Chapter One Hundred and One Sermons
Chapter 101: Prove the truth
Tao follows nature, originates from nature, not matter, not spirit. It seems that these words describe things, I have heard of them somewhere! I have seen them!
In the holy realm of the Secret Valley, isn’t that long-standing origin tree and the fruit that can penetrate all matter except the big bamboo tube, right and non-spiritual, non-material, and completely unexplainable existence?
There are things mixed together, born in heaven and earth. Even if the giant tree is not born in heaven and earth, it is probably a strange thing that lives on the same life as the heaven and earth. Only when you have truly felt the special existence, Mu Qingshan, can you understand the meaning of my words. It is a mysterious and mysterious feeling. At least, the answers to the two are very close.
"It seems that your theory of my own is still at the stage of superficiality, and even superficiality is not even superficial! Haha! If you learn without thinking, you will be confused; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. Let me ask you a simpler question." Mr. Zhang smiled regretfully, but what he thought about was Yue Fei's famous quote from Xiao Chongshan, "If you want to give your thoughts to Yaozheng, you have few soulmates, who will listen to the broken string?"
This old man has only a lot of knowledge, but unfortunately no one can understand it. No wonder he sighed. It would be fine to talk about something simple in daily life. Today is the last class that Master Lao gave to Xichu University, so Master Zhang hopes to talk about what he is best at.
"What do you think of my inaction? You can also talk in combination with today's society. You can speak freely and tell me what you have said." Mr. Zhang said this, and he lost interest in this class and planned to let the students debate and pass the class time casually. However, he didn't expect that this simple question led to a disciple whom he would never forget for life.
The boy with glasses sitting on the left side of Muqing Mountain stood up first and said, "Lao Tzu's idea of inaction was mainly aimed at the rulers at that time. He hoped that the rulers could be calm and have few desires, govern without doing anything, oppose excessive disturbance of the people, and advocated retreating to the era of small countries and few people, so he was not valued at that time. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the most chaotic era in China. Only when the monarchs reformed and strengthened their strengths could they have a way out. Facts have also proved that Lao Tzu's ruled by inaction was a symbol of backwardness, and only the Legalists were the kingly way."
It seems that Mr. Zhang looked down on him just now. In fact, this boy with glasses has learned the history course in a very solid way, and he himself is proud of it.
Mr. Zhang commented: "That's right, everyone give him some applause!"
Finally someone showed up and received praise from Mr. Zhang. The audience naturally burst into applause. The boy with glasses looked back at Zhou Le proudly.
The applause stopped, and Mr. Zhang waved his arm and smiled, "I taught people to be willing to eat, be gentle on their clothes, live in peace, enjoy the customs, lead the country to look at each other, and hear the sound of chickens and dogs, and the people will not interact until they die. Let the country return to a state of small countries and few people. Haha, this is contrary to the process of human development."
Mr. Zhang paused and laughed, "But it is still very beneficial for our country to implement the basic national policy of family planning." Mr. Zhang's humorous words once again received applause.
At this time, Tang Xuewan, who was sitting next to Mu Qingshan, suddenly stood up and spoke: "In the early days of the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, the country had just been unified, and Liu Bang implemented the "light taxes and low taxes" policy, which was the embodiment of the use of Huang-Lao's art. It should be said that Lao Tzu's inaction still played a role in stabilizing people's hearts under the historical environment at that time. What do you think of this issue?"
"It is a natural beauty to be proud of poetry and literature." Tang Xuewan's question immediately received warm applause from many students, especially the boys in the front row, who took the opportunity to turn their heads and clapped their hands desperately, but their eyes were filled with joy.
Master Zhang smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "In the early Western Han Dynasty, light taxes and taxes were reduced and cautious in punishment. Liu Bang did not repeat the mistakes of the Qin Dynasty, which did play a role in stabilizing the political situation and calming the people's hearts, and also restored and developed the social economy, but the consequences were also quite serious.
Under the idea of one-sided emphasis on "inaction" and "stability", the central government indulged in the arrogance of the princes and kings, which led to the princes becoming larger, local forces overwhelming the central government. In terms of economy, officials at all levels were passive and peaceful, merchants and powerful people disrupted the market, annexed the land of peasants, especially on border issues, and marriage became a humiliation and concession of the Han Dynasty to the Huns. Therefore, the later policy of Emperor Wu of Han and Dong Zhongshu's "demolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" emerged."
After hearing Mr. Zhang’s words, Tang Xuewan was the first to take the lead in applauding. The classroom was filled with applause again, and the atmosphere was warm.
After the applause stopped, Master Zhang raised new questions.
"Every dynasty and generation will have different ideas and policies to correspond. Human society has developed to this day. Let's talk about what the mainstream of thought in today's society should be?"
