Chapter 43: Determining the Future of Confucianism
Chapter 43 Determining the future direction of Confucianism
In the house that was full of people just now, in the blink of an eye, only Chunyu Yue and Fu Sheng were left.
Fu Sheng carefully rolled up "The Analects of Confucius" - it was carved by Yan Hui, a direct disciple of Confucius.
If he hadn't made it harder for Chunyu today, he would not have taken out this "The Analects of Confucius". He originally planned to treat it as a family heirloom and pass it on to future generations.
"Chun Yuyue, what on earth are you thinking!" Fu Sheng said angrily: "You acted like that in the morning meeting, and then sent Zhang Ping and four others to the balcony in the afternoon. What are your intentions?"
"Brother Fu, you don't need to pay attention to these things. Just concentrate on your studies. The more you can guarantee that there will still be Confucians in future generations, but whether the Confucians of later generations will be the Confucians of today is a matter for Brother Fu. You and I
Don’t people always have this division of labor?”
Chunyu Yue smiled implicitly, his eyebrows were soft, and he didn't seem to bear any grudge against Fu Sheng.
In the past, if Chunyu Yue had said this, Fu Sheng would have given up. Such conversations between the two have not happened once or twice.
But not this time.
Fusheng's palm traces the knife carvings on the bamboo slips, and the bamboo veins move across it.
The rough and concave touch made Fu Sheng unable to calm down.
The road to the spread of Confucianism is also so bumpy and bumpy.
He and Chun Yuyue had agreed before.
One master—Studying Confucianism.
One main goal is to spread Confucianism.
Fu Sheng originally thought that what he was doing was several times more difficult than what Chunyu Yue was doing.
Now I find that he was wrong.
Because if you study Confucianism, at least you won’t have to worry about your life or reputation.
And Chun Yuyue not only almost lost his head today, but also almost lost his reputation.
After Fusheng rolled up the bamboo slips, he spread a straw mat against the wall on the ground.
He then took off the clay teapot and teacup from the table and placed them in the center of the straw mat.
Fu Sheng took off his shoes, knelt down on one side of the straw mat, pointed his palms flat at the other side of the straw mat, and said to Chunyu Yue: "Sit."
"Why this?"
Chunyu Yue had no choice but to take off his shoes and knelt down on the other side of the straw mat, facing Fu Sheng.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius led his disciples to travel around the country and encountered obstacles. With the help of Ran Qiu, he finally returned to his parents' state of Lu.
From then on, Confucius concentrated on writing, editing and organizing the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", and writing "Spring and Autumn" from his own point of view.
At the same time, he opened a forum to give lectures. During the lectures, no distinction was made between high and low. Everyone was sitting on the ground. The maximum number of disciples was 3,000.
This is just sitting down and talking.
From then on, any Confucian disciple who sat upright would be invited to sit with him and discuss.
If you accept the invitation, it means that the topic that the two parties will discuss next will be the most solemn and serious matter.
Although the teapot is called a teapot, what is poured out is not tea soup, but hot water.
Tea soup is a luxury item that only high-ranking officials with an annual salary of more than 1,000 dan can afford.
In the Qin Dynasty, being able to drink hot water anytime and anywhere was already a very good condition. After all, charcoal for boiling water was very expensive.
Fu Sheng held up the teacup with both hands and handed it to Chunyu Yue. He said seriously: "Sheng apologizes to brother Chunyu. What he did today was because he was ignorant of current affairs. If brother Chunyu still recognizes his life, please drink this cup to the full. And tell him truthfully.
Your thoughts.”
Chunyu Yue also had two hands, took the tea cup from Fu Sheng's hand, and said nonchalantly: "We are both Confucian, what's wrong with you?"
He handed the tea cup to his mouth, paused for a moment, and then put the tea cup Fu Sheng handed him back on the straw mat.
"Brother Chunyu doesn't drink, but he doesn't forgive life?"
Chunyu Yue looked at Fu Sheng with a confused and anxious expression. He had no way to deal with this nerd who could only read.
With a long sigh, Chunyu Yue was extremely helpless and had to say one word out of his mouth.
"hot!"
