[Comprehensive] Those years when I memorized the Analects of Confucius

"I think it's fine right now. I don't want to forgive anyone and I don't need to be forgiven by anyone."

Perhaps it was because of the privacy of the communication tool used by the other party. Kong Yun didn't know whether it was his father, his second brother Kong Yan, or someone else who was talking to him at this time. He could only hear the man's voice. The voice sounded slowly not far away, and after the last sentence was said in a relaxed and casual tone, everything fell into silence.

The call is over.

From the beginning to the end, the man's tone was extremely calm, not like some kidnapper who intends to blackmail, but he was not as polite as the Kong family's usual - it was a kind of extreme calm and indifference.

This person knows what they are doing and is unimpressed and indifferent to the cost of such choices and actions.Even... happy to see it happen.

Soon, this silence and stillness were replaced by unhurried footsteps. Although he couldn't see anything, Kong Yun could clearly perceive that another person in this room was walking towards him.

He could feel the opponent's hands caressing his eyes. With the input of the opponent's spiritual power, the indistinguishable spell of Kong Yun was also released. Slightly squinting his eyes, he waited until the discomfort gradually disappeared from his eyes, then he focused his attention and looked in the direction of the other party——

This is a man who is easy to fall in love with just by looking at him.

Of course, this is not a strange thing. In fact, if it must be said, almost every member of the Kong family is easy to give strangers a feeling of approachability, kindness and friendliness. This kind of gentle and elegant, spring-like demeanor can be said to be innate.

The elder Kong Yun in front of him is of course no exception.

Kong Yun opened his mouth, his low voice sounded like he was muttering to himself: "...Uncle Six."

As one of the oldest and most powerful families in China's cultivating families, the Kong family is not small in scale. Apart from Kong Yun's family, there are countless other sidelines. The middle-aged man who left was none other than his father's younger brother Kong Yong in terms of blood.

But why?

Different from other Taoist families, the strength of the Confucian family comes from "Tao". More precisely, the core and foundation of this "Tao" is exactly what Confucianism represents, "benevolence", "righteousness", " There are twelve standards of etiquette, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, fraternity, integrity, forgiveness, courage, and concession.

In other words, the kind of intrigue and struggle for power that is inevitable for many big families does not exist at all for the Kong family.Because this understanding and belief in "Tao" is the source of the spiritual power of the Confucian family.

The purer the heart of the Tao, the deeper the understanding and implementation of the "Tao", the stronger its own spiritual power will be. Correspondingly, once the Confucian family doubts their "Tao", the doubt will The seeds will take root in the "world" in the heart, and their own spiritual power will also be greatly affected.

The warm and jade-like smiling face in my memory still seems to be in my mind, but the person in front of me has already changed.When Kong Yun came to his senses, he had already uttered the question in his heart——

"……why?"

The man hooked his lips and did not answer his question.

He knelt down and picked up the "Huainanzi" that was accidentally brought back. It could be seen that the book was well cared for by his owner, and it looked clean from the cover to the corners. Intact, without any trace of wear and tear.

He flipped a page casually, and read casually: "...that is why the sage cultivates Taoism internally, but does not pretend to be benevolent and righteous externally.

The inside of the book is still clean and tidy. The difference is that many places have been deliberately marked with pens, obviously people have read it carefully.He glanced casually, pulled the corners of his lips, and said with a sneer, "Obviously they are things that you don't even believe in yourself. Is it necessary to learn so seriously?"

The boy turned his head calmly, without any expression on his face, as if he really felt that this question had no value in being answered.

His indifference and resistance couldn't be more obvious, but Kong Yong seemed to be aroused by his reaction, the man's sloppy expression became focused, he pulled a chair, and sat down in front of Kong Yun, While hooking the corners of his lips, he said in a persuasive way: "It is said that our Confucius family followed the "way of Confucius", so do you know what Confucius experienced back then?"

Kong Yun did not answer this question.

For every member of the Confucian family, the experience of Kong Sheng is all too familiar, just like their bedtime stories, and the degree of familiarity is no less than that of fairy tales for ordinary people.

"...He wanted to use his own ideas to change the world, so he began to travel around the world, visiting kings one after another, but no one listened to his messy ideas, they ridiculed his stupidity and impracticality , insulting his personality and ideals."

"He taught many students, but until his students were successful in their own fields, no one was willing to accept his ideas. He spent his whole life on his idealism—later he died."

