Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty-Four The New Great Son of the Mo Family
Zhao Kuo already understood that these guys were not looking for theories from him at all. Previously, Zhao Kuo used his own punctuation marks to re-annotate the works of the sages. He interpreted those remarks according to his own ideas, such as the force proposed by Mozi,
Speed, light propagation in straight lines, etc., he gave new concepts according to his own ideas, and added the gravity and gravity of later generations to more clearly interpret Mohist ideas.
In fact, this is really not a random fabrication by Zhao Kuo. What Zhao Kuo explained can be found in the Mo Jing. Although Mozi did not discover attraction, he could distinguish gravity and weight.
Although he did not say that light propagates along straight lines, he conducted experiments on small hole imaging. Although he did not state the precise concepts of time and space, he proposed a view of space and time similar to the theory of relativity.
What Zhao Kuo did was to summarize in simple words what Mozi wanted to express. The more he read the Mozi, the more surprised Zhao Kuo was. He looked at the strange experiments above and what Mozi proposed.
Looking at those simple and advanced concepts, Zhao Kuo could be said to be convinced by Mozi's philosophical thoughts...Universal love can be the basis for everyone's equality, advocating unity is the basis for national unity and social stability, and Tianzhi is the basis for national unity and social stability.
The affirmation of unified rules and regulations.
The purpose of Ming Gui is to make the nobles fearful, and the purpose of non-destiny is to give full play to people's subjective initiative... When Zhao Kuo used the thousands of years of experience of later generations to summarize these contents, the Mohist Scripture suddenly became unrecognizable, and even the Mohist disciples were a little confused.
I can't understand... In his final summary, Zhao Kuo spoke very highly of Mozi, thinking that he was the best genius in the Xia Dynasty. When Zhao Kuo's annotations of the Mozi were spread, it quickly brought huge popularity
Influence.
Naturally, Qin Mo immediately absorbed this new version of the Mohist Classic. They began to study the Mohist Classic and gained a lot from it, including Mozi's mechanical theories. After Zhao Kuo explained it, it became much simpler.
Mozi's only shortcoming is probably that he thought his descendants were too smart, or overestimated. But he just brushed over so many wonderful arguments without even giving much explanation.
Descendants of the Mohist family are often confused when looking at these things and can only use their own ideas to understand them.
But Chu Mo and Qi Mo were not as well-behaved as Qin Mo. They were very angry, thinking that Zhao Kuo's approach was to slander Mozi and distort Mohist thought. Chu Mo had no way to come to Qin to cause trouble for Zhao Kuo, so he hoped
Qi Mo was able to come and debate with Zhao Kuo. However, Chu Mo didn't know that Qi Mo was ecstatic after seeing these contents, because they had not achieved anything in these years, and the debates all year round were no longer Confucian.
opponent.
The Confucian scholars of Qi often pointed at them and scolded them, and they could hardly win. If they convinced the other party, those shameless people would go to Xunzi, and then Xunzi would point at them and scold them, and they could only lower their heads and endure...
The development of Confucianism is so fast that all kinds of academics and advanced theories are pouring out. Under the influence of Xunzi, Zixia Confucianism has completely inherited the theory of great unification, and even lobbied local people and nobles in various places to promote great unification.
importance.
Of course, the State of Qin was very happy and reused several Confucian scholars from Zixia. In the Xianyang Academy, there were Confucian scholars holding official positions.
The leader of this unified Confucian school was called Chen Xiao. He was a disciple of Xunzi and Li Si's senior brother.
Compared with Confucianism, which was constantly changing itself, Qi Mo naturally didn't appreciate it. When Zhao Kuo's annotated version of the Mohist Classics was introduced to the Qi State, Qi Mo looked at the work with a critical eye. Then, they discovered that Zhao Kuo's annotated version of the Mohist Scriptures
It makes sense! Because of Shang Tong, Mohism even replaced the Confucian Zixia theory and became the first theory to advocate great unification. Qi Mo couldn't sit still, and they hurried to Xianyang.
However, they did not come to make trouble, they came to Zhao Kuo to learn the New Mohist Classics.
It seemed a bit sad that the orthodox Mohist successor wanted to find an outsider to learn his own doctrine. Zhao Kuo had no intention of hiding his secrets. In the following days, he took out the Mohist scriptures he had annotated.
