Chapter 718 Surprisingly Three Policies of Heaven and Man [2 More]
Li Wei immediately straightened up after hearing this, looked at Chu Yi with admiration and said: "Brother Zhu is really too humble. A few days ago, Brother Zhu said in the prefecture of Mengcheng, 'I listened to the spring rain in the small building all night, and I was deeply moved.
The apricot blossoms sold in the alley in the Ming Dynasty amaze everyone. We admire Brother Zhu for his talent. We heard that Brother Zhu was passing through Licheng, so we are here to wait here. I also hope that Brother Zhu can appreciate it and let us show our friendship as landlords!"
As he spoke, Li Wei slowly bowed to Chu Yi. Such a great gift showed that Li Wei was definitely sincere.
Not only Li Wei, but all the literati nearby also saluted Chu Yi.
Chu Yi looked flattered, and hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support Li Wei. At the same time, he said with a moved face: "Zhu is so virtuous and capable that he is so loved by you. It is better to be respectful than to obey orders for such a generous favor!"
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Under the astonished gazes of Luda and others, Chu Yi, surrounded by these literati, rushed towards the best restaurant in Licheng.
Several people looked at each other, and besides admiration, they really didn't know what to say.
Luda curled his lips and thought to himself, if Helian Tieshu were here at this moment, and saw that Chu Yi was so upright and upright, and even became the center of everyone, and was respected by so many people, I wonder if his eyes would be
fall down.
Above the Fenghua Building, Li Wei and others gathered around Chu Yi and sat down. Although Chu Yi was a guest, he was sitting on top of the main seat. No one present stood up to object. Instead, they showed approval.
As the saying goes, men of letters despise each other. If Chu Yi's talents and knowledge hadn't overwhelmed everyone present, how could everyone have allowed Chu Yi to take the center stage.
After sitting down, Li Wei immediately carefully took a brocade box from the hand of the book boy next to him, placed it on the table, and carefully opened it under the attention of everyone.
Everyone only saw a roll of yellowed silk paper placed in the brocade box. Just by looking at the traces of the passage of time on the silk paper, one could tell that it was a piece of silk paper, probably no less than a hundred years old.
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The big characters "Lingwu Fu" came into view. All the literati present were literati. When they saw the big characters on the silk paper, many people's eyes lit up.
Lingwu Fu is a famous poem by the great Confucian Fan Zhongyan. Who in the world knows the name of Fan Zhongyan and Fan Wenzhenggong? Not to mention other things, just worrying about the world's worries before rejoicing after the world's happiness makes Fan Zhongyan famous all over the world.
As soon as this piece of Lingwu Fu came out, the people present were naturally shocked. One of the scholars looked at Li Wei in amazement and said: "Brother Li, this...could this be the Lingwu poem written by Duke Fan in the past?"
Gift?"
There are many versions of manuscripts about Fan Zhongyan circulating in the market, but those manuscripts were not written by Fan Zhongyan himself, but were engraved by later generations.
One is Fan Zhongyan's handwriting, and the other is engraving in large quantities on engravings. Naturally, there is no comparison between the two.
If it is not handwritten by Fan Zhongyan, then if you want a piece of Lingwu Fu, you can easily buy it.
Hearing this, Li Wei said with a bit of pride on his face: "Yes, this is the Lingwu Fu written by Mr. Fan himself. This manuscript fell into my Li family and has been treasured to this day. If it were not for seeking Zhu Zhu today,
Brother, Li will never invite this Fan Gong manuscript to come out easily!"
It has been spread that Chu Yi likes various handwritten manuscripts by former sages and great scholars. If you want to invite Chu Yi to compose poems and lyrics, if there are no manuscripts by former sages and great scholars, you will not be able to do so.
Even if there are manuscripts from previous sages and great scholars, whether or not to do it depends on Chu Yi's mood.
Chu Yi has seen a lot of manuscripts of various sages and scholars. With his status in the Ming Dynasty, even if he did not give any orders, the people below knew that he liked to collect manuscripts of sages and scholars, and they would take the initiative to collect them one by one. Therefore,
It is said that Chu Yi has really seen too many manuscripts like this.
Lingwu Fu is indeed a manuscript by Fan Zhongyan, but Chu Yi's appetite has already been cultivated. It is really impossible for a single manuscript to impress him.
He reached out to look at the Lingwu Fu, his sea of consciousness shook slightly, and Chu Yi put it down casually.
Li Wei sighed softly in his heart when he saw this. He knew that his Lingwu talent alone might not be able to impress Chu Yi, so when he saw Chu Yi's actions, although he was a little disappointed, he did not panic and looked to the side.
A scribe said: "Brother Meng Li, I heard that Brother Meng Li has a volume of "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" written by Dong Zhongshu of the late Han Dynasty. I don't know..."
Everyone couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this, and even Meng Li suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Wei.
Dong Zhongshu and others were the Confucian sages of the generation who proposed the theory of the connection between heaven and man and the great unification, and suggested that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty should depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism.
