The capital of the capital, Luoyi Academy.

Since the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty elected the ten schools and nine schools, Confucianism and Mohism, as the ten schools, have been listed as prestigious scholars by the creatures of the nine provinces. Confucianism and Law have been even more praised as the supreme method. The old culture that advocates the laws of the nobles and the nobles of the generations has been replaced. Whether it is the domineering Jin, the rough and barbarian Liang, or the gentry in various places, they have to follow the Confucian filial and honest priests, and the high-ranking priests can only watch the unofficial institution rise up and helpless. Knowledge and magic are no longer just the privileges of nobles.

Luoyi Academy is the highest institution of learning in the capital. Although it is not an official university, it is recognized by the people. Students can learn any knowledge in the university, whether it is agriculture, law, medicine, Taoism, or business. As long as it is a theory that exists in the Jiuzhou, the university can teach you. The students among the highest institution must be the best. Learning is like climbing a mountain. Only by accumulating step by step can you gain more sunshine.

Xie Yu is one of the best among them, he comes from Yan State.

This is a debate class. The topic is wooden boxes and iron boxes. The topic is very simple, which is whether there is any difference between these two boxes. The debate class takes the form of a ring. No matter how you argue, as long as one party convinces the other party, it will win.

Two young men confronted each other, one was Xie Yu and the other was Gongsun Gong. Gongsun Gong was the champion of this debate. He defeated several outstanding players from other schools with the theory of "a white horse" than a horse. Gongsun Gong was calm and composed. The Gongsun family is famous for sophistry and debate. He believes that he is not inferior to those of his peers.

Xie Yu was also calm and composed. Of course, he was not really calm and composed. He was just confident in his heart and pride in his bones told him that Gongsun Gong was just an inconspicuous stone on the long climb, and was a pedal for him to test his knowledge and one of the whetstones in his life.

"Your core argument says that wooden boxes are wooden boxes, iron boxes are iron boxes, and wooden boxes are not iron boxes, because boxes are of shape and wood are of material. The difference between iron boxes and wooden boxes lies in their nature. That's right." Xie Yu repeated Gongsun Gong's previous point of view, he was the one who attacked the striking. The soldiers said that they know themselves and their enemy will never be defeated. Xie Yu studied the Gongsun family's sophistry technique, which is a strange way to change the argument by changing concepts in order to make the opponent unable to distinguish. First ask Gongsun Gong's point of view, and use this to determine the characterization so that Gongsun Gong cannot use sophistry technique to change his argument.

"Yes" Gongsun Gong's expression did not change at all. Not long after Xie Yu entered Luo, he did not show any mountains or water on weekdays, and he did not have such a reputation in the Luoyi Debate Bureau, so he ignored the other party. Today, he felt that this opponent was a bit tricky.

"Then I will express my arguments, and I think their essence is the same." Xie Yu raised his arrogant head and said. When he finished speaking, the audience was in an uproar. In fact, just now, most of the debaters took the re-choose of the arguments to argue with them and even seized the initiative. Of course, several contestants argued with Gongsun Gong's arguments like Xie Yu, but they were simply defeated. Even Gongsun Gong was dissatisfied with the corner of his mouth. He was puzzled by the way his opponent directly attacked his core arguments and felt that he was being provoked.

"Why do you say this?" Gongsun Gongqiang asked with a smile.

"They are all used to load items." Xie Yu replied.

The scene suddenly became an uproar, because a student mentioned this argument just now. Gongsun Gong saw Xie Yu's arrogance in saying this sentence, and he couldn't understand that Xie Yu's approach was indeed a repeat of the mistakes made by others.

"Since you have chosen to argue with my argument, but you mentioned that the use of both of them is the same, you have lost this approach." Gongsun Gong said.

"No, I have never said that I used your argument to conduct this debate. I just think that your definition of essence is wrong." Xie Yu's words came into Gongsun Gong's ears. He couldn't help but take a breath and secretly scolded him for being so proud and arrogant.

Seeing that Gongsun Gong didn't say anything, Xie Yu continued.

"For me, boxes are loading items. The reason why people buy boxes is because they need boxes to load items. For most people, the material of boxes doesn't matter. On the contrary, they think that the size of the box space and how much things can be loaded are the most important."

"Reasonable, but what you are talking about is the vast majority of people. This does not mean all people. It is true that most people buy boxes to load things and do not care about their essential differences, but the essential differences are essential differences. For example, carrying heavy objects, wooden boxes are easily destroyed, while iron boxes can be guaranteed to be strong."

