Chapter 138 Meeting Confucius again, please invite Lu Zi to Qiguan!
The wind is blowing wildly, overhead is a canopy of hundreds of miles, and occasionally birds are seen.
The bright sunlight splashed down through the thick clouds and canopy, shining on the most important pass in Qi State with sparkling light.
On the city wall, the general's expression was extremely serious, holding a halberd and staring at the chariot and carriage in front of Xiongguan.
"Sir, what should I do?" the lieutenant general asked: "Can we use the power of thunder to set up an army formation and drop millions of arrows to kill this man?"
"Are you crazy?"
The general looked sideways and said coldly:
"Is it so easy to kill a great virtuous person in this world? Not to mention the monarch of Qin who is accompanying him, a great person!"
After a pause, he took a deep breath and continued:
"Let's wait and see what happens. Let the soldiers be ready and their bows fully drawn!"
"Yes, general!" The deputy general immediately passed on the order. Above the pass, a hundred thousand soldiers were ready to go, with their bows and arrows drawn, and their weapons bright.
At this moment, in front of Xiongguan.
Neither the hundred cavalry and eighty-one armor behind Lu Xuan, nor the seventy-two disciples following Confucius, were unmoved by the terrifying military formation spinning above Xiongguan and the bows drawn by hundreds of thousands of warriors. ,
And Lu Xuan, Kong Qiu, and Qin Mugong had no trouble in their expressions, and they were all laughing and chatting.
Duke Mu of Qin said softly:
"Is this Confucius from the State of Lu? I've heard of him for a long time."
Confucius bowed slightly and replied with a smile:
"It was after the teacher's instruction in Luoyang that day that I became a great sage."
With that said, he bowed to Lu Xuan, and then laughed and said in front of this majestic pass, under a hundred thousand bows:
"That day, after saying goodbye to Master Lu, the student returned to the State of Lu. He tossed and turned, thinking about my path, benevolence and righteousness. He actually figured out something and accepted seventy-two disciples, but he was still confused."
Lu Xuan stood on the chariot and smiled peacefully:
"Zhongni, it doesn't matter if you say it."
Confucius bowed again and asked solemnly and confusedly:
"What puzzles me is the benevolence and righteousness that I want to promote. I always feel that its theory is perfect, but there seems to be something wrong and inconsistent with itself. I have been implementing the benevolence and righteousness these days, but I have discovered and put it into writing Times are different, benevolence and righteousness should be implemented at the right time."
As he spoke, he sighed softly.
Lu Xuan also knew a lot about the Tao of Confucius in this world, and he also searched a lot about Confucianism.
Although there are gaps in history, Confucianism is relatively well preserved, so we know a lot about it.
Immediately, he asked:
"Zhongni, let me ask you, are the benevolence and righteousness you talk about the moral character that people are born with?"
Confucius thought for a while and nodded solemnly:
"This is natural. If you, a gentleman, do not have benevolence and righteousness, how can you stand in this vague world? If a person does not have benevolence and righteousness in his life, what value does he have?"
After a pause, with the seventy-two disciples listening attentively, and Duke Mu of Qin paying full attention, Confucius continued:
"You told me that day that the best is as good as water, so why should we cherish the dead like this? I went back and thought about it carefully. As you said, as long as a person's life is valuable and life and death are just natural cycles, there is indeed nothing to be afraid of. .”
"The value I think lies in benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, I believe that cultivating benevolence and righteousness is not only the nature of a gentleman, but also the nature of human beings. Why does Master Lu ask me this?"
Lu Xuan straightened his clothes, and the canopy of great power rolled above his head.
He didn't answer, but asked again:
"Zhongni, what do you think benevolence and righteousness should be?"
Confucius replied without hesitation:
"Benevolence and righteousness means having a correct mind, being humble, and loving the world."
"Shan." Lu Xuan's expression didn't change much, and he just nodded calmly: "Zhong Ni, your philosophy is very similar to that of me before."
Confucius was slightly startled.
At this time, above Xiongguan, one hundred thousand soldiers looked at each other, and even the general was a little confused.
He murmured to himself:
"Why is this talking about Tao?"
As he spoke, the general raised his head and looked at the sky covered by a hundred-mile canopy. There seemed to be purple rhyme surging there, and he could see smallpox falling through the clouds and canopy.
