one person is right

Chapter 814 Borrowing words to promote learning, a thousand years of context slowly
"Sort it out by yourself?"

Li Si frowned, looking at Chen Cuo's young face, he wanted to refute.With his knowledge, he would definitely not think that a person of this age can create a new school without a teacher!

It is my own teacher, who is able to introduce the old and bring forth the new, and develop his own theory, which also relies on the inheritance and accumulation of the predecessors of Confucianism.How can this learning be achieved by drilling into the mountains and working behind closed doors for more than ten years?
However, before Li Si said what he said, Chen Cuo took a deep look at it. For some reason, his heart trembled, and he didn't dare to refute it easily!
When he came back to his senses, he was secretly startled, because he vaguely felt an aura like his own teacher from the other party!But his teacher, Xunzi, is a great sage in the world, who is famous all over the world and nourishes the east. What kind of prestige is that?An imposing manner is not only the precipitation of knowledge, but also can be shaped by respecting the superior and admiring the inferior over the past few decades.The man in front of him is only thirty years old, where did he have such a bearing?

At this point, Li Si hesitated for a moment, settled his thoughts, and said with a flash of inspiration in his heart, "What Mr. said is somewhat inconsistent with his own theory of the rise and fall. According to what you said, as long as you collect the news and find the context, you will be able to Being able to see the rise and fall, it can be seen that the prosperity of a school of theory actually depends on the previous accumulation, if there is only one person, how can they find an opportunity for prosperity in a short period of time?"

"A gentleman can be said to have extraordinary knowledge, and he can get to the point in one sentence." Chen Cuo laughed, as if he didn't hear the provocative meaning in Li Si's words, "The theory of a hundred schools of thought is popular all over the world, so naturally it won't come from a stone all of a sudden. What pops up has its own context, and the root of its prosperity is actually clear, and it only needs to be sorted out to understand."

In fact, when Chen Cuo saw Li Si for the first time, he knew that he was extraordinary.Although his supernatural powers and spells were suppressed, their essence remained the same, and he once blessed the laws of heaven, so close at hand, how could he fail to notice the momentum that was about to flourish in Li Si's body?Even just a little perception, intercepting the information of a few breaths before and after, and then knowing the identity of the person in front of him.

However, Chen Cuo also saw that this Li Si had already learned, like a well-shaped tree, there was no room for further processing by himself, but it was just a springboard to spread the name of prosperity and decline.

So, he didn't care about the doubts in the other party's words, but followed the trend, glanced at the people in front of him, and said with a smile: "Aren't you curious, how can you see the trend of rise and fall from the context? I know that there are many people among you , in fact, I think it was a fluke for a while, and I happened to be right about the situation, so we might as well do the opposite, take the situation of the prosperity of hundreds of schools, dismantle its process in reverse, trace its source, and find out why These hundred families can prosper."

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other in dismay.

On the other hand, Li Si frowned, keenly aware of the other party's purpose, and seemed to want to make use of his questioning, he felt a little displeased, and couldn't help but said: "Sir, what you said is a bit strange, The prosperity of the Hundred Schools is due to the fact that the sages descended from heaven, comprehended the principles of the world, and then passed them on to the world, and then the disciples of the sages, and the disciples who passed them on, practiced the theories, passed them on all over the world, learned from generation to generation, and finally achieved success.”

Inside and outside the words, it is still alluding to the completion of the theory, which is not only due to the pioneering of the sages, but also depends on the perfection of the generations of people.

Hearing this truth, everyone couldn't help but nod, even the middle-aged man who was watching from a distance couldn't help but secretly nodded, but immediately afterwards, he wondered how Chen Cuo would respond.

Chen Cuo still smiled, and asked back: "Even if the saints are really gifted by heaven, why do they suddenly appear together? Although the theory needs to be accumulated for several lifetimes, why do they stand side by side at this time? Have you ever thought about the reason for this?"

When everyone heard these words, they felt disrespectful to the saints of various schools of thought, and they couldn't help but change their expressions. Who would dare to answer rashly?There were even people in the crowd secretly complaining, and they felt withdrawn, thinking that they should not offend the apprentices of any school because of what happened today.

It should be known that the Warring States period was very tense, and the nobles and the heads of Guizhou were still distinct, like two worlds.And the nobles and scholars of the various families are more or less related to each other. If there is any news, it will not be delivered quickly, but the scope is really not small.

Because of this, no one answered Chen Cuo's question for a while.

On the other hand, Li Si didn't shy away, and asked, "So what do you say?"

"That's because of the disputes among the nations, which broke the original taboos and spread knowledge in two ways, so that we have the prosperity we have today." He said, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he picked up the A scroll of bamboo slips, "Whether it is knowledge or learning, in the final analysis, there must be a way to learn. After all, it is impossible for everyone to be a sage who is born with knowledge, and not everyone can feel the truth of the article from the world. But Everyone, please think about it, hundreds of years ago, where were these bamboo slips carrying knowledge? Even if you are all nobles, how many books do you have in your home?"

