Soon, scholars discovered that Fang Yun's "New Notes on the Analects" also changed accordingly. It was the only book among all the holy classics that changed along with the changes in the Analects.
All the scholars hurriedly turned to the last page of "New Notes on the Analects" and kept pondering.
On the discussion board, the discussion about the last chapter of Confucius was extremely heated.
Compared with grief, they are more interested in knowing why Confucius said these eight words. Perhaps they can find out the secret of the collapse of the Confucius statue.
"As some people expected, Confucius has not really died completely. He has always existed. However... I am afraid that today is the real death of the saint. No one can leave those eight words except Confucius's true body. Fang Sheng has the ability, but not to this extent. If other semi-saints make random changes to the Analects, they will definitely be punished by the saint."
"I'm afraid this matter is related to Fang Sheng."
"Please do not argue about right and wrong. The purpose of today is to comprehend the last chapter of Confucius. After comprehending it, I will make a demonstration."
"I don't think it's necessary. The new chapter of the Analects was published just before the New Annotations to the Analects came out. It's obvious that Fang Zu and Confucius have already had a connection. Fang Sheng's annotations should be the most authoritative."
"The question is, who can reinterpret the annotations of Fang Sheng? Is there any scholar from the Fang family on the list? Try to interpret it."
"I am Feng Zimo, and I have followed the Saint Fang for many years. Recently, I was promoted to a great scholar with the help of Kunlun Yuanqi. I will try to interpret it. The Analects was compiled by the disciples of Confucius, so even after being canonized, Confucius did not modify it. However, what Confucius wanted to say could not be said in the history book Spring and Autumn Annals, so it could only be written in the Analects. Obviously, the "Tao" in the "Tai Bo Chapter" of the Analects refers to the national situation and whether the politics is clear or not. This is too simple, so we will not discuss it. Since we mentioned the new arrival, what is the old Tao?"
Feng Zimo continued to analyze: "Excluding the 'Tao' in Taibo Chapter, the old Tao corresponding to the new Tao can be understood as Confucius' own holy Tao, which was the main holy Tao followed by our human race in the past. Then, the new Tao is the human race headed by Fang Sheng, who created the current prosperous road of the human race. Although this Tao is still developing, it has already flourished and its future is difficult to estimate. Confucius saw that the new Tao was booming, and it might even be possible... I am just guessing, and there is no conclusion. Please don't misinterpret it. I am just saying that it is possible that Confucius believed that Fang Sheng's new Tao could replace the old Tao, so he wanted to hide it. I think this should be the simplest understanding."
Feng Zimo's words were recognized by many scholars. Although the number of great scholars of the human race increased dramatically after the Kunlun Yuan Qi entered the Shengyuan Continent, they were still very few.
What's more, Feng Zimo is currently the backbone of the Fang Party. Whether in terms of reputation among the people, influence in the court or his own strength, he is at the top of the human race.
However, some people who admired Confucius more than Fang Yun were unhappy.
"Brother Feng, are you speculating that the way of Confucius is not as good as that of Fang Sheng? I don't agree with that! I think Confucius was unwilling to compete with Fang Sheng and took the initiative to decline."
"Yes! I agree. It's not that Confucius is inferior to Fang Sheng. It must be that Confucius is of high moral character and deliberately avoided Fang Sheng!"
"I object! If you say that Confucius did this out of humility, you are really insulting Confucius' realm!"
Something happened that no one expected.
A huge controversy arose on the discussion board. One side believed that the teachings of Confucius were inferior to those of Fang Sheng, while the other side believed that Confucius did not think so and was just being humble and avoiding the idea.
Before Fang Yun was canonized as a saint, this kind of controversy would never have arisen because no one would believe that Fang Yun was better than Confucius.
However, after the various things that Fang Yun did in the ancient world of Kunlun and the demon world gradually spread, many scholars have come to believe that Fang Yun's contributions surpass those of Confucius.
In fact, many years ago, a story was circulated everywhere that the Saint Fang used the magical objects to go back to ancient times. Whether it was the Qilin of Confucius or the tortoise book of King Wen of Zhou, they were all Fang Yun's things, and neither the Kong family nor the Ji family denied it.
Therefore, two factions emerged on the discussion list: the Kong Party and the Fang Party.
Just as the two sides were arguing, a divine light suddenly shot up into the sky from the direction of Jing State, and his talent shone brightly.
Everyone looked at Jingguo from afar, and then the news spread on the discussion board, and everyone was stunned.
A scholar named Han Yu in Jing State was inspired by the dispute between the Confucian Party and the Fang Party and the last chapter of Confucius to write a short essay "On Teachers". The article was circulated throughout the world and almost shocked the emperor.
The reason why it is not considered a complete shock to the saints is that not all the saints in the holy temples were alarmed. However, some people saw that some divine light fell into Han’s house, which means that a saint had entered Han’s house.
Soon, accurate news came that Wang Jinglong was impressed by Han Yu's talent and accepted him as his last disciple. The Wang family even believed that Han Yu would become a saint in the future.
Scholars from all over the country immediately studied "On Teachers" and soon discovered that the key point of the entire text is "A disciple is not necessarily inferior to his teacher, and a teacher is not necessarily better than his disciple. There are differences in the order of learning, and different specializations in skills, that's all."
This was simply a strong support for Fang Yun, so the scholars of the Confucius Party were furious and published a series of articles on the discussion board to counterattack "On Teachers".
As a result, there was not even a single powerful article, as it was completely overwhelmed by the almost astonishing "On Teachers".
Before long, the momentum of Confucius' party weakened a lot. They stopped arguing and started to seriously discuss the last chapter of Confucius.
As the discussion continued, more and more people discovered the mystery of Confucius' last chapter and Fang Yun's annotations and gave up their disputes.
Gradually, the interpretation of Confucius' last chapter became known to everyone, and everyone who had argued about it felt ashamed.
Because the last sentence in Fang Yun's annotation is the most important one, which truly clarifies Confucius' intention.
The more deeply scholars analyzed Confucius' words, the more they admired him.
Some members of Fang's party even admitted that Fang Sheng's power had surpassed Confucius, but they were not sure whether his spiritual realm could surpass Confucius.
Kongcheng is still prosperous and magnificent.
However, no one noticed that in front of the Confucius Mansion, seedlings were growing and new green was spreading.
The back of Dusk Bastion.
The saints stood there for a long time.
Zisi took a half step forward and bowed to Fang Yun.
"I have seen the saint."
All the saints then suddenly realized what was going on, and regardless of age, seniority, or rank, they all bowed to Fang Yun.
"I have seen the saint."
From today on, Fang Yun is the only common ancestor of the human race.
Fang Yun sighed lightly and bowed deeply to the saints, which frightened them so much that they turned aside and refused to accept his greeting.
"Everyone, take a few days' rest. I will go to the battlefield to investigate."
After Fang Yun finished speaking, he moved his finger and a ball of blue light flew out from the Emperor God Tree.
The strong medicinal fragrance instantly spread throughout the entire Dusk Fortress. Even the power of the Dusk Fortress could not cover it up. It spread directly to the outside world, causing the Saints outside to sniff and occasionally look back at the Dusk Fortress.
Just the diffused medicinal fragrance made the bodies of all the saints of the human race solidify and the missing parts grow rapidly.
The saints could not help but rejoice.