"It's not convenient to talk here, so come with me."
Ziyou took Master Shen to a side hall, where Ziyou and Master Shen sat across from each other.
"What do you think of the great unification I mentioned?" Ziyou asked.
He was not in a hurry to answer Master Shen Yu. He wanted to know Gongyang Ru's views on this matter. If he knew that the Great Unification was too shocking now,
Moreover, ideological unification is simply impossible in today's situation where a hundred schools of thought are contending. If it is attempted, it will only become the public enemy of a hundred schools of thought.
"It's too shocking, but I can understand it a little bit. The teacher was so happy when he saw Mr.'s bamboo slips at first, and asked all the Gongyang Confucian scholars to come to study, but soon the teacher stopped letting us look at it, saying that it was inside The theory is too shocking, and if you are not careful, the entire Confucian school will be buried with it." Shen Shiyu said.
"It seems that Mr. Gongyang has also seen this." Ziyou said.
In fact, there is now a vague concept of great unity, but it is not put forward as clearly as Ziyou. Moreover, the great unification he gave Gongyang Ru is a castrated version, in which there is only the unity of the country, system and society. , there is no ideological unity.
Although ideological unification can reach a very high level in a short period of time, it is not conducive to development in the long run and can easily lead to the rigidity of society. This is not what Ziyou wants. What he wants is for this land to be full of vitality. , a scene where everything happens unexpectedly.
What's more, today is a situation where hundreds of schools of thought contend. If Ziyou wants to unify the world and create a country where he can live and work in peace and contentment, he needs the help of hundreds of schools of thought. Therefore, ideological unification cannot be proposed for the time being, otherwise Ziyou and even Confucianism as a whole will become the victim of hundreds of schools of thought. public enemy.
Nowadays, the one-sided unification is enough for Gongyang Ru. As for why Ziyou chose Gongyang Ru, it is because they are fanatical enough and they are also a faction among Confucians who have a certain foundation for the theory of great unification.
"Yes, I didn't understand what the teacher said at the time, but then I thought about it. How can a unified body only have superficial unity? There must be ideological unity. The teacher is afraid only when he thinks of the latter." Master Shen Yu said.
"Yes, Mr. Gongyang did the right thing. I wonder what you want to ask about?" Ziyou asked.
"What exactly is the Great Unification? And why is the Great Unification necessary?" Shen Shiyu said.
Ziyou began to explain this issue gradually. The unification proposed by Ziyou is just a hope to build a unified country and build momentum for Qin to unify the world in the future. It is also to facilitate the elimination of the regional differences formed over the past hundred years in the Spring and Autumn Period. The ethnic fragmentation caused by partition was followed by a unified system, a unified nation, and so on.
After Ziyou's explanation, Shen Shiyu also discovered that the great unification Ziyou said was just the tip of the iceberg. Many things were left unsaid. These things gave Shen Shiyu a feeling that he still had unfinished thoughts. He very much hoped that Ziyou could tell these things. thing.
"It's not time yet. Saying it now will only make you more troubled. It's time to bring these things up after this land is unified." Ziyou said, although Gongyang Ru is useful, it is too fanatical. They The fanaticism will lead to losing one's mind, and one wants to become a big fat man in one bite, but in fact it is obviously not possible. If you take too long, it is easy to break the egg.
"Well, it's our honor that Sir has handed over this great unification to the Gongyang family. However, Gongyang Ru's power is limited, and Gongyang Ru lacks the support of classics. This makes it difficult for the idea of great unification to spread." Master Shen Yu said.
The knowledge of the Gongyang family is passed down orally from generation to generation and lacks its own classics. In this era, if you want to teach on a large scale, it is impossible without classics. This is equivalent to if you want to teach students, you also have this knowledge in your mind. , but the students do not have teaching books. Although they can listen to your lectures in class, what about after class? Students can only go to you, but each student's problems are different, and your energy is limited, which makes it impossible to spread your ideas on a large scale.
"I can help Gongyang Ru compile the classics." Ziyou said.
"No, sir, instead of helping Gongyang Ru write a classic, it is better to write one yourself. Gongyang Ru is a branch of Confucianism after all. Gongyang's ideas are passed down from generation to generation. It is too complicated to compile. Sir, writing a classic by yourself will not only It can perfectly explain the concept of great unification, and at the same time, it can also outline the way the world looks like in the teacher's imagination. Relying on the teacher's fame and prestige, it is easy to attract enough scholars to debate and study, which can quickly promote the spread of the teacher's ideas. Isn't there only the beginning of the essay?" Shen Shiyu reminded.
Master Shen Yu's reminder made Ziyou enlightened. He originally thought that the great unification was originally proposed by Gong Yangru, so he wanted to let Gong Yangru continue to take advantage of it. After Master Shen Yu said this, he forgot about himself. His advantage is greater than that of Gongyang Ru. Maybe he can't match them in terms of scholarship and learning, but there is one thing about him that they can't match, and that is the memory of more than two thousand years from later generations.
"I've learned a lesson," Zi Xingli said.
"Sir, since Gongyang Ru is not enough to achieve great unification, and since we want to achieve great unification, why not start with Confucianism? Turn Confucian unification into Sir's help?" Shen Shiyu reminded again.
When it comes to the unification of Confucianism, Ziyou has never thought of it, but it is too difficult to unify the Confucian bunch. They are all engaged in learning and thinking, and everyone has different understandings. Now, if they get together, they can quarrel. Not to mention other things, even the later generations Dong Zhongshu and others failed to unify Confucianism, and there were many factions within Confucianism.
"The unification of Confucianism is indeed a difficult problem, but it is still possible to get them to work towards a goal. It just depends on how to get them to accept this goal." Shen Shiyu said that the unification of Confucian thought is basically impossible. Each school has different approaches to theoretical research, and forcing them to be combined together will only be counterproductive.
"It's very simple if it's just a goal, but it requires the help of Gongyang Ru." Ziyou said, it's very simple to start towards a goal, and it doesn't require all Confucians to participate. Letting some people participate will be counterproductive.
"What does Sir need Gong Yangru to do?" Shen Shiyu asked.
"He helped me stay in front." Ziyou said with a smile. Although Gongyang Ru is not a big faction, in the debate between Confucianism and Mohism, only Gongyang Ru dared to say that he could win. Ziyou remembers when Qi Mo debated with Confucianism. At that time, it was Gong Yangru who stood in front and exchanged five minor injuries for the opponent's thirteen serious injuries and three deaths.
As for the so-called enlightenment, it is easy to understand. The Confucian Gongyang Ru's ability to educate is unparalleled, especially for young people, which is fatally attractive. They understand young people very well.
Master Shen had a wry smile on his face. He knew that Gongyang Ru would become Ren if he didn't succeed this time, but there was nothing they could do. They had decided to tie themselves to Ziyou's chariot and challenge other Confucian factions. He I also want to give it a try. In this era, debate has a learning effect, the effect of improving oneself and absorbing the excellence of others through debate.
This is how Confucian righteousness was brought over from the Mohist family by Mencius, and the Mohist family could only tolerate this, because after Mozi's death, they no longer had anyone comparable to the Confucian sages.
(End of chapter)
