The Confucian Way to Sagehood
Chapter 2590

Perfect Law

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"Since it is perfect, it must endure forever and resist destruction. It must be able to prevent the Human Race from heading toward destruction. For example, goodness, correctness, or justice will not destroy us. Evil, however, is different. Evil can destroy the Human Race. Therefore, since evil law and bandit law possess destructive potential, they should be corrected."

"At the same time, we should also understand that misguided goodness is necessarily wrong, and can also lead people toward destruction. Take a very simple example: is it good not to slaughter cattle and sheep? Yes. But is it also good not to kill Demon Barbarians? It seems good. Then what are the consequences? More members of the Human Race are killed. So, viewed from a broader perspective, refusing to kill Demon Barbarians is actually doing evil. It amounts to indirectly killing our own people. That kind of goodness is misguided goodness, and should not be encouraged."

"Perfect law must not only passively refrain from evil, but also actively prevent evil and even eliminate it. Otherwise, it is not perfect enough."

"All right, that concludes my talk today. Now, let us invite the other Great Scholars of the Legalist School to speak."

As Fang Yun spoke, he returned to his seat.

But the Legalist School's Great Scholars on the platform nearly rolled their eyes.

Had Fang Yun merely discussed ordinary matters, or even stopped before throwing out perfect law, these Great Scholars could all have delivered the speeches they had already prepared in their heads, discussing either their latest research or their unique insights.

But now, whose achievements surpassed the constitution combined with perfect law? Whose insights were more unique than perfect law and Principle?

Most importantly, Fang Yun had already explained moral standards, evil law, bandit law, and perfect law quite

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