Chapter 2517 What you choose will bring you (more updates)
Some discordant sounds were heard in Qinglong Temple.
This discordant sound is somewhat accidental, but it is also inevitable.
Something went wrong with Zheng Xuan...
As long as a person is not in the world of gods and monsters and does not have so-called unparalleled skills, there is a high probability that he will not be able to compete with a group of people.
Whether it's with your hands or with your mouth.
Confucius proved this hundreds of years ago.
At the beginning, Confucius said alone that his voice was too quiet and no one listened to him, so he thought hard and began to recruit disciples. Later, he had seventy-two sages and three thousand disciples, so he traveled to various countries.
Treat them all with courtesy.
Can we not treat him with courtesy?
Confucius gathered his disciples with the courtesy and love between teachers and students. There was Zi Lu who was unparalleled in faith, there was the gift of Duanmu that made him rich, and there was Ran Qiu who could wield a spear and fight in the field to reform the tax system.
These disciples were all under Confucius. When Confucius summoned them, they would be able to fight... Well, that's what they meant, but during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, some small vassal states only had one city, and there could be many people in the city.
The number of soldiers in the war was only a few hundred. In comparison, Confucius' voice gradually became louder. At least some people were willing to listen to what he had to say, instead of just driving Confucius away like a beggar when they met.
A hundred years later, after Confucius founded his private school, various other scholars emerged simultaneously.
Among them, Mozi thought of ghosts, gods, great righteousness, and saving the world, and gathered a group of disciples no less powerful than those of Zhongni. The momentum was so great that the princes were frightened. Not only did they have to treat each other with courtesy, but they even had to restrain their own desires.
, all the orders for the army to go out were forced to be withdrawn.
After all, when the Qi State was first established in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only three or four hundred soldiers were able to conquer the Eastern Yi and finally become a powerful country. At that time, Mozi claimed to have an arrow that penetrates the clouds and comes down from the sky to meet us. Compared with this power, it simply made every Spring and Autumn Period
The nobles of the Warring States Period were timid.
Cultural identity will bring powerful cohesive force.
Confucius and Mozi were undoubtedly the two people who did this most outstandingly.
There are many people in later generations who want to imitate him.
Just like the current Qinglong Temple.
Who wouldn’t want to be responded to by hundreds of thousands of people?
However, these people are not completely aware that Confucius and Mozi actually have completely different ways of thinking.
Although the ideological propositions of Confucius and Mozi were both derived from Zhou Zhiguan, the foundation of their theories involved the understanding of the world and the expectations of racial value judgments, which led to differences.
In fact, both Confucianism and Mohism can govern a country.
But the direction is different.
What you choose is what you will get.
Confucius loves others, Mozi respects the virtuous.
Confucius disliked others, but Mozi loved them all.
Confucius practiced rituals while Mozi used them prudently.
Confucius was born in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and came from a noble family. At that time, the feudal lords were divided and the rituals and music collapsed. Confucius felt this, so he advocated the rituals and music, traveled to various countries, and appealed for benevolent government. He hoped to return to the Zhou Dynasty when the rituals and music were prosperous, so many of Confucius' thoughts
Emphasis on etiquette and music. But Mozi was different. Mozi's ancestors were nobles, but by the time of Mozi, they were already commoners. Mozi had been a farmer and a carpenter. Therefore, his thoughts mostly sought benefits for the common people and benefited from the common people.
Set off.
Therefore, in fact, there is no problem with Confucius's promotion of his system, and there is also no problem with Mozi's promotion of Mohism. They are both products of a certain stage, and are differences that arise in accordance with his personal growth and living environment.
Theory. Just like a person who was born as a stonemason cares about millstones and stone troughs; a person who was born as a carpenter cares about columbine beams; a person who was born in smelting cares about cast iron blast furnaces; a person who was born as a farmer cares about fertilizing crops; a person who was born as a businessman cares about making profits...
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If you fail to realize this problem, problems will arise.
Everyone has different concerns and views. They are busy on weekdays and there is not much overlap. Of course they are fine, but when certain things have to start to overlap with each other, the conflicts of various interests are no longer the same.
When they are not completely compatible, conflicts will naturally arise.
And when Qinglong Temple brings together people from different environments, with different world views and outlook on life, there will naturally be conflicts, and Zheng Xuan encountered such a "conflict".
There are many things that can be debated in the Qinglong Temple Treatise. Whether it is the logic of the sutras or the meaning of specific words, there is actually no big problem. The problem is that the person who opens his mouth may not say everything.
