Through Yunyao's trick, Xunzi and the others were shocked to discover the contradictions in the world. In order to obtain the right to explain, there will inevitably be people who open their eyes to talk lies. They stare at jewelry and talk about dirt and jewelry. They are not speaking based on the truth, but are talking nonsense for the right to explain and are unscrupulous.

Of course, Xunzi and others are actually the same, otherwise they would not be the twelve sons. But they may not really understand the essence of their behavior, but they just empiricistly build their own right to interpret by criticizing senior scholars. It can be said that they were successful and established the evil nature of human nature through the twelve sons. This also led to the fact that although they also constructed the ritual and music level, other Confucian scholars were unwilling to accept them.

Xunzi's disciples became legalists directly, replacing rituals and music with legal rules, which could be considered to have completely walked out of their own path and constructed their own right to interpret. The rituals and music were trampled under their feet, and the laws and regulations were on the big stage, and were considered by Qin to be better than rituals and music.

Xunzi realized the problem, but they did not completely grab it in the process of competing for the power of interpretation. There were still a large number of Confucian scholars who praised Yao, Shun and Yu, believing that Yao, Shun and Yu were the standards of gentlemen, and what Xunzi said was useless. Therefore, there were few wise men in the world, because everyone did not know which side of the gentleman was the real gentleman.

But how should this problem be solved?

"We are not the twelve sons, and do not respect Yao, Shun and Yu. They can also criticize my proposition of self-cultivation and governing the country, the proposition of gentlemen's etiquette, and the proposition of human nature being evil." Xunzi said with a gray beard. Today he had met a master, so he asked, "You said that Confucianism would be great again, and that everyone is fighting for the right to interpret. So do you respect Yao, Shun and Yu, or do you not respect?"

I want to ask whether Yunyao admires Yao, Shun and Yu? This standard can distinguish whether Xunzi's Confucianism or traditional Confucianism.

"Of course I admire Yao, Shun and Yu." Just kidding, Yao, Shun is the second of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so he naturally has to worship him. Yun Yao continued, "But I don't deny the evil of human nature."

"Human nature is good, human nature is evil, the two are completely opposite, they can only be two to one, how can they be all right?" This time, even Li Si couldn't help speaking because the stranger's words were too powerful.

"Then I want to ask you back, you say that human nature is evil, but you believe that learning rituals and music can become a gentleman, and believe that gentlemen are the source of etiquette and law. So is it a gentleman who invented rituals and music first, or is it a gentleman who first achieved rituals and music first? Or is there a gentleman who came from heaven, a person who was born a gentleman without learning rituals and music?" Yun Yao said that this is like everyone is guilty and needs a savior. Pessimistic concept of human nature requires a person who saves the world. Religion can say that the savior was sent by God, so how do Xunzi plan to explain where the first gentleman who saved human nature is evil from? It can't be sent by heaven.

Xunzi was silent. In his opinion, this question was natural. As long as he was 'clearly divided into groups', there would naturally be gentlemen, and there would naturally be rituals and music. After all, the class already exists, just regulate it, and there is no need for a natural gentleman. He said slowly and forcefully: "Etiquette is different, music is unity, etiquette already exists, and music already exists, and sooner or later a gentleman will be born."

Li means to stipulate the class, but after the class stipulates, there must be communication, that is the work of music. The communication between various classes is completed through music, which is the perfect world in Xunzi's heart.

"In other words, it's not that there is no gentleman in the world, but that there is still a lack of gentleman in the world. Everyone knows that it's very dark at night, but it's lighted up after lighting the lamp. Then I can say that there is no darkness in this world, but there is only the lack of light. The same is true for human nature's evil thoughts. There is no evil, but just the lack of kindness." "The evil of human nature is the lack of goodness. As long as everyone can find goodness, everyone is a gentleman." Yun Yao copied the statement of other people's religion, but as long as it's easy to use.

In Confucius, everyone can become a saint, and now everyone can become a gentleman. Yun Yao said that only such a huge amount of core values ​​can make Confucianism great again. Yun Yao is Confucius' only female disciple, and Confucianism is great again, which will also be beneficial to her. Moreover, if Yun Yao's current proposal can fight against Western religion, Confucianism can hold on in the future, and there will be stumbling blocks on the road to the prosperity of Western religion.

The Han Dynasty respected Confucianism alone. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, metaphysics emerged. In fact, metaphysics was to seize the power of Confucianism. Later, the Sui and Tang Dynasties became the world of Western religion. It was not until the Song Dynasty that Confucianism recovered, and then there was Neo-Confucianism, and then there was Mind Learning. In the end, Confucianism and Buddhism and Taoism were mixed together.

Therefore, respecting Confucianism alone does not mean that Confucianism can really stand. Later generations criticized Confucianism because everyone needed to rebuild its right to speak, and Confucianism repeatedly took it out to whip the corpse. Therefore, whether it is advocating Confucianism or opposing Confucianism, it is not important whether Confucianism itself is good or bad. What is important is the ownership of the right to speak, and whose right to explain it is in the hands of whom.

Those who support Confucianism can say the goodness of a thousand Confucianisms, and those who oppose Confucianism can say the badness of a thousand Confucianisms. Therefore, if you only talk about good or bad, you can make a fuss until the end of the world. The important thing is to master the right to speak. With the right to speak, Taoist thought can become Confucianism, Mohist thought can also become Confucianism, Western religious thought can also become Confucianism, and even scientific thought can become Confucianism, which can be vividly staged.

Without the right to speak, Confucianism will become someone else's wedding dress.

"There is no evil, it is just a lack of good. A gentleman is inherent. If he doesn't see it, it is a lack of a gentleman?" Xunzi said that this view transcends good and evil, and it can be said to be a Tao, so he bowed to Yunyao and said, "Please accept me as his disciple."

Everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, Xunzi was a disciple of this young man in his twenties. So they were going to become the disciples of the twenty-year-old man?

Li Si and Han Fei couldn't help but look at each other, and they were also shocked by Xunzi's determination. Li Si could not understand, but Han Fei knew that this was the person who truly sought the way of heaven and the person who truly did academic research. Ordinary people had enough power to interpret the Tao, but the real idealist would pursue the Tao itself.

When the three of you walk, you will have my teacher. Therefore, Xunzi is willing to take Yun Yao as his teacher.

Yunyao naturally didn't want to do it. After all, Xunzi and Han Feizi were the last of the various schools of thought. But just when she wanted to refuse, a sudden flash of inspiration appeared, as if Tiandao had opened a hole for Yunyao to accept Xunzi as her disciple. This was something she had never seen before. After meeting Zhuangzi and Zhuangzi wanted to become a disciple, Yunyao only felt a chill on the back of her neck. But this time Xunzi became a disciple, Yunyao seemed to have a clear understanding of the spirit of the sky. This is the way of heaven opening the back door.

Yunyao thought to himself that Tiandao was in trouble again? In fact, she came here to fool her, and she was the last one to help Confucianism. After all, she could not rely solely on herself to fight against Western religion. Confucianism could become the main force in fighting against Western religion. By the way, she found a few people to study in Zhucheng and took the Tianguan exam, but she didn't expect Tiandao to allow her to accept Xunzi as her disciple. This change made Yunyao confused. What did Tiandao want to do?
Chapter completed!