"How did the Hu people come in? Or the Tielite people?"

"Report to the official! Report to the official quickly!"

Xiang Shu frowned slightly, looked at Chen Xing, pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword, and glanced at the hall. Some people seemed to be greatly humiliated and stood up and were about to leave. However, some people frowned slightly, and they didn't mind the dispute between Hu and Han, but just wanted to see how Chen Xing resolved the crisis in front of him.

Chen Xing didn't expect that everyone's reaction was more violent than he had imagined. He immediately patted the tea bowl on the table and said, "Let's wait! Everyone stay!"

All the literati had already stood up, and Xie An was about to persuade him, but when he saw that Chen Xing took the initiative to speak, he temporarily kept silent.

Chapter 49 Qingtan┃I didn’t expect that this group of people seemed to have limited combat power, so I was ready to give up so quickly

"My brother, please ask everyone here," Chen Xing smiled, "Who has a grudge against the Tiel Clan? If you have a grudge, you might as well draw your sword and I will pay for my friend's life."

When everyone was asked this, they couldn't say a word. The Shulu clan to which Xiang Shu belonged never killed the Han people. They entered the pass several times, all of which were to help Fu Jian quell the internal troubles between the Hu people.

A literati sneered: "The Hu people are deer-headed and rat-eyed, and they are greeted by snakes and rats. Whether it is Tiele people, the Huns, Di people, Xianbei people, and slaughtering our Han people, they are all mortal enemies of our Great Jin Dynasty. What's the difference? Are the Tiele people Hu people? Since they are Hu people, what's wrong with us taking revenge?"

Chen Xing thought to himself, on the way, I clearly heard you praise Xiang Shu as a gentleman, now he has become a deer-headed and mouse-eyed person. The scholars are really good at changing, so he sincerely said: "According to Brother Xian, Hu people are humans, and Han people are also humans. If you want to take revenge and kill people directly, why bother with such trouble?"

As soon as he said, a person who stayed at the seat couldn't help laughing. The scribe was angry and retorted: "I'm just making trouble! How are the two equals?"

"Of course, it cannot be equivalent." Chen Xing thought for a while and replied, "According to me, Hu people and Han people are not humans. Do you still sit down and talk?"

Xie Xuan couldn't help but say, "How can I explain this?"

"Man is the fate," Chen Xing said frankly, "The two names of Hu and Han are the fate clans. White horses are not horses, and Hu people are not humans, one truth."

Xiang Shu: "???"

He burst into laughter and Xie An narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew that this was Chen Xing's intention to follow the customs of the countryside, so he took the initiative to ask for a Qing talk meeting. The meaning of Chen Xing's words was that Hu and Han were ethnic groups, which was a general term, and could not specifically explain the definition of "man". This is the ability of empty words and sophistry, which evolved according to Gongsun Long's "white horse not horse" during the Warring States Period. Jiangdong advocated Qing talk and had long been familiar with this proposition. Chen Xing's move was like sending it to the door and letting people beat him up. So people stood up before and sat down one after another, intending to refute Chen Xing speechlessly.

"Hu people are a kind of human beings," said another scholar. "Just as Han people are a kind of human beings, like Jiangna River, Qingtan is not sophistry, little brothers, this is all the rest we play with."

Unexpectedly, Chen Xing changed his subject and asked, "Then I ask you, what is 'people'? We must figure out the definition of human beings so that we can argue whether Tieler is a Hu person and whether there is any grudge with everyone here."

As soon as these words were said, they suddenly became silent. It is not difficult to explain the question of "Is a Hu person a human?", but few people have thought about what a human is.

Xiang Shu guessed that things could not be done at first, and just waited for someone to report to the official, so he rushed out with Chen Xing. Although there were many people in the hall, they were all literati. It was not his enemy of one move. It would be fine if Gu Quan Xie An didn't take any serious measures. Unexpectedly, Chen Xingjunzi didn't speak and asked everyone present in a few words. It seemed that the situation was not bad, but this question and answer really made Xiang Shu a little puzzled.

Wang Xizhi smiled and said, "Everyone here is all human, is there any need to ask?"

Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, it may not be necessary. To know what you are, you must first clarify the definition of this thing, otherwise how can you use it to define yourself?"

"It's right." Xie Xuan was also fooled by Chen Xing. Human beings are the spirit of all things. This has been said since ancient times, but how to give people a clear and accurate definition, even the sages and great sages cannot do anything.

So the hall was quiet for a while, and someone said, "The seven-foot bone, the difference between hands and feet, the hair and teeth are worn, and the one who leans on it and is called a person."

