The so-called people from the east, west, north and south are naturally Gu Hongming. He traveled all over the East, West, South, and North Oceans, so he called himself this.
Li Yu really couldn't imagine why this old gentleman came to join in the fun. It was probably Yan Fu who resigned, and Mr. Gu, who was also at the Capital University, also knew the news. After all, the fact that Yan Shenggong wanted to see Li Yu caused a stir in the capital.
Gu Hongming is an absolute supporter of Confucianism and will support Confucius no matter what. Gu Hongming had never defeated Li Yu in debate before. This time he brought two helpers, one was Zhao Yuanli, one of the four major calligraphers in Jinmen, and the other was Yao Yongpu, the last representative of the Tongcheng School in the late Qing Dynasty.
These two people are naturally firm supporters of the old school. Li Yu felt a headache. It felt too bad that it was difficult to explain the right things to others.
Gu Hongming is naturally very famous. His situation is a bit similar to Li Yu's. Both of them first became famous in foreign circles.
It’s just that one is a scientific route and the other is a Chinese studies route. Gu Hongming and others first went to pay homage to Confucius, and then said to Duke Yan Sheng: "I heard that a mouse ran in to the place where the saint's descendants came from." Li Yu said with a smile: "This mouse seems to have traveled to the east, west, north and south." ." Gu Hongming said: "Are you talking about me?"
"I didn't say that," Li Yu said to Kong Lingyi again,
"Yan Shenggong invited a lot of people today." Yan Shenggong said awkwardly: "A child of Confucius is naturally one of my own family." Gu Hongming said proudly: "Of course I am a child of Confucius, and all Chinese scholars are Confucian. Disciple, as for the person in front of me..." Li Yu said: "I also respect the Master. The Master is the teacher of everyone, but there is not only one teacher, but also Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Euler, and Maxwell. Wait, is it a contradiction?" Kong Lingyi had not heard of the next few people, and just asked: "The emperor's master also regarded the master as his master?" Li Yu said: "Of course." The CPUs in the heads of Kong Lingyi and others were about to explode. , what is going on.
Kong Lingyi asked: "Since you take the Master as your teacher, why do you want to promote Western learning and abolish the imperial examination?" Li Yu said: "We have said that there is no contradiction. Isn't it good to go hand in hand and learn more?" Yan Jingyu said: "But if you want to seek The best way in the world must be the ancient doctrines and the words of sages." Li Yu said: "The times are developing. Do the ancient sages know the law of buoyancy, the principle of inertia, the laws of the movement of celestial bodies, and understand Taylor's expansion and open electromagnetism? Do you want to learn from the gate? If you leave all the responsibility for exploring knowledge to the sages and do not think about making progress, you will be inactive." Yao Yongpu of the Tongcheng School said disdainfully: "A clever tongue is like yellow!" Huang is the sound-producing sheet of the instrument.
"Huang?" Li Yu said with a smile,
"I heard that there is a monument to Confucius in the Confucius Temple. It was the well where Confucius drank water. The railing next to it can make a sound when touched. What do you think?" Yao Yongpu also studies music, but he really doesn't understand this principle.
"This is a miracle. Does it need explanation?" Li Yu said: "What you don't understand is a miracle? Then everyone should stop learning. No matter what you don't understand, it is a miracle. In fact, this is just physics. The very simple truth is nothing more than resonance, and everyone who has studied Western learning understands it." Although it seems inappropriate to reveal some natural phenomena that are not miracles in such a holy place, it is still better than keeping people in the dark.
The only historical relic in the Confucius Temple is the well that is said to be where Confucius drank water. However, it has been sealed with an iron mesh. When Li Yu went there before, he looked in and saw that someone had thrown a plastic bag in.
The railing next to the well is the railing that resonates. The tour guide will say that if you encounter a problem that you don't know, just pat the stone. This kind of thing is just for fun.
Kong Lingyi was indeed very dissatisfied: "It's empty talk. What kind of sleep together? Are the two pillars sleeping together on the same bed?" Li Yu had a black line on his head: "It's resonance, vibration. The inherent frequency of an object." After a while, These people definitely couldn't accept the concept of waves, so Li Yu had no choice but to continue: "In science, resonance is a truth that has been proven long ago. You can confirm it by just looking for any Western physics book." Alas, we still have to move out the foreigners, Some annotations in ancient times actually indicate that the ancients have touched the threshold of frequency, but these knowledge are as difficult to accept as Zu Chongzhi's research.
"Serious" scholars take it seriously. No matter how strong Li Yu is, many people will regard Li Yu as a role model, but there are still a large number of people who only believe in foreigners, and no matter how strong the Chinese people are, they will not see it.
Kong Lingyi must not be able to read scientific books and was doubtful: "Is that true?" Yan Fu said, "Indeed, I will not deceive Duke Yan Sheng." Li Yu said, "Master Yan Sheng can learn some Western theories. I have written some related tutorials. As a It's a good introduction." But it was impossible for Kong Lingyi to lower his face and learn something he had always despised.
