The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"Long has the same pronunciation as dragon, and the mountains rise and fall like a dragon. It's a pity that Xun Long heard that it was like a dragon. He saw it twice in two days, so his name was not true, and what he heard was false."

"The strong wind knows the strong grass, people like this are too common." Mo Shan said.

Yan Yukong suddenly sighed softly and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes. I didn't have a good relationship with the head of the Yan family a few years ago. It wasn't until the last year or two that things eased. Do you know why?"

Zong Wude said: "We all know this. Back then, when you were famous in the Qing Kingdom, the head of the Yan family had a keen eye and sent people to take you back to the master's family and give you the same treatment as the disciples of the master's family. The master's family and the disciples of the collateral families were treated The world is so different that there is even an opportunity to read Yanzi's sacred text, which attracts Some disciples of the main family are dissatisfied, not to mention those of the side disciples, so some people make things difficult for you. Some adults treat it as a fight between young people and are unable to intervene, while others want to see your character. It's better for you to endure it for two months. Then, without saying a word, he left the Yan family and never returned."

Li Fanming smiled and said: "This matter was quite a sensation in the family. At the time, we thought you were too arrogant. But later we found out that you traveled around the world with Nan Sheng and walked tens of thousands of miles, so we thought you had the guts."

Yan Yukong said: "Xunlong's status is similar to mine, and he is also a member of the collateral family. I have heard some things about him. He was slightly humiliated when he was young, and then he concentrated on studying, and his status in the Xun family became more and more important. Gao, later because of being in the Shihan Ancient Land He must be valued only if he has meritorious service, but he is still not listed in the family tree, and is not as good as a descendant of the master's family. As you know, the Xun family is very particular about respect, dignity, and closeness, even more so than my Yan family, so I know it is very difficult for him. I once felt sorry for him.”

At first, everyone thought that Yan Yukong was going to speak for Xunlong, but in the end, they realized that Yan Yukong didn't seem to be like that.

"However, later I learned some things one after another, and I put away my sympathy. I can't go into details about the specific things. I can only say that he gained a hard-won status, and then tried his best to keep it. did a lot of things He maintains dignity and is merciless to people outside the Xun family. I expected it to be true. What he wants to do most now is to join the family tree and let his son enjoy the treatment of a descendant of the family. Just like he did back then." Yan Yukong said.

Everyone listened carefully.

Yan Yukong's eyes changed and he said: "I support him in striving for his own status. I can understand even using some unscrupulous means. After all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. But now, he knows that the Xun family may endanger Fang Yun." life, but still defended Xun Ye and obstructed Fang Yun. This person no longer used means , but in murdering Fang Yun! The Confucius family suffered worse than the Xun family, but the Confucius family gradually improved step by step. Although they followed Confucius' "honor and inferiority", they also pursued Confucius's "benevolence" and insisted on benevolence. First, respect and inferiority are second. But some descendants of the Xun family value "propriety" and despise benevolence and righteousness, but..."

Yan Yukong didn't say any more, but everyone knew that he wanted to say that the Xun family had taken the wrong path, but due to his status, he couldn't say it directly.

Kong Delun suddenly whispered: "Some people want their semi-saint ancestors to be promoted to sub-saints. Naturally, there are people who want their ancestors to suppress other sub-saints."

Everyone's eyes were a little strange.

Fang Yun suddenly realized that the descendants of Dong Zhongshu who wanted to promote their ancestors to sub-sages as mentioned in Confucianism were the descendants of Dong Zhongshu. At that time, Dong Zhongshu was a genius, and he was canonized as a saint with his famous ideas of "reception between heaven and man" and "great unification". He was awarded the title of "Confucian Sect" and was hailed as the first and half saint of Confucianism. He was originally the most promising to be awarded the title of sub-sage. Wizard.

However, Dong Sheng was too bold. He not only tried to change the way of Confucius, but also wanted to unify hundreds of schools to attack the position of sub-sage, offending many semi-sages, and finally let it go. Unification was not fully realized in the end.