This is a sentence from Liezi Huangdi. Chen Xing refuted him without thinking: "What do you say about the eight-foot-foot-like person? What do you say about the three-foot-like person? Aren't a villain human?"

"Those who are born with hands and feet and head are called people." The literati who was the first to shout to "report to the official" spoke.

"So what do you say that those who are born with lack of hands and feet?" Chen Xing smiled, "If anyone says that a soldier who has broken hands and feet on the battlefield is not human, I am the first to dissatisfied."

Xie Andao: "Those who are born with three souls and seven spirits are called humans regardless of their body."

Xie An's sentence can be said to point out the essence of "human" in metaphysics, and immediately realized and admired it. Chen Xing said: "Then for a person, if the three souls and seven spirits no longer exist, they will no longer be human."

Xiang Shu thought this wasn’t nonsense?

Xie Anduo: "That's the skin."

"You can take revenge." Someone said.

"Wait," Chen Xing said, "If I remember correctly, the person who lost all three souls and seven spirits is called 'dead', right? Then is the dead man a human?"

Everyone started to scold Chen Xing, but Chen Xing said relievedly: "'Death' is a name, and a human is a name. If a dead person is not a human, then the Hu people can't be considered human."

Everyone: “………”

Xiang Shu: "..."

"How can the dead man be the same as the Hu people?" The Han people were quite dissatisfied with Chen Xing's sophistry.

"Are you scolding me in a corner?" Xiang Shu was also quite dissatisfied with Chen Xing.

Chen Xing hurriedly said, "Then, let's put it another way, do cats and dogs have three souls and seven spirits?"

Xie An: “…”

Chen Xing asked in confusion: "If cats and dogs have three souls and seven spirits, then can cats and dogs be considered humans? If not, who will prove that all creatures except humans do not have three souls and seven spirits?"

Now Xie An shot himself in the foot. If he had forced himself to say that all things have no complete three souls and seven spirits except humans, he could barely make up for it. But what about the evidence? To prove that the only creature in the world with souls is humans, he must first prove that no animal except humans has souls.

The theory of soul is still false. Forcibly proof is not only without theoretical support, but Chen Xing can also give a lot of counterexamples - such as the theory of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the theory of Yin and Yang, and the theory of reincarnation. People may be reborn as animals in their next life after their death. In this way, animals are like humans, and have souls.

Chen Xing added, saying, "There are also people born with lack of spirit, and we must not treat these people as humans. No matter what, it is said that there are fox monsters in the world, and they are no different from humans, but some beasts have not lost their nature. In this way, are monsters who become humans still considered humans? Why don't people treat monsters as humans?"

Xie An said decisively: "This principle is different. After all, we have never seen a fox demon and cannot be studied."

"Since that's the case, no one has seen the Three Souls and Seven Souls," Chen Xing agreed happily. "After the Souls and Souls are mentioned, it can be ignored."

"Yes, yes." Everyone wiped their sweat.

But next, the whole room was silent, and after the topic was revolved around, it was even more impossible to answer Chen Xing’s definition of “people”.

"People are just a conventional reference," Xie An thought for a long time, and then said, "How to call one depends on ourselves. It doesn't make much sense to entangle a title."

Chen Xing said again: "But no one has ever told us how this title came about, so I'm curious about it. I want to discuss it clearly with my brothers, and it's understandable."

Xie An's delaying plan didn't work. He scratched his back a few times and thought to himself what to do?

Xie Xuan said: "So brother Tianchi, what do you think?"

Chen Xing said in surprise: "It's my turn again?"

Chen Xing solves literati, just like Xiang Shu solves martial artists, even more neat than Xiang Shu. After all, Xiang Shu has to fight against thousands of troops one by one. Chen Xing fights a group of scholars every time, and he solves a group of attacks. Originally, Chen Xing also prepared a lot of immortals, is it human? If "immortals" are not humans, why is it called "immortals"? After the problem of immortals is solved, there are also "predecessors" and "gods", orangutans, monkeys, and talking parrots that have their own sign language that can communicate information with calls, etc.

Unexpectedly, the combat power of this group seemed to be limited, so they were ready to give in so quickly.

Xie An made a gesture, meaning that Chen Xing himself said that if Chen Xing wanted to prove his point of view, he had to give a powerful statement to convince everyone.

"I'm foolish," Chen Xing finished drinking the last little tea in front of him and said seriously, "Those who have the 'original heart' are called people."

The literati booed disdainfully, but after the booed, they suddenly fell silent again, and no one could refute Chen Xing.

Because the word "original heart" is quite complicated to explain, Mencius said that "I want to do what I want, and I want to do what I want" "sacrifice my life for righteousness" is the original heart, but Chen Xing said that the scope of this word is obviously more extensive than that in Confucianism.

