Did Zhu Suna ask Song Lian directly? Since I said that Confucianism attaches great importance to pursuit, there was no Confucianism at the time of Yao and Shun.
Why was the era of Yao and Shun without Confucianism more respected by Confucius than the later generations with Confucianism?
Is this undoubtedly an attempt to slap Confucianism in the face?
Song Lian frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied: "Three generations have passed, and people's hearts have not lost their hearts. With a virtuous king still alive, we can have great harmony in the east and west."
"Afterwards, the Duke of Zhou established the rites and brought great rule to Tiandong. Unfortunately, the rites collapsed and the emperor was stolen, and Tiandong fell into ruins. Where the temple is, rotten wood serves as an official, and among the emperors and emperors, animals eat their wealth."
"The saint was born at this time. Did he seek to return to the ancient world and restore his respect? In this chaos, he regained the moral character of people's hearts and showed a glorious and righteous path."
"If there is no sage, wouldn't we continue to seek rites, falsehoods, and theft, and people's hearts will be ruined? The sage's learning is the learning of the righteous people in the world. If you repent and abandon it, you will be dressed like a beast. Who can tell?"
As expected of the great Confucian Song Lian, in just a few words, he eliminated Zhu Su's heart-breaking questions. It clearly points out whether Confucius's teachings can rectify people's hearts. If you want to abandon Confucianism, Tiandong will return to chaos.
"That's it." Zhu Su nodded and was not in a hurry. Confucius's Analects mostly elaborated on the moral standards, principles of conduct, political thoughts, etc. advocated by Confucius. As a teacher for all generations, most of them
In the beginning, the concept was actually without any problems.
Zhu Sub never thought that he would seek criticism from someone who could be regarded as a teacher for all generations because of his overestimation of his abilities.
He thought for a while and continued: "The student has a lot of questions."
"Since Confucianism can rectify people's hearts and bring great governance to the East, then apart from the three dynasties, which dynasty can be considered to have great governance?"
Song Lian was stunned, but that question was completely beyond his expectation. He thought hard for a long time, and then sighed: "Can the loss of people's hearts in Tiandong be easily restored? In the rule of Datong, even if you are as virtuous as the Master, you can't.
Not reproducible."
"If you think about it, maybe in the Han and Tang Dynasties, that day in Dongtang could hardly be said to be 'governing'."
Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief. Song Lian was objective and upright, and respected the Han and Tang Dynasties for governing the world. He was worthy of his reputation as a great Confucian.
After all, the Song Dynasty was a period of great cultural prosperity. Is it truly a dynasty in which "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the east of the world"? It is also a dynasty that countless literati flock to and yearn for.
If you ask other literati who have no bottom line, they may insist that the Song Dynasty is closest to the so-called "era of great rule", and then put the blame for the "weak Song Dynasty" on the head of the Zhao emperor.
Although the Song Dynasty was weak and weak, Jiumei and other Zhai Lue family emperors were not the culprits, but in real terms, could it be that the emperor alone was at fault?
I beg you if you really meet such an unobjective bully, you won’t be able to chat with him even if you meet Donglai.
"This will make it even more difficult for students to understand." After hearing that Song Lian's answer was as he expected, Zhu Su then asked:
"Since the purpose of Confucianism is to make Tiandong a great government. Several generations of sages have mastered the classics. Then the knowledge of how to make Tiandong a great government should be debated more and more clearly. Tiandong should also be more clear.
It would be wrong to come closer and closer to the rule of Datong."
"Why is it that the Han and Tang Dynasties, which were far away from the Ming Dynasty, were closer to the rule of the world? But in the Song and Yuan Dynasties after the Han and Tang Dynasties, the people were in dire straits and the world was in chaos?"
"I would like to know whether both the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty respected Confucianism as the official school of the imperial court... Can they also use Confucianism to govern the country, and the imperial court He Pu Wen⒍ actually led to the decline of the Song and Yuan Dynasties?"
