Fang Yun's fourth article was even more serious than the third.
Fang Yun believed that Rites and Music could only be used for education. The target of Rites and Music could only be individuals. It could only be used as a reference for governing a country, but it could not become an eternal ideology!
The way to govern a country had to be constantly changing and improving.
Anyone who used outdated methods and ideologies to govern a country would be destroyed by internal and external forces. History was repeating itself.
If denying benevolence was denying Confucius's way of governing a country, then denying Rites and Music was not just denying Confucius's way of governing a country, but also denying the Zhou Dynasty's way of governing a country, and even denying the entire Confucian way of governing a country.
Zhou Dynasty's way of governing a country was completely cut off!
Many Confucian scholars, after reading this article and comparing it to the contents of Politics, found that their courage was at most slightly shaken, but very few of them were completely shattered.
In reality, after Fang Yun's Politics appeared, almost all scholars were mentally prepared. If their courage would shatter because of criticizing Kong Sheng, it would have been completely shattered long ago.
Towards the end, Fang Yun changed the topic, saying that although Kong Sheng's path was flawed, it was limited by history. In that era, benevolence, Rites, and Music were the most noble spiritual pursuits of the human race.
However, blindly worshipping the past now was ignorance.
Fang Yun believed that Kong Sheng's political ideologies were limited, but his spirit of learning, innovation, and humility were immortal and had the power to surpass the times.
Fang Yun called on the entire human race to learn from Kong Sheng.
Finally, Fang Yun put forward a statement that shocked the entire human race.
"Yao and Shun are not our end point, Zhou Dynasty is not our end point, and Kong Sheng is not our end point. They are only symbols behind us. Our end point is a future that will never end! In that future, everyone will surpass Kong Sheng, and they will surpass him even further!
"If our future cannot surpass our present, that would be the greatest betrayal to our ancestors! That would be the greatest betrayal to our ancestors! That would be the most appropriate time to say sorry!
"Kong Sheng has already found two paths for us. One is to walk to the end of benevolence, Rites, and Music. The other is the Great Dao of Enlightenment! Now, let's give up on the dead end and follow Kong Sheng's Great Dao of Enlightenment! "
Fang Yun's words resonated with many scholars.
After reading Fang Yun's full text, many scholars murmured to themselves.
"Let's go!"
However, no matter how sincere Fang Yun was in the end, he was unable to extinguish the anger of the Kong family, King Wen family, and the people of the Hall of Rites.
Once Fang Yun rejected the idea of ruling the country through rites and music, it would mean an all-out war with the Hall of Rites!
However, there was a problem.
Fang Yun was no longer a great scholar, but a Half-saint!
The doors of the Notre-Dame's Hall of Rites were shut tight.
Outside the door, the scholars in the Hall of Rites stood neatly as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
In the Ceremonial Hall, the Pavilion Elders sat side by side.
The one who was most worried was Kang Ha-chuan.
Kang Ha-chuan secretly observed the rest of the Pavilion Elders and found that almost half of them looked hesitant.
Only the four Cabinet Elders were filled with righteous indignation and swore to protect the Sacred Path of Rites.
Kang Ha-chuan's gaze flickered and said, "My relationship with Fang Sheng is complicated. In this Pavilion Elder Conference, I will give up my position."
"Ha … everyone says that Mr. He Chuan is a good person. Now it seems that he is nothing more than a wily old fox," Pavilion Elder Yun Luo said.
The Pavilion Elders did not say a word. Not only did Kang Ha-chuan not blame Yun Luo, he felt guilty.
Yun Luo had always supported Fang Yun in the Hall of Rites and accepted some of Fang Yun's reforms.
However, Fang Yun feigned civility with the Hall of Rites, causing the Pavilion Elders of the Hall of Rites to mistakenly believe that Fang Yun would not target the Way of Rites. In the end, he created the Way of Rites, which affected Confucianism and the Way of Rites.
Yun Luo was unhappy, but he was well-mannered and did not oppose Fang Yun because of this.
