Fang Yun continued, "Among the alien races I have heard of, there is a race called Greece that is the most unique. This race also appeared in 'Politics'. In the beginning, their race didn't have a Holy Seat or a Holy Ancestor. However, just like the previous race, they created many Holy Ancestors and Holy Seats in the form of stories. The difference between them and the previous race is that the Holy Ancestors of this race are exactly like them. They are either greedy, lustful, jealous, vicious, vain, or proud. Of course, other than these evil deeds, there are also virtues. They believe that whether it is a Holy Ancestor or a Holy Seat, they are just powerful people and not perfect existences. "
"This great Greek race can ridicule and even vilify the Holy Ancestors in their hearts, which is to say, 'belittle' those Holy Ancestors. Therefore, in their race, a powerful force was born, and that is to never be restrained! They can fail, but nothing can imprison a soul that seeks freedom! "
"Indeed, this concept will make their society relatively chaotic and difficult to stabilize. In the end, they will be defeated by other races. However, it is because of this concept that they can have a common point with our Chinese civilization. That is, even if they are defeated, they can influence and even assimilate the winner. This is one of the symbols of a civilization that can be called great. "
"In fact, this Greek race that belittled gods has changed in their bloodline, but their spirit has not been destroyed and has always been passed down. They didn't completely surrender to the fake Holy Ancestors and didn't let themselves become slaves of the Holy Ancestors. They are humble but not despicable. Under the influence of this spirit, even if their descendants are conquered, they can still break through the blockade of the powerful race and make the powerful civilization of the later generation willing to be their inheritors. I admire you for that. "
"They have their light, we have our greatness. No one can overshadow the other's glory. However, if we want to be greater, we must recognize the glory of others and humbly learn everything that can make us greater! Even if it is to learn how to avoid their failure. "
Duke Yan said, "Then I understand. Other races always believe that the Holy Ancestors are powerful, great, and worthy of respect. However, although we humans also fantasize about some Holy Ancestors, since the Confucian school, what we really inherit and preach is to learn from the sages, learn from the seniors, learn from the real success, learn from the true right. "
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Good. Therefore, since Confucius, the Confucian school has paved a path of enlightenment for the human race. They let us understand that learning, change, and progress are better than anything else. However, the path of enlightenment, the path of Confucius, has been misunderstood by the scholars! "
"Why?" Duke Yan asked.
Fang Yundao, Confucius, said, "Confucius said, 'When you see virtuous people, you should reflect'. Almost all of the disciples of the Confucian school, like crickets in a cage, they can't jump out of this circle for the rest of their lives! Everyone has forgotten that there is another more important sentence, which is to reflect on one's incompetence! "
"Mr. Fang..." Duke Yansheng's eyes brightened as he felt something. However, he still straightened his body and lowered his head like a child.
Fang Yundao said, "Before I became a Saint, I thought like everyone else that the 'virtuous' in this sentence refers to virtuous people, and the 'unvirtuous' refers to villains. The meaning of this sentence is that if you see a virtuous person, you should learn from him, and if you see an unvirtuous person, you should reflect on your mistakes. There is no dispute about this statement. After all, in the Analects of Confucius, the first paragraph of this sentence is, 'A gentleman speaks of justice, a villain speaks of profit'. The two are related, 'virtuous' corresponds to a gentleman, 'unvirtuous' corresponds to a villain. But after I became a Saint, I realized that the scale we used to look at the Analects of Confucius was too small. "
"Scale?" The Holy Ancestor keenly found the crux of the problem.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Yes, scale. If we use the smallest scale, the context of this sentence is only the people we see in front of us, virtuous people, and villains. But if we use a larger scale, such as extending the scale of time and space, we will look for two people in history who have never met before to compare. For example, I and Confucius, Confucius is virtuous, I am not virtuous. Even so, the difference is not big. "
The Holy Ancestor lightly nodded.
Fang Yun continued, "Then, let's expand the scale of this sentence, and increase the number of people! We want to include all the virtuous and unvirtuous people from all the races in the Saint Origin Realms since the ancient times! What will we find? We can't accurately label everyone, so what will we do? What we need to learn is not a single virtuous person, but the common talent of everyone. We are not looking for a villain to reflect on, we are looking for everyone's mistakes to reflect on. "
"This is called …" The Holy Ancestor felt that he understood something, but it was hard to say.
"Extracting the common essence from the phenomenon, it is also called abstraction." Fang Yundao.
"Wonderful!" The Holy Ancestor clapped his hands and praised.
Fang Yun continued, "When we ignore Confucius as an individual, when we gather the virtuous people of that era and even the neighboring eras to analyze, we will find that most of the virtuous people are learning, either from books or from personal experience, and those virtuous people are constantly improving as they learn. So we can conclude that Confucius's path of education, Confucius's path of learning are everlasting, they are the true foundation of all eras."
The Holy Ancestor heavily nodded.
Fang Yun continued, "However, if we compare Kong Sheng, Meng Sheng, and those wise monarchs and ministers who have truly succeeded in ruling the country, what do we find? Those virtuous people did not rule the country according to Confucius and Meng Sheng's benevolence, etiquette, and music, and they all had considerable success. So, how do you make me believe that Confucius's idea of ruling the country is correct? "
The Holy Ancestor said, "Mister, you ignored Confucius because you used your … abstraction, abstracting etiquette and benevolence from the Zhou Dynasty."
The Holy Ancestor's eyes flashed with child-like cleverness.
Fang Yun laughed, "Because what he extracted might not be the essence, and he only used Zhou Dynasty and a few other dynasties as samples, this scale is too small. Holy Ancestor, if we summarize the reason for Zhou Dynasty's victory, if we analyze Zhou Dynasty's system, do we still use Confucius's method, from Confucius's point of view, according to Confucius's context, according to the scale of the Spring and Autumn Period? "
The Holy Ancestor was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "Before your" Politics "appeared, the Old Man would have completely followed the ancestor's method. But now, he can't do it. Especially after listening to your words, he can't go back at all. "
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