Chapter 612

"Today we use the method of famous experts to argue what filial piety is!" Merton solemnly said to a group of civil servants.

Kong Yingda is no stranger to the famous master's method. This method has been very popular among students since it was brought to the Imperial College by Merton.

"The more reason you argue, the more clear you are! The Tang Dynasty governs the country with filial piety. I also want to hear the understanding of Confucianism and Mohism about filial piety and righteousness." Li Shimin laughed. Although he seemed fair, he actually gave Merton the opportunity to defend himself.

Kong Yingda snorted coldly, "what is filial piety? Filial piety is the foundation of morality! Filial piety is the word. The upper is the old and the lower is the son. It is extremely filial to inherit his two parents and follow his will!"

"What Confucius said in offering wine is reasonable. Confucius said that if you enter, you will be filial, if you leave, you will be fraternal, and love the people. If you are kind and have spare power, you will learn literature. Filial piety and righteousness are the foundation of the country and the foundation of our Chinese civilization. How can people trample on them wantonly and be sure to be angry." Quan Wanji said coldly.

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A group of civil servants agreed one after another, and suddenly Merton became the target of thousands of people.

"Well, now it's the opposition's turn to speak!" Li Shimin became a referee with great interest.

The civil servants stopped and glared at Merton one by one.

Facing the indignant pressure of the officials, Merton took a deep breath: "Mohism advocates both love and filial piety!"

"The well-known MOH family can say one thing and do another!" Kong Yingda snorted coldly.

Suddenly, the whole hall burst into laughter, and the civil servants impeaching Merton immediately looked at Merton with ironic eyes.

Merton said without shame: "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, the son wants to raise but his parents are not here. It is a great regret in life that Mo's parents died early and failed to be filial. However, in filial piety, human relations are in the heart but not in the form, but judging filial piety and unfilial by hair style is probably a joke in the world."

Kong Yingda retorted, "if your parents who are physically and physically affected destroy their hair wantonly, you can't even do this filial piety well. Talk about how to be filial and impeach loyal monarchs to serve the country!"

Merton looked at Kong Yingda and said, "Mo wants to ask Confucius if you have cut your hair and beard. According to your theory, are you unfilial? I'm afraid the whole world is unfilial!"

On the court hall, all officials were embarrassed. Since ancient times, who can not cut his hair and ignore his beard,

Kong Ying's breath stagnated when she reached Dayton, and she hardened her head and retorted, "I'm just a little trim and scissors. I haven't damaged my hair accessories. I'm not like Mo Hou, who has ruined my Chinese etiquette for thousands of years!"

Merton shook his head and said: "The ancients believed that hair was the continuation of life. Secondly, the ancients lacked cold protection and hair was a rare warm thing. After a long time of evolution, the hair decoration etiquette of our Chinese civilization has nothing to do with filial piety and unfilial! But now doctors have declared that hair and nails are exogenous things of the human body, which are not painful and itchy The human body is harmless. If you don't cut it, it's inconvenient to behave. Insect diseases are rampant. Boy, please ask Kong Jijiu if the nail is the recipient's parents, why can you cut it, and why can't you cut the hair. Since the recipient's parents can't cut it, is it unfilial to cut the nail? "

When Kong Ying arrived at Dayton's speech, other Confucian officials also dodged their eyes. It would be very inconvenient for a person not to cut his nails. He couldn't lift his hands and even had difficulty eating. Everyone habitually cut off his nails. All officials ignored this fatal problem.

"Kong Sheng is the most holy teacher. His words mean a lot, especially those you yellow haired boy can blaspheme." Quan Wanji immediately gave a voice to support Kong Yingda when he saw Kong Yingda's defeat.

"Mencius said: if you believe in books, it's better to have no books! The boy acknowledges the greatness of Kong Sheng, but for the sake of rigid hair ornaments, you ignore the health of the people all over the world. The boy believes that this must not be Kong Sheng's original intention." Merton retorted.

Merton's words immediately made Li Shimin nod in his heart. As an emperor, he pursues external Confucianism and internal law. He is a tyrant and miscellaneous. A sentence in the Confucian filial piety Sutra can not be compared with the health of the people all over the world.

