Li Lizhi's beautiful eyes sparkled as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her eyes were filled with laughter.
The civil officials behind them all had ashen expressions. To be slapped by a foreigner in their eyes using Confucius was simply…
More importantly, he couldn't refute it!
"This, this…The people can be made to do as they wish, but they cannot be made to know. This is also what Sage Kong said, and it is enough to prove that Sage Kong did not mean to teach even foreign countries without discrimination. He was talking about the people of our Great Tang!”Wei Zheng was about to stomp his feet and forcefully explained.
"Is that so?"
Lin Chen smiled faintly and said unhurriedly,"The people can be made to obey, but not to know? If the people can be used, let them do it! Do you know that you can't use it? The people can be used, but they can't be used, so that they can know?
Secretary Wei, which sentence is the original?”
"Ah?"
"This…"
“……”
When he said this, not to mention Wei Zheng, even the civil officials of the five surnames and seven hopes who were listening silently were all stunned.
"Naturally, naturally. The people can be made to do as they wish, but they can't be made to know!”Wei Zheng stuttered.
"Confucius said: There is no discrimination in education?" Lin Chen asked.
" This... This..." Wei Zheng didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"The Master said: Only villains and women are difficult to raise! Am I right?" Lin Chen asked.
"Yes!" Wei Zheng stroked his beard.
In that instant, the thick-skinned Wei Zheng put down the one in front of him again.
"Then, according to the literal meaning, I won't say anything. What Confucius means is that he's not a f * cking thing?”Lin Chen asked.
"This, this…"
Wei Zheng felt like he was going to spurt blood. Lin Chen's words were like a curse echoing in his mind.
Confucius had indeed said so, and Sage Confucius did not jump out of a rock.
However, if these words were taken literally, it would be in sharp conflict with filial piety. Wouldn't that mean that Confucius was also a villain?
Even if Wei Zheng was led to have this idea, he did not dare to say it!
The civil officials at the back were all pale and trembling.
They were actually stumped by a barbarian who used the Way of Confucius and Mencius!
"Of course, of course not!”Wei Zheng said forcefully.
"Oh? Then, could Secretary Wei explain clearly what Confucius meant? Explain it to a foreigner like me!”Lin Chen cupped his hands and bowed.
This time, Wei Zheng was directly roasted over the fire. Wei Zheng felt like his brain was about to suffer a stroke.
Although he didn't know what a cerebral obstruction was, he felt that a certain thread in his brain was about to snap.
"Ministers of the Great Tang, please tell me, a foreigner, what does this old man Confucius mean? Is he saying that his mother is not a thing?”Lin Chen said again.
In ancient times, filial piety touched the heavens. In some cases, filial piety was even greater than imperial power.
As long as it was related to filial piety, sometimes even the emperor had to give in.
Therefore, even if Li Shiming was beaten by an old man and spat on, he wouldn't dare to do anything to him. This was the power of filial piety!
Sun Simiao was now ninety years old. In ancient times, he could be said to be the oldest of the oldest. Therefore, even if he repeatedly rejected Li Shiming, Li Shiming did not dare to force him to stay. This was the concrete embodiment of the power of filial piety.
For a moment, everyone was silent. Even Li Lizhi was thinking about what Confucius meant.
In the past, no one had thought about this. Everyone had read dead books and basically memorized them. They always felt that the words of the saints were right.
However, now that it was brought up clearly, there were things that were wrong, incomprehensible, and conflicting.
Logically speaking, the books written by the saints were not wrong. It must be that their descendants did not understand.
Therefore, they were all racking their brains, trying to find an explanation.
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