Chapter 98 "Metaphysical Critique of the 'Transcendental Theory of Human Nature'"

This letter is nominally addressed to Yuan Gong.

Dao Yan did not write his name, and Yuan Gong just said that he was a monk friend of his who was inconvenient to go down the mountain.

Yuan Gong said bluntly that he couldn't understand the question in the letter, so he came to ask Jiang Xinghuo for advice.

Dao Yan's letter mainly wrote about two problems that troubled him and could not solve them.

Is human nature always greedy and selfish?

If so, is it impossible to achieve a harmonious society?

In fact, this is also the bottleneck that makes it difficult for Daoyan to advance his magic power even after he went crazy and became a demon.

If human nature is always greedy and selfish, how can we achieve a harmonious society? Then this theory makes no sense!

Daoyan read through the classics of the three religions in Datianjie Temple, and in the end he had to admit that he couldn't figure it out on his own.

so.

Why not ask the omniscient Jiang Sheng?

Yuan Gong, who was sent to work by the emperor, took over the task of delivering the letter, and Li Jinglong also joined in the fun.

"What does Mr. Yuan think of this letter written by your friend?"

After Jiang Xinghuo read it carefully, he turned around and asked.

Yuan Gong took a sip of wine, drank it down and said.

"Based on my old life experience, human nature is actually neither inherently good nor inherently evil."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said, "You might as well come and listen."

Yuan Gong put down the huge wine gourd and tried his best to speak.

"If human nature is inherently evil, then why did Qin Hui write "Inscribed on Fan Wenzhenggong's Shu Boyi Ode" in his early years?"

"Gao Xian Miao is far away, but Ling Lin is still alive."

"Han Fan appears from time to time, who can comment on this intention?"

"At this time, doesn't Qin Hui just want to be an upright and clear minister like Han and Fan?"

Before Jiang Xinghuo could answer, Yuan Gong continued.

"So in just a few years, Qin Hui changed from a militant who advocated the resistance against Jin to a cowardly capitulator. He even made an attempt to frame Yue Fei as a "truthless" case. If it is based on the theory of evil nature,

Explain, is it true that Qin Hui was originally a wicked person, but the evil hidden in his heart was temporarily suppressed due to the enlightenment of Confucius and Mencius' poems in his early years?"

"I don't think so." Yuan Gong then said sincerely.

Li Jinglong interrupted and asked at this time.

"Then what if we go the other way and say that human nature is good?"

Yuan Gong explained to Li Jinglong: "Since human nature is inherently good, let's take the simplest example. How can we explain the group of madmen and villains in the Northern Qi Dynasty since Emperor Shenwu? They made the concubine's head into a wine glass, made a pipa out of the leg bones, and swaggered naked through the market.

, seize babies to feed wolves and dogs, store scorpions in ponds and throw them at people for fun, and make beasts princes. Is this the goodness of human nature?"

Li Jinglong said disdainfully: "Hulu are no different from animals. This is a fact."

"Then you mean they are so crazy because they have Hulu blood?" Yuan Gong asked.

Li Jinglong nodded.

Yuan Gong added: "Then this raises a new question. If human nature is inherently good, isn't Hu Lu's human nature inherently good?"

Li Jinglong fell into deep thought.

Obviously, he has entered an endless cycle.

Jiang Xinghuo patiently listened to Yuan Gong's discussion and then asked.

"So Jushi Yuan thinks that both the theory of good nature and the theory of evil nature are wrong?"

"That's probably true." Yuan Gongfu added, "But I feel that there are still good things in human nature that do exist."

"for example?"

Yuan Gong groaned softly.

"For the head of the general, the blood of the serving is the blood.

For Zhang Liyang's teeth, for Yan Changshan tongue.

Or for the sake of the teacher, the ghost god crying.

Or for the crosses of the river, generously swallowed Hu Ca.

When it consists of the sun and the moon, life and death are peaceful.

Di Wei depends on, Tianzhu depends on. "

This is the Prime Minister's "Song of the Qi". At this time, Daming was a classic reading of the young and old.

At first glance, he was impassioned and inspiring, but Jiang Xinghuo's mind was a little stunned, and then he fell into memories.

That's the third, Puyang City (Shangqiu).

