In the summer of the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province suddenly became a gathering place for great scholars!
right! It’s a great Confucian! He is the kind of great Confucian who may not emerge even in decades, the kind of great Confucian who can be compared with Er Cheng, Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan of the Song Dynasty, and Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty. A great Confucian of this level is no longer a Confucian who has great moral articles, but a Confucian who has made great contributions to the development, progress or survival of Confucianism!
There were not many such great Confucians in the original history, and most of them were controversial Confucians...
But in the timeline of Zhu Youjian's rebirth, the era of Confucianism's great rise came as the magic box of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" was opened again.
The significance of this event is comparable to a Renaissance and Enlightenment movement in Eastern Confucian civilization. What was revived was Confucianism, the enlightened wisdom of the people. After the great rise of Confucianism, the people's wisdom will be greatly broadened... But Zhu Youjian never thought about imprisoning the people's wisdom, so when he summoned famous Confucians to discuss Taoism and Confucius, he sent the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" The bookstores in Beijing and Nanjing let them start engraving and printing!
Once the results of Confucius's discussion on Taoism have established the authenticity of "Confucius' Posthumous Chapter", no one will be able to prevent the publication of "Confucius' Theory of Things".
Because all Confucian disciples must study "Confucius on the Investigation of Things"... "Confucius on the Investigation of Things" and the Four Books and Five Classics are not opposites, but belong to the same family of knowledge, so go to "Confucius on the Investigation of Things" It is the experience and method Confucius asked in his later years. It is the crystallization of Confucius’s wisdom throughout his life. Its value is far higher than the Four Books and Five Classics!
Moreover, it is easy to get good grades when studying "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian"!
After eating the Four Books and Five Classics for more than a thousand years, they have all rotted into dregs. What flavor do they still have? Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was nothing more than a way to be cautious and independent - to be a gentleman even when you are alone, or to cultivate your moral character and become a saint.
Historically, Liu Zongzhou faced the turmoil of the Ming Dynasty, but the prescription he prescribed was still to cure the heart. He asked Zhu Youjian to "understand the sacred learning to cure the root cause", "to cultivate the sacred learning to cure the essentials", and "to worship the sacred learning to cure the needs". , also firmly opposed the manufacture of firearms, and wanted to drive Tang Ruowang away, saying, "If you rely on weapons instead of waiting for others today, the country's prestige will be weakened."
In short, just cultivate your mind and become a saint.
The "Zi Lun Investigation of Things" is different. It teaches people how to investigate things and gain knowledge! For Confucianism, it is a new world that we have wanted to enter for more than a thousand years but did not know where the door was.
Now that there is a door, you can go in and pick fruits. It is too easy to get results. If you get results, you will be a great scholar!
At that time, great Confucians will emerge in batches, be cautious and so on... Just go aside and be a gentleman, and don't hinder others from becoming great Confucians.
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Qufu, Konglin.
The discussion of Tao has begun, but no one is here shouting about their Tao!
Because this discussion on Taoism was not about everyone sitting down and arguing, but printing the "Posthumous Works of Confucius" to the famous Confucian scholars who came to discuss Taoism, so that they could express their opinions after reading it.
Zhu Youjian and Kong Zhenyuan did not need to refute at all, nor did they need to refute.
Because all famous Confucians are human beings with high IQs and are capable of learning. The Four Books and Five Classics are all full of flowers, let alone the "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian"?
If you have the time to talk nonsense, why not quickly make a fuss out of one or two of them? When Zhu Cihong wrote "Zi Lun Ge Wu Chapter", he did not conduct an in-depth and simple analysis of the great principles in it, but only gave a brief introduction. Rationality, materialism, dialectics, experience, empirical evidence, falsification, deduction, induction, statistics, probability... Just pick one out and analyze it, and you can write one masterpiece after another. Great Confucian The position is within reach!
How could such a "magic work" that can turn famous Confucian scholars into great Confucian scholars not be "The Posthumous Works of Confucius"?
Anyone who denies "The Legacy of Confucius" or even advocates the destruction of "The Legacy of Confucius" is blocking the way for others to become great Confucians!
When you become a great Confucian, you will be famous in history, you will be admired by the world, you will be able to have high officials and generous salaries... It is a great thing to gain both fame and fortune.
Therefore, after getting the "Famous Confucian Confucianism" in "The Posthumous Chapters of Confucius", most of them went back to write articles to "criticize the great Confucian scholars".
