In the blink of an eye, the time for an incense stick to burn had passed. Clearly, no one could explain it.
Lin Chen chuckled and broke the silence.
Then Lin Chen said,"The Master said,'It is only women and villains who are difficult to raise. If you approach them, they will be disrespectful; if you distance yourself from them, they will complain.
This was the entire sentence of the original text!
Isn't it a hobby of you scholars to deliberately take things out of context?
Just like a gentleman staying away from the kitchen?
In the pre-Qin era, women referred to unmarried daughters. Those who were married were called women. Therefore, the women in Confucius 'original text only referred to daughters, juniors!
Not all women in your understanding!
And villains and gentlemen are two corresponding words. They are not as shallow as the villains and gentlemen you understand!
In the Pre-Qin era, a gentleman was a person with virtue and status, not a scholar!
The corresponding villains were naturally people without virtue and people with low status!
Therefore, the original explanation should be: Little girls and people without virtue and status were difficult to serve. If they were too close, they would step on their noses. Once they were distant, they would say bad things about you and describe you as useless.
Under the circumstances at that time, there was nothing wrong with this sentence!
Secretary Wei and the ministers of the Great Tang, what do you think of my explanation?
One could also think about whether Sage Kong's words made sense.
Just like that saying, the people can be made to do what they want, but they can't be made to know what they want!
Who told you to break sentences like that?
It was completely contradictory to what Confucius said about education without discrimination!
If this understanding was passed down from the Kong family, I can only say that Confucius probably wanted to skin his descendants alive. Is there anyone who would slander their ancestors like this?
I'm saying this to tell you that Confucius was right when he said that there must be a teacher among three people!
Even Confucius was so humble, what about you?”
Everyone was stunned on the spot…
They didn't want to admit Lin Chen's explanation, because if they did, it would mean that their understanding of Confucius and Mencius was inferior to that of a foreigner.
But if he refused to admit it, wouldn't that be disrespecting Confucius? Or even smear?
"What's wrong? A dignified envoy of the Great Tang would not admit his mistake?”Lin Chen sneered.
Wei Zheng came back to his senses, flapped his sleeves, knelt down, and bowed."Student Wei Zheng, I've learned my lesson!"
Lin Chen dodged to the side and didn't accept Wei Zheng's bow.
Similarly, even though Wei Zheng had admitted his mistake, Lin Chen still did not have a good impression of him.
Wei Zheng was a simple-minded troll. In order to leave his name in history, he dared to do anything, even if it might cost him his life!
The reason why he did not do anything in history that angered the heavens and the people was because his ideal, in principle, was more beneficial than harmful to the world.
Coupled with Li Shiming's EQ, it was a match made in heaven!
However, it did not mean that Wei Zheng was a good person!
It could be said that Wei Zheng was a hundred percent hypocrite. It was just that what he wanted was different from ordinary things.
In a way, Wei Zheng and Li Shimin were the same kind of people.
In order to become the one emperor in history, Li Shiming had chosen two representatives to turn the tide even though he had initiated the Black Tortoise Sect rebellion for many reasons!
One representative was Wei Zheng, the most capable advisor under the former Crown Prince. He had repeatedly suggested that the Crown Prince, Li Jiancheng, kill Li Shimin.
The other representative was to make his sister-in-law Concubine Yang his concubine. Concubine Yang's bloodline was three generations up from the Sui Dynasty's emperor.
It was these two representatives who had made Li Shiming the greatest emperor in history.
Otherwise, in an environment where filial piety was valued in ancient times, killing his brother and imprisoning his father, no matter what he did, he would not be able to become an eternal emperor.
Wei Zheng's representative had given Li Shimin the reputation of being tolerant of the world. No matter how Wei Zheng dissed Li Shimin, Li Shimin would not punish him.
It was equivalent to showing the world that even if it was someone who wanted to kill him or someone who wanted to make him vomit blood every day, as long as he had the ability, he would still accept it. He would definitely be a wise ruler!
Concubine Yang's representative was to rope in the old ministers of the previous dynasty and the power of the nobles. At the same time, Concubine Yang herself could not make a comeback as a woman. It could be said to be excellent!
From this, it could be seen that Li Shiming was wise. He could do what others could not and tolerate what others could not!
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