Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

"How do you feel?"

Gao Jing asked with a smile.

Xiao Baimao raised his head and asked, "Gao Jing, why is this?"

Gao Jing smiled and said: "I heard that the state of Jin once banned "gambling games", and the perpetrators were severely punished. Obviously there are very few gamblers participating in the game, but why did the state of Jin enact strict penalties?

That's because "gambling games" will encourage people to "try to get something for nothing", just like all countries value agriculture and resist business because they can make quick profits from business. No one is willing to work hard in the fields.

In the final analysis, it is "human nature drives profit"! "

"Human nature seeks profit?"

Xiaobai Mao repeated in his mouth, "Then is there any way to solve it?"

Gao Jing laughed and said he was very happy, and said: "If there is a way, the Taoist Tianzong will not hide in the mountains and not come out!"

Xiao Baimao said unwillingly: "Is there really no other way?"

"Anyway, the Taoists can't help it."

Gao Jing said proudly: "Confucianism is trying to "strengthen moral constraints" to try to solve it.

Confucianism deliberately emphasizes etiquette in order to strengthen the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the world, and then make the world better, or simply put, it becomes more orderly.

Taoism also advocates making the secular world more orderly, but the difference is that Taoism hopes that the world will take the initiative to accept it and feel the 'order'.

Confucianism, on the other hand, borrows etiquette and directly imposes order on the heads of the world..."

While talking, Gao Jing suddenly stopped talking.

Xiao Baimao said dissatisfied: "Why don't you continue talking?"

Gao Jing shook his head and said, "I always feel like I'm going to abduct you to Confucianism..."

Xiao Baimao curled his lips and said: "You can't even fight, so I don't belong to Confucianism!"

……

Going all the way, getting closer to Taiyi Mountain.

Xiao Baimao asked more and more questions every day: "Gao Jing, what is "inaction"?"

"Follow nature and don't do superfluous things."

Gao Jing said casually: "Mencius said: Don't take away a hundred acres of land at the right time, and a family of eight can live without hunger. Among them, "Don't take away the right time" means following nature and letting farmers cultivate the land. Just let the farmers cultivate the land and don't do unnecessary things.

Extending to the attitude towards the people, in a word, let the people do what they want to do, and the monarch should not "additionally" restrain them-except for the punishment book. "

"Then why not?"

"Do what should be done in accordance with nature and the way of heaven."

Gao Jingdao: "Well... let's use an analogy: when a natural disaster occurs in the country, the people who work in agriculture have no crops. At this time, we should follow nature and open warehouses to help the people, instead of going against God's will and continuing to collect land taxes from the people.

By extension, there are also ways to improve the moral cultivation of the people.

The monarch "does nothing" and the ministers "does everything", which is the core thought of governing the country of Taoism. "

Xiao Baimao asked curiously: "Is there any country that uses Taoism to govern the country?"

Gao Jing shook his head and said: "Taoism only advocates self-restraint and self-improvement, but it does not impose one's will on others like Confucianism and Legalism.

Regrettably, there are not many people who can do this, so Taoism is doomed to be difficult to make a difference in troubled times. "

After listening to Xiao Baimao, he blurted out: "The world is going down, people's hearts are not old."

"clever!"

Gao Jing praised and said: "During the period of Yao, Shun and Yu Tang, the "permanent property" belonged to the entire clan or tribe. Men plowed and hunted, women worked mulberry and weaved cloth. The whole world was very harmonious...  …

However, once people have selfishness, this harmonious situation is broken.

The Zhou royal family pursued the Zhou rituals and implemented the "well field system". In fact, they hoped to realize the harmony of the ancient sages under the monarchy.

But in modern times, the "well field system" has basically disintegrated. "

Xiao Baimao asked curiously: "Why did it collapse?"

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "Probably because of the "public land".

The so-called "public land" was first used by the Zhou royal family to set an example and ask the princes to lead by example and persuade the people of the world to work hard. The harvest of this kind of public land will be used to sacrifice ancestors and gods.

But after several generations, no matter the Zhou royal family or the princes of various countries, they have gradually given up farming by themselves, but asked the people to do the farming—and they didn’t pay for it.

At this time, people in the world already have selfish intentions, who would do such unprofitable things?

As time went by, the public lands gradually fell into disuse, while the unrecognized "private lands" cultivated by the princes and the people were more and more.

The State of Lu was the first to admit that "private land belongs to permanent property", and the State of Lu became powerful because of this incident.

Afterwards, the princes followed suit one after another, reformed the country, and recognized that land belonged to the clan's permanent property, thus completely dismantling the well field system of "same farming and eating together".

The model of "no one who does not work 3.9 will not eat" has changed into "work more, get more, work less, get less", and the selfishness of the world has rapidly expanded.

Confucius said: I heard that those who have a country and a family do not suffer from scarcity but inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but anxiety.

Once people have selfishness, they will start to care about.

But under the well-field system, some people do more, some do less, some are hard-working and down-to-earth, and some are cheating and cheating, but they get the same amount.

How long can such an 'unfair' system last..."

Xiao Baimao stared at Gao Jing, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why do you always say "Confucius said" and "Mencius said", do you really think I didn't hear it?"

Gao Jing pretended to be nonchalant, and said, "What you said is right, what if I quote it?".

