I stand with Sima Yi.

To put it simply and popularly, the focus of the debate between the two people is that they should regard the books of sages as classics, worship the books of sages, and not read the books of non-sages? Or should we not stick to the source of the article, and as long as the article makes sense, we should read it carefully and absorb nutrients for ourselves?

Qingyuan Xingsi, a Zen master in the Song Dynasty, once brilliantly discussed the three realms of Zen meditation, which is famous--

At the beginning of Zen meditation, you see mountains as mountains and water as water. ;

When one is enlightened in Zen, mountains are not mountains when viewed, and water is not water when viewed;

In Zen enlightenment, mountains are still mountains when viewed, and water are still water when viewed.

I think that only those who read books "alive" and truly read them in their own minds will reach the state of "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water" in reading. No matter whose article we read, we must have our own profound thinking. Take "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" as examples: these two novels are among the four major classics, but why do people have "little people don't read Water Margin," What is the saying that "you never read the Three Kingdoms"?

Regarding this issue, Mr. Liu Zaifu wrote a book called "Criticism of Double Classics", which gave a wonderful discussion of the shortcomings of these two famous works: the two novels advocated "social disorder" and criticized The dark political method of "anything can be used to achieve the goal" is regarded as the norm. In today's society that advocates rationality and order, it is natural that "young people will not read Water Margin, and old people will not read Three Kingdoms".

So, we need to read the text itself in a dynamic, social and historical environment, and not stick to the "classics". We must read classics, but we cannot blindly worship them. "Looking at mountains is still mountains, looking at water is still water." If we read classics and classics carefully from the beginning, what can we read?

What Yang Xiu said was intended to warn Brother Sima, "If it is not a classic, don't read it." If it is just like this and is not connected with your own actual situation when reading, how can you innovate? To put it in layman's terms, how can we learn and apply it flexibly? Therefore, in terms of mind, bearing, and vision, Yang Xiu is slightly inferior to Sima Yi. In fact, judging from the portrayal of Yang Xiu in the first episode, the young Yang Xiu is talented and ambitious, but he relies on his unrestrained talent, has a higher vision, and is good at adapting to the wind. He follows the trend of Cao Cao, only to It is a pity that he met the "despicable saint" Cao Cao, and it is no wonder that he ended up with the end of "Yang Xiu's death".