At the beginning of Song, it was usual for her to look like a cat basking in the sun with its belly exposed, looking harmless and lazy. Once provoked, she would immediately turn into a fierce tiger and bite people to death. The scolding of Nan Qi's words this time was still the result of her controlling herself again and again, and being extremely polite.

  Her angry and violent temper was somewhat more evident in Qin, and even more so in the state of Wei where Confucianism flourished.

  Nan Qi also had a moment of surprise, but then regained his composure and smiled slightly, saying "overpraise".

  The people around were shocked, their mouths opened even wider. Ji Mian said in a low voice, "Am I seeing things? Yun Xi, someone scolded you and you actually smiled!"

  Nan Qi's expression, always seemed like the whole world owed him a debt, looking at everyone with discontent, and rarely smiling. Just now, he was actually laughed at? Did he enjoy being humiliated?

  "The Taoist values peace and tranquility, but she was the first to show true anger, and naturally fell into a lower state." Nan Qi picked up her wine cup and drank a mouthful of wine calmly.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, she was silent. Although she thought that "upper" and "lower" were meaningless, she indeed got angry too easily. In order to plot, one must always be able to guard one's own heart and mind, using a forever calm heart to measure.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, suddenly sat up straight, everyone's face was tense, just about to come forward to persuade, but saw her solemnly giving Nan Qi a courtesy, "What Brother Yun Xi said is extremely right, Huai Zhen learned from it."

  "How strange!" Hui Shu exclaimed and asked, "Are all Daoist priests as mysterious and vague as you?"

  Song Chu smiled and tore off a piece of roasted meat to stuff into his mouth, "Only he is abnormal, I am very normal."

  "If I'm not mistaken, you're a follower of Zhuangzi's school, always talking about the mysterious and obscure." Nan Qi said slowly.

  After Laozi, the Taoist school gradually divided into factions. One faction developed Laozi's "non-action" into nihilism, with Zhuangzi as its representative, such as "Zhuang Zhou's Butterfly Dream", mysterious and profound; while another faction abandoned the negative aspects of ritual and law in Laozi's thought, interpreting Laozi's "Tao" as a principle or rule, represented by the Huang-Lao school of Qi Guo Xixia.

  Song Chu Yi and Nan Qi happened to belong to these two factions.

  "Turns out Huai Jin is a student of Zhuangzi!" Xi Hong exclaimed in surprise.

  Zhuangzi's pursuit of spiritual freedom in the midst of mountains, rivers, and wine pools is also a highly sought-after ideological doctrine nowadays.

  Song Chu smiled slightly, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

  He used chopsticks to beat time and sang, "In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun. The size of Kun, I do not know how many thousands of miles it is; transformed into a bird, its name is Peng. The back of Peng, I do not know how many thousands of miles it is; angry and flying, its wings are like the clouds hanging from the sky. This bird, when the sea moves, will migrate to the Southern Ocean..."

  "Good! Magnificent!" exclaimed Kimi Nemuri.

  This is Zhuangzi's "Free and Easy Wandering". Although Daoism has not accomplished anything great in governing the country or diplomacy, it has taught people to cultivate their minds, which is unmatched by many other philosophical schools. Therefore, most scholars have read Laozi and Zhuangzi.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one stuffed meat into his mouth and hummed vaguely.

  A group of people were singing and getting excited when they suddenly heard someone shouting from downstairs, "The gentleman who just scolded his mother on the floor above!"

  The crowd fell silent, and the man downstairs shouted again, "We have heard that Mr. is eloquent, and we would like to ask Mr. to enlighten us on the current situation in the world."

  This is an invitation for Song Chu-yi to come and share his views with everyone.

  In such gatherings, the discussions are exchanges between scholars. If they go well, one's reputation may soar overnight; if not, no one will blame them. If one doesn't engage in these debates, it would seem too lacking in demeanor and detrimental to one's reputation.

