I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 107 The First Loser Under the Mouth Cannon

It has to be said that perhaps these people don’t know Yuan Shu very well, or they have some misunderstandings about his reputation as “the undefeated Yuan prodigy in debates.”

They mistakenly believed that this was just a false reputation, so much so that they initially chose to directly attack Yuan Shu's theory of mind.

Please, the School of Mind was first "founded" by Yuan Shu with the help of Mr. Wang Yangming's wisdom, and the entire ideological and theoretical system was "created" by Yuan Shu alone.

Using the master's theoretical system to challenge the master in front of the master?
Use my magic against me?
Do you have a lightning-shaped scar on your forehead, too?
Yuan Shu was speechless about the suicidal attacks of this group of people, but since someone came to him seeking death, he had to satisfy them, so he tolerated their stupidity with great tolerance.

After an incense stick of time, Yuan Shu confirmed that these guys were rushing to their deaths without knowing it.

They didn't quite understand the theory of psychology, or they just tried to understand it at the last minute, so there were many mistakes and omissions, and their logic was shaky. Yuan Shu could easily refute them and leave them speechless.

They used the deeds of great Confucian scholars of the Eastern Han Dynasty to refute Yuan Shu's argument that Confucian scholars were collectively in decline, but were severely criticized by Yuan Shu.

"Ouyang Xu was a great scholar of his generation. His family had inherited the Book of Shangyang for generations. He had thousands of disciples and was highly respected. However, he embezzled tens of millions of yuan while serving as a prefect. He did not know how to respect himself and destroyed his own wings. Why did he do this?"

They criticized Yuan Shu for not being familiar with prophecies, saying that he was doubting and denying the Han Dynasty's national policy of rejuvenation. Yuan Shu also found a way to deal with it and criticized them severely.

"Why has the divination been so popular since Emperor Guangwu's restoration? It is simply because the path of self-discipline and restoration of rituals has been cut off, and Confucian scholars have collectively fallen into depravity, lost their ideals, and become walking corpses. The country urgently needs to be revitalized, but Confucian scholars are unable to take on the responsibility!
Seeing the deterioration of the current situation, Emperor Guangwu was extremely disappointed with the Confucian scholars, so he had no choice but to do this! Is this Emperor Guangwu’s fault? No! This is the fault of our scholars! It is caused by the decadence of the scholars! "

They questioned the concepts of following conscience and integrating knowledge with action, and were pinned to the ground and rubbed by Yuan Shu.

"Act on conscience! The important thing is conscience! What is conscience? It is the good thoughts that people are born with, it is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Doing evil and killing at will, can this also be called conscience? That is called being completely conscienceless! That is called being unscrupulous! Only by acting on conscience can we stand firm and restore our spiritual support!"

"People who do evil and do not repent need not conscience, but the Han law, the severe punishment of the law! There are always people in the world who are beyond redemption, otherwise, what is the use of the Han law? In the past, Duke Zhou beheaded his second uncle, and Confucius executed Shao Zhengmao, all of them were like this!"

They opposed Yuan Shu's theory that everyone can become a saint, and were directly hung up and beaten by Yuan Shu.

"If you read the books of sages but don't dare to become a sage, or don't want to become a sage, then what is the purpose of reading the books of sages? Is it to study and make a living? Is it to bully the people in your hometown and bully the men and women? The knowledge of sages is not used to benefit the people, but to bully others. How can such a thing exist in the world?"

"You claim to be a disciple of saints, but you don't follow the saints' path, you don't inherit their wishes, and you only think about yourself. How selfish you are! You are so selfish, and you dare to come up and debate with me? I have never seen such a shameless person!"

Yuan Shu's eyes were wide open with his hair and beard standing on end. He pointed a finger at the shameless people in front of him, and frightened the shameless people led by Zhou Liu so much that they turned pale, took several steps back, staggered and fell to the ground.

At this point, the first batch of thirteen debaters who came up to cause trouble were defeated viciously and mercilessly by Yuan Shu.

The Luoyang students who listened to Yuan Shu's speech exclaimed that it was wonderful and gave sincere cheers for Yuan Shu's victory. The scene was extremely warm and the cheers were louder and louder.

Nothing is more exciting than victory. Just like what happened in Maoling, one victory after another will greatly enhance Yuan Shu's prestige and greatly increase his weight in people's hearts.

Saying I can't do it?

Then can you guys do it?

It's just like that, stepping on your opponents to climb up!
Yuan Shu's powerful debate ability obviously exceeded the expectations of Han Zong and others. When Zhou Liu and his defeated disciples reported the results to Han Zong in a daze, Han Zong was very angry.

"In the past, asking you to study hard was like asking you to give up half your life. You didn't study hard and just messed around all day. You couldn't understand the teachings of the saints. Even a 15-year-old boy could defeat you in an argument! Now, you have made me lose face!"

Zhou Liu has always been afraid of Han Zong and felt timid, but he still wanted to save his face.

"Teacher, it's not that I didn't work hard or fight bravely. It's just that Yuan Shu is a sharp-tongued boy with unparalleled arguments. I tried my best but couldn't defeat him. Teacher, Yuan Shu really has some skills. He is not a fraud!"