It's the original intention, or the true meaning.
It's like two rumor makers attacking each other, pointing at each other and shouting that this is a "rumor" and "false", but they avoid talking about the truth, and downplay the specific situation, feeling that no matter what time it is,
You can fool around.
Zheng Xuan was older, so he only gave lectures at some important points. At other times, even if Zheng Xuan wanted to do it, he did not have enough physical strength and energy.
As a result, the sound is distorted during the transmission process.
This is very fatal.
Zheng Xuan, to a certain extent, represents the will of General Fei Qian, and can be regarded as the main character in this Qinglong Temple debate, but he got into trouble.
Of course, for Zheng Xuan, he definitely didn't want to pull this trap.
The basket didn't appear on Zheng Xuan's body, but it's almost the same, because Zheng Xuan is so famous. He is almost like Confucius back then. In other words, most of the disciples of Confucianism have a "Confucius-like" dream. This is a
It's a good thing, but when it is used by some people with ulterior motives, problems arise.
In other words, in this regard, do these "book-reading" guys have the intelligence to learn without a teacher?
In Qinglong Temple, after Zheng Xuan formally preached the three rites, there were inexplicably many more disciples of Zheng Xuan's "true biography", "authentic biography", "personal biography", "authentic tradition", etc., and then they were named Zheng Xuan.
He categorically stated that he was the real one and everyone else was fake, and then there were huge deviations in the meanings and annotations of certain scriptures.
There was even a situation where the "true biography" and the "authentic biography" said completely opposite things, and then the "authentic biography" said that the above two were false, and he was the real one. Soon after, another "authentic" came out to refute the rumors and said other things.
They are all false, you have to believe what the only "authentic" person says is true...
At that time, there were too many voices in Qinglong Temple under the banner of Zheng Xuan. It was like a grand hotel in a certain county in later generations. Everyone said that it was the most authentic and pure.
Zheng Xuan had disciples and taught the scriptures in many places.
After Zheng Xuan studied abroad, "he returned to his hometown for more than ten years. His family was poor and he was working in Donglai, and there were hundreds of thousands of apprentices accompanying him." When he was over sixty years old, he had recruited "thousands of disciples from far away."
It can be seen from this that Zheng Xuan's private lectures were very prosperous at that time, and his disciples were numerous and traveled all over the country.
This resulted in the fact that among Zheng Xuan's disciples, it was absolutely impossible for them to be of the same level, and naturally there was a mixture of good and bad.
Among these disciples, there are some who are devoted to learning, and of course there are also those who are just trying to make a name for themselves. Zheng Xuan definitely cannot select them one by one. Sometimes, just by looking at them and asking questions, it is enough.
It's very rare. Sometimes, you can't even look at and ask questions like this at all. You just pay the "attendance fee" and you are considered a disciple who has attended the class.
Are these not Zheng Xuan's disciples? These people can cite when they listened to Zheng Xuan's lectures, when they gave "apprenticeship ceremony" or "teaching fees" to someone, and even took photos with Zheng Xuan.
...Well, this is not true. Anyway, there are witnesses and physical evidence proving that these people are indeed certified "disciples of Zheng Xuan" with relevant qualifications.
On the other hand, if we admit that these people are disciples, these people will twist the path that Zheng Xuan was originally taking...
Zheng Xuan has been very anxious these days. He is older and his original energy cannot be compared with that of young people. It feels like pressing the gourd to make the gourd rise. He just said a certain argument is wrong, but this is not the explanation, and then there is something wrong with the back.
A new theory emerged, which made Zheng Xuan and his disciple Guoyuan busy dealing with it, and even some were overwhelmed and in a hurry.
Then all hell broke loose.
Because Zheng Xuan himself couldn't figure it out, ordinary people were even less clear about it.
One moment it was one statement, and another moment it was another statement, and then they all claimed that they were true and others were false. Under such circumstances, the people eventually couldn't even remember what Zheng Xuan said in the first place.
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"Did Mr. Zheng say this before?"
"It seems...right..."
"Don't act like it, is it?"
"probably……"
"..."
For a time, the entire activity of Qinglong Temple was like countless turbulent flows. The sound suddenly became noisy and lost its original smoothness and order.
When Fei Qian received the news, he was busy for a while, and then he realized that this matter was simple, but it was actually simple. It's just a pity that Zheng Xuan was not aware of the current problem of Qinglong Temple. This seemed like
The issue of rumors seems to be a problem of disciples, but in fact it is not a problem. It is a problem of Zheng Xuan's own choice.