Kong Yun took a deep breath, and suppressed his confusion: "...What exactly do you want to say?"

The man ignored his interruption, and seemed to find this topic very interesting, and he began to become excited. He got up: "Sometimes, people would admire him, and they 'deposed all schools of thought, and only respected Confucianism', and his ideal was finally recognized. The world accepts it, but it has been tampered with beyond recognition by generations of rulers, and used as a tool to enslave the spirit of the people—"

"Sometimes, he will become a cancer in the eyes of the world. People say that he has paralyzed the minds of the world, made them bound by the thoughts of the past, and is a stumbling block that prevents them from ushering in a new era—"

"Isn't it interesting?" He concluded with a smile: "People always say that the law of heaven is like reincarnation, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil, but what this world proves to us is always the opposite."

With a slap, Kong Yong let go of his hand, and the "Huainanzi" fell directly in front of Kong Yun.The carefully kept books were thrown on the floor casually like that, as if they were throwing away some waste.

"Honestly, don't you think that the so-called 'Confucian Way' that the Kong family insists on has a big problem?" He walked a few steps in the direction where Kong Yun was, and then stopped. Discuss the general tone of the road:

""The Analects of Confucius" said, 'People don't know what they don't know, they are not a gentleman', 'Don't worry about people's ignorance, but worry about people who don't know', so even if we are slandered and insulted, we should not take it to heart. What you should worry about is whether you understand others, not whether others understand yourself. How can a gentleman feel resentful because others don't understand?"

"Confucianism emphasizes that 'everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world', so if we encounter any major events of life and death, we should dare to sacrifice; "Mencius" said, 'If you are poor, you will benefit yourself alone, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world', so the selfishness of ordinary people And weakness should be understood and forgiven—"

"Secular people can have no morality and nature, can be full of greed, can never-ending pursuit of their own interests, and practice ingenuity and deception in order to gain a good reputation in the world, all of which can be forgiven and understood , who made them originally secular people?"

He bent down and leaned close to Kong Yun's ear, his voice was as gentle as a devil's whisper:

"So, just because our surname is Kong, and because what we pursue is the so-called "Confucius' Way", we must stick to the principles of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, fraternity, integrity, and forgiveness." , brave, let', so some people can protect themselves wisely, and their families can live in safety and security, while we should accept all rivers and rivers, have no desires or demands, and transform all things with virtue... In order to protect more people, should we die obediently?"

As soon as the words were finished, before Kong Yun could react, the other party's smiling face suddenly turned cold: "But I don't want to."

"I don't need to be forgiven by anyone, and I have no interest in understanding and forgiving anyone—"

He stood up and looked directly at the young man with a cloudy expression in front of him, but his expression suddenly became gentle: "I said it before, we are the same kind of people..."

He stretched out his hand and pointed to his heart. The smile on the corner of his lips was indifferent and sarcastic, almost exactly the same as the expression Kong Yun saw in the Mirror of Erised that day.

"If you didn't have doubts, would your spiritual power have stayed in this realm for three whole years? Yan Er was not as weak as you when you were your age." He sneered and said, "Don't deceive yourself. , your Dao Heart image is enough to prove your thoughts. If you really believe in your own 'Dao', then why did half of your Dao Heart Tree wither?"

Kong Yun didn't speak.

There is no need to consciously condense or feel it, as long as he thinks, he can clearly see the appearance of the Dao Heart Tree in his body at any time now——

Half of spring is warm and flowers are blooming, half of winter is here.Half of it is still growing with difficulty, while the other half has long since withered and died.

These two images are obviously diametrically opposed, but they appear strangely on the same "tree" at this moment. The combination of vigorous vitality and gloomy lifelessness forms a delicate but dangerous relative balance.

But now, the part that belonged to the dead energy suddenly started to move around, as if ready to break this balance at any time and swallow the other half that was dripping green.

Turning a blind eye to the changes in his body, Kong Yun raised his head and stared deeply at the hideous face. He moved the corners of his lips, expressionless: "...What exactly do you want?"

Kong Yong finally laughed.

This is a free-spirited, unrestrained smile. From this moment on, the so-called "Confucianism" has nothing to do with him, and there is nothing that can restrain his behavior and his thoughts.There is no longer any thought that requires him to love the world and be lenient to others.

He is free.

But now, he was standing there, smiling and asking another person who was very similar to himself: "Do you still remember, how did your big brother who was regarded as a genius by everyone and the hope of the human race die? "