The water in the teapot is the boiling water that Chunyu Yue just boiled.
Chun Yuyue didn't even need to bring it to his mouth. The hot air would burn his lips even if they were only three inches away!
"Um, it's another student who didn't think carefully and didn't think carefully."
Seeing Fu Sheng's embarrassed look, Chunyu Yue said sincerely: "Brother Fu, let's forget about this discussion today."
"No! Sheng must understand Chunyu brother's difficulties and solve Chunyu brother's problems! You and I are both disciples of Confucianism, so we should advance and retreat together!" Fu Sheng flatly objected, with a generous look on his face.
"...Okay." Chunyu Yue couldn't bear to hit Fu Sheng any more.
He agreed with his mouth, but he was thinking in his heart: Just studying your knowledge is the greatest help to me.
"Qin Xiaogong promoted the guard Gongsun Yang, and Gongsun Yang's reforms made Qin strong. After six generations of Qin kings, they all followed the fundamentals of ruling the country by law without any change. Now that your majesty can rule the world, the legal family has made great contributions. Yue said,
Can you recognize Brother Fu?"
Although Fu Sheng was reluctant at all costs, he was a person unwilling to tell lies.
In the rise of Qin, Legalism indeed played a huge role. Confucian disciples came to the Qin court only after the world was unified.
Fu Sheng reluctantly nodded, not even wanting to say the word "recognize".
Chun Yuyue continued: "Although your Majesty is familiar with the classics of hundreds of schools of thought, his leanings are absolutely Legalist. Your Majesty is Han Fei alone, and he came to Korea to threaten King An of Han. He reused Li Si, who had been a rebellious disciple of Lu Buwei, and let Li Si serve as
The Tingwei of Jiuqing asked the officials of all prefectures and counties in Guanzhong to popularize Qin law to the people, so that everything depends on the law. These things your majesty has done are enough to show that among all the schools of thought, your majesty only favors Legalism.
Plus, Legalism’s position in Qin cannot be shaken.”
Fu Sheng was dumbfounded.
This was the first time Fu Sheng heard these words. Chun Yuyue had never told him before, and he had never cared about the situation.
He was only obsessed with Confucianism and studied books such as "Shangshu" and "The Analects of Confucius" intensively.
"Isn't it true that the number of my Confucian disciples in the court exceeds that of Legalist disciples?"
"That's all nonsense."
Chunyu Yue shook his head and said: "Most of the official positions of my Confucian disciples are doctors with an annual salary of 600 dan. They have the power of discussion but no actual duties. It just seems that there are many people. On the other hand, the Legalists have the Shangqing Tingwei with an annual salary of 2,000 dan.
A thousand-stone Tingweijian and a thousand-stone Tingweizheng. The Tingwei Mansion located on Zhengzhong Avenue in Xianyang might as well be called the Legalist Mansion."
"Oh, my Confucianism is not only inferior to the Legalism, but also other schools. A disciple of the political strategist, Dun Wen, is a high minister, a disciple of a famous family, Yao Jia, is a high minister. Even the Mohist Meng Fu is a high minister. Our Confucianism is nothing like this.
There are many people, but there is no one who is worthy of the throne!"
Xu Shi had never told others about his inner planning. These things had been suppressing in Chun Yuyue's heart for a long time. Now that he started talking, he could not stop talking. Before Fu Sheng could speak, Chun Yuyue continued to talk.
"The power of our Confucianism is manifested in governing the country and bringing peace to the people, not in fighting and fighting. In troubled times, it is difficult for our Confucianism to compete with other schools for supremacy. The State of Qin was delighted when hearing about the war, and your majesty was so pleased with the merits. Therefore, there are no Confucians who hold high positions above Qin Hall.
Disciple."
"Your Majesty leads the world with laws and accepts my Confucianism into the Qin Dynasty. It is just an act to gather people's hearts. In fact, Your Majesty has never put Confucianism in his eyes for a moment. If we want Confucianism to return to the prominence of learning, we must not rely on your militaristic Majesty.
OK. Therefore, the prominence of our Confucianism lies in the second generation of Qin after His Majesty's death!"