"Then..." Song Lian was stunned by the question. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Even Liu Bowen, who was always watching, gradually frowned and began to think deeply.
"The Analects of Confucius contains more than 16,000 words." Zhu Su expressed his own point of view without waiting for Song Lian to come up with an explanation. "But many so-called 'great Confucians' in later generations, such as Dong Sheng,
For example, Cheng Zhu, who mistakenly only had more than 16,000 words, could easily come up with millions of brilliant words, thousands of words, tens of thousands of words."
"When he was in the main hall, he often thought about it. The Analects of Confucius is the words Confucius taught his disciples. Since he wants to teach others, he should make it concise and clear so that his disciples can understand and absorb it."
"Is it true that the master is so secretive and mysterious, trying to make every sentence or even every word he says contain such mysterious and profound truths as explained by Cheng Zhu?"
"There are really so many truths. Why doesn't Master just state it clearly, and instead asks those stupid disciples who need to be educated to guess and discover? If they are really so smart, what do they need from Master?"
"As soon as a word is passed on to three people, it changes beyond recognition. Can those so-called later generations of great scholars who annotated the Analects of Confucius and wrote tens of thousands of words really not be wrong about Master's meaning?"
"Is it true that the complicated Confucianism that students are learning...is not the Confucianism that Confucius said and thought about in the past months and wanted to spread to the east of the world?"
Zhu Su's words were astonishing.
"Your Majesty, be careful!" Song Lian suddenly stood up in shock. Even a few tea cups were thrown to the ground, as if he hadn't heard anything. His forehead and face were already covered with dense beads of sweat.
"Cheng Zhu...Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism is so profound and profound that ordinary people can hardly get a glimpse of it even if they spend their entire lives."
"The east side of the palace doesn't know what's going on, so how can we make false claims?"
Song Lian said. But his expression at this time no longer showed the harsh rebuke he had before.
"Profound and mysterious, profound and profound?" Zhu Su chuckled. "Master Song, aren't the things he wrote to Fang Xiaoru not profound, profound and profound?"
"If we talk about esotericism, those remarks are probably not the same as those of Cheng and Zhu. Heyun asked σ ape to try to confuse the true teachings of Confucianism, and regard those words as monstrous words that deceive the public?"
Whether these few words written by Zhu Su to Fang Xiaoru can be passed down to later generations as the essence of philosophy, whether they have ever influenced millions of people in a certain era and caused an uproar in thought.
After being washed away by the long river of history, those thoughts, even if they are very nonsense idealism, do not have deep enough "philosophy" in them, enough for people to dig into and explore. Otherwise, how can a rigid talent like Fang Xiaoru be compared
, were you fooled directly?
Regardless of whether it is wrong or wrong, if we talk about the profound, boring and obscure Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, I am afraid that it is unlikely to be among the many famous philosophical sentences that can be passed down to future generations!
"Zhengshuo, Yaoyan, Zhengshuo, Yaoyan..." Song Lian, a learned man, was suddenly shaken by Zhu Su's conclusion.
No, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is indeed profound, but the few words that spread from Fang Xiaoru's mouth are not in the east. Is it because Cheng-Zhu is affiliated with Confucianism that he is not Zhengshuo?
If Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which was regarded as the Zhengshuo of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, was really not the so-called "Zhengshuo", then why did Tiandong become strong and prosperous during the Han and Tang Dynasties? But in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the imperial court followed the Cheng-Zhu rule of governance.
Is the entire Tiandong, like the rivers and the moon, becoming more and more decadent?
Doesn't that just show that the Neo-Confucianism respected by thousands of students has led Tiandong into a wrong dead end?
Moreover, do Cheng Zhu’s words really contradict what Confucius meant?
If not, then what is the difference between Cheng and Zhu’s studies and those fallacies and heresies spoken by Fang Xiaoru?
Tiandong students have been studying for many years and are very knowledgeable about the scriptures. Is it true that they are all wrong?