Sima Caizhang's face was flushed and hesitated and didn't know how to refute it.

If Yang Fan’s explanation is nonsense, wouldn’t it be a slander to Confucius?

These people are all influenced by Confucianism. If they dare to refute, they will not be criticized by these people.

What's more, Kong Yingda, a representative figure of the Confucian school, is here.

This guy Yang Fan is too poisonous and can come up with such an explanation.

It is not difficult for Sima Caizhang to imagine what the consequences would be if he had forced himself to refute!

Who is Confucius? He is the saint in the hearts of all students in the world.

For a long time, the saying in "The Analects of Confucius" that "the people can be used to it, but not to know it" has always been the focus of debate among various schools.

According to previous explanations, this represents Confucius' idea of ​​"fooling the people", which is a major criticism of Confucius.

Now Yang Fan's explanation perfectly embellishes the debate left by Confucius, which is equivalent to filling the last trace of Confucius' shortcomings.

Confucius advocated benevolence and rituals.

"Benevolence" refers to the benevolent love for others. This is believed to stipulate that the exploiting class cares about the masses and resists harsh policies, and it means "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you!"

"Li" refers to "restraining oneself and restoring one's etiquette", which means restraining oneself and making oneself comply with the provisions of "Li".

Therefore, it can be seen from Confucius' political thoughts.

The saying "The people can be used to it, but not to know it" is obviously not what everyone has always believed in.

So, the entire room suddenly became excited.

"I just said that, as a pioneer of teaching, how could Confucius put forward such a ridiculous idea of ​​fooling the people? That's how it was explained!"

"Yes, think about it carefully. The explanation of Zhongyi Hou is what the saint means, which is in line with the benevolent proposition of Saint Kong!"

"Mr. Zhongyi was decisively the first person in the younger generation. He easily revealed the misunderstanding that he had been arguing for thousands of years. No wonder he was able to become the Minister of Rites at a young age."

"Professor Sima is embarrassed now. He just said he would give advice to the Marquis Zhongyi, but now it is really..."

"According to me, this Sima Master was the one who took it upon himself. It would be better to provoke anyone, but he went to provoke the Marquis of Zhongyi. Wouldn't this bring shame on himself?"

"Shh, everyone, whisper, Sima Master dare not treat Zhongyi Marquis, but we still have to study in the Imperial College, so don't be targeted."

The person who had just spoken continued, "What are you afraid of? I heard that Sima Fuzi was jealous of the Minister of Rites when he was young, so he targeted Zhongyi Hou."

"Well, I heard about it, but he didn't think about it. The Marquis of Zhongyi became the Minister of Rites by his ability. He not only selflessly contributed prescriptions to treat smallpox plague, but also proposed plans for the imperial examination reform, and even solved the financial crisis of the court in just one's hands... and led troops to destroy the Tubo Kingdom. What happened to be the Minister of Rites with such achievements?"

Hearing everyone's comments, even Sima Caizhang's old face couldn't help but blush and even wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill down.

I originally wanted Yang Fan to be my stepping stone, but I didn't know that one problem would make me lose myself in a state of failure.

At this time, Kong Yingda, who was beside him, woke up from his thoughts.

I have been thinking about Yang Fan’s views just now, and the more I think about it, the more I feel that only such an explanation can conform to the noble character of my ancestors.

Moreover, my family can have such a status because of the family background of our ancestors.

Now that someone has made up for the last flaw left by his ancestors, how can he not be excited?

The look at Yang Fan was like staring at a beautiful woman who took off her clothes. This was simply giving her family benefits!

In the future, other schools never criticized their ancestors again.

Thinking of this, Kong Yingda stood up with a red face and said, "Mr. Zhongyi, please accept a bow from me."

As he said that, he bowed respectfully.

Then he continued: "In order to pass on the teachings, our ancestors traveled all over the world, with the purpose of conveying the idea of ​​benevolence."

"It's a pity that because the descendants of Kong's family were unfilial and did not deeply understand the ideas of their ancestors, they were criticized by others."

"Now the insights of Zhongyi Hou made me suddenly realize that I suddenly realized that we all misunderstood the meaning of our ancestors."

"Combined with the continuation of the entire thought of our ancestors, only in this way can we understand it in line with his noble qualities."

"After this, someone will re-correct and interpret the criticism of the ancestors' thoughts. If anyone dares to disagree with the ancestors' thoughts for no reason, it will be an enemy of my Confucian school!"

As one of the representative figures of the Confucian school, Kong Yingda's words can be said to have made a conclusion about Yang Fan's views.

No matter how proud Sima Caizhang is, he dare not refute Yang Fan's views on the spot.

