Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

The Zhou Li of the Zhou Dynasty divided the social components into four categories: "king", "vassals", "doctors", and "scholars", and those under the "scholars" were not regarded as social components.

The middle and lower-level "scholars" are not qualified to study, and only the upper-level "scholars" can acquire knowledge and monopolize knowledge.

Later, during the Spring and Autumn Wars, the population decreased, and slaves began to be released, coupled with the decline of many "scholar" families, this led to the emergence of the real common people class...but at this time, some of the common people were released. The other part of the slaves still belonged to the "scholar" clan, strictly speaking, they belonged to the "civilians".

"Erya·Explanation": "Shu: extravagance." Shu, many meanings.

Confucius founded Confucianism, broke the privilege of superior "scholars" monopolizing knowledge, and proposed "education without discrimination", which benefited a large number of middle and lower "scholars", including many "civilians", who were elected as the Therefore, the status of "Confucian scholars" began to be higher than that of "soldiers" and "sergeants".

As for whether the ancestors belonged to the "scholar" family, you can know if you have a surname.

Since the troubled times of the Warring States period, common people have been eligible to participate in wars, and they have obtained "scholar" titles through military industry. After becoming a "scholar" clan, they will take a surname for their own family, and most of them are fiefdoms as surnames... It has been passed down from generation to generation, " The number of "scholars" is actually more than that of ordinary people.

Even Jing Ke is also a "scholar" family!

"The wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return when he is gone." The strong man is also a "scholar".

In the late Warring States period, it became common for nobles to raise "scholars". By this time, the term "scholar" began to flood.

Therefore, in the pre-Qin period, "scholars" were not a minority, but rather a majority.

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Confucius admired the rituals of Zhou, so the Confucian view of "scholars" evolved on the basis of "scholars" in the rituals of Zhou.

Shi, to the Tao.

Confucius said: "Cultivate yourself to respect", "Cultivate yourself to comfort others", "Cultivate yourself to comfort the people". Only by doing these three steps can one be called a gentleman.

Those who want to be gentlemen can be called "shi".

Confucianism is to cultivate "scholars"!

Therefore, Confucianism is the representative of the "gentry", which shows that its influence, especially in the Qilu area, is even more effective than the emperor's imperial decree.

And Xiaoshengxianzhuang is the sacred place of Confucianism. It is precisely because of the existence of Xiaoshengxianzhuang that although there are many internal factions of Confucianism, they can still be consistent with the outside world and become a prominent school in the world.

But at this time, it was clearly late at night, but the lights in Little Sage's Manor were brightly lit.

In a hall, there were many Confucian scholars sitting upright, all of them with unchanging expressions, keeping silent.

Fu Nian, Yan Lu, and Zhang Liang were impressively present, sitting at the main seat.

Looking across the hall, Fu Nian said: "Don't blame Confucians, the reason why you called everyone here in the middle of the night regardless of time is also related to the survival of Confucianism... Ovary!"

Zhang Liang nodded, got up and saluted, and said: "Everyone, Young Master Fusu has arrived in Sanghai secretly, and you all know the purpose of his trip, where Confucianism is going, please reply as soon as possible!"

An old Confucian said: "Then there's no need to call everyone late at night, right? It's never too late to talk about it tomorrow."

Fu Nian was dissatisfied and said: "Everyone can procrastinate day after day, but the butcher's knife of the empire can't! Who can guarantee that Mr. Fusu will not visit Xiaoshengxianzhuang tomorrow? It will be too late for everyone to make a choice by then! "

"What does Sect Leader Yi mean?"

Fu Nian said in a deep voice: "Everyone can make their own judgments about how the world is like today. The Fu family majored in "Book", "I hope that the master can learn the ways of Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu, so that the world can enjoy Yao, Shun, and Wu." The rule of Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu", so the Fu family has decided to join the empire!"

These words immediately caused quite a commotion among many people, and everyone discussed with each other.

Some people said: "All things grow together without harming each other, and Tao runs without conflict, so the empire must persecute it here?"

What these words mean is that they want to have nothing to do with the empire, to do their own things, and to maintain the special status of Confucianism detached from other things.

This is what Confucianism hopes most now... Confucianism was like this in the past, the king ignored me, and I was too lazy to serve.

Fu Nian didn't speak.

Yan Lu stood up and saluted, and said: "The "Book of Songs" says: Under the sky, is it the land of the king; on the shore of the land, is it the subject of the king. With the current authority of the empire, how can it allow people who are not ministers to exist inside?"

This is reality, a reality that everyone understands in their hearts.

A Confucian lamented, and said: "The eloquent ones are everywhere in the world, but who will change them? And instead of following the scholars who pioneered others, how can we follow the scholars who pioneered the world?"

This sentence comes from the "Wei Zi" chapter in "The Analects of Confucius", which means: the society is full of chaos and floods, and the world is like this. Who can change it?

Instead of fleeing and evading everywhere like Confucius, it is better to live in seclusion away from the world.

Fu Nian frowned, dissatisfied: "Mr. I'm afraid I forgot the last sentence: "Birds and beasts should not be in the same group, and who will be with us? ", we are Confucianism, not 373 Taoism!

Taoism can live in groups with birds and beasts, but our Confucianism is not with the world, who can we be with? "

Zhang Liang also said: "Confucius said: There is Tao in the world, and Qiu does not agree with Yi. Can the current empire be regarded as the Tao? You are still thinking of changing him. Is this contrary to the idea of ​​the patriarch?"

Yan Lu followed suit and said, "If there is Tao in the world, then rites and music will be conquests from the emperor; Will you give up if you attract the butcher knife of the empire?