The newly printed "Confucius' Legacy", still exuding the fragrance of ink, was personally handed over by Kong Zhenyuan, who was in charge of Confucius, to the hands of Liu Zongzhou and his students Huang Zongxi, Chen Que, Zhang Luxiang, Chen Hongshou and others.
In Kong Zhenyuan's opinion, the two great Confucian scholars Liu Zongzhou and Huang Daozhou who might question the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" are the two.
Huang Zongxi may also be able to raise some doubts, but others are so quiet that it is not a cause for concern. And Liu Zongzhou was more capable of causing trouble than Huang Daozhou. Because Huang Daozhou is a master of Neo-Confucianism... Neo-Confucianism is always about studying things to gain knowledge and understand the principles!
Therefore, it is difficult for famous Neo-Confucian scholars to reject "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" because "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" can help them clarify the principles - the foundation of Neo-Confucianism is the laws of heaven, and through the investigation of things, one can gain insight into the laws of heaven. Therefore, since the rise of Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty, the biggest destiny has been the inability to study things.
It is precisely because of not being able to study things that the path of Neo-Confucianism cannot continue, and the study of mind will gradually flourish.
The study of the mind does not require studying things to achieve knowledge, because the study of the mind is too idealistic. The study of mind has developed to Liu Zongzhou's generation, and has reached the point where "the one who is alone is the foundation of all things, and the one who is careful about being alone is the beginning of things", and has turned "heart" into the origin.
If "Confucius' Posthumous Chapter" is confirmed, then the study of mind will come to an end!
Because "Confucius' Posthumous Chapter" discusses the investigation of objects, and it examines natural objects, not the objects in the heart. This shows that Confucius wanted to study things to gain knowledge!
"Mr. Jishan," Kong Zhenyuan sighed softly, "It's a pity that Mr. Yangming didn't read the last chapter of the most holy teacher, otherwise his achievements would be more than just a conscience!
However, our generation of Confucian scholars came to the world at the right time. The Great Dao was born and the great Confucians were at our fingertips... Eternal fame only lasts for a day or night! "
Liu Zongzhou did not answer Kong Zhenyuan's words, but looked at the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" in his hand word by word. To be honest, this "Posthumous Chapter" does not look like it was left by Confucius! Although the terms are all imitated by Confucius, the writing is too "Ming Dynasty"... Scholars of the Ming Dynasty could easily read and understand the content, and there was little ambiguity.
"Mr. Jishan," Kong Zhenyuan seemed to understand Liu Zongzhou's thoughts, "this "Confucius' Legacy" is not the original version, it is compiled by later generations... I got it from Lord Long Live, and it was written on Korean paper. The "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" is not the original bamboo slips. But the Tao in it is all true! If the Tao is true, how can the book be fake?
With Mr. Jishan's talent, he could go back and study "Confucius' Posthumous Chapters" for several years, and then the knowledge he produced could really be passed down to the world... This is much better than leaving a few sentences.
During this period, officials in the DPRK who wanted to become scholars resigned and returned home. Qian Muzhai resigned from Long Live Lord yesterday! "
Huang Zongxi, who got up after Liu Zongyi, snorted: "He resigned in order to better serve as an official!"
Kong Zhenyuan nodded: "Although his heart is not sincere, his knowledge can make him...famous in history, glory and wealth, you can have both! Taichong, don't you think so? The year after tomorrow is the year of the competition, don't you just Can't you become a great scholar first and then go for the imperial examination?"
Qian Qianyi likes to be an official, but he also knows the trade-offs. Become a great scholar first, and then enter the official career. It will be easy to get into the cabinet and become the prime minister.
So after reading "Zi Lun Ge Wu", Qian Qianyi immediately resigned and went home to study knowledge... And there were many officials like him! If you don't want any official position and go back to academics, how can this "Confucius' Legacy" be fake?
Liu Zongzhou looked back at the student, "Taichong, do you want to be a great scholar?"
Huang Zongxi actually ignored his mentor and was reading a book intently!
He is completely obsessed with it, and it seems that it won't be long before he becomes a great scholar!
Liu Zongzhou sighed: "I wonder how Long Live Master plans to deal with Yan Shenggong?"
"Shenggong Yan... already knows that he is wrong!" Kong Zhenyuan said with a smile, "If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good... And Long Live Lord is also the Great Khan of Mongolia now, so he will not embarrass the Holy Duke of Mongolia. .”
