The word "怪" in "怪力乱神" means to blame, doubt, and fear. "Huainanzi. Shuo Lin Xun" says: "The wise do not blame." The note says: "怪, is confused."
The "force" in "奇力乱神" refers to strength, power, and skill, but not "courage". This is not uncommon in the Analects. In Xianwen, it is said that "The Master said: Duke Huan united the states nine times without using military vehicles, which was due to the strength of Guan Zhong." "The Master said: 'The horse is not praised for its strength, but for its virtue.'"
The "乱" in "怪力乱神" means to disturb, confuse, and confuse, such as in "Xunzi. Jiebi": "Wine disturbs his spirit."
The "Shen" in "strange powers, chaos and gods" refers to "consciousness" and "spirit", not ghosts and gods. "Xunzi. Tianlun" says: "The body is complete and the spirit is born." "Huainanzi. Yuandao Xun" says: "The ears and eyes are not gone, but why can't they respond? The spirit has lost its guard." Both interpret "Shen" as "spirit" rather than "ghosts and gods".
The meaning of the phrase "Confucius does not speak, for fear that his efforts would distract him from his concentration" is: "Confucius does not speak, for fear that his efforts would distract him from his concentration."
But in later generations, many scholars and even common people interpreted this sentence as Confucius does not talk about strange things, strength, rebellion and ghosts. The meaning was changed to Confucius said that in the eyes of scholars and Confucianists, there are no strange things or ghosts. Do not listen, do not move, and do not believe. It became Confucius does not talk about strange things, strength, rebellion and ghosts. In the eyes of Confucianists, ghosts and gods do not exist.
This is undoubtedly a distortion.
But no one has explained it.
Eventually, it became popular among the people and evolved to the present day. Its meaning has completely changed.
But at this moment, the saints and wise men are speaking for the people.
This sentence undoubtedly represents the will of the people of the world. The people of the world hope that you will not talk about strange things, so suppress the ghosts and gods. Suppress the demons. Sweep away the turbidity in the world. Of course, this world refers to Dayi.
Outside of the Yi, it cannot be affected.
This kind of change from the entire Dayi naturally could not be hidden from Yi Tianxing, and he couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart.
I didn't expect that at this moment, the voice of the saints would appear. Suppressing the ghosts, gods, demons and monsters in the world. This is undoubtedly a great help to Dayi.
"Good, good, good. With the voice of the sage, all the demons in Dayi should be well behaved for a while. Moreover, a large number of demons and monsters will be reduced to ashes under the voice of the sage."
A hint of joy appeared on Yi Tianxing's face.
The power of literature and Taoism, in the final analysis, is the righteousness of heaven and earth. The voice of sages can easily mobilize the righteousness of heaven and earth, just like a top scholar shouting at a demon to kill it. This time, the voice of sages is not inferior to that of a scholar, and even covers a wider range. Almost all demons have suffered heavy losses to varying degrees.
This is enough to give Dayi some time.
With every passing day, Dayi would become stronger. Naturally, as one strengthened, the other weakened, and Dayi would have an absolute advantage.
“I don’t know what kind of talents these are.”
Yi Tianxing looked up into the void, his eyes revealing a hint of deep anticipation.
I don’t know if these are actually historical celebrities.
Although he did not have the hobby of collecting historical celebrities, in his opinion, no matter whether they were historical celebrities or not, as long as they had talent, they were the talents he needed. In the world, there were countless talents who should have become celebrities but died halfway. Or they did not receive strong enough training, and in the end, they did not become real celebrities. They were unknown. If they showed their brilliance under the training of various resources of Dayi, it would not be strange at all.
In ancient times, many powerful generals were able to fight on the battlefield. First, they were gifted, and second, they had resources. Therefore, we can see that many famous generals often had good backgrounds. Zhang Fei was a butcher. He ate meat every day and made soup with meat bones. Naturally, with resources, his own strength was much stronger than that of ordinary people.
The other famous generals also came from good backgrounds.
There is some truth to this.
Qualifications are necessary, and resources are also indispensable to produce talented and famous generals.
"Interesting, I want to see who these people with amazing talents are. Kong Ming should be among them."
Cai Yong took a deep breath, his eyes showing strong anticipation.
Immediately turned his eyes towards the examination room.
With a thought, his eyes fell directly on the nameplate on the examination room.
"Hey, Su Shi."
He landed on the first examination room that showed a strange phenomenon, and his face showed surprise. Su Shi, this person is a famous person, and his poetry and lyrics are stored in the Sutra Library.
Su Shi, also known by his courtesy name Zizhan and Hezhong, was also known as Tieguan Daoren and Dongpo Jushi. He was also known as Su Dongpo and Suxian[1-3]. He was a Han Chinese from Meishan, Meizhou, and his ancestral home was Luancheng, Hebei. He was a writer, calligrapher, and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, he was considered a great figure in the literary world.
However, the historical celebrity Su Shi was a young man at this moment.