Zhao Kuo taught these people seriously. During these years, Zhao Kuo never stopped reading and studying. As long as he had free time, he was studying hard. Everyone admired his hard work.
Zhao Kuo can now speak the languages of the Seven Kingdoms, and he has also mastered the rest of the languages except Chu. He has almost finished reading all the classics of hundreds of schools of thought. Everyone also knows that Ma Fujun loves reading, so he is here
People like to give books when giving gifts, and the King of Qin even lent all the books in the royal family's private collection to Zhao Kuo for reading... After the fall of Korea, most of the books in Korea fell into the hands of Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo almost became a walking library. When teaching Qi Mo, Zhao Kuo could answer no matter what Qi Mo asked. Sometimes even the classics cited by Zhao Kuo were not understood by Qi Mo.
, this kind of feeling is no stranger to Qin Mo. When they faced Xunzi, they had felt their own ignorance... and the Wu Chenghou in front of them also had an inexplicable sense of oppression like Xunzi.
When people meet someone they respect, they will probably feel restless and extremely restrained.
Zhao Kuo gave lectures to Qi Mo at first, and later, even Qin Mo came to attend the lectures. Qin Mo and Qi Mo had not gotten along so happily for a long time, especially the core members of both parties, and now,
They all gathered around Zhao Kuo and listened to Zhao Kuo's description of Mozi's theories. Zhao Kuo's description was a bit exciting. As a descendant, seeing his ancestors put forward such advanced theories, he couldn't help but feel excited.
But when Zhao Kuo saw these Mohists in front of him, he felt a little disappointed. What great knowledge, why is there no successor? In the eyes of future generations, the demise of many schools came from the strength of Confucianism. In fact,
, it was the king who chose Confucianism, and Confucianism also developed a unified thought that could assist the king, while other doctrines that were unfavorable to the king had no choice but to die because they were not reused.
This is not because the king oppresses them, but because they have no effect on the king.
This cannot be said to be the fault of the king. Unification and centralization are both historical trends and a process that cannot be reversed. Unification is more advanced than division, centralization is more advanced than local separatism... backwardness is
Those who are advanced will be eliminated until more advanced ones appear to replace them... Mohists can probably detect the disappointment in Zhao Kuo's eyes. This feeling is like the disappointment in the eyes of an elder, which makes people ashamed.
Hard to handle.
At present, a Mohist who recognizes great unification and can develop useful technologies to help the country is of course useful to the king and will not be eliminated so easily. This can be seen from the attitude of King Qin
, the King of Qin continued to increase funding for the Mohists. After the Mohists developed the waterwheel, the King of Qin was very happy. He immediately ordered the establishment of waterwheels in various places, which played a great role in agricultural irrigation.
The Mohists all received promotions in title as their reward.
Qi Mo's performance made Zhao Kuo realize that he should probably spend more energy annotating these theories, which would be helpful to these people. Now that he has been giving lectures for more than two months, Chu Mo has also come to Qin. This is simply
It's an incredible thing. Chu Mo is a staunch non-aggressionist, so they have absolutely no good impression of Qin, which is always provoking wars.
In addition, most of these Chu Mo are rangers. Rangers are absolutely not allowed in the Qin State. They have to be caught and shaved. It can be said that they can come to the Qin State on their own initiative, which is unprecedented. Of course
, they came as scholars, but the Qin State did not expel them, but only sent warriors to supervise them. Chu Mo came to Xianyang aggressively, and instead of looking for Zhao Kuo, they found Tian Xuan of Qi Mo.
"Wufu...why did you come in person?" Tian Xuan asked with some surprise as he looked at the leader of Chu Mo in front of him.
"Why didn't I come? You said you wanted to come to Marquis Wu Cheng for a debate, but once you left there was no news... I thought you were killed by the Qin people!" Wu Fu's temper was not very good.
He was a little irritable and irritable, and he asked: "After I arrived, I heard that you were studying with Marquis Wu Cheng here. Are you here to debate or to study?!"
Tian Xuan said seriously: "Of course I'm here to debate."
"Then what do you mean?"
