parentshiftbook Chapter 349: It Takes Ten Years To Grow Trees And A Hundred Years To Cultivate People, The Inheritan
Chapter 349: It Takes Ten Years To Grow Trees And A Hundred Years To Cultivate People, The Inheritan
“But can such ‘reading and literacy’ really be regarded as ‘reading and literacy’?!!”
"If they don't read the Three Character Classic, One Hundred Family Surnames, and The Thousand-Character Classic, it means that their level of 'reading and literacy' is not even as good as the lowest level of children in the Ming Dynasty!!!"
"If they don't read through the Four Books and Five Classics such as "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn", it means that they You cannot understand many Saint principles such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness!!!"
"If they can't pass the college examination or the provincial examination and become a scholar or a scholar, it means that they are not even qualified to be a magistrate and county clerk.'
"It's just about being able to read the posted notices and know how to write your own name and the name of your hometown."
"And the ability to write down what you do in your daily life, write IOUs, remember bills, etc.
“Even if tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty meet the requirements of ‘reading and literacy’ as mentioned by Mr. Yan, what effect will it have on the Ming Dynasty?!!”
Qi King Zhu Su frowned and looked at Yan Changqing.
It's not that he looked down on the people who had reached the level of "reading and literacy" required by Yan Changqing, but he really didn't see the role that such "reading and literacy" people had for the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to education and those scholars who were truly literate was because these scholars were able to serve as officials and officials.
Those with great ability can serve as officials and assist the emperor in governing the world; those with little ability can also serve as officials and assist the county magistrate in governing the ten directions.
In other words, the Ming Dynasty paid off by supporting and subsidizing these scholars to give birth to scholars.
These texts will be helpful to the Ming Dynasty after scholars have achieved academic success.
But as Yan Changqing said, those people who are "ready and literate" have lower levels of knowledge and culture than even the lowest level of children.
Even if there are tens of millions of people, the emperor cannot help the emperor to govern the world, and the people below cannot help the magistrate to govern one area. At most, these people can only entertain themselves?!
But what use is this kind of self-entertainment to Ming Dynasty, and what is the reward?!!
No, it would be a waste of Ming Dynasty’s annual revenue!!!
With such excess annual revenue, it is better to invest it in other state and government expenditures.
At least other state affairs and government affairs will give Ming a return and a role for Ming Dynasty after spending an extra amount of annual revenue.
In the opinion of King Zhu Shu of Qi, it is far better than wasting it on cultivating millions of Ming people who are reading and literate and can only entertain themselves!!!
Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Qi Wang Zhu Su, and he said calmly:
"Let's talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness first. The role of the "Four Books and Five Classics" is just to allow people to better understand the principles of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, etc. However, this does not mean that we should not read the "Four Books and Five Classics" thoroughly.
They don’t understand loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. "
"For example, among the 100,000 soldiers and civilians who jumped into the sea from Yashan in the Song Dynasty and died for their country, how many of them had ever read the Four Books and Five Classics?!!"
"Can it be said that they who have not read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly do not understand what loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are?!!"
"If they didn't understand, then they wouldn't have committed such a shocking act of loyalty by jumping into the sea to die for their country!!!"
Wang Zhubo immediately fell silent when he heard Yan Changqing mention the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who had jumped into the sea from a cliff and died for their country.
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who died for their country by jumping into the sea from a cliff have proved with their own lives that even if you don't read the "Four Books and Five Classics", you can still understand what loyalty is!!!
On this point, even the previous Kong family could not argue with Yan Changqing, and Qi King Zhu Zun would not question Yan Changqing in this regard.
Yan Changqing looked at Qi Wang Zhu Su and continued to speak:
"After talking about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, let's talk about the role."
"The potato seeds that were just planted now, do they have any use at this time?!!"
"Potato seeds at this time have no effect!!!"
"But when the summer harvest comes, the potato seeds planted now will be able to produce at least twenty dan per mu!!!"
“That’s what potato seeds are for.”
"As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people!!!"
"Education is inheritance!!!"
"When parents themselves know a little bit about 'reading and literacy', do you think that when they have children, will they pass on all the 'reading and literacy' they know to their children?!!"
Yan Changqing looked at Qi King Zhu Bo and asked, and then without waiting for Qi King Zhu Shu's answer, he answered for Qi King Zhu Shu:
"Will do!!!"
"Although His Majesty has now changed the national policy of the Ming Dynasty to give equal emphasis to scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, scholars still come before agriculture, industry and commerce, and officials based on scholars still occupy the mainstream.
"In other words, if you want to enter the ruling class, most of the current upward promotion channels are still dominated by kings."
"As parents, we all (bhaf) hope that our children will succeed."
"So whenever possible, parents will try their best to train their children and let their children go to the scholar class."
"Teaching all the 'reading and literacy' content that they know to their children is undoubtedly one of the best trainings!!!"
"When their children receive this part of the 'reading and literacy' education inheritance from their parents since childhood, it means that their children are already higher than their parents from the starting point. "
"And as their children grow up, they will also slowly progress and grow."
"Their children will then try to learn more, such as The Three-Character Classic, One Hundred Family Surnames, and The Thousand-Character Classic."
"Maybe throughout their lifetime, their children will only be able to learn the Three Character Classic, One Hundred Family Surnames, and The Thousand-Character Classic."
"But it doesn't matter. After their grandson is born, their children will teach their grandsons the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "Thousand Character Classic" they have learned."
"And when their grandsons received the education and inheritance from their parents in the "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Surnames" and "The Thousand Character Classic" since childhood.
"Then it means that their grandchildren are already higher than their parents from the starting point!!!"
"And their grandchildren will slowly progress and grow as they grow up."
"Their grandchildren will then begin to try to learn the Four Books and Five Classics such as "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", and the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn" ”
"Perhaps throughout their lifetime, their grandchildren will only be able to learn "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and "The Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn" A certain book or a certain scripture in it.”
"It may even be just a small part of a certain book or sutra."
"But it doesn't matter, wait until their great-grandson is born."
"Their grandsons will teach their great-grandchildren a certain book, a certain classic, or a small part of a certain book or a certain classic among the Four Books and Five Classics that they have learned."
"And when their great-grandchildren received the education and inheritance of a certain book, a certain classic, or a small part of a certain book or a certain classic from their parents since childhood. "
"Then it means that their great-grandchildren are already higher than their parents from the very beginning!!!"
"The cycle goes on and on, passed down from generation to generation."
"One day, no, even within a hundred years, the people of the Ming Dynasty will go from merely reaching the level of 'reading and literacy' required by me [to everyone being able to read the "Zhu Zi Jing", "Hundred Family Surnames", "The Thousand-Character Essay"!"
"Even going a step further, everyone can read "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Doctrine of the Mean", as well as the "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Zhou", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn" 》!!”
"The day will finally come when millions of people in the Ming Dynasty will all have the knowledge to be talented, have the talent to succeed, be qualified, and have the ability to take the imperial examination!!!"
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