parentshiftbook Chapter 705: Confucianism Took The Wrong Path, But Confucius Was Very Capable At That Time [Seeking
Chapter 705: Confucianism Took The Wrong Path, But Confucius Was Very Capable At That Time [Seeking
If it turns out that Song Lian still has a lot to say and wants to have an in-depth chat with Literary Saint Cang Jie.
So now that Song Lian gave up such an idea after knowing that the agricultural saint Shennong, the medical saint Qi Bo, the science saint Ban Heng, the Shang saint Fan Bai, and the literary saint Cang Jie were all the same person.
After all, he could not have in-depth discussions with Yan Changqing, the Shennong family of the agricultural sage, the Qibo family of the medical sage, the Ban Heng family of the science sage, and the Shang sage Fan Bai family, and face the farmers, doctors, Mohists, and merchants who were re-emerging in this era.
How should Confucians respond and counterattack, even suppress farmers, doctors, Mohists, and merchants?!!
Although Yan Changqing also has the identity of Cang Jie, a Confucian literary sage, Yan Changqing will definitely not side with Confucianism on such an issue!!!
Because Yan Changqing's words just now have already indicated the purpose of many of his previous actions.
That is, during the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period two thousand years ago was reproduced, and a hundred schools of thought contended together!!!
Although all the scholars in this era are him, so are all the schools of thought.
But it doesn’t matter, at least now he is also a member of Confucianism!!!
[But in this way, with Yan Changqing, the literary sage Cang Jie, who also has the identity of the other agricultural sages Shennong, medical sage Qi Bo, science sage Ban Heng, and Shang sage Fan Bai, there is no need to worry about Confucianism in the future. Under the pressure of farmers, doctors, Mohists, and merchants, they were unable to recover!!!]
[After all, what Yan Changqing wants is "all the scholars to rise together and a hundred schools of thought to contend", rather than "a hundred schools of thought to join forces and inherit the family line!!!"
[It’s just that Confucianism’s dominance among hundreds of schools since Dong Wenzong cannot be preserved after all!!!]
Song Lian couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.
After all, Confucianism has been dominant for thousands of years. Now that Confucianism has been pulled from the position of being the dominant one among hundreds of schools of thought, to being ranked among hundreds of schools of thought, it is impossible for him to say that he does not feel complicated and melancholy.
[It’s just that we, the Confucian disciples, don’t work hard!!!]
[It’s just that, who would have thought that in this world, someone would be able to discover and cultivate grain crops with a yield of up to 30 dan per mu, suppress the smallpox plague that infected hundreds of thousands of people, and improve and invent many techniques so that the common people would no longer have to worry about it in the future. Lack of meat and salt, and even boast that you can earn tens of billions?!!]
[What’s even more terrifying is that the people who did these things are actually the same person!!!]
[Faced with such an existence, I’m afraid even the rebirth of the Five Sages of Confucianism can’t do anything?!!]
[After all, he alone is equivalent to the existence of five Saints!!!]
【How could such a monster exist?!!】
[Is it possible that the aliens from the Yuan Dynasty invaded the Central Plains and caused too much harm to the Han people?!!]
[That’s why the Central Plains gave birth to His Majesty who started from a humble beginning, succeeded in unifying the north from the south, conquered the world for the first time, and finally unified the world, creating a great cause that has never been seen in the history!!!]
[Then Yan Changqing was born, a man of heaven who was familiar with Confucianism, Mohism, medicine, agriculture, and merchants, and wanted to revive the schools of thought!!!]
[The purpose is to restore the world of the Han family, restore the Han people's clothes, and the culture of hundreds of schools of thought?!!]
The more Song Lian thought about it, the more he felt that this might be the case.
After all, before the Yuan Dynasty, there were dynasty changes in the Han family.
But those were all dynastic changes within the Han people and had nothing to do with the barbarian peoples outside the Central Plains.
Therefore, no matter it was the Han Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, etc., there was no emperor who could succeed in ruling the north from the south and finally ascend to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Plan as a humble beggar and refugee!! !
There has never been anyone who can master the doctrines of the five schools in one person at the same time, and finally become the Saint of the five schools with various saints, great karmic merits and great achievements!!!
However, now such an incredible thing has happened, so if we say, this has nothing to do with the success of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes in entering the Central Plains for the first time.
So Song Lian feels that this is more or less unexplainable!!!
After all, there is really no other explanation that is more reliable and convincing than this.
Yan Changqing, who was sitting opposite Song Lian, was sipping tea while looking at Song Lian with curiosity as he didn't know what he was thinking and his expression kept changing.
After a long while, Song Lian, who noticed Yan Changqing's surprised look, finally reacted and quickly raised his tea cup to apologize:
"Sorry, I was rude for a moment!!!"
Yan Changqing shook his head and said gently:
“No problem!!!”
Then Song Lian put aside the random thoughts just now and talked about the serious business of coming here:
"I wonder what Literary Saints think about compiling teaching materials that students of all ages need to learn and use in [elementary school], [beginner school], and [high school]?!!"
