question of heaven

The warm and grand occasion is the best proof.Not only has it played a huge role in China's thousands of years of history, but it is still shining brightly, illuminating the path of people's progress.Looking into the future, the "thought of the benevolent" advocated by Confucianism will surely take root and shine in places where human beings live. "

The applause sounded again, and the enthusiasm lasted for a long time.This is something that cannot be seen in any book, and it is unique and impressive.With Wu Xiufeng's erudition and unique understanding, he became the person who gained the most among the people present.He was pleasantly surprised.

A boy said: "Concepts and thinking often influence people's thinking, even in our paintings; however, we can't distinguish the difference between the two. Teacher Chu, can you tell us?"

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "The people in the School of Art are different, and even the problems are very special. There are many similarities between concepts and thinking, and they are often used together, but they still have essential differences. Simple To put it bluntly, concept is the standard, and thinking is the direction, as long as you think along this line of thought, you will no longer be confused."

One boy couldn't wait to ask: "Can character really determine destiny? What kind of character is most suitable for us to engage in artistic creation?"

Teacher Chu said: "In addition to genetic factors, personality is formed by people's long-term habits. It is related to the growth environment and occupation, and is closely related to the fate of a person's life. People who are round and low-key often get good reviews; people who are sharp and high-profile are often easy to attract. Hostility. Therefore, if you want to get through every day in a normal way, you should be a person who speaks low-key and benevolent; The degree of danger." He paused: "As far as artistic creation is concerned, only those who are 'both inside and outside' can create high-level works; if we go further and want to produce great and immortal works, this personality trait The need is more obvious and more prominent. In the history of human civilization, there has never been a single exception."

A girl asked again: "How can we understand the characteristics of human nature?"

Teacher Chu said: "If you want to understand the essential characteristics of human nature, including the laws of things, only philosophy can achieve it. In particular, you must develop the thinking habit of 'philosophical thinking'. This is also the only way to become excellent and outstanding."

The girl quickly asked again: "I heard from the teacher at the school that you invented a set of 'location theory', which is a brand new knowledge, can you talk about what it means?"

Teacher Chu said with a happy smile: "You are a typical 'follow what you like', and you can't do without saying it. This theory is very simple and direct. Only when people are in the most suitable position can they create real brilliance. .As long as the position you are in is what you are best at and what you are interested in, no matter how hard or tired you are, you will be happy. In this way, it will be easy to achieve results; otherwise, you will be exhausted and depressed. Position determines strength. In many cases, it is not who So-and-so has great ability, but the position he is in can emit great power. Because of this power, he is also smooth in other aspects and gets twice the result with half the effort. This is a typical "position principle". In specific applications, it is the relationship between people and It is a question of position. It is human nature that, once acquired a status, it yearns for the right to match it. A fool never considers the consequences of this desire; a wise man takes it seriously. Think carefully about whether your ability can be controlled. If your character and talent cannot match your position, it will inevitably bring disasters, if it is too low, it will be painful, and if it is too high, it will be dangerous.”

The girl asked again: "How can I maximize my happiness?"

Teacher Chu said: "Although everyone has a different definition of happiness, we can still talk about their common ground on this issue, which can also be called a guiding principle. The first point is to 'live in the sun'; the second is to find the best happiness. It suits your position, and do things to the extreme; in the end, it is to fulfill your hobbies as much as possible. Everyone should try to figure out the content carefully, so there is no need to say more here.”

A boy asked: "Do people who are engaged in art have to be very arrogant? How do you understand the phrase "proud in your bones?"

Teacher Chu said: "People who are not proud can never create excellent works of art, and true pride has always been amiable, but once it involves the field he is proud of, he will show an unbearable The state of who else but me. This state has been integrated into the heart and blood, commonly known as 'pride in the bones'."

A girl asked: "The biographies of master artists often say that only those who are truly free can create great works? What does this mean?"

Teacher Chu said: "True freedom is to cast aside all shackles, go directly to one's own heart, experience and respect life, and finally reach a state of transcending oneself. Only a person with a free soul can create high-precision works. In this sense, the monumental works of the world, such as the pyramids and the Taj Mahal, were definitely not created by slaves, they just took on the labor force."

