This article seems to take a step back from the point of view first raised, but in fact it puts forward some unique views on the issue of filial piety.
Therefore, in the next issue of the weekly newspaper, a beneficiary wrote to ask Mr.
Xiao Qi, what are the beneficial opinions of parents?
Are there also unhelpful or even harmful opinions?
What is the suspicion of unfilial piety?
That is unfilial.
Why should parents understand their children?
What are legitimate demands?
Why are legitimate demands called?
We must consider the thoughts of our children.
Furthermore, what we are discussing is the issue of hair.
Women’s hair is not within the scope of our discussion, so why should we talk about children?
What do other issues mean?
Are we talking about children’s marriage?
, should we also allow our children to make legitimate demands?
This extremely lively play between the monarch and his minister was actually written by Zhu Youxiao alone, which aroused strong attention and heated discussion among readers.
Everyone's focus has changed from whether the words of the saints must be true to the word, to whether the relationship between parents and children must follow the principle of father as son.
At the same time, some people began to vaguely mention the principles of the king as the subject and the husband as the wife.
A large number of letters poured into the newspaper office, and this time there were more people who opposed Mr.
Xiao Qi.
They believed that the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Permanent Constitutions were the foundation of Confucianism.
Mr.
Xiaoqi dared to doubt that the father was the guideline for the son in the Three Cardinal Guidelines.
He had no intention of doing so.
Test.
Wang Cheng'en only saw that his mind was unpredictable, but he was relieved.
If someone had a heart that could kill him, it would not be easy to show it to the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao asked the weekly newspaper to publish all these remarks, and then wrote an article to refute them.
He believes that everyone knows whether to follow the words of a saint to the letter.
The holiness of a saint lies in his virtue and in educating all people.
But do saints know everything?
Not to mention our current steam locomotives, let’s just say that the saints’ era used bamboo slips.
There was no paper at that time.
So it is impossible to learn from the saints’ views on paper. appeared in the words.
Therefore, when it comes to the words of saints, we should not seek perfection and blame them, but should focus on their great personalities, pioneering achievements in history, the idea of teaching without distinction, and the efforts to formulate etiquette and rules.
This is the reason why we respect the saints.
Even if some of the saints’ words may not be correct due to the academic limitations of the time, it does not detract from the saint’s greatness at all.
After a round of praise at first, he then pointed out that because of this, when we study the words of the saints, it is important to understand the true meaning of the saints, not necessarily to read them literally.
For example, the sage did say, "The king, the king, the minister, the father, the son, the son."
Everyone knows the meaning of this sentence, that is, the king should behave like a monarch, and the ministers should behave like ministers, and the same is true for father, father, and son.
This sentence is very great.
The sage pointed out that everyone has his own duty.
If you are a king, you must demand yourself according to the standards of a king.
You should not become a king of Jie and Zhou.
You are a minister, and you must abide by your duty as a minister and don't become a rebellious minister like Yi Ya.
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You are a father, you must love your children, don't be as stupid as Gusou.
You are a son, you must respect your parents, don't be as unfilial as King Zhao Huiwen.
Mencius further proposed the five ethics of "father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are distinguished, elders and young are orderly, and friends have trust".
Dong Zhongshu transformed it into the guideline for kings and ministers, father for sons, and husband for wives.
Such changes changed the original meaning of sage into the relationship between master and subordinate.
This is not the original meaning of sage.
Zhu Xi further believed that the king is the guide for the ministers, the father is the guide for the son, and the husband is the guide for the wife.
Among the three cardinal principles, the father-son principle is the foundation.
It requires children to be filial to their parents, and this filial piety refers to absolute obedience.
If the parents make mistakes, the children can only remonstrate with gentle voices and cannot offend the parents.
Since it was not the saint’s original intention, there is certainly room for discussion.
Just like when parents make mistakes, children can only remonstrate with gentle voices and cannot offend their parents.
This is of course no problem if the parents are enlightened and kind.
But if you encounter stupid and stubborn parents like Gusou, what should your children do?
As the sage said, the father must be like the father, and the son must be like the son.
If the father is not like the father, and the son is unwilling to listen to his advice, then can he only obey the wrong decision of his parents at this time?
Mencius said: "If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers are like dogs and horses, his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman; if his ministers are like earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit."
The king is benevolent.
Only when a minister is loyal can a father be kind, a son can be filial, and a loving husband can only have a virtuous wife.
These are all relative and cannot be expected to be given free of charge by one party.
There is no such truth in the world.
How could a saint say such a thing?
After Zhu Youxiao handed the manuscript to Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen came to see him soon, and Wei Zhongxian came with him.
As soon as he entered, Wang Chengen knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this article cannot be published."
Zhu Youxiao glared at him and said, "You are my retainer.
You can do whatever I say.
Why can't you join us?"
Wei Zhongxian also immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, just now Wang Dujian came to the slave girl and explained the meaning to the slave girl.
The slave girl also felt that this article cannot be published.
The three cardinal principles and the five constant principles are the foundation of the country.
Your Majesty, you yourself are Emperor, why would you do something like digging up your own roots?"
Now Zhu Youxiao quit.
He said angrily: "What do you mean?
Do you understand how important this article is?
There are many reasons why our country is weak.
The Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules are the general root.
It doesn't matter."
Wei Zhongxian kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, this slave really doesn't understand.
I have asked Wang Dujian for many questions.
But even this slave who doesn't understand much can see that if this article is published in a newspaper, it will be a big deal.
This will lead to something big.
Please ask your Majesty first.
Discuss with Mr.
Xu and others.
They are all scholars and naturally understand the importance of this.
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If they think it can be published, they will ask the Holy One to punish the slave.
If they all think that it cannot be published, they will also ask the Holy One to make some modifications.
It would be nice to publish it again” Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "I won't listen to you.
I want to publish it to see what you can do.
Even if I tell you these things, you don't understand.
Wang Chengen, please publish it as it is, and you are not allowed to change a word."
Wei Zhongxian knelt forward and said: "Your Majesty, you haven't said it yet, why do you say that we don't understand?
We don't understand, Mr.
Xu can always understand.
If even Mr.
Xu and the others don't understand, then only Your Majesty will understand."
Then it can’t be published in newspapers because no one understands it.”
This was the first time Wei Zhongxian contradicted Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment.
He looked at Wei Zhongxian in disbelief.
Is this still the legendary nine-thousand-year-old man who brought trouble to the imperial court and did all kinds of evil?