Chapter 46 Chengyuan Returned to Mount Taihang
Word Number：319
Author：闲穿径竹
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Release Time：2025-06-26
A flicker of doubt crossed Liu Chengyuan’s mind. Withdrawing his palm, he regarded the young man before him and said, “Sir, it seems we are well matched in skill—neither of us would gain the upper hand even after a thousand exchanges. Your abilities are formidable, yet we are strangers, unburdened by grievance or vendetta. Are we not all brethren beneath the same sky? Why not set aside our arms and call each other friends? Might I ask which school you hail from, and by what name you are known?” The young man let out a derisive huff. “There is no common ground between us”, he replied coldly. “Had Dong Zhongshu not cast aside a hundred schools in favour of Confucian orthodoxy, would my Mohist lineage have fallen into such ruin?” Liu Chengyuan, filled with admiration, asked, “So, you are a disciple of the Mohist school? No wonder your martial prowess is so formidable at such a young age! May I ask if your master is none other than the esteemed Mo Zhu, the great leader of the Mohists?” The young man gave a disdainful snort, his voice cold as steel. “Indeed. My master has often said that Confucian doctrine possesses four fatal flaws, each sufficient to bring ruin upon the world. Confucians claim that Heaven lacks clarity and spirits lack divinity—this alone spells calamity. They advocate extravagant burials and prolonged mourning, lavishing wealth upon coffins and funeral robes, treating death as though it were mere relocation—this, too, leads to ruin. They indulge in music and revelry, forever lost in song and dance—another path to destruction. And worst of all, they insist that fate is fixed, that wealth and poverty, longevity and early death, order and chaos, prosperity and peril are all predetermined, beyond human influence. Should rulers follow such beliefs, they will refuse to govern. Should the common folk accept them, they will cease
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