Chapter 474
As soon as the mockery was opened, everyone looked at Zhuang Zhou. His words were like a cold arrow shot out, and each arrow shot everyone.
Although Zhuang Zhou is not a hermit yet, he is still more disappointed when he sees the world. Now he hears Yun Yao say that benevolence and righteousness are coming out, and he suddenly realizes the problem of the world. That is, everyone is now robbing with benevolence and righteousness. No one cares about benevolence and righteousness at all. It is all false benevolence and false righteousness.
There are many people who are bullying the weak, and the strong bully the weak. Now, how can we tell who is a good person and who is a bad person? Good people recruit soldiers, and bad people are also recruiting soldiers. The strong bully the weak, and the weak bully the weak. Who is clean and who is dirty? Only seeing the great contributions of the controversy over the uneven distribution of the spoils, how can there be any right or wrong?
Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be stolen. There is no just war, only the thief will steal the country in the name of benevolence and righteousness.
Yun Yao's words finally made Zhuang Zhou realize what he had never seen clearly. He finally understood the essence of this era.
It is true that the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. Yun Yao just said that there must be a basis for promoting benevolence and righteousness, but in Zhuang Zhou, it sounds like that there is only force in the Warring States Period but no benevolence and righteousness.
Everyone who was proclaiming benevolence and righteousness was not happy, and they locked the proud Zhuang Zhou with their sharp eyes with their cold light.
Zhuang Zhou was as if he had the help of God at this time, and glared back without fear, because he was a young man who was angry and vulgar, and had long been dissatisfied with the warring wars of the Warring States Period. In Linzi, he saw a group of scholars who ignored their lives for fame and fortune, and the Qi people who were addicted to gambling, and the Qi nobles who were huge in the gap between the rich and the poor but still continued to oppress the Mo people...
What he saw and heard was infuriating, but now he finally realized that there was no benevolence and righteousness in this era. Only the strong bully the weak, and the weak bully the weak.
"What did you say?" A Confucian scholar said angrily: "You have the ability to say it again?"
"I mean, those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be the princes!" Zhuang Zhou's words were simply slapping the King of Qi in the face. Aren't their Tian family just 'the princes who steal the country'?
Not only did they become princes, but they also became kings. When Qi State was king, Wei State brought four other countries to be kings, including Zhongshan State. At that time, Qi State angrily denounced them not to be kings because of the small size of Zhongshan State. The meaning was that they were very clear. They called kings because their fists were big enough, and Zhongshan State could not be kings.
I know that Zhuang Zhou is cynical and that Zhuang Zhou is very literary. When cynical and literary talent meet, the result is that he is very cruel. When Yun Yao heard Zhuang Zhou curse this, he thought to himself that this is not a way out?
King Qi's face turned purple-red like a sauce jar, and the nobles around him were eager to draw their swords and kill this young man who was ignorant of the world.
Although Zhuang Zhou cherishes his life on weekdays, he is like a tough guy at this time, with a huge contrast between the front and the back. However, all of them are Zhuang Zhou. He does cherish his life, but he hates those who deceive the world and steal reputation even more.
The baby son didn't expect that Zhu Yun, whom he liked, would have such a friend. She was worried that King Qi would chop Zhuang Zhou in anger, which would lead to Zhu Yun's reluctance. But the lethal power of this sentence "The stole the hook and killed the princes of the country" was really too great, especially for King Qi, it was simply a rebellious act.
This sentence is naturally very lethal, and it can be said to be a must-have quote for countless cynical young people. It is concise and to the point. Even two thousand years later, countless young people will still talk about this sentence and express their dissatisfaction with society.
Zhuang Zhou was a hermit, but a forced hermit. He was forced into a hermit by the Warring States Period. Therefore, many of his remarks contained dissatisfaction with the Warring States society and were full of anger, but he had no choice but to choose to protect himself and promote the way of self-protection. However, the lines still contained Zhuang Zhou's anger, "Those who steal the hook killed the princes who steal the country" "Those who do good have no fame, and those who do evil have no flaws." There are countless cynical words like "there are no flaws in good fortune, and those who do evil have no flaws in close proximity".