This old man is really good at teaching. He knows how to learn from one example and constantly induce students to think about it, rather than just copying and cramming.
The man with glasses who had spoken before stood up again and said aloud: "Today's society is talking about democracy and the rule of law. It should be said that contemporary is a legal society, and science and technology are the primary productive forces. With the support of advanced technology, human beings should develop natural resources as much as possible and be used by people. From the Steam Age to the present, my inaction thought can only be used in personal cultivation, and it can only be used to teach people to be broad-minded and calm." The tone of the last sentence of the man with glasses was a little damaged, which immediately made some students laugh.
Mr. Zhang was about to speak when he suddenly heard a loud noise from the back row, which scared the old man. All the students looked at the back row, and saw Mu Qingshan standing straight, and a big hole appeared on the desk in front of him.
Tang Xuewan and Zhou Le frowned, and the two women were in the same mind at this moment, "Even if you don't understand what the old master is talking about, you don't need to take the desk to vent your anger!"
Mr. Zhang looked at the male student with a slightly red face in the back row and asked loudly: "The classmate behind, do you have any different opinions?"
Mr. Zhang was also a little unhappy. After so many years, no student would make such a noise when he was in his class. If Mu Qingshan was wrong, he might just leave with Master Zhang's temper. In this way, all the students in the classroom would despise this troublemaker in their hearts.
The students' psychology is so strange. If they meet an unpleasant teacher, then the student who dares to make trouble in class will become a hero. If they meet a teacher that everyone loves, then the guy who dares to make trouble will become the target of public criticism.
Mu Qingshan stood up straight, his face slightly flushed, his eyes swept around the classroom, and the noise stopped wherever he reached. The classroom suddenly became quiet, and everyone was waiting for him to speak.
Mr. Zhang also secretly praised in his heart. Who is this student from? His eyes are more effective than the teacher.
Mu Qingshan said, "Inaction is not as simple as you imagined. Human beings are also a part of nature. For human beings' actions, it may represent progress for human society, but for the entire nature, it means plunder. Even for human beings themselves, it is not a good thing.
The book says that the invention of the steam engine is that the coal storage consumed over a hundred years is several times that of the past thousands of years. The emergence of automobiles has caused a sharp reduction in oil reserves, which will inevitably trigger an energy crisis. The use of atomic energy directly leads to the emergence of nuclear weapons. Lao Tzu's "inaction" can be understood as requiring humans to adapt to nature and not to excessively damage nature, and living in harmony with nature is what humans should do."
Mr. Zhang was surprised after hearing Mu Qingshan’s remarks, and was surprised and happy. He said, “This classmate, you made a lot of sense. How could you consider it from such an angle, or even an anti-human perspective? Which teacher did you learn from before?”
Master Zhang knew in his mind that although the truth that Mu Qingshan said sounds simple, it is definitely not something that a private college student can imagine.
The at least the person who can consider the problem is a selfless and selfless perspective. Although some real scholars in the international community have put forward this view, they can only discuss it at the academic level and talk about it on paper, because even if we know that after over-exploiting resources, our descendants will have nothing, which government will stop developing?
Human nature is selfish. In this sense, all human beings are selfish, so it is said that Mu Qingshan’s view is based on the standpoint of nature, and of course it is anti-human.
Mu Qingshan was thinking a lot at this time. When he recalled the giant locusts in the Cao Lake, he couldn't help feeling sad when he thought of the tragic scene at that time. In fact, the one who was wrong was not the bugs, but the humans who broke into their territory.
"No one taught me, I saw it from this book." After that, Mu Qingshan raised his hand and raised the book in his hand.
When the whole class saw the book in Mu Qingshan's hand, they were all uproar because it was actually a martial arts novel, "Broken Void", written by Mr. Huang Yi, and most of the boys present had read it.
Mr. Zhang waved and said, "This classmate, come to the front with your book."
Mu Qingshan strode over and went to the podium. Master Zhang took over the book "Broken Void", turned two pages, and said in surprise: "Isn't this a martial arts novel?"
Mu Qingshan took over "Broken Void" from Master Zhang, opened one of the chapters, and said word by word: "Heaven and earth are not kind, and treat all things as straw dogs."
Then he paused and continued to whisper: “I see it from this sentence.
Master Zhang's eyes were even more surprised, his voice trembled slightly, and he asked, "How do you understand this sentence?"
Mu Qingshan thought for a moment and replied: "Benevolence, righteousness and morality are what humans say. Heaven and earth have no feelings and do not talk about benevolence and righteousness. Heaven and earth treat all things equally, just like treating dogs. I can pronounce the word "沪", but I don't know what it means."
Master Zhang said excitedly: "The word "沪" means grass here, so you can continue to interpret it."
