Ying Wei's rebuttal to Han Fei made all the Confucian students present happy.
The current leader of the scholarly faction, Fu Nian, stroked his newly grown beard and nodded his head. He looked at Ying Wei happily.
Even though these Confucian students knew that Ying Wei and Han Fei were actually in the same boat and that the core of their knowledge was 'law', it was only a dispute between their ideas, not the fundamental dispute.
However, compared with Han Fei who almost completely denied the benevolence, righteousness, and morality of Confucianism, Ying Wei still admired the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith of Confucianism.
Sometimes, the Confucian students wondered if Han Fei had really received his education in the Confucian school. Many of his thoughts and behaviors were the mortal enemies of the Confucian school.
He had a critical attitude towards the ideas of Confucianism and almost everything about Confucius and Mencius. Moreover, he was quite unyielding. It was quite strange for such a person to appear in Confucianism.
In private, there were even people who complained that Master Xun did not know how to teach and educate people, which was why he had taught three weirdos.
Whether it was Han Fei, Ying Wei, or Li Si, another disciple of Xun Zi, the core of their thoughts was the way of magic after learning from Xun Zi.
Seeing Ying Wei refute his theory, Han Fei took a deep breath and waited for Ying Wei's next words.
He had such a habit. It was obvious that this was not the first time the two of them had debated.
"Although the Qin Country's 'Qin Law' is complicated and strict, it is also becoming more and more perfect. In the Qin Country's 'Qin Law,' there is an age limit.”
"The Law of Qin states that if an underage person breaks the law, the punishment should be reduced or not imposed.”
"Does senior brother have any objections to my 'Qin Law'?”
Ying Wei and Han Fei sat on the flat ground in the mountains. The ancient pine trees stood tall and blocked the scorching sunlight. There were green mountains and clear waters, birds chirping and flowers fragrant. The two of them talked about each other, which made the surrounding Confucian students listen with great interest.
Han Fei pondered for a moment and shook his head.”
No matter how strict the law was, Han Fei knew that it would be brutal if it was used on a young child who knew nothing.
Ying Wei continued,"…Since Senior Brother has no objections, then what if a child who has matured knows that the 'law' cannot punish him? What if he uses the law to commit a crime?”
"Compared to adults, children are actually more likely to exploit loopholes in the law. Deng Xishan of the State of Zheng exploited loopholes in the law and ignored the law.”
"Teacher evaluated him as one of the Eight Punishments. He did not abide by the laws of the previous kings, did not abide by propriety and righteousness, was very observant but not benevolent, argued but was useless, did many things but did little, and could not be used as a rule.”
"If the child is like this, does senior brother also want to use the bamboo punishment?”
This Deng Xi was a famous figure in the School of Law. He was good at changing the law, exploiting loopholes in the law, and liked litigation. He could be said to be the ancestor of lawyers.
However, there weren't many lawyers in the pre-Qin period. If they encountered someone who was good at talking but couldn't win, they would just kill him. This was called once and for all.
After a pause, Ying Wei continued,"... Therefore, in my opinion, the law is only the lowest level of morality, and the law should only be used by adults.”
" However, when dealing with children, we should prioritize moral education. To teach children what the law is by imposing severe punishments and harsh laws is no different from playing the lute to a cow.”
"Cai!"
"Cai!"
“……”
As soon as Ying Wei finished speaking, the scholarly students cheered loudly and were overjoyed.
Because Ying Wei's refutation of Han Fei's words was tantamount to telling Han Fei the importance of moral education and the necessity of educating people with morality, refuting Han Fei's extreme idea of 'breaking the law.'
Teacher Luo had said before that the law should not be used to educate children, but they should be educated with morality.
However, as a master of Legalism, Han Fei was not powerless to refute these words. In the real history, Han Fei was a stutterer who was not good at words.
But Han Fei in this world was very eloquent.
Han Fei said," Marquis Wen of Wei appointed Li Kui as Prime Minister and implemented a reform. The State of Wei became strong and powerful, and it was the best in the seven countries.”
"Duke Xiao of Qin supported Lord Shang's method, which is why Qin is so powerful now, eyeing the six states like a tiger eyeing its prey.”
"For hundreds of years, the seven kingdoms all had powerful countries that had reformations and reigned supreme for a time. However, among the laws of these powerful countries, was there any king who implemented the 'moral system' and 'ritual system' to become stronger?”
"The rule of government is based on the law. Throughout the ancient and modern powerful countries, they did not focus on morality but on the law. It can be seen that Confucius 'teachings are simply misleading people!”
At this time, Han Fei didn't hide it anymore. He criticized Confucianism with certainty and even disdained Confucius and Mencius.
Han Fei's words were naturally met with angry glares from the Confucian disciples present.
Ying Weijian sighed in his heart and just wanted to give Han Fei a thumbs up and praise him.
In this Small Sage Manor, the land of the Confucian Sects, as a disciple of Xun Zi, you can be considered a disciple of the Confucian Sect. How dare you scold the ancestor like this?
To these scholarly disciples who were particular about morals and etiquette, and who respected the elderly and the young, not chopping them up on the spot and feeding them to the dogs was already a sign that they had learned to use benevolence to control anger.
However, they couldn't hide their eagerness to kill Han Fei. It could be seen that these scholarly disciples all wanted to kill Han Fei.
Han Fei ignored the eyes of those Confucian disciples. He just stared at Ying Wei, wanting to see how Ying Wei would refute him.
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