The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2093: Confucius’s Voice

Xingtan has extraordinary significance to the human race. It is even considered the origin of the holy teaching. Only after being promoted to a great scholar can one be qualified to go to Xingtan and meditate for three days.

The most unlucky great scholar can hear the voice of one of the seventy-two disciples in the past during the three-day meditation. The lucky ones can hear the sage imitating Confucius’ teaching. As for the truly lucky ones in the legend, they can hear the voice of Confucius in person.

In history, only four Confucian sages have heard the voice of Confucius. The first three have left immortal works and have been canonized.

Generally speaking, only those who hear the voice of Confucius can be considered as true disciples of Confucius. Although they cannot be compared with the seventy-two sages, they can be listed among the three thousand disciples.

Yi Zhishi is the fourth.

During the competition for literary masters, Yi Zhishi's popularity was not particularly high, because the human race has always been particular about seniority, and Yi Zhishi was too young. Before him, there were many respected elders who competed for the title of literary master, and each of them was far more powerful than him.

For example, Lei Konghe of the Lei family, Zong Ganyu of the Zong family, Chen Mingding of the Jingguo Chen family, etc., all surpassed Yi Zhishi at that time.

At that time, no one was optimistic that Yi Zhishi could be named a literary master. His youth made him successful, but also became a disadvantage in the competition for literary masters.

However, at the last moment of the competition for literary masters, the Kong family came forward and announced that Yi Zhishi had listened to the legacy of Confucius, and the world was shocked.

One person Zhishi suppressed Wen Zong.

The competition for literary masters was no longer suspenseful, and Yi Zhishi became the first person under the semi-saint after that.

Yi Zhishi had many disciples and old friends. Every time they met someone saying that Fang Yun was a scholar before the saint, they sneered, because Yi Zhishi was the only one in the world who had listened to the legacy of Confucius and was a true disciple of Confucius. In their view, the disciples of heaven as said by the saint are actually far less orthodox than the disciples of Confucius. Among Confucianism, the disciples ranked among the three thousand are orthodox.

Everyone in Luopu Valley knows what the concept of Xiaoxingtan is. Only the lectures that are most appropriate to the saintly way and have unique innovations can trigger Xiaoxingtan, and the principles taught will inevitably be carried forward in the future.

Before, Fang Yun had taught painting methods and piano skills, which caused a lot of excitement, but it was far inferior to this Xiaoxingtan, because in the eyes of scholars, those are just small ways, and governing the country and maintaining peace is the big way.

The vision of this Xiaoxingtan itself is not huge, there is no divine light, no talent from heaven, just two apricot trees suddenly growing continuously, which looks nothing.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to trigger divine light and talent. It can give creatures the ability to transcend the limitations of nature and experience long growth in a short period of time. This power is comparable to controlling the past and the future.

After the Zong family took over the Dongsheng Pavilion, they obstructed Fang Yun everywhere. However, once Xiaoxingtan appeared, let alone Fang Yun had killed the Zong family's children, even if he killed the Zong family's patriarch, Dongsheng Pavilion could only hold its nose and declare Xiaoxingtan as a holy place!

The delay was at most three days. If it exceeded three days, other halls and courtyards of the Holy Academy would dare to impeach Zong Ganyu and all the people in Dongsheng Pavilion!

Even if they were the descendants of Zong Sheng.

The Kong family Xingtan in the Confucius Temple was like a monument, belonging to the holy land of the Great Dao, and no one or any family wanted to get involved.

But the holy land of Xiaoxingtan was different. It belonged to the holy land of education, which was not as good as the holy land of the Great Dao. Whenever such a holy land appeared, the major forces of the human race would inevitably go all out to compete for the qualification to enter the retreat.

Lower than the holy land of education, the Hanlin Hall or the Infinite War Hall that Fang Yun had experienced in the Holy Academy, all of which belonged to the holy land of practice.

Regarding the difference between the three holy lands, a great scholar made an analogy, comparing people to a bucket.

The main function of the practice holy land is to improve one's strength, which is equivalent to constantly pouring water into the bucket, and it will always be full.

The teaching holy land can not only pour water into the bucket, but also slowly change the texture of the wooden barrel, making the wooden barrel stronger and stronger.

The Dao holy land is stronger, not only can it turn the wooden barrel into an iron barrel, but also make the barrel higher and bigger.

The saints' families are not short of practice holy lands, and they only need to pay a small price to enter any practice holy land.

The teaching holy land like Xiaoxingtan is completely different. In order to ensure that the holy land has sufficient power, the holy land will not be open all the time, and the number of people and opening hours will be limited. You must pay a great price to enter.

The conditions for entering the Dao holy land like the Kongmen Xingtan are more stringent. Only great Confucian scholars can enter once. If you are not a great Confucian scholar, even the son of a semi-saint cannot enter, and the Kong family cannot enter!

Enter once and want to enter a second time? Yes, please canonize.

The conditions for entering the holy land of the human race are almost all so harsh, so the families will not try to control it at all. Either you are qualified to enter or you are not qualified to enter. There is no room for manipulation.

Xiao Xingtan is different. The geniuses of each family want to enter as soon as possible, and they don’t want to enter with many people. They all want to meditate alone for at least one day.

There are countless people who study in the human race, but there are only 365 days in a year. Among billions of people, only so many people can meditate alone in a year. Not to mention that the whole human race is not enough, not to mention that the holy families are not enough, even if only the children of the Confucius family are allowed to enter, the children of the Confucius family will fight desperately, because it is still not enough.

The scholars in front of Liu Shan were silent and hesitated to speak. Some of them were blushing.

Xingtan is a holy place for education. So, from today on, no matter what the identity of those who listen to Fang Yun’s lectures is, and who the mentor is, they must respectfully call Fang Yun the mentor.

In Shengyuan Continent, the relationship between master and apprentice is second only to that between parents and children.

Because the officials who attended the lecture personally experienced the establishment of Xiaoxingtan, each of them can not only enter Xiaoxingtan again for free, but also one of their direct descendants can be selected to enter Xiaoxingtan for free once.

If a scholar cannot even pass the Tongsheng exam, as long as he enters Xiaoxingtan once, he does not need to practice alone, even if he practices with a dozen or twenty people, then he will definitely become a Jinshi within 20 years!

The reason why the scholars in Luopu Valley were silent was that they understood that from now on, the relationship between Xiangzhou officials and Fang Yun would be a hundred times and a thousand times stronger than the relationship between Zuo Xiangdang officials and Liushan!

If one of the Xiangzhou officials had mediocre talents but had a child with excellent talents, Fang Yun would ask that official to die now, and that official would agree after hesitating for at most three breaths.

Just to allow the child to enter Xiaoxingtan once.

Liushan sighed softly, looking at the clouds in the sky, feeling lost, and slowly said: "After Ning'an, Xiangzhou also has the surname Fang."

The valley continued to be silent.

Ning'an is just a county town. Even if it has great potential, its achievements are limited by factors such as population.

Xiangzhou is different. Xiangzhou was suppressed by Qingguo for decades, but its population is over 100 million!

If Xiangzhou's potential is fully stimulated, in at most 30 years, Xiangzhou scholars will fill all the states and government offices in Jingguo!

They are all Fang Yun's disciples.

From now on, no matter what Jingguo will be like in the future, no matter whether Xiangzhou is annexed by Qingguo or seized by Wuguo, it will not be suppressed like it was back then.

Because Xiangzhou is not Xiangzhou of any country, it is Fang Yun's Xiangzhou!

The small Xingtan in the Baling City Academy of Literature can support half of the country!

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