"Indeed, this is the difference between wooden boxes and iron boxes. Because of the different materials, people's choices are changing. This is also the reason for whether there are iron boxes or not." Xie Yu paused. "But this is just the difference between iron boxes. The reason why boxes are stored in the world is that people need to have something to load items. If there is no such demand, boxes will no longer exist. For example, if people don't have to eat, the bowl will not exist. Iron bowls and wooden bowls are used for meals. It does not mean that you can't eat with wooden bowls without iron bowls, or even gold bowls. When you have nothing to eat, gold bowls and jade bowls must be used for meals."

"Hiss." Gongsun Gong took a breath. Xie Yu's logic was unexpected, but very reasonable. Gongsun Gong corrected his attitude and reexamined the opponent. He could not allow the other party to attack his core argument. The Gongsun family's argument cannot be easily lost to anyone.

"According to your words, is it true that if a person does not have to drink water, even water does not exist?" A debater from a farmer interrupted. He had lost to Gongsun Gong just now. After listening to Xie Yu's argument, he was also confused because he had been persuaded by Gongsun Gong and subconsciously stood in Gongsun Gong's perspective to think about the problem.

"No, water existed before human existence. The great god Wa used water to create humans. Water is a wonderful thing. Drinking is just a function of water. It can also extinguish fires, plant farmers, clean items, and drink water. It is just that people need water, not that water is born for humans to drink water." Xie Yu turned his head and explained to the farmer student with a smile.

"Thank you for solving your doubts." The peasant student bowed his hand and expressed his respect for Xie Yu with his words, and also expressed his knowledge learned from Xie Yu.

Xie Yu was very satisfied and bowed to the peasant student, turned around, faced Gongsun Gong, and waited for his speech.

Gongsun Gong's face darkened and said, "If I want to transport a batch of materials and equipment for soldiers to fight, I need iron boxes. When I go to buy it, I will never buy wooden boxes, because transporting equipment with wooden boxes will cause the box to break during transportation and the delivery will be delayed. The iron boxes can be guaranteed to be delivered on time. So, assuming that wooden boxes are essentially the same as iron boxes, why are the transportation speeds different?"

"Please follow the root of the matter. The essence of the existence of wooden boxes and iron boxes is to carry things. As you said, whether wooden boxes and iron boxes can transport this weapon, the difference is the cost of transportation, not whether it can be delivered. This is like an iron box and an iron hammer. They are essentially the same as you, but why can't iron hammers transport equipment and supplies while iron boxes can?" Xie Yu curled his lips and said this with a proud attitude. After saying that, he looked around the silent classroom.

Gongsun Gong looked at Xie Yu, his throat was dry, his body trembled slightly, and he wanted to refute, but he couldn't squeeze out even a little sound from his throat. The scene was stalemate, Gongsun Gong didn't say a word, but he didn't admit defeat. Xie Yu was as calm as he was at the beginning, as if Gongsun Gong had not been his opponent from the beginning. This situation lasted for half a stick of incense. The teacher coughed, cleared his throat, and announced to everyone the ranking of the class exam. The first class was naturally Xie Yu. After the teacher announced the result, Xie Yu bowed to the trembling Gongsun Gong to show etiquette. Then he took a bath in the praise of his classmates and left proudly.

"This boy is good, he is quick-witted and good at using tricks to attack his arguments, but he has changed his concept of essence." Outside the door, an old man said to a middle-aged man beside him.

"He is indeed a talented man in our hospital." The middle-aged man nodded, expressing his agreement with the old man's statement.

"How was this son born?" the old man asked.

"From Yan land." The middle-aged man replied.

"Yan land? Where is Yan land? Two years ago, I made a wish to finally accept a closed disciple, but in Chu, I didn't see a satisfied student for two years. I didn't expect that from Chu to come to this capital, I found a plastic material."

"This son comes from Ji." The middle-aged man bowed and congratulated him. "It is a blessing for the Confucian school to find a successor."

"No, although this boy is smart and wise, he has no fate with me." The old man held his beard and said. "Also, I haven't fully recognized the Master's words."

"The beautiful politics advocated by Mr. Wang is actually no different from the benevolent politics of my Confucianism." The middle-aged man smiled.

"Although this son is good, my students should be humble and respectful." The old man did not answer what the middle-aged man said, and said to himself. "The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit. He even enjoys small profits. How can he refuse the temptation of the world's profits and stick to the heart of Tao in the future?"
Chapter completed!