Debates on Confucian classics were common in the Han Dynasty.
From the debate between modern classics and ancient classics in the Western Han Dynasty, to the White Tiger Temple Conference in the Eastern Han Dynasty, debates in the academic world have never stopped.
One of the more famous debates in the late Han Dynasty was the debate between the great Confucian scholar He Xiu and the great Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan.
In addition, there are many other classic debate competitions.
For example, Zheng Xuan was forcibly conquered by Yuan Shao. At that time, there were many famous people at the banquet, arguing heresies, and hundreds of schools of thought started arguing against each other. Zheng Xuan argued one by one, and convinced them all.
There is also Zhuge Liang's quarrel with the Confucian scholars in Jiangdong. Although it is a fabrication in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is not without prototypes in history. It reflects a scene in which everyone sat together and debated with each other at that time.
The real battle of words among the Confucian scholars occurred later when Fei Yi and Dong Hui, ministers of the Ji Han Dynasty, went to Dongwu to renew the alliance with Sun Quan. Sun Quan sent Zhuge Ke and Yang Di to debate with them. Both sides were eloquent and eloquent.
It's hard to tell the difference.
Therefore, debates were very common in the Han Dynasty. Its functions were as follows: first, to promote one's own doctrines and debate academic arguments with others. Second, to promote fame as a way to become famous.
The third and most important point is to achieve a certain goal through debate. For example, the dispute between He Xiu and Zheng Xuan is a continuation of the dispute between modern classics and ancient classics in the Western Han Dynasty. The debate between Fei Yi and Dong Hui on their mission to Soochow was
It was to accomplish the strategic goal of uniting Wu and resisting Wei.
Many children from aristocratic families gathered here today for their own purpose. To suppress Shen Chen and prevent him from continuing to promote his ideas of resisting Cao Cao. This would prevent them from being jealous of Cao Cao if they wanted to join the imperial court in the future.
At the same time, if Shen Chen can be suppressed, Cao Cao may be very happy. If he is happy, he will give them official positions and call them to Xuchang as officials in the capital. Wouldn't it be a great success?
So naturally I wanted to come over and cause trouble.
But if we come to ruin Shen Chen's situation today, we will block Shen Chen's path to making a statement.
This is his avenue.
The battle between the avenues is a battle between life and death.
Confucius killed Shaozhengmao because he taught the Tao.
That's why he is so murderous. If he wants to discuss martial arts, it is natural to distinguish between superior and inferior, and to decide life and death.
The so-called children of aristocratic families in the crowd were momentarily intimidated by him, frightened by his momentum, and retreated involuntarily.
However, not everyone is just a flower from the hothouse. There are truly talented scholars among them, and naturally there are also true Confucian scholars who travel far and wide, dare to hang a sword on their waist, and visit famous teachers to learn knowledge in troubled times.
For example, Wen Xia, who came from Chaling to worship Wang Jun, was a true Confucian who dared to fence. When he saw Shen Chen threatening everyone, he became angry for a moment and stood up and said: "If we are discussing swords, let's all come together
Doesn’t it mean that if you fall in love with you, you will lose?”
Shen Chen smiled slightly and showed his white teeth: "Don't misunderstand me. Swordsmanship must be fair. It doesn't matter one-on-one, either fencing or archery. But if you want to do it together, then I can do it too. What do you guys think?"
Yes or no!"
"Hoo ho ho ho ho ho!"
The twenty warriors transferred from Huangmen Pavilion who were standing in the courtyard to maintain order all drew out the ring-headed knives from their waists and roared in unison.
They were all warriors who fought bravely against Cao's army. Which one of them didn't have three to five lives under his command?
Coming from a background of fighting on the battlefield, his murderous aura is far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.
The Confucian scholar with the highest force value here is probably Xu Shu, but when Xu Shu encountered twenty of them, he could only fall down with hatred and could not survive.
Therefore, facing the shouts of these brave men, many scholars also shrank their heads one by one.
Only now did they remember that he was a warrior who killed tens of thousands of Cao's elite troops with his troops and horses, and also beheaded Cao Ren, the general of Cao's army.
If he really does it, I'm afraid only Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and Huang Zu can handle him in Jingzhou.
Because Huangmenting has now expanded its troops to 2,000 people, Gan Ning also has more than 5,000 people under his command, which is strong.
Except for Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu, etc. who each had ten or twenty thousand soldiers and horses, who could barely suppress him, no one could really control him.
Therefore, to a certain extent, Liu Biao protected him politically, his military strength was not weak, and economically and agriculturally, Huangmenting was now comparable to a city.
If you want to suppress Shen Chen, you can no longer do it from these levels. You can only rely on debating and attacking his academic status and reputation to exclude him.
Thinking of this, many Confucian scholars felt a little desperate for a moment.
They realized that even if they were to fight in a sword duel, even if they defeated Shen Chen and killed him, they would definitely not be able to survive today, and even their family would not be able to survive either.
