Respect for ghosts and gods and stay away from them – The Analects of Confucius. Yong Ye
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius travelled with his disciples to sell his political ideas, and went to the State of Wei twice, but failed to sell his political ideas successfully, so Confucius had to take his disciples to the State of Chen again to try his luck, and encountered a disaster while passing through the State of Song and the State of Zheng, first Confucius’ disciple Sima Niu got very sick and fell unconscious several times, and then Confucius got a similar disease and also fell unconscious several times. fell into a coma several times. After he woke up from his coma, his beloved disciple Zi Lu advised Confucius to pray to the ghosts and gods, but Confucius insisted that “life and death have their own destinies, and wealth and riches depend on heaven”, refused Zi Lu’s advice, and said, “Respect the ghosts and gods and stay away from them”.
This is also the mainstream viewpoint of the ancients towards ghosts and gods.
At this moment, if not Zhou Houjie Zhou said this government office encountered ghosts, the people of the Hanlin Academy certainly do not believe, but in Zhou Houjie’s mouth to say the words, but can not help but let the Hanlin Academy of the people first believe in the first three points.
To know Zhou Houjie this person’s character and ability in the whole capital are very famous, mental also no problem, in addition this person but never told a lie.
Zhou Houjie describes the very spot, even if the present Hanlin did not personally experience, but also like with Zhou Houjie together with the experience as if the back of the neck vaguely have cool wind.
“This ……” Li Chunfang was a little speechless for a moment.
“I did not think that the usual spiritual and bizarre things can be encountered once, before I had heard that there are wronged ghosts looking for Bao Gong to solve the case, this case is afraid that there is some similarity, it seems that Lord Zhou’s reputation for purity and honesty is spread far and wide, and even the ghosts are aware of it.” Yuan Wei holds the hot tea and takes a sip of it to warm up his body, just listening to Zhou Houjie’s description can make him feel cooler.
“Where where where ……” Zhou Houjie shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Zhang Juzheng stroked his chin thoughtfully, for Zhou Houjie said the Yamen encountered ghosts seem to have a different view, but it looks like some are not quite sure, after all, Zhou Houjie this person’s reputation in which it is suspected that the level of relatively large, do not know where to start. Therefore fell into a deep thought.
Zhang Siwei next to Zhu Pingan is also doubtful, but looked at Zhou Houjie said with conviction, and he also knows Zhou Houjie’s reputation, about the level of belief is greater than doubt.
“I also hope that your lordship will think twice. The next official judgement this case human evidence and material evidence is conclusive, when the prisoner in custody is indeed the murderer undoubtedly, this Zhang Dalin has nothing to do with this case ah.” The Wanping County magistrate sitting at the bottom of Zhou Houjie’s head arched his hand and advised Zhou Houjie.
“Undoubted? Then how do you explain the pond mud and dirt on the shoes? What about the bloodied murder weapon found in front of Zhang Dalin’s house?……” Zhou Houjie pointed out several problems he had discovered during his examination of the dossier as well as the interrogation.
“Your Honour ……” The magistrate of Wanping County once again tried to convince Zhou Houjie.
“Alright, don’t talk too much, the southern mountain can be moved. The North Sea can be filled in, this case cannot be reopened.” Zhou Houjie willfully refused.
“This case of Lord Zhou will surely become a good story.” Yuan Wei greatly appreciated Zhou Houjie’s approach.
“I don’t seek fame, I don’t seek profit, I only seek to have a clear conscience and return justice to the deceased.” Zhou Houjie shook his head, his brows all about a clear conscience.
Zhou Houjie said words from the heart, the people can feel, the hall seems to be filled with a vast and righteous energy, full of positive energy.
However, just as this volatile and positive energy was swirling. However, a very discordant voice could be heard ringing out.
“That, Lord Zhou may I ask how that dead ghost left?”
As the crowd followed the voice, they saw the owner of the voice, Zhu Pingan, whose eyes were as clean as if they had been rinsed with fresh water, the corners of his mouth rose slightly as he looked at Zhou Houjie and asked.
Is this the time to be curious about this! Why is this child so ignorant, spoiling the atmosphere understand! Yuan Wei and the others from the Hanlin Academy looked at Zhu Pingan with reproachful gazes, but Zhu Pingan was not affected at all.