Mu Qingshan continued: "Humans are not different from all things in front of heaven and earth, and will not be particularly favored by heaven and earth. If they plunder the nature too much, the heaven and earth should also retaliate against humans, thereby restoring the balance of nature."
Master Zhang was startled. Although Mu Qingshan's tone was a little cold at this time, a few words revealed the biggest dilemma that human society would face.
If humans continue to destroy nature, they will one day be retaliated by nature, and may even be a catastrophe. The greenhouse effect and land desertification in the past decade have shown that nature has begun to punish.
Thousands of years ago, Lao Tzu had predicted the future of mankind through his "Tao", so he proposed the idea of "inaction".
"Okay! OK! Very good! It's not easy for a private school to produce such a person. This classmate, tell me your name, I have some information notes here, I will give you one tomorrow, I believe you will be interested."
Master Zhang was a little excited. He had never seen a student who could understand these principles at this age in his life, and he was really a child who could teach him.
Mu Qingshan nodded, reported his name, and then walked down the podium calmly. The students in the audience were stunned for a long time before applauding and applauding.
Although Mu Qingshan doesn't talk much, it does not mean that he is a person without ideas. On the contrary, his response to things is much deeper and more direct than that of ordinary people, so he said such alternative words. Of course, this is also related to the martial arts novels he has read recently.
Ordinary people only think that it is enjoyable when reading martial arts novels, but because Mu Qingshan has had several magical experiences, he has different understandings of the content.
The following courses are only taught by Mr. Zhang, which is full of interesting things, but anyone who is interested can see that the old man is no longer here. From the beginning of Mu Qingshan returning to the back seat, Mr. Zhang's eyes have been stopped in that direction, and rarely move away.
Mu Qingshan didn't notice the old Master's actions, and kept thinking in his heart, "Taoist I am indeed an extraordinary person. I could figure out this truth thousands of years ago, and where is the way out for human beings? If this continues, it may not take long for human beings to really perish, but how can we solve this problem?"
From this moment on, Mu Qingshan felt like he had opened his mind, burying this question to the deepest part of his heart. The idea of solving this problem has become the meaning of his survival.
My mind was in a mess, and I felt that the pressure on my body increased invisibly. Cold sweat kept gushing out, soaking my whole body. Mu Qingshan was now unconsciously trapped in huge mental pressure, and his physical strength was consumed greatly.
When a normal person begins to understand a certain problem but refuses to give up, it means that he is starting to get stuck in a stubborn way. If it continues, the final result is often the tragedy. Many suicides and mentally broken people are because of this reason. Martial practitioners call it "being possessed by the demon", and practitioners call it "intentional demon".
Suddenly a piece of paper appeared in front of him, and Mu Qingshan's eyes were involuntarily attracted by the content on the paper.
"No one knows what will happen in the next moment. Life is wonderful because of this. If you don't have the ability to change everything now, it does not mean that you will not have the ability to change in the future. Life is just an experience. Isn't it good to grasp the present?"
Tang Xuewan didn't know why she wrote these words to Mu Qingshan, but she could vaguely guess Mu Qingshan's mood at this moment.
Mu Qingshan looked at the content on the paper and felt thoughtful. Suddenly, a pain came from his right arm. It turned out that Zhou Le saw Mu Qingshan staring at the note handed over by Tang Xuewan, and was so careful that he twisted Mu Qingshan hard.
After interrupting the two girls, Mu Qingshan was pulled out of his overly focused state.
Mu Qingshan gently pushed Zhou Le's wrist, but Zhou Le refused to let go and grabbed Mu Qingshan's sleeve.
Through the wonderful performance just now, the little girl finally decided to get involved with him, not to mention that there was a date between the two. Zhou Le's actions at this moment were clearly an intimate move that only the young couple would have.
Mu Qingshan didn't know what her mind was changing, so he had no choice but to let her pull her sleeves.
Tang Xuewan looked at the two of them with a smile, and reached out and pushed another piece of manuscript paper.
The content on the paper reads: "You don't have the turn to worry about some things, so take care of the things around you, boy! You got into trouble the night before yesterday. The background of those people is a bit complicated. Be careful. It is best not to leave school if you have nothing to do. Also, let the little wild cats around you be careful, and don't go out if you have nothing to do these two days."
After Mu Qingshan finished reading the content on the paper, he decided that the other party was caring for him. He was so happy that he looked up at Tang Xuewan. She was still so beautiful in her eyes that it was almost impossible to look directly at her.
Tang Xuewan nodded with a smile on her face. The relationship between the two is much better than when they first met.
However, Mu Qingshan is still a little simple in matters between men and women. If Chen Feifei was present, he would definitely find out with his experience of men and women. Whether from the lines written by Tang Xuewan, or from her smile and eyes, he only saw his appreciation for Mu Qingshan or some kind of affection, but he still means most of his friends, and there is no sorrow between men and women.
Chapter completed!