Just when Fei Qian had not found specific solutions to the previous problems, a new problem appeared in front of Fei Qian.
There's something wrong with Moriyama's academy.
It is not that incidents such as beating and scolding students that can easily cause uproar are caused by later generations. Problems like this are absolutely impossible in the Han Dynasty. It is not that teachers in the Han Dynasty must have better ethics than later generations. No matter how noble a teacher must be, masters in the Han Dynasty had full rights of choice and could choose to teach or not to teach.
Naughty and mischievous students did not exist at all. In the Han Dynasty, the status of knowledge was lofty. If someone did not want to learn, there would naturally be a lot of people rushing to learn.
Instead, there were some disputes and even mutual attacks on the study of Confucian classics.
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it was very difficult to pass on knowledge. In addition, the usage of words before the Spring and Autumn Period was quite different from that of the Han Dynasty. For example, people in the 1970s would never know the word "囧". The extended meaning of the word "囧" is the same as those born in the 1990s and 2000s. The original meaning of the word "囧" is the same. The gap between the times has led to misunderstandings in the text. Therefore, each great scholar who studies classics will use it according to his own understanding. Those obscure and obscure articles in ancient times were transformed into a method that was easier to understand for the people of the Han Dynasty. This was the source of the differences in the classics.
Especially after Confucian classics became Chinese culture.
If you don’t study the scriptures, how can you stay in the court?
After Fei sneaked into the Han Dynasty, he realized that the so-called "burning books and entrapping Confucianism" and "exclusively respecting Confucianism" were terms specially coined by these Confucian scholars in order to smear their own statues with gold powder.
Qin Shihuang's "burning books to entrap Confucianism" actually not only entraped Confucian students, but also most of the students except Legalists and military strategists. It's not that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really respected and admired Confucianism. Like Qin Shihuang, it was all out of political choices.
During the Warring States Period, the Zhou rites collapsed, which provided a theoretical basis for the ruling classes of different princes to fight against each other. Therefore, hundreds of schools of thought came into being and received strong support from princes from all over the country. After Qin Shihuang unified the country, these schools in various places came into being. The academic community was not favored by the upper echelons of the Qin Dynasty who governed the country with legalism and military strategism, so there was a nationwide unified law enforcement action against illegally published books and pirated publishers...
In the Han Dynasty, Huang-Lao's studies obviously could not keep up with the ambitious needs of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. How could a huge imperial war be supported without plundering the people's property?
Could it be that the costs of wars between countries, or the costs of fighting against each other, are all paid for by those with vested interests at the top?
What a joke.
Therefore, in order to sweep away the Huang-Lao philosophy that emphasizes adapting to the needs of the people and recuperating with the people, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose the Confucian scholars who had no foundation in the court at that time and promoted these people to higher positions. , replaced the original Huang Lao figures of the older generation, this is the root of the exclusive respect for Confucianism.
It's just that the children of the Liu family after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't understand this. They were all fooled by Confucian students, and then they just sat back and watched the power of Confucianism grow little by little, becoming an important criterion for national selection, and even In later generations, it became the only standard for a long time.
The disputes that occurred in the academy were caused by different understandings of the scriptures.
In future generations, if you want to attract attention and be on trending searches, what should you do?
Taking advantage of the heat is the easiest way.
Fei Qian's master, Cai Yong, resigned from his position in the imperial court. Although he gained the right to freedom, it also brought some disadvantages. Cai Yong was located in the academy, so naturally he also gave lectures and talked about some related scriptures. , then in the process of this narration, it is natural to explain some relatively obscure aspects, so it has been questioned by some personnel.
If the simple questioning is within the scope of academic mutual discussion, Fei Qian has nothing to say, but to carry out conscious attacks for political or selfish purposes is annoying.
At first, Cai Yong thought it was an ordinary academic discussion, but then he noticed the change and deviation in the direction of this debate, especially regarding the explanation of prophecies in the scriptures. How can this thing be so easy to say in just a few words? Can it be argued clearly?
However, in the Han Dynasty, especially now, this prophecy, as a kind of prominent learning in the Eastern Han Dynasty, has had a huge and widespread influence on all the current students who study classics.
Interpreting scriptures based on prophecies and disasters is the main trend in the Han Dynasty. The meaning of the Five Classics is all determined by prophecies. This is the trend of today's generation, just like some decadent literature, post-modernism, etc. that were popular in a certain period of time in later generations.
On the one hand, Cai Yong does not like Chen Wei's method, but this method is the mainstream method at the moment, otherwise Fei Qian would not send people to spread the rumor that "those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao", but on the other hand It is not easy to argue head-on, because no matter whether he wins or loses the debate, it means nothing to Cai Yong himself.
If he loses, let's not mention it. If Cai Yong wins, the other party can proudly claim that he and the Confucian classics debated what a certain prophecy did, as if he has become a figure comparable to Cai Yong, and now the prophecy How foolish is it to argue one thing today and one thing tomorrow, which year and month will be the same?
So Cai Yong simply rolled up his sleeves. The old man's temper got worse and he didn't want to pay attention to these guys who came up with prophecies. However, he didn't expect these people to gather together and murmur, claiming that Cai Yong's talent was just an illusion. He didn't even have the guts to participate in academic discussions...
It’s really a nuisance!
If Fei Qian had not read "White Tiger Tongyi" before, he might have used stronger methods to deal with this matter, but he can't do it now, because the "White Tiger Tongyi" on Confucian classics adopts and quotes a large number of references such as "Yuanshen Deed" ", "Gou Ming Jue", "Han Wen Jia", "Yuan Ming Bao", "Ji Yao Jia", "Gan Jing Fu", "Dry Chisel Degree", "Dynamic Sound Instrument" and other prophecy contents, not only that, all When quoting classics, prophecies and scriptures are usually cited first, followed by scriptures. The most important thing is that this book is actually a large-scale debate on classics held at Baihu Temple during the period of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. In the end, Ban Gu summarized the entire The content of the debate meeting was compiled into a book, which was equivalent to giving the thing of Zhenwei a layer of imperial power.
If you want to overthrow prophecy now, what you have to face is not just one or two simple prophecies, but an entire theoretical system that has lasted for hundreds of years, and this system is integrated with the current Confucian theory of heaven and man.
, In other words, opposing the prophecy is tantamount to obliterating the theory of the emperor's heavenly decree. Therefore, although Cai Yong does not like this thing, he still will not stand up to refute it.
So now this problem is also placed in front of Fei Qian. Should he let it go and go with the flow, or should he stir up some waves and cause something to happen?