Everyone heard the words, but they didn't understand why.

Li Si's heart skipped a beat, thoughtfully.

Chen Cuo didn't care about them, but said: "Before the disputes among the countries, the Zhou family divided the feudal lords, and what they gave was land and population, but not knowledge. Whether it is the art of governing the world, the way to win, or even ordinary poems and songs, But they are all controlled by the royal officials, they are kept by the academic officials, and the knowledge is in the government, not in the people! At that time, the throne changed, and the world, the world, and the wealth, all had their positions and performed their duties. Only the royal officials and their heirs had If you are qualified to teach knowledge, how can you learn geometry? If learning is spread in the court, there will naturally be no schools."

"Huh? And this history?"

In the crowd, people like Xia Jing and the others looked at each other in surprise, not knowing whether it was real or not, and finally turned their eyes to Li Si.

It should be noted that the articles at this time were all engraved on bamboo slips, and the bamboo slips were neither light nor extensive. It often took ten, hundreds, or hundreds of volumes to describe a book!For a transport, you have to be carried on a horse. If you want to copy it, you have to take a carving knife and tirelessly carve it for a month or two. How can it be easily spread?
The rapid spread of knowledge in later generations has a lot to do with books that are light and easy to copy, transcribe, and rubbing. Knowing countless things, and even developing to the end, they are all broken into countless fragments, while observing is impetuous, gradually becoming a cocoon!
In view of this, even the children of aristocrats can only read very limited books in a lifetime, and they often read different books. A commentary on Zuo Zhuan can create a scholarly family, and three volumes of Spring and Autumn can suppress luck and spread For posterity!
As for the history of hundreds of years ago, few people know about it, let alone these young people in front of them?
Even Li Si, in fact, knew very little. He was a student of Xunzi, and his main focus was not history. Most of the time he heard his teacher talk about it, he mentioned one or two things, so he was equally surprised at this time.

Chen Cuo glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Xunzi once said: Follow the law to measure, punish and record books, don't know the meaning, keep the number, and be careful not to lose or lose. Pass it down from father to son to maintain the prince. It can be seen that in all Before the dispute between the kingdoms, there were countless books and documents, which were managed by special royal officials and prepared for public use. In the end, it even developed to the point that these royal officials passed on from father to son without knowing their meaning! If not in the end, these learning books, It is said that among the people, even if there are real saints, how many people can learn from them?"

Li Si was taken aback when he heard the words, and he couldn't help being surprised when he recalled the teacher's voice, appearance and words in his mind, they were all the same.And his expression, in the eyes of others, made everyone horrified. Looking at Chen Cuo again, his expression has changed, as if meeting a ghost!
This man has real skills and knowledge!From him, you can really gain something!

At this point, many people's minds became active again, especially that Xia Jing, whose eyes were even more fiery, immediately bowed and asked: "Dare to ask, sir, what are the two kinds of knowledge transmission that you mentioned just now?" Speech In the meantime, respect has begun to show.

Everyone immediately listened.You know, these historians' mantras are what they want to know, and they often have to learn from teachers. It is easy to hear, and even most of their parents don't know it. How can they not know how to cherish it?
Chen Cuo didn't break their minds, or he wanted to make a name for himself, just like the "Painted Skin" back then.

"The first type stems from internal strife in the Zhou Dynasty. First, King Hui and King Xiang had internal strife over the dispute between the prince and his uncle, which caused Sima, the Taishi, to flee with many royal classics and surrender to Jin. , making the barriers of the royal court loose. Later, there was a dispute between King Jing and King Jing. The ancient books, rushing to the state of Chu, made the learning completely break through the barriers and scattered in the south! Strictly speaking, the learning that originated from the Zhou family’s dispute has limited influence, but it made the Zhou family’s royal court lose control and restrict learning. Ability, the princes from all over the world also have the ability to study and reason, which paves the way for a hundred schools of thought to rise together. This is the foundation before prosperity. Without this foundation, everything is a tree without roots and water without a source... "

"So that's how it is..." Xia Jing and the others listened with gusto, remembering each other, for fear of missing half a word.Even Li Si felt it was an eye-opener, and he could vaguely see some kind of context from it.

"Strange!"

In the distance, the middle-aged scribe was amazed, stroked his beard and whispered: "This person is so familiar with these old things, what is the origin?"

"Teacher? Is what he said true?" On the side, the boy was full of curiosity.

"That's right, what I said is true, but people in the past focused more on the power disputes in the Zhou family, but few people talked about the officials in charge of the classics..."

(End of this chapter)