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Chapter 302 What is Tao?

How much is Dongyuan worth?

No one can tell clearly.

It can be regarded as the first garden in Jinling and has long been famous all over the world.

Xu Yinjue took out Dongyuan as a prize, which is impossible not to be tempting.

Gu Jianshan traveled around the world for many years, wandering around and fighting many times in life and death before he gained such a great reputation. Later, he joined Fu Zhenshang's sect and became an officer in a hundred households.

He knew very well that since Xu Yinjue offered a heavy prize, he could only win and not lose.

If he wins, regardless of whether Dongyuan will really give it to him, at least Xu Yinjue's reward will definitely not be less.

But if he loses, he will definitely be miserable.

When people are wandering in the world, many times if they don't take a gamble, they will have no chance at all.

With this belief, Gujianshan not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully.

I just didn't expect that the wild girl across from me would be so domineering and take the initiative.

Gu Jianshan was different from Peng Jiunian and Li Zhenli. As soon as she saw Wang Siyi take action, her expression immediately changed. She didn't have time to think too much, so she raised her arms and protected her face first.

Even so, he still felt as if he had been hit by a running mad cow. The huge force made him unable to stand at all, and he fell directly backwards.

At the same time, heartbreaking pain violently radiated from the bones of both arms, and both arms had completely lost feeling.

The experienced Gu Jianshan understood that his arm bone should have been broken.

It seems that he relies on a pair of iron sand palms that are unrivaled in the world to travel around the world. And in order to practice the highest level of iron sand palms, he does not know how much training he has done.

Not only can a pair of hands break open monuments and crack rocks, at least they can't be hurt by ordinary swords.

As a result, today, in the hands of an unknown little girl, my life was interrupted.

There are thousands of thoughts in my mind, but everything happens in just a moment.

What everyone saw was that he flew out like a broken sack, hit the edge of the ship hard, and spat out a stream of blood when he opened his mouth.

Fu Zhenshang knew Gu Jianshan's martial arts best, and he was so frightened that he threw the wine glass in his hand.

Xu Yinjue thought Wang Siyi had used some dirty trick and shouted: "You are cheating!"

"Ahem... Your Majesty... don't be upset, it's me... I'm not as good as others!"

No one thought that the one defending Wang Siyi would be the defeated Gu Jianshan.

Panting heavily, he tried to sit up against the side of the boat and looked at Wang Siyi with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to see through this little girl.

Only when you have a real confrontation will you understand how terrifying this little girl who looks very thin is.

Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River was in an uproar. They didn't expect that the Gujian Mountain had shaken the mountain before, but now they would admit defeat.

Gujian Mountain is filled with sadness.

Before, he was so bold that he wanted Wang Siyi to know what it means that there is heaven outside the world and there are people outside the world. Now he understood the meaning of this sentence himself.

Moreover, Wang Siyi's martial arts skills were so powerful that he was desperate. Even if he continued to study hard and practice hard, there would be no hope of catching up with him in this life.

This is how people are, once they find that the gap is so big, it becomes very easy to admit defeat.

"May I ask where the girl is from? I have traveled around the world for many years, and I have never seen such magical skills as the girl. Please tell me that Gu died without regrets."

Wang Siyi waved his hand, not thinking that winning Gujian Mountain was anything special.

"I am the commander of the Dongchang Association Cavalry. I have practiced martial arts with my father since I was a child."

Gu Jianshan's expression changed drastically, and he wished he could give himself a few slaps.

He went so far as to challenge a cavalry commander without any shame, and he lost without complaint.

When later generations read martial arts novels, they thought those heroes had incredible skills and were invincible. But in fact, in ancient society, the people with the highest martial arts skills were basically in the official family.

Acquire literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family. This sentence is not just talk.

Furthermore, the cost of practicing martial arts is very high. And only the official family can provide sufficient resources for those who practice martial arts.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for Jianghu Caoluang to defeat the imperial generals.

In the real world, there is no internal strength or light strength. Fighting all depends on physical fitness. How can ordinary people compare with officials?

If Wang Siyi's identity had been known in advance, he would not have come forward even if he was beaten to death.

But then he thought of something and said in surprise: "Besides General Qin from Sichuan, are there actually female generals in this world?"

Seeing that Wang Siyi had won two games in a row, Huang Zongxi was really happy and said proudly: "Our General Wang is extremely skilled in martial arts. He personally killed more than three hundred Donglu at Qingshui Pass. Even among men in the world, there is no one who can surpass him."

There were gasps all over the place. Looking at the proud and independent Wang Siyi, it was like listening to a book from heaven.

If they hadn't just seen her destroy Gu Jianshan with one punch, everyone would even suspect that Huang Zongxi was lying.

Wang Siyi didn't care about winning the battle at Gujian Mountain, she cared about something else.