“He left over the wall.” Zhou Houjie answered Zhu Pingan’s question even though he was a bit strange as to why Zhu Pingan would ask this question.
Sure enough.
Hearing Zhou Houjie’s answer, the corners of Zhu Pingan’s mouth rose even more.
Unlike the others. When Zhu Pingan heard Zhou Houjie say that this Yamen encountered ghosts, he did not believe it at all, Zhu Pingan was a person who had received twenty years of atheistic education in the modern era, even though the matter of coming to the Daming made it impossible for Zhu Pingan to explain it with atheism. In addition, he saw the matter of luck is also very strange, but the deep-rooted atheism thought or let Zhu Pingan first reaction is to deny the ghost said.
In addition, after so many years of personal observation and experience in Daming, it is basically certain that this world is also a world without ghosts and gods, or at least without ghosts.
Of course, you can’t use atheistic thoughts to explain to them, otherwise the day when you are tied to a pillar and burnt to ashes is not far away!
Bravo. You dare to say atheism, this is to hit the face of the Holy Spirit ah, our Holy Spirit Jiajing cultivation of immortality and alchemy is for what! This is treasonous, unforgivable, the gods can not save, oh yes, there are no gods to save you, you are not atheism!
Although it can not be explained by atheism, but pretending to play God always has a loophole, there will always be traces left.
Zhu Pingan also got a point.
For example, this question that Zhu Pingan asked Lord Zhou was the key to unravelling this matter of encountering ghosts. Zhou Houjie’s answer did not disappoint Zhu Pingan either, which was why he curled his lips in understanding.
Only, it was obvious that most of the people here did not understand what the significance of Zhu Pingan asking this question was, for example, Yuan Wei looked at Zhu Pingan with dissatisfaction, feeling that Zhu Pingan was irrationally inquisitive and too curious!
However, there are exceptions, for example, Zhang Juzheng’s eyes lit up at the moment, the corner of his mouth was also hooked up, looking at Zhu Pingan’s gaze for the first time with a serious meaning.
“It seems that this ghost is a fake.”
After Zhou Houjie replied, Zhu Pingan then smiled, and spoke the conclusion out with great certainty.
What?
Ghosts are fake?
A chorus of surprised voices resounded in the hall, most of them booing as they expressed serious doubts about Zhu Pingan’s words.
“What makes Scholar Lang say that?” Zhou Houjie was also filled with scepticism.
“Ghosts have a form but no body, they are erratic and come and go without a trace, if they are really ghosts it would be just to go through the wall or float out of the wall, how could they go over the wall?” Zhu Pingan spoke faintly, pointing out the key points.
Zhu Pingan’s words were like an enlightenment, Zhang Siwei screamed at once and instantly understood the truth of the matter.
Everyone else was also pondering, and then they all revealed a look of understanding as well.
“If I’m not wrong, there should be footprints left on the wall of the government office where Lord Zhou is right now, there was rain that day, the ground was wet, there was bound to be mud staining the shoes, and going over the wall was bound to leave footprints. It is expected that when Lord Zhou sends someone to check, he will find something.” Zhu Pingan added another sentence, voicing out his guess.
“A certain person will excuse me for a moment.” Lord Zhou came to his senses at these words, and with an apology, he led the Wanping Magistrate out of the hall in quick steps.
About an hour, I guess, Zhou Houjie entered the Hanlin Academy again with a grateful and smiling face, making a special trip to thank Zhu Pingan.
Zhou Houjie went back, really found fresh footprints on the wall of the back of the Yamen, in addition to several other walls outside also found mild footprints, so Zhou Houjie ordered the suspect released yesterday to be arrested again, after a rigorous interrogation found to be the suspect while his family visited the prison time to buy a light thief, let him pretend to be the dead, intentionally played the night before that the ghosts to redress the grievances of the play, is to The case was overturned.
But also because the suspect is smart, revealed the footsteps, under severe interrogation admitted to harming people.
“Today’s incident is thanks to Zi Hou, otherwise my life’s wisdom is a small matter, this wrong case wrongly accused a good person can be a big crime. I have already written a letter to ask for credit for Zi Hou.”
Zhou Houjie is really a real person, pull can not be pulled, have to add Zhu Pingan to the merits of the folding, who said it does not matter …..
