Zheng Xuan was stunned after hearing Lu Bu's long discussion. He suddenly understood something that he had never understood. He had always thought that Confucianism was so perfect. Why did the Han Dynasty, who was the only one who respected Confucianism, come to this point? Why did those children from aristocratic families who had read classics have no benevolence and righteousness as the words of Confucius's sages? Why did Dong Zhongshu's reformed Confucianism be Confucianism for the Pifa family? He finally understood it now.

Lu Bu looked at Zheng Xuan's stunned and enlightened expression, paused for a moment, and continued to explain his understanding of Confucius' Confucian thought. In Lu Bu's opinion, the drum should be made with a heavy hammer. If you want to completely let Zheng Xuan accept his thoughts, you should indoctrinate more:

Confucius was confined to his orderly seniority and seniority, and his subordinates could not object to the hierarchical concepts of superiors, and he could not speak out for the punishment of evil. He could only unpowerfully promote his moral values ​​and Zhou rituals and music to the upper powers. When the upper powers did not listen to his behavior, he could only leave helplessly. When Confucius was thirty-seven years old, he abandoned Lu State, abandoned Lu Jun, and led his disciples to seek development outside Lu State.

If Confucius was braver, while advocating the king, the ministers, and bravely faced the situation of the king, the ministers, and bravely thought about how to deal with the situation of the king, then he might be able to realize that the hierarchy is not feasible and wrong. Unfortunately, the so-called saint, like most mortals, also became ostrichs stuck in the sand when encountering difficulties, and did not dare to face their own theoretical problems!

In practice, the sage did not strictly abide by his hierarchical theory. If he strictly followed the hierarchical theory, Confucius should not escape, but should be loyal to the motherland that gave birth to him and raised him - the State of Lu and the King of Lu. He should do what Dong Zhongshu later asked, "The king must die, but the minister must die."

Confucius did not dare to make a call for everyone equality on the issue of the national system, but he did make a call for everyone equality in interpersonal relationships: "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you."

When Confucius shouted "Do not do to others what he does not want others to do to others", he may not clearly agree with the value of equality for everyone. However, what he said instinctively truly represents the ideal of human beings to pursue equality for everyone. The essence of "Do not do to others what he does not want others to do to others" is that everyone is equal. Otherwise, according to the strict hierarchy system, seniors have control over the lower level, and seniors do not want to do to things they do. They can "force" the lower level.

In China's more than two thousand years of history, the upper-class powerful people have always implemented "hard-giving" on the people. Therefore, the people suffer, the people suffer, and the people suffer. In this process, the emperor can "hard-giving" the officials under his command, and the senior officials under the emperor can also "hard-giving" on low-giving officials.

In the emperor, governing the people is called "herders", the officials of all officials are called "herders"; the officials of all officials are called "herders"; the officials of the state are called "herders". The word "herders" here is used so appropriately and vividly. The superiors are for subordinates. Just like humans "herders" livestock, the shepherds will also manage their animals, love their animals, and let their animal nature be intertwined to reproduce, but when the shepherds need it, the animals must be slaughtered to enjoy their masters.

When Confucius wanted to maintain the hierarchy, he found that the hierarchy had fundamental flaws. He could not justify himself when facing the situation of a king or a king! However, he felt in his heart that if everyone took their place and maintained the duty of a king, the king, the ministers, then the world would be a beautiful world. In this case, he proposed the saying "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to others". Now it seems that "do not do to others what you do not want others to do to others" is in conflict with the hierarchy clearly maintained by Confucius.

When Confucius faced the conflicts and discord in his core of his thoughts, he could not find a way out and was confused. At that time, Confucius did not know where the correct path was. What he saw was:

1. If the hierarchy is strictly maintained, then when people at the top and high-end hierarchy "don't the king", the problem will immediately fall into an unsolvable solution. This is not only a reason that can be taken for granted, but also verified by the social politics at that time.

2. If the hierarchy is abandoned, then the world's politics will immediately fall into a state of chaos of perpetrating the superiors. This is not only a reason that can be taken for granted, but also verified by social politics at that time.

Confucius certainly knew that strictly maintaining the hierarchy was not feasible, but he also felt that it was wrong to completely abandon the hierarchy. Confucius was entangled in the fact that he raised the flag between maintaining the hierarchy and abandoning the hierarchy.

