Di Qin Imperial College is located on the southwest side of Chang'an City. It was originally the site of Wang Mang's Nine Temples. A tall academic palace has been erected on the ruins of hundreds of years. It is more spacious than Fu Jian's main palace, Mingguang Hall, which shows Fu Jian's determination to attach great importance to education.
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After Fu Jian came to the throne, he built a wide range of schools, summoned students from the prefectures and counties to fill the first class and above, and sent his descendants to receive careers. Those who had learned to be Confucian and qualified to work, who were clean and honest, who were filial to their brothers and worked in the fields, were all honored. However,
After decades of war in Guanzhong, the Hu people were martial and well-dressed and traveled south. Confucian scholars were rare or surviving. The tomb records were destroyed and no records were recorded. Zhou Kong's Weiyan was almost extinct. At the beginning of the restoration of Imperial College in Chang'an City, Fu Jian came in person to test the students' classics and meanings.
Fu Jian asked the doctors of the Five Classics, but they were unfamiliar with the meaning of the classics and answered incorrectly. Fu Jian was greatly discouraged. How could such a doctor teach students? He visited the sages, recruited the noble families who had stayed in the north, and gave those nobles a certain amount of influence.
He was very proud of his preface and the style of promoting Confucianism. All the talents in Longyou and Guanzhong were used by him, and Chen Caozhi was
He was the first envoy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to go to the Wuhu country since Yongjia's southern crossing. He was also an outstanding talent of the younger generation in Jiangdong. He was as famous as Xie Xuan, Wang Xianzhi, and Gu Kaizhi, and was known as the Four Horsemen of Jiangzuo. The Eastern Jin Dynasty worshiped Hua Xia Zhengshuo and regarded it as orthodox.
Fu Jian wanted to see what this young and handsome envoy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had achieved in Confucianism. Influenced by Wang Meng, Fu Jian respected Confucianism and strictly prohibited the prophecies of Lao Zhuang and Zhuang Zhuang. Those who violated the rules would abandon the market, so Fu Jian believed that those who advocated flashy and mystical
In Confucianism, the scholars of Jiangzuo in Yan were not as capable as he was in Di Qin.
On May 14, Fu Jian convened the famous Di and Qin scholars and scholars at Taixue in the west of the city to let the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi see the talents of the Qin Dynasty. Doctors of the Di and Qin Five Classics headed by Wang Shi read through it all night
Read the classics and prepare to question Chen Caozhi. If you can convince the Eastern Jin people who live in Jiangzuo but are proud of their orthodoxy, Qin Lord Fu Jian will give you a heavy reward.
At the beginning of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Caozhi took Ran Sheng and Su Qi, accompanied by the attendant Du Qian and the auxiliary minister Shi Doulang, into the Taixue lecture hall. The lecture hall covered an area of several acres, with a huge dome span and eight giant wooden pillars.
The support is high and spacious, and can accommodate hundreds of people giving lectures and debates. At this time, all the civil servants of the fifth rank and above of Di Qin were basically present. More than ten doctors of the Five Classics and hundreds of students sat in solemn silence, waiting for the arrival of Qin Lord Fu Jian.
At the right time, the imperial palace was playing the chime, and Fu Jian, accompanied by ministers Wang Meng, Li Wei, eunuch Zhao Zheng and others, came to the lecture hall of Taixue. As soon as he sat down, he reported to the empress dowager that the empress had arrived.
Fu Jian's mother, the Gou family, asked her natal niece to marry Fu Jian. After Fu Jian came to the throne, one of the Gou family's aunts and nephews became the empress dowager and the other became the empress Gou. Di women have a higher status than Han women and are more visible.
It is a common thing. Empress Dowager Gou also often intervened in politics, but Empress Dowager Gou did not interfere with the state affairs like the Queen Mother of Yan State, Kezu Hun. Empress Dowager Gou interfered in politics several times and had a good effect on the Di Qin regime. At that time, Wang Meng executed Qiang Qiang without waiting for the order.
Wang Meng was a third-rank official at the time, and the rank of Qiang De was second only to that of the Three Dukes. Wang Meng had no right to execute Qiang De. Fu Jian was also angry about this, and the powerful and powerful people demanded that Wang Meng be severely punished.
Wang Meng was in danger of being dismissed from office. Wang Meng made good friends with Li Wei. Li Wei interceded for Wang Meng in front of Empress Dowager Gou. Empress Dowager Gou made the final decision and tried her best to protect Wang Meng, which led to the current situation of Di Qin.
