Song Muzheng was cooking meat porridge in a small pot while thinking about the solution to the last question in the book.
For questions about classics and meanings, most of Song Mu's ideas for solving problems were to first determine the purpose of the question, then use it as a basis, and then make innovations on it.
Such a topic is not only difficult to deviate from the topic, but also makes it easy for people to feel bright.
But Song Mu really had trouble with these classic questions today.
There may be ways to solve other lyrical questions carefully, but this last question alone, with such an unexpected question type, already gives people a very bad feeling.
What's more, these three examples seem to have a connection, but their intention, or even where they have common ground, is a key that is difficult to grasp.
If there is a slight deviation, this article may have fallen behind.
Song Mu had to be cautious.
This topic is about the talk of saints throughout the ages, but I don’t know what the core of it is, whether it is the king, etiquette, or something that I have not yet explored.
Furthermore, after this core, can the three remarks be connected, and what exactly do they mean?
Can this be regarded as an innovation of Confucianism, a new change or a new development in Confucianism?
As Song Mu was thinking this, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind, as if he had grasped something different at this moment.
Song Mu was immediately stunned, and then a word came to his mind.
develop?
From this point of view, it seems that it is indeed elaborating on the development of Confucianism and Taoism, but how to make yourself understand its meaning, simply explaining the good development, or how Confucianism will develop in the future, seems to be one-sided, and it is inevitable to feel a little confused.
Song Mu was a little confused for a moment. He lowered his head and saw the meat porridge bubbling in the pot, so he simply poured a bowl out, but he was still thinking about it.
Since it is explaining development, it must explain how to develop, and even introduce new ideas and write new developments.
But the question comes back to these three sentences themselves. There are many Confucian great sages, including Xunzi, Zhuangzi, Yang Xiong, Xu Shen, Zheng Xuan, and Han Yu. Why are the remarks of these people not listed?
Song Mu put out the fire, sat down on the board with the hot porridge, and looked down at the three words of the saint that he had written on the draft on the table next to him.
Suddenly, Song Mu had an idea in his mind.
To say that these three people actually have a representative meaning.
Needless to say, Confucius established the framework of Confucianism.
Mencius, he successfully stabilized the status of Confucianism, made Confucianism have more practical content, and established his status as a sub-sage.
Next to Dong Zhongshu, he gave a new interpretation to Confucianism, making Confucianism a necessary product that suited the times since the Han Dynasty.
They represent an important milestone in the development of Confucianism, and they also represent something more important.
Confucianism meets the needs of the development of an era.
In line with the times, this is the most important thing!
Song Mu raised his eyebrows, quickly put down the hot porridge in his hand, then picked up the brush and wrote three words on the paper on the table.
Confucianism.
The real purpose of this article is, first, how to discuss the achievements of the three people, and on this basis, let all candidates and students look forward to the Confucianism of the Wen Dynasty in a reasonable way.
Song Mu already had a conclusion in his mind.
Since it is Confucianism, then I have grasped the most important part.
In the previous life, the next development of Confucianism could not have been clearer. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and Yangming Xinxue gave the feudal era a stronger theoretical carrier.
It's just that nowadays, when Confucianism and Taoism are very different, we shouldn't think like this.
The Wen Dynasty followed the tradition of Confucianism and Taoism, but made different innovations because of the mysterious literary power of this era.
Literary power made Confucianism and Taoism strong, and the powerful Confucian disciples were not shackled by this trend of thought. On the contrary, because of this power, they became more different.
They do not need the shackles of a so-called monarch and minister, but they need a firmer belief so that they can use this strength to prove that they will have no regrets in joining Confucianism and Taoism!
In this case, let’s strip away the appearance and express the essence!
When Song Mu thought of this, he suddenly became enlightened, and felt some indescribable joy in his heart. He picked up the hot porridge again, ate it with big mouthfuls, and was ready to start writing immediately.
But at this time, Song Mu heard a faint voice coming from outside the examination room.
"good."
Song Mu quickly raised his head and saw an old man wearing a red robe with gray beard and hair. At this moment, the other man's eyes were falling on the draft paper on his desk.
