Siheyuan: The Ambition of Sanzang

"What? Did you have something to do with me?" Sanzang waited for Gao Qi to let go of her hands, looked at his hesitant expression, and asked suspiciously.

"Well... I have a few academic questions and I want to ask you for advice." Gao Qi said a little embarrassed.

"Oh?" Sanzang was puzzled, this was the first time someone came to discuss academic issues with him, and he became a little interested, "Okay, I may not know the answer to the question you asked, I can only promise to answer what I have learned. I'll tell you what I know."

"You are too modest, look at this...how about you come to my house upstairs and have a cup of tea, let's sit down and talk slowly." Gao Qi looked around.

"Okay." Sanzang understood what he meant.

"Hey, this way please." Gao Qi led the way.

"Your residence is quite simple." Sanzang followed Gao Qi into his room, and took a little look at the decoration of the house.

"Fortunately, everyone is like this. After Yueyue moves away, I will live alone. It is quite spacious. Third Master, sit here, and I will pour you a cup of tea." Gao Qi pulled away The chair in front of the small desk, he reached out his hand to signal.

"You don't have to work, I'll leave after a while." Sanzang waved his hand and sat down on the small chair.

"That's okay." Gao Qi went to make tea on her own.

"Boss, why are you here?" Gao Yue packed the package and turned around to see Sanzang.

"Your brother wants to chat with me, you can continue to work on your work, don't worry about me." Sanzang watched Gao Yue standing there without moving, and quickly waved his hand.

"Ok."

"Third Master, drink tea." Gao Qi quickly brought over a cup of tea.

"Well, sit down too." Sanzang took the teacup Gao Qi handed over, and took a sip.

"Hey!" Gao Qi moved a chair by her feet and sat down on the other side of the small desk.

"Let's treat it as a small talk between good friends today. Say what you want. You don't need to be so restrained. Besides, this is your home." Sanzang looked at Gao Qi who was a little nervous, and quickly opened his mouth to dispel his worries.

"Hey, let me tell the truth, Sanye, didn't you set up a scholarship for basic research? The highest bonus is 1 yuan, and the lowest is 1000 yuan. I'm a philosophy teacher and I want to do some basic research, but I don't know how to proceed, can you give me some advice?" Gao Qi lowered her head and said in a low voice.

"Why? You also want to be a millionaire?" Sanzang asked back with a smile.

"Hey, do you look down on me? As a university teacher, I don't do my research well and do my job well, but I think about what I don't have." Gao Qi rubbed the back of her head and smiled embarrassedly.

"No, it's a good idea. Isn't the purpose of setting up scholarships to encourage basic research? I often travel to Xidu (Germany) and Dongwa for business, and I also have a little understanding of their university education. Their university education Basically there are only two purposes."

"Which two purposes?"

"One is teaching how to be a human being, and the other is teaching how to make money."

"It's that simple?"

"Haha, it's not easy, it may be relatively easy for us now, but it may be very difficult for Western societies that advocate individual freedom and individual supremacy.

It is even more difficult to make money teaching. Our college graduates are assigned jobs. This problem does not exist, but Xidu and Dongwa are different. Their college graduates have to go out to find jobs by themselves.

This also means that the university has to be responsible for the students and educate them into people with real talents and real learning.

Therefore, the academic atmosphere in their universities is very strong, and the academic atmosphere is also very positive, encouraging innovative research and not engaging in those vain things.You are thinking about earning money by researching knowledge now, which is very good, so go ahead with confidence and boldness. "

"So it's like this. I haven't dared to tell others about my small thoughts. I'm afraid they will tell me. After hearing what you said, I can go on boldly now."

"That's right, didn't Dante say, go your own way and let others say it."

"Yes, yes, I also said that I am a philosophy teacher. How can I forget this sentence. Third Master, I am in philosophy and want to do some research in this area. Can you give me some advice?"

"Philosophy, this is a big problem. After all, I don't specialize in this, so let's just talk about it, and don't argue about its right or wrong. How much you can gain depends on your understanding. How about it?" Sample?"

