Chapter 427 The Debate between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology
So Bryce was a little confused.
There seems to be no shortage of insightful scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Although I only listened to a few words briefly, the opinions expressed by these two scholars are enough to prove their profound knowledge.
At this time, the third person expressed his opinion.
Bu Mige continued to translate: "The third theory is that Tao, that is, the laws of operation exist in things. There are things first, and then there are laws of operation. Without things, there will be no laws of operation. He also believes that it constitutes the origin of all things.
It is Qi, and the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are just the externalization of Qi, and they are all just a form of Qi.”
Bryce was even more respectful after hearing this. These are all great academic figures.
The ancient Greek theory only had four elements: water, fire, earth, and air, but the Ming Dynasty actually believed that there were five elements? No, I have to ask these scholars for advice on this issue.
At that moment, Blaise asked Bomig: "Father, are these professors from the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy?"
"Professor? How many of them do you mean?" Bomige pointed to the three diners at the next table, and then said with a smile, "Oh no, they are not professors of the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy, but just three porters."
"Porter?" Blaise asked with a confused look on his face, "What is a porter? Another name for a lecturer?"
Before Bu Mige could answer, a merchant walked in from the door of the food shop and asked loudly: "Are there any porters inside? I'll pick up 600 kilograms of goods and go to Caochangmen Wharf to ask for three porters."
"Yes, yes, we took it." Three diners at the next table jumped up.
Then, Bryce watched in bewilderment as the three diners rushed out of the restaurant, reached the street, picked up three loads of goods on a pole, and trudged forward.
"Bryce, did you see that?"
"That's what they do," said Bumig.
"Is this a servant of a noble?" Blaise said in disbelief, "Do servants also have such profound knowledge?"
"I don't know about this either." Bu Mige shook his head. When he left Nanjing last year, this kind of thing didn't happen. How come less than a year later, the Nanjing in front of him felt so strange to him?
Not only is the market more prosperous and the flow of people more dense,
The key is that the conversation of the people in Nanjing is also very different.
Soon, the waiter brought steamed cakes and rice cake soup.
Maybe it was because they were starving, or maybe they thought it was delicious. They all finished the steamed cakes and rice cake soup in a hurry, but they had a little trouble eating the rice cake soup because they hadn't learned to use chopsticks yet.
In the end, I ate it with my hands, which attracted surprised looks from other diners.
After dinner, Bomig took Bryce and his entourage and continued walking forward.
Finally, we arrived at Gongyuan Street and saw the rows of mansions on both sides of the Qinhuai River.
Wallace and more than 30 Western young people were completely shocked. Although this is an architectural style completely different from Western classical style, it does not affect their appreciation of Eastern architectural art at all, because the aesthetics are similar.
The beauty of the West is also beautiful in the East, and the architectural aesthetics of the East are also beautiful in the eyes of Westerners.
Therefore, when a few lines of graffiti are regarded as world-famous paintings, it is just a lie, but it is much more deceptive. Not only the Easterners believe it, but also the Westerners themselves. If you don't believe it, you don't know how to appreciate beauty.
But Bryce and more than 30 young people still retain their pure aesthetic appreciation ability.
The stacked buildings, the upturned cornices, the exquisite brackets, carved beams and painted beams, as well as the vaguely visible rockery higher than the courtyard wall, were simply dizzying for these young people.
If only one or two buildings were so beautiful, that would be it.
The key is that on one street, the entire building is so beautiful.
"Oh God." Blaise said with emotion, "The Champs Elysées is not so luxurious. The buildings here are really too luxurious. The people who live here must be the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, right, Father?"
"The royal family of the Ming Dynasty did not live here." Bu Mige smiled and added, "The royal family of the Ming Dynasty lived in another city in the north. That city is no less prosperous than Nanjing, especially the Forbidden City, the residence of the royal family.
, that is true
A master of oriental architectural art, you must go and see it if you have the opportunity in the future."
"Why the future?" Wallace said, "We want to see it right away."
"That's not possible now." Boymig shook his head and said, "Because that city has been occupied by barbarians, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is planning to retake the capital, so he will spend a lot of money to invite you to come to the Ming Dynasty. He wants you to
The arrival can improve the academic level of Ming Dynasty in various disciplines, making Ming Dynasty stronger than before."
"But the academic level of Ming Dynasty is already very high." Bryce said frustratedly.
"It seems that we are no longer needed, Father. I think we must have come in vain this time."
While he was talking, several scholars wearing t-shirts walked by and had a heated debate.
"All water appears in one month, and all water is captured in one month. Ten thousand are one, and one is ten thousand. It can be seen from this that your mind theory says that the heart is all things, and all things are the heart. It is wrong. Things are things, no matter what.
Whether you have intention or not, it is there, and no matter whether you are sad or desperate, things are still things."
