"You want to add more!" Theodora also started to cover her forehead.
"Can we brainstorm ideas?" Guo Kang was very modest: "I only have an immature idea now, can I add 'Xia' to it?"
"Why add this?" Theodora asked.
"I have heard a theory." Guo Kang thought for a while and said, "Some people think that 'Xia Dynasty' is not what they call themselves, but what the people of Zhou call them."
"During the Shang Dynasty, there was a country called 'Tu Fang', which was very powerful and was at war with merchants all year round. This Tu Fang is probably the 'Xia Tu Fang' in the Book of Songs. 'Xia Tu' means the world and the mortal world. , 'Fang' is the country. The so-called Xiatu Fang is the 'human country', which means almost the same as the 'secular city'."
"Does it mean that everything in the world and the world belongs to them?" Theodora originally didn't want to talk about such a heretical topic, but after hearing this, she still became curious: "I always thought it was an ordinary name, but I didn't expect the tone. It’s so big.”
"At that time, everyone was very vocal." Guo Kang pointed out: "The Shang Dynasty that replaced Xia was not called a 'secular city' anymore. They were called 'Dayi Shang', and some were also recorded as 'Tianyi Shang' .”
"What does this mean?" asked Theodora.
"Dayi means a big city, which means the same thing as our capital." Guo Kang said: "Tianyi means... the city of God."
"Are they two together? They've all been taken over, right?!" Theodora was speechless.
"Isn't this just right?" Guo Kang reminded: "Look, the Xia Dynasty was a secular city, and Rome was also a secular city, so Rome and Xia have the same origin. The Zhou people collectively referred to various branches of 'Xia' 'Zhu Xia'. It means that we in Rome are also one of the Xia, but we are just a little farther away."
"That's fine..." Theodora couldn't laugh or cry: "But what's the benefit of this?"
"Of course there is. You see, Xia means the mortal world. We can also use this to claim that Rome is Xia, Xia is the world, and the world is Rome." Guo Kang gave an example: "Using this 'Trinity' approach, There is no need to argue with barbarians every day about whether to declare or not. There is no more useful legal principle than this."
"That's not how the Trinity is used..." Jeanne tried to interrupt him.
"It's okay, you just know what it means. My level of theology is very poor. I will ask Jeanne to improve it later." Guo Kang said modestly.
"Don't look for her. You'll scare her when you turn around..." Da Jeanna hurriedly tried to stop him: "You'd better look for your Patriarch Wang."
"He? His level of theological theory is not as good as mine." Guo Kang said helplessly: "If he can help, I won't look for anyone else."
"..."
"Let's just write down this idea today. When we have time later, we can process it slowly." Guo Kang pointed to the notebook: "As for you, I don't expect you to have any good ideas, but at least you have to correct your mentality. Only then can we make preparations for the religious reform.”
"I have never heard of such a reform." Jeanne said frankly: "The most radical church reformers I know believe that the church cannot monopolize the channels for believers to communicate with Heavenly Father, and that as long as people have faith, they can Saved, probably to this extent..."
"I have talked with several religious authorities here about this issue." Guo Kang said: "I think their reform ideas are wrong."
"In ancient times, humans and gods were mixed, and wizards were everywhere among the people. They claimed to be able to communicate with the gods, which led to the proliferation of obscene worship and disharmony in order. Zhuanxu then ordered Chong and Li to standardize the order between heaven and earth, and prohibit interaction between humans and gods. Disruption is called 'Jedi Tiantong'."
"This is the first step to standardize the right to sacrifice, and it is also a necessary means to prohibit obscene sacrifices. If they follow their request and abolish the management of the church and allow believers to communicate with the Father on their own, wouldn't it be a return to the era before ignorance? ?" he questioned.
"Any organization will become corrupt over time, and it is normal for the church's management to have problems. At this time, of course, it should be replaced with a better way. Force the church to reform, or even build a better one yourself to overthrow the previous church , aren’t they all feasible ideas?”
"In the end, because they can't manage it well, they just ignore it? What kind of reform is this? Then in the future, will obscene worship get out of control and cults will spread everywhere? What are they going to do?"
"I don't know about that. Maybe they just think it's a matter of faith and haven't thought about it that much." Jeanne shrugged: "You can ask little Jeanne and see what she thinks."
"I don't think it's so mysterious. This is a simple issue of chaos and order." Guo Kang drew a line in his notebook: "Look, even when it comes to matters of faith, barbarians always tend towards chaos, and our Roman Empire , then of course we should choose order. This is why I say that a new group of saints is needed."
"I have seen the records of saints in the past from the Empress Temple. There are quite a few who were chosen for some weird reasons. Some people were even canonized for fighting against Rome. Isn't this embarrassing?" Guo Kang shook his head: "Maybe the Greeks didn't care and didn't care about it at the time. But we Romans obviously can't continue like this."
"Some saints can no longer serve as representatives and role models for the Romans. We have to replace them with a group of better people."
"Who do you think is better?" Theodora asked.
"Didn't we talk about the Xia Dynasty?" Guo Kang looked at his notebook: "Then let's add Dayu to the list."
"Then what are you going to say?" Theodora had given up thinking and let him do whatever he wanted.
"Yu is his original name. Da is an honorific. When we translate it, it should be called 'Yu the Great'. Well, let's call him Yuus Magnus..." Guo Kang said and wrote down: " His main achievement was to build water conservancy and solve the great flood in ancient times, so he was elected as the new lifelong dictator..."
"Wait a minute, the flood has been solved, what should Noah do?" Jeanne asked hurriedly.
"It doesn't have to be the same flood." Guo Kang said.
"But the topic of the two stories is fighting?" Theodora pointed out: "You are not saying that they can cover up the past if they are in different eras."
"Our Rome is an agricultural civilization that gradually emerged from a small city-state relying on farming and war. If everyone was like Noah and ran away when they saw something happen, Rome would have been finished long ago." Guo Kang said: "So, Noah's spirit was so un-Roman."
"Yu defeated not only the flood, but also the human heart - with so many people in the world, there must be many 'Noahs' among them, who everywhere claimed that the flood was a punishment from heaven and could not be disobeyed. If they believed in them, China would be doomed.' Noah' is not a specific person, but a spirit, a fear, blindness and cowardice that exist deep in everyone's mind."
"Yu happened to be the nemesis of this spirit. He shattered these degenerate thoughts and used his strong spirit and body to achieve great achievements that transcended mortals. He was just a failed god - or the son of a hero, but he Defeated the most terrifying natural disaster." Guo Kang tapped the table vigorously: "Look, isn't this a very classic Greek hero? It would be such a waste to leave such a good prototype unused."
"I'll go back to Li Xuanying and ask him to find some playwrights, and they must write well. Let's call him 'Conqueror of Noah's Spirit', let's call him Noah Likus. This will attract people -" Guo Kang became more and more enthusiastic , and started writing, regardless of the reaction of Theodora and others: "Well, the scriptures can also be explained in this way...kick Noah out."
(End of chapter)