After all, Deng Hong was Cai's son-in-law, and Shen Chen had thousands of soldiers and Liu Biao supporting him.
Those "royalist" senior officials would never mind throwing out a small family in the county as a scapegoat to appease the anger of Liu Biao and the Xinye Deng family.
Even if Cai Mao Kuai wants to kill Shen Chen, he has to think carefully about it, let alone them?
So to a certain extent, Shen Chen could offer to compete with them, but they couldn't really have the courage to fight him, so they could only fight with each other.
Fortunately, they came to fight today, so even if they were suppressed by Shen Chen, they didn't have any burden in proposing a fight.
The son of Hu Zheng, Hu Shang, because his father was a confidant of Cai Mao and could be regarded as the leader of these students, he stood up and said: "If a gentleman does not fight, fighting and killing will not be dignified. It is better to use literature to decide the superiority." "
"Hmph, what kind of gentleman doesn't fight? He's distorting the holy will and talking nonsense. Didn't you hear the next sentence, "The battle will be won"?"
Shen Chen snorted coldly, let go of the sword on his waist, and walked forward slowly and said, "But the swords on the waists of Confucian scholars like you are just objects in baskets, and they are only used as decorations. I will never forget it." When I came from Xuzhou, I saw more than 100,000 corpses. I went to Nanyang to kill the enemy, and even killed Cao Cao's general Cao Renlejin with his own hands. How can you dare to compete with me because you don't know your own strength?"
When Hu Shang saw him coming, he couldn't help but swallowed. Speaking of which, Shen Chen was only twelve years old and just 1.7 meters tall. There were many people taller than him in the room, but he practiced martial arts every day and had no worries. Big breasts, tall and strong body, and with a formidable face, he looks quite fierce.
What's more important is that he has the aura of fighting on the battlefield, which is far beyond the comparison of hothouse flowers like them. Therefore, Hu Shang was frightened and said: "We have agreed to use literature to decide the superiority, but naturally we cannot use military force."
"Of course."
Shen Chen came to the door of the hall, his eyes were majestic, and he looked at many Confucian scholars: "Since it is about discussing the classics, I am not afraid. This time I sit down to discuss the Tao, so let's do it."
After saying this, he asked people to bring a mat and sit cross-legged on the spot, indicating that they also sit down and talk.
The students behind him looked at his back and felt that the teacher was showing off his domineering attitude. They all looked at him with great respect.
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, Chinese civilization constructed a social hierarchical order based on agricultural civilization as the production method, emphasizing centralization, and based on the culture of "loyalty and filial piety".
Under such a social order, a strict hierarchical structure like a pyramid was extended. Especially in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this hierarchy reached its peak.
From top to bottom, from the emperor, the three princes and nine ministers, to the high-ranking officials, to the local governor, and the wealthy families in the county, every level is like a difficult step to climb.
What the common people at the bottom can come into contact with are not even the local county magistrates or the wealthy families in the county, but the people with rank in the township, the pavilion chiefs, and the village elders.
The students recruited by Shen Chen all come from poor backgrounds and have very low social status. Even the head of a rural pavilion or a village elder is a big shot in their eyes who can decide their life and death, let alone those from wealthy families in the county.
The carriages of wealthy families passed by the rural pavilion and were not allowed to get close even if they were to approach. If they accidentally collided with them, their lives would be in danger.
So in their view, these are big figures that they can hardly touch in daily life.
But such a big shot is now being scolded and lectured like this by their teacher. How can we not make the students excited, make them feel that they have hope in studying, and make them feel that their future is promising?
The scholars who came to provoke him didn't know that Shen Chen's behavior inspired his students. They just felt that Shen Chen disgusted them. At that moment, they were all filled with righteous indignation and began to come forward and sit down, huffing and puffing in the courtyard. The floor was full of people sitting.
The house Shen Chen bought covers an area of two acres. The front yard is very large, about 200 square meters. There are also several big trees planted in the yard. It is green in summer and the bluestone paved floor tiles are neatly arranged. More than ten mats were placed, but because we did not expect so many people to come, the rest of us could only stand.
Those who got a seat sat across from Shen Chen, and those who didn't get a seat queued up first. The villagers and scholars who were watching the excitement gathered around to watch. Behind Shen Chen were his students. The entire courtyard was crowded with about 200 people. The audience was full and wanted to watch a wonderful debate.
"Please, I'm Liao Bai, named Changsong, in Xiadeng County."
The first one is about thirty years old, a young man with a clean face and a goatee.
Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "Xuzhou Xiangben, Shen Chen, please give me your invitation."
Liao Bai asked: "I wonder what Xiaolang's classics are?"
Shen Chen smiled and said, "That's what you said, sir."
The implication was that the content was not specified, which made Liao Bai quite unhappy.
At that time, literati mainly studied the Seven Classics of Confucianism. Generally speaking, it would take a long time for scholars to study one book. Only when they studied it more thoroughly could they study the others.
