Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 82 Su's Killer Weapon

It is recognized by later generations that criticizing others is a difficult art to learn and master.

There are many people who can only hold back their anger until their faces turn red and their ears become sharp when they quarrel with others, and some even cry on the spot. But when they lie in bed at night and review the quarrel, they can only think of words to insult others, but times have changed.

The more I thought about insulting others while lying in bed, the angrier I got: I am such a fool, why didn’t I think of it at the time!

Thinking of this, Su Yun suddenly became enthusiastic. He quickly took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ground the ink quickly, then spread out the paper, dipped the brush in ink and held it in his hand, sat upright and looked up, looking at Su Zhe with anticipation.

Su Zhe: “…”

No, why are you so enthusiastic? Didn’t you refuse to study or take the imperial examinations before?
Although Su Zhe was surprised, it was a good thing that Su Yun was willing to learn, or to have such an attitude, right?

Su Zhe asked, "Ayun, have you read Mencius before?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "I've read it. Mencius is very good at scolding people."

Su Che was surprised and asked, "What do you mean by scolding people extremely well?"

Su Yun repeated the words Mencius used to scold Yang Zhu, the Mohists, and King Hui of Liang, and then said with emotion: "What a hearty scolding! If I were scolded like that, I would probably vomit three liters of blood."

Su Che looked strange and asked, "Is this all you came up with when you read Mencius?"

Su Yun nodded very seriously and said, "It's a pity that I still don't know how to curse. Please teach me, uncle."

Su Che was even more surprised: "You want me to teach you...how to curse?"

Su Yun smiled brightly and nodded, "I heard that when you took the imperial examination, you scolded King Injo until he turned pale. I guess you must have learned the true teachings of Mencius, right?"

Su Che's face darkened, and he said, "I have never scolded Renzu. It was just... it was... Oh, forget it. You must remember that I teach you Mencius to teach you Mencius's benevolence and righteousness.

In the past few days, I will teach you the core of Mencius. You can continue to study it in depth based on this core and make Mencius the core of your classics.

In the future, read all the classics in the same way as you read Mencius, and then you won’t have too many problems with the meaning of the classics.”

"I'm not teaching you how to curse..." Su Yun was a little disappointed.

Su Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Why do you always want to curse people? As a scholar, why would you do such a humiliating thing?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "There are villains in the court who deceive the officials and harm the people. Should we scold them?"

Su Che nodded and said, "Of course I will write a letter to impeach them."

Su Yun added: "There are local tyrants and evil gentry in the countryside who bully the common people and do many unjust things. Should we scold them?"

Su Che nodded and said, "If someone has done something that is against the will of heaven and the law, he should be brought to justice first, and then recorded in writing to warn future generations."

Su Yun added: "There are foreign countries that do not respect the state system of the Song Dynasty, are arrogant and domineering, and repeatedly invade the border. What should I do?"

Su Che said: "If we encounter an invasion, we must first resist it, and also issue a proclamation to criticize it in order to set things right."

Su Yun laughed and said, "Uncle, will you teach me how to curse?" Su Zhe said helplessly, "That's not called cursing, that's called debate."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Okay, then uncle, will you teach me how to debate?"

Su Che sighed and said, "I'm teaching you, but you want to scold me... To debate, you need to have arguments and evidence, and all the arguments and evidence come from the classics, so you must understand the classics.

Before you understand the meaning of the classics, you should take Mencius as the core, read it thoroughly, and then compare and contrast it with the other classics. In this way, no matter who you debate with... or who you curse at, you will not be afraid of being defeated. "

Su Che also gave up. As long as Su Yun was willing to learn the classics, then it didn’t really matter what his original intention was, right?

And debate... well, swearing, this is a skill that the Su family must master. Father Su Xun, brother Su Shi, and myself, which one of them is not eloquent? Learn! Not only must we learn, but we must learn it thoroughly!
Su Zhe glanced at Su Yun and suddenly felt a sense of mission: The Meishan Su family is the best at scolding people.

Since Su Yun’s original intention was to curse people, then let him become a great master in the field of cursing who will never be surpassed in the ages!

Su Che hesitated for a moment and said, "I can teach you, but when you leave this door, you must not mention my name. If you get into trouble in the future... Alas, I can't escape it after all. I don't know whether teaching you to read the scriptures is a good thing or a bad thing."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Since uncle is afraid, then I won't learn it."

Su Che said decisively: "You must learn it!"

I finally got Su Yun to agree to study the scriptures, how could I give up such a good opportunity?

Not only must he learn, but he must also make Su Yun extremely interested so that he can continue to learn the scriptures after he leaves!
Su Che secretly became furious.

Su Che struck while the iron was hot and used all his life's skills. He not only imparted his understanding of Mencius to Su Yun without reservation, but also gave explanations based on Su Yun's interests. He extracted the essence of how Mencius scolded people... oh no, how to debate, and passed them on to Su Yun one by one.

In order to arouse Su Yun's interest in other scriptures, Su Zhe also picked out the insults written by other saints and explained them to Su Yun one by one.

So the saints who were originally gentle and elegant in Su Yun's mind became closer to him. It turned out that the saints were also so alive!
For example, Confucius left behind countless wise sayings throughout his life and is revered by later generations.

But when he starts scolding people, he can make the other person lose face and be humiliated.

The range of people he had scolded was quite wide, from women to students, from students to princes. Anyone who did not meet his standards would be targeted by him even if they were lying down.

One of his students, Fan Chi, asked him how to grow vegetables and crops. Confucius, who looked down on the job of farmers, immediately scolded Fan Chi as a villain.

One of his students named Zai Yu took a nap during the day, so in a rage, he called Zai Yu a piece of rotten wood and garbage.

Another of his students, Zilu, was brave and reckless, so he was scolded all the time. He even cursed Zilu in the end, saying that he would not have a good death in the future.

Even the dignitaries, kings and princes whom he respected at that time would not be spared if their words and deeds did not meet his standards.

According to Mencius' records...Hey, Saint Mencius himself loved to scold people, so he was very clear about Confucius' scolding.

Mencius recorded that there was a very bad trend in the society during Confucius' time, that is, people liked to make puppets or figurines of the people they liked. What was the purpose? To bury them with them after they died.

When Confucius learned about this custom, he was so angry that he cursed: The first person who came up with the idea of ​​burying dolls with the dead should have no descendants!
Su Yun couldn't help but be amazed: This sage Confucius is really vicious when he insults people.

(End of this chapter)