Empress Dowager Gou is in her mid-forties this year, while Empress Gou is only in her early twenties. The appearance and body shape of the two aunts and nephews are quite similar. Empress Dowager Gou has a good eye for beauty, and she and Empress Gou are like sisters. People admire white and cyan. This Empress Dowager Gou,
One of the queens was dressed in white, and the other was in green. They were dressed in the traditional long-length, small-sleeved, pleated robes worn by Di aristocratic women. This gusseted robe was somewhat similar to the cheongsam of later generations. It was tight and slim. The two aunts and nephews had plump and charming faces and tall figures.
Plump and handsome, surrounded by a group of harem female officials, she came to the lecture hall of Taixue, saying that she wanted to listen to the debate between the envoy of Jin and the doctor of Taixue.
Empress Dowager Gou did not read poetry when she was a child, but could only read some Buddhist scriptures and forced herself to recognize some words. Five years after she established the Chang'an Imperial College, Empress Dowager Fu never came to attend. Therefore, when Fu Jian saw his mother and his wife arriving, he couldn't help but frown slightly. As early as two
A few months ago, when she learned that Jiangzuo Weijie and Chen Caozhi were going to Chang'an as an envoy, Empress Dowager Gou asked Fu Jian to leave Chen Caozhi in Chang'an. At that time, Empress Dowager Gou had only heard about Chen Caozhi's reputation and knew that Chen Caozhi was extremely handsome.
, good at painting Buddhist statues and proficient in Buddhist scriptures. After the age of 40, Queen Mother Gou believed in Buddhism and recited the "Human Origin Sutra" every day. She heard that the great disciple Shi Dao who had learned about the Buddha's pictures was stationed in Xiangyang, so Queen Mother Gou wanted to join Fu Jian's sect.
People brought Shi Dao'an to Chang'an to worship him, but Xiangyang belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. How could he get Shi Dao'an? So this time Wang Meng, Yang An, and Yao Chang planned to attack Jingxiang. One of their tasks was to kill Shi Dao'an and the famous scholar Xi Dao.
Welcoming back to Chang'an, due to peace talks with Jin, the plan to attack the south was postponed. Chen Caozhi was a famous scholar. His Buddhist cultivation was named Seng Zhidao Lin. He was highly praised by Zhu Fatai, the elder of Waguan Temple. He was also good at painting Buddhist statues and was also a famous scholar.
A handsome man, Queen Mother Gou was determined to keep Chen Caozhi in Chang'an.
Fu Jian was extremely filial to his mother. He could tolerate Empress Dowager Gou having an affair with General Li Wei, but he could not agree to the matter of forcing Chen Caozhi to stay. First, because he wanted to negotiate peace with Jin and how to deal with the Jin envoy Chen Caozhi.
Cao Zhiqiang stayed in Chang'an! Secondly, Chen Caozhi was not as good as Shi Dao'an and Xi Zhizhi from Xiangyang. Shi Daoan was a monk and had no worries. He could go anywhere to promote Buddhism. Xi Zhizhi's ancestral home was in Xiangyang, which borders Qin.
As long as Fu Jian captured Xiangyang, he could move all the Xi clan to Chang'an. Xi could not help but refuse to be loyal, but Chen Caozhi could not. The Chen clan was in Qiantang. Unless the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed, it would be impossible to move them.
The Chen family of the Qian Tang Dynasty moved to Chang'an, so even if Chen Caozhi was promised a high official position and generous salary, Chen Caozhi would definitely not stay in Chang'an. Fu Jian always acted with benevolence and righteousness, and did not want to be thought of as a barbarian.
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After hitting the chime three times, the Qin Taixue Lecture Hall began to ask questions. First, the students explained their doubts to the twelve doctors of the Five Classics present. The Five Classics are "Book of Changes", "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites" and "Book of Songs".
"Spring and Autumn Period", Di Qin Taixue's Shujing doctor used "Jinwen Shangshu" passed down by Fu Sheng, while the Eastern Jin Dynasty used Kong Anguo's "Guwen Shangshu", but some people say that "Guwen Shangshu" is a fake work, Chen Caozhi
I am very familiar with "Jinwen Shangshu" and "Guwen Shangshu"; the "Book of Rites" written by Di Qin Taixue used the "Book of Rites of Xiaodai" annotated by Zheng Xuan, and did not teach the "Book of Rites of Dadai". The Eastern Jin Dynasty used the "Book of Rites of Daidai".