"The filial piety Sutra is the foundation of our filial piety in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the Holy Scripture of our Confucianism! How can you interpret it wantonly by a son of Mohism." Kong Yingda was angry and defeated the evil way.

Merton solemnly said, "if the parents dare not damage their body and skin, and filial piety begins, the boy will argue with this sentence. If the parents personally shave their son's hair and eradicate head lice, is it against filial piety? Or! If a person's parents die early, is his hair cutting against filial piety?"

Kong Ying was stunned at Dayton and was sweating.

Merton took advantage of the victory and pursued: "since Kong Jijiu can't answer, the boy said it for you. That's because it is after the emergence of the filial piety Sutra that really connects hair and filial piety. Therefore, what you strive to maintain is not our hair decoration tradition of thousands of years in China, but the orthodoxy of your Kong family's filial piety Sutra! Your position has been biased from the beginning!"

"You!" Kong Yingda only felt a surge of blood. He thought he was righteous, but Merton ruthlessly exposed his disguise and exposed his selfishness in the court.

"Kun's hair is the hair ornament of barbarians, because your Mohist family took the lead and the people all over the world scrambled to follow suit. Once our Chinese hair ornament civilization was destroyed, you Merton and Mohist family will be the biggest sinners in China!" Quan Wanji shouted.

Many civil servants suddenly rekindled their fighting spirit. Merton's truth is more, but there is a fatal problem, that is, breaking hair in the Tang Dynasty is a kind of Kun punishment and a humiliation to people. Merton's move is to let the people all over the world follow suit and destroy thousands of years of Chinese tradition.

Merton retorted: "in the pre-Qin period, Nanyue people Kun hair, which is stored in the Central Plains. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that Nanyue is hot all year round. Hair is the most warm thing, but Nanyue doesn't need it. This is Kun hair, which has nothing to do with etiquette, but convenience. I'm afraid in the eyes of Nanyue people, it's hard to understand that my Han head has long hair!"

For others, Merton's words are naturally casting pearls before swine, but for those who used to be officials in the south, they have a deep understanding. It's very hot in the south. I'm afraid long hair is the biggest burden in the long summer.

Especially for Feng Zhidai, he most agrees with Merton's view. When he was in Gaozhou, he cut his hair directly because the weather was too hot. He didn't grow long hair until after Chang'an City, but every summer is his most difficult time.

Of course, Feng Zhidai will not help Merton at the moment. Instead, he said, "nonsense. Now the southerners are proud to store their hair. This is the result of our Chinese etiquette education. This move of mohou makes the people in the Central Plains Kun hair and emulate the barbarians. If the south is unstable over time, you Merton will be the biggest sinner!"

Merton said happily, "Confucius said: choose the good and follow it, and change the bad. I'm afraid the Hufu riding and shooting in King Zhao Wuling's time was just like Kun FA's today. Everyone opposed it. Since the prosperity of Chinese civilization, we have relied on the inclusiveness of all rivers, rather than complacency."

As for the story of Hu Fu's riding and shooting, I'm afraid all the officials in the court are the most clear. However, when the state of Zhao declined and often lost the war, King Zhao Wuling was broad-minded. He saw that the Hu people had some special advantages in military clothing: wearing narrow sleeves and short coats was more convenient for living, hunting and fighting; The cavalry, bow and arrow used in combat have greater flexibility and mobility than the military vehicles and spears in the Central Plains.

He decided to imitate the costumes and combat methods of the Hu people. King Zhao Wuling put forward the idea of "wearing Hu clothes" and "learning to ride and shoot" in Handan city. He was determined to take the advantages of the Hu people to make up for the shortcomings of the Central Plains, but he encountered great obstacles in the process of reform! All officials refused to accept Hu Fu on the grounds of "changing the ancient way and contrary to people's heart",

"Ancient and modern benefits are different, and it is easy to use far and near! This is what king Lingwu of Zhao persuaded Zhao people to be strict. Now Kun FA has cured head lice, and the people are healthy. It is easy to use from north to south!" Merton shouted.

Merton quoted scriptures. Confucius and Mencius said that they came at once. They also quoted scriptures, but Confucianism did not lose the slightest.