"Okay, exactly what I want."

"Let me first talk about some of my views. The biggest feature of our local philosophy is that literature, history and philosophy are not separated."

"Writers, history and philosophy are not separated?"

"That's right, the word philosophy came from India. You can't say that we didn't have philosophical thoughts before the word philosophy came."

"That's impossible. Laozi, Zhuangzi, Confucius, Mozi, etc. in the pre-Qin period were all great philosophers."

"That's right, our philosophical works are all literary classics. Represented by various schools of thought, there is almost no strong dividing line. This is especially true for historiography, which is the specific expression of our literature and philosophy. For example, " "Historical Records" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian".

"Well, what you said makes sense."

"I said this to show that when we study our own philosophical issues, we should not just study philosophy alone. Only by combining literature and history can you come up with new things."

"understood."

"Actually, the study of any kind of knowledge should focus on the application in the end, and philosophy is no exception. It must pay attention to the real application of what you have learned, otherwise it will be meaningless.

To give two examples, our ancestors invented the compass, but we use it to look at Fengshui, but Westerners learned it and used it for navigation.

Gunpowder was also invented by us. We use it to make fireworks and firecrackers and show off everywhere. Westerners have learned it but use it to make artillery to hit us. "

"Well, that's the reason, but it's so difficult." Gao Qi shook her head after listening.

"That's for sure. When you study philosophy, you only study what our ancestors said in a certain place in a certain year and month. What do these words mean? There are several explanations.
It has no practical significance, and you will not discover anything new in the end, so you must change your thinking and use divergent thinking to combine specific research with other disciplines. "

"Can you give me an example? Try to explain."

"Okay, let me tell you an example of studying history, try to understand his thinking."

"Tell me." Gao Qi cheered up.

"Do you know the cycle rate of rise and fall in our history?"

"I know a little bit. Since the Qin Dynasty, none of our unified dynasties has exceeded 300 years."

"Yes, there are many reasons. Experts and scholars from all walks of life have done a lot of research and given various answers, but we will not discuss this today. Mr. Zhu started with the study of climate change and made an amazing discovery."

"What amazing discovery?"

"He found that the end of the unified dynasty in our history was the time when the climate was the coldest in that period."

"But does this have anything to do with the demise of the entire dynasty?"

"Of course there is, and it is the culprit, because once the climate becomes extremely cold, the nomads in the north will not be able to survive, and they will think of running to a slightly warmer place in the south to rob them.

Faced with this threat, the Central Plains Dynasty had to strengthen military force and increase taxes to increase fiscal revenue. However, by the end of the dynasty, the tax source was already very small.
It is already difficult to live on, and this tax increase will make it even more difficult to survive, so they can only choose to rebel. In this way, no dynasty can survive under internal and external difficulties.

Similarly, when the Great Unification Dynasty was first established, the climate would become warmer, crop yields would increase greatly, the population would increase, coupled with sufficient tax sources and stronger force, the Central Plains Dynasty would be able to push back. "

"If that's the case, many ideas will have to be torn down and rebuilt."

"That's right, so whether you are doing historical research or philosophical research, you need this kind of divergent thinking to connect many unrelated things."

"Understood, our own philosophy has been studied for more than 1000 years, and it has long been thoroughly studied. If we don't innovate, it will be a dead end."

"That's right, the Western Renaissance is essentially a redefinition of ancient Greek culture and an injection of new souls, and it serves the entire Age of Discovery and colonialism.

Now that we have completed de-attachment to the United States and the Lu country, it is time to take our own new path, and we need to come up with new things to strengthen our cultural self-confidence.

Otherwise, we will have to be influenced by the dross of Western culture sooner or later.If you can actually come up with something new in philosophy, that would be great. "

"I'm afraid it will take 20 years to see the outcome."

"Every 20 years is 20 years. When you have a good project, come to me and I will sponsor you. If you win the first prize, you will have 1 yuan, which can almost match you for ten years." salary."

"Then I have to think about it, think about it." Gao Qi gradually fell into deep thought.