『PS: Some book friends think that the protagonist's reason for Zhuangzi to say that Zhuangzi "not tree" is very far-fetched. They think that Zhuangzi wrote many works, which cannot be considered "not tree". But please think carefully. What's the use of just keeping books? Taoist classics are obscure and difficult to understand. How many people are confused by the sentence "Heaven and Earth are unkind and treating all things as straw dogs"? How many people take the meaning out of context and misinterpret their original meaning? Therefore, the protagonist thinks that Zhuangzi's practice of "hiding his knowledge" is to let sentient beings be troubled by confusion, so it cannot be said to establish the ultimate virtue. But then again, the Taoist realm of ultimate virtue cannot be reached, which is too ideal."

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"Of course, the story told by the boy just now is different from what happened today."

After making Zhuangzi unable to help but smile, Meng Zhong stopped when he saw that he was happy, and immediately changed his mind and said, "Wealth is a constant dead thing, one rises and the other goes down. If the rich people of Dingtao donate the wealth in their family to the Wei people, then the Wei people will be rich and the rich people will become poor. But if Master Zhuang is willing to impart his knowledge to the boy, one piece of knowledge will be changed into two pieces, which will not harm the Master, but it will be of great benefit to the boy... The boy once heard that a gentleman gave a fragrant grass to others, and his hands will be fragrant. Although the boy is not talented and intelligent, if he can be sincere and kind under the guidance of the Master, wouldn't it be that there will be less one person with bad intentions in this world and one more kind? The boy thinks that this matter is great."

Speaking of this, Meng Zhong bowed to Zhuangzi and gave a big gift.

Seeing this, Zhuang Bo couldn't make any decisions, so he turned to ask Zhuangzi and said, "Master, look..."

Zhuangzi looked at Meng Zhong with a cane and thought seriously.

Today's debate, of course, the boy named Meng Zhong in front of him won. Zhuang Zhou lost because he fell into the trap of this boy from the beginning and lost the opportunity. In addition, Zhuang Bo was stupid and his reaction was not as good as that boy. He was speechless by that boy several times - if Zhuang Zhou had taken action personally, the boy in front of the brigade general would be convinced.

Yes, Zhuang Zhou is so confident!

Thinking back to the time, Huizi, who was known as the "invincible player in the world", never won even once when debating with him Zhuang Zhou.

However, Zhuang Zhou held his own identity and couldn't stand it. He broke the verdict of keeping his mouth shut for nearly twenty years and argued with a boy who was only ten years old.

Today, he will admit defeat. After all, Meng Zhong is indeed outstanding, quick-witted and very eloquent, which made Zhuang Zhou think of his closest friend Hui Shi.

Unfortunately, this boy named Meng Zhong is like Hui Shi, who has a strong utilitarian mind. Such a mentality is not suitable for being a Taoist disciple. No matter how smart he is - how can a person who is full of utilitarianism achieve "clear and inaction" and how can he understand the most important principles in the world?

However, it is no problem to stay by your side as a half-disciple like the "recorded disciple".

After all, Meng Zhong has read a lot of books, and is also quick-witted, especially because he is very brave and dares to collide with him. Although Meng Zhong contradicted him today, Zhuang Zhou was actually quite happy after explaining Tongshun. After all, since Huizi's death, there has never been any opponent who can debate with him.

Otherwise, I will train one myself?

Zhuang Zhou suddenly felt aroused in his heart.

What should I cultivate? Of course, it is to cultivate an opponent who is capable of carrying it against him.

In this regard, at least the old man Zhuang Bo around him is not good...

Zhuangzi glanced at Zhuang Bo with uncertainty, and recalling the latter being speechless by Meng Zhong just a few times, he shook his head secretly.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou suddenly lost interest in traveling. After watching Meng Zhong deeply, he nodded and stepped back to the main house with a crutch.

Seeing this, Mr. Zhuang followed closely behind.

After watching Zhuangzi and Zhuang Bo leave, a cheer suddenly sounded in the courtyard. Then, Xiang Liao, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Le Jin, Meng Sui and others. Except for Wu Ying, the oldest middle-grade middle-grade, who was still taking a nap in the house, the other children surrounded Meng Zhong with excitement and spoke in a speech.

No wonder the monks were excited. You should know that in the past twenty years, no one has dared to rush into Zhuangzi like this without being expelled.

Meng Zhong responded to these companions with a smile and told them truthfully that he was actually full of anxiety from beginning to end.

During this period, Xiang Liao apologized to Meng Zhong in shame: "On that day, your elder Meng said that you would definitely be a disciple of Zhuangzi. I didn't believe it at that time and even made a sarcasm. When I saw him today, Elder Meng was indeed true."

After hearing what he said, Hua Hu and Mu Wu also apologized to Meng Zhong one after another.

Meng Zhong had no disgust for Xiang Liao, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu. After all, it was because the elder Meng Jian had just made a little too much "promoting" for him. In fact, these three people were all kind-hearted people who were very good at each other - this is nonsense. If they were not good people, how could they be allowed to stay in Zhuangzi?

Seeing this, Meng Zhong said that if Xiang Liao, Hua Hu and Mu Wu did not keep a watch on his behalf, and Le Jin did not find many bamboo slips of sages for him, and he alone would be able to impress Zhuangzi?

After hearing this, everyone felt very helpful.

At the same time, Zhuang Zhou had returned to the main hall of his main house and sat cross-legged behind a low table.

After about ten days, he reached out to take a bamboo card from the low table, wrote a few words on the bamboo card with a pen, and hanged it in front of Zhuang Bo. He saw a few words on it: Who is that person?

