FVN Chapter 555
Chapter 555
After Wu Si got out of the car, he first greeted the surrounding people.
“Hello, fellow compatriots and fellow villagers, the main content of this press conference is to rectify the name of Neo-Confucianism and correct many people’s (ajed) misconceptions about Neo-Confucianism.”
Countless people suddenly became quiet when they heard the words, and they all turned their attention to Wu Si.
Wu Si said straight to the point: “Since the founder of Confucianism by Confucius, until the Song Dynasty, Confucianism has undergone changes and development in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The Confucianism born in the Song Dynasty can be called the master of Confucianism after more than two thousand years of development!
At that time, the founder of Neo-Confucianism, Mr. Zhou Dunyi, and later Cheng Hao and Mr. Cheng Yi adopted the wisdom of the ancestors of Confucianism, combined with the development of the country and society at that time, established and improved a complete set of precise and rigorous Neo-Confucianism system.
Neo-Confucianism was the most refined and complete ideological system at that time.
Its core is to preserve the principles of heaven and suppress human desires, and the core meaning is not to blindly follow the laws of heaven and suppress human desires.
Rather, it persuades the people to follow moral standards, restrain unreasonable selfish desires, be strict with themselves, and cultivate themselves. ”
Wu Si’s words were sonorous and powerful, echoing throughout Huayin Square.
When many people heard this explanation, they could not help but nodded slightly, and those scholars and scholars who supported Neo-Confucianism also showed their approval.
As Wu Si said, self-cultivation and emancipation of the mind are a realm that Neo-Confucianism requires people to achieve.
However, there are also many opponents, or people who do not know enough about science to be puzzled.
They can understand the concept of self-cultivation in Neo-Confucianism. No matter how bad it is, everyone knows that among the theories of scholars, there is no one who does not advocate self-cultivation.
However, many people do not understand the aspect of “emancipating the mind”.
Below, a reporter asked a timely question: “May I ask Mr. Wu Si, why do you say that the profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism is to liberate people’s minds? It requires people to “save the principles of nature and eliminate people’s desires”, doesn’t it suppress people’s desires and also suppress people’s desires? people’s minds?”
Some people around nodded.
The reason why they think that Neo-Confucianism suppresses ideas and imprisons the people is because of this
However, Wu Si shook his head and said, “That’s not the case!”
Wu Si’s expression became serious, and then he explained: “Nu Li requires people to preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires, but it does not mean that he requires people to suppress all their desires.
Cun Tianli refers to the need for people to abide by the laws of nature, abide by the moral rules of human beings, and act within morals and laws.
The so-called extermination of human desires refers to the hope that people will cultivate themselves and restrain those unreasonable desires.
This is the “human desire” mentioned in Confucianism.
Another example is that many officials and wealthy people at that time, in addition to marrying wives and having children, would also marry additional concubines and even more women to satisfy their own desires.
The behavior of high-ranking officials and nobles is undoubtedly oppressing the lower-class people, and Neo-Confucianism advocates that scholars should restrain such unreasonable desires, and oppose one husband and multiple concubines, raising multiple concubines, and corruption and bribery.
This kind of thinking naturally limited the exploitation and enslavement of many subordinates by high-ranking officials and nobles at that time, so he was essentially cleaning up the dross of the society at that time.
Therefore, the so-called preservation of the principles of heaven and the eradication of human desires are to liberate the mind, not to imprison it. “.
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“Wow-”
After listening to Wu Si’s explanation, the crowd on the square suddenly burst into an uproar.
In particular, some of the previous objections to Confucianism,Those who didn’t understand deeply enough showed the color of comprehension at this time.
I see!
After Wu Si’s explanation, many people realized that some of their previous views on Neo-Confucianism were wrong, and they didn’t restrict the development of people’s normal desires at all, let alone some ideological shackles.
Wu Si looked up at everyone’s reaction, and continued: “As for many people who oppose Neo-Confucianism, saying that it is just a tool used by hypocrites to hide their shame, this is just a one-sided statement.
All scholars and scholars must know that in the Ming Dynasty, many scholars, especially officials, lived relatively poor lives, so everyone had to develop some self-interest to maintain expenses.
In order to maintain their own face, they could only be reasonable on the surface and make a secret living behind the scenes, which made the scholars at that time gradually embark on the road of hypocrites.
And everyone’s misunderstanding of Neo-Confucianism, thinking that Neo-Confucianism is just a tool to cover up shame, is just a high-sounding wording to fool the people, and it also started at that time.
In addition, the previous dynasties have destroyed and tampered with our Chinese culture, and the original profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism has also been lost.
This made many people ignorant and misunderstood the true meaning of Neo-Confucianism. ”
After Wu Si said this, he raised his head and glanced at the people in the square again.
These words are not his own knowledge, but the experience summed up after a long communication with Zhao Pu.
And it is also mixed with the opinions of Shao Wen, Li Jisheng and others. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a collection of opinions from all walks of life.
At this time, he could notice that many people in the crowd lowered their heads, some with embarrassed expressions on their faces, while others were thinking quietly.
Most of these people are one of the opponents of Neo-Confucianism.
Wu Sifang’s remarks can be said to have hit their pain point.
As Wu Si said, these people did not understand the true meaning of Neo-Confucianism at all because of the cultural gap created by the previous dynasty and their lack of thorough understanding of the profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism.
