Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?

Yet the two Siyes of the Guozi Bureau were disputing their points.

At this moment, Siye Tong who was on the rostrum, happened to say: "Mr. Ikawa once had a newly widowed niece, her father helped her to remarry, Mr. Ikawa personally wrote her character reference for her cousin, and widely publicized this matter, praising his cousin’s actions.

Master Yu also praised ’taking a niece to return her to marriage’ and said ’a woman should follow one and the end does not have to be rigid’ and ’While remarriage after husband’s death is indeed unchaste, there are also unavoidable circumstances, that the Saints cannot prohibit.’ It can be seen that the statement ’starving to death is a small matter, losing chastity is a large matter’, is actually taking the meaning out of context."

"Sophistry!" A scholar named Fang Ming sneered: "These are the words of Master Yu recorded in the Records of Ideal Ethics and Chen’s Legacy. You two are gutsy enough to distort the teachings of Master Yu and Mr. Ikawa?"

Another Siye with the last name Lin frowned slightly: "You need to consider the context. What Mr. Ikawa was speaking about was the integrity and conduct of us literati, how can it be related to women?"

"You two are still making unfounded arguments."

Another scholar named Kong Xiu said with a cold face: "Master Yu once wrote in a letter to persuade Chen Shizhong not to remarry his sister, saying ’Mr. Ikawa once debated this matter and said that starving to death is a small matter, losing chastity is a large matter. It may seem absurd in the eyes of the world, but from the perspective of gentlemen who understand the classics and principles, they should know that it cannot be changed easily’."

Siye Tong immediately sneered in response: "This was driven by Master Yu’s personal desires, not by heavenly principles. The deceased husband of Chen Shizhong’s sister, Chen, was a close friend of Master Yu. The original intention of his letter was to worry about his friend’s family being unattended, and he was unwilling for Chen to remarry. What? Is it virtuous for Mr. Ikawa’s niece to remarry? And is it unchaste for Chen Shizhong’s sister to remarry? There’s no such reason.

We respect Master Yu’s scholarship, inherit his teachings, and strive to promote and improve his teachings. Or should we also inherit the shortcomings in his character and doctrine?"

Li Xuan thought to himself that this person made a lot of sense, Master Yu’s behavior was simply hypocritical.

Just as he was enjoying the debate, he heard Quan Dingtian said: "There is no need to argue about this matter. Master Yu himself has also expressed his views on this matter. He believes that in terms of integrity and moral conduct, widows should not remarry, but in terms of human relations, it’s not feasible."