He Xianglin quickly said hello to Duan Xinyu.

Duan Xinyu nodded with a smile and returned her slander. She always remembered her purpose, restrained her emotions, and said to Chen Feiyu: "In class, you only emphasized Taoism, but in addition to Taoism, China also has Confucianism, and strictly speaking

It is said that the influence of Confucianism has always been greater than that of Taoism from ancient times to the present. Even if Taoism pursues the most fundamental origin of the universe, Confucianism is completely biased towards practicality."

Chen Feiyu shook his head and smiled.

"Why, you think what I said is wrong?" Duan Xinyu was stunned.

"Of course it's not right." Chen Feiyu smiled and said: "What you said is the shortcoming of today's society's superficial taste of Confucianism. Strictly speaking, the most fundamental pursuit of Confucianism is actually no different from Taoism. They are also the pursuit of 'the great road'."

’, but Confucianism has explicit learning and esoteric learning. Explicit learning is to build a society of ‘benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, and trust’, while esoteric learning is about spiritual practice, that is, cultivating the Tao.

It's a pity that the public only knows about Confucianism and not about Confucian esotericism, so they think that Confucianism is shallower than Taoism. This is just a prejudice. For example, take "The Doctrine of the Mean". The most fundamental principles of Confucianism are all in "The Doctrine of the Mean". It is mentioned in the opening chapter.

'The destiny is called nature, the will of nature is called Tao, and the cultivation of Tao is called teaching'.

The so-called clear meaning at the beginning, the first sentence of "The Doctrine of the Mean" focuses on what the 'Tao' is. The 'Tao' here is actually not essentially different from the 'Tao' pursued by Taoism. It is just that the secular public does not understand it.

Teacher Duan, let me ask you, what is ‘Destiny’?”

"Destiny?" A trace of confusion flashed in Duan Xinyu's eyes, and he shook his head and said, "You stand at thirty, you are not confused at forty, and you know destiny at fifty. To be honest, I don't know what destiny is."

Duan Xinyu's reaction was as expected by Chen Feiyu, and he said with a smile: "Knowing destiny at the age of fifty is the realm of Confucius, and Confucius read "The Book of Changes" at the age of fifty, have you found the connection? That's why Confucius said

'If you don't read "Yi", you can't know the destiny of heaven'.

The "Book of Changes" originally discusses the truth of the operation of the universe, and its content and the "Tao Te Ching" can mutually corroborate each other, and what Confucius calls "the destiny of heaven" is all in the "Book of Changes". Therefore, Confucianism and Taoism do not have fundamental differences.

difference.

For example, Taoists often say that "the Tao enters with sincerity", and "The Doctrine of the Mean" focuses on what "sincerity" is, how to achieve "sincerity", and the various mysteries and magic of "sincerity"

This is the intrinsic connection between Taoism and Confucianism. Unfortunately, Confucian esotericism has long been discontinued."

After saying that, Chen Feiyu sighed with regret.

Duan Xinyu opened her eyes wide and was filled with surprise. She had never thought of Chen Feiyu's theory before. I won't say whether it was right or not. At least it sounded reasonable. Well, it was very reasonable. Apart from going against the common sense of the secular public, Duan Xinyu opened her eyes wide.

Apart from that, there are no other problems.

"Sure enough, Chen Feiyu has a lot of knowledge in his head that he doesn't know. It is indeed the right time to come to Chen Feiyu this time!"

Duan Xinyu felt excited in her heart, and her beautiful eyes began to sparkle. In her eyes, Chen Feiyu had become a treasure, and she couldn't help but want to dig deeper.

So, she couldn't wait to ask Chen Feiyu some questions, so much so that she didn't even bother to watch the wonderful welcome party.

And Chen Feiyu's answers did not disappoint her. They were always beyond her expectations. Many of his theories even went against the common sense of the secular public. However, Chen Feiyu cited scriptures and picked up Taoist and Confucian classics at will.

Being able to confirm each other made her suddenly enlightened. She was also amazed in her heart and became even more curious about Chen Feiyu.

At this moment, Chen Feiyu is like a teacher, and Duan Xinyu is like a student.

For Chen Feiyu, he has lived in the mountains since he was a child, and the most abundant thing on the mountains are rows of ancient books, which collect the classics of hundreds of schools of thought. Apart from practicing martial arts and medicine every day, he spends most of the rest of his time on the mountain.

By reading books, I am naturally familiar with the theoretical classics of Taoism and Confucianism.
Chapter completed!