Zheng Xuan himself missed the point.
It seems that he is very busy, but he does not use his strength on the point.
I was exhausted, but it didn't have much effect.
"Mr. Zheng, please sit down..." Fei Qian put down the pen in his hand, smiled slightly, and said hello, "Come here! Serve tea!"
Zheng Xuan sat down.
The aroma of the tea seemed to alleviate some of Zheng Xuan's annoyance.
Zheng Xuan doesn't quite understand why things turned out like this...
"Mr. Zheng, I have written a few words, please correct me." Fei Qian waved his hand and motioned for the attendant to hand Zheng Xuan the paper on the table on which he had just written.
Zheng Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. He was a little helpless, a little ashamed, even a little doubtful, and a little angry about what happened at Qinglong Temple in the past few days. This time when he came to Husband's Palace, Zheng Xuan also made a good speech and prepared to talk to Fei.
Qian said it well, so when he got the paper delivered by Fei Qian, Zheng Xuan thought it was some "secret book" written by Fei Qian, but when he saw it, it turned out to be a dozen or so that didn't match up well.
Chinese characters for edge.
Some look strange, but they still have the bones of Chinese characters...
Zheng Xuan frowned and said: "Where does this word... come from?"
Fei Qian smiled and said, "How many of these zigzags can Zheng Gonggong know?" In fact, they are just simplified Chinese characters. He hasn't written them for a long time. Fei Qian's hand is even a little raw, and the writing is a bit weird.
"Plausible, I dare not say that I recognize it, but I can guess a few..." Zheng Xuan pondered for a while and said, "Could it be that the barbarians imitated the words?"
"Uh..." Fei Qian laughed, covering up his embarrassment, and then said, "This character is incomplete and the structure is wrong. However, you can still distinguish its shape and guess its meaning... In the past, Cangjie wrote the characters, ghosts and gods.
Everyone is shocked, the whole world is shaken, if someone creates a new word now... Haha, why is it so unmoving and there is no sound?"
Zheng Xuan also burst out laughing, "There were many sages and good calligraphers in ancient times, but Cangjie was the only one who passed down the book. They are like Xi Zhong who made chariots, Houji who made crops, Gaotao who made punishments, Kunwu who made pottery, and Xia Gun who made cities.
, are all actions that will bring blessings to future generations!"
"What Mr. Zheng said is very true..." Fei Qian nodded, and then said, "For example, in a village with no connections and no one in the village can read, a certain person first wrote the word "light" and then called it "明".
", also with the meaning of Ming, as time passes, the whole village will know that this "light" is "Ming", and then there are outsiders, if it is Cangjie who comes personally, talking about the difference between "Light" and "Ming", the difference between "Light" and "Ming" will be
Can you identify the "light" immediately?"
Zheng Xuan was silent for a long time, "I can't tell clearly."
"Huainanzi said, in the past, Cangjie was writing books, and the sky rained millet, and the ghosts cried at night." Fei Qian said slowly, "What is the sky raining millet? It is the wordless person in the world. The millet repays Cangjie, and it comes like rain."
, Why do ghosts cry at night? They are the witches and wizards in the world. They know that their power has collapsed, and they cry like ghosts. The peaches and plums do not speak, and they are in trouble. Is there anyone under the tree who says all day long that the peaches and plums here are very good?"
Zheng Xuan could not answer.
"Everything that benefits others can be called clever, and everything that misleads others can be called clumsy. It is human nature to like skill and hate clumsy. How can we abandon skill and do clumsy things?" Fei Qian understands this very well.
Take writing as an example. At the beginning, it was oracle bones and gold inscriptions, which could not be separated from the hands of witches and Gu. Later, it gradually turned into large seal script, then small seal script, and the glyphs and fonts gradually became standardized, and finally evolved into the current official script, and then
Later it became regular script and running script and finally vernacular simplified characters.
"Today, the number of people who are literate is only one or two out of a hundred. If in the future, a thousand people can recognize the character "明" and a hundred people can recognize the character "光", then which one can be considered correct is the character that can be recognized by a thousand people or the character that can be recognized by a hundred people.
Can words be true?』
"In ancient times, it was inscribed in gold and enshrined in heaven and earth. It is known as gold inscriptions."
"Later, there were those who cited books and used chopsticks on bamboo and silk. They called Shi Zhen's seal scripts."
"But there are Han officials..." Fei Qian said slowly, "Servants are officials, attached, and slaves. However, in this world, how can there be noble literature and rich characters? If all the Han people in the world are accustomed to official script, there will be no humble ones.
