Chapter 156 Jian (thirteen)
Xunzi's question was not very sharp to Ju Zizhou.
Even his speech itself revealed that his rebellion against Confucianism was much more radical than Ju Zizhou himself.
He almost pointed at Conchu's nose and was cursing.
However, no one felt that Xunzi was scolding him wrongly or badly.
Xunzi's own identity, status and ability are there, and who is more qualified to judge Confucianism than him?
Ju Zizhou couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Xunzi's words.
Because Xunzi has such a status and status today, his words are to make a final conclusion for Confucianism.
After thinking for a while, Ju Zizhou slowly spoke: "Was Master Xun's words like this just admitting that what Confucius chose was wrong?"
"I do have this meaning!" Xunzi had no psychological burden.
"So, does the previous question still have any meaning of existence?" Ju Zizhou asked: "You have denied Confucianism yourself and believed that it is wrong and has no practical meaning. So what is the need to talk about it?"
In this great struggle, schools without meaning in use will disappear, and this is needless to say.
Ju Zizhou is very curious.
Xunzi himself is denying the ability of Confucianism, so this school that does not have enough ability to teach people will be abandoned by people.
Xunzi himself has been in Jixia Academy for many years, so he should know this.
So, why did he admit it like this?
"I only denied Confucius' past choice among Confucianism!" Xunzi looked indifferent.
"I wish to hear the details." Ju Zizhou bowed.
"The world is changing." Xunzi replied: "In the past, hundreds of countries in the world, the Master traveled around the country, and the road he traveled was only six or seven hundred miles apart, and the king he saw was only one or two hundred thousand people."
"The army was only a battle of hundreds of people, and the Master, who led the wise men, was still trapped by the rioters and almost starved to death."
"The so-called three hundred wise men and thirty-six warriors are just giggling on their faces and polite on their mouths, and they don't know what they say."
"What the Master saw at that time was just that the chaos in the world had begun to appear. Although the princes had wars, the number of people who died in battle in a hundred years was not as high as that of today; the number of people in the ten countries was not as high as that of today; the number of people in the hundred kings was not as high as that of today."
"At that time, the so-called 'ritual collapse and music was broken' was obvious, but the general trend should be based on Zhou rituals and morality, and it is barely considered to be able to cope with it."
"At that time, everyone had no experience in seeking change, and they could not imagine anything other than Zhou Li."
"And, Zhou Li had a deep foundation at that time."
"Although it has gradually failed, it was also the consensus of people at that time."
"At that time, Confucius proposed to restore the Zhou rituals, deal with chaos, and achieve great rule in the world, and to make him transform himself from a poor scholar to a noble minister."
"At that time, it was proposed to restore the Zhou Li to follow the general trend."
"Because at that time, there was really that possibility."
“However, it was not restored in the end.”
"There is no recovery, has it changed!"
"Changes arise in places that Confucius could not even see."
"The monarch's mind has changed, his family and country have more taxes, and more capable people... Moral destruction, and Zhou Li has withdrawn from people's consensus because it is useless."
“It no longer has the possibility of recovery!”
"Or, to be more specific, the 'ritual' of the past and the 'morality' of the past no longer have the ability to regulate the world, restore stability, and achieve great governance in the world!"
"The Zhou ritual is a ritual for dealing with a few people, and it cannot deal with a situation where there are many people."
"Confucius proposed to restore the Zhou rituals when there were not many people, in order to follow the general trend."
"So now, when something like Zhou Li is rebelling against the general trend, it is rebelling against the general trend."
"On the contrary, drawing things that can be applied to people when there are many people, changing the system, and creating new 'rituals' that belong to us now are to follow the trend."
"In the past, although Confucius was generally against the general trend, overall, he just used 'art' to have problems."
"To achieve great governance in the world, in general, it is still necessary to give people morality and etiquette to the country."
"This method is not wrong in general."
"Then what needs to be considered is to follow the general trend."
"On the basis of adapting to the general trend, transforming the past 'arts', innovating and applying the unchanging 'laws' can achieve good results."
"The Tao of Confucians itself is not wrong."
Xunzi looked at Ju Zizhou.
The three elements of art, method and power are combined into Tao.
Xunqiu generously admitted Confucius' past choices and his mistakes in his knowledge.
But Xunzi attributed it to the mistake of "skill".
He believes that there is nothing wrong with Confucian law and power.
"So Master Xun believes that what is the meaning of learning Confucius and Confucianism?" Ju Zizhou was very interested in Xunzi's thoughts.
This old man was so unexpected.
The sayings of magic, art, and momentum seem to be somewhat familiar.
However, Ju Zizhou's simple impression of this part of things is only in the three progressive levels of "skill, method, and Tao" that later generations often talked about.
In the meantime... I'm afraid there is something wrong.
"Governing the country requires a monarch with noble morality to govern." Xunqiu looked at Ju Zizhou's expression and felt something was wrong.
"And Confucius happened to be a sage who practices morality."
"Although he has no ability, he can teach people to be virtuous."
"So, learning his works is to learn his profound knowledge on one hand, and learning his morality on the other hand."
"Learn from him with a gentle and elegant manner!"
"As for the art of governing the world... Confucius was not even proficient in numbers. What kind of art could he know about the art of governing the world? This kind of thing is not available in any family or lineage!"
"Because the art of governing the world requires people to learn the law, understand the general trend, and comprehend it by themselves based on the actual situation!"
Ju Zizhou nodded.
It's so simple, but it's still much better than the Confucians I've ever met in my impression!
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"Don't bother the Koreans in the city!"
"Don't infringe on women in the city!"
"The property of the common people in the city shall not be damaged!"
"Don't invade children in the city!"
"All it should be eaten and used, and the women's neighbors paid for it. The army issued Korean won and had to pay for it!"
Tang shouted loudly to his comrades.
This is the fifth city they conquered.
After five attacks, everyone is already skilled in the entire process of siege.
There are also complete response measures to prevent the news from leaking after the attack.
Now that the orders were made one by one, the soldiers were aware of the supporting plans. After shouting a few more times, they were just doing their duty as the head of the village.
After shouting like this, the hall announced that the free soldiers could move freely. Then he greeted the soldiers who were on the turn, and took the people to carry the sacks that had been sorted and began to knock on the door from door to door.
Giving candy to children and feeding adults is a strategy that has been decided.
By doing this, the Qin people would not have much effort to win over as many people as possible to control the entire city!
Chapter completed!