A girl asked again: "Just now, Teacher Chu talked about freedom. Although it is brief, it is very incisive. Freedom is very important to us. I would like to ask Teacher Chu, how should we deal with the nagging of our parents?"

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "Your question is very representative. Almost every one of us has had such an experience. However, first, please think about a very realistic question: your parents Yu Zeng was young, and Yu Zeng Why are you willing to be someone they 'hated' when you complained about their parents as much as you do now?"

The girl was speechless for a moment.Teacher Chu continued: "It's because they have passed through their young years and experienced life, including human emotions and hearts. They can see the essence of things that you can't see clearly at your age, and they have become mature. , no longer squander life time at will. Countless examples have already come to the conclusion that whoever plays with life will end up playing with himself. I hope you can calm down and listen to what your parents are saying? After all, they are the most beloved in the world You, the one who cares about you the most and will never give up on you. Good luck!"

The entire auditorium seemed to explode in an instant. Many people were whispering, some were asking each other, some were talking to themselves, and some had moist eyes.

After a while, a boy stood up and asked: "Inspiration is the best assistant for our creation. How can we always keep inspiration?"

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "This classmate really put me in the army. We all know that for artistic creation, inspiration is almost equal to life. For thousands of years, how many talented artists have dreamed of that" Inspiration' can flash from time to time. I don't have a ready-made good answer on how to keep inspiration, but I can share a little bit of my personal experience. When you create every time, it is not a last resort, so don't use up your excitement and good feelings all at once Exhausted; rather, it should stop creating at a relatively high point. According to my experience, this will make every creation inexplicably excited, and "inspiration" can always be around. In addition, when you can't Don’t force yourself when you create, you can use the method of “philosophical thinking” to watch and read completely irrelevant books. For example, the most basic and crude philosophical principles.”

A girl laughed and asked, "I'm asking a question that everyone longs for, how to become an excellent, outstanding, and master."

Teacher Chu said: "If you find a way to solve a problem and do things well, you can become excellent; if you summarize and classify these methods and form a theory, you can become excellent; on this basis, if you can directly understand the essence of things, Find the basic principles of things and form your own thoughts and theories, and you will become a master and a king."

The question-and-answer speech of the School of Art was extraordinarily enthusiastic, exceeding the original plan by more than three hours.While watching these 'special' students off, Teacher Chu and Wu Xiufeng left accompanied by Principal Xu.

The next afternoon, Wu Xiufeng came to Teacher Chu's house.While drinking tea, he said: "Teacher, yesterday's personal experience made me feel a lot of emotions. I feel that my thoughts have taken a qualitative leap."

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "Of course, it's a little regretful that yesterday was focused on 'art' and had a specific tendency; and we are doing learning, so we don't have anything to do today, so we will make up this lesson."

Wu Xiufeng was overjoyed: "That's exactly what I wanted to do. I ask the teacher for advice."

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "It's better for me to ask questions and you to answer them, and check your thinking progress by the way." He then said: "How to gain the respect of others?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "One is greatness, and the other is mystery. It is impossible for us normal people to be great, but we can be mysterious; therefore, people who speak freely and freely are never valued by others."

Teacher Chu said: "Why do some children have no benevolence towards their parents?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "No matter what kind of relationship, the weight of a person in the hearts of others is determined by feelings, not interests. When parents care about and train their children, they pay too much and take over too much. The most wrong thing is , when doing everything, they deliberately do not let the children know the hardships involved, and complacently think that this is a kind of 'greatness'. All this gives the children an illusion that the parents did not have to work hard, and everything is easy. Children I didn’t feel the emotions involved, but felt that everything was logical and should be. How can a child who has no feelings for his parents ask him to be considerate and understand his parents? It’s not surprising that tragedies happen.”

Teacher Chu asked again: "When faced with specific events, why can't the knowledge I learned be used?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "Knowing, understanding and comprehension are three completely different levels that are gradually progressive; only when comprehension is achieved, can they be integrated and used for me. Therefore, preaching is often not convincing, and only when you are on the scene can you truly understand it. meaning."