However, although Dong Zhongshu was radical, he had real talents and knowledge and made great contributions to the human race. Although the aristocratic families did not like his ideas, they also respected him.

Dong Zhongshu did not become a sub-sage, he was open-minded and open-minded, and did not complain at all during his lifetime. However, his descendants wanted to push him to the position of sub-sage, or settle for the second best, so that the Dong Sheng family could receive the treatment of the sub-sage family.

When Confucius mentioned the Dong family, Fang Yun finally understood why the Xun family valued respect and inferiority so much, because this was the category of "propriety".

Among the six sub-sage families, King Wen of Zhou who created "Yi" is the well-deserved first of the sub-sage, and the second one is Mencius. Mencius not only became a saint earlier than Xunzi, but also perfected "righteousness", so the Xunzi family has always been difficult to compete with. He lived in the Wenwang family and the Mencius family.

Later generations have verified that Xunzi also wanted to surpass Mencius and achieve higher achievements in "rituals", but he was never able to break through. Instead, he became a sub-sage due to the gift of Xuyierjing and Confucius after his death.

Although Xunzi had disputes with the saints such as Mencius and Mozi, he did not care about ranking, and his disciples and descendants were different.

After the death of Xunzi, the disciples of the Xun family always wanted to rank Xunzi higher than Mencius, so they have been working hard on "rituals", and the idea of ​​respect and inferiority represented by "junjun, minister, father, son, son" is " The most important foundation of "ritual", and Xunzi also put forward the more extreme "nobility" after respect and inferiority. If the Xun family wants to make a breakthrough in "ritual", they must respect respect and inferiority, and it is impossible to oppose their ancestors.

It is precisely this that leads to the different family traditions of the Xun family.

Fang Yun thought about the reason and said: "There are some things that I can understand, but I will never accept it! The holy path is difficult, and some people regard me as an enemy, and I will treat them with hostility! I will never back down from this literary fight!"

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he started to get off the boat.

The crowd followed closely behind.

As Fang Yun got off the boat, he looked around. The roads on both sides were blocked by roadblocks, but more and more people appeared behind the roadblocks, densely packed. Those people were talking a lot, most of them were extremely angry, a few were cursing, but a few were silent, without any resentment.

In front of the state academy, hundreds of people stood.

There were old and respected scholars in Xizhou, officials in Xizhou, and students, most of whom had a literary position of Juren or above, and a few scholars were among them.

Fang Yun took a closer look and found that except for some young people who looked dissatisfied, those who were slightly older were all smiling and welcoming. Seeing this scene, Fang Yun knew that this literary fight would be more difficult. He would rather see a group of angry Xizhou scholars, which would be easier to deal with, but he was also a little relieved that the human race was better than the monsters after all.

"Welcome Fang Zhenguo and the other Grand Secretaries to Xizhou, and take the empty ship to make our Changning Prefecture glorious." An old man with a white face and no beard, wearing a third-rank official uniform, walked in front.

Zong Wude whispered: "Sheng Zhizhou, Grand Secretaries, people from the royal family."

Fang Yun understood and smiled: "Student Fang Yun, meet Grand Secretaries Sheng, meet the elders."

"You are so polite, you are indeed a young talent. We were just arguing about which girl from our family would be the best match for you if you didn't get married." Sheng Zhizhou smiled, which was not like a rigid official reception at all, but more like a gathering of literati.

Fang Yun smiled slightly and glanced sideways at the Grand Secretaries and those Hanlin behind him.

Those people shook their heads slightly, and no one showed any intention to come forward.

Sheng Zhizhou said with a smile: "Wenying, I haven't seen you for many years. You are more elegant than before. Yuzhi, you..."

Li Wenying interrupted Sheng Zhizhou and said: "Mr. Tingshan, today is Fang Yun's literary competition. Old guys like you and me should stop talking nonsense. Fang Yun is a straightforward person. You should be more straightforward too. Bring ten candidates. After the competition, we will go back to Yuhai to sleep."

Fang Yun secretly praised Mr. Jianmei in his heart, and at the same time regretted that Zhang Poyue was not here at this time, otherwise he would be very angry to death.