The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2309 Destiny, knowing and doing

Fang Yun couldn't help but think of the battle between Chen Guanhai's incarnation and the Demon Saint Wolf Slayer's clone outside Ning'an City. Although he couldn't understand it at the time, but now that he thinks about it carefully, the aura of holy power used by the two in the battle was far greater and more solid than his own withering power. .

At present, his new power of decay is not as good as the two half-saint clones, but he has made great progress and is transforming in that direction.

In the "eyes" of Fang Yun's spiritual thoughts, there are countless pale golden powers of decay that are entangled and growing with each other in the family, country and world. In the end, they all grow into new powers of decay, and all the powers of decay that are born after that are new powers. The decaying power completely replaced the old and weak old decaying power.

With the advancement of the power of decay, the atmosphere of the entire family, country, and world also becomes different, becoming thicker, more stable, and more majestic, as if growing from a boy to a young man.

After the new power of decay once again filled the country, the country, and the world, it only increased in quantity and did not start to improve in quality like before.

Fang Yun knew that this had reached a certain limit. Only when he became stronger could the power of decay continue to grow.

Looking at the power of decay and feeling the aura of life and death contained in the power of decay, Fang Yun had a feeling that the Demon Emperor must have discovered something special about the power of decay, so he took the risk and entered the tree world to obtain this power. Unfortunately, it was a strange coincidence. The mistake was made by myself.

"Generally speaking, all saints will condense their power to the extreme before being canonized, reaching the so-called purity. When I was enlightened before, I was ready to give it up at any time later, but now that I think about it, the Demon King should not spend it for short-term power. Such a big energy. However, the foundation of the holy path is too far for me now. My main goal now is to cultivate my destiny."

"Forging destiny..."

After Fang Yun was promoted to the fourth realm, he began to think about forging his destiny.

All the great scholars in the world are basically capable of forging the destiny, but the process of forging the destiny is different, the results are different, and in the end there are differences between superior and inferior.

If cultivating the four realms of Qi and Zhiping is the path to "Great Learning", then tempering one's destiny comes from "The Doctrine of the Mean".

The opening chapter of "The Doctrine of the Mean" reads, "Destiny is called nature, spontaneity is called Tao, and cultivating the Tao is called teaching."

This sentence is the general outline of the entire "The Doctrine of the Mean", and scholars of all ages have different understandings.

"Destiny" in "The Doctrine of the Mean" is not a noun, but a phrase, which means ordained by God. The literal meaning is that the things given to people by God are called nature, but this sentence cannot be understood literally. God has given human nature.

The correct understanding is that human nature is naturally formed.

In the Confucian concept, God, Haotian, God, the Creator, the Emperor of Heaven, etc. are not personal existences. It is not that there is a person or god called God. This term is used for the convenience of understanding and description.

Heaven is a series of sums including the matter of all worlds, the laws of operation of all worlds, the power of all worlds, etc.

Confucianism values ​​nature the most, and many sages and great Confucian scholars throughout the ages have discussed it.

Forging destiny means tempering one's nature. Only by adhering to one's own nature can one build the foundation of the holy way.

The eight items of studying things, seeking knowledge, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, managing the family, governing the country and peace in the world actually all involve tempering one's nature. It can even be said that this is a shortcut discovered by the sages to temper one's destiny.

The naturally formed nature of human beings is pure, but humans cannot directly perceive it because nature is invisible. Only through continuous practice can scholars gradually understand nature.

In Shengyuan Continent, there are many discussions about "knowledge" and "action", and the understanding of "knowledge" or "action" itself is also different. However, what Fang Yun supports most is not the unity of knowledge and action, nor is it the mainstream knowledge first, action later. But act in advance.

From the perspective of heaven, it is okay to unite knowledge and action or to know first and then act. But from a human perspective, it is right to know and act first and then act.

People are not born with knowledge. Since people do not know something, they must seek to know it, and seeking knowledge is action.

From a human perspective, the unity of knowledge and action does not exist. Only sages can achieve the unity of knowledge and action.

People can only act first and then know later.

As for how to do it, it is extremely important. The eight items from studying things to leveling the world are a kind of "doing" aimed at tempering the destiny.

As for the details of this "forging destiny", Fang Yun does not fully understand it now, but has a vague concept and direction.

The reason why Wen Gong Fire is needed to temper Tianming is to refine those bad things that are contaminated in the process of "walking", and those bad things are too difficult to refine and take a long time, so anything that can enhance Wen Gong Fire The divine object has become the most urgently needed treasure for the great scholars in the four realms of the human race.

It is necessary to strengthen the Wen Gong Fire and ensure that it does not become a new pollution. This kind of magical object is extremely difficult to find.

Fang Yun found that the three great scholars were waking up one after another, so he withdrew his spiritual thoughts.

Just now, the three great scholars were discussing Volcano Brewing like those old men on the street who were watching a game of chess while giving pointers and talking about the world. They were so excited that they only regained their composure now.

"Three of you, you're done drinking. Let's get down to business. I entered the Ancient Divine Treasure Pavilion mainly to find something that will help me forge my destiny." Fang Yun said.

Tian Songshi looked relaxed and said: "I have accumulated a lot of experience and encountered many adventures in the Holy Burial Valley. Now I am only in the third realm. I don't know how long it will take to reach the fourth realm, so I have no interest in the things that forge destiny."

He Mingyuan smiled and said: "He is nearing the end of his destiny to forge his destiny, and there is not much needed."

Yun Yangzhao had a look of regret on his face and said: "I came to the Holy Valley to be buried, not to forge my destiny, but to leave a blessing for future generations. If there is such a thing, I will not take it."

"You three don't have to do that." Fang Yun knew that the three of them were more or less giving in to him. If they encountered such a divine object themselves, they would definitely use it themselves.

Tian Songshi smiled and said, "Before entering the God-given Mountains and Seas, I had already stored my experience in the valley in multiple copies of divine thoughts, near the God-given Mountains and Seas. As long as a great scholar passed by, he would definitely sense it. If that divine thought can be brought back to the Shengyuan Continent, I will have completed the mission of the Holy Academy. Now that I can enter the Ancient God Treasure Pavilion, I have no regrets in my life. If I can return to the Shengyuan Continent, it would be great. If I can't go back, helping Fang Xusheng is what the human race should do."

He Mingyuan and Yun Yangzhao nodded gently, but didn't say anything. They were different from Tian Songshi.

Tian Songshi was very old and could die at any time, but He Mingyuan was a literary master with a bright future, and Yun Yangzhao was a great scholar in the Yun Kingdom with a prominent family background. Both of them looked forward to returning to the Shengyuan Continent much more than Tian Songshi.

The four continued to move forward, and Fang Yun suddenly said: "Have you noticed that there are fewer treasure pavilions here? We haven't found any so far. According to the map we speculated, this is close to the core of the Ancient God Labyrinth, and there should be many treasure pavilions."

"Did we go astray?" Tian Songshi asked.

The four walked along the established route while discussing, but to no avail.

The corridor in front of them came to an end, and there was a road turning right. The four slowed down slightly, but then their eyes moved slightly.

"Be careful!"

Because at the corner, there was occasionally a very subtle light flashing, and Fang Yun saw it first.

"The new road at the corner seems to be wider than all the previous roads. Everyone, be careful!" Fang Yun said, and he actually opened the Four Seas World directly.

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