Chapter 7 Emotional and Physical

Liang: 60 years ago, when I was only in my twenties, I published "Eastern and Eastern Cultures and Their Philosophy", in which I gave some explanations to Confucius, according to my understanding at that time, as far as I could understand Yes, to explain Confucius.In order to illustrate Confucius—didn't Confucius like to talk about "benevolence"?The "benevolence" of benevolence and righteousness - in my book at that time, I said, "What is the 'benevolence' mentioned by Confucius? It is a very keen intuition."Didn't Mencius like to say "conscience and conscience", that is what we call instinct now.Intuition, English is Intuition, instinct is Instinct.This is how I introduce the study of Confucius and Mencius to people using the current term.Now I know I was wrong.It's just an approximation, like that, just an approximation, no, not quite, not really.This is not true, but it is not completely wrong, and it cannot be regarded as completely wrong.Because of the "benevolence" mentioned by Confucius, it can be very deep, it can be very deep.Didn't Confucius say, "How far is benevolence? I want benevolence, but benevolence is as far as it goes."So if you talk about "benevolence" too profoundly, it's off the mark. It doesn't have to be very profound.On the one hand, it can be said that it can be shallow or deep.If you just understand it from the superficial side, it is not enough.So in my original book, I was talking too superficially.The same is true of Mencius. Mencius' "conscience and conscience", you go to understand it, you go to understand it, it can be shallow or deep.For example, "conscience and conscience" means conscience. Who doesn't have a conscience?All have a conscience.Is that right?Can you say that?It's safe to say so.But turning it around, you can't look at it too simply, and you can't understand it too shallowly.

Why can't it be too simple and not too shallow?Because of us, people always live in the society, and he can’t live without the society, so he tends to follow the society. According to social customs, if this is right, he will be right. If the custom thinks this is bad, he will be right. Follow along, it's easy for people to do this.But the society we are following, from east to west, north to south, in this country, in that country, in this continent, in that continent, in the West, in the East, there are many differences in society, and there are many differences in ancient and modern times, in terms of space and time. There are many differences.Most people follow the society, so what is considered wrong in this society is considered right in that society. This is often the case.Unless a person with high talent and intelligence is very high, he may not follow the conventions. He often (laughs) leads the revolution, which is often the case with people with high talent, so some things are difficult to say.

Ai: Every society has its customs, every society has its customs, every society has its values... Liang: It is a value judgment. Ai: Value judgments.If it is said that every society is different, does human beings have a universal truth, a universal standard of value judgment? Liang: On the one hand, there is, on the other hand, there is no. Ai: On the one hand, there are... Liang: Say no. (Ai: OK.) No, it means that life is to live in the society, you have to follow the customs, you must oppose the society, and you will not be accepted by the society, so we call this "custom" or "custom" or "etiquette and custom". ".We can admit different times and different places, that is to say, different societies, and it is only natural to follow different societies.The so-called "rituals" in different times and places are principles.On the one hand this can be said.Of course, there is another side, which can be said to be a kind of truth, not a secular truth, but a truth.There are truths, but they can only be realized by a few brilliant people, who can surpass everyone. They can see high and see far.There are very few such wise people, and on the one hand, there are very few, and on the other hand, there is an old Chinese saying, "what is wise and the way is moderate", he himself is very wise, but he does not follow the society at that time. , unwilling to break away from society, the path he takes is still the path of the mean.Let me add here, I don’t know, do you know whether I have read the “Four Books and Five Classics”?

Ai: I know. Liang: That’s why I can’t fully explain the sentence I just quoted, “What is brilliant is the way of the mean”, because I haven’t memorized ancient books and am not familiar with it. (The original sentence is "Extremely wise and moderate" - the editor) Ai: It doesn't matter, I know, I have never memorized ancient books, I know this sentence.The truths understood and realized by these brilliant people are all the same truth, right?It is a standard of value judgment.That is to say, no matter where the wise people or the extraordinary people are, the truth they are conscious of is the same.

Liang: It should be said that the truth is one, and it should be said that way.It should be said that there is only one truth, but generally I always say that one is "physics" and the other is "reason".This science—natural science, social science, especially natural science, the principles invented and taught by natural science are called "physics".Physics exists objectively, and it does not follow the will of people. It cannot be said that I like it and I don't like it.Whether you like it or not, it has to be that way.However, there is another kind called "emotion and reasoning". Emotion and reason exist in the subjective side.If it makes sense, it's easy to handle.For example, when it comes to justice, some people call it a "sense of justice." Justice exists in the sense of justice.I have come down to this, one is called "physics" and the other is called "reasoning", don't confuse them.

In the past, Zhu Zi and Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty did not separate the two.He has a passage that I can't even recite. Zhu Zi said that he didn't separate these two principles.I can give another example, talking about biological evolution, there is natural elimination, there is a saying called "the strong eat the weak", the weak are eaten by the strong, the strong eat the weak is an objective phenomenon, a natural principle, but we all Don't like it, we're all against the jungle, feel... Ai: People don't like it no matter what time or place it is. Is that what you mean? By "we" do you mean human beings, wherever?

Liang: Generally speaking, when the young and weak are bullied and stand by, there is a kind of injustice, and I don't like that.This dislike is a reason, this reason exists, and this reason is a "reason".The law of the jungle exists objectively, it is a "physics". I took yesterday's, and I wrote it again.Didn’t I say it yesterday? After I said it yesterday, I didn’t know, so I wrote it down.Mahayana Buddhism is based on the Hinayana method, and it is an article that reverses the verdict. How can we say that it is an article that verifies the verdict?It means that the Hinayana is about to be born, and the Mahayana Bodhisattva "does not abandon all living beings, and does not live in Nirvana." If he wants to live in Nirvana, this is the Hinayana, and it returns to this place, returning to the tranquility of Nirvana; Can't live in Nirvana", it doesn't come down to this.That is to say, the Hinayana regards birth as a rule, while the Mahayana does not come out, and does not come out, but returns to the world. The Mahayana is like this.

Then speaking of myself, I admit that I am a Buddhist, and I would not deny that I am a Confucian.why?Why not deny it?It is because of this Mahayana Bodhisattva, if I want to practice the Bodhisattva way, if I want to practice the Bodhisattva way, I will "not abandon all living beings and not live in nirvana", so I want to come to the world.Therefore, my whole life, for example, everyone knows that I am engaged in rural construction and rural movement, and I have also worked in politics, running between the two major parties, just for the affairs of the country, especially when the Japanese invaded China, so this Is it considered to be born or not to be born?This is not contrary to birth, because what is it?This is the Bodhisattva way, not Theravada Dharma. The Hinayana Dharma is about to go to the mountains, go to the temple, and never come out. The Mahayana Dharma is "not to give up all beings, not to live in Nirvana."It is okay to say that I am a Confucian, a follower of Confucius, or a follower of Sakyamuni, because there is no conflict and no opposite.

Ai: There is no conflict. This term is relatively new.For example, during the Tang Dynasty, when Buddhism first arrived in China before the Tang Dynasty, there were conflicts, so what do you say...