In the void, there are also fairy flowers, golden lotuses, etc. blooming, accompanied by various wonderful sounds!
"This is..." the deputy general asked in surprise.
The general sighed softly and said:
"It is normal for a great virtuous man and a great sage to discuss the Tao. You should order all the soldiers to plug their ears with cloth."
After a pause, seeing the deputy general's face full of confusion, he explained:
"I'm afraid that the first two men will be discussing the truth at the end, and they will raise the radiant heavenly voice, and if these soldiers listen to it, they will all prostrate themselves on the ground."
The deputy general suddenly understood and immediately passed on this military order. One hundred thousand soldiers tore the cloth strips and blocked their ears with it. Even the deputy general did the same.
Only the general standing at the top of the city, holding a halberd, had a high level of self-cultivation, quietly looked at the discussion of one virtue and one sage, and listened quietly.
And at the same time, underneath.
Confucius bowed respectfully and asked:
"Master Lu, you said that the benevolence and righteousness that I admire are very similar to the past you. What do you mean? Why is it the past you?"
Lu Xuan sat on the green chariot, his thoughts wandering, and he couldn't help but think of his past self. At that time, he believed that everyone should follow etiquette and law, and everyone should be benevolent and righteous.
It wasn't until I had a conversation with Chen Tianhua in the Supervision Office and a discussion with the teacher that I finally realized how ridiculous my thoughts were at that time.
While reminiscing, Lu Xuan sighed, his tongue bloomed like a lotus flower, and he uttered:
"You think that people are born with benevolence and righteousness, and their nature is benevolence and righteousness. It seems grand, but in fact it is pedantic!"
Confucius' expression changed, and the expressions of the seventy-two disciples behind him also changed. They all suddenly raised their heads and looked at this young man who was surrounded by darkness, with a hundred-mile canopy above his head, surrounded by lotus flowers, fairy flowers and other strange phenomena.
Lu Xuan remained unmoved and continued:
"In today's world, we don't say that etiquette has collapsed, but it is almost the same. For example, Duke Huan of Qi massacred hundreds of cities and killed tens of thousands of people in the wild. Is this benevolence and righteousness? This is not benevolence and righteousness, but he, a man who is neither benevolent nor righteous, is still in a high position. He is the king of the country, but he is the first overlord in the world!"
"If benevolence and righteousness are human nature, how can it be like this? If you teach Duke Huan of Qi benevolence and righteousness, will he listen? He can only hold a knife and chop off your head!"
Confucius looked uncertain and said nothing. He just bowed and listened respectfully.
Lu Xuan sighed lightly and continued:
"Everything in the world has its original laws. I told you this, wait and see."
As he spoke, he shook the [De] densely covered on his body, casually picked off the vast clouds from the Baili Canopy, and held it in his palm.
Immediately, the clouds and mists changed, and the scenery was expected to be the sun, moon, stars, animals and birds, rolling endlessly.
Lu Xuan said:
"The sun, moon and stars emit light and move around the sky. Birds and beasts compete with each other for natural selection. Flowers, plants and trees stand erect between heaven and earth. This is nature. The way of my teacher is to follow all nature and do nothing. You think Human beings are born to be benevolent and righteous, and the way I follow is my teacher’s inaction, but there is nothing that cannot be done by those who do nothing!”
His voice shook the sky, resounded through the Great Pass, and was deafening.
Lu Xuan's words and words, under the blessing of virtue, turned into all kinds of mysteries, reaching the hearts of people here!
He continued:
"The nature of human nature is definitely not benevolent and righteous, so it will also give rise to all kinds of strife, which will cause chaos and war on the earth!"
"It is naturally good for you to pursue benevolence and righteousness. It is not to make people follow their nature, because human nature does not have the word benevolence and righteousness. It is to make rules with benevolence and righteousness so that everyone can follow nature and at the same time have the right to follow nature. Benevolence and righteousness regulate words and deeds!"
Confucius seemed to understand but not understand. He raised his head and said blankly:
"what do you mean?"
"My wish is for the world to be pure, and your wish is for the world to be benevolent and righteous. There is a difference, but there is no difference, but both of them have a prerequisite."
Lu Xuan raised his head quietly:
"By doing nothing, I will do everything. With my body, I will suppress the unclearness of the world. With your body, I will suppress the unkindness and righteousness in the world. At that time, I will naturally determine the heaven and earth. The world will be pure, and all things will be benevolent and righteous. .”
