As for why this person gets old, sick and dies...
Wang Zhi thought for a moment and then said: "My new theory is that this 'life' is endless if there is no external interference. You, me and everyone are formed from the combination of a seed in our parents' bodies. We They are all continuations of our parents’ lives, the only difference is that a new soul is born in our bodies, giving us our own thoughts and memories.”
"So this 'death' means that the fire of our own souls is extinguished, the memory dissipates, and the body decays, but our lives continue in our descendants."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this unique words about 'life and death', and they all savored it carefully without being disturbed.
Wang Zhi's voice continued to ring in front of everyone's ears, "As for this 'old', my new theory believes that everything in the world has its own laws of growth and aging. Our body is composed of countless various tiny particles. They also grow and age. When they grow, we grow, and when they age, we will age accordingly.”
"The difference in the speed of individual aging lies in each person's living environment, eating habits, exercise, sleep, mood and other factors, and these factors will also be involved in 'disease'."
"This 'disease' is divided into congenital and acquired. Because we are the continuation of our parents' lives, some diseases that appeared in our parents' ancestors may also be inherited by ourselves. In addition, there is a certain chance of dystocia due to the combination of close relatives. , premature birth, premature death, etc., even if the child is born successfully, there is a high probability that the child will have certain congenital diseases..."
As mentioned before, everyone was still listening carefully, and no one made a sound to disturb them. Until when it was mentioned that incestuous unions would lead to difficult labor, premature birth, and the birth of children with congenital diseases, the students could no longer remain calm because many of them had thought of it. in your own home and those around you.
The ancients valued bloodline, especially since most of the students of Taixue came from wealthy families. They often thought that the reason why their family was rich was because they were born with noble bloodline, while those who were poor had low bloodline, so they wanted to To maintain their own bloodline and not be dragged down, they would choose to marry close relatives and marry their cousins.
Now, after hearing these remarks and talking to each other, they were all shocked to discover that the well-known congenital diseases in children really mostly occur in families with close relatives. After getting this answer, all the students' hairs stood up and their skin crawled. Everyone was getting excited, and some people suddenly looked anxious, as if they had something urgent to do, but couldn't bear to leave, and they were so anxious that they stamped their feet.
Someone who had nothing to do with him asked Wang Zhi what he was going to say, and he continued: "Except for bad living habits, most of these acquired diseases are introduced through the mouth. The food we eat, the wine we drink, and the air we breathe, If it is not clean, hygienic, healthy and reasonable, it will cause diseases.”
At this time, someone in the audience raised their hands to ask a question, just like a student asking a teacher when going to fast, "Excuse me, Brother Wang, you said that eating and drinking water can bring diseases. We all have a general understanding, but why does breathing the air also cause disease?" If you can bring diseases, won’t that person die if he doesn’t breathe air?”
Everyone echoed his words and raised questions, but what they never paid attention to was that at this moment, their mentality had quietly changed. No one regarded Wang Zhi as an ordinary lay student anymore, and they did not consciously use words in their words. On the honorific.
Wang Zhi replied with a smile, "People and air are like fish and water. It is inevitable, but the air is not entirely good. Do you know why every household burns coal for heating this winter, and some people are poisoned for no apparent reason? Death? And what about the fact that the plague spreads quickly as soon as it appears, and some people will be infected even though they have not been in contact with it? "
"Is it caused by the air?"
Some people were shocked and exclaimed.
"Yes!"
Wang Zhi nodded and said: "The gas produced by burning coal is toxic, so when we use it for heating in winter, we should be careful not to use it in a small and closed room. Ventilation is required, and the doors and windows should not be closed. The plague also spreads through the air. spread, so when the plague is prevalent, we should all cover our mouths and noses with fine cloth to filter out a lot of... unclean air."
At this time, Wang Zhi wanted to say something like a virus, but he was afraid that they wouldn't understand, so he could only say "dirty" instead.
As for other toxic gases, it was still the era of agricultural handicrafts and was not common at this time. In addition, there is also the theory of air oxidation. Wang Zhi’s later memories are not clear about it, so naturally he will not talk much at this time.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, but no one said anything. They all seemed to be digesting this unusual but extremely reasonable knowledge.
"Tell me where this person came from and where he is going..."
Wang Zhi paused for a while as he spoke, as if to give everyone time to relax, but in fact he didn't know how to explain this problem. He searched in his mind for a moment before slowly speaking: "Does any classmate know that this moth is Where did it come from?”
"Me! I know!!"
A student in the audience raised his hand and shouted, and Wang Zhi stretched out his hand to signal him to continue.
The student cleared his throat and said a little arrogantly: "My family has been mulberry for generations, raising silkworms and weaving for a living. I have observed that the silkworms will form cocoons when they grow up, and after breaking out of the cocoons, they will turn into moths."