Chapter 190 Seventh Taiyi Mountain

Taiyi Mountain, also known as Zhongnan Mountain, but in fact Zhongnan Mountain is not a mountain, but a series of mountains. It belongs to a section of the Qinling Mountains and is more than a hundred miles long. Taiyi Mountain is one of the peaks.

The reason why this mountain became the headquarters of Taoism is because of one of the ancestors of Taoism, Yin Xizi.

When Lao Tzu left Hangu Pass to the west, he was the pass order of Hangu Pass, so later generations also called him Guan Yinzi. It is said that Lao Tzu was invited by him to write the Tao Te Ching, and he had a high status in Taoism. One of the top ten heroes in the world.

By the way, the title of "Ten Heroes in the World" comes from "Lushi Chunqiu" compiled by Lu Buwei, and among the ten heroes, Taoism occupies five, military strategists occupy three, and Confucius and Mozi each occupy one.

"Lao Dan valued softness, Confucius valued benevolence, Mo Di valued Jian, Guan Yin valued Qing, Lie Zi valued Xu, Chen Pian valued Qi, Yang Sheng valued self, Sun Bin valued power, Wang Liao valued the first, sons valued the queen. These ten people are all the heroes of the world. .”

At that time, Yin Xizi searched hard for a place to live in seclusion, and finally found the Taiyi Mountain area at 17, where he built a building with grass to watch the stars and the sky, so his house was called "Louguan", and it was also known as Louguan Road in later generations. origin.

After that, Taiyi Mountain became a veritable Taoist holy land.

It is also the headquarters of the Taoist sect, which has witnessed the development and changes of Taoism for hundreds of years... mainly because of the two splits.

In the first split, the Yin-Yang School was completely separated from Taoism, left Mount Taiyi, and established itself.

The second split resulted in two sects of heaven and man, but in theory they still belonged to one family, and the residences of the two sects were still on Mount Taiyi, so they became half of one sect.

……

The carriage couldn't get up the mountain, so Gao Jing simply took Xiao Baimao up the mountain on foot.

Mount Taiyi was nearly a thousand feet high, and when they reached nearly halfway up the mountain, they met the Taoist disciples.

He didn't come here specially to greet him, but was a disciple of Shoushan.

Interestingly, the mountain road here is divided into two. Obviously, one side is Renzong, and the other is Tianzong.

The two disciples who guarded the mountain sat cross-legged on the side of the mountain path, meditating carefully, they just glanced at the appearance of Gao Jing and Xiao Baimao, and then closed them again, as if they didn't see anyone, and had no intention of approaching and talking to them.

Xiao Baimao said impatiently: "Hey, which way is the way to Tianzong?"

The disciple guarding the mountain on the left opened his eyes and said indifferently: "Tianzong does not accept outsiders, you two please go back!"

Xiao Baimao said angrily: "If you don't pick up customers, what are you doing so hard? Insert a sign and write that the road is blocked, and it's over?"

The disciple guarding the mountain closed his eyes and continued to meditate as if he didn't hear it.

Xiao Baimao looked at Gao Jing helplessly: "What should we do now?"

Gao Jing smiled and said, "You are the one who wants to be a teacher, you decide what to do... Or, can you get in?"

Xiao Baimao's eyes lit up, he drew out his wooden sword, eager to try.

But after hesitating for a while, Xiao Bai Mao still didn't make a move, just said: "Hey, do you know who he is?"

Pointing at Gao Jing, Xiao Baimao proudly said: "He is Gao Jing!"

Gao Jing: "..."

But Xiao Baimao's words finally made the disciple of Shoushan react, his face changed, he looked at Gao Jing carefully, and then showed a clear expression.

"Please wait, sir!"

After the disciple guarding the mountain got up and saluted, he turned back and walked along the mountain road.

Xiao Baimao laughed and said, "Your name is quite useful."

Gao Jing rubbed her head speechlessly, and said, "I thought you would hit her..."

Xiao Baimao shook his head and said, "I'm here to apprentice, not to make trouble."

Gao Jing said in a low voice: "Let me tell you, Taoism is most annoying to some red tapes of Confucianism, if you just type it up, maybe it will make people look at it differently!"

Xiao Baimao asked suspiciously: "Really? You're not lying to me, are you?"

"of course it's true!"

Gao Jing said seriously: "Go, little white hair, take out your sword..."

Before he finished speaking, the mountain guard disciple who had just returned to the mountain appeared, bringing a very young disciple with him.

The eyes of this young disciple are completely different from those of Shoushan disciples, they are more humane, more like an ordinary person, without the aura of being out of the world.

And he looks very handsome, with sea-blue hair that is different from ordinary people, and his clothes are also more gorgeous blue Taoist robes, but he is not very old, at most thirteen or fourteen years old.

As soon as he appeared, he looked at Gao Jing curiously, smiled at Xiao Baimao again, and saluted, "Xiao Ling, a disciple of Tianzong, lead the way for Mr. Two, please!"

Gao Jing looked at him, suddenly smiled, and said, "I'm sorry."

Xiao Baimao said bluntly: "Let's go, lead the way."

The three of them walked up the mountain road.

On the way, Xiao Ling took the initiative to talk to Gao Jing very actively, and his blue eyes showed a hint of exploration: "That... should I call you Daliang Zao?"