When it comes to arguing with Confucianism, people will think of Zhuge Liang's brilliant debate in Dongwu on the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs in 28 AD. In the 43rd chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang went across the river alone with Lu Su and lobbied Dongwu ministers. When Liu Bei was defeated, he retreated to Xiakou, Cao Cao's army was under siege, and the wind of Soochow's upper and lower masters was growing. In this situation, Zhuge Liang, with his superhuman courage and superb language skills, started a verbal battle with Dongwu Qunru, and with his eloquence, all his opponents were defeated, and finally persuaded Sun Quan, so that the situation of Sun Liu's alliance against Cao Cao was formed.
In fact, as early as 289 years ago, in the sixth year of Emperor Zhaodi of the Western Han Dynasty (81 BC), there was a wonderful story about a group of Confucians who fought over words. Sang Hongyang, the hero of the story, defeated the Confucianists with his three-inch golden tongue and became the first arrogant person in history.
sang Hongyang (152-8 years ago) was the son of the famous rich mulberry family in Luoyang. Sang Jia is the richest man in Luoyang, and Sang Hongyang is a legendary figure. In his youth, he was famous for "calculating by calculation" without chips (at that time, ordinary businessmen used chips made of bamboo to calculate). At the age of thirteen, he served as an assistant and began to serve the emperor beside Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At the age of thirty-three, he and Dong Guo, Xianyang and Kong only "talked about the benefits and analyzed the autumn cents", and their analysis of the economy was very profound, thus gaining the trust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In 115 BC, Kong was only promoted to the rank of Da Nong, and Sang Hongyang succeeded him as Da Nong Cheng, in charge of accounting affairs. In the first year of Yuanfeng (the first 11 years), Sang Hongyang became a captain of Sousu, and at the same time, he was in charge of the national tax finance. In the last years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was appointed as an imperial historian (equivalent to a deputy prime minister), and he was still in charge of finance until he was killed in the first year of Emperor Yuan Feng of the Han Dynasty (the first 8 years).