"How can I understand the original mind?" someone said again, "Are you going to start talking about it next? It's going to be repeated, and it's going around, how..."

"It's not." Chen Xing said, "The mind of distinguishing right and wrong has the innocence of being unstoppable by external things, the purest nature of not being obscured by selfish desires, freedom is not bound by restraint, and walking alone is not dominated by influence..."

When he said this, Chen Xing accidentally glanced at Xiang Shu and found that Xiang Shu was always staring at him. When the two of them touched their eyes, they turned away unnaturally. Chen Xing almost forgot what to say next.

"...Well, so, all these things cannot be described in detail for a while. You have read them in the book, so I won't go into details. It is difficult to explain the so-called "original heart", but I think everyone is clear about this word. Knowing what "original heart" is also due to the original heart."

"Then the question is," Xie Xuan said, "can those who lose their true hearts be considered human beings?"

"Of course." Chen Xing smiled, and found out from the corner of his eyes that Xiang Shu was still looking at him, so he had to pretend not to see him. "We scold others for being 'no different from beasts' or 'you are not human', which shouldn't be a joke?"

A disciple of the Wang family said, "Can't a child be considered a human before he has been enlightened? In this way, I am not convinced."

Chen Xing asked back: "Who says that children have no original heart? How can they explain the saying "naive and innocent"? The original heart is like a bright lamp in the heart, and what should be there is naturally there."

"There are chaos in the world," he said, "If you often change your son and eat, you will recognize the thief as your father. Can you say that they are not human beings? I think it is just that human nature is good, human nature is evil."

Chen Xing said again: "Those who are evil in nature have been expelled from me if they don't wait for me to speak."

"What if you lose your original intention and then abandon evil and do good?" asked another disciple of the Xie family.

Chen Xing: "If you can forgive this person, of course it will be endless, and you will be re-entered. This is the so-called "conventional achievement", right? This is the way to define 'people' by using 'original heart'."

"So, the original heart is the certificate of a person, and you can recognize it from afar. My brother Shulukong has always been clear about right and wrong, sacrificed his life for righteousness, and has never killed innocent people, nor has he become an enemy of the Han people. Among the Hu people, there are those who want to satisfy their cruel desires and kill innocent people indiscriminately, and there are also those who care about the world and save the country and the people. Otherwise, how could he follow me to Jiankang and be cynical and ridiculed by you, and ask for this boring?"

After taking such a big turn, Chen Xing finally returned to the main topic and looked at Xiang Shu with a smile. At this time, Xiang Shu finally refused to avoid it, but his expression became a little complicated.

Everyone's hostility towards Xiang Shu had been diluted a lot, and they were stoked by Chen Xingdong and they were confused. They immediately didn't know what to say. They saw that the situation was awkward for a long time, and in the end, the master Xie An coughed, breaking the silence.

"I think it's getting late today," Xie An said, "Why... let's talk about it later?"

"Okay, OK." Everyone was sweating. Seeing that Chen Xing was calm, he gave him a few desks and folding fans. He might have to talk about tomorrow morning, so he had to take advantage of the owner's help and leave one after another.

Chen Xing quickly winked at Xie An and signaled that the scene could be over, otherwise the guests would go out later and come back to their senses and come in and pull him and say that they can't stand it.

Xie An also winked at Chen Xing, meaning to come to the study with him. Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu, and Xiang Shu looked as usual. Chen Xing was expecting him to praise him for a few words, but he saw that Xiang Shu still had the cold expression on his face, so he asked in a angrily voice: "How is it?"

"You are so sleepy." Xiang Shu replied.

Chen Xing: “…”

In the study room.

Xie An showed a thankful expression and stared at Chen Xing. In a moment, he untied his clothes in the study room, removed his robe, put off his jade pendant and threw it aside, put it on his only one clothes, took off his shoes and socks, sat on the couch in the study room, lifted the pot and started drinking.

"Clean talk," Xie An said casually, "I know about chatting all day long, a bunch of waste!"

Chen Xing: “…”

"What are you doing while standing?" Xie An saw Chen Xing and Xiang Shu standing in the study room, and said, "Sit! What do you want to eat for dinner? I'll let them bring the roasted pigs?"

Chen Xing: "That...uh...hasn't you causing trouble for you? Xie Shangshu?"

"Now it's the Secretary of the Central Committee." Xie An cried out, "Young junior brother, you are really not a good-looking guy. Just don't mention this. What's the situation? You have time to talk about it."

Chen Xing held his forehead with one hand and said, "Sir Xie, uh, I recalled it carefully. It seems that you and I are really not from the same school."
To be continued...