The more he said this, the more aggrieved Zhou Liu felt.

It was Han Zong who said that the reason why Yuan Shu became so famous was because of hype. Yuan Shu was just a hypocrite, the "youngest sutra master" who was hyped up. He just relied on his good family background, so many people did not dare to expose him.

In fact, Yuan Shu had no ability to debate at all.

So Zhou Liu decided to be the first person to expose Yuan Shu.

As a result, he became the first loser under Yuan Shu's verbal attack.

He himself still feels it's not worth it.

But how could Han Zong, who was so angry, accept his words?
"You have done something wrong and you still want to argue and talk back to me. I don't want an unworthy disciple like you!"

Han Zong angrily rebuked the thirteen unpromising disciples and students headed by Zhou Liu, then waved his hand to drive them away and cancelled Zhou Liu's status as a disciple. Zhou Liu was frightened out of his wits and begged for mercy, but he could not change Han Zong's mind.

Zhou Liu was completely dumbfounded.

He had spent so much effort to please Han Zong and finally obtained the status of a disciple, but in the end it was gone? Just because he lost a debate, he had nothing?
The first battle was unfavorable and greatly damaged morale. Zhou Liu felt wronged, and Han Zong was even more unhappy.

After all, he was a doctor, and one of the most knowledgeable, prestigious and reputable people in the empire. How could he tolerate being humiliated by a young boy?

No matter what, I will get this back!

So he began to arrange more disciples to debate with Yuan Shu, and asked them to start using some tactics and methods to find Yuan Shu's weaknesses.

He is good at ancient classics and has his own philosophy of mind. So let's avoid ancient classics and philosophy of mind and use modern classics to refute him!

Focus on weaknesses!

He summoned many disciples who he considered to be outstanding and prepared to assign them tasks.

"Zhou Liu underestimated the enemy and was defeated miserably by Yuan Shu, which brought shame to my master. I cannot let this matter go. Yuan Shu is arrogant and conceited. He must be taught a lesson. You are all excellent disciples of my master. If you don't inspire the master now, when will you do it?"

To be honest, because most of the disciples were from local gentry and high-ranking families, Zhou Liu was already considered to be of an upper-middle level among Han Zong's disciples, and they were still willing to read some books.

Many of his disciples had never attended classes or studied in the Imperial College since they started studying. They basically hung out in Luoyang City, spending all day in brothels, living a life of drunkenness and dreams, as if they had not come to Luoyang to study but to travel.

Of course, Han Zong himself had problems. He was more obsessed with fame, wealth and power rather than pure academic studies. He often hung out with powerful people instead of seriously teaching his disciples.

But even if he pursued academics and was willing to teach his disciples some real skills, he couldn't do it.

The main reason is the decline of the overall environment. The atmosphere in the Imperial College is not as good as before. Although there are still many students who are willing to study hard, most of them are just here to get by.

Not to mention those students from good families.

No matter how great a doctor Han Zong was, he couldn't force a group of people who were born with the qualifications to be disciples to compete with a group of people who were born without the qualifications to be disciples.

They can become disciples without the need for scrolls, and can become "famous scholars" without any effort, just like the entire school of Modern Text Confucianism.

In the hundred years since the complete victory, there is no need to use a roll, and you can easily get things that others can't get even if they risk their lives.

If you really dig deeper, Han Zong is actually such a person. The reason he can become a doctor is not because of his high academic level, but because he is relatively good in a specific group. He is the general among the short ones.

But no matter how much he waves the flag, he is still a short man. Among the short man’s disciples, how many are tall?

A group of disciples looked at each other and fell into silence.

Zhou Liu failed. Not only did he lose face, he also lost his status as a disciple and his future. He had no future with Han Zong in this life. He had to either return home in disgrace and be a minor official for the rest of his life, or try to change his sect.

But if that's the case, how difficult would it be?

They don't want to be the second Zhou Liu.

Zhang Hong, who was in the middle of the situation, felt that he had no chance of defeating Yuan Shu, and he did not think it necessary to argue with Yuan Shu. On the contrary, he even admired Yuan Shu a little.

So he simply kept silent.

Anyway, he has always been taciturn and not a very eye-catching person.

Only a few people thought they were stronger than Zhou Liu, so they were eager to try.

The last person to stand up was Wang Yan, a disciple who had studied with Han Zong for two and a half years.

"Although Yuan Shu is from a high-class family, has a noble birth, and is recognized by Ma Gong, in my eyes, he is just a kid! Relying on his talent and intelligence, he thinks he is invincible after studying for a few years. Such an arrogant person deserves to be severely reprimanded! Teacher, I am willing to step forward and debate with him on the meaning of the scriptures!"

Han Zong was overjoyed.

"Good! Mr. Wang is brave and knowledgeable, worthy of being my disciple. Go quickly and destroy Yuan Shu's prestige! I am waiting for your victory report here!"

Wang Yan saluted Han Zong, then walked away quickly and attacked swiftly.

A group of disciples who were watching the excitement outside the door followed over, wanting to see how Wang Yan defeated Yuan Shu.

The second round of battle is ready to begin!

(End of this chapter)