Teacher Chu continued: "For people, what is the best management?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "The best management is not restraint and control; it is the realization of people's self-management. As long as people's benevolence and honor are inspired, they will become very happy. When all this becomes a phenomenon, it will form a This kind of virtuous circle will realize the highest level of management: no management, only goals.”

Teacher Chu asked: "Why do people with great achievements need to have a heart of benevolence and righteousness?"

Teacher Chu said: "The power of benevolence and righteousness is endless. It can be said that people without compassion will certainly not be able to create great works; people without feelings will not be able to become great industry kings."

Teacher Chu asked again: "The power of emotion?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "All the beauty in the world comes from emotion; emotion is the only good medicine to control, balance, and dissolve all ugly behaviors. If you avoid the ugliness of human nature, development will not last; if you do not believe in the power of emotion, human ( group) is bound to collapse."

Teacher Chu asked: "What is the primary criterion for establishing culture?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "The core factor in the establishment of culture is the evaluation standard, and a sound and reasonable evaluation system is the key to building an excellent culture."

The two of them were intoxicated in the intellectual dialogue when they heard the sound of someone knocking on the door.Wu Xiufeng stood up and opened the door, and saw a middle-aged man in his 50s smiling at him.

He was about to inquire when he heard Teacher Chu say, "Old Gu, it's you! What brought you here today?"

The visitor said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'm here to talk to you." While talking, he sat down on the sofa, took a sip of the tea that Teacher Chu poured for him, and continued, "It's still good for you. Wow, drinking tea and chatting all day, not like me."

Teacher Chu said: "You seem to have a lot of sad things in your tone. What's wrong with you?"

Mr. Gu said: "It's not a family matter, because we are a small surname, and we are often bullied by the big surnames around us. We are really weak."

Teacher Chu said with a smile: "It's not that exaggerated, our Chu family is also a small surname here, and we don't feel like anyone is bullying us."

Mr. Gu said: "Who can compare to you? No matter whether it is a high-ranking or small official, rich or poor, who would dare to fight against you? We will be miserable, and we can't compare, we can't compare."

Teacher Chu said, "What's going on?"

Mr. Gu said: "I can do something about the bullying of people with foreign surnames, because after all, there are laws and the government; but if the people inside the family are not up to date, then there is really nothing I can do. For example, people now only know How to make money, disregarding ethics and morals, being indifferent to one's own parents, doting too much on one's own children, being ruthless to brothers and sisters, being indifferent to vulnerable groups, what do you think is going on?"

Teacher Chu said: "This is not something that only happened in your family. Now this phenomenon exists to varying degrees in many places. All this is the idea of ​​'just look at the result, not the process' proposed by someone many years ago. The consequences of thought."

Mr. Gu said: "I just want to ask you if there is any way to change it."

Teacher Chu said: "There is only one way, which is to re-establish rules within your family. We call it family culture construction."

Mr. Gu said: "I can understand this, how to do it specifically."

Teacher Chu said: "Propose the core part of the effect you want to achieve as a family discipline, and clarify the evaluation criteria. After this, the rest is the specific implementation measures. For those who do not talk about ethics, Those who lack etiquette, righteousness and shame must be punished unceremoniously within the family. For example, those who don’t care about the elderly, those who cheat, those who are indifferent, etc.”

Mr. Gu said: "Where to start first."

Teacher Chu said: "Start with caring for the elderly, because this is the most realistic and direct, and the most support and approval. Respecting the old and loving the young means respecting the old first and then caring for the young. In fact, as long as you care for the elderly, the family tradition of benevolence It is naturally formed, and it is a matter of course to raise children well. If it is reversed, it will form an ugly phenomenon of over-doting on children and indifference to the elderly."

Mr. Gu said: "It is not easy to do all this, and it will offend many people."

Teacher Chu said: "Of course it is not easy. The formation of a family culture is not so easy. The so-called 'the righteous way in the world is the vicissitudes of life'. I think that since we want to do something, we should not be afraid of the dragon and the tiger. As long as we What you do is just and for the benefit of everyone, so what does it matter if you don’t understand for a while? I believe that even if no one understands you now, justice is at ease in people’s hearts, and time will give you justice.”