This is the northernmost support of the Jianghuai defense line. At that time, Chen Qingzhi's "white robe entered Luo" started with this.

This is "Puyang Place, which has been fighting hundreds of times in the past hundreds of times. It is difficult to discuss right and twists and turns.

There are the sayings of the Central Plains in ancient times. "

It is a real Central Plains key.

Therefore, Puyang has also become the most frequent and fierce place in Datang and Dayan.

In this towering city, in a vast barracks, a dozen generals wearing a uniform sitting sits a ball, and the atmosphere is dull and depressed to suffocate!

One of the older generals stood up and bowed to the old man sitting in the first place: "Qi Qi Zhongzhong, now pseudo -Yan has re -assembled 180,000 iron riders, and may invade me in the hinterland of Jianghuai at any time.

How do you plan? "

Jiang Xinghuo, as the captain of the school, sat at the position closer to the door of the camp, and helped the knife to speak.

The situation in Puyang City is very bad. The food is about to eat. Each soldier has only one spoonful of rice a day. As for the people, the women and children are hungry, and the man is dying.

As a witness, Jiang Xinghuo's attention is never how miserable it is.

It is the complexity of human nature.

The old man on the first seat sighed, looked up at the account, and said slowly: "Jianghuai's money and grain taxes are the root of my Tang Dynasty against defeat.

Today, pseudo -Yan attacked south again. If I wait for the immortal to keep the city, then the one who suffers is the millions of people behind me! "

The generals heard the words, and the eyes faded down.

Although Guanlong has been sturdy since the Western Wei Dynasty, but now it is inferior to Hebei. Especially when the Yan Army broke through Tongguan and expanded the scope of the power, Datang's army had to retreat to Shu land, Hedong defense, Hedong defense, Hedong defense.

The new emperor of Hedong has long been with Shu and Jianghuai. Once Liyang is lost, the Yan Army goes south to Jianghuai, and the national movement of Datang will turn sharply.

So, in the end, it is 100,000 military and civilians in a city.

Still, millions of households have been slaughtered by millions of households?

The first question is that smaller collectives have made active sacrifices, so as to preserve greater collectives, does it reflect the goodness of human nature?

The old man saw the soldiers sad, shook their heads, and comforted: "You can rest assured. Although the Yan Jun seems to be a soldier, after all, it is only a moment of courage. As long as we resist, His Majesty should soon transfer more reinforcements to reinforcements.

Come here. We insist on holding, and sooner or later, Datang will have the opportunity to come back to Dongshan! "

The spirit of the school is still sluggish, and I want to keep it firmly. At this time, there is no food. How can I keep it?

Jiang Xinghuo, who has good eyesight, even saw that when the old man opened his mouth to speak, there were not many teeth left in his mouth.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and an anxious scout ran to the tent and knelt down: "Report to the Prime Minister, the situation is not good, the Yan Army's cavalry has arrived at the city!"

"What?!"

The expressions of all the generals suddenly changed, and the old man suddenly stood up from his chair.

That night, in the wilderness fifty miles away from Suiyang City, flags were waving, horses were neighing and thundering, like a pack of hungry wolves under the dark night, countless armors flashed with cold light, and a chilling atmosphere filled the surrounding areas.

The Yan army stood in formation, and the three thousand heavy cavalry in the vanguard had already approached Suiyang City, only five arrows away.

And on this night, the old man invited Jiang Xinghuo and others to dinner, and what they ate was his concubine.

It was also this night that Suiyang City ordered people to start eating *.

The second question is, does sacrificing part of a smaller group in a cruel way to preserve other parts reflect the evil of human nature?

After the memory scene faded, Jiang Xinghuo asked in a daze.

"Then Jushi Yuan said that Zhang Xun defended Suiyang to the death, and the soldiers who defended the city also fought to the death to serve the country, so that they could avoid being slaughtered by Jianghuai. This is true, and it can show that human nature also has a good side in desperate situations. Zhang Xun has a good heart.

A righteous and loyal minister. Kecheng

There were as many soldiers as *, and the * were so hungry that they had no strength and were being eaten as food. Did * mean they were willing to be eaten? From the perspective of the * being eaten, Zhang Xun was actually a demon king with evil nature. This theory of human nature

, and what’s the explanation?”
To be continued...