The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 3053 Let’s go!

The fourth article of Fang Yun's criticism of the saint is more serious in nature than the third article.

Fang Yun believes that etiquette and music can only be used to educate, and the object of etiquette can only be individuals. It can only be used as a reference for governing the country, and cannot become an eternal idea of ​​governing the country!

The way of governing a country must continue to change and progress.

Anyone who governs the country with backward methods and ideas will be destroyed by internal and external efforts, and history keeps repeating itself.

If denying benevolent government only negates Confucius' personal way of governing the country, then denying the idea of ​​rites and music not only denies Confucius' way of governing the country, but also denies the way of governing the country of the Zhou Dynasty, and even denies the entire Confucian way of governing the country.

The rule of Zhou and Kong must be completely eradicated!

After many Confucian scholars read this article and then compare it with the content of "Politics", they find that the literary courage is at best swaying, but rarely broken.

In fact, after Fang Yun's "Politics" appeared, almost all scholars were mentally prepared that literary courage would be broken if it criticized Confucius, and it would have been completely broken before.

After the criticism, Fang Yun changed the topic and said that although Confucius' holy way had flaws, they were the limitations of history. In that era, benevolent government, rituals and music were the most noble spiritual pursuits of mankind.

However, it is foolish to still blindly worship the ancients.

Fang Yun believes that Confucius’ political thought has limitations, but his personal spirit of learning, innovation and humility is immortal and has the power to transcend the times.

Fang Yun called on the entire human race to learn from Confucius.

Finally, Fang Yun came up with a statement that shocked the entire human race.

"Yao and Shun are not our end, the Zhou Dynasty is not our end, and Confucius and Sheng are not our end. They are just the symbols behind us. Our end is the future that will never end! In that future, everyone will surpass Kong Sheng, and will go further and further!”

"If our future cannot surpass the present, that would be the greatest betrayal to our forefathers! That would be the greatest letdown to our ancestors! That is the time when a human being should say sorry the most!"

"Confucius has found two roads for us, one is the end of benevolent government, rituals and music, the other is the road of enlightenment with the foundation of eternity! Now, give up the dead end and move in the right direction pointed out by Confucius, the road of enlightenment, Let’s go!”

Fang Yun's words resonated with many readers.

After reading the full text of Fang Yun's criticism of saints, many readers murmured to themselves.

"Let's go!"

However, no matter how sincere Fang Yun was in the end, he could not extinguish the anger of the Kong family, the Wenwang family and the people of the Li Palace.

Once Fang Yun denies the idea of ​​​​the system of ritual and music governance, it means an all-out war with the rite palace!

However, here comes the problem.

Fang Yun is no longer a great scholar, but a semi-sage!

The gates of the Holy Courtyard and Ceremony Hall are closed.

The scholars in the ceremony hall outside the door stood neatly, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

In the ceremony hall, the elders sat side by side.

The most worried person is Jiang Hechuan.

Jiang Hechuan secretly observed the other pavilion elders and found that nearly half of the pavilion elders looked hesitant.

Only four pavilion elders were filled with righteous indignation and vowed to uphold the holy way of etiquette.

Jiang Hechuan's eyes moved and he said: "My relationship with Fang Sheng is complicated. I will give up my stance at this meeting."

"Haha... Mr. Du Dao Hechuan is a good person, but now it seems that he is nothing more than an old man." Yunluo, the elder of Lidian Pavilion, said.

The elders of the pavilions remained silent. Jiang Hechuan not only did not blame Yun Luo, but felt guilty.

Yunluo had always supported Fang Yun in the ceremony hall and accepted some of Fang Yun's innovations.

However, Fang Yun and Li Dianxu were in conflict with each other, which made Li Diange Lao mistakenly believe that Fang Yun would not target etiquette. As a result, he created political ethics and affected Confucianism and etiquette.

Yun Luo was unhappy, but he was extremely well-educated and never opposed Fang Yun.

Even though Fang Yun had killed Qing Jun before, Yun Luo didn't object. After all, the half-saint's authority was greater than that of the king. As long as the half-saint was justified, killing the king was not a big mistake.

It is the natural power of a semi-saint to punish an unruly king.

Even a wise scholar like Yun Luo knew full well that Fang Yun killed Qing Jun not only for himself, but also for Qing's country!

There are two major stumbling blocks to the development of Qingguo. One is the Zajia and the other is Qingjun. Killing Lord Qing will change some of Qing's policies. As long as the Holy Court and other countries provide a little help, the country's strength will be restored.

This time, Fang Yun criticized Confucius and denied the rule of law, which completely angered Yunluo.

Therefore, Yun Luo simply criticized Fang Yun in public, regardless of his accomplishments as a pavilion elder or his status as a great scholar.

As long as it is not insulting or slandering, the elder of the Holy Court has the right to accuse the semi-saint.

Ritual and music refers to the Zhou Dynasty system based on ritual and music, including political system, cultural system, social form and so on.

Kong Sheng believed that the Zhou Dynasty system was the most perfect, so he highly respected rituals and music, and created his own concept of benevolent government based on rituals and music.

Zhou Kong is of the same origin.

Wu Jiu sighed softly: "My friendship with Fang Sheng is second only to Hechuan among you. Personal friendship aside, just speaking of being an elder of Lidiange, Fang Sheng went too far. He denied Kong Sheng with political principles. It is too radical to deny the benevolent government, then deny the rituals and music, and finally deny the Zhou Dynasty system!”

"Oh? It's radical, not completely wrong?" Yun Luo said with a strange air.

Wu Jiu said helplessly: "We have become great scholars, not mediocre people, so I opened the skylight and spoke frankly. Ask yourself, as great scholars, even if we guard the ceremonial hall and the ethics, are we really stupid enough to believe that the rites and music of the Zhou Dynasty will last forever and last forever? Continued? Once another saint appears in the human race, should we listen to him or continue to listen to Kong Sheng? "

"Then let's wait until Fang Sheng becomes a saint! If he becomes an ancestor and becomes a saint, I will never object!" Yun Luo said with a cold face.

Wu Jiu glanced at all the great scholars and said: "So, everyone here must have an idea in their hearts, that is, the Hall of Ceremony and the Rites will eventually be reformed. If you don't have this idea in your mind, it will appear in Fang Sheng's "Book of Criticism of Confucius" By the time, the literary courage was already broken.”

Some of the great scholars in the hall suddenly looked up to the sky and stared at the natural texture on the wall, some lowered their heads and grabbed the threads on their sleeves, some closed their eyes to meditate but their beards were trembling slightly. Yun Luo's eyes changed, ranging from anger to shame. It's like having someone's secrets revealed.

Wu Jiu continued: "Fang Sheng said when he was in Ning'an, innovation is a good thing, but if innovation is too fast, for many people, it is a bad thing. I am not used to Fang Sheng's innovation, but now we in the Ceremony Hall Nothing can be done."

Yun Luo sneered and said: "We can criticize the saint! By gathering the power of the Ceremony Palace, the power of the Confucian family, and the power of the Confucian school, we can definitely force him to admit his mistakes!"

Wu Jiu glanced at Yun Luo faintly and said: "Compared with Fang Shengwen? Liu Zizhi, Ji Zhibai, Xun Ye, Fierce Lord Meng Lintang, that executor Liu Shan, the entire Zajia family or even more... which one Success? If you find one, you will win! Have you forgotten that sentence? If you find Fang Yunwen today, you will definitely fail! "

Yun Luo froze on the spot, speechless for a long time.