At this moment, in the Small Sage Manor of Sanghai City.
The other philosophers laughed as they watched the debate about the white horse.
Guest: Can you say that a white horse is not equal to a horse?
Gongsun Long said,"Yes."
Guest: Why?
Gongsun Long said," Horse " is the regulation of the " shape " of an object, while " white horse " is the regulation of the " color " of a horse. The regulation of the " color " and the regulation of the " shape " are naturally different. Therefore, the result of applying different rules to different concepts was different for white horses.
Guest side: There are white horses, but it can't be said that there are no horses. Since it could not be said that there were no horses, then wouldn't a white horse be a horse? Since a white horse was called a horse, why was a white horse not a horse?
Gong Sunlong: If you want a horse, you can get a yellow horse or a black horse. If he asked for a white horse, yellow horses and black horses would not be able to meet the requirements. If a white horse is a horse, then asking for a horse is exactly the same as asking for a white horse. However, if there is no difference between asking for a horse and asking for a white horse, then why do yellow horses and black horses sometimes agree to have a horse but not a white horse?」，This clearly showed that asking for a "horse" was completely different from asking for a "white horse." Therefore, a yellow horse or a black horse could promise to have a horse, but not a white horse. "This shows that the original hypothesis of 'a white horse is a horse' is unfounded." Therefore,"a white horse is different from a horse", this was a clear truth.
Guest: According to what you mean, a horse with a color is different from a horse. However, there was no such thing as a horse without color in the world. So, could it be said that all the horses with color in the world were not considered horses?
Gongsun Long said: Horses have color, so there are white horses. If a horse had no color, it would only be a horse. How could it be called a white horse? However, a horse that was stipulated to be white was different from a horse. The so-called white horse was a horse that was limited to white. A horse that was limited to white was naturally different from a horse, so a white horse was not a horse.
Guest side: A horse, a horse that is not limited by the word " white " White was not limited by the word " horse." Of course, it was not possible to combine the concepts of white and horse into a new concept to call an unlimited concept. Therefore, it was wrong to think that a white horse was not a horse.
Gongsun Long: In your opinion, a white horse is a horse, but can you say that a white horse is a yellow horse?
Guest: Of course you can't say that.
Gongsun Long (the one who answers the difficult question will say it again): Since he has admitted that there is a difference between a horse and a yellow horse, it means that the yellow horse is not a horse. Since the yellow horse is distinguished from the horse, it is necessary to equate the white horse with the horse. Isn't this as funny as asking the bird to sink into the water and fly while letting the coffin and the outer coffin be in the west and east respectively? This was utter chaos.
Gongsun Long: It doesn't mean that there are no horses if there are white horses. This is not considering the "white horse" but the shape of the horse. However, a white horse was a concept that could not be separated from a horse. Therefore, a white horse could not be called a horse. Therefore, a horse could only be called a horse because of its shape, not a white horse. Therefore, the concept of a horse couldn't be used to describe any specific colored horse.
White was not limited to the whiteness of any particular object. The specific object did not affect the essence of "white" for "white", so it could be ignored. White horses were limited to white horses. White, which was limited to specific things (such as white horses), was different from abstract and general "white". "Same reason" and "horse" were not limited to any color. Therefore, yellow horses and black horses could be counted. White horses were only limited to white horses. Yellow horses and black horses could not be counted because they had different colors from white horses. In other words, only white horses can agree to the concept of 'white horse'. Neither yellow horses nor black horses can agree to the concept of' white horse'. There was a difference between an unlimited concept and a limited concept. Therefore, there was a difference between white horses and horses.
Ying Liang listened to the famous white horse and thought of those " weak " old men and women in the later generations. He sincerely suspected that they were all descendants of famous people.
This was not to say that old people were not good. He had old people, and they were young and strong now, but they would grow old in the future.
There was nothing wrong with respecting the elderly, but it was not easy to deal with bad people when they grew old.
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