How could the scholarly disciples not know that Ying Wei and Han Fei were in the same boat?
Although this young uncle who was taken in by Master Xun did not completely agree with Han Fei's ideas, he always argued with Han Fei in many places.
However, everyone present knew that some of Han Fei's books were written by the two of them.
However, this uncle didn't like writing articles, or rather, he wasn't good at writing articles, so Han Fei wrote the book and gathered his own thoughts into a book.
Seeing that Ying Wei was cooperating with him, Han Fei laughed and said loudly,""... That's right. At that time, Yao was the emperor.”
"Then how do you explain what Confucius said about Yao and Shun being equally wise?”
"When a sage is in the position of a ruler, he will be able to see through everything and make the world free of evil. This is what Confucius said.”
"If there were no disputes between farmers and fishermen, and the pottery was not bad, why would Shun use morality to influence them?”
"If Shun went to correct the problem, then Yao was at fault.”
"To think that Shun was wise and capable, one must deny Yao's insight. To think that Yao was wise, one had to deny Shun's act of using morality to influence others.”
"It is impossible to confirm both of them. Confucius said that Yao was wise and Shun was wise. Isn't this self-contradictory?”
Han Fei looked at the Confucian scholars in high spirits and told them a story about the spear and shield that Ying Wei had learned in primary school.
These words caused the faces of the scholarly students present to darken. Some of them opened their mouths to retort, but in the end, they realized that they had no way to retort.
This was because Confucius 'words about the sage educating people with virtue were really full of contradictions. This logical problem was really hard to refute, unless it was sophistry.
Seeing that no one spoke, Han Fei spoke with certainty again and talked about the inadequacies of educating people with morality and his Legalism.
He had taught these Confucian scholars that moral education was useless, and he had talked about the necessity of using laws and the administrative methods of a monarch to educate and restrict people's behavior.
The students were all flushed and embarrassed by Han Fei's words.
Fu Nian grabbed his newly grown beard. As the Sect Leader of the scholarly faction, he was unable to refute this young junior brother of his, causing him to feel ashamed beyond words.
Xun Zi remained calm and collected, as if he didn't care at all that he, a Confucian, had taught such a genius of Legalism.
"Cai!"
At this moment, in the silence, a cheer was heard. Everyone followed the sound and saw Ying Wei clapping his hands and laughing, cheering for Han Fei. These Confucian students were even more annoyed and depressed.
Han Fei cupped his hands. He knew that was enough.
If he continued to talk, the Confucian students would be angry and use the Lunyu instead of the Analects of Confucius, and he would be beaten badly.
Although Han Fei had all the strengths of Legalism, Legalism didn't have its own schools like Taoism, Confucianism, and Mohism.
The so-called Legalism was just a theory summarized by a group of people with similar thoughts. It was forcefully named 'Legal'.
It was also because Legalism was not a sect that they did not have any internal cultivation methods. It could be said that Legalism did not know martial arts.
Of course, the most important thing was that Legalism was not suitable for everyone to learn, and it was even more unsuitable for it to be spread. If everyone learned Legalism, then the world would really be in chaos.
Han Fei cupped his hands and was about to leave when Ying Wei suddenly shouted,""…Wait, I have something to say to Senior Brother.”
Ying Wei's words made Han Fei stop. As Ying Wei spoke, Xun Zi, Fu Nian, and many other Confucian disciples looked at him, wondering what he had to say.
Ying Wei slowly got up, cupped his hands at Han Fei, and said in a deep voice,""…Senior Brother has combined Shang Jun's method, Shen Dao's momentum, and Shen Buhai's technique together. Your insight is indeed unique, Junior Brother admires you.”
"I agree with most of Senior Brother's thoughts. However, Senior Brother rebukes Confucius and Mencius. He believes that benevolence and righteousness are useless, and moral education is useless.”
"Senior Brother, you don't distinguish between close and distant, and you don't distinguish between noble and humble. Isn't it against human nature to judge it by law? If this goes on for a long time, the kindness of relatives and respect will be cut off. This can be used for a while, but it cannot be used for a long time!”
"Ever since the Duke of Zhou created the five costumes, the hierarchy of seniority was orderly. The relationship between monarch and subject, father and son, was determined.”
"The most important thing to use severe punishment to restrain people's behavior is to be implicated, and the legal foundation of the implicated punishment is to use the five servings as a reference.”
"The reason why people are bound by the law, regardless of whether they are implicated or not, is because they know that if they break the law, they will implicate their parents and relatives. They are not completely afraid of the punishment of the law.”
"Therefore, those who have no parents or relatives are the most daring to break the law. Because they have no worries, they dare to break the law.”
" And what restrains people from breaking the law, other than severe punishment, is the morality in their hearts.”
"If it's really like what Senior Brother said, thinking that moral education is useless and that no one in the world cultivates moral character, then wouldn't everyone in the world be selfish?”
"The punishment of the law will not restrain these people. It will only make them take risks!”
"If we rely solely on the law to restrain people, people will continue to create loopholes in the law to profit. Purely relying on morality to restrain people could only restrain those who did not want to cross the line. Those who really wanted to cross the line could not be restrained.”
"Thus, in my opinion, your way of thinking is too extreme.”
As Ying Wei finished speaking, Xun Zi, who had been expressionless all this while, finally smiled and nodded slightly.
This was because Xunzi believed that one should use etiquette to restrain evil and use law to establish order. Xunzi's thinking was more special than ordinary Confucians because he believed that human nature was evil.
From the perspective of modern people, Xunzi's thoughts were more reasonable than the Confucianism and Legalism of this era.
On this point, Ying Wei's thoughts coincided with Xun Zi's, so Xun Zi naturally agreed.
However, there were differences between the two. Xunzi's thoughts and theories were still inclined towards the core of Confucianism.
Because of the influence of modern thinking, Ying Wei's thoughts were more inclined towards Legalism.
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