In the Warring States Period, who was the good man and who was the bad man? Even Mencius suggested that King Qi should take advantage of the chaos in Yan's country.
Good people are recruiting soldiers and horses to kill abroad, while bad people are recruiting soldiers and horses to kill abroad. In Zhuang Zhou's opinion, they are all the same, so it is safe to do good deeds without too much reputation. Doing bad things is safe, and doing bad things is safe. Whether doing good things or doing bad things is long gone. It is obvious that they are doing good things, but they dare not make a public eye for fear of revenge. It is obviously doing bad things, but as long as they do not get involved in lawsuits, you can do whatever you want. This is the Warring States Period.
"Bold!" The close minister who observed the words and expressions found that the King of Qi was angry and immediately accused him.
Mencius, who was standing aside, looked sideways, and seemed to be both approving and angry in his eyes, perhaps because of his courage to praise Zhuang Zhou, or perhaps because of his angry criticism by the other party. After all, Mencius heard it very clearly. What the other party said was that today was a hypocrite who made profits for himself in the name of benevolence and righteousness, and naturally he also included him.
Facing various gazes, Zhuang Zhou's face remained unchanged.
Yun Yao thought to himself that all the philosophers were indeed all the philosophers. They would usually whimper when they were punched, but once they were involved in their bottom line, they would sacrifice their lives. This was a scholar. But if he didn't care, Zhuang Zhou would be killed.
"Hahaha..." Thinking about the way to save people, Yunyao laughed loudly, and his hearty laughter spread throughout the venue.
"What are you laughing at?" The close minister was furious.
The baby's son's face also changed suddenly. At this time, Zhu Yun could still laugh? Isn't this adding fuel to the fire and holding firewood to put out the fire?
Yunyao slowly walked to the middle of the venue away from the seat and asked loudly: "When I ask a question, you will also laugh." "I would like to ask, what Zhuang Zhou said is to deceive the world and steal the reputation, false benevolence and righteousness, and those who steal hooks will kill the marquis who steal the country. Is it true or false?"
Yun Yao glanced at everyone, her handsome face was calm and confident, and her eyes were a little cunning.
"Of course..." Everyone was stuck, of course it was the truth, so they were so angry. But if they admitted that Zhuang Zhou was telling the truth, then wouldn't they admit that they were false benevolence and righteousness, and the stealing of the country?
Mencius couldn't help looking at Yunyao and thought to himself that he was a cunning person, but he turned his back on the spot. He naturally understood the link of this question, which was to make everyone suffer a loss. He obviously couldn't get angry even if he was scolded.
King Qi's expression was also colorful and colorful, and he could not admit that this was the truth. Although this was indeed the truth, he could never admit it. Once he admitted it, it would be like slapping himself in the face.
Xu Gong, who was standing aside, was also worried about Zhuang Zhou. He had long seen that Zhuang Zhou was an upright and bottom-line person, so he was willing to make friends with him. However, he did not expect that Zhuang Zhou was more cynical than he thought. He would even point the finger at Tian’s Dai Jiang in front of the King of Qi.
However, after hearing Yunyao's rebellious question, everyone was silent. They could not admit that Zhuang Zhou was telling the truth. admitting that Zhuang Zhou was right.
This is the same as the emperor's new clothes. Do you really foolishly think that the emperor is wearing clothes that only smart people can see? Only children think that the emperor is not wearing clothes? It is certainly not, but adults do not look at the problem from the perspective of true or falsehood, but from the perspective of interests. Adults think about what the consequences will be if they tell the truth? Because they are afraid of the consequences of telling the truth, everyone pretends to be stupid. But the child speaks directly and does not consider the consequences, and says whatever he sees, which is wrong and breaks the lie.
Everyone present is a smart person, but not a child who speaks frivolously, so they are collectively silent and think about the pros and cons.
Chapter completed!