Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 416 The True Confucianism

"Of course!" Zhu Su nodded.

"This world is principle or Qi, heart or Yin-Yang and Five Elements, no matter how profound and profound it is, it is always just empty talk."

"If you want to explore, you should not rely on those great Confucianists to make a car out of thin air. Instead, you should connect with reality, experience it, and discover it."

"As for the method... hasn't my teacher already taught you?"

"Method?" Fang Xiaoru's eyes were still in a daze, and he understood instantly after a while: "'Bold hypothesis, careful verification', you mean, science..."

"Children can be taught!" Zhu Su clapped his hands and smiled. "The so-called scientists are those who study the principles of the world. You have seen it with your own eyes through experiments. Don't you already understand what light is and where force is. What is pressure and what is velocity?"

"Aren't these the principles of the world? As long as we study science thoroughly from generation to generation, there will be a day when we can understand all the thousands of principles in all things."

"At that time, what is this world, do you still need those people to pretend to be mysterious to interpret? Everything has long been beyond doubt."

Fang Xiaoru seemed to be struck by lightning, and suddenly became enlightened.Yes, whether it is Confucian Cheng Zhu, Lu Jiuyuan, etc., or Taoism, Yin and Yang, they all try to summarize the principles of the world from the conclusion.

First determine that this world is composed of "heart", "reason", "qi", or "destiny", "five elements", etc., and then bring it into the world, trying to use various Such a mysterious statement to prove the correctness of my own thinking.

As everyone knows, such an approach itself is extremely ridiculous.If the subtleties are unknown, how can we draw conclusions?It's just drawing up a result, and then working behind closed doors, making it hard.

Did they know that light has seven colors?Do they know that the earth under their feet is a sphere?Do they know why the sun rises and the moon sets, and the heavenly dog ​​eclipses the sun?What do they say about the destiny and the principles of heaven? Have they ever seen it?What do destiny and law look like?
It's just relying on assumptions to guess and explain everything in the world.Such a statement, why bother?
Unlike science, where one is one and two is two, it is rigorous and irrefutable.It is ridiculous that I abandon science and study philosophy. It turns out that science is the real key to understand the mysteries of the world!

When the science is fully understood and studied, all the principles of the world will naturally become clear.Although this may consume the efforts of dozens or hundreds of generations.But the principles of the world are inherently complicated, so can we just use the word "qi" or "reason" to summarize and deceive people because of their complexity and difficulty?
"Disciple has enlightened!" Fang Xiaoru's eyes were shining brightly, and he stood up straight: "Please accept disciple's worship!"

"If there is no guidance from my teacher, I would almost be in the treasure mountain and return empty-handed!"

"Ah! The Confucianism I learned in my previous life, now it seems that it is all vain, and it is a waste of time!"

"An Neng said that!" Zhu Su reprimanded, "The existence of Confucianism also has its merits."

"In my opinion, the original Confucianism was to teach people morality, lead people to be good, and guide the king to be benevolent. This is good learning, which complements science and is also an inseparable part of our Chinese civilization. .”

"It's just that people later misunderstood it randomly, or took it out of context, or pretended to be false, and turned a good Confucianism into a 'Confucianism' that didn't know how to adapt and imprisoned the thinking of the world."

"If Confucius knew that today's Confucianism is so bloated and almost lost its original appearance, would he still admit that the scholars today are his disciples and grandchildren?"

Zhu Su said solemnly.

This is the most suitable "truth" for building a strong and prosperous Ming Dynasty that he finally realized after searching mountains and seas in his room for the past few days, trying to revive Confucianism.

That is: promote the original Confucianism, directly "format" Confucianism, and restore it to the appearance when it was just shipped from the factory!
You must know that most of the original Confucian ideas are actually not problematic.Confucius persuaded others not only with his big fists, but also with his clear and upright values.In fact, there are many of the three views he embodies in the Analects, and they are universally applicable.

Occasionally, there are one or two things that are wrong, and most of them are the so-called great Confucians of later generations who took the meaning out of context and far-fetched it for their own selfishness.

For example, the so-called "repay grievances with virtue", the original words of Confucius are "repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue? Repay grievances with honesty, and repay virtue with virtue!" People directly reprimanded the idea of ​​"repaying grievances with virtue" and bluntly said that evil deeds must be just and direct If one repays by means, one can also repay by virtue.

Another example is "Parents are here, don't travel far away".The original words of Confucius are "If you don't travel far with your parents, you must travel well." You must plan in advance and arrange your parents well before you can travel far.It's not the foolish loyalty and filial piety who can't leave even one step.

And so on, there are so many misinterpretations in the Analects of Confucius.Even when Neo-Confucianism was flourishing, even the words of Confucius’ complaints on weekdays could be broken into the universe, into the Dao, and pulled out a long list of so-called the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.Then as evidence that the "sage" has penetrated the truth.

(For example, the sentence "only women and villains are difficult to raise". In fact, it was just because Confucius thought that Wei Linggong intended to govern the country with Confucianism, so he rushed to Weiguo excitedly. It turned out that the purpose of Wei Linggong and his wife Nanzi , just to use his reputation as Confucius to elevate his status and show off publicly. That's why Confucius complained angrily, "Only women and villains are hard to raise." This emotional complaint has been used by all kinds of later generations. It’s far-fetched, and it’s about the laws of heaven, ethics, and the three cardinal principles and five constant principles. From this, we can know how outrageous the later Confucianism was.)
Zhu Su's "respecting Confucius and returning to the past" is to completely restore the original appearance of Confucianism, abandon the vast and far-fetched annotations and interpretations, and explore the original thoughts that Confucian classics want to express.This will not only completely get rid of the ills of the already bloated "Confucianism", but also make Confucianism become a kind of learning again. Together with science, one is to explore the origin of the world and the other is to build spiritual civilization.One is moral education, the other is pragmatic.

In this way, the wise men of China will not make the mistake of explaining science with philosophy and treating science as a strange and late learning.

"So it is!" Fang Xiaoru was inexplicably impressed. "The apprentice understands."

"No longer listen to and believe in those rotten Confucian words that are deliberately mystical, but to explore the original heart of Confucius, to understand the truth that the sage really wants to spread."

"Using Confucianism to upright morality and self-cultivation. As for understanding the outside world, leave it to science. This is what Confucianism should look like!"

"Today I know that even though all beings in the world claim to be Confucians, they are all false Confucians!"

"Only my teacher is a true Confucian!"

Fang Xiaoru was crazy, patted his thigh, and praised loudly.

(End of this chapter)