What needs to be made clear is that the Ancient Literature School and the Modern Literature School were not two distinct political groups in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but they were a broad concept.
The two parties have clear conflicts of interest, but the conflicts are not so intense that they are irreconcilable.
At least at the current point in time, the conflict between ancient classics and modern classics is not as clear-cut as the conflict in the late Western Han Dynasty. The dispute between the two sides has not evolved to the level of a modern political party, and it is not a clear coalition of political interests.
Neither side has a clear and recognized official leader, nor a unified program of action, nor a clear organizational hierarchy and promotion path. It is just a mess.
This has a certain relationship with the integration of ancient classics and modern classics since the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Moreover, even modern political parties are not absolutely hostile. They are full of small followers. It is common for members of various factions to repeatedly fight for their own interests.
Therefore, there is also a personal relationship between Lu Zhi and Yang Biao, a famous scholar from the Hongnong Yang family, a famous modern literary school.
This is not surprising.
For Liu Bei, this is very convenient.
These people are either from high-ranking families in the modern literature school, with Confucian classics passed down in their families, and have a very high status, or they are from the ancient literature school, with famous teachers, knowledgeable in the Five Classics, without family classics, but relying on the aura of academic supremacy. Famous throughout the world.
It can be said that everyone is a big shot in the world.
In the eyes of these people, it would be no big deal if Liu Bei did not have the status of a disciple of Lu Zhi.
But as a disciple of Lu Zhi, an official of Shangshutai, and as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, it was different.
If Liu Bei is diligent in his studies, diligent in asking questions, and has no problems in his life, then there is no doubt that his achievements will not be lower than those of his family member Liu Biao, who is now one of the eight heroes who are famous all over the world.
Once he becomes famous and is sought after by others, his status as a clan member of the Han Dynasty will give Liu Bei a huge bonus, and even the current royal family may favor Liu Bei and give him special treatment.
Therefore, these people did not look down upon Liu Bei, who was born as a commoner in the border area, and still treated him with a certain degree of courtesy. Even Yang Biao, who was born in the Wenyue family, did the same.
Of course, it mainly depends on whether Liu Bei himself has the ability.
He does not come from a wealthy family and has no one to help him praise him. If he wants to be praised and someone can help him become famous, he must show his true talents and learn.
Liu Bei was extremely lucky. He was recognized by Lu Zhi and became his true disciple and heir. He led him to carry out political and social activities, which made many people envious.
Liu Bei himself thought so too.
Lu Zhi's recognition and encouragement took him all the way up, opening up a path across classes for him, allowing him to surpass the peak achievements he could achieve based on his own abilities, break through the ceiling of powerful landlords, and become a scholar.
And through political marriage, he successfully entered the ruling class.
Otherwise, with his own ability, no matter how he builds it, he will have to wait for a chance coincidence after the Yellow Turban Rebellion to have a chance to cross the class.
Lu Zhi's support allowed him to get this opportunity before.
As a scholar, if you want to make a name for yourself, the best way to make a name for yourself is to carry forward what you have learned and use your knowledge to refute your opponents at scripture debate gatherings held by scholars. This way you can gradually make a name for yourself. .
The better you are at debating scriptures and the more famous you are, the more opportunities you will have.
The main subjects Liu Bei studied with Lu Zhi were "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" and "Guwen Shangshu".
And because he learned very quickly, he not only learned "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu", but also the "Gong Yang Chun Qiu" which was his rival.
As for Shangshu, Lu Zhi himself mainly studied "Guwen Shangshu". Later, he also learned from the best of others and studied modern Shangshu. Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi and learned several Shangshu with different annotations.
Then Lu Zhi also did some research on "Zhou Guan Li" and taught it to Liu Bei, increasing Liu Bei's knowledge reserve.
This is quite an excellent elite education for Liu Bei. Many things were compiled and taught to Liu Bei by Lu Zhi. Liu Bei saved a lot of time searching for annotations and differences and directly learned the most essential parts.
For this, Liu Bei was very grateful to Lu Zhi.
Of course, success does not mean that you have learned the Jinwen Sutra. For experienced ancient classics teachers, it is not difficult to learn the Jinwen Sutra. The difficulty lies in "official certification".
Nowadays, private learning is prevalent, and many Füyue families control the "official recognition and promulgation power" of the Five Classics and Fourteenth Family Law. Even if you learn the Jinwen Jing, without the corresponding "official recognition" of the Füyue family, it is equivalent to learning it. I did not learn.
For example, Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi and learned "Ouyang Shangshu", one of the fourteen schools of Jinwen Jing. However, he did not have the public recognition of the Hongnong Yang family, which holds the official inheritance rights of "Ouyang Shangshu", and did not have the most basic identity of a disciple of the Yang family. , which means that you have not learned anything and have no official value.
In short, Liu Bei could not obtain the qualifications to be an official through self-study of Jin Wen Jing, which to a considerable extent guaranteed the interests of the Yang family as a private "official certification agency".
This is Hongnong Yang’s core competitiveness.
Lu Zhi was not surprised by Liu Bei's speed in learning.
During the teaching process in Luoyang City during the counter-insurgency war, Lu Zhi found that Liu Bei had a very strong understanding of these scriptures and a strong memory. He was very serious and hard-working when studying and never deserted, so he was very satisfied with him. , sparing no effort to teach Liu Bei what he learned.
Liu Bei also learned something real.
Liu Bei also had his own way of building a reputation among scholars.
In the beginning, there were no other forms of gatherings among scholars except drinking, dancing and listening to music. Over time, some people found it monotonous and began to discuss academic matters, which then evolved into academic debates.
Scholars with different positions often debated using the methods they learned and the methods learned by others. At the debate gatherings among scholars, whenever the Spring and Autumn Period monks' books were involved, he or Liu would definitely participate.
Once Liu Bei attended, few of the disciples of the famous scholars and scholars present could compete with him.
It has to be said that Mr. Liu is not only strong in his skills, but also very strong in his words.
In his early days as a street fighter, he not only had to be good at fighting, but also needed to do things like negotiating with opponents, dealing with officials, and encouraging the morale of his subordinates.
So he is very good at using language to achieve his goals.
And when this strength was integrated with academics, Liu Bei's advantages were fully revealed.
At the debate gathering in Luoyang City, Liu Bei's longest winning streak was twenty-four times.
Twenty-four debates without a loss.
It wasn't until the twenty-fifth debate between the ancient Shangshu and the modern Shangshu "Ouyang Shangshu" that Liu Bei stood in the perspective of the ancient Shangshu and ended in a draw with the supporters of "Ouyang Shangshu" Winning streak.
The day Liu Bei's winning streak ended, the entire Luoyang scholar circle was shocked.
Despite this, while the other party became famous, Liu Bei did not lose the debate and became more famous.
In the circle of Luoyang scholars, everyone knows and knows the name of Liu Xuande, a master of classics debate.
