The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1890 Abandoning benevolence and justice

Zong Ningbing took a step forward, looked at Fang Yun, with red eyes, and said loudly: "You can't do it, you can't do it! In front of the two armies, humiliate the generals. No commander can do such a thing to shake the morale of the army! Fang Xu Holy Spirit, I hope you, sir, will spare Ye Tian this time! It's just a battle of words and emotions, not a deep hatred. What's more, you are now weak, and you will fight for the King of Ten Hans. Ye Tian can help you win the position of King Han. Ye Tian, ​​the human race is losing an arm!"

Another great scholar of the Zong family came forward and said: "We sued Fang Xusheng before, but we had compassion in our hearts, so we agreed to punish Fang Xusheng after he recovered from his illness. Now, we hope that Fang Xusheng and all the great scholars will be here." After fighting for the Shihan King, you have also seen that Xiao Youtian is not refusing to accept the punishment, but we think that punishing a very important bachelor at this moment is killing each other!"

These words were so smooth that even those who supported Fang Yun could not refute it. In order to help Fang Yun, the Confucian scholars used delaying tactics and used Fang Yun's illness to delay the attack. Now the Zong family also uses this method. If Xiao is punished by force, Ye Tian, ​​this is a bit too much.

The Zong family is shameless, but the bachelors of each family will not do anything unless necessary.

Xun Pingyang said: "This Xiao Yetian has no illness or disaster, and his body is stronger than ordinary scholars. There is no harm in punishing him now. You say that it will shake the morale of the army, but Confucius said that knowing shame is close to courage, and Fang Xusheng also said that knowing shame is followed by courage. If Xiao Yetian can be made aware of his fault and shame and obey Kong Sheng's words, he will definitely work hard to become the King of Shihan. If he is not punished, he will probably get by with his luck. "

Although this statement is reasonable, many people feel that it has not completely refuted the Zong family. What the Zong family said is more reasonable. Since Fang Xusheng can be postponed, then given Xiao Yetian's identity and role, the punishment should also be postponed. punish.

Meng Jingye said: "I have a saying that is stuck in my throat and I won't say it quickly. At first glance, what you said makes sense. It's the same punishment, why can't it be delayed in the same way? The fact is that Fang Xusheng did not make a mistake! Fang Xusheng's is indeed Indeed, getting benefits from Ice Palace Mountain will help the human race enter the Ice Emperor Palace, so the so-called punishment! Regardless, delayed punishment should not exist in the first place. Can we punish someone who is completely right? Obviously not. From beginning to end, the only person who made the mistake was Xiao Yetian. Putting Ye Tian together and confusing them is not only ridiculous, but also completely wrong! "

After listening to Meng Jingye's words, many people suddenly realized and nodded. The essence of this matter is right and wrong, not whether to postpone punishment. No wonder he is a great Confucian and is not affected by the sophistry of the Zong family, but he is almost convinced by the Zong family. .

When Meng Jingye exposed the truth, the entire Zong family fell silent. If you argue with a great scholar, you will inevitably fall into the dilemma of losing more and more the more you argue.

Xiao Yetian's face was flushed with shame and annoyance. At this moment, he not only hated Fang Yun, but also hated Meng Jingye, and hated everyone who spoke for Fang Yun.

A dignified human race bachelor, the first genius of the human race in the Shihan Ancient Land, and a candidate for one of the four great talents, stood naked in the snow for so long. Just doing that was already a great humiliation.

Zong Ningbing let out a long sigh and said: "The saints taught the human race to treat their fellow clansmen with benevolence and righteousness, but now it seems that only Fang Xusheng can learn the way of 'benevolence and righteousness'. We won't argue anymore. Please make a decision from Fang Xusheng." We have nothing to say about abandoning benevolence and righteousness.”

The whole place was in an uproar, and many scholars accused Zong Ningbing.

Benevolence and righteousness are not only the holy way of Confucianism, but also a goal that ordinary people should aspire to even if they cannot achieve it. Benevolence and righteousness seem to be extremely vague, but in fact they are very specific. The interactions between people and the connections between people and things are all related to benevolence and righteousness. related.

If we don't mention benevolence and righteousness and only talk about laws and regulations, we are treating everyone as soldiers, and they are puppet soldiers without any emotion.

The so-called benevolence and righteousness are determined by the "heart" of the human race and involve human emotions.

The great scholars of the human race have reached a consensus. If the human race really abandons benevolence and righteousness, the result will definitely be chaos in the world. It will never be an orderly world, because the Qin Dynasty, the most prosperous Legalism, once had a few legalists. The family secretly abandons benevolence and righteousness, abandons the good and the evil, and attempts to use legal principles to eliminate human emotions and desires and establish a society completely controlled by the law.

But it turns out that the human race is not beasts or puppets after all. The human race needs emotions and cannot survive in a society with only laws and no emotions of benevolence and justice, so they rose up and led to the demise of the Qin Dynasty.

As a result, there are no extreme Legalists in Shengyuan Continent now, because the Legalists who tried to repeat the same mistakes have long been eliminated by the human race.

Legalists in Shengyuan Continent now have a consensus that although the law is supreme, the education of benevolence and righteousness can indeed make people reduce illegal behaviors, and the promotion of benevolence and righteousness can indeed make people do good and abide by order.

The morality of benevolence and righteousness is not so much about restraining the human race as it is about preventing the collapse of the human race and giving the human race a sense of spiritual security.

The human race has experienced many periods of ungratefulness and morality, such as those times of war, and all human beings want to stay away from that era.

In Shengyuan Continent, to say that a person abandons benevolence and righteousness is tantamount to calling the other person not a human being.

Only demons and barbarians have no regard for benevolence and righteousness.

"Sage Fangxu please give me a clear warning!" Many members of the Zong family saluted in unison.

Fang Yun glanced at the Zong family quietly, and finally his eyes fell on Xiao Yetian's back, and he spoke slowly.

"Benevolence and morality are related to our inner being and often determine what we should do. In addition to benevolence and morality, we also have laws, which are related to our external words and deeds and often restrict what we should not do. I will give you a very good example. A simple example, if we see a carriage overturning and its goods scattered, if we don’t pay attention, the law has no right to judge us as wrong. We are neither good nor evil. We are ordinary people; if we go Helping the car owner collect the goods is a good deed. This is not what the law requires us to do. It is determined by the benevolence and morality in our hearts. If we lose something, what will be our first thought? We will naturally hope that others will do good. Others have benevolence and righteousness. We may also violate benevolence and righteousness, but what we need is to correct it in the future, rather than choosing to abandon benevolence and righteousness."

Before everyone could think about it, Fang Yun continued: "Many times, just talking about benevolence, justice and morality is not enough. The carriage overturns and the goods are scattered, which is often accompanied by looting. At this time, is it useful to call the person who is looting unkind, despicable and shameless? It’s useless, because they are shameless and violate not only morality but also the law. So, how should we punish them at this time?”

After Fang Yun finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spat out a golden light. The sword turned into a dragon, and the dragon turned into a whip, drawing a graceful arc in the air and hitting Xiao Yetian hard on the back.

Snap!

A crisp sound exploded, and Xiao Yetian screamed and fell forward, with a striking whip mark one palm wide appearing on his back from his right shoulder to his left waist.

It's as red as a cock's comb and shaped like a centipede.

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