"Long and dragon have the same pronunciation. A mountain is like a dragon. Unfortunately, Xun Long's name is like a dragon. After seeing him twice, I realized that his name is not true."
"Strong winds test strong grass. People like him are too common," Mo Shan said.
Yan Yukong suddenly sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at, but my relationship with the Yan Family's main family was not good a few years ago. It only improved in the past two years. Do you know why?"
Zong Wude said, "We all know that. Back then, you became famous in Gyeongo. The Yan Family's master recognized your talent and sent people to bring you back to the main family. He gave you the same treatment as the main family's disciples. The difference in treatment between the main family's disciples and the side family's disciples was like heaven and earth. They even had a chance to read Yan Zisheng's poem once. This caused some main family disciples to be unhappy. As for the side family disciples, they made things difficult for you. Some adults thought that it was a fight between young people and could not interfere. Some wanted to see your character. You endured it for two months, then left the Yan Family without saying anything. "
Li Fanming smiled and said, "This caused quite a stir in the aristocratic families. At that time, we thought that you were too arrogant. However, after learning that you traveled with the Southern Sage and walked tens of thousands of miles, we felt that you had guts."
Yan Yukong said, "Xun Long's status is similar to mine. He is also a side family member. I heard some things about him. When he was young, he was humiliated. After that, he focused on learning. His status in the Xun Family became higher and higher. Later, he was valued because of his contributions in the Ten Cold Ancient Land. However, he was not listed in the main family's genealogy. You also know that the Xun Family is very particular about seniority, status, and closeness. They are even more particular than the Yan Family. Thus, I knew that he was in a difficult situation. I once sympathized with him. "
At first, everyone thought that Yan Yukong was going to speak up for Xun Long. However, after listening to the end, they realized that this was not the case.
"However, after I found out about some things, I stopped sympathizing with him. It's not convenient for me to go into the details. I can only say that. He obtained his hard-earned status and then desperately tried to protect it. He did many things to protect his status. He was even more ruthless to people outside the Xun Family. As I expected, what he wants to do most now is to enter the main family's genealogy and let his son enjoy the same treatment as the main family's disciples. He doesn't want the same treatment as he did back then, "Yan Yukong said...
Everyone listened attentively.
Yan Yukong's gaze changed, and he said, "I fully support him in fighting for his position, and I can even understand why he used some underhanded methods. After all, if the water was too clear, there would be no fish. But now, even though he knew that the Xun Family could endanger Fang Yun's life, he still protected Xun Ye and obstructed Fang Yun. This person was no longer using tricks, he was trying to murder Fang Yun! The Kong family's misfortune was worse than the Xun family's, but the Kong family slowly improved step by step. However, he also pursued Kong Sheng's' benevolence ', and insisted that benevolence came first, followed by seniority. However, there are some descendants of the Xun Clan who value propriety over benevolence and righteousness. They are … "
Yan Yukong did not continue. However, everyone knew that he wanted to say that the Xun family had taken the wrong path, but due to his status, he could not say it directly.
Kong Delun suddenly said in a low voice, "Some people want Ancestor Half-saint to become a quasi-saint. Naturally, there are people who want their ancestors to suppress other quasi-saints."
Everyone had a strange look in their eyes.
Fang Yun suddenly understood. Kong Delun was referring to Dong Zhongshu's descendants who wanted Ancestor to become a quasi-saint. Back then, Dong Zhongshu was a genius who had been bestowed with the title of Saint with his famous ideas of "Heaven's Perception" and "Great Unification". He was conferred the title of "Confucian Master" and was known as the first Half-saint of the Confucian School. He was originally a genius who had the highest chance of becoming a quasi-saint.
However, Dong Zhongshu was too bold. Not only did he attempt to change Kong Sheng's path, but he also wanted to unify the Hundred Schools of Thought and become a quasi-saint. He offended many Half-saint, and in the end, the matter was left unsettled.
