Liu Zheng looked at Qingyang Shuo's wonderful expression and couldn't help laughing: "Sir, what do you think?"
"This, this, this..."
The shock in Qingyang Shuo's heart at this moment was absolutely beyond compare.
That's right!
He has always believed that his young master is a great talent, and he is definitely a great talent! Just by looking at the Silver Beach City and Industrial Corridor plans he created, we can see how big the scale of Liu Zheng, who is only 22 years old this year, is.
He also knew that Liu Zheng was extremely talented and rare in the world.
but……
He really never thought that a person could have the ability to establish a sect at the age of twenty-two!
That's right.
The books he was holding in his trembling hands were enough to establish a sect!
This is a school of thought!
A real school of thought, he had also heard of, Liu Zheng launched a new literature movement at Wangbei Academy. However, that was nothing compared to the mind science that suddenly appeared in front of me.
Study by heart!
A brand new Confucianism!
A university school that combines Confucianism and the freedom, democracy and equality advocated by the young master!
Qingyang Shuo was speechless at this time.
Liu Zheng laughed loudly: "Sir, how about editing it together?"
Qingyang Shuo couldn't help but laugh at himself: "Young Master, I, I, I..."
He, Qingyang Shuo, could be regarded as a genius or a great talent in his life, but he had never thought of daring to reform the Confucian Way. First, it is still a matter of concept. Ancient classics, simply put, is to study according to the classics. The classics are legal. Who dares to tamper with them privately? Second, it is still a matter of its own structure. Third, historical issues.
Historical issues are easy to understand.
The changes in Confucian thought in the past dynasties were all to better serve the royal family. This is the case with Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. Zhu Xi of the Longyan Dynasty, like Zhu Xi of later generations, is called a "master of all things". Why is he said so?
Confucianism advocates classics, but compared with Western Bibles, Confucian classics lack records from the creation of the world to human civilization, and lack such things as oracles and divine revelations. Not enough sanctity.
so.
In order to fill this gap, Confucians need to prove that their current way of Confucius and Mencius is the only correct one in ancient and modern times. It is absolutely correct and unchangeable from the birth of the world to eternity. The specific thing is to demonstrate that the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is combined with the laws of nature. At this point, Confucianism introduced the worldview of Taoism and Yin-Yangists. They used Yin-Yang and the Five Elements to explain the existing natural characteristics, and used Tao to generate unity and chaos to explain the creation of the world. As a result, a creation theory and cosmology that served Confucius and Mencius gradually formed.
Zhu Xi is one of the leaders.
Zhu Xi may not have created a single theory. His job was to blend these theories together.
He developed the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, as well as the theories of Er Cheng, into something of his own.
Therefore, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism not only filled the gap in Confucian creationism and cosmology, but also further elevated the status of saints and classics.
The saint is the perfect body of morality, and the classics of the saint are the most perfect embodiment of morality.
In the history of the Longyan Dynasty, there were Er Cheng and Zhu Xi.
so.
Why is the emperor of the Longyan Dynasty called "Holy Lord" instead of His Majesty or something.
This is one of the reasons.
The saint is already a perfect body, and the emperor is the master above the saint.
This is the innate imperial power.
There is no doubt about the comprehensiveness and sanctity of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. Especially in terms of their creation theory and cosmology, they are very perfect. This thing is simply too important for rulers.
Therefore, Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming in later generations were actually inferior to Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism in terms of cosmology. Many of Wang Yangming's disciples often delved into Buddhism, because the theory of mind without external objects that Wang Yangming tended to explain in Buddhism was far more profound than Wang Yangming's.
This is the biggest problem Liu Zheng currently encounters.
If you want to challenge the traditional Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it is not something that can be solved by just coming up with a mental theory.
He has to perfect.
Fortunately, the current development of the Longyan Dynasty actually has a more suitable soil for the study of mind.
but……
Creationism, cosmology!
His theory of creation is naturally based on animal evolution, but if you say it at this time, it would be strange if you don't get soaked in a pig cage... As for the view of the universe, he understands it very well, but the people of the Longyan Dynasty are still in the pattern of the sky and the earth. Among them, what do you say?
Liu Zheng has been thinking about it for three days.
It is true that Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind is advanced and profound. But it is always idealism.
Liu Zheng, a materialist from later generations, wanted to integrate what he had learned with the philosophy of mind, but he found it difficult.
He told Qingyang Shuo about his confusion.
Qingyang Shuo also fell into deep thought.
Challenge the classics!
This sounds really exciting!
Even Qingyang Shuo was a little on pins and needles at this time.
But he was soon attracted by Liu Zheng's manuscripts one by one.
"The heart is the principle. Are there any things or principles outside the heart in the world?"
"The energy of heaven and earth never stops. However, there is a master, so there is no first, no last, no rush, no slowness. Although the changes are ever-changing, the master is always..."
"As long as you get rid of human desires and preserve the natural principles, it will be a skill. When you are quiet, think about getting rid of human desires and preserve the natural principles. When you are active, think about getting rid of the human desires and preserving the natural principles. It doesn't matter whether it is peaceful or not."
Every sentence gave Qingyang Shuo great shock.
However, he was someone who knew Liu Zheng well, and he knew that this young man with great talents and great plans would not bow to Confucianism easily. He chuckled: "Young master has always admired the theory of studying things, how can you teach people to get rid of human desires?"
Liu Zheng laughed at himself: "This is what worries Zheng!"
On the one hand, there is no doubt that he highly admires the study of mind. But on the other hand, he still believes that Xinxue still has some shortcomings.
Wang Yangming believed in the absence of good and evil, the elimination of desires, and the preservation of natural principles. He advocates a pure mind, reducing human desires and gaining lightness.
Logically, of course there is no problem.
But in theory, Liu Zheng disagreed.
He has always believed that desire is the instinct of any animal, and desire is the driving force for social development.
How can we integrate them?
Qingyang Shuo pondered for a moment, his eyes sparkled with wisdom, and he laughed and said: "Since it is Confucian Neo-Confucianism, what if you think that desire is regarded as reason?"
"What?"
Liu Zheng was shocked when he heard this.
Then he was overjoyed.
Accept desire as reason! Consider people's physiological needs and material desires as part of "natural principles".
Isn’t this the Taizhou School and Wang Gen’s thoughts?
Got it!