Yan Changqing, who had already had an idea, said without any hesitation:
"The main thing is to add more stories about how people should be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, loving the people, diligent, honest, upright, etc. in the teaching materials."
“Secondly, the students trained by the teaching materials should achieve all-round development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor aspects at different stages of learning.
"For example, the training goals of [primary school] education."
"In terms of moral education, students should initially have thoughts and feelings such as loving the country, loving the people, and loving labor, and initially possessing good qualities such as caring for others, caring for the collective, honesty, diligence, and not being afraid of difficulties."
"As well as the ability to initially distinguish right from wrong, and develop the behavioral habits of being civilized, polite and disciplined."
"In terms of intellectual education, students should be equipped with basic knowledge and basic skills in reading, writing, expression, and calculation, master some common sense about nature, society, and life, and develop the ability to observe, think, operate, and self-study."
"As well as having a wide range of interests and hobbies, and developing good study habits."
"In terms of physical education, students should be trained to exercise and pay attention to hygiene habits so as to have a healthy body."
“In terms of aesthetic education, students are trained to love beauty and have preliminary aesthetic abilities.”
“In terms of labor technology education, students should be trained to have good working habits, be able to use labor tools in daily life, and have preliminary self-care abilities.
“The training goals of [middle schools] and [high schools] also take ‘moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor’ as the core, and they just need to be further developed. "
After listening to Yan Changqing's ideas and suggestions, Song Lian pondered slightly, and then said:
"The 'morality, intelligence, body, beauty, and labor' mentioned by the literary sage are trying to revive the 'Six Arts of the Gentleman'?!!"
"To raise a country's sons with the Tao, they teach six skills: the first is the Five Rituals, the second is the Six Music, the third is the Five Shooting, the fourth is the Five Controls, the fifth is the Six Books, and the sixth is the Nine Numbers!!!"
Song Lian said that Confucianism inherited the definition of the "Six Arts of a Gentleman" from "The Rites of Zhou, Local Officials and Situ, Baoshi".
And Yan Changqing couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Song Lian's definition of the "Six Arts of a Gentleman".
Then I thought about it carefully and found that the "morality, intelligence, body, beauty, and labor" he mentioned can actually perfectly match the Confucian "Six Arts of a Gentleman."
Needless to say, "ritual" among the six arts of the gentleman is basically equivalent to what he calls "virtue".
"Happiness" among the six arts of the gentleman is basically equivalent to what he calls "beauty".
Among the six arts of the gentleman, "shooting" and "improving" are also equivalent to what he calls "body" and "labor".
Among the six arts of the gentleman, "writing" and "numbering" are equivalent to what he calls "wisdom".
Therefore, the comprehensive development of "morality, intelligence, body, beauty, and labor" is actually the Confucian "Six Arts of a Gentleman."
In other words, what he called "morality, intelligence, body, beauty, and labor" is actually a simplified version of the Confucian "six arts of a gentleman" in the modern society of his previous life.
[Tsk, tsk, tsk, I suddenly realized that I had done so many tricks in my previous life, but in fact, they were just trying to make fun of my ancestors!!!]
[I really don’t know whether to say that the ancestors are too powerful, or that the descendants are too incompetent!!!]
[Walking around for more than two thousand years, I still haven’t stepped out of the shadow of my ancestors. Oh no, I should say I haven’t stepped out of the shadow of my ancestors!!!]
After sighing silently in his heart, Yan Changqing looked at Song Lian and nodded, affirming:
"Yes, it can also be said to be a restart of the 'Six Arts of the Gentleman'."
"Today's Confucian scholars can be said to be completely different existences from those during Confucius' time and those during the Qin and Han dynasties."
"Take the Confucian Gongyang theory that was popular in the Western Han Dynasty as an example. Great revenge, respecting the king and fighting against the barbarians. If there is no strong combat power as the basis, can it be accomplished?!!"
"And in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the hegemons ruled the country, why was Confucius able to travel around the world and spread his thoughts and ideas?!"
"It is clearly recorded in the Historical Records "The Family of Confucius" that Confucius had a chariot when he led three thousand Confucian scholars to travel around the country and explain his own doctrines!!!"
"It is also recorded in "Historical Records: The Family of Confucius": 'Confucius was nine feet and six inches long. It is said that the height varies from person to person.'"
"In addition, it is also recorded in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu·Shen Da": "Confucius's strength is so great that the entire country is not willing to listen to it with force."
"There is also a record in "Huainanzi": 'Confucius was wiser than Chang Hong, bravely surrendered to Meng Bi, and used his feet to sneak out of cunning rabbits, and used all his strength to conquer the city gates'."
"There is also a record in "Book of Rites: Shooting Meanings": "Confucius shot at the garden of the slender figure, covering those who watched it like a wall, etc."
"In other words, Confucius himself was more than two meters tall, braver than a tiger, strong enough to carry a country, and ran faster than a rabbit."