  Song Chu was busy gnawing the bones in his hand clean, threw them on the food case, took over the towel handed over by the maid to wipe his hands, and then got up calmly.

  The scholars loved this kind of activity, so as soon as Song Chu appeared, all eyes in the tavern were focused on her. As they saw her appearance, people's eyes were either amazed, disbelieving, or disappointed, it was truly magnificent.

  The person standing on the platform in the hall saw Song Chuyi walking down the stairs slowly, and at first felt very regretful. But looking at Song Chuyi's relaxed and composed demeanor, without a hint of tension or anxiety, nor the sharpness and passion of youth, they couldn't help but feel curious.

  Song Chu was also sizing up his opponent, who was standing on the platform with the chessboard painted on it. He appeared to be in his early twenties or twenty-three or four years old, wearing a light blue robe that had been washed white, with jet-black hair combed neatly and smoothly back from his forehead. His face had clear-cut features, with broad eyebrows that were like the horns of a suspended rhinoceros, divided at the roots and full at the ends, bright eyes, a straight nose bridge, and lips that were neither too thick nor too thin.

  "What a clear and bright face!" Song Chuyi couldn't help but exclaim, "You have such a handsome appearance!"

  The young man saw that Song Chuyi was so young and didn't know how to address him for a moment. He paused, cupped his hands together in respect, and said, "You're too kind."

  As soon as Song stepped onto the stage, "What is it that you wish to say?"

  "A small country can conquer the world?" The young man asked with a smile.

  As soon as this question came out, some people who were still drinking around them cast their eyes over.

  "Alright." Song Chu answered firmly without any hesitation.

  The young man did not ask further because the rules for discussing matters were laid out there. Whoever responded with an opinion had to elaborate on the reasons in detail.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, a faint smile appeared on his face as he stroked his hand and said, "All things in the world are inseparable from the 'Tao'. Regardless of the size of a country, those who follow the Tao will prosper, while those who go against it will perish. The strong are the movement of the Tao, the weak are the application of the Tao. Small countries are precisely because of their weakness and smallness that they are not guarded against by other powerful countries. If they can skillfully utilize this advantageous point. The Tao has no fixed way, yet all things in existence have their own reason for existing, how can it be known that the weak and small only have the path of 'perishing' to follow?"

  "Those who follow the Tao will prosper, those who go against it will perish. The opposite is the movement of the Tao, the weak is the use of the Tao." The young man repeated the meaning of these words, and his eyes lit up as he shouted "Hurray!"

  A country that follows morality will prosper, while a country that goes against morality will gradually move towards extinction. In connection with current events, this sentence has a lot of meaning in scolding Wei Wang for being immoral. Regardless of whether the sentence is really reasonable or not, many people feel great satisfaction when they hear it.

  "The reversal is the movement of the Tao, the weakness is the use of the Tao." This means that the development of things always cycles back to the beginning, and the lower is the foundation of the higher, the later is the premise of the former. Therefore, weakness is the basis of all things, and all things start from weakness because there is weakness, there is strength. When in a disadvantageous position, one should use humility and gentleness to reverse the trend.

  Those who understand the profound meaning of Song's words will naturally find them wonderful, but there are also those who only understand the surface meaning. Upon hearing her words, they can't help but sneer and say, "So to speak, this time the King of Wei is bullying our country of Wei, we should still show weakness and let him bully us?"

  "What can a weak country do to defend itself?" Song asked back, looking around the room. "A rabbit and a tiger engaging in close combat will ultimately become food for the tiger. Being gentle yet firm is the way for a weak country to become strong. If it's soft both inside and out, that's when it's truly on the path to destruction."

  The hall fell silent for a moment, waiting for everyone to savor the meaning of her words. Suddenly, there was thunderous applause, and Nan Qi, Ji Mian and others shouted the loudest. With this statement, Song Chuyi would be able to make a name for herself in the state of Wei!

  "In the lower star guard, may I ask for your esteemed name?" The young man bowed and asked.

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