Even when Fang Yun killed the Emperor of Qing, Yun Luo did not speak out against it. After all, a Half-saint's authority was greater than that of a monarch. As long as a Half-saint had reason, killing a monarch was not a big mistake.
The Way of Holy Punishment was without the Way of Rites. This was Half-saint's natural authority.
Even a wise Confucian like Yun Luo knew that Fang Yun had killed the Emperor of Qing not only for himself, but also for Gyeongo.
Gyeongo's development had two stumbling blocks. One was the School of Miscellany and the other was the Emperor of Qing. After killing the Emperor of Qing, some of Gyeongo's policies would change. As long as the Notre-Dame and the other countries gave a little help, the country's power would recover.
This time, Fang Yun's criticism of Kong Sheng and his denial of the Way of Rites and Music completely infuriated Yun Luo.
Thus, Yun Luo did not care about his self-restraint as a Pavilion Elder or his status as a great Confucian. He unceremoniously criticized Fang Yun in front of everyone.
As long as it was not insulting or slandering, the Notre-Dame Pavilion Elder had the right to criticize Half-saint.
The Way of Rites and Music referred to the Zhou Dynasty's system based on Way of Rites and Music. It included the political system, the cultural system, the social structure, and everything else.
Kong Sheng believed that the Zhou Dynasty's system was the most perfect, so he worshipped Way of Rites and Music and created his own concept of benevolence on the basis of Way of Rites and Music.
Zhou and Kong were of the same origin.
Wu Jiu sighed lightly. "My friendship with Fang Sheng is second only to He Chuan among all of you. Let's not talk about personal friendship. Just based on his status as a Pavilion Elder of the Way of Rites, Fang Sheng went too far. He used politics to deny Kong Sheng's benevolence, then denied Way of Rites and Music, and finally denied the Zhou Dynasty's system. He was too radical! "
"Oh? It's radical and not a complete mistake? "Yun Luo said in a strange tone.
Wu Jiu said helplessly, "We became great Confucians not mediocre people, so Old Man opened the window and spoke frankly. Ask yourself, as great Confucians, even if we protect the Way of Rites and Rites, would we be so stupid as to believe that the Way of Rites and Music of the Zhou Dynasty would not last for ten thousand years and last for a hundred generations? Once another Saint appears in the human race, would we listen to him or continue to listen to Kong Sheng? "
"Then we'll wait until Fang Sheng becomes a Saint! If he becomes a Saint, I won't object! "Yun Luo said with a cold face.
Wu Jiu glanced at all the great Confucians and said, "So, all of you must have a thought in your heart, and that is that there will be a reform in the Way of Rites and Rites. If you didn't have this thought in your heart, your courage would have been shattered when Fang Sheng's' Criticism of Confucius' appeared. "
Some of the great Confucians in the hall suddenly looked up to the sky and stared at the natural texture on the wall, some lowered their heads and tugged at the threads on their sleeves, some closed their eyes and rested, but their beards trembled slightly. Yun Luo's gaze changed. There was anger and shame, as if someone had seen through his thoughts.
Wu Jiu continued, "Fang Sheng said in Ning An that reform is a good thing, but if it's too fast, it's a bad thing for many people. I'm also not used to Fang Sheng's reform, but our Way of Rites is now helpless. "
Yun Luo sneered. "We can go against Fang Sheng! Gather the strength of the Way of Rites, gather the strength of the Kong Family, gather the strength of the Confucians, we can definitely force him to admit his mistake! "
Wu Jiu glanced at Yun Luo and said, "Compared to Fang Sheng Wen? Liu Zizhi, Ji Zhibai, Xun Ye, Fierce Lord Meng Lintang, that Dao Enforcer Mount Liu, the entire Miscellaneous School, and even more … Which one succeeded? If you can find one, I'll consider it your win! Have you all forgotten that sentence? If yesterday's Fang Yun is found, today's Fang Yun will definitely suffer a crushing defeat! What do you all have to compete with Fang Sheng Wen! "
Yun Luo was stunned on the spot, unable to speak for a long time.
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