Some students who are not clear-minded can't help but be surprised when they hear this. Sure enough, many things must be seen with one's own eyes. How can one know this without seeing it with one's own eyes?
Wang Zhi nodded in approval and continued: "What this classmate said is very true. This moth evolved from silkworms. No one knows how many years the world we live in has gone through, but we humans can't remember it so far. It is only a mere three thousand years old, and there is no way to know what happened three thousand years ago, but this person will not make things out of thin air."
"Just like the silkworm emerging from the cocoon, I believe that our human race has also evolved from other forms after hundreds of millions of years of precipitation. It may be swimming in the water or burrowing in the soil. Flying in the sky, slowly... In order to gradually adapt to this world, we evolved into what we are now, and this is how our human race can stand on the top of this world."
"The evolution of life has no end, and our descendants will be different from us. As for where people will go, I think that if our human race can still survive in this world after hundreds of millions of years, it will definitely not be like this."
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There was silence as soon as this statement was made. Although they had experienced many shocks today, none of them were as shocked as this time. This is the knowledge of the birth of human beings. Before this, everyone had recognized the legendary Nuwa's words about creating humans. , or the Taoist theory that yang energy transforms into a man, and yin energy transforms into a female. Some people also agree with the Buddhist theory that people come from the light and sound heaven, but none of them is as practical as Xinxue. It seems that it can be seen with the naked eye. Generally speaking, it seems that everyone is participating in it and embarking on the journey of continuous human evolution.
Yes, they agree with this statement from the bottom of their hearts. At their age, most of them think that they are smarter than their parents, and they also think that their children will be better than themselves. If this goes on, isn't it evolution...
Gradually...some people fell to the ground and bowed to Wang Zhi as disciples. Wang Zhi quickly got up and stepped down, helping them up one by one. However, more and more people prostrated themselves, and Wang Zhi was too busy, so he said: "Dear classmates It doesn't have to be like this. As Confucius said, "Three people walking together must have my teacher." What I said today is just what I think. Some of them have not been proven by practice. There are also many truths that I have not understood. I still need to learn from you classmates. If you students agree with what I have said today, you can work with me to perfect the new learning, so that everyone in this world can study wisely, and make our human race more prosperous."
"For my sake as a human race, I dare not do this."
"You should die for your new learning."
"I am willing to follow Master Wang to the death..."
All the students responded one after another. No matter what everyone had thought before today, after hearing what the sun and moon in the universe said, what birth, old age, sickness and death said, and what the evolution of the human race said, everyone present seemed to have their heavenly spirit lid opened and entered another world that had never been known before. The broader world that I have seen, and the trivial thoughts I have, have all been washed away.
"Hahahaha...good!"
Wang Zhi laughed heartily and said: "I want to revise the 'dictionary' first, re-formulate and simplify Chinese characters, annotate each Chinese character with pronunciation notes, cut off the threshold of reading, and break open the prison cage. Let the world With the same pronunciation and the same word, everyone in the world, regardless of age or sex, no matter where they live or what profession they are engaged in, can read and write, and everyone can make progress in reading!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately fell in love with him, and even Chen and Yi felt a little weak in the knees.
Can this 'dictionary' be compiled by humans? If it can be compiled by manpower, why have not many great Confucians in the past dynasties compiled it? Since ancient times, there is only one "Shuowen Jiezi" from the Han Dynasty that can barely be regarded as a dictionary, but the fonts, pronunciations and even meanings are mostly different from today's, and the categories are divided. It is too vague and lacks flexibility in understanding, understanding and memory of many characters. There is no explanation of the relationship between pronunciation, meaning and language. It lacks a systematic understanding of characters and cannot be actually used in teaching to solve puzzles. Until now, Nowadays, it has only reference significance and has little practical value.
And in this dynasty, the same Chinese character has different pronunciations and different meanings in different places, and they are all passed down orally by the scholars. That is why the status of scholars is so high, because only they have mastered the knowledge, the highest level in the world. thing.
But even "Shuowen Jiezi", a great work by predecessors, dare not call it the word 'Dian'. You must know that this word 'Dian' cannot be used in any book. It must be the only standard book from ancient times to the present. , can it be called a 'canon'.
The only dictionary in Chinese history that can be called a 'dictionary' was the Kangxi Dictionary, which was compiled by great scholars from all walks of life during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and took six years to compile.
Do you want to compile a dictionary every time you open and close your mouth? How do you sum it up? How to pinyin? How to annotate?
Just thinking about it makes my head tingle.
If this new learning can be carried forward and educate people's hearts, it will establish virtue.
If this 'dictionary' was really compiled by him, it would be Li Yan.
If this enables everyone in the world to read and understand reason, then it is a meritorious service.
These three things of establishing virtue, establishing words, and performing meritorious deeds are immortal!
Some people were suddenly shocked, the Wang family's child was going to become a saint!