When Confucius found that he could not continue to adhere to the hierarchy in his actions, he would also give up maintaining the hierarchy with practical actions, which was to leave Lu. Although this did not show that Confucius pursued equal values, it definitely showed that Confucius did not abide by the requirements of the hierarchy.

In the entanglement of being unable to make up for oneself, Confucius found something that seemed to make up for oneself, that is, "Doing the Mean". The Doctrine of the Mean is definitely one of the most important ideas in Confucianism. However, it is impossible to let those who are proficient in Confucianism give a clear definition or a clear statement. From Confucius to now, more than 2,500 years have passed, and countless Confucian scholars have emerged in China. However, even one person, including Confucius, has clearly expressed the meaning of the Doctrine of the Mean clearly. The Doctrine of the Mean is extremely important in Confucian culture, but it is completely a confusing account!

Confucius proposed the Doctrine of Meaning to integrate the two completely opposite ideas in his ideological system so that his thoughts can be integrated and no longer be entangled. However, what Confucius did not know is that maintaining hierarchy and abandoning hierarchy are irreconcilable, and it is impossible to combine two into one. It is precisely because it is irreconcilable that all Confucian scholars, including Confucius, cannot give a clear definition of Doctrine of Meaning or clearly explain what the Doctrine of Meaning is. Therefore, the word Doctrine of Meaning can never be meaningless, mysterious, and can only be understood, not expressed in words!

Speaking of this, when Lu Bu saw Zheng Xuan's loss of his parents, he smiled and comforted: "Zheng Situ, Confucianism is still of great benefit to the country. For example, in your book, you emphasized that local people should follow the central government and serve the monarch by following the way. The death of ministers for the monarch is loyalty, which is a righteous and courageous behavior. Integrity, toughness and softness overcome the three virtues. Those who are ministers must have one, and they also promote filial piety and require people to serve the monarch as they serve their parents. When you think of the thieves in various places, the people are in trouble, I, like you, want the central government to unify and completely end the current war!"

Zheng Xuan sighed and said, "Since Confucius and Confucianism's ways are contradictory, how should we modify them to make them harmonious and compatible? Please ask the Grand Sima to show us!"

Lu Bu was dry and drank, drank a glass of water, sorted out his thoughts, and said with a smile: "In fact, a strict and orderly hierarchy system is the most efficient system. Oh, you don't understand what is the most efficient one, that is, you do the most and best things in the shortest time.

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Zheng Xuan's face looked even more sad, but Lu Bu could understand him very well. Anyone who insisted on the theory that had lasted his life was proven to be useless in the end, and anyone would be so frustrated.

Lu Bu remembered the system of modern Western society, where is the real socialism. Western European countries have made good use of the benefits of hierarchy and overcome the disadvantages of hierarchy well. Their method is: everyone is equal in personality; everyone pursues a hierarchy in the administrative system, and everyone's position power can only be exercised within the scope of their positions. All personal rights and obligations that exceed the scope of their positions are equal. Anyone can remove unequal relationships in their positions at any time based on personality equality.

The equality of personal rights and obligations is not only reflected in administration, but also in the relationship between men and women, and in the parent-child relationship. The personal rights and obligations between officials and ordinary people are equal; the personal rights and obligations between leaders and employees in the enterprise are equal; the personal rights and obligations between everyone in society is equal; the personal rights and obligations between men and women are equal; the personal rights and obligations between parents and children are equal.

In social practice, there are two possible situations: one, the restrictions on the strong are insufficient, that is, the protection of the weak is insufficient; the other, the restrictions on the strong are excessive, that is, the protection of the weak is excessive. The result of these two situations will harm society and in turn harm everyone in society. Generally speaking, the strong have an advantage, so in most cases, the restrictions on the strong are insufficient, and the protection of the weak is insufficient. Just like the dynasty in China that claim to be equal, the problem is that the government offices of that dynasty turned a blind eye to the people and ignored the voices of the people, and were intoxicated by singing and dancing to rise to peace.

Western European and American countries will use the law to stipulate equality of personality to solve the personality inequality that will inevitably cause inequality in positions, restricting the strong from using their innate or acquired advantages or power in their hands to exploit the weak, and protect the weak in the disadvantaged position and less bullied by the strong.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu smiled and said, "Zheng Situ, I have an explanation! Let everyone have equality and hierarchy coexist!"

Zheng Xuan was stunned: "How can this be done? These two points are simply contradictory and conflicting!"
Chapter completed!