Song Mu was about to get up, but the other party stretched out his hand to stop him and said something with a smile to Song Mu.
"The heart is in the right place, don't let me disturb you, remember what is in your heart at this moment."
After saying that, the other party turned around and left, followed by several officials who were also wearing red robes. At this moment, they all looked at Song Mu.
The person who just spoke was Yan Fu who came to the examination room to observe the students. He arrived at No. 380 Guiquan first and smelled a scent coming from it. He walked forward and saw a handsome man.
The young man was squatting on the ground cooking meat porridge, but his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
This person was Song Mu from the Xie Yuan Dynasty of Jiangnan West Road. Yan Fu saw the real person this time, and seeing his focused look, he immediately had some impressions.
But the other party didn't even notice his arrival.
After he cooked the porridge, he sat directly on the board to eat. However, he was seen holding the bowl and thinking. The next moment, his brows suddenly became a little relieved, and then he stood up and wrote a few words.
Yan Fu naturally saw a few lines of words on the draft paper at a glance.
It seems that Song Mu is thinking about the last question of the classic meaning, but at this moment, the other party wrote three words after the question, "The Way of Confucianism".
When Yan Fu saw these words, he nodded secretly in his heart. When he saw a smile on the other person's face, he felt that this young man was indeed worthy of his reputation and indeed had some abilities.
This time, because the questions in His Majesty's Imperial Examination were too unusual, the Gongyuan Academy urgently revised the questions, and several senior officials from the Ministry of Rites jointly published this new volume.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The biggest highlight of this new volume is the last question above.
Abandoning the past search for sentence starters in the Four Books and Five Classics, I added a sentence from Dong Zi and connected it into an extremely exquisite lyrical question.
Yan Fu could see that the elders were putting their difficulties with Confucianism in this examination room, hoping that these inexperienced students would give a slightly different explanation.
After all, although what these three Confucian and Taoist sages said were the way to govern a country, or even the way of a monarch and his ministers, in the final analysis, they explained the changes and development of Confucianism and Taoism.
Confucius' Confucianism and Taoism are benevolence, justice and etiquette.
Mencius' Confucianism is benevolence, justice, etiquette and wisdom.
Dong Zi's Confucianism is benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust.
There are extensions and innovations, and more importantly, every change in concept is a beneficial change made to fit the times.
After the establishment of the Wen Dynasty, although Confucianism and Taoism had undergone earth-shaking changes, they still inherited many old systems. Although they had benefits, they inevitably had disadvantages.
In the three hundred years of the Wen Dynasty, Confucianism and Taoism were not the mainstream of protecting the king, and Confucianism and Taoism under the leadership of the king lagged behind a little. With the emergence of poetry and literary power, Confucianism has undergone many changes.
At that time, the great Confucian Zhang Ce once said, "Study Confucianism and serve the world, and there is no such thing as kings and ministers."
It seems like a disobedient statement, but it is in line with the situation of the Wen Dynasty.
But this is not a clear intention. What Confucianism needs is to lead people all over the world to maintain the enthusiasm and belief in learning Confucianism.
What should we do to learn Confucianism, and what should we do?
Song Mu has now figured out his intention. If he can express his hopes, then he just has to wait and see.
Yan Fu praised him unconsciously. When he saw the other person looking up, for fear of interrupting his thoughts, he comforted him and walked away with satisfaction.
Yan Fu looked at the many students in the scene again, but felt that the gloom in his mind had briefly dissipated.
The existence of these literati from the Wen Dynasty will never end, the Wen Dynasty will never be destroyed, and the human race will never be destroyed.
Maybe, I can really get a glimpse of a different future in this paper.
Moreover, the interpretation of the holy book this time is a holy word.
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Song Mu was a little confused about the sudden appearance of the adult, but at this moment, he felt calmer and felt more relaxed.
Now that I have understood the important ideas involved, as for the next thing, how to write it needs to be carefully polished.
If this volume could be completed, Song Muqi felt that it would be worthy of his hard work day and night, and he would have gained two lifetimes of learning.