"Even if it can explain daily life, it cannot explain that the way of Western learning is the way to govern the world." Li Yu said with a smile: "Is there a way to govern the world in Confucianism? What is the avenue to govern the world? Is there anything in Confucianism about how to make a country rich and powerful, how to make the economy take off? How to strengthen the military and how to defeat the foreigners?" Kong Lingyi insisted: "The way to govern the world lies in the art of the emperor and the support of the people. After it is implemented from top to bottom, it will naturally be stronger than the West in the future. This is the power of Confucianism." Li Yu said: "They are all lies. I will say similar things, but can you tell me how to actually operate it? Since ancient times, people have been talking about harming the country. Isn't it true that Yan Shenggong has fallen into a strange circle?" Kong Lingyi was a little confused and looked at Gu Hongming. Gu Hongming had a quick mind and immediately asked: "If Confucianism is incomprehensible, what are your suggestions?" He kicked the ball back.
Li Yu said: "There are many subjects in Western learning. For reform, you can refer to subjects such as politics and law, for business and taxation, you can refer to subjects such as economics, for industry, you can refer to subjects such as physics and chemistry, and for military affairs, there are naturally advanced theories. Almost everything has corresponding subjects, and there are countless. Is there such a thing as Confucianism?" Kong Lingyi insisted: "The way of Confucianism lies in the hearts of the people and the skills of the emperor. Without the support of the people and the rule of the emperor, how can we talk about being strong?" Li Yu said: "In this way, Yan Shenggong means everything. All practices are passive. How to win the hearts of the great powers? By reading some Confucian classics? Do you think it is possible? Once you defeat the great powers, you don’t have to fight for the people’s hearts at all. But how can you win the great powers by relying solely on Confucianism? Memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics at the enemy’s cannon is still Smash each other to death with a book? I advise you to open your eyes and don't blind yourself to Mount Tai." The four major families of Confucius, Mencius, Yanzeng and Zeng in the east and west looked at each other, yes, even after looking through all the scriptures, they could not find a way to defeat the foreigners. method.
Li Yu added: "All the ways to be powerful are written in the books of Western learning, but you turn a blind eye. Master loves learning. I am afraid that if Master himself were alive, he would not be able to stand such a sect." Kong Lingyi pointed at Li Yu: " You!" Li Yu continued: "The "Afang Palace Fu" a thousand years ago said that the one who destroyed the six kingdoms was the six kingdoms, not Qin; the one who owned Qin was Qin, not the world. The current situation does not have only one strong Qin , but there are many powerful Qin, and the situation is more and more dangerous. Shouldn't we learn to strengthen the country? Otherwise, Qin people have no time to mourn for themselves, and future generations will mourn it; Future generations will mourn for future generations. How many times have such painful lessons been written in history? Have you read so many books and still not learned it?" Li Yu found that the ancient Chinese texts he chose for school textbooks were quite good. , are all classics, and they are convenient to use. You don’t have to search for famous quotes in a vast sea of scriptures.
The power of classics is still great, and everyone present felt a little shocked. Kong Lingyi asked: "So, the only way is to learn new learning?" Li Yu didn't want to say too much: "That's true, but you are free to learn or not to learn. In the future, there will be countless students who devote themselves to new learning." This kind of The disdainful attitude is even more devastating.
Kong Lingyi felt a little embarrassed and sighed: "What a shame, the defeat of Confucianism and Taoism is hard to conceal." Li Yu spread his hands and said: "It will not be defeated. I have already said that if the national power can be strong, the status of traditional culture will be greater. High. Status is not achieved through bragging, but through hard work." Li Yuke grew up in the era of cultural invasion.
However, the Kong family has enjoyed a lofty status for more than two thousand years and has been comfortable for too long. Li Yu took out a set of textbooks on various science subjects written by himself: "This is a little bit of my humble work. I hope it can be used." Kong Lingyi looked in front of him.
"Introductory Lecture Notes on Physics",
"Introductory Mathematics Lectures",
The name "Introductory Chemistry Lectures" made me have mixed feelings: "Perhaps, your Majesty will really be a saint in the future." Li Yu smiled and said: "It's just some elementary content." Gu Hongming was obviously still not convinced. Being scolded by Li Yu as a bastard, he had to find his place no matter what.
But on other people's territory, Yan Shenggong himself didn't say anything anymore. He was full of words that he wanted to say and couldn't express them for a while.
He could only say angrily: "One day, you will know that Chinese studies are the most sacred knowledge." Li Yu smiled and said: "I agree, but it is best to learn English well and use our Chinese principles of life to educate the barbarians in the West. ." Gu Hongming was suddenly stunned, this is my word!
Yes, this sentence is what Gu Hongming said, to warn some people who don't want to learn English. Use Zi's spear to attack Zi's shield.
Although Li Yu has not deliberately learned the art of debating, in the Internet age, if you don't exchange a few words with trolls, you have been online!
They are all developed unconsciously and unconsciously. Li Yu looked at the people in the east and west verandas: "Do you have anything else you want to ask?" The four major families of Confucius, Mencius, Yan and Zeng are basically living in Qufu now, especially the Confucius family. There are so-called 20 factions, 60 households, 108 Yes, it's really a big family.
Moreover, the four families share the same generational genealogy, which was called
"Descendants of the Holy Gate". Only the genealogy of their four families is honored as
"Tongtian Family Tree". Seniority did not begin with Confucius. This seniority was first set by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, who gave him ten characters.
Later, when it was not enough, Chongzhen gave ten more characters. Then Qianlong gave ten more, including the common ones now
"Ling, De, Wei, Chui, You". Then there will be no emperors anymore. The Yanshenggong Kong Lingyi in front of him added twenty characters in one breath, which is probably enough for six to seven hundred years, and is more ruthless than Zhu Yuanzhang, Chongzhen, and Qianlong.