"He is even able to drive a four-horse bronze chariot with one hand, use a bronze sword and a bronze halberd as ritual weapons with one hand, and is a super fierce man who dares to run around in troubled times with dozens of students!!! "
"If Confucius didn't have such extremely terrifying and ferocious fighting power, how could he have been able to fight in those troubled times in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the princes of various countries would directly drive chariots to fight against each other if they disagreed.
"In addition to ensuring your own safety, you can also spread your theories and concepts!!!"
It can be said that Confucius owes most of the reason why Confucianism, an ideological doctrine that did not meet the needs of the general environment of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, to spread and be passed on smoothly, is due to Confucius.
After all, Confucian etiquette and benevolence are in line with universal human moral concepts.
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However, in the context of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when feudal lords were competing for hegemony, the more we paid attention to etiquette and benevolence, and the more we valued and reused Confucianism, the faster people were given away.
Because in terms of social nature, Confucianism is not an ideological doctrine that meets the needs of the large social background of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when princes competed for hegemony.
The theories that truly fit the needs of the large social background of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods and the feudal lords competing for hegemony were the Legalists and Military Strategies!!!
In troubled times, only Legalists and military strategists can quickly make the country prosperous and strong!!!
Therefore, according to normal social development, a doctrine like Confucianism that emphasizes etiquette and benevolence would be easily discovered by legalists or military strategists passing by, and then easily eradicated.
Confucianism, which was finally bulldozed, exists in history books as a "backward" ideological doctrine.
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If it were even more tragic, it might not even have the chance to exist in the history books, and it would completely disappear in the long river of history.
However, as the founder of Confucianism, Confucius was really too strong and capable of fighting!!!
Even Confucius himself was so strong and cruel that he could beat other legalists and military leaders!!!
It is precisely because the bigwigs of other doctrines dislike Confucius, but they have never been able to kill him, that in the end Confucius' thoughts and ideas were able to spread.
Then, after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the hegemons dominated the country, the inherited Confucian thoughts and concepts finally prospered, developed, and grew, and even dominated the two countries.
An opportunity of more than a thousand years.
Song Lian, who was sitting opposite Yan Changqing, had a look of wealth on his face as he listened to Yan Changqing's description of "Confucius".
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More than two meters tall?!
Stronger than Tiger?!!
To support the country?!!
Running faster than a rabbit?!!
Are you really talking about Confucius?!!
However, as the current leader of Confucianism, Song Lian, who has read through all the Confucian classics, carefully recalled the classics that Yan Changqing just mentioned.
Then I discovered that in classic books such as "The Family of Confucius", "Lu Shi Chunqiu·Shen Da", "Huainanzi", "Book of Rites·Sheyi" and so on, it is really recorded like this.
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As a disciple of Confucianism, Song Lian would naturally not think that he would use exaggerated painting style when recording content related to Confucius.
You must know that it is the Confucian Saint Kong. How can it be an exaggerated painting style? It must be a realistic painting style!!!
And if it is a realistic painting style, then it means that what Yan Changqing just said is probably true!!!
Lu Wenzhao and Pei Lun, who were also listening, looked at me and I looked at you, their faces also looked shocked and incredulous.
In their impression, or in the impression of almost everyone today, Confucius is an amiable, gentle and easy-going saint.
But Yan Changqing’s description just now does not describe the amiable, elegant and easy-going old master Saint. He is simply a super strong man who can compete with the overlord in bravery.
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Yan Changqing didn't care at all about Song Lian's confused look at the moment, and continued to say enthusiastically:
"Like the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, if Confucius was alive, I absolutely believe that Confucius could lead hundreds of students and run rampant in those troubled times!!!"
"Even such things as charging into battle alone, with thousands of troops standing in between, beheading enemy generals and returning them, I believe Confucius could do it!!!"
“But what about today’s Confucian scholars?!”
"In the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, even those who were not as brave as Confucius could not even guarantee their own safety!!!"
"Today's Confucian scholars can't carry their shoulders, can't lift their hands, their limbs are not working hard, they can't distinguish between grains, their faces are pale, and their bodies are thin. They look like wastes who have overindulged in sex!!"
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"All day long, I only talk about some empty talk but not very practical Saint principles."
“What’s the use of this kind of future apart from becoming a rotten scholar who can only say ‘what’s the point’?!!”
"So, we must truly restart the "Six Arts of the Gentleman" so that the current Confucian scholars can be like the Confucian scholars of the Qin and Han Dynasties, or even the Confucian scholars of the Confucius period!
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"Only in this way can Confucianism gain new vitality, usher in new development, and finally create new glory!!!"
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After Yan Changqing's chaotic indoctrination, Song Lian finally walked out of Wanmin Liberal Arts College in a daze, muttering to himself at the same time:
“Is the current development path of Confucianism really on the wrong track?!!”
"But Master, he was really good at fighting back then!!!"
"There are also Confucian scholars from the Qin and Han dynasties, each of whom was better at fighting than the last!!!"
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