Yun Yao said that the ancient methods are not suitable for today, but today's people can't analyze the past with the current perspective. Moreover, Xunzi and his disciples believe that human nature is evil because everyone likes and hates the same things, but there are many desires and few things. Since this is the case, there are so few wise men, so everyone should pursue and like them. But in fact, not many people want to be wise men and gentlemen, so human nature is evil and cannot stand firm. At least, there are many desires and few things that cannot be used as a support for the view that human nature is evil.

Whether it is a gentleman or a wise man, why are there so few? Why are there so few people, but no one is competing to be a gentleman?

Coupled with the contradictions between ancient and modern times, the two issues made Xunzi and his disciples silent, and Xunzi was not allowed to ask Yunyao for his views.

Yunyao told them that authority cannot be used as the motivation for everyone's behavior, and that contradictions should be analyzed, what problems encountered by ancient people and what problems to solve them.

"You should not be proud of the past and abuse the present, nor should you be cruel of the past and the present?" Xunzi said it was very reasonable and asked again: "Why are there few gentlemen in the world? A gentleman should be loved by everyone. If you want to have too many things, everyone will strive to be the first, but why isn't the case in the world?"

Yunyao said: "So can we reverse the fact that gentlemen are actually very annoying, so it's not that everyone likes gentlemen, but that everyone hates gentlemen?"

"How is it possible? How can anyone hate gentlemen?" Xunzi's disciples immediately started to buzz and argue, saying that Yunyao is just talking nonsense, and gentlemen are things that everyone likes.

Seeing that they were so excited, Yunyao continued to stimulate them and said, "Then the kind of gentleman you promote is not the kind of gentleman that everyone likes."

"Although we did not praise Yao, Shun and Yu, we also promoted rituals and music. We also hope that everyone would 'clearly divide the group', which is the source of peace in the world. Why don't everyone like it?" Xunzi said that this question is really strange, so he said: "It seems that because of the evil nature of human nature and the lack of etiquette, everyone does not realize the benefits of a gentleman, so everyone will not fight to be a gentleman."

That's right, it must be like this. It's either their arguments are wrong, it's that human nature is too bad and the world is too bad, so everyone is confused and does not know the beauty of a gentleman, so they will naturally not cultivate themselves and become gentlemen.

"So, since that's the case, what's the same thing as desire and evil? Logically speaking, everyone should compete for scarce things, right?" Yunyao continued to ask.

The students no longer dare to speak because Yun Yao could catch the loophole. At this time, they had to look at Xunzi. He only heard him say: "I heard that merchants have a way of living. Lu Buwei sponsored Yiren who was a proton in Zhao State at that time, and eventually helped Yiren become the King of Qin. It can be seen that desires and evil can be different. Some people like it, while others despise the same thing. Some people regard it as treasures, while others abandon it like dirt." You can see from the business practices of merchants. Not everyone has the vision to distinguish good things. At the same time, some bad things can also be packaged into good things, which triggers everyone's competition.

Therefore, the view that desire and hate are the same thing is not a 100% firm foothold. Xunzi has already begun to reflect.

"So what is important is good and bad themselves? It's not. What's important is the right to interpret good. If I have the right to interpret, I can sell dirt as jewelry. Not only will everyone not feel cheated, but they will be complacent." "Why did Confucius and Mencius praise Yao, Shun and Yu because they are really good? Is it because they are really perfect? ​​It's not, but because they have to get the right to interpret good. With the right to interpret good, Confucius and Mencius can make changes to the monarch and promote their own claims." "Why are you not the twelve sons? Is it because they are not doing well enough? It's not because you have to establish your own right to interpret by criticizing the twelve sons." Yun Yao and these people also told the truth directly, not to play with false things, because their ability to bear is very strong.

Everyone was shocked. Good or bad is not important. What is important is the right to explain good?

That's right, isn't that the case? Li Si was amazed and could not agree to more.

Isn’t this the example of Yi Ren given by Xunzi? Is Yi Ren good? Is it virtuous? Not necessarily. But through the packaging of Lu Buwei, Yi Ren became the King of Qin, and changed from bad to good. This shows that good and bad can be manipulated by humans.

Why did Confucius and Mencius advocate Yao, Shun and Yu? It is also to gain the opportunity to promote the proposition through honor and abuse of the present and increase their own authority.

Why are the masters and disciples of Xunzi not the twelve sons? It is also to establish their own right to speak and to explain good things, so that everyone knows that Mencius’s human nature is bad, and that his own human nature is bad, and that his own evil nature is good.

As for whether it is good or not, who can judge? There is no. It seems that there is only the outcome theory, which is to reverse the right or wrong from the results. Then Li Si was unintentionally the most correct person, because he established the institutional foundation of the Qin Dynasty and laid the foundation for the next two thousand years.

But Li Si was scolded very fiercely by later generations, and Qin Shihuang also had no good reputation. It can be seen that the battle for good interpretation has never ended. Li Si and Qin Shihuang went from being a party to a disputed interpretation, but eventually became a history of being contested.

The prosperity of ancient times and the present, or the bliss of the West, and the full moon abroad are actually the same truth. They are all for the purpose of snatching good interpretation rights. As long as you have the right to interpret, you have to listen to me if you want to learn well. If you have money and give money and work hard, it is not free to learn well.

"Oh no." Xunzi said suddenly.

The disciples didn't know what was wrong with the teacher. At this time, Han Fei's face changed and said, "When we praise gentlemen, the standards of gentlemen we advocate have become targets. We gain the right to interpret by advocating gentlemen, while they gain the right to interpret by slandering gentlemen. The quality of a gentleman is no longer important. What is important is who can overwhelm the other party and who can obtain the right to interpret."

Li Si also thought of it, but it was one step slower than Han Fei. After all, Han Fei received aristocratic education in South Korea since he was a child, and Li Si was just a granary manager in a small place. There was still a huge gap in the starting point between the two. In all aspects, Han Fei's performance was a little better than Li Si.

Xunzi realized why people didn’t learn from gentlemen because they thought of this. Because a group of people were absolutely unable to say good things about gentlemen in order to seize the right to explain. Because they said good things about gentlemen, they lost the right to explain and lost their interests.

"So desire and hate are the same thing, but they are also different things. Many times, even though you know that a gentleman is a good thing, you absolutely cannot admit it for your own right of interpretation. Because once you admit it, they will lose everything." Yun Yao said. Desire and hate are the same thing, the same right of interpretation; different things, the different definition of a specific thing.

For example, some people think that the facial features are just beautiful women, but some people think that squint eyes are beautiful women. Do many people really think that squint eyes are beautiful women? Not necessarily, but they must say that, because once they deny it, they lose the right to interpret the beauty, and they will lose their dominance and lose their interests.

As long as everyone accepts the explanation that squint is a beauty, then everyone must pay tuition to them and learn how to be a squint beauty and where squint eyes are beautiful.

Speaking of this, Xunzi, Li Si, and Han Fei have all realized the cruel reality. In order to fight for the power of interpretation, gentlemen will never be able to promote them. There will never be gentlemen in the world that are praised by everyone. There will only be one ending, that is, the gentlemen of Xun Rus against other gentlemen of Confucian Rus.
Chapter completed!