As the saying goes, if you walk by the river too often, you will get your feet wet. If you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts. Just now, Yinzuo was still feeling proud of giving his fourth brother and fourteenth brother a little shock, but within two days, he received a little surprise from the fourteenth brother in return...
"You bastard, why don't you kneel down before me, Yinzuo, do you know your mistake?"
Well, although I don’t know what happened yet, I can tell that the old man is very angry when I hear the noise. It seems that I have to be careful when I go in later. But I have been very honest recently and I don’t remember doing anything to make my father angry.
Before entering Qingxi Study, Yinzuo thought he had done nothing wrong today, but when he entered Qingxi Study and saw the dejected little Fourteenth who was kneeling and the study teacher next to him whose beard was almost standing up with anger, he knew that he would probably be the one to take the blame today.
"Khan Ama, please listen to me... listen to my explanation."
Kangxi looked at Yinzuo's eyes rolling around and knew that he had not wronged him at all today. It seemed that this kid was really spoiled by him and even dared to make fun of Confucius. He wanted to see how this guy would argue. As for whether he could convince Mr. Yuan, that would depend on his own ability.
"Okay, then you should explain why you misinterpreted the words of those saints."
This is what not only Kangxi wanted to know, but also the gentleman in the study wanted to know. You have to know that the shock he felt when he heard the Fourteenth Prince say those treasonous words in the study today was no less than that of Yinzhen who was shocked by lightning yesterday.
"Khan Ama, Mr. Yuan, Yinzuo has a question for you two. I wonder if you can answer it for me."
Yes, our Sixth Prince is ready to pass the buck. He just thought for a long time and still felt that this time he couldn't bear the blame. You know, no matter what era, there has always been a group of people who are like a cancer, that is, poor scholars and corrupt scholars. These people are extremely dogmatic, always talking about the words of sages, but they are full of calculations. In order to achieve their own goals, they keep saying that the sages said that the ancestral rituals and laws cannot be abolished. Yinzuo thought that if they caught him with a little pigtail, what good would it be for him? So this blame must be passed on to him.
"Sixth Prince, please tell me. If I can answer, I will tell you everything I know."
Mr. Yuan has always had a good impression of Yinzuo. After all, which teacher would not like a child who is smart, diligent, good at studying, good-looking and polite?
Compared with Yinzhi and Yinzhen, who had a clear hierarchy of respect for teachers, Yinzuo was, after all, a modern soul. From beginning to end, he only regarded the teachers in the study as teachers who imparted knowledge, without any other thoughts. It was natural that he felt more relaxed getting along with them. In addition, he was good at pretending to be good and always had a smile on his face to everyone, so he left a very good impression on the teachers when he was studying in the study. Even though Mr. Yuan was so angry that he was blowing his beard and glaring, he was still willing to give him a chance to explain.
"Yinzuo would like to thank Mr. Yuan in advance."
Yinzuo could not stand up without Kangxi's order, but after hearing Mr. Yuan's words, he still raised his hand and saluted Mr. Yuan in accordance with the principle of courtesy. Sure enough, seeing his well-behaved and polite appearance, both Kangxi and Mr. Yuan looked better.
"Khan Ama, Mr. Yuan, what Yinzuo wants to ask is, has the current interpretation of the words of the saints been approved by the saints themselves?"
Isn't this nonsense? Of course not. Kangxi and Mr. Yuan shook their heads when they heard Yinzuo's question. They didn't understand what this question had to do with his misinterpretation of the words of the sage.
"That's right. This means that all the current commentaries on the words of the sages are the result of our descendants summarizing and selecting them according to our own understanding. So how do you know that these commentaries on the sages' words are correct? Since they are all summarized and summarized based on our own understanding, how can my understanding be wrong? Is it because my words contradict your common sense?"
Yinzuo's meaning was very clear. I didn't say you were fake or wrong, so you'd better not say anything about me, otherwise I'll get angry.
Obviously, Yinzuo's remarks were like thunder to Kangxi and Mr. Yuan. Yinzuo looked at Kangxi and Mr. Yuan who were looking at each other in disbelief, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. What's the matter? Is your head buzzing? That's right.
"But for thousands of years, everyone has understood it this way, and everyone agrees with the interpretations of these sages' words..."
"But does everyone agree that it's right? Hasn't anyone distorted the facts or taken the verses out of context over the thousands of years of transmission? Then, Mr. Yuan, what does Confucius mean by 'repaying grievances with virtue'? What's the next part?"
Yinzuo’s main strategy was to act with lightning speed, and immediately pursue the victory before Kangxi and Mr. Yuan could react.
"Of course, how can I repay a favor?"
"Yes, sir, you only remember the phrase 'repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?' But remember the other sentence after that: 'repay grievances with justice, repay virtue with virtue.' Even Confucius himself said to repay grievances with justice, repay kindness with kindness. So, I say that Confucius never holds grudges, and generally repays grudges on the spot. What's wrong with that?"
Kangxi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. Yes, this statement seemed to be correct. Although Mr. Yuan thought that this statement sounded correct, he obviously did not quite agree with it. However, Yinzuo did not give him a chance to speak at all.
"Khan Ama, when my son was studying in the study, he read the words of the sages and often felt that perhaps the mainstream thinking today is far different from what these sages meant when they said these words. Many of them have been taken out of context and misinterpreted. For example, the most classic saying is that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person, but who still remembers the following sentence, that a hateful person must have something tragic and painful? And the saying "One must be true to one's words and fulfill one's actions" is so annoying. What a mean person! Mencius also said that a great man does not need to be true to his words or fulfill his actions, but only needs to be righteous."
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