"Ahem..." Tian Xuan cleared his throat and said: "In the past, Mohism was the most prominent school in the world. Confucianism also had to give in and did not dare to argue with us. However, in recent years, various schools of thought have been developing.
We are the only ones who remain unchanged, and we even begin to be unable to understand the thoughts of our ancestors... If this continues, the Mo family will die out sooner or later, with Qi Mo disappearing first, Chu Mo becoming a group of knights making trouble, and Qin Mo becoming a group of craftsmen."
Tian Xuan's eyes were a little sad, and he said: "Do you really want to see such a future?"
Wufu calmed down a little, and his expression became solemn. Although the Mohist family was divided into three families, facing the future of the Mohist family, all three families felt the same powerlessness. Their disciples were getting fewer and fewer, and the nobles and kings no longer received them.
, the people were unwilling to listen to his teachings... Wu Fu asked: "Then what can you do?"
"You don't know how angry I was when the Mohist Classics compiled by Wu Chenghou came to Qi State. Outsiders came to annotate our classics. This made me feel ashamed and angry...for the first time
After flipping through it, I really couldn't read it and almost burned the book. When I opened it for the second time, I began to think about the content in the book. Maybe our ancestors really had such thoughts? When I opened it for the third time,
But I started to study the content in the book."
"This new Mo Jing completely interprets all the thoughts of the sages. It makes me feel as if Mozi is sitting in front of him, narrating these contents to me... I understand everything, I understand everything.
Got it...I understand that if you want to make the Mohist family strong, you must make changes. This is the purpose of coming to Qin. I want to get more knowledge from Wu Chenghou and prevent the Mohist thoughts from being eliminated.
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"Do you understand?"
Tian Xuan asked.
Wufu looked at him, his lips trembled, and then he said: "I read it once, and then burned the book... But then, the nobles of Chu State started to look for me. They took the Mo Jing,
Many young people came to me and wanted to listen to me explain Mohist thought to them, wanting to learn from Mohism. When we went to give lectures to other people, we could all rely on the content in the book to speak clearly and logically, and they could all
I understand..."
Wufu said with some shame: "The reason why I sent someone to ask you to go here is to test your tone. Unexpectedly, we all thought the same thing."
Tian Xuan originally thought that the other party would scold him, but he didn't expect that Chu Mo thought the same way. He couldn't help laughing and asked: "Then why didn't you come to study earlier?"
Wufu said helplessly: "Although Marquis Wu Cheng is very accomplished in Mohism...but he is an outsider after all. It is really inappropriate for us Mohists to come to him to learn Mohism. I can't lose face."
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Tian Xuan squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I have a way to solve this matter."
Later, Tian Xuan called Qin Mo's Chui over. Of course Chui knew Wu Fu. When Chui saw him, he frowned. Qin Mo hoped to be reunited, while Qi Mo hoped there would be no war, so the two sides were mortal enemies.
, Wufu also had a straight face and did not look at him. Tian Xuan smiled and pulled him to sit down, and then said: "Although the pursuits of the three families are different, we are all descendants of the Mohist family and should not be against each other like this.
"
Chui said coldly: "I'm still busy making the hydraulic smelter. What's the important thing for calling me here?"
"Oh, it seems that you have become pure craftsmen... Qin State uses the machines you built to kill people. Do you remember non-attack and universal love?"
"Being a craftsman is better than wandering around with a sword. Do you know Shang Tong and Tianzhi?"
When the two met, the atmosphere immediately cooled down. Tian Xuan shook his head and said, "Don't argue... I'm calling you here this time for a big event, not for an academic debate... If you want
To debate, you can take the disciples to debate outside the academy..." Tian Xuan stopped the quarrel between the two and then spoke of his own thoughts. Wu Fu, who already knew his thoughts, said nothing, and
Chui was stunned.
"Is this really okay?"
"Wucheng Hou is not even a disciple of the Mohist family..."
"Why not? What we value is his contribution and achievements to the Mohist family..."
When the leaders of the three Mo sects appeared in front of Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo just knew that Chu Mo had arrived in Qin. Zhao Kuo looked at the strong and burly man in front of him and greeted him. Then the three of them said
Got my own idea.
"Wu Chenghou... We want you to be the great son of the Mo family. I wonder if you are willing?"