Warring States Period. He was merciless when attacking others and would directly expose his background.  However, it is somewhat unreasonable for Mencius to use his past success to attack Legalism, which is still developing. Don't bully young people into poverty. Although Legalism has not yet proven itself, it will only take less than two hundred years to wait for Qin to annex the Eight Wastelands.  Then you know how powerful Legalism is.

    Seeing that the young man was speechless, the King of Qi opened his mouth to smooth things over and said, "Both of you are talented people. Don't let your friendship be harmed. Both of you will be rewarded. Cut your flesh."

    Serve meat for both of them.

    Mencius bowed and slowly returned to his seat. The wind was calm and the clouds were calm, and he didn't take the other person to heart at all.

    But the young man returned to his seat in despair. He didn¡¯t know what he was thinking. It seemed that this piece of meat no longer tasted good.

    "I wonder what you think of your two opinions?" Baby Zi appeared next to Yunyao without a trace, looking at her with a smile.

    "They are both right. Our morals are indeed not as good as those of the ancients, but the ancient laws are indeed not suitable for today. Master Meng believes that we should improve our moral character first, while Legalists believe that we should reform our laws first. In fact, this is not contradictory. We can do it on the same side  Improve character and reform the law at the same time." Yunyao said that everyone??That's it.

    As expected, it was the Mohist rhetoric. Baby Boy couldn't help but said with disappointment: "How can reform and improving moral character be confused? Didn't you hear Master Meng say that Wei Yang's reform would be beheading 700 people?"

    "Yao, Shun, Yu, King Tang Wen of Shang, King Wu Zhou Gong, even Qi Huangong and Guanzi, none of the sages killed less than 700 people. There is no direct relationship between killing people and moral character. It depends on who is killing, and killing bad people is  The more you kill, the nobler your character becomes.¡±

    "This." Baby clearly didn't expect Yunyao to say this. In her opinion, the ancient sages must have been well-dressed and used the charm of benevolence and righteousness to win over the world, instead of killing people with swords and swords.

    This is the problem with Confucianism. Their benevolence and righteousness are always built on castles in the air, without looking at the bloody facts below.  Therefore, people in peacetime like Confucianism because they can escape from reality, and they can be gentlemen and cook far away. Only talking about benevolence and righteousness without using swords and guns is the best situation for people who have obtained enough benefits.  Just talking about benevolence and righteousness will not kill people, but using swords and guns will kill people. If you are eating, drinking and having fun, you don't want to die, and you don't want to break your own bottles and cans.

    "However, the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the ancient sages came from killing. If you don't talk about benevolence and righteousness, then I will let you know what the iron fist of benevolence and righteousness is."

    "Only when you dare to kill people can you talk about benevolence and righteousness. Just talking about benevolence and righteousness is useless." "Now we know the benefits of benevolence and righteousness because the ancient sages laid the foundation for us, allowing us to live in benevolence and righteousness and enjoy the benefits of benevolence and righteousness. But  If you meet a barbarian, they will definitely sneer at benevolence and righteousness, because they have never enjoyed the benefits of benevolence and righteousness. So how do you prove to them that benevolence and righteousness is good? With words, technology, materials, or iron swords?  "I think using an iron sword is the most straightforward. If I can kill you, it proves that I am stronger than you, and it proves that benevolence and righteousness are good."

    The baby was stunned, how could this be benevolent and righteous? Isn't this just bullying?  But she didn't know how to refute for a while. Should she use words, technology, materials, or use an iron sword to refute Zhu Yun?  It seems that the iron sword is the best way to reason. Doesn't that prove that Zhu Yun is right?  There is no benevolence at all, only bullying?  !

    "Well said!" But Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but criticized the case and said: "Everyone in the world today is just seeking benefit for themselves under the guise of benevolence and righteousness. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, there were unjust wars, and now all countries are  To make matters worse, which country is virtuous and which country is ungrateful? Isn¡¯t it about who kills more people? Whoever kills more people has virtue, and whoever kills less people has no virtue. Hahahaha"

    Zhuang Zhou only felt that Yunyao's words were really to his liking. He pointed out that the seven heroes of the Warring States Period were all villains with no morals. They were just killing people and grabbing territory in the name of morality. The morality of benevolence and righteousness has been reduced to  What a joke.

    What he saw and heard in Linzi these past few days made Zhuang Zhou very depressed. Today he finally vented it all through Yunyao's words. In his opinion, the Warring States Period was filled with hypocrisy and righteousness.

    It is precisely because of all hypocrisy that Zhuang Zhou finally chose to live in seclusion. He became a hermit if he did not hold an official position. In the final analysis, he was completely disappointed in the world.  Every country claims to be virtuous, and then goes to attack the ungrateful countries. However, virtuous and unethical countries are all decided by one mouth, rather than looking at the behavior of each country. In fact, it is a competition of force and has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness.

    In his excitement, Zhuang Zhou completely forgot about the occasion, and immediately turned his sarcasm to the maximum.

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