At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 535 Is human nature good or evil?

"Although you, Master Meng, have never been able to secure an official position for yourself in your entire life.

But you have a large group of disciples following you closely.

It is said that when you traveled around the countries, the number of your disciples could reach as high as dozens of carriages and hundreds of followers.

It is all thanks to your personal charm, Master Meng, that makes those disciples follow you. Everyone who sees this will praise you.

In fact, I am very curious about how you, Master Meng and Master Kong, were able to recruit so many disciples, and they are all so devoted to you," Li Wu opened his eyes wide, full of curiosity.

She really couldn't understand this. Those were not just one or two disciples, but thousands of disciples. Who wouldn't be envious of having so many disciples at that time?

Confucius and Mencius looked at each other and laughed, "In fact, there is no need to conquer them. They follow voluntarily."

The disciples in front of the sky curtain said one after another, yes, yes, we all follow voluntarily, we are not threatened or forced, we are all willing to follow sincerely.

Wang Yangming laughed and said, "How could Confucius and Mencius have so few followers?"

Li Wu also nodded and said, yes, there are quite a lot of Confucian disciples.

Many Confucian disciples in front of the sky curtain also nodded. Yes, they were all willing to follow in the footsteps of Confucius and Mencius.

After knowing that Confucius was not a weak scholar, many scholars began to pick up their riding and shooting skills.

Confucius knew it, so they had to learn it.

"Master Meng, when you were in your sixties, you stopped traveling and pursuing a career in government, and returned to your home country.

He began to engage in education and writing.

In fact, your life, Mr. Mencius, is quite similar to Confucius' experience.

He led a long life of private teaching, and after middle age, with political ambitions in mind, he traveled around the world with his disciples.

Moreover, he was entertained by people in power everywhere, and his political ambitions were all rejected. However, there is gain in loss, and people cannot demand perfection and that everything can be achieved. This is unlikely. Even gods have regrets," Li Wu spread his hands. Even if Confucius and Mencius were powerful and famous, and were the representatives of Confucianism, they would always have regrets, right?

Confucius and Mencius also nodded. In fact, most of their lives had passed and they only had a few years left to live.

Having lived for so long, I have become indifferent to many things.

"Master Meng, you summarized the moral norms into four categories: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom.

Master Meng, you believed that human beings are born with four hearts, namely, the heart of compassion which is the beginning of benevolence, the heart of shame and disgust which is the beginning of righteousness, the heart of courtesy which is the beginning of propriety, and the heart of right and wrong which is the beginning of wisdom.

So, Master Meng, you believe that human nature is good. If people do not do good, it is against their nature. "Li Wu pondered for a while and said, "I don't know if this is right or not."

Hearing the fairy say this, several pairs of eyes looked at her. Could it be that human nature is either good or evil?

What does a newborn baby know?

He knows nothing, so he is naturally good. If he becomes evil later, it is because of the environment and people around him.

A child is like a blank piece of paper. He will be whatever color you paint on it.

"Little immortal, why do you say you don't know whether it is right or not? Is there anything wrong with the fact that human nature is good?" Mencius asked. He felt that there was nothing wrong with him.

Li Wu shook his head and said, "No, I didn't say it was wrong. Xunzi, a famous thinker in the pre-Qin period after you, also proposed the view that human nature is evil. Xunzi believed that human nature is evil.

However, it can be transformed into good through acquired education and cultivation.

So I don’t know who is more right, Master Mencius or Xunzi.

After all, everyone has their own different opinions.

Some children are little angels, but some are born devils. So no one can tell whether human nature is good or evil. We can only say it is a little bit of both. "However, Li Wu herself is more inclined to believe that human nature is evil, but she dare not say no.

Li Wu's words also caused many old people to discuss in the barrage, especially the fans of Mencius and Xunzi, who have already competed in the barrage to discuss whether human nature is good or evil.

Neither of them was willing to give in. The husband said he was right and the wife said she was right. At first glance, there was nothing wrong with the views of both sides.

Others also started discussing it, and gave examples from people around them.

"This," Confucius and Mencius looked at each other. Confucius did not want to express his opinion and was still thinking about the words of the little immortal.

Because what the fairy said is true. If we say that all children are good, that is not comprehensive, but they are not all bad either. Where there are good, there are naturally bad.

"I still stick to my point of view that human nature is good," Mencius could not change his mind. He had even made up his mind that he would debate this matter with Xunzi when he returned.

Xunzi himself naturally looked forward to debating with Mencius.

“Let’s just skip this topic.

Master Mencius, you compiled the "Book of Songs" and "Book of Documents" in your hometown with Wan Zhang and others, expounded on Confucius' thoughts and theories, and wrote the book "Mencius". However, this was not entirely written by you, Master Mencius, as several of your disciples also participated in it.

The book "Mencius" is not a simple one. It was called the Four Books together with "The Analects of Confucius", "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" by people in later dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, it was required for the imperial examination.

This shows how important Confucius and Mencius are."

Confucius and Mencius were extremely pleased to hear that their two books, "The Analects" and "Mencius", would actually be the subjects of examinations in later dynasties.

"Confucius, the authors of the other two books, The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean, also have a close relationship with you," Li Wu said in a daze.

Mencius and Wang Yangming smiled, they both knew who it belonged to.

Many of the old people in front of the sky naturally know about it, and are even looking for their idols on the barrage.

"Since we are related to each other, could it be that we are both disciples of Confucianism?" Confucius asked. If they were disciples of Confucianism, then they were indeed related to him.

Li Wu nodded and said, "That's true. They are all Confucian disciples. One is Zengzi, your disciple of Confucius, who wrote The Great Learning, and the one who wrote The Doctrine of the Mean is your grandson, Confucius, and your teacher, Meng Fu, Kong Ji.

Confucius, you didn't expect that you and Master Meng have this kind of relationship," Li Wu said with a chuckle.

Many ancestors in front of the sky curtain were stunned. Most of them did not know this relationship. They only knew that Confucius and Mencius were representatives of Confucianism, but they did not study these.

I didn't expect it to be this kind of relationship.

Confucius looked at Mencius and laughed, "I'm sure I never thought of this. I never thought of this. Hahahaha, good, Master Meng is really good, good."

Confucius was very proud that his grandson had a good disciple, who was very good and as famous as himself.