At first, Jiang Fan praised Zhao Xin, saying that your measures are widely spread among the people under your rule, and everyone can enjoy the benefits and benefits. This is something that even Yao and Shun did not do. This implies that Confucius taught Zi

What Gong said "must be a saint" complimented Zhao Xin as a saint. But what he said next is the key point.

"The human heart is only dangerous, but the Taoist heart is weak" comes from the "Tao Te Ching", followed by eight words: "The essence is only one, and the right to hold is in the middle."

Don't underestimate these four sentences. For five thousand years, from the earliest time when Yao passed the throne to Shun, these sixteen characters represent the fire of Chinese civilization; sincere instructions, passed down from generation to generation, almost all classics and knowledge

They are all elaborated around these sixteen characters.

What Jiang Fan means is that the human heart is unpredictable, and the Taoist mind is attentive to subtleties. The most important thing in doing things is to be precise and single-minded, and the most important thing in governing the world is to abide by the middle way. The subtleties of this change and the subtleties of the Taoist heart are only

Only a gentleman can understand it. In other words, only scholars who have mastered Confucian knowledge have this ability.

Zhao Xin used the words of Mencius in his answer, "What's the point of answering yes?" The phrase "Mencius - Chapter 2 of Gaozi" means "What's the difficulty in answering this?"

In fact, the key is not this sentence, but the following words in the original text, that is, "without trying to figure out the root, but trying to understand the root. A square inch of wood can make it taller than a lofty tower." It turns out that you, Jiang Ziping, are saying that I don't try to figure out the root of things, but

Only deal with the final details.

Jiang Fan said that Confucian knowledge is comprehensive and can be the program of all knowledge; blindly pursuing the end details without seeking the foundation is heresy. The reason why the spirit of ancient sage monarchs has been passed down to generations and their holy names are immortal is not only because they have detailed

Governance methods and policies, but they follow orthodoxy.

Zhao Xin said, are you talking about the principle of "inner sage and outer king"? But times have changed. Things in Beihai Town cannot be solved by Confucianism. I can't rely on the Four Books and Five Classics to climb the technological tree, right?

Jiang Fan was unwilling to give in and argued that the purpose of Confucian scholars writing books and studying knowledge was to clarify what the subtle Tao is, which is absolutely helpful to politics. Without the Taoism of all ages, there is no rule.

The two are mutually exclusive.

To put it simply, without the recognition and endorsement of the scholars in the world, your rule by Zhao Xin will be like a rootless rule, even if you win the world, it will be the same.

He went on to say that a true Confucian would not be obsessed with eight-legged rules and regulations, or use those flowery rhetoric, but should study the subtleties of the saints, sincerely maintain the only way, and use classics and history to verify the gains and losses of government.

Zhao Xin agreed with this point. He quoted the words of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and this passage comes from "Cefu Yuangui". This book was compiled by Song Zhenzong during the Northern Song Dynasty and ordered his ministers to compile the deeds of the emperors and ministers in the past dynasties for use by the emperor in governing the country.

For reference, it was a royal secret collection at that time.

Jiang Fan was surprised because he didn't expect that Zhao Xin had even read this kind of book, but he then thought about Zhao Xin's identity as a descendant of Zhu Ming, and guessed that it might be family knowledge.

What Zhao Xin said next is interesting. He asked Jiang Fan, do you mean that I should reuse Confucian scholars and promote Confucian Neo-Confucian education in school education?
Chapter completed!