Chapter 19 Xunzi's Questions
Chapter 19 Xunzi's Questions
Su Xing was speechless.
He just subconsciously said the name of Sakyamuni, but it caused such a misunderstanding?
Looking at the large group of monks, ancient Indian merchants, nobles, and ordinary people kneeling in front of him with fanatical and aggrieved looks, Su Xing suddenly didn't know what to do.
If this person is really regarded as Sakyamuni, how will he deal with these people in the future?
"I……"
He still wanted to struggle to rescue and explain one last time.
Before he could continue, a group of well-dressed Confucian scholars came out from next to Salman and the other monks.
The actions of these people attracted Su Xing's attention, as well as the attention of King Qin Yingji, Bai Qi, Guiguzi, the people of Xianyang, Taoists, Yin-Yang School and other schools of thought who were secretly watching.
While Su Xing was observing them, the expressions of the soldiers tensed and they looked at the approaching Confucian scholars vigilantly. If these people made any small moves, they would launch a thundering attack.
Fortunately, Li Si and others did not get too close and stopped at a distance they thought was safe.
Looking at the children who were dreaming in the morning light on the street not far away, Xunzi and his group of students had complicated expressions.
As a materialist thinker, a representative of the Confucian school, a master of the Hundred Schools of Thought, and even one who once said "control the destiny of heaven and use it", Xunzi naturally did not believe in ghosts and gods.
However, his experience in Qin during this period made him and his students question life.
Are there really such things as gods in this world?
Thinking of this, in order to give himself an answer and to resolve the doubts in his heart, he stood up.
He was going to ask this so-called god several questions that ordinary people could not answer!
By then, he would naturally have the answer in his heart and know whether the other party was a god or not...
When Xunzi was pondering the problem.
As soon as he stood up, King Yingji of Qin, Fan Ju, Bai Qi, and even some Confucian scholars in the crowd recognized who he was instantly.
"This person seems to be Xunzi Xunqing?"
"Hiss, it's him, the representative of the Confucian school!"
"I heard that he studied in Qi State in his early years. Because of his extensive knowledge, he served as the chief priest of Qi State's Jixia Academy three times?!"
"The Jixia Academy is said to be the best academy in the world. There are hundreds of wise men there. Mencius, Zou Zi and others have studied there!"
"This Xunzi, who was able to become the chief priest and the head of the academy three times in a row, is extraordinary!"
As each person spoke, the Qin people, the various philosophers, foreign monks, and others showed looks of trance and surprise.
Especially some Confucianists, they had heard that Xunzi had come to their Qin capital Xianyang, but they did not expect to see him on such an occasion.
As for King Yingji of Qin, ministers such as Fan Ju and Bai Qi, or the Qin nobles, they had already known about this matter.
They were also curious and didn't know what Xunzi wanted to do at this time.
Guiguzi in the attic also showed curiosity and interest in his eyes, and was ready to see what Xunzi was going to do.
Hundreds of monks had puzzled looks in their eyes, wondering what question this man from Middle-earth was going to ask the Buddha.
Just when they were confused, Xunzi looked at the child in the morning light and asked, "Can I ask a few questions?"
"What's the problem?" Su Xing was a little curious.
King Yingji of Qin, Li Si and others were also curious.
Xunzi smiled elegantly and said confidently, "My question is one that only the gods can answer!"
He wasn't prepared to ask normal questions.
He was confident that the questions he was about to ask would take him some time to think of and come up with, unless he was really a god!
The next moment, in the midst of everyone's stunned expressions, Xunzi asked a question that they had never expected him to ask. "Little God, what do you think the heaven and earth are like?" Xunzi asked.
After he finished speaking, Su Xing was stunned. He didn't expect him to ask this question. King Qin Yingji and others didn't expect it either.
In the attic, Guiguzi looked surprised.
In his understanding, the sky is round like a canopy, and the earth is square like a chessboard. King Yingji of Qin and others thought the same.
They were puzzled as to why Xunzi would ask such an obvious question.
Xunzi naturally knew that this question had been answered long ago, but he believed that if there really were gods in the world, they would be able to answer it in more detail.
King Yingji of Qin, ministers like Fan Ju, the people of Qin, the Taoists and other schools of thought, monks like Salman...
Their curious eyes were focused on the children in the morning light.
Xunzi was also staring closely at this so-called little god.
If he thought about it for too long, or just said something like "the sky is round and the earth is square", then he would almost be certain that this so-called little god was a fraud!
He doesn't believe that there really are gods in this world.
Unexpectedly, the next moment after he asked this question, the little god in front of him said something that shocked and surprised him, the King of Qin and others.
Su Xing said without thinking, "Our world is an irregular round sphere."
"We all live on this round sphere, and the atmosphere, which is the sky, surrounds this sphere."
After these words were spoken, the entire scene fell into silence.
Whether it was King Yingji of Qin or other people, at this moment they all looked at the child standing in the morning light with disbelief.
Even Xunzi had a look of astonishment on his face. He had not expected that the little god in the legend would give such an answer.
"The world is a sphere, and we all live on this sphere?" Xunzi began to doubt life.
The faces of everyone present were filled with suspicion, surprise, and disbelief.
"Aren't the heavens and the earth round and square? What is this little god talking about?"
"He must be talking nonsense, right? Is this little god talking nonsense?"
In their perception, the earth is like a flat chessboard, and the sky is like a bowl, covering the ground upside down, that is, the sky is round and the earth is square.
When everyone was discussing and skeptical, Xunzi suddenly said, "I believe your answer."
Su Xing was unexpected, and King Yingji of Qin, Li Si and others were stunned.
Xunzi said solemnly, "When you answered the question, you didn't think about it at all, you just said the answer directly."
"Like, you already knew the answer to this?"
"Even ordinary people would think before telling a lie, but you..."
After these words were spoken, King Qin Yingji and the others were stunned. They immediately thought about it carefully and made an incredible discovery. It seemed to be really the case?
As soon as Xunzi asked the question, he directly gave the answer without even thinking about it?
It was as if he already knew the answer to this question?
But how did he know that the world is round? !
(End of this chapter)