There are many scholars who are not well-informed, even just listening to the opinions of the people around them, and they subconsciously think that Neo-Confucianism harms the country and the people, and should be resolutely resisted.
For these people, Wu Si has nothing to say.
Today’s press conference is mainly to correct people’s first impression of Neo-Confucianism.
In the follow-up, his teacher Zhao Pu, as well as Shao Wen, Cheng Li, Li Jisheng and other gentlemen will all speak up for Neo-Confucianism.
By that time, the profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism will naturally be known to more and more people, and the people’s opposition to Neo-Confucianism will gradually disappear.
At the end of the press conference, Wu Si concluded: “Today’s press conference is not only for the sake of rectifying the name of Neo-Confucianism, but also for reminding fellow compatriots.
The traditional Chinese culture of our country is profound and profound. Since a school of theory and culture can exist and spread for a long time, it has its own reason for its existence.
And these cultures are bound to have merits, which can be believed in and used for reference by today’s people.
Like Neo-Confucianism, it is undeniable that when many of its principles are placed in the contemporary world, there must be many unreasonable points, but there are still many merits.
Profound meanings such as self-cultivation, self-discipline, and emancipation of the mind are still enough to be used as a reference for today’s people.
And my Chinese culture has always been like this. The wisdom of the predecessors and the inheritance of the culture must be valuable. Our descendants should correctly understand it, take the essence of it, and discard the dross.
This is the scholar’s way of doing scholarship, and it is also the way of inheriting Chinese culture. ”
After Wu Si finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the crowd.
At this moment, his eyes were very firm.
In front of Wu Si, thousands of people in the square have begun to applaud enthusiastically.
Obviously, Wu Si’s last remarks were well recognized by everyone.
The reporters of the major newspapers even frantically took pictures and recorded the camera, and the light of the camera kept flashing around.
Countless literati and scholars who came here nodded frequently, each with a look of admiration in their eyes, and among these people, many people silently bowed to Wu Si.
This gift is to apologize for their ignorance and one-sidedness, and it is also given to Wu Si.
Although this press conference is aimed at the whole country, Wu Sifang’s explanation of the profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism and the analysis of cultural inheritance also benefited them immensely.
Among the readers, there are naturally many who read dead books.
They read a lot of books and learn to be rich, but their thinking is relatively rigid.
Wu Si’s remarks today, to them, can be described as clearing the clouds and seeing the sky, like a waterfall, injected into their thinking like a pool of stagnant water.
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On Huayin Square, the warm applause lasted for a long time.
Wu Si bowed slightly and said, “You don’t have to do this, the elders, these words are not my own opinions, but the common opinions of my teacher Zhao Pu, Mr. Shao Wen and others.
Neo-Confucianism has been handed down from the Song and Song Dynasties to the present, and many of its ideas have spanned nearly a thousand years and still affect the virtues of later generations. There must be merits in them.
After today, I also ask fellow compatriots, fellow literary brothers and scholars, not to treat each other one-sidedly, but to pick up the essence of it and promote our Chinese culture. ”
Wu Si’s voice fell, and another round of applause broke out.
“Okay, that’s great!”
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Many people and scholars applauded, and their eyes showed the color of enlightenment.
At this time, those reporters finally had the opportunity to approach, and they all surrounded Wu in front of them, and began to ask questions.
“Excuse me, Mr. Wu, as a disciple of Mr. Zhao, is your voice for Neo-Confucianism this time out of your responsibility to the teacher or to the Chinese culture?”
Wu Si said indifferently: “Naturally, it is from a Chinese person, and the responsibility for one’s own culture is of course a return to my teacher.”
“Manager Wu, I heard that Huayin Group is currently planning to build a blogMuseum, is this true? ”
“Mr. Wu Si, Mr. Su went to Hangzhou some time ago. Was today’s press conference at the behest of Mr. Su, so why didn’t Mr. Su be there?”
…
The reporters asked questions, Wu Sizhi picked up the important ones and answered them.
As for those issues unrelated to this conference, Wu Si will ignore them.
After all, the core purpose of this conference is to speak out for Neo-Confucianism, to rectify the name of Neo-Confucianism, and to call on everyone to attach importance to tradition and promote culture.
Apart from these, Wu Si didn’t have so much time and energy to deal with the reporters.
Soon, in the midst of all the noise, the press conference finally ended, and the impact of this conference has gradually expanded since that day.
That night, many people and scholars began to spread the matter in the surrounding circles. They told their friends about Wu Si’s views, and gradually accepted Wu Si’s interpretation of Neo-Confucianism at the press conference.
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The major newspapers in Jinling City also reported on the incident.
On the second day, the discussion in the press began to change.
“Yesterday, Mr. Wu Si, a senior executive of Huayin Group, spoke out for Neo-Confucianism, explaining the profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism in front of tens of thousands of people, saying that the true profound meaning of Neo-Confucianism is to emancipate the mind, requiring people to cultivate their own self-discipline, not a tool for hypocrites to hide their shame.
Mr. Wu Si revealed that this opinion was obtained through discussion by Zhao Pu, Shao Wen and other members of the literary world, calling on the public to view traditional culture rationally, take its essence, discard its dross, and correctly view the spirit of Neo-Confucianism. ”
These remarks soon spread to all parts of Jiangnan along with discussions in the press and public dissemination.
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