Confucius said: Live respectfully, serve respectfully, and be loyal to others.Even though they are barbarians, they should not be discarded. "

Fu Nian followed and said: "Confucians, in the way of a benevolent emperor governing the people, in the way of a wise minister serving the emperor! What you think in your heart, the emperor knows, the son knows, and the uncle knows.

Again, Fu Nian has only one piece of advice: Scholars must not be resolute, the responsibilities are heavy and there is a long way to go!

Fu Nian has conveyed what the uncle once said according to the facts, but you have been procrastinating. Now that Mr. Fusu has arrived in Sanghai, you can no longer procrastinate.

Let's make a choice tonight... Otherwise, I don't need my uncle to do it. As the head of Confucianism, I, Fu Nian, will survive and die for Confucianism. So what? ".

Chapter 290 Combat

There are many things to do this night.

In a valley outside Sanghai City, Wei Zhuang was sitting on a rock, leaning on a shark-toothed sword, with a stern face, looking warily at the man in black robe not far away.

The black faction was covered all over, and they couldn't see their shapes and appearances clearly, but there was a voice: "...people who were born for war, of course they don't want the war to end. You are born for war, and now The war is gone, and your heart is also confused."

Wei Zhuang's face remained unchanged, but he said in a low voice: "My heart? Are you trying to say that you can see through my heart?"

"I don't need to see through."

The voice of the man in black remained unchanged, and said: "Because your own heart longs for war! At this moment, your heart longing for war will tell you who your real enemy is."

Wei Zhuang said coldly: "Who do you want to talk about? The emperor? Or Gao Jing?"

The black-robed man continued: "Without high scenery, the world will be in chaos. Only in chaos can we get what we want. On this point, we can cooperate."

Wei Zhuang's expression moved slightly: "Gao Jing... how to cooperate? Or, what can you give me?"

The man in black seemed to smile, and said: "There are many, but at the beginning, I will only give you information..."

Before he finished speaking, the man in black suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

Wei Zhuang also looked along.

Under the bright moon, a figure descended from the sky, holding a gleaming white sword high in his hand... with the momentum of falling, he slashed down heavily!

"boom--"

A blood-red sword with a strange shape appeared in the hands of the black-robed man, blocking the downward-slashing epee.

But the man in black was also uncomfortable, his feet were cracked, followed by three steps back and forth before he managed to stand still.

The short-lived sword disappeared under the black robe again.

"... Gao Jing!"

The black-robed man tried his best to keep his tone as calm as possible, but he still couldn't hide his unsteady breath, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect you to appear here¨々!"

The person who appeared was Gao Jing.

Qinglu sword spat out white light, repairing the broken sword body, Gao Jing said with a smile: "Don't hide it, cover it to cover the sun, the sun is full of darkness, I can see the sword that covers the sun."

Wei Zhuang looked at Gao Jing with complicated eyes, and suddenly said: "In front of me, Guigu Hengjian, using the way of Hengjian, Gao Jing, you are still so defiant!"

Just now Gao Jing slashed down in the air, engulfing the falling momentum, the power is astonishing, it is clearly a move of Guigu's horizontal sword.

"It means that your sword moves are easy to use."

Gao Jing danced a sword flower indifferently, and said, "How about it, can you still move?"

Wei Zhuang snorted coldly and didn't speak.

The black-robed man stared at Gao Jing, and said, "Dignified Mr. Jing, there will be a day when he will fight with his own hands?"

Gao Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "The majestic Eastern Emperor Taiyi condescends to be a killer who hides his head and shows his tail. If I don't do it myself, won't I look down on you?"

Wei Zhuang's eyes shrank suddenly, staring at the man in black.

The black-robed man was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "It turns out that Duke Jing can also joke..."

"Come on!"

Gao Jing lightly mentioned Lu Jian, and shouted: "It's only your fault that you exposed too many flaws... Look!"

The next moment, Gao Jing lifted his foot and took a step, and the soil under his feet suddenly rippled like water waves. The next moment, Gao Jing appeared directly in front of the black-robed man across a distance like changing shape and shadow.

The Qinglu sword in his hand glowed brilliantly, stabbing straight at the black-robed man's chest.

This sword is approaching the extreme point, and it is also reaching the extreme point, as if it is coming at hand, it is inevitable for people to avoid it.

Behind the black-robed man suddenly turned into a dense darkness, even at night, there was a clear boundary between light and darkness in front of him and behind him.

"Ding--"

The blood-red sword touched Qinglu's sword tip, making a crisp metal collision sound.

However, the man in black seems to have forgotten that the Qinglu sword is a broken sword, and half of the sword body is an illusory sword body that is completely filled with righteousness...

"Stab!"

The blade, which is completely composed of white righteousness, broke away from the Qinglu sword, passed through the body of the sun-covering sword like an illusion, and pierced the black-robed man's chest.

After penetrating through his body, it came out from behind him again. The seemingly faint fluorescent light completely dispelled the dense darkness behind him. It flew more than ten meters away, pierced through three or four big trees, and then disappeared!

The man in black groaned and retreated in embarrassment.

However, Gao Jing's swordsmanship is deeply rooted in the Confucian three essentials of "faithfulness, elegance, and understanding". The completed sword body follows him like a shadow.

"Ding ding ding..."

The sound of collision suddenly became one.

The man in black could only fight in embarrassment.

But every time the swords of the two sides collide, a white blade will swing out from Qinglu Jian's blade, and Qinglu Jian will follow and attack together.

In just an instant, countless white sword blades had spread all over the surrounding area where the two were fighting, like a rain of swords, overwhelming the black-robed man.

The entire valley is bright and dark from time to time, as if the lights are flickering, and the thick darkness will be dispelled by the shining white light just after it appears.

Wei Zhuang on the side stared at the battle between the two, with shock in his eyes.