There are scholars who have studied Dai's Rites, and Kong in Kuaiji was the one who specialized in the two Dai's Rites. Chen Caozhi was friends with Kong Wang, and he often asked Kong Wang for advice on the essence of Dai's Rites. Of course, Kong Wang was generous with his advice, so Chen Caozhi was
The "Book of Rites" is also well understood. As for the "Book of Changes", "Mao Shi" and "Three Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period", Chen Caozhi is particularly good at it. These three classics can be said to represent the highest level of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Of course, most of the students in Di Qin Taixue were Han, but there were also many students from Di, Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei and Jie ethnic groups. They were a mixture of Hu and Han, good and bad, but they were able to study together. This is really in line with Confucius' educational thought of teaching without distinction.
, these Han and Hu people came forward one after another to ask the doctors about the Five Classics problems. The Five Classics doctors here responded well. Not only did the students ask questions, but the doctors answered them, these doctors also asked the students who came to ask questions about the classics and their difficult questions.
Those students all answered questions with great enthusiasm, and they all got to the point.
The academic atmosphere in the lecture hall was excellent. Fu Jian twirled his beard and smiled, turning his head to look at Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi was sitting upright, with a faint smile on his handsome and elegant face. He listened quietly to the doctoral students asking questions and muttered in his heart.
: "They are all superficial scripture meanings, and some are simply reciting scriptures. The level of Di Qin Taixue is much inferior to the level of Xu's Academy in Wu County and Kuaiji County School. Wu Huan is ruining China, clothes are moving south, and the Central Plains is in constant war.
Xiangxu School was abandoned and academic inheritance was cut off, while the Eastern Jin Dynasty was relatively stable. Therefore, during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, great poets, great calligraphers, and great painters all came from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The literature and art of the Eastern Jin Dynasty reached a new peak after the Hundred Schools of Thought Contested in the Spring and Autumn Period. This is
The establishment of the country by the Hu people is far inferior to that. Even if Fu Jian attaches great importance to education, hundreds of years of accumulation and inheritance of aristocratic families cannot make up for it in thirty or fifty years!"
Fu Jian asked: "What does Chen Envoy think of my Di Qin students' academic performance?"
Chen Caozhi replied: "It can be considered as diligent and willing to learn."
Fu Jian heard Chen Cao's tone and was not very impressed, so he said: "I heard that Chen Envoy was promoted step by step from Qiantang County and Wu County through the Zhongzheng examination. The Zhongzheng examination is inseparable from poetry theory. Chen Envoy is very fond of Mao's poems.
The Analects of Confucius must have been studied very deeply. I would like to ask Ambassador Chen to ask the Doctor of the Book of Songs of our country about it. I wonder what Ambassador Chen wants?"
Chen Cao said in his heart: "I am sent as an envoy to Chang'an, so naturally I want to gain the prestige of the Jin Dynasty. Today, I am going crazy as a young man." He bowed and said: "It would be monotonous to ask questions based on the Book of Songs alone. Foreign ministers are familiar with the Five Classics, and I am willing to talk to your country.
The Doctors of the Five Classics argue with each other."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and the more than a hundred Hu and Han students talked about it. In the eyes of these students, it is difficult to master the first classics, only a handful of people can master the second classics, and only one doctor, Wang Shi, is the only one in Diqin who has mastered the third classics.
However, this young Wu man dared to boast that he knew the Five Classics and wanted to argue with the Five Classics doctors here. The students of Di Qin were completely unconvinced and thought that Chen Caozhi was boasting. Those noble sons of the Hu people who were neglectful of etiquette clamored to refute.
Chen Caozhi, the envoy to Jin, was speechless.
Although Fu Jian believed that Chen Caozhi was talented, he did not believe that Chen Caozhi could master the Five Classics. The so-called mastery of one classic meant not only being able to recite it, but also mastering the essence of the annotations of this classic by various schools of thought and summarizing the opinions of hundreds of schools. In short,
, one must have a wonderful interpretation of the meaning of the sutra and be able to deal with various difficulties about this sutra before he can understand it. This is a requirement for a doctor of Confucian classics. The requirements for students to understand a sutra are not so high. As long as they can recite one sutra,
A basic understanding of the meaning of the classics is considered qualified. Fu Jian believes that Chen Caozhi’s mastery of the Five Classics is similar to that of Qin Taixue students’ mastery of the classics. It is just a rough mastery. Didn’t Chen Caozhi himself say that it was only a rough mastery?
Therefore, the benevolent Lord of Qin, Fu Jian, was a little worried about Chen Caozhi, worried that this handsome Jin envoy would be unable to answer later and would be speechless.