Mencius went on to say: "Later, when the sage kings did not come out, the princes were unbridled, the scholars were talking randomly everywhere, and the theories of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai were everywhere, you could just pick up a stone on the street and say, If the person who throws or hits him is not from the Yang sect, then most likely he is from the Mo sect (it is said in the world that if you don’t belong to Yang, you will belong to Mo.) Yang Zhu emphasizes the individual and the self, which denies the spirit of loyalty to the leader. There is simply no king; the Mohists advocate universal love, regardless of kinship or distance, and treat one's own parents and strangers equally. Of these two factions, one has no king and the other has no father. If there is no king and no father, then he becomes a beast. Gong Mingyi said: "If there is fat meat in the kitchen, fat horses in the stables, hungry people, and hungry cats in the wild, they will lead the beasts to eat people." (Note: I will not translate this sentence. The original text is both easy to understand and very powerful. Secondly, and most importantly, Teacher Meng once said this in "King Hui of Liang", and it is exactly the same now. I don't know who owns the copyright of this statement. ) If the teachings of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai are not eliminated, it will not be easy for Confucius' teachings to be carried forward. Alas, heresy has deceived the public and blocked the road of benevolence and righteousness. Doesn't it mean that the road of benevolence and righteousness is blocked? Are they leading beasts to eat people, and they will also eat people? I am very worried that such a tragedy will happen in the future, so I come out to defend the teachings of ancient saints. I oppose Yang Mo, refute the fallacies, and let those heretics who talk nonsense talk. Don't even start."

Wan Zhang became more and more excited as he listened, admiring: "Yes, we will send them to the eighteenth level of hell, and then set foot on them for thousands of years. Just a foot!"

Mencius was in high spirits, with tears in his eyes: "If you hold those absurd theories in your heart, it will harm your normal work, which is equivalent to harming politics. If a few more saints emerge, they will definitely agree with what I say."

Mencius became more and more excited as he spoke: "In the past, Dayu conquered the floods and the world was at peace; Duke Zhou annexed the Yi and Di and drove them away. Only when the beasts are gone can the people find peace; Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" and the rebellious officials and traitors were afraid. The "Book of Songs" said: "If you attack the Rong and Di people and punish the Chu and Shu countries, no one will dare to resist me!" (This is the second time the old man quoted these two lines of poetry, but this time he quoted an extra line.) People like Yang Faction and Mo Faction have no fathers and no kings. If Zhou Gong were here, I would definitely teach them a lesson! Like the Duke of Zhou, we must also correct people's hearts, eliminate evil thoughts, oppose extreme behaviors, and refute absurd remarks (rectify people's hearts, stop evil theories, distance from lameness, and indulge in lewd speeches). I am inheriting the three names of Dayu, Zhou Gong, and Confucius. The great cause of the saints, am I so full that I have to argue with others all day long? I have no choice but to argue with others! And those who can bravely argue with the Yang School and the Mo School are the real saints. Disciple!”

——This long speech of Teacher Meng is finally over. Although he spoke impassionedly about the past and the present, from the perspective of our modern readers, it is inevitable that there would be no frightening feeling: If this man really holds the power, why not strangle all the different voices in the world to death? ?

Teacher Meng, you didn’t think much about it. The reason why you can criticize Yang Zhu and refute Mo Zhai without any scruples is because you live in a loose and free academic environment. In the air?

Unfortunately, what Teacher Meng impassionedly called for here finally came true after his death. First, Qin Shihuang burned books to enslave Confucianism, and then Confucianism unified the world... Although there were some small things in the process Interludes and variations, but it is nothing more than replacing one discourse hegemony with another.