However, although Dong Zhongshu was radical, he had real talent and made great contributions to the human race. Although the aristocratic families did not like his ideas, they still respected him.
Dong Zhongshu had not become a quasi-saint, but he was open-minded and open-minded. He did not have any complaints when he was alive, but his descendants wanted to push him to become a quasi-saint or settle for the second-best and let the Dong Family receive the treatment of a quasi-saint aristocratic family.
When Kong Delun mentioned the Dong Family, Fang Yun understood why the Xun Family valued hierarchy so much. It was because this was in the category of "Etiquette".
Among the six quasi-saint aristocratic families, King Wen of Zhou, who created the "Yi", was worthy of being the head of the quasi-saints. The second was Mencius. Not only did Mencius become a saint earlier than Xun Zi, but he also perfected "Yi". Therefore, the Xun Family could not compete with King Wen's and Mencius' families.
Later generations verified that Xun Zi also wanted to surpass Mencius and achieve greater achievements in "Etiquette", but he could not break through. Instead, he became a quasi-saint after the death of Confucius.
Although Xun Zi competed with Mencius, Mozi, and other saints, he did not care about his ranking. His disciples and descendants were different.
After Sage Xun Zi passed away, the disciples of the Xun family had always wanted Xun Zi to be ranked higher than Meng Zi. Therefore, they had been working hard on "etiquette". The idea of hierarchy represented by "Monarch, Minister, Father, Father, Son" was the most important foundation of "etiquette". After that, Xun Zi proposed the more extreme "nobility". If the Xun family wanted to make a breakthrough in "etiquette", they had to pay attention to the hierarchy and could not go against their ancestors.
It was because of this that the Xun Family's style was different.
Fang Yun thought of the reason and said, "I can understand some things, but I will never accept them! The Divine Path is difficult. If someone sees me as an enemy, I will treat them as an enemy! I will never back down from this literary battle! "
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he started to get off the boat.
Everyone followed closely behind.
Fang Yun got off the boat and looked around. The roads on both sides were blocked by roadblocks, but more and more people appeared behind the roadblocks, densely packed. Those people were discussing animatedly. Most of them were extremely angry, a few were cursing, but there were also a few who were silent and did not have any resentment.
There were hundreds of people standing in front of the State Academy of Arts.
There were respected old scholars, officials, and students of Xi State. Most of them were Juren or above, and there were a few Xiucai among them.
Fang Yun looked carefully and found that other than some young people who were unhappy, those who were slightly older all came to welcome them with smiles. Seeing this, Fang Yun knew that this literary battle would be more difficult. He would rather see a group of angry scholars from Xi State. That would be easier to deal with, but he was also relieved that the human race had won against the demons and barbarians.
"Welcome Fang Zhenguo and all the scholars to Xi State. You have brought light to Chang Ning Prefecture's humble abode by taking the airship." A pale, beardless old man in a third-rank official uniform walked at the front.
Zong Wude said in a low voice, "Governor Sheng, Grand Scholar, and the royal family."
Fang Yun understood and said with a smile, "Student Fang Yun greets Grand Scholar Sheng and all the elders."
"You are too polite. You are indeed a true young talent. We were just arguing that if you were not married, which family's girl would be the best match for you?" Governor Sheng said with a smile. It did not seem like a rigid official reception at all, but more like a gathering of scholars.
Fang Yun smiled and looked sideways at the Grand Scholar and the Hanlin Academy behind him.
Those people shook their heads slightly and no one said anything.
Governor Sheng said with a smile, "Wenying, long time no see. You are even more elegant than before. Yuzhi, you … "
Li Wenying interrupted Zhizhou Sheng and said, "Duke Ting Shan, today is Fang Yunwen's fight. You and I don't need to talk nonsense. Fang Yun is a straightforward person. You guys should be straightforward too. Give us ten Juren. After the battle, we will go back to Jade Sea to sleep. "
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