There are even some people who do not study anything else at all and just study one book until they are old. For example, Yingrong, a famous scholar in the state of Chen, specialized in studying "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" and made great achievements in this book.
Only a true Confucian can study multiple classics clearly. What Shen Chen means is that no matter what your problems are, I can handle all seven classics.
Being able to take the lead must have some skills. This Liao Baizhi is the Analects of Confucius. At first, he wanted to be gentler and take it slow, but he was angered by Shen Chen's arrogance and immediately said: "Evil purple is to seize Zhu Ye, evil Zheng Sheng He is causing chaos in elegant music, and he is ruining the country and his family with his vicious words. What does Xiaolang want to do?"
This was a secret scolding of himself for deceiving people. Shen Chen immediately sneered and said, "I wonder what you are talking about, sir?"
Liao Bai cupped his fists toward the north and said: "The ministers are in compliance with the rules and regulations, and it is in vain to care about the imperial court. How can the country know that the emperor is also called the Son of Heaven, and it is the law of the world. Is there any reason in this world to disrespect one's superiors? Isn't this the case of having no emperor and no father?"
What he was talking about was the "White Tiger Tongyi" compiled by the great Confucians at the time and compiled by Ban Gu during the White Tiger View Conference. It was also a major classic that influenced the feudal civilization for the next two thousand years. It advocated the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules, and had a profound impact on Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties. .
According to the words of later generations, this book was to promote the maintenance of the shackles of feudal rule and the chains that bound the people's spirit. It laid the foundation for China's two thousand years of feudal system, deified the feudal order and solidified the hierarchy.
Shen Chen naturally knew what Liao Bai meant.
Cao Cao had Liu Xie in his hands, and he was going to conquer all directions in the name of the emperor. When he went to deal with Cao Cao, he was violating the wishes of the court and the emperor. At that time, this was called a traitor and a traitor.
Although he knew that this so-called idea of loyalty to the emperor was a waste to maintain feudal rule, it was impossible for Shen Chen to oppose it, so he had to find another angle.
After thinking for a moment, he said coldly: "According to Sir, Cao Cao is the emperor, right?"
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Liao Bai was dumbfounded for a moment, waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have no such intention."
"Da Dan, Shen Chen, how could you say such treacherous and unethical words."
Immediately someone shouted loudly.
Those scholars who came to find trouble were furious and accused Shen Chen one after another.
The people around him and the scholars who were watching also looked at Shen Chen in surprise, not expecting that he would dare to say such a thing.
Later generations may not understand the destructive power this sentence caused at the time. If you give an example, it is no different from shouting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty.
However, the Han Dynasty rarely used words to punish crimes. There was once a great scholar, Yuan Gusheng, who said something even more outrageous than this, and it was nothing.
So as long as you can explain the truth, there's no problem.
Shen Chen said indifferently: "This is Mr. Liao's wish, what does it have to do with me? According to his wish, I sent troops to fight against Cao Cao, which not only violated the imperial court, but also disturbed the generals of the ministers. I want to ask, Cao Cao sent troops to Nanyang , is there an edict in the name of the emperor?"
"Cao Sikong said that he was in the name of the emperor."
Someone said.
Shen Chen nodded: "Oh, there are so many people in the world claiming to serve in the name of the Emperor. Let me ask you, does Cao Cao have a famous edict? Does Cao Cao have a Jie Yue? Where is the edict? Why can he represent the court and represent the emperor? Emperor?"
"This, this, this"
Liao Bai was speechless for a moment.
Now that Liu Xie doesn't even have the imperial seal, where can he issue an imperial edict?
However, the imperial power at that time did not rely entirely on edicts, and the fake festival ax could also represent the emperor and the court.
Many people know this.
The so-called false festival yue is the highest military power given by the emperor to ministers. There is no need to ask for instructions when fighting foreign wars, and they can even directly kill soldiers and local officials who violate military orders.
Cao Cao was nominally following an imperial edict to punish thieves, but if he didn't have an imperial edict, bringing out a jie ax could also represent that he was going to war on behalf of the emperor.
The problem is that he doesn't have it.
Therefore, maybe Cao Cao did greet Liu Xie before traveling, but Liu Xie did not directly issue an edict, nor did he give him a Jie Yue, so he was conquering Nanyang in his own name, which is not legal.
From the beginning, Liao Bai used legal principles to accuse Shen Chen, and Shen Chen insisted on legal principles, saying that your legal principles are fake legal principles, and my legal principles are real. Use magic to defeat magic and teach him to be a human being.
Shen Chen sneered and said: "Confucius said: "The person who overthrows the state by speaking evil words" is to let everyone distinguish right from wrong, strengthen the righteousness and eliminate evil, not to let everyone talk nonsense and confuse the public."
Liao Bai was speechless for a moment, so he had no choice but to hand over his hands and retreat from the audience.
The second one came one after another.
I went to watch the game in the morning, and now I’m starting to type.