I don't know whether he originally integrated into the Eternal Continent at this age, or whether he absorbed his original memories and his body became young. But no matter what, what belongs to Su Shi cannot be taken away by anyone.
For example, Su Shi's famous poems, such as Water Melody and other famous poems. Even now on the Eternal Continent, there are countless poems known to the human race. But no one can erase Su Shi's name.
This itself belongs to Su Shi, his talent and genius.
Even though he is a young man now, he can still inherit the original legacy. In other words, as long as Su Shi inherits Confucianism and Taoism, he can quickly make rapid progress in Confucianism and Taoism. The original poems and articles, and the accumulated talents, will be continuously integrated into his body, becoming his own resources and his own foundation. This is the magic after the fusion of all worlds.
It is also one of the reasons why historical celebrities can rise quickly.
Especially for Confucianism and Taoism, this path of practice that relies on talent can quickly break through and be promoted. This is an invisible BUG. If given the opportunity, they can rise quickly, and the speed of rise is enough to make people stunned.
"This is the seed of my Confucianism."
Cai Yong witnessed this and made a conclusion without hesitation. If such a person could not become a pillar of Confucianism, it would be unjust.
"Bao Zheng, it turns out to be him. He is a master of justice who can solve cases like a god. I didn't expect that the articles he wrote could be of such a high level." Then, he looked at another examination room, and the words "Bao Zheng" appeared on the nameplate in front of the examination room.
Bao Zheng, if nothing unexpected happens, then it can only be the top case-solving genius of the Song Dynasty.
What kind of person is this? Once he enters Dayi, he will definitely be able to purify the people's morals in Dayi. The name of Bao Qingtian is no joke.
"Fang Zhongyong is actually a child prodigy. He is only twelve years old, but he dares to take the imperial examination. He is really brave. He is also very talented. It seems that he is extremely gifted. If he practices Confucianism, he should achieve great success."
Cai Yong looked at another examination room. A very young candidate entered the room. He was only twelve years old and his name was Fang Zhongyong. However, the essay he wrote was also very impressive. It was conceivable that he was extremely talented and a good student.
Time passes quietly.
Before I knew it, a day had passed.
Ding ding ding!!
Above the Imperial Examination Hall, clear bell sounds rang out.
Immediately afterwards, a constable began to shout: "Please note that the time for the liberal arts exam has ended. All candidates are requested to put down their pens and ink and not write any more answers. The exam papers will be taken away in a moment. Anyone who violates the rules will be disqualified from the exam and will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination."
These words were uttered by a constable.
Read it out three times directly in the examination room.
With one day to write a policy essay, naturally, there was plenty of time. Many candidates had already finished writing and were just checking their papers. When they heard the call, they put down the papers in their hands.
Brush, brush, brush!!
Then, an invisible force appeared in the examination room.
The test papers were unceremoniously taken up by this force and flew into the air. They flew out of the examination room. When they reached the middle of the air, they were stacked one on top of another. In the blink of an eye, they accumulated into a thick stack of papers. Then, the papers flew into the air and landed in Qingyun Tower.
"Candidates please leave. The next exam will be held tomorrow. All candidates are requested to enter the examination room again tomorrow morning."
Following the final instructions, the candidates left the examination room one by one.
Although they had to stay in the examination room for a whole day, this consumption was obviously not worth mentioning for the monks. It would definitely not happen that as in the past, as in the imperial examinations, they would end up with pale faces and fall seriously ill after the exam.
That is impossible.
"There are ten subjects in the imperial examination, and this is just the liberal arts subject. I wonder how the remaining nine subjects will be conducted. Will they also require entering the examination room and answering on paper?"
Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. The liberal arts subjects could be answered on paper, but the other nine subjects were clearly a process of practice. Without practice, how could they be tested? This puzzled him.
"With your majesty's wisdom, it is impossible for you to do such a thing on paper. There must be a backup plan and another mystery."
Bao Zheng looked up into the void with confidence in his eyes.
But he was also wondering how the other nine subjects would be tested. This was a very important matter, related to their future and how to deal with it.
Many candidates were secretly guessing in their hearts.
I am also secretly looking forward to tomorrow's imperial examination.
At this moment, in Qingyun Tower.
The huge file has been placed in front of Cai Yong and others.
“Mark the papers!!”
Cai Yong glanced at the file in front of him, and a green ruler appeared in his hand. The ruler seemed to have scriptures of sages flashing, and the warning words of sages echoing, and the sound of reading aloud could be heard.
This one is actually Cai Yong’s life treasure.
The ruler used for the sacrifice is this one.
It's called the Ruler of Conviction.
It can be said that this is a magic weapon of Confucianism and Taoism.
The ruler, in Confucianism, naturally has a special status and significance. It is a teaching and a warning.
"I will use my Heart Ruler to suppress the files, and draw the talent in the files, dividing them into ten levels. Under the suppression of the ruler, if you can produce talent one foot high, you will get one point, two feet, two points, and so on, nine feet is nine points."
Cai Yong said.