Leaves and peach blossoms fell on the ground, and the withered old man knelt on the soil covered with hay.

Long Su's eyes were dim, and she was chanting a history book in her mouth, and she was chanting it to the old man.

That is "Spring and Autumn".

The old man in front of her was the goal she pursued for the rest of her life, but at this moment, she was not happy at all, and even seemed a little confused.

A young man was also kneeling beside the old man, but he said he was a young man, but in fact he just looked like this, his temples were a little bit slight white.

"... At the beginning, Duke Zhuang of Zheng was about to appoint Gao Qumi as his minister. Duke Zhao hated him and firmly dissuaded him. Duke Zhuang refused to obey. After Duke Zhao ascended the throne, Gao Qumi was afraid that the Zhao Guild would kill him, and on October 22, he killed him.

The death of Zhao Gong and the son of Prince Tuo…”

This happened in the 17th year of Duke Huan of Lu.

Killing the monarch from the bottom is a matter of ruthlessness and guilt in any era, whether in the past or the future.

This kind of behavior is not even a villain. Even if he is very capable, no one will dare to really get close to him.

But Long Su knew that anyone involved in Duke Zhuang of Zheng was not as simple as the ones written in the records.

"Spring and Autumn" is very long, and Long Su memorized part of it. She finally stopped and asked.

Do you still have to recite it?

Or, what is the meaning of reciting the Spring and Autumn Period?

"People who have been in a thousand years will find it interesting, but those who have been in a thousand years will find it very boring."

"Just like you are now."

The old man's chest was slightly up and down. Many things in the past, now they think about it, are already very blurred.

When did the ceremony disappear?

It turned out that this was already like this in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the old man was a little confused because during the Spring and Autumn Period, weren’t there many countries that respected etiquette?

All kinds of extraordinary things are all problems of Zheng State. Whether it is usurpation or collapse...

"Do you think the Spring and Autumn Period is just a history book?"

The old man withered asked Long Su: "Your understanding and unsolved understanding can be found in the spring and autumn."

Long Su shook his head vigorously.

The withered old man smiled kindly.

"Come on, in the 17th year of Duke Huan, Gao Miqu killed Duke Zhao of Zheng..."

"You ask Zeng Shen, Zi Si, and those Confucian gentlemen. First, ask them why they always use the principle of restraining gentlemen to restrain others. This is unreasonable... It's like a conversation between Gaozi and Mencius,

For willows and cups, is it a kindness or unkindness to the willows?"

"Gao Miqu, using his own thoughts to guess the thoughts of Mr. Zhao of Zheng, came to a terrible conclusion. He felt that Mr. Zhao wanted to kill him, so he started to kill Mr. Zhao first, but what did Mr. Zhao think?"

"A true gentleman will not judge others by himself first."

The old man withered: "But nowadays, the great Confucian gentlemen like to judge others by themselves, which is not what they should do."

"The respected courtesy of Zengzi is actually different from his own courtesy. I am not saying that he is not loyal, but that he is like you, and has a path that cannot be passed through in his heart."

"When Duke Xiang of Qi was hunting, Prince Peng Sheng turned into a wild boar and came back from Huangquan. Duke Xiang shot pigs with arrows. The pig man stood up. Duke Xiang fell from his car, injured his legs and feet, and threw his shoes back to ask his servants for their expenses.

I went to help him find it, but Fei didn't find it, so Duke Xiang whipped him with a whip, and his skin was so shattered."

"When Fei left, he encountered a traitor, and the traitor tied him up. Fei said, I will not resist you, and then let them see their bloody backs. So the traitors trusted him and agreed to his request for advance, but

After Fei returned to the palace, he immediately hid Duke Xiang and summoned people to fight against the rebels, and was finally killed."

"This is a loyal emperor. Since ancient times, many... those who have read etiquette and righteousness are in high positions, but they always do some stupid and timid things, even worse than a servant."

"So, gentlemen are in the wild and villains are in power."

"They look down on the people below, but they are often not as kind as them. I lobby for many years and have been asking all the best, but I still can't find the answer to this one."

"But later, I understood... the so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality are actually only in people's hearts, and it is also the mercy that all things have."

"But this emotion, it often sleeps and cannot wake up until the last time."

"For benevolence and self, I want benevolence, and this kindness will come."

Long Su was confused: "So Zengzi was wrong. He said he was already a gentleman in the world."

The old man withered smiled: "No, he is right, he just hasn't reached the next step yet."

"Be your own gentleman first, then the gentleman in the world, and finally, look back and look at yourself and be yourself. At this time, you are already a gentleman himself, so you don't have to do it anymore."

"See me three times a day, what are you seeing?"

"Ren, one person loves another person is kindness; righteousness is two arms and one person, not righteousness."

Long Su was moved, and the old man smiled kindly and said to her: "The way a gentleman insists on is difficult to change. Benevolence and righteousness are not something that is spoken of, but courtesy is the same."

"What Zhou Gong wants is that everyone in the world has virtue, but when I was young, I was bound by superficial etiquette and could not see the simple true meaning."

"He wants to see the world where the world is public. What kind of era is that? So what about the third generation?"

Long Su noticed something, and the sound of the old man pulled Long Su away when she was very young.

At that time, there were some words engraved on the Confucian simplified calf.

That was the earliest ideal.

People do not only have relatives, but also have children, so that the elderly can have something to live, the strong can have something to use, the young can have something to gain, and the widows and lonely can have something to take care of.

This is the Confucian Tao, and etiquette is just a means to realize Tao.

The footsteps were approaching from a distance, and Long Su suddenly looked back, the peach blossoms fell, Mencius and Cheng Zhiyuan, who looked haggard and stunned, appeared here.

The reason why Meng Ke did not go to the White Deer Palace was because he had something more important, but he was ordered to come back again, and he was dedicated to the meaning of this old man with a dead man.

The old man was once a figure admired by many people in the world.

Mencius is no exception.

"You're here."

The old man looked at Cheng Zhiyuan and the child he had seen in his dream.

"Sit, sit quickly."

"I want to hear your reason..."

The old man wanted to get up, but he was not strong enough. Shu Zhong next to him would help him quickly and said, "Teacher, I'll serve him."

The old man laughed: "When a person is about to die, the etiquette cannot be performed. Mount Tai is about to collapse and the beams of the house are broken, but where are the new stonemasons and carpenters?"

"Are you? I hope you are, but your craft may be too rough. I'm not teaching you, I'm not scolding you, I'm just making a suggestion."

Shu Zhong would stand up, entertain Cheng Zhiyuan, and lay hay for him.

This made Cheng Zhiyuan a little frightened.

"How dare the saint laying mats?"

Shu Zhong would laugh: "You have even cut off the bones of a saint. Do you still care about small things like saint laying mats? I am far inferior to Zeng Shen!"

Cheng Zhiyuan shook his head, thanked him, nodded to Long Su, and then he treated the old man solemnly:
Chapter completed!