In fact, it is not that no one has thought of that question before. After all, there are many schools of Confucianism, from the theory of good nature and evil theory in the pre-Qin Dynasty; to the leftist school and Gongyang school in the Han Dynasty; to the Neo-Confucianism and Psychology of the late Ming Dynasty.
Controversy. Controversies over Confucian views have never stopped throughout history.
After so many years of debate, a thin book of Analects with notes added by great scholars from many schools has long deviated from the original meaning of Confucius. It is unusual to read the text literally and take it out of context. Just pick out one or two words at will, those "
All the "Great Confucians" could shake their heads at just that single word, uttered on so many moonlit nights. It was as if Confucius had millions of scheming thoughts, and every word he spoke had millions of hidden meanings.
Even if Confucius is resurrected, he will inevitably be dumbfounded and confused when he sees and hears those disciples and disciples who have made mistakes in the Analects.
Just like in the Chinese language test papers of later generations, those authors who read and understood the original text saw the analysis of the teacher's answer: "What kind of meaning is hidden in a certain sentence of Qi Zhe". The standard answer may not be what the author of the original text intended.
If you are looking for expression, it is often just a question that the teacher has made far-fetched.
Over-interpretation is nothing more than nothing.
That truth is actually tacitly understood by scholars in the world. So why are the so-called Confucian schools so popular in the world? They are just using the old Confucian bottle to put their own new wine.
The new wine has a mellow aroma and looks bright, so some people praise it.
To put it more bluntly, "New Wine" stands for a certain class and strives for the interests of a certain class, so it will naturally be supported by people in that class and be respected by others in the world.
For example, Neo-Confucianism served the imperial class, promoted "right principles" and "legal systems", and asked the world to "preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires." The rule of the emperor was not the principle of nature, and the injustice in the heart was the desire of man. If the Neo-Confucianism can be followed, the emperor will be born with it.
In righteousness, those who do not respect the king are considered traitors no matter what their reasons are. Women respect men, and men respect the king. No one wants anything, they are all bullied and serve the powerful. From generation to generation in Tiandong
The rule of a natural emperor will last for eternity.
This set of theories was born to deceive the people. It was so popular because in history, the emperors of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties all needed this set of theories to put a layer of shackles on the people of Tiandong. They were the scholar class.
The platform could also be promoted by emperors, so it was the most widely spread and most accepted by the scholar class.
After the rise of Neo-Confucianism, it has been gradually influenced by generations, so scholars have long equated Neo-Confucianism, which was popular in the Ming Dynasty, with orthodox Confucianism.
Those who doubt Neo-Confucianism doubt Confucianism. Those who doubt Confucianism naturally do not think evil. In this way, those whose thoughts are shackles will not think about whether there are any fallacies in Neo-Confucianism itself.
.
The world is actually not like that. As long as you get used to the shackles, you often won't realize whether you are actually trapped in them.
After all, most people of other generations are actually mediocre. Not everyone can enlighten the Tao, get rid of the shackles of thinking, and become a sage.
Song Lian was a knowledgeable person, and he had a lot of knowledge in his mind. But in terms of cultivation and vision, he was far from the realm of the Ming sage in later generations. But Zhu Su's advice undoubtedly gave him a slight breakthrough.
He understood a little about the constraints imposed on him by Neo-Confucianism: No, those philosophies are outsiders, so why can Neo-Confucianism be infallible and correct?
Since it is not correct, then why did the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, which followed Neo-Confucianism, fall into such a situation?
There is nothing wrong with Confucianism, but Neo-Confucianism is not the same as Confucianism!
He felt that countless thoughts were beating on his mind like the tide of Qiantang he had seen before. This kind of feeling of excitement had never been experienced before except when he first read the Analects of Confucius in his childhood. It made him excited.
Trembling all over, I concentrated on capturing the passing thoughts, fearing that I would miss any bit of inspiration.
Sometimes things in the world are just a piece of window paper. After that piece of window paper is pierced, it can often suddenly become clear. For example, he peeled off Neo-Confucianism, or even peeled off many Confucian schools layer by layer, and then looked at it.
Every time the subtle words and great righteousness of Confucius and Meng Sheng were peeled off, many feelings that he had never had before would arise. Song Lian did not expect that he would have such an epiphany when he was approaching old age.
"I heard it in the morning and died at night! I didn't expect that the old minister was already so old, but he was on the next level!" Song Lian said happily. "The East of the Fifth Palace is really not ordinary! Let me pay homage to you!" After saying this, he actually trembled.
Weiwei mistakenly thought that Zhu Su would pay homage to him as his disciple.
"Master Song, you must not do this!" Zhu Su was startled and quickly used all his strength to help Song Lian up.
Is Song Lian a great scholar in the world and his own teacher? If the news about him kneeling down and worshiping him spreads out, which adds a layer of hatred, the most important thing is that the children must ask Empress Ma, who respects teachers and respects morality, to know about it.
I’m afraid I’d rather ask Lao Zhu to play a mixed doubles match for me.
Didn't he know what Song Lian had realized? In fact, he tried his best to use clever words and tricks to change the scope of Fang Xiaoru's mistake from "Confucianism" to "Neo-Confucianism", which had a smaller difference.
Confucianism is an untouchable tiger's butt, but Neo-Confucianism is just a ghost that relies on imperial power. Lao Zhu has already learned from the lessons of later generations what the Ming Dynasty that respected Neo-Confucianism will look like in the future.
That would be a charlatan, and there would be no room for charlatanism in the Ming Dynasty.
Although it was very helpless to be beaten by Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Su was not willing to do it if he could be the pioneer of Neo-Confucianism.
"Old minister, I have a question." Seeing that he insisted on helping him up, Song Lian stopped insisting. He thought for a while and asked Zhu Su a question, his tone no longer as arrogant as before:
"Why do you want me to inform Yu Xizhi of those remarks?"
"Are the remarks in Xizhi's mouth not the 'truth' that Dian Dong truly believes in? With all due respect, I must say that there are many contradictions and rebelliousness in those remarks. If you don't follow them, it is not the right way."
Song Lian's tone was serious. After being prompted by Zhu Su and freed from the shackles of Neo-Confucianism, he was even more cruel to Zhu Su's master of the fifth palace. If the master of the fifth palace had really fallen into heresy, he, Song Lian, would have risked his life to seek advice from him.
Diandong is back on track.
"Haha, Master Song is worrying too much." Zhu Su said with a smile. Those philosophies that told Fang Xiaoru were actually outdated. The only ones he truly believed in were the great Mao Zedong Thoughts and the Communist Manifesto. But those natural philosophies
Song Lian said bluntly that he had already thought of other ways to respond to his mistakes:
"Although Mr. Fang is outstanding in talent and learning, he still sticks to the rules. He makes mistakes as stated in the book and often does not have his own thinking."
"That's why he used that method to let him think independently, hoping to tell him that not all the truths said by others are wrong. Even if some truths are wrong, they are often disguised as unfathomable.
It seems but it is not."
"Or he didn't expect that instead of getting rid of the shackles in his heart, he actually became obsessed with it because of the many negative and negative opinions."
"It was even so tiring that he was criticized by scholars..."