The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 3073 Fierce Debate

On the debate board, the debate will be in full swing.

"The most ridiculous point of the opposing view is that she was infected with syphilis and that scholars should not have syphilis. After reading it, I fell into deep thought. Lu Meir is a woman. Did she get syphilis from birth? Impossible! Then, where did her syphilis come from? Men! Does the Holy Court stipulate that men who have had syphilis cannot participate in the imperial examination? No! Then, why can't women who have been harmed by men participate in the imperial examination? In addition, as far as I know, the brothel where Lu Meir lived was very high-end, and most of the people who came and went were scholars. So, it was the scholars who harmed her, not her who harmed the scholars!"

"The affirmative view is entangled in a disease and her identity, but the problem is that we are not discussing her "body", but her thoughts, mind, spirit, morality, etc. The reason why we mention syphilis and her identity as a prostitute is to express our respect for her. Personal moral concerns. As for saying that the scholar harmed him, this argument is simply ridiculous. Let me ask, didn't she know that the customer might get syphilis? She knew, but she chose money! "

"The opposing side is simply a group of saints who have never touched women's lives. What is she? She is a prostitute, not a madam! Not a big boss! How much choice does she have? If she is from a prominent family and a young lady, would she appear in a brothel? She was forced! You blame a person who is forced, but don't blame the madam, don't blame the parents who sold her when she was young, and don't blame the brothels that forced her to become vicious. You are the people without morals! "

"What the affirmative side said is targeted! I agree with one point very much. She was indeed forced. After all, she didn't want to be sold to brothels, she didn't want to sell her smiles, and she didn't want to do these It's a despicable thing, but the rebels also think so! The rebels don't want to kill the human race, but they are forced by the monsters! The rebels don't want to sell out the human race's intelligence, but they have a handle in the hands of the monsters! Have you noticed that the other party has been treating Lu Meir as an ordinary person! "We shouldn't use the standards of ordinary people to measure Tongsheng, we should use the identity of scholars to measure! What is a scholar? A scholar can die generously even if a monster puts a knife on his neck. Those who kneel down are rebels, not scholars! Scholars must maintain their integrity even if they are forced and insulted. Those who succumb to interests and intimidation are ordinary people, not scholars! When Lu Meir was not a Tongsheng, who cared about her? But she is a scholar, so we should measure her by the standards of scholars! Obviously, she doesn't deserve to be a scholar! ”

“The opposing debater is totally wrong! Did Lu Meir sell her smiles again after passing the Tongsheng exam? Did she sell her body again? Did she get syphilis again? No! After she became a scholar, she was absolutely a role model, she never did evil! So, when did she make a mistake? When she was still an ordinary person! You also said that you can tolerate ordinary people doing this and that. Okay, the debate is over! We won. ”

“I think we need to reiterate what this debate topic is. The essence of this debate topic is whether Lu Meir is qualified to be a scholar, so what is the standard of a scholar? For the term scholar, we have many standards. We say that scholars should be noble, should sacrifice their lives for justice, should have lofty ideals, and should do this and that. However, we ask the opposite question, are all scholars like this? I think the Zong family scholars are not like this, so can we say that the Zong family scholars are not qualified to be scholars? Scholars are defined by the imperial examination! Since she passed the Tongsheng exam with dignity, she is a scholar. You can say she is a bad scholar, a bad scholar, but she should be a scholar indeed! "

"Is a traitor also a scholar?"

"Of course! If she is a traitor, just kill her. So, you can go and kill Lu Meir, I won't stop you, but I insist that she is a scholar, even if she is a scholar who can be killed."

Soon, a long reply triggered heated discussions among the crowd.

"I am a juren, my eldest brother is a scholar, my second brother is also a juren, and my father is a jinshi. My father died in the battle of Liangjie Mountain, and my eldest and second brothers died in the war of the barbarian invasion of Guguo. There are too many deaths on the border of our Guguo, so we have the habit of group burials and group sacrifices. My father, eldest brother and second brother, three graves are connected together. Every year, I go twice, once on Qingming Festival, and once on my father's death anniversary, September 20th. "

"Every year, I will bring my family, my father's favorite rice wine, smoked meat, and paper money to their graves. I have two sons, a daughter, a wife and two concubines. At the same time, there are my two sisters-in-law, yes, I am now supporting my sisters-in-law, as well as my three nephews and two nieces. "

"Every time I go to the grave, I ask my children and nephews and nieces to kneel down, and then I tell them about my father's most heroic moments, I tell them about how my eldest brother delayed his studies in order to let me study, and I tell them about my second brother's earnest teachings to me. I always tell them that in our Liu family, regardless of gender, everyone must be a scholar, everyone must have courtesy, righteousness, and shame, and everyone must be a hero, because they are watching us in heaven, because they are the reason why the human race has not perished! "

"Let the children listen to the story of their father and brother, and I will tell them what happened to the human race recently. "

"When Fang Sheng proposed that both men and women take the exam, I did not object. When the news was confirmed, I immediately called my daughters, nieces, and even nephews, all the women who could read and write. I told them: I let you study and take the exam not so that you can fight and sacrifice like your grandfathers and uncles or other scholars. I let you study so that you can have more chances to escape and live a few more days when you encounter monsters and barbarians. I opened a private school for them and taught them how to take the exam."

"Unfortunately, everyone can find that the imperial examination for women is very divided. The daughters of the rich are particularly outstanding. Or a very small number of women from poor families are extremely outstanding, but there are very few women who can pass the examination to become a Tongsheng, and most women are very poor. Therefore, none of my female relatives passed the examination to become a Tongsheng. "

"Just after the results were announced, I took all of them to the graves of my father and brother. I didn't let them kneel and cry, and I didn't punish them. I just told them their stories, the stories of Fang Sheng, and the stories of those sages. I don't force them to do anything, I just hope they study hard. As long as I don't go to the battlefield, my private school will continue. I think that letting more people study, regardless of gender, is as great as Confucius! Teaching without distinction is what I have always insisted on. "