Qiao Xuan died of illness, and the emperor appointed Zhang Wen, a native of Rang County, Nanyang, as Taiwei. Zhang Wen was once recommended by Cao Cao's grandfather, Feiting Marquis Cao Teng. He was a rare talent and a good military expert. He once served as Yilang and Sili Xiaowei.
, Tai servant and others.
After Qiao Xuan's death, He Xiu, who was still a Situ, recommended this person. He said that this person was both civil and military and had a rare talent, so he was known to be reused by the emperor. After entering the temple, this person immediately reopened the Southern Army.
, the Northern Army camp, once again recruited soldiers as a reserve army. Currently, Duan Xi led the elite Han Dynasty in the north, but there was some emptiness around Luoyang.
His proposal to recruit soldiers again was quickly approved. Seeing that this man was capable of doing things, Liu Hong calmed down and urged Xun You to prepare for the matter of reading the literature department and identifying the series of books. In fact, this matter is not easy to say.
It's easy, because some military works, involving the internal history of the royal family, cannot be spread to the outside world, and there are also some ideological works left by the pre-Qin Dynasty.
Doctrinal works like the Mohist School, which everyone calls out, naturally cannot be circulated.
Even in Confucian classics, due to the changes of the times, Confucian classics were taught by doctors from all over the country, and the chapters and sentences had similarities and differences with each other according to the methods of the masters. In addition, over the years, they were copied and copied, and the words were so corrupt that Xun You was unable to distinguish the authenticity for a while.
, he even had some doubts about what he had learned in the past. In the end, he had no choice but to confess his guilt in front of the world. He was very incapable of learning and was powerless!
Looking at the guilty young man in front of him, Liu Hong did not blame him too much. Xun You was too young and naturally had many deficiencies in his studies of Confucian classics. There was no other way for Liu Hong to find Cai Yong, the chief priest of Taiyuan College.
He was asked to come here to make a judgment, but what he didn't expect was that Cai Yong would also fall into the same predicament as Xun You. After seeing six or seven versions of a scripture, the great Confucian also panicked.
However, a great Confucian was still a great Confucian. He distinguished the authenticity on his own and formulated a version. However, after the version he formulated was sent to hundreds of officials for viewing, a huge dispute suddenly arose. Only then did everyone discover that for the same scripture,
There are actually dozens of versions among them. The general meaning is naturally the same, but the chapters, sentences and words are all different.
Among them were several major aristocratic families, because in the past, they attached great importance to books and had never exchanged works. However, this time after the emperor collected works on a large scale, everyone discovered the difference. No one recognized the traditions passed down by their family.
The books he read were wrong, and no one would admit that the Confucianism they upheld was wrong. A vast battle over the authenticity of the Confucian classics began.
There are really too many camps in this war. Almost every great scholar and every family has a different lineup. Even within the same family, there are two schools of thought, such as the Yuan family and the Xun family, because they have been handed down from generation to generation.
For a long time, there were many side branches. Perhaps during the process of handing down the scriptures, there were errors in copying, which resulted in the scriptures being different among people from different branches and different lineages!
It's okay. In the face of such a major issue, no one would give in. Even some great scholars of the same generation as Ma Rong stood up tremblingly and participated in this war. The Eight Dragons of the Xun family even argued with each other.
Liu Hong never thought that his simple order would have such a huge impact. In just three days, Taixue and Menzixue had already turned against each other over this issue.
Zhang He arrested more than ten students in succession.
Liu Hong was a little panicked. He couldn't go on like this. All the officials were busy arguing about how to govern the country. He was about to ask He Xiu to discuss it, but he found that He Xiu had already rolled up his clothes and went to debate with other scholars.
Even a great scholar like Zheng Xuan was no exception. This battle swept across the country, but there was no way to end it, because once he admitted his mistake, he would give up the belief tradition upheld by his family.
it's out of the question.
Taixue and Menzixue also stopped classes immediately because the doctors who taught them all went to join the war. They could not bear to fall behind, so they immediately followed their teachers and joined the battle. The addition of the hot-tempered Taixue students only made the situation worse.
There was chaos, even in the official schools in various places. The Huns in the frontier areas looked in horror at the sacrificial wines who usually taught them with a smile, rolled up their sleeves and started fighting with each other.
I was stunned and had no idea what was happening.
After all, Liu Hong couldn't stand the chaos. He issued an order prohibiting any further discussion of the issue of scriptures, and summoned the classics scholars from all over the country to Luoyang. Of course, there were also the local Cai Yong, He Xiu, and the great scholars of the Yuan and Xun schools.
, came to discuss, and asked them to formulate a standard scripture as a model to end this chaos, because it involves Confucian academics, and these great Confucians all set out one after another.
When everyone arrived in Luoyang, these good friends and confidants did not talk to each other. They each had their own theories and regarded others as fallacies. The emperor did not want to see these great scholars for fear that they would make noise in his ears.
He didn't know much about the scriptures and didn't want to be dragged into the water, so he directly ordered everyone, headed by Cai Yong, to compile the scriptures.
Among them, the scriptures that need to be standardized and formulated include the Five Classics such as "Lu Shi", "Shang Shu", "Yi Li", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn", and the two biographies of "Gongyang" and "The Analects of Confucius". Due to the amount of work,
Some are large, and the opinions of all parties are also different. This is destined to be a difficult move. The Qingzhou Confucius family seems to have the most say in these books, and they have come up with the scriptures that have been passed down directly.
Cai Yong and other great Confucians revised and formulated the scriptures based on the scriptures passed down directly from him. Of course, each great Confucian's emphasis was also different. Cai Yong also listened to the opinions of many great Confucians. If there were any differences, he would close the door.
Let the two of them debate, and the winner must be determined without using force, because there is no one watching, so it is not difficult to determine the winner.
After three months, Cai Yong took out the standardized Five Classics and Two Biography. After Liu Hong watched it in person, he ordered him to copy it on forty-six stone tablets, carve it by craftsmen, and set it up outside the Taixue Gate. This move became
It is the official Confucian classic in the history of the Han Dynasty, and is also called the Jianning Stone Classic. Moreover, Cai Yong also deliberately wrote it in official script, so it is also called the One-Character Stone Classic.
This stone scripture has extremely high authority. After it was established, it attracted countless people to watch and copy, so that the entire Taiyuan Academy was crowded. The quarrels between various schools over the scriptures also subsided, and Confucianism
Ideological books have initially reached unification, and because the entire text was copied using official script, the status of official script has greatly increased, and there is a faint trend of becoming an official text.
Although there were many disputes among the great Confucians during the process, when the Stone Classic was established, it was undeniable that this was an achievement that shocked both ancient and modern times. It would allow future generations to learn orthodox Confucian thought, and those who had nothing to do with it would
The different versions of the Stone Classic will gradually disappear from people's sight, and the various schools of Confucianism that have always been quarreling are likely to be unified as a result.
For Confucianism, this achievement is a milestone in academic circles.