The preciousness of his handwritten manuscripts can be seen in general, especially in the minds of Confucian scholars, Dong Zhongshu's status is even more extraordinary.
A volume of manuscripts seems to be of little value, but it depends on who is in the hands of it. If Dong Zhongshu's manuscript is in the hands of a beggar or an ordinary farmer, it is probably worthless and abandoned like a shoe, but if it is in the hands of a scribe
The words in your hand are definitely a treasure worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Pairs of eyes fell on Meng Li. Meng Li frowned, glanced at Li Wei with a bit of displeasure, took a deep breath, slowly shook his head and said: "Brother Li is afraid
It's the lack of luck. Our Meng family is just a small family. It is not comparable to a scholarly family like Brother Li. It is comparable to a family with heirlooms of poems and books. How could such a treasure of Wenzong as the Three Strategies of Heaven and Man be in our Meng family?
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Li Wei glanced at Meng Li and sighed in his heart. Since he dared to mention it in front of Meng Li, he was naturally somewhat sure. However, Meng Li's reaction was not surprising. If Meng Li nodded and admitted, then
That's the weird thing.
However, Li Wei didn't bother. After all, whether he was willing to take it out or not was Meng Li's own business. He just mentioned it.
Li Wei didn't take it to heart, but Chu Yi was a little curious. Dong Zhongshu's "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" can definitely be said to be a classic of Confucianism. The unified theory of the induction of heaven and man established the Confucian position in the courts of the past dynasties.
position above.
The most important thing is that Dong Zhongshu, a Confucian sage, is definitely a strong man in the realm of heaven and man. Is there anything weird in the handwritten classics left by such a strong man?
In this world, it is not unreasonable for the literati to have a high status. If all the literati are powerless, how can they suppress the martial arts masters who can break mountains, crack rocks, and destroy mountains?
who.
As far as Chu Yi knows, there are many powerful people among the literati in the world, especially those great scholars. It can be said that at least half of the ten great scholars are powerful at the level of grand master or supreme grand master.
According to this inference, if Dong Zhongshu did not have the cultivation level of heaven and man, and dared to propose the concept of deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, I am afraid that he would have been cut into pieces by the strong men of hundreds of schools of thought who were suppressed by the imperial power.
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With a thought in his mind, Chu Yi looked towards Meng Li. As expected, the only person Chu Yi could not see through was Meng Li. Even though Li Wei had a cultivation level comparable to that of a master, he was still seen by Chu Yi.
's clear.
On the contrary, Meng Li was sitting there, and Chu Yi had an incomprehensible feeling. Either Meng Li possessed a profound kung fu, or the kung fu he practiced was extremely mysterious. If not, there was no way to explain why Chu
Yi will not be able to see through the other person.
With a slight cough, Chu Yi glanced at everyone, with a smile on his face and said: "Thanks to everyone's respect, Zhu will show off his humiliation and compose a poem today."
Li Wei was overjoyed when he heard this and clapped his hands on the spot and said, "Okay!"
No matter what era, there are die-hard fans, and obviously this Li Wei is definitely Chu Yi's die-hard fan.
Chu Yi stood up, took one step forward, and said in his mouth: "The ancients spared no effort in their knowledge, and their kung fu is only perfected when they are young. What is learned on paper will eventually become shallow, and I know that I have to do it in practice."
Everyone present was stunned when they heard it, with faces full of horror. Although there was nothing amazing about the poem Chu Yi said, it expressed the attitude of learning in one sentence, and even they were greatly affected.
inspiration.
Li Wei clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Wonderful, really wonderful. As expected of Brother Zhu, he recited such good poems casually."
Although all the students present have heard about Chu Yi's talent and learning, only a few of them have seen it with their own eyes or heard it with their own ears. If Li Wei didn't have a good status in Licheng, they might not have heard about it.
Give Li Wei face and come to support Chu Yi.
But now they have really experienced Chu Yi's talent for poetry and calligraphy. Thinking about it, they may never be able to write such a poem in their lifetime.
Then all the literati present looked absent-minded, with the poem Chu Yi had just written echoing in their minds.
After three drinks and five dishes, seeing that everyone was greatly stimulated, Li Wei, as a landlord, decisively ended the meal and personally sent Chu Yi to a separate courtyard in the city that had been arranged for him.
After the banquet dispersed, what happened at the banquet naturally spread through the mouths of the literati. It didn't take long for the scholars in the city to know what happened at the banquet.
Some people began to admire Chu Yi extremely because of Chu Yi's poem, which made Chu Yi's pseudonym even more famous.
But some people also noticed the three strategies of heaven and man mentioned by Li Wei during the dinner. Li Wei had an extraordinary background. He was the eldest son of the Li family in Licheng. The Li family's poems and books have been passed down for hundreds of years. It can be said that he has a profound heritage.
If someone else said that, I'm afraid not many people would believe it, but since it was Li Wei who said it, it's hard to say.
The Three Strategies of Heaven and Man are the sage Dong Zhongshu's induction of heaven and man, the prototype of the theory of great unification, which has a profound influence on later generations, and is the foundation of Dong Zhongshu's lifelong learning.
