There is a saying in later generations called brainstorming.
This time the cabinet ministers came into contact with the theoretical system of Zhao Xi of the Jiangwu Hall, which should be the beginning of brainstorming among the ministers and workers of the country, and a major measure to unify and emancipate their minds. Such a process can be regarded as the beginning of the changes in the Song Dynasty.
It’s hard to say whether this is a mistake or Zhao Xi’s plan. For any academic discipline to be universally accepted and praised, it is a long process. Whether it is Zhang Zai’s Guanxue, Zhou Dunyi and Ercheng’s Neo-Confucianism, including Wang Anshi’s
New learning, Shao Yong's mathematics, etc., formed a large scale in the dynasty and were called a family school. They were formed after a long period of teaching and promoted by the scholarly literary circles.
Zhao Xi's identity meant that he would not be able to focus on his studies... that would be criticized by his ministers and workers.
In fact, the theory that Zhao Xi taught in the Wutang Hall was not academic for the annotations and interpretations of sages, but more for the governance of officials in the country and dynasty, and was not applicable to the scholarly literary world.
However, people have their inherent baseness.
If Zhao Xi promotes his own scholarship on his own, or uses the power of the royal family or the king to force his theory to be adopted in the country, it will inevitably lead to unanimous resistance from the entire scholarly literary world.
However, Zhao Xi did not, and it even seemed to be a situation of self-preservation in form. The emergence of court offices such as Gongfangcheng and Guoying Temple, as well as the manifestation of the loyalty of the new army, made today's court have a certain influence on the education of the martial arts hall.
A level of attention that borders on awe.
When Zhao Xi and Fu Bi mentioned rotation training, Fu Bi took the opportunity to demand that the teachings of the martial arts hall should be opened to the public. This was a specific choice under a specific situation. Therefore, driven by the base nature of people, Fu Bi allowed the teachings of the martial arts hall to be opened.
It was recited with the enthusiasm of the courtiers.
Voluntarily. But Zhao Xi is convinced that the dialectics of materialism will make these so-called elites indulge in it and eventually accept it.
"The supreme leader has established virtues, followed by meritorious service, and the third has established words. Even if they are not abolished for a long time, these are called the three immortals. The leader of the official family established the rules of officials during the Zhongxing Dynasty in the Song Dynasty, and then wrote this theory of education. This can be called immortal achievements.
also!"
This is a sentence that Ouyang Xiu mentioned many times when discussing the teachings of Wutang with others. It is also a sentence that is generally recognized by the court today.
"Officials and veterans believe that it is inappropriate to conduct rotational training in the martial arts hall and discuss politics. The rotational training in political affairs cannot deeply understand the teachings in the short term, and has the disadvantage of delaying political affairs in the long term. Therefore, it is not appropriate to allow rotation in the martial arts hall to discuss government affairs. The imperial court should promote officials according to the original
Accept the teaching method of Jiangwu Hall."
It was a very solemn memorial, with the participation of all cabinet ministers, and Fu Bi's suggestion.
Zhao Xi is waiting for Fu Bi's but, there should be a but. These days, cabinet ministers are paying attention to his so-called theoretical systems in Jiangwu Hall. Zhao Xi knows the specific situation.
"However, the veteran minister has discussed with the cabinet. The cabinet believes that the official theoretical system should not be limited to professors in the martial arts hall, but should be compiled into a book, disseminated to courtiers at all levels, and allowed to be studied by scholars in the literary world. At the same time, the minister and others suggested
, this should be determined as an official school and be used as a test question for the competition!"
But here it comes, even Zhao Xi didn't dare to think about it. Regarding the popularity of the cabinet during this period, Zhao Xi thought about the possibility of compiling it into a book and using it as internal circulation information for promotion and promotion to officials of the country and dynasty...
··It should be said that such conditions are now met.
As for using such a theory as a topic for the imperial competition... Zhao Xi really has not considered it.
He still remembered that the original court debate was nothing more than a dispute between various schools of thought over the interpretation of the Great Competition. Zhao Xi simply did not dare to treat the fragments of words extracted from his memory as a systematic theory.
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"Do you think it's feasible?"
Once it becomes the topic of the competition, it indicates that this segmented materialist dialectics theory will be widely spread among the dynasties and even many countries throughout the era.
"I think it's feasible!"
This time the entire cabinet pronounced it simultaneously.
Forget it, let's try it and see if it works. Zhao Xi is still a little uneasy. From the beginning of the guard camp, Zhao Xi has been talking about it intentionally or unintentionally, but it is not written down at all, let alone a book.
The so-called theoretical system, which is currently preserved in the Wushu Hall, includes the records of Zhao Xi's chats and the writings of Zhao Xi himself. This is also the reason why it has never been considered a system. The key is that in his own mind, it is not complete.
system.
Many times, Zhao Xi casually borrows some words from later generations in casual chats or in specific situations. For example, the only constant is change itself. For example, objective existence is not dependent on human will. For example,
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth, etc.
Zhao Xi never taught these words according to theory. It was just the habit of being recorded by those who lived in the room, or who were originally guarding the camp, such as Han Zhen, Lu Gongzhu, Wang Tao and others. Various summative words with classic significance in later generations are too
There are many, and Zhao Xi brings them out from time to time. The accumulation of so many years is really not a small amount.
As for saying it is a system... Zhao Xi has really not done anything for it, it is a so-called theory that was formed naturally.
Zhao Xi still underestimated the thirst for knowledge in this era, and even underestimated the concentration of scholarship in this era. When the Martial Arts Hall presented the compiled contents to Zhao Xi for review, Zhao Xi was really surprised.
What should this be? A new Analects of Confucius? I think too much, but in fact, the content compiled into a volume led by Ouyang Xiu is indeed in the form of "The Analects of Confucius".
For example, Zhao Xi once said in a casual chat about the martial arts training in the guard camp that this was a matter of muscle memory. He talked about conditioned reflexes and excessive changes leading to qualitative changes. The compiled content almost restored the original conversation.
Or chat situations, according to the format of "The Analects of Confucius", some of Zhao Xi's occasional words are annotated...
For example, when Zhao Xi was talking about firearms with Su Song, he talked about the change of matter, the form of matter, and even the problem of gunpowder changing the properties of matter after burning or exploding. The problem of gun barrels once extended to
Thermal expansion and contraction······
For example, Zhao Xi once commented on the strategic situation of Northern Liao, Xixia and the Three Kingdoms in the Old Guard Camp. During this period, he once talked about the environment affecting people and people creating the environment...
For example, when Zhao Xi talked about the relationship between civil and military affairs, he once used the topic of barbarism and civilization, etc. All of this has been recorded and is now in the form of "The Analects of Confucius".
What really surprised Zhao Xi was that Ouyang Xiu took Su Che and Zhang Dun, as well as the civil servants from the martial arts hall, to classify these contents and compile them into a book!
What is even more astonishing is that, based on his familiarity with the Classics and History, Ouyang Xiu found a corresponding basis for Zhao Xi's vernacular, giving all of Zhao Xi's remarks a basis for interpreting the Classics and History, and also rising to the level of a family.
At the same time, these theories of Zhao Xi are more inclined to political management.
Only then did the cabinet minister advocate the promotion of Zhao Xi's academic work.