She looked at Xu Yinjue, whose face was ashen, and shouted: "Bring me the land deed."

Xu Yinjue was about to spit out blood.

"What did you say?"

Wang Siyi walked over in a few steps, her eyes full of power.

"You don't mean what you say?"

Xu Yinjue shivered on the spot and wanted to call for protection. When he turned around, all the servants and servants ran more than ten steps away.

Just kidding, these people know how powerful Gu Jian Shan is. But Gu Jian Shan can't even survive a move in front of this female Tyrannosaurus Rex, and they don't want to die.

He is a prince and a prince, he is superior to others. At this time, Xu Yinjue is full of desire to survive.

He tried his best to put on a smile and tried his best to explain: "The land deed...I don't have the land deed with me. Girl, don't worry, I will send it to you later...I will send it to you later."

Wang Siyi was happy now.

"That's pretty much it."

She pointed at Xu Yinjue's nose again and threatened: "If you dare to lie to me, I will come to your door. Let's see if the descendants of King Zhongshan are still as capable as him?"

Xu Yinjue's heart was beating like thunder, and he hurriedly said: "I...I keep my word and will never break my promise."

Wang Siyi got the guarantee and turned back. Before she could sit down, she shouted: "Zuo Menggeng, I won a garden. Do you want it? If so, I'll give it to you."

Xu Yinjue behind him was so breathless that he couldn't come up.

Dongyuan is extremely valuable, even he values ​​it extremely. He didn’t expect that this little girl would give it away after changing hands...

The competition is over, but everything has just begun.

Zhang Cai saw that his side suffered a huge defeat in the competition, and knew that he had to reverse the situation as soon as possible, otherwise he would always be at a disadvantage.

At the same time, he was secretly annoyed in his heart, realizing that what he had advocated in the past was so unbearable.

Before reestablishing the society, Zhang Cai organized many academic societies. Among them, the Guande Society was a swordsmanship group that trained martial arts and was one of the concrete manifestations of Zhang Cai's advocacy of "practical learning."

Zhang Cai advocated the restoration of the six ancient gentleman's arts, and learning swordsmanship was one of them.

Now it seems that the little bit of Taoism they learned is purely the imagination of scholars, and it is not the same thing as real actual combat.

He winked at a person on his side, and that person understood and stepped out of the crowd.

"General Wang's martial arts are unparalleled and brave, which has opened our eyes. However, no matter how good the martial arts is, it is nothing more than a weapon. We, the scholars, should take the pursuit of morality as our own responsibility."

Everyone froze and understood that the topic was coming.

On Zuo Mengeng's side, after several people looked at each other, Huang Zongxi came forward.

"Have you ever asked me how to address this friend?"

The man bowed his hands to Zhang Cai and said, "I have come back to you. I have been taught by Master Zhang and have just entered Confucianism. I am not afraid of making people laugh."

Zhang Cai likes to support young scholars and has written prefaces, recommendations and exchanges with these people many times.

Sound familiar?

Yes, this is how the academic circles of later generations played out.

Looking back, these people also played a huge role in Zhang Cai's fame.

In this debate, they will naturally take the lead and act as pawns for Zhang Cai.

Although Gui Erfu's words were simple, they showed where Zhang Cai and others were starting from.

In response to Liu Zongzhou's remarks that his knowledge should be transferred to the common people and used for common people's speech, Zhang Cai cunningly started from the aspects of Tao and reason, intending to attribute Liu Zongzhou's words to reason, and then suppress it from the level of Tao.

Although Zhang Cai believed in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism had undergone great changes.

During Zhu Xi's time, Dao and Li were often confused.

For example, he commented in "The Original Meaning of the Book of Changes": The overlapping movement of yin and yang is Qi. Its principle is called Tao.

It is also said: Hexagrams, Yao, Yin and Yang are all physical, and their principles are Tao.

Of course, more often than not, Tao and Li were treated separately by Zhu Xi.

He said in "Legends of Language": Clothing, food, and movement are just things, and the principles of things are Tao. It is not possible to replace things with Tao. And if this chair has four legs, you can sit on it. The principle of this chair is also...

The Tao must be viewed from the perspective of rationality and qi. Li is a fictitious thing, without the temperament, then this principle has no place to settle. "Yi" says: "One yin and one yang are called Tao", which means both rationality and qi.

Yin and Yang are Qi; one Yin and one Yang are principles.

That is to say, Tao is the foundation and reason is the representation.

Gui Erfu's remarks are saying that no matter how good Wang Siyi's martial arts is, it is just a superficial appearance.

Real knowledge is only the fundamental Tao.

As soon as Zhang Caifang said this, everyone stroked their beards and praised him for his kindness, feeling that he had gained a favorable situation in the debate.

Gui Erfu's opponent Huang Zongxi showed his sharpness and only said one sentence.

"I dare to ask Brother Gui, what is Tao?"


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