"Misinterpretation, this is the biggest misinterpretation of Yangming's philosophy of mind."
"If you say I misunderstood, then you should give me a correct explanation."
"Listen carefully, the heart mentioned in Yangming's theory of mind is not just a simple human heart."
"Mr. Yangming said that the mind is reason and the mind is matter, which refers to the essential origin of this world. What he means is that everything in this world is composed of the mind. People are like this, things are like this, and everything in the world is like this.
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"When Mr. Yangming was giving lectures, he told his disciples that there was only one spiritual being in the world."
"The heart is the spirit of creation and the spirit of all things. These spirits are born from heaven and earth, and become ghosts and gods. They all come from this. They are really incompatible with things. Can you understand what I say?"
"Let's not mention this for the moment. You Yang Ming Xinxue lied and said that everyone can be like Yao and Shun. This statement is extremely treasonous and arrogant. If this is said, doesn't it mean that even a foolish man and a foolish woman can become a saint?"
"However, if one can develop a conscience and unite knowledge and action, even a foolish man and woman can become a saint."
Listening to several scholars arguing fiercely and leaving quickly, Bryce became very curious.
"Father." Blaise asked Bomig for help again, "What were these people arguing about just now? Is it still a discussion about the origin of the world?"
"Yes." Bu Mige also felt a little confused.
What's going on? It seems that the whole of Nanjing is discussing Neo-Confucianism and Yangming's Theory of Mind?
Blaise asked again: "Father, can you translate the debate they just had?"
From his memory, Boymage roughly translated the debates of several scholars to Bryce and others.
After listening to the translation, Bryce and others felt that their three views were shattered. To achieve conscience, to unite knowledge and action, everyone can become a saint. All foolish men and women can become Jesus? Become the Holy Mother? God, this is so crazy.
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Boymig almost went crazy. These heretics should be sent to the gallows.
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, selling newspapers!" A seven or eight-year-old child carrying a bulging cloth bag suddenly rushed from the front along Gongyuan Street, waving a newspaper in his hand.
"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, sell newspapers! Yao Jiang and Huang Xiaozi published an article in Huang Ming Times to refute Neo-Confucianism!"
"Is this a newspaper?" Blaise was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously took out a livre from his pocket and handed it to the newsboy, and then said in French, "Please give me one."
The livre is a silver coin minted in France.
The size and specifications are not much different from silver coins.
The newsboy shook his head in embarrassment, unable to find it.
Fortunately, Bu Mi Ge took out a handful of copper coins.
The newsboy took two copper coins from the palm of Boymage's hand, and then thrust a thick copy of Huang Ming Times into Boymig's hand. Bryce and several other young people immediately gathered around.
It's a pity that only Bryce can barely understand it.
On the way to Ming Dynasty, Blaise had been studying Chinese hard with Bu Mig.
After studying hard for more than half a year, now
There was no problem with the preliminary reading, but I couldn't listen or speak Mandarin, so I just asked Bu Mige to help translate it.
After browsing the newspaper for a while, Bryce realized very keenly that a very large-scale debate seemed to be taking place in the Ming Dynasty. It could be seen from between the lines that the "Neo-Confucianism" school and the "Xinxue" school were engaged in a fierce debate.
, and Huangming Times is the position of "Xin Xue".
Blaise suddenly became energetic.
Because he is most interested in this kind of debate.
The reason why Europe was able to get out of the dark Middle Ages was through debates one after another, which finally completely destroyed the Roman Church's shackles on academic thought, and then there was the Renaissance.
Is this the eve of the Renaissance that caught up with the Ming Dynasty?
In fact, it's almost the same. This battle that started with Chongzhen's edict to keep ethics up to date has completely evolved into a large-scale debate between Neo-Confucianism and Xinxue.
Neo-Confucianism and Psychology respectively took Hanlin Daily and Huangming Times as their respective theoretical positions and launched a fierce debate. After several months of debate, both sides were convinced that the public was right and the mother-in-law was right. No one could refute the other, but Jiangnan
People in Shilin and even the entire Jiangnan area were mobilized.
Even when the traders and servants sat down to chat, they talked about the difference between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology.
As a result, a large-scale exploration into the origin of all things in the world was launched vigorously in the Ming Dynasty. With this kind of exploration, there was bound to be the emancipation of the mind, and another emancipation of the mind was about to come.
But Boomig, Bryce and his entourage arrived just at this time.
"Father, it seems that I have come to the Ming Dynasty this time. I like the Ming Dynasty." Blaise couldn't help but said, "We will have the honor to participate in a great debate that is going on and the Renaissance that is about to happen."
"The upcoming Renaissance?" Other young people also became interested.
Most of these young people are leaders in their respective fields and are extremely active in their thinking.