Seeing this, Zhuang Bo explained: "That son is called Meng Zhong, who is a clan of the Meng family surnamed Jingbozi. I don't know the specifics, but when the elder of his family Meng recommended him to the residence, he boasted that this son would definitely become your disciple of Master. I didn't believe it at that time, but what I saw today..." He secretly glanced at Zhuangzi's face, and saw that Zhuangzi's eyes were clear and without any anger, so he continued: "Looking at today's affairs, this son is indeed a bit smart."

Zhuangzi nodded thoughtfully, and then wrote a few words on another bamboo plaque: Call it.

Zhuang Bo was shocked when he heard this, and then he was happy again, saying respectfully: "I'll go immediately."

After saying that, he turned around and left the house. When he walked into the yard, he saw Meng Zhong still surrounded by the sects and chattering and didn't know what he was saying. He then shouted, "Meng Zhong, Master, summoned."

When he heard this, except Meng Zhong was only a little surprised, the rest of the scholars showed envy.

During this period, Le Jin lowered his voice and said, "After today's incident, Master must be deeply impressed by you. Maybe in a short while, he will accept you as his disciple. Congratulations."

His words were filled with envy.

"You can't speak all the words."

Meng Zhong quickly interrupted Le Jin's words to prevent the village in the house from hearing it. He immediately lowered his voice and comforted him: "If Master really made an exception to accept me as a disciple, what's the difference between taking one person and taking a few people?"

When the monks heard this, they were stunned and immediately understood, and couldn't help but look ecstatic.

It has to be said that even Hua Hu and Mu Wu, who had only lived in Zhuangzi for a year, had actually lost hope for this, thinking that they were not enough to impress Zhuangzi and became Zhuangzi's disciples. Unexpectedly, things turned around like this when things happened.

Immediately, the sects in the courtyard did not care about their envy and reminded Meng Zhong that they must find a way to impress Zhuangzi and make Zhuangzi an exception to accept disciples.

Unfortunately, Uncle Zhuang was urging him tightly, and his friends had only had time to say a few words, so they could only let Meng Zhong meet Zhuangzi alone.

"You must know that too much is too late, don't contradict the Master..."

A group of friends prayed secretly in their hearts.

Amid the secret prayers of the sects, Meng Zhong followed Zhuang Bo and walked into the main house where Zhuangzi lived, and saw Zhuangzi sitting behind the low table again.

Although Meng Zhong contradicted Zhuangzi before, because he was reasonable and well-founded, his words were tactful, and there were many praises in his words that spoke about Zhuangzi's heart - such as the sentence "If a sage does not teach, sentient beings will be confused and disturbed", so Zhuangzi did not care much about Meng Zhong's previous contradictory.

Therefore, when he saw Meng Zhong coming in, he raised his hand and waved, pointing to the right side of the low table, indicating that Meng Zhong sat to the west seat.

Of course, Meng Zhong would not violate it and walked over and sat upright.

Unexpectedly, after sitting down, he found that Zhuangzi suddenly frowned slightly, and was a little puzzled, so he looked at Zhuangzi's gaze, and then he found that Zhuangzi was looking at his sitting position.

"It's not right to sit upright?"

Meng Zhong was a little puzzled, and then suddenly saw Zhuangzi's sitting posture, who was sitting cross-legged.

He immediately understood and then changed to sitting cross-legged like Zhuangzi.

It turns out that the essence of "kneeling" is "ritual", which means respect and piety, and is one of the symbols of "ritual and qualities".

Zhuangzi advocated Taoism's "Tao follows nature", advocated obeying the way of heaven and abandoning "human behavior" - that is, abandoning the "false" impurities in human nature.

In Zhuang Zhou's view, real life is natural, so there is no need to teach or prescribe, but to get rid of what, forget what, forget the mind, mindfulness, and discriminatory mind. In this way, political propaganda, ritual and music education, and benevolence and righteous persuasion? These propaganda, education, and persuasion are all "false" in human nature, so we must abandon it. This is also a reason why Zhuang Zhou criticized Confucianism for "hypocrisy".

What made Zhuangzi feel helpless was that more than a hundred years after Confucius' death, Confucianism has become a prominent scholar in the world. Although it is still a private place for the rulers and Legalists at the decision-making level of various countries, and no country has become a powerful country because of its use of Confucianism. However, in the secular world, the rituals pursued by Confucianism have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Of course, this result is not all the contributions of Confucianism, but the Zhou Dynasty, which was the Zhou Dynasty who followed the Zhou Dynasty, which allowed all people in the world to gradually accept the concept of etiquette - Confucian etiquette, which can actually be regarded as a continuation of the Zhou ritual.

However, for Meng Zhong, whether it is kneeling or sitting cross-legged, the difference is not very big. Even sitting cross-legged is easier than kneeling, and it is not like kneeling. After sitting for a long time, your legs become numb and you can't even stand up.

Seeing Meng Zhong change his sitting posture, Zhuangzi nodded slightly, then picked up his pen and wrote a few words on a bamboo plaque, and immediately pushed the bamboo plaque in front of Meng Zhong.

I saw a line of words written on it: I won’t accept you as a disciple, do you know the reason? [PS: This is a common saying, Zhuangzi will definitely not write this way, but if the author writes that you are not my disciple, there is no need to do so. Just read the book friends to understand. In the future, similar scenes will be like this. Don’t ask the author if he is tired of writing so many words to debate the protagonist (laugh).]

Seeing this sentence, Meng Zhong couldn't help but feel sank.
Chapter completed!