Teacher Chu continued: "If you really want to do it, Xiao Yang can come to help you after this period of time and after the Cangshan summit is over."

After Mr. Gu left, Teacher Chu and Wu Xiufeng continued their question and answer.

Teacher Chu asked: "Thinking is divided into realms. We can express this realm in this way: first, mountains are mountains, and waters are waters; second, mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters; third, Layer, mountain or mountain, water or water, how do you understand it?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "This is a gradual process of thought and way of thinking. The first level means an instinctive simplicity and directness; the second level means entering into complexity; the third level means complex Simple, it is like seeing a hole that penetrates into the light when wandering in the dark. After reaching the third level, people's thinking enters a deep state. Keep making progress in the future, and the thinking will become more and more Go deeper and deeper, and finally, by simplifying the complexity, you can understand the essence of things and become a real master and king.

Teacher Chu said: "What is philosophical thinking?"

Wu Xiufeng said: "Abandon all fetters, go directly to the essence of things, and form a way of thinking that interacts with the essential principles of other things. Following this kind of thinking, using ideas as the way, and applying continuous methods, you can bring out the greatness of Chu. the power of.

Teacher Chu said: "The last question, what power does honor have?

Wu Xiufeng said: "The human heart needs honor, and honor is the highest peak of emotion. Therefore, human nature has its own beauty. In emotion, there is an incomparable power. This is honor, and it is also the glory of human beings."

Wu Xiufeng continued: "I remember the teacher once said that any knowledge and culture can only be called a great way if it has a real effect on people's real life. Therefore, I have an idea, wait for the right time, and join forces Some influential people jointly set up a public welfare cultural institution and set up the "Humanities Award". The purpose is to convey a message and an evaluation standard to people from all walks of life, so as to lead the society, groups, families and even individuals The cultural atmosphere of 'promoting truth, goodness and beauty, and despising ugliness and greed' really brings into play the significance of culture to people's real life."

Teacher Chu was ecstatic when he heard Wu Xiufeng's words, and said: I will teach you one more lesson at the end, all the lessons are over, and the rest is application, and it will depend on your own luck in the future. He went on to say: "Everything in the world is born surrounded by rings."The people are surrounded by officials, the officials are surrounded by the king, the king is surrounded by the country, the country is surrounded by the world, the world is surrounded by the universe, the universe is surrounded by creation, and finally, the creation is surrounded by all living beings. This is the way of heaven and humanity. "

Wu Xiufeng said: "Following human nature and human heart means conforming to the trend of heaven, mastering it well, and using it for me."

Teacher Chu was overjoyed: "You have finally achieved something in your studies. After this summit, you will surely shine in the cultural world, and my wish for many years will also come true."

Wu Xiufeng said: "Thanks to the teacher's careful teaching, I will never forget it."

Teacher Chu said: "Next year's Cangshan Summit will definitely be very lively. At the last summit, Cao Lizhi and the others left with resentment. Judging from his consistent behavior style, he will definitely not let it go."

Wu Xiufeng said: "As the teacher said, 'I walk the way, so why not be afraid of it'."

Teacher Chu said: "This is the foundation of our work for others, but we still need to be prepared in terms of specific behaviors. Having kindness in our hearts does not mean that we are mentally retarded. It is said that we have a bodhisattva heart and act like an arhat."

Wu Xiufeng said: "What the teacher said is, in your opinion, what would they do?"

Teacher Chu said: "The details are not clear, and we don't need to bother to think about their thoughts. According to years of practice, they will definitely take action when the summit is approaching, such as two days before the last summit. , as if Ma Jing came to Kunming. Regardless of him, he will know when the time comes. In short, your appearance at the last summit was a surprise to them. What will they do this time? We can only adapt to the situation, but fortunately we can He is upright, so there is no need to fear any unexpected disasters. What is certain now is that with Cao Lizhi's style and his status in the cultural world, the calculation must not be simple."

Therefore, Cao Jianfeng, a 27-year-old disciple of Cao Lizhi, came to Kunming alone to challenge himself.