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Chapter 539 Gentlemen

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    Yunyao said that the ancient method is not suitable for today, but it is not possible for today's people to analyze the past from the current perspective.  Moreover, Xunzi and his disciples believed that human nature is inherently evil because everyone likes and hates the same things, but wants more and has less. If this is the case, then there are so few sages, so it should be what everyone pursues and likes, but in fact there is no such thing.  Not many people want to be sages and gentlemen, so it is untenable that human nature is inherently evil. At least the idea of ??wanting more and having less material cannot be used to support the idea that human nature is inherently evil.

    ¡°Whether it is a gentleman or a sage, why are there so few?  Why are there so few, but no one strives to be a gentleman?

    Coupled with the contradiction between ancient and modern times, Xunzi and his disciples were silent on these two issues, and Xunzi was not allowed to consult Yunyao's opinion.

    Yunyao told them that they should not use authority as the motivation for everyone's behavior. They should analyze conflicts, analyze what problems ancient people encountered, and what problems they used to solve them.

    "You can't glorify the past and abuse the present, nor can you abuse the past and glorify the present?"  Yes, but why isn¡¯t the world like this?¡±

    Yunyao said: "Then can we infer that gentleman is actually very annoying, so it is not that everyone likes gentleman, but that everyone hates gentleman?"

    "How is that possible? How can someone hate a gentleman?"

    Seeing how excited they were, Yunyao continued to stimulate them and said, "Then the kind of gentleman you promote is not the kind of gentleman that everyone likes."

    "Although we don't praise Yao, Shun, and Yu, we still promote rituals and music, and we also hope that everyone can 'clearly separate the groups', which is the source of peace in the world. How could everyone not like it?" Xunzi said that this question is really strange, so  He said: "It seems that because of the evil nature of human nature and lack of etiquette, no one is aware of the benefits of being a gentleman, so no one strives to be a gentleman."

    Yes, it must be like this. Either their views are wrong, or human nature is too bad and the world is too bad. Therefore, everyone confuses right and wrong and does not know the secrets of a gentleman. Naturally, they will not cultivate themselves and become a gentleman.

    "Then why are desires and evils the same thing? It stands to reason that everyone should compete for scarce things, right?" Yunyao continued to ask.

    The students no longer dare to speak, because Yunyao can always seize loopholes. At this time, it is time to look at Xunzi. He only heard him say: "I heard that merchants have a way to make a living with rare goods. Lu Buwei funded a project that no one was optimistic about at the time."  Zhao Guo acted as a hostage for Yiren, and finally helped Yiren become the King of Qin. It can be seen that desires and evils can be different from objects. Some people value it, while others despise it. Some people regard the same thing as a treasure, while others discard it as dung."  A businessman can get a glimpse of something from his business experience. Not everyone has the vision to distinguish good things. At the same time, some bad things can also be packaged into good things, triggering everyone's competition.

    Therefore, the view that desire and evil are the same thing is not 100% tenable. Xunzi has already begun to reflect on it.

    "So what matters is the good and the bad itself? No. What matters is the right to explain what is good. If I had the right to explain, I could sell the dirt as jewelry. Not only would everyone not feel cheated, but they would be complacent."  "Why did Confucius and Mencius admire Yao, Shun and Yu? Is it because they were really good? Is it because they were really perfect? ??No, it's about getting the right to explain what is good. With the right to explain what is good, Confucius and Mencius can  Propose changes to the monarch to promote your own ideas." "And why do you want to be the Twelve Sons? Is it because they didn't do a good enough job? It's not because you want to establish your own interpretation power by criticizing the Twelve Sons."  Yunyao and these people also tell the truth directly and do not play tricks, because their endurance is very strong.

    Everyone is shocked, good or bad is not important, what is important is the right to interpret good?

    That¡¯s right, isn¡¯t it?  Li Si was amazed in his heart and couldn't agree more.

    Isn¡¯t this the case with the example of strangers cited by Xunzi?  How is the alien?  Is it virtuous?  not necessarily.  But through Lu Buwei's packaging, the stranger became the King of Qin, and changed from bad to good.  This shows that good and bad can be controlled by humans.

    Why did Confucius and Mencius admire Yao, Shun and Yu?  It is also to gain the right to interpret what is right, to obtain opportunities to promote ideas and increase one's authority by glorifying the past and torturing the present.

    Why are Xunzi¡¯s masters and disciples not twelve disciples?  It is also to establish one's own right to speak and to establish one's own right to interpret what is good, so that everyone can know that Mencius's human nature is inherently good and bad, and that his own human nature is inherently evil is good.

    As for whether it is good or not, who can judge?  not at all.  It seems that there is only consequentialism, inferring right and wrong from the results.  Then Li Siwu is the most correct person, because he proposesIt established the institutional foundation of the Qin Dynasty and laid the foundation for the next two thousand years.

    But Li Si was scolded very harshly by later generations, and Qin Shihuang also had no good reputation.  It can be seen that the struggle for good interpretation rights has never ended. Li Si and Qin Shihuang went from being parties vying for interpretation rights to being contested in history.

    The glory of the past over the present, or the bliss of the West, or the round moon abroad, are actually the same principle. They are all for the purpose of grabbing the right to explain. As long as you have the right to explain, if you want to learn well, you must listen to me. If you have money,  Money can help, but learning well is not free.

    "Oops." Xunzi said suddenly.

    The disciples didn't know what was wrong with the teacher. At this time, Han Fei also changed his expression and said: "When we praise the gentleman, the standard of the gentleman we admire also becomes a target. We gain the right to explain by respecting the gentleman, and  They gain the right to explain by slandering the gentleman. It is no longer important whether the gentleman is good or bad. What matters is who can prevail over the other party and who can obtain the right to explain."

    Li Si also thought of it, but he was a step slower than Han Fei. After all, Han Fei had received aristocratic education in Korea since he was a child, while Li Si was just a granary manager in a small place. There was still a huge gap between the starting points of the two.  In all aspects, Han Fei's performance was better than Li Si.

    It was also because Xunzi thought of this that he realized why people don't learn from the gentleman. It's because there is a group of people who want to seize the right to interpret, and they must not say good things about the gentleman, because if they say good things about the gentleman, they lose the right to interpret, and they lose the  interests.

    "So desire and evil are the same thing, but they are also different things. Many times they know that a gentleman is a good thing, but for the sake of their own right of interpretation, they absolutely cannot admit it. Because once they admit it, they will lose everything." Yunyao said.  If desires and evils are the same thing, the difference is the right of interpretation; if they are different things, the difference is the definition of a specific thing.

    For example, for beautiful women, some people think that those with regular facial features are beautiful, but others think that squinting eyes are beautiful.  Do many people really think that squinted eyes are beautiful?  Not necessarily, but they have to say so, because once they deny it, they lose the right to explain the beauty, lose their dominance, and lose their interests.

    As long as everyone accepts the explanation that narrowed eyes are beautiful, then everyone must pay tuition to them to learn how to be a beautiful girl with narrowed eyes, and what exactly is the beauty of narrowed eyes.

    Speaking of this, Xunzi, Li Si, and Han Fei have all realized the cruel reality.  In order to strive for the right to interpret, a gentleman will never be popularized, and there will never be a gentleman in the world who is respected by everyone.  There will only be one outcome, that is, a gentleman of Xun Confucianism will fight against a gentleman of other Confucianism.

    Just like a beauty with regular features versus a beauty with squinting eyes, unless one party disappears, the argument will continue.

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