Not only because he is also a person educated by Confucianism, but more importantly, once he refuted, he will not want to stay in the Imperial College in the future.

Because at this time the Tang Dynasty had a scholarly policy based on Confucianism, almost all officials of the court were influenced by Confucianism.

At this time, Sima Caizhang felt a little regretful, why did he have to find trouble for this kid?

Since Sima Caizhang has a rebellious personality, he is definitely not a person who can give up easily.

He can accept failure, but he cannot be beaten to the point of being completely defeated.

After all, I didn’t even dare to refute just now, and now I have to at least find a little face.

Thinking of this, Sima Caizhang shouted in shame and anger: "Marquis Zhongyi is extremely treacherous. Even if you have some truths, it has not been recognized by everyone. This time it doesn't count. If you don't understand, please ask me if I can answer it!"

Yang Fan smiled coldly: "Senior, if you can't answer, you can't answer. Why bother to make a fuss?"

"You just memorized the Analects of Confucius and naturally knew that the saint said: "Knowing is what you know, but not knowing is what you don't know, is it the truth of knowing?"

"Since you just didn't understand the saint's intentions, you should bow down and admit defeat. Now you are trying to argue. Don't you think it's too hypocritical?"

Sima Caizhang was almost angry when he was insulted by a young boy with the words of a saint, and was even more sure that he would break back to the city. So he shouted angrily: "No one is perfect, what does it matter if my opinion on the saint is wrong?"

"What's more, even Brother Chongyuan understood this way before, which means I was not wrong. Therefore, you must do it again!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present despised Sima Caizhang.

Is it so difficult to admit that others are better than you? Besides, losing with Yang Fan’s excellent insight is actually not embarrassing.

As he said just now, even Kong Yingda thought so before, and losing in such an opinion is actually a kind of glory.

The people present were all literati, and literati generally had pride. There were few people who were chaotic in later generations. Therefore, many people were upright.

But now Sima Caizhang's scoundrel behavior is immediately despised by everyone.

Even Kong Yingda sighed!

This old friend has always been arrogant and has fallen into Yang Fan's hands today!

But he also knew that this old friend would not give up easily and would definitely regain his face, and would not listen even if he persuaded him.

In this way, Kong Yingda could only let it go.

But when this incident spreads today, this old friend’s “rogue” title is probably never taken away!

Why didn’t Sima Caizhang know about it?

But now it is already difficult to get rid of the tiger. If you don’t answer a question, your reputation will inevitably plummet.

Therefore, only by biting the bullet and hitting back at this hateful guy can you win back your reputation!

Sima Caizhang would rather bear the ugly reputation of "rogue" than to lose his reputation as a great scholar.

This is his last persistence!

So he could only stare at Yang Fan fiercely, fearing that Yang Fan would not accept the call, and he would completely discredit his reputation and never have a chance to make it back.

Speaking of which, Sima Caizhang Daru's reputation is not false, and this is also his confidence.

Looking at Sima Caizhang's red face and his shameful and angry eyes, even Yang Fan couldn't help feeling wronged for him.

After all, I did have some tricks just now, because almost everyone present was from the Confucian school, which made Sima Caizhang dare not refute.

But Sima Caizhang believed that as long as Yang Fan asked another question, he would be able to answer it, which was simply whimsical.

Since Sima Caizhang is so arrogant, let him taste the taste of failure and give him a better memory.

So Yang Fan raised his eyebrows and asked, "I wonder if my predecessors are good at ancient classics, what other subjects are there to proficient in disciplines?"

Although I don’t know why Yang Fan asked this, Sima Caizhang would not miss this opportunity, so he quickly said:

"Although I have achieved a little success in the classics, I am the best at mathology, and I am a master of mathology in the world. Even Mr. Li admires me very much. If I say that a mathology master is a mathology master, I believe everyone will be convinced!"

Yang Fan was stunned.

Is this guy so swearing?

Master of mathematics?

hehe……

The ignorant is fearless!

Li Chunfeng, a great charlatan, dare not call him that, right?

Facing Yang Fan's questioning gaze, Kong Yingda was also a little embarrassed.

His old friend was a math that Mo Yong doubted, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a math.

Even the Grand Historian Li Chunfeng, who is proficient in astronomy and geography, often comes to the Imperial College for advice.

So Kong Ying coughed and said, "The Marquis is afraid that he doesn't know anything. Although Cai Zhang is proficient in classical learning, his specialty is his. In the Imperial College, Cai Zhang teaches mathematics. In addition, the Grand Historian often came to him for advice."

Even Li Chunfeng often came to ask questions for help as the Master of Imperial College, the highest institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty. It seems that Sima Caizhang's math level should be good.
To be continued...