Duke Mu of Qin could hardly sit still and almost fell off the chariot.
Confucius was stunned and his mind was shaken:
"People are not born with benevolence and righteousness. Is it true that I can make benevolence and righteousness naturally born?"
"Of course." Lu Xuan raised his eyelids: "Qi Huangong went against the grain and ruined the rituals and music of the country. He slaughtered hundreds of cities. When I go, I will kill them as a warning to others."
As he spoke, he Shi Shiran stood up:
"Killing them may not clear the land, but at least it will be better than before. At least many cities will be spared from the slaughter, and many people will survive!"
"Qi Huangong, how unkind!"
The sound was loud and strange, but it shook the world and the great pass.
Lu Xuan glanced fiercely, looking directly at the three-thousand-meter-high Xiongguan Pass and the 100,000 troops above it, and asked:
"You guys, do you want to stop me? Do you want to stop the purity of all things?"
‘Boom! ! ’
The pass trembled, split naturally, and made way for a path.
Above Xiongguan, the sound of Taoism was deafening. The general holding the halberd looked around blankly at first, but then, under the wash of terrifying [Virtue], he knelt down.
"please"
He said softly:
"Please, Lu Zi enters the customs!"
One hundred thousand warriors put down their bows and swords, prostrated, and shouted in unison, this loud voice:
"Please, Lu Zi enters the customs!"
Amidst the roaring sound, the canopy above Lu Xuan's head skyrocketed, growing from the height of a hundred miles to the height of a thousand miles!
He looked sideways at Kong Zhongni and discussed again.
Before giving way to Xiongguan, he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of prostrate soldiers and amidst the vastness of all kinds of strange phenomena.
Lu Xuan and Confucius discussed the Tao in thousands of sentences, each sentence is true and every word is precious.
After a thousand words, Confucius bowed profusely, then straightened himself up and said respectfully:
"Students understand!"
As soon as he finished speaking, brilliance bloomed from his body, shaking the vast mountains and rivers of Zhou Dynasty!
Following the shock, there were Confucius’ words:
"Students understand!"
The loud sound resounded from here to Linzi, then rippled from Linzi to the princely states, and finally surged on the city of Luoyang!
In Luoyang City, Emperor Zhou came out of the Mingtang Hall, stared blankly at the sky, and sighed softly:
"Heaven and earth have produced great virtues again. Unfortunately, they are not the great virtues of my Zhou Dynasty!"
As he spoke, he closed his eyes and sighed.
But before Qidi Xiongguan, [De] was applied to Kong Zhongni. The seventy-two disciples behind him all congratulated him in unison, while Qin Mugong was dumbfounded and looked around blankly.
Did Lu Zi discuss the Tao and find a great virtue?
This Kong Zhongni is actually so talented. Can he become a great virtue by listening to a thousand words?
On the side, the historian also swallowed his saliva and faithfully recorded this scene.
[Lu Zi and Confucius discussed Taoism. Confucius gained something and said loudly: The student understood. Later, Confucius' virtues and conduct became one, and he became a great virtue in the world. Duke Mu of Qin was frightened and nearly fell into the chariot. Lu Zi held his hands and laughed.]
[The Xiongguan Pass of Qi, photographed in Lu Zi's great virtue and majesty, actually separated from itself, showing the path in front. One hundred thousand soldiers all shouted in unison: "Please Lu Zi enter the pass!" 】
According to the historian's records, Lu Xuanfu got on the chariot again, set up the chariot, and moved forward. Behind him were eighty-one armors and a mighty hundred cavalry. On the left was Duke Mu of Qin, and on the right were Kong Zhongni and his seventy-two disciples. .
"Why are you following?" he asked.
Confucius said: "With the unity of virtue and conduct, Duke Huan of Qi is unkind, so I will follow Master Lu and kill him!"
"Good." Lu Xuan said with a smile on his face. The chariot continued to move forward and passed the pass. One hundred thousand soldiers once again shouted in unison:
"Congratulations, Lu Zi has entered the pass. Please, Lu Zi kills the thieves!"
Amid the roar, hundreds of thousands of soldiers followed, and the general came on horseback, holding his halberd high, and the sound shook the heaven and earth:
"Follow, Lu Zi kills the thief!"