Chapter 677 The simplest but the most serious
In the side hall of the Pingyang government office, Fei Qian sat opposite a guest who came unexpectedly. The reason why Fei Qian put Lina Gu and Yu Fulo aside was not because of arrogance or murderous spirit, but because a very special guest suddenly came to him.
The decorations on the table are different from those in the main hall. There is only a bowl of water and nothing else.
It’s not that Fei Qian is stingy, but this guest requested it.
This guest was wearing a black ge-shirt, and his skin color was a bit light from being exposed to the sun for a long time. It was almost close to black, so that when Fei Qian first saw it, he thought he was an African brother. Came to visit…
The hair on the head is fixed with a wooden hairpin, and the Geyi on the body is tied with a hemp rope. In addition, there is a walking stick for walking and a baggage on the body. Apart from these things, there is nothing else. there is none left.
He was as simple as a refugee. The straw sandals on his feet were almost worn out. If Fei Qian hadn''t vaguely remembered that Buddhism didn''t have much influence in the Han Dynasty, he would have almost thought that he was an ascetic.
?This ascetic-like guest frowned slightly after seeing Fei Qian, but he still nodded as a greeting.
Fei Qianqing thought, this meeting etiquette...
Under Fei Qian''s probing gaze, this guest slowly said: "A certain...name is Mo Jie..." Perhaps it was because he had been speaking for a long time, or perhaps it was his natural voice, but Mo Jie''s voice was deep. He was hoarse and spoke slowly. Every word seemed to burst out from the friction of gold and stone, dry and heavy.
"Mo..." Fei Qian said hesitantly, "But after Mo Gong Zhai?" This made Fei Qian a little surprised. When the personal guard originally reported it, he just said that he was from the Mo family, but he didn''t expect that his surname was Mo directly. It means that they are probably descendants of Mo Zhai.
Mo Jie nodded slowly.
The last name is Mo and the first name is Jie, which is a bit interesting.
Jie means excellence as well as cruelty.
"I wonder... Juzi is here, what advice can you give me?" Fei Qian didn''t even know what to call Mo Jie better, so after thinking about it, he decided to call him Juzi. Ju is the ruler, which represents the identity of the Mohist family. The chief talent of the Mohist family can be called Juzi. Since Mo Jie is a descendant of Mo Zhai, it should not be a big problem to call him Juzi.
“Someone… once visited the Xinshui Workshop from afar… there were many instruments… I thought…” Mo Jie took another look at Fei Qian’s clothes and fell silent. Of course, in addition to this reason, Mo Jie came to visit Fei Qian because Fei Qian had built an altar to an unknown hero in Pingyang. This made Mo Jie a little surprised, so he wanted to come and see him.
?But for Mo Jie to appear openly in front of Fei Qian, there are naturally other factors involved.
Fei looked at his clothes subconsciously, oh, I understand.
"I... take leave..." After Mo Jie said that, he stood up and was about to leave.
"Jiuzi, stop for a moment!" Fei Qian hurriedly left the table and stepped forward to persuade him to stay. What does it mean to leave without saying a few words just after he arrived? "...Jiuzi doesn''t know. I have also read the books of Mohism, which can be regarded as more or less. Half a descendant..." How could Fei Qian let go so easily after finally seeing a living person.
As expected, Mo Jie was quite interested in this, so he asked, "Whose book is this?"
“I have read…the fragments of Hu Feizi’s chapters…” Fei Qian said.
Although it is just a fragment, it still counts. Reading an ancient book that has been handed down and is among the banned is a big or small matter. It is like reading The Golden Ping Mei during the severe crackdown in later generations. Being caught at that point is considered unlucky. But once the limelight passes, it''s just the same thing. As for the affairs of the Huang family in Jingxiang, Fei Qian didn''t know what Mo Jie was going to do this time, so it was hard to say.
Mo Jie was silent for a while, and then suddenly sighed: "Hu Feizi... forget it..." The expression on his face conveyed an indescribable emotion.
What does it count?
Fei Qian was a little confused. Isn''t this Hu Fei a disciple of Mo Zhai? How to start talking about "also counted".
It seemed that Fei Qian told the reason why he had read Mohist books, which made Mo Jie feel more friendly. Mo Jie sat down again, raised his head slightly, and said with a faint look: "Hu Feizi... once served the ancestors... so He’s considered half a disciple...” ? ? ? Hu Fei is only considered half? Mozi didn''t really accept Hu Fei as his disciple in the end?
?This is the first time Fei Qian has heard of this.
All right.
"How does Zhonglang feel after reading Hu Fei?" Mo Jie was silent for a moment and then suddenly said.
Fei Qian suddenly felt the sadness that Mo Jie showed in his plainness. There was a time when the Mohist family was an organization that ran rampant all over the world. It could even influence the military actions of the princes in a place, and it was no problem to call it the secret emperor. But now there are not many left. Even if we talk about the thoughts of the Mohist family, the Mohist family Books have also become a luxury.
?Farmers in the countryside don''t understand, and the nobles disdain to talk. Mo Jie has gone through many wind and rain along the way, but how many of them can sit down and talk?
No wonder Mo Jie came to the workshops when he saw the Xinshui River. He must have been lonely. The thoughts brought about by his wandering all the way also made Mo Jie so depressed that he would give it a try even if he had only a vague hope. try.
"The fragments of Hu Feizi''s chapter don''t explain much about Mohism''s moral principles. Most of them describe the theory of the Five Braves..." Fei Qian watched Mo Jie''s expectant eyes dimming quickly. He felt a little unbearable in his heart, so he continued, "But... the meaning of Mohism is , I also heard something about it..."
Mo Jie''s eyes lit up again and he said, "Zhonglang, please speak."
“Love all things, non-aggression, respect for the virtuous, respect for the same, heaven’s will, Minggui, non-fate, non-happiness, frugal burial, frugal use…”
??As Fei Qian''s words came out one after another, Mo Jie nodded repeatedly, his eyes showing a joyful look that was beyond words, like a person who eats instant noodles every day and finally saw a sumptuous meal.
"So... Zhonglang... in your opinion... the righteousness of the Mohist family... is it good... or... bad?" Mo Jie continued intermittently, pausing several times, and finally finished the whole sentence with difficulty, and then his tense shoulders were like It seemed like something had been removed, and it tilted slightly downward.
good?
not good?
This is the simplest standard, but it is also the most deadly standard.
Fei Qian looked at Mo Jie, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was like a child with an extremely pure heart, and then facing various indescribable things in society, he was at a loss and had his concepts subverted.
A robber did a good thing and a Buddhist did a bad thing, so who are the bad guys and the good guys? What kind of standards should there be?
I am afraid that questions like this have been swirling in Mo Jie''s mind for a long time. Perhaps when he first studied and traveled away from home, he firmly believed that the Mohist morality was good, but why did no one follow the good morality?
?So if Mohism’s morality is bad, then what is the value and significance of the pain he endured for so many years?
?Fei Qian couldn''t help but feel a little confused, what should I say?
Looking through the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, we can see that before Cao Cao died, although some ministers came up to advocate...
Cao Cao hesitated, but in the end he did not proclaim himself emperor...
I don’t know if Cao Cao regretted or was pleased when he closed his eyes at the end...
(End of this chapter)