Wugui is the word, so it is a Chinese character."
"What word is true and what word is right?" Fei Qian looked at Zheng Xuan and said, "It's not decided by you and me, it depends on the world. Since this village doesn't know the difference between "light", let it be that way.
Hundreds of villages and thousands of villages proclaimed "brightness", but when we look back, what is "brightness"? Does Mr. Zheng think so?"
He opened his mouth to spread rumors and wasted no time trying to refute them. He was so busy refuting the rumors that he forgot what he was supposed to do. If it weren't for Zheng Xuan's age, he should really be picked up to make him sober.
When fighting against rumors, if someone tells a lie, no one may believe even ten truths. Only Zheng Xuan, who is accustomed to talking, will try to use his words to solve problems.
But now, is it a question of truth and lies?
Is it a problem with the words?
neither.
It's profit.
Cutting through all appearances, all lowliness is profit!
So, it’s simple, right?
But sometimes superficial things can be confusing.
Feiqian can't say that all of them can be exempted...
Speaking of this incident, Zheng Xuan actually ruined the jobs of many people!
You know, if it weren't for Zheng Xuan, these people could still be happy, living in the same place all their lives, including father, son, young and old, and family inheritance!
Just like the small village that Fei Qian gave an example of, light means light, and deer means horse!
In fact, Fei Qian was also confused at the beginning, mainly because Fei Qian did not expect it to break out so early. Fei Qian's prediction for Qinglong Temple should be later, after all, Zheng Xuan had just come to power not long ago.
, and the real conflict should normally break out when it is completely irreconcilable, that is, it will only become more intense when it is almost towards the end...
Now, it seems a little early.
Because Fei Qian had had overt and covert encounters with Cao Cao, he once thought that the spies sent by Cao Cao were causing trouble again. He immediately sent the Youwen Department to conduct an emergency screening and caught some people who were spreading rumors.
However, it cannot calm down the whole situation, and it may even get worse.
This made Fei Qian very incomprehensible, and he wondered if there was something wrong with Wen Si. Later, after interrogating the arrested people in person, he realized that the problem was not Cao Cao or Sun Quan, the two spies, but the two spies.
These are our own people in Qinglong Temple.
In other words, "half" one of our own.
That's right, it can only be considered half at most, no more.
For Fei Qian, Zheng Xuan's serious explanations are of course excellent, but for these half-people, no matter how correct or good Zheng Xuan's words are, they are all wrong and bad.
Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. These people who are originally in their own villages or in various counties can pretend to be respectable people with a few fragments of a half-book of scriptures on hand and frighten those who have nothing to do with it.
The country people who didn't understand were stunned for a moment, and now Zheng Xuan suddenly came and said that all your previous remarks were wrong...
Can this damn thing still make people happy?
Perhaps at the beginning, these people had not thought about making trouble, but there were too many discussions on various topics and discussions at Qinglong Temple. There was no effective channel, and no corresponding regulations were issued.
There is only a general agenda and an overall framework, so these half-people feel they have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
It is not surprising that there are misinterpretations, misunderstandings, various opinions, lack of understanding, quick selling, differentiation and disintegration, etc.
Zheng Xuanyue tried to explain among the gentry disciples in an attempt to gain the support of these semi-individuals. No matter what kind of emphasis or explanation, it was useless to a certain extent. On the contrary, it would become more confusing and more loopholes.
The more he poops, the more he becomes exhausted. He looks at this side but not the other side.
The enemy is obvious, but it is difficult to deal with one's own people, especially those who are half of one's own. Zheng Xuan is not like Fei Qian, who has experience in governing the Qing Dynasty, and he does not have much experience in the court.
Naturally, I was fooled around in my experience, and I still don’t know what went wrong.
Because these nobles whose interests conflict with Zheng Xuan, for their own benefit, they appear to be obedient, but then they turn around and say one thing and do another. They would rather Zheng Xuan not come up with the right solution, and then they can continue to use the remaining half of the
After a few pieces of torn paper, they were hung majestically in their own village, as if they followed the way of the sages and represented the heaven and earth to impart the true meaning.
If Zheng Xuan could not solve this problem, he would naturally be unable to solve the various chaos caused by it. But if he wants to solve this problem, he must find the right method.
Zheng Xuan pondered for a moment and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Now I know the key! All these days of hard work are in vain!"
Fei Qian smiled. In fact, it can't be considered completely in vain. At least Zheng Xuan has exposed some people either actively or forcedly, right?
Now that I have found the root of the problem, I naturally start to deal with it...
