Author: Confused and helpless

As soon as he said that, Jiang Fengwen felt that it was inappropriate.

When he heard Feng Yibo's ridicule, his face turned red.

But he quickly reacted again and said in anger:

"The way of a gentleman is what the saint said, how did it become yours?"

This is true. The "Five Evils" are the words and deeds of Confucius recorded in "Xunzi".

As a disciple of the saint, he naturally said it.

Feng Yibo smiled and nodded:

"My lord is right! What we advocate is the words of saints, and what we practice is the way of gentlemen."

He also stretched out his thumb to express his approval.

But when I said this, I changed my mind and said:

"Come on! Since the adults say that I am 'verbal false and justified', then I should be punished by a gentleman. Only in this way can I live up to the saint's teachings!

Whether it is 'knowing first and then' or 'integration of knowledge and action', in short, we must all fall on 'action'!"

As he said that, he looked like he was slaughtering and said righteously:

"Go on! I promise not to fight back!"

This made Jiang Fengwen in a dilemma.

Taking action is to practice the gentleman's way they advocate.

Not taking action means not following the words of the saint.

No matter how Jiang Fengwen chooses, he has already lost.

"The shitty unity of knowledge and action!"

Jiang Fengwen did not accept the call, but chose to scold him and sneered:

"A gentleman does not act! You always incite others to commit the 'punishment of a gentleman'. What kind of way is a gentleman's way?"

Good guy, is a gentleman who scolds others, and is a gentleman who beats others?

Old double standards!

Feng Yibo shook his head and said with a pity:

"Sir, this is wrong! 'A gentleman speaks but does not act' is not what the saint says. 'The punishment of a gentleman' is what the saint says!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Jiang Fengwen with a smile and asked:

"As an Imperial College Priest, Is it not a saint to be a sage? Is it a common saying that the Imperial College Priest?

Feng Yibo caught the loophole and began to attack the teaching philosophy of ICBC.

Jiang Fengwen was already trembling with anger.

But when he trembled and raised his hand to point at Feng Yibo, he couldn't say anything to refute.

Seeing that he seemed to have signs of cerebral thrombosis, Feng Yibo was afraid of making him angry at all.

He immediately shook his head, not wanting to continue to get entangled with the other party.

But he was about to ask Liu Zheng and Yang Mingxin to open a place of failure together.

But Jiang Fengwen gasped for a few breaths and breathed a long sigh of relief.

He actually suppressed his anger and calmed down.

It seems that it is the Imperial College Priest.

On weekdays, there are many naughty students in the Imperial College.

If your temper is not strong enough to suppress someone, it will not hurt your body.

"I admit that you are eloquent, Lord Feng, but don't forget that you are from the imperial examination after all, and you are still a first-class Jinshi!"

Jiang Fengwen was engaged in education. Seeing that it was useless to understand it, he began to move it with emotion.

"I just hope that you can remember the principles that the saints said when you were studying, especially 'Clever words and despicable words are rare and kind'!"

This sentence also comes from the opening chapter of "The Analects of Confucius" "The First Learning".

This is to use the words of the saint to persuade Feng Yibo not to speak sweet words.

"We have also seen the popularity of the Great Wei Dynasty becoming increasingly popular, so we advocated the gentleman's way of "integrating knowledge and action", hoping to clear the unhealthy trends of scholars in the Great Wei Dynasty!"

Seeing that the other party calmed down, Feng Yibo explained his purpose.

Then he smiled and asked:

"This is precisely out of our compassion, how can the Master feel unkind?"

Jiang Fengwen was a master of Neo-Confucianism and often quoted classics.

But Feng Yibo didn't give it to Tanhua for nothing.

The other party said "smart words and despise" because of inappropriate words and quoted Confucius' words.

He said that his original intention was that he could not bear to the evildoer of the Great Wei scholars being harmed by unhealthy practices, and what he did was out of compassion, and he quoted the words of Mencius.

"Compassion" comes from the famous "Four Terms":

The heart of compassion is the end of benevolence.

A shameful heart is the end of righteousness.

The heart of giving is the right way to be polite.

The mind of right and wrong is the end of wisdom.

To put it bluntly, Mencius felt that a gentleman should have "benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom".

And compassion is the beginning of "benevolence"!

The other party used Confucius' "benevolence" to persuade him, and Feng Yibo used Mencius' "benevolence" to respond.

Both are Confucian saints. According to theory, Confucius is even bigger, but when it comes to the word "benevolence", Mencius is the best.

When Jiang Fengwen heard this, he was already stunned.

He was not suppressed by Mencius's "benevolence", but he was a little difficult to tell the truth about what Feng Yibo said.

If it is true as Feng Yibo said, then as the Imperial College Priest, there is naturally no reason not to support such a rectification movement.

Speaking of the trend of scholars in the Great Wei Dynasty, of course, he, the front line of education, has the most say.

No word is enough to describe the current trend of scholars in the Great Wei Dynasty.

As the Imperial College Priest, he naturally saw all the misfortunes in it.

But even so, what can I do?

The other party’s words and deeds sounded like they were true, but they were just doing...

No matter what, this starting point is also good.

It is precisely this reason that made Jiang Fengwen ponder for a moment.

"We, such as saints, naturally, must follow the principles of saints. As the saying goes, the more distinguishing the principles, the more clear they are. Practice is the process of distinguishing the principles. Therefore, we must advocate the "unity of knowledge and action" and practice the way of a gentleman."

Seeing Jiang Fengwen's expression, Feng Yibo's attitude also became very sincere.

"As the Master said, the reason why we first proposed the 'punishment of a gentleman' is indeed a bit sensational, but this is also to make the 'gent way' known, spread and accepted as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Feng Yibo laughed:

"Look, after the debate between Master and me, have you understood the importance of 'unity of knowledge and action'?"

This time, Jiang Fengwen's expression was a bit complicated.

As the Imperial College Priest, he was shaken by Feng Yibo's original intention.

But after pondering for a while, I still felt that this was not that simple.

There are indeed problems with the literary atmosphere, but this problem has not been a day or two.

Most of the problems have existed since the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, he is not optimistic that the other party will succeed.

Besides, as Jiang Fengwen's identity.

When the situation is unclear, it is not suitable to say anything in support.

But in the end, he was shaken by the other party's ideas.

As the Imperial College Priest, he was responsible for teaching and educating people.

How can you not want the trend of scholars to change?

If you think about it carefully, Liu